Alan Zibel
@alanzibel.bsky.social
Personal account. Trying to do the right thing and make the occasional joke. Former WSJ, AP & more. Now at @publiccitizen.bsky.social. (No, I don't actually have a mohawk).
AP SCOOP: The official bipartisan "America 250" birthday celebration has received only $25 million. But the Trumpy alternative facts version, aka "Freedom 250" planning car races and UFC fights, seems to be rather ... well funded.. apnews.com/article/amer...
Potential conflicts over celebrating America's 250th anniversary spill out in congressional hearing
Congressional Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of trying to hijack plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and using the nonprofit National Park Foundation to solicit money from ...
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
AP SCOOP: The official bipartisan "America 250" birthday celebration has received only $25 million. But the Trumpy alternative facts version, aka "Freedom 250" planning car races and UFC fights, seems to be rather ... well funded.. apnews.com/article/amer...
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A week after The Washington Post purges its environmental reporting, its ed board reaches an ignorant, humiliating new low in editorials:
The Trump EPA is right not to uphold the Clean Air Act because it should ask Congress to pass a new Clean Air Act. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 1/
The Trump EPA is right not to uphold the Clean Air Act because it should ask Congress to pass a new Clean Air Act. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 1/
Opinion | EPA is right to reverse Obama overreach
If the federal government wants to more heavily regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Congress needs to pass a new law.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:33 AM
A week after The Washington Post purges its environmental reporting, its ed board reaches an ignorant, humiliating new low in editorials:
The Trump EPA is right not to uphold the Clean Air Act because it should ask Congress to pass a new Clean Air Act. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 1/
The Trump EPA is right not to uphold the Clean Air Act because it should ask Congress to pass a new Clean Air Act. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 1/
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright says wind and solar were "a cost center" and "not actually helpful" for the East Coast grid during Winter Storm Fern. He ignored renewables' year-round value, the Texas solar-battery boom, and winter risks to fossil fuels:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra...
#energysky
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#energysky
What Energy Secretary Wright gets wrong about the grid
Chris Wright trashed solar and wind for not providing much power during Winter Storm Fern — and ignored basic facts about how much renewables contribute…
www.canarymedia.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says wind and solar were "a cost center" and "not actually helpful" for the East Coast grid during Winter Storm Fern. He ignored renewables' year-round value, the Texas solar-battery boom, and winter risks to fossil fuels:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra...
#energysky
www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra...
#energysky
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I’m in a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing RIGHT NOW demanding answers about why taxpayer dollars are being diverted from recognizing our country’s history to instead bankroll political propaganda.
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I’m in a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing RIGHT NOW demanding answers about why taxpayer dollars are being diverted from recognizing our country’s history to instead bankroll political propaganda.
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Trump is turning our country’s 250th birthday into a pay-to-play scheme for billionaires.
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Trump is turning our country’s 250th birthday into a pay-to-play scheme for billionaires.
Our statement: Interior Secretary Must Testify to Congress About Whitewashed History at National Parks, Sale of Access to Trump www.citizen.org/news/interio...
Interior Secretary Must Testify to Congress About Whitewashed History at National Parks, Sale of Access to Trump - Public Citizen
As Trump works to undermine our nation’s story, he is working to find ways to use the nation’s 250th birthday to sell access and influence...
www.citizen.org
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Our statement: Interior Secretary Must Testify to Congress About Whitewashed History at National Parks, Sale of Access to Trump www.citizen.org/news/interio...
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Those who give $1 million or more will get invitations to a “private Freedom 250 thank you reception” hosted by Trump, with a “historic photo opportunity.” Those who give $2.5 million or more also are being offered speaking roles at an event in Washington on July 4. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...
For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Those who give $1 million or more will get invitations to a “private Freedom 250 thank you reception” hosted by Trump, with a “historic photo opportunity.” Those who give $2.5 million or more also are being offered speaking roles at an event in Washington on July 4. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...
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SCOOP: Freedom 250 — the group launched by Trump to oversee projects including the @UFC fight on the WH lawn & his arch overlooking DC — is offering access to him for donors who give $1M.
For $2.5M, donors are being offered the chance to speak at the national July 4 celebration. 🎁🔗
For $2.5M, donors are being offered the chance to speak at the national July 4 celebration. 🎁🔗
For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
SCOOP: Freedom 250 — the group launched by Trump to oversee projects including the @UFC fight on the WH lawn & his arch overlooking DC — is offering access to him for donors who give $1M.
For $2.5M, donors are being offered the chance to speak at the national July 4 celebration. 🎁🔗
For $2.5M, donors are being offered the chance to speak at the national July 4 celebration. 🎁🔗
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Trump's "Freedom 250" group promises that anyone who gives them $2.5 million will have a chance to speak on July 4 at the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It's exciting to consider how many rich whack jobs may take this chance to air their takes to the nation.
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Trump's "Freedom 250" group promises that anyone who gives them $2.5 million will have a chance to speak on July 4 at the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It's exciting to consider how many rich whack jobs may take this chance to air their takes to the nation.
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The idea of a bill rendering people deportable for following religious law should make every Jew ill
Tomorrow I will testify before subcommittee of House Judiciary Committee against the proposed "Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act," which would authorize exclusion/deportation of all or most non-citizen Muslim immigrants. My written testimony posted here: reason.com/wp-content/u...
reason.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:47 AM
The idea of a bill rendering people deportable for following religious law should make every Jew ill
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really, truly, dafuq
"I think the left has it much more correct than the nationalist right,” Bundy told The Atlantic.
Ammon Bundy is fed up with federal overreach again. This time, it’s about ICE
"I think the left has it much more correct than the nationalist right,” Bundy told The Atlantic.
www.oregonlive.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:12 AM
really, truly, dafuq
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Separation of church and state? No, sorry, never heard of it.
February 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Separation of church and state? No, sorry, never heard of it.
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The Trump admin made a pitch deck for corporate sponsors to take over America's 250th birthday.
s3.documentcloud.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The Trump admin made a pitch deck for corporate sponsors to take over America's 250th birthday.
an abundance of milquetoast
The only “Abundance” I see the Abundance movement building is:
1) an abundance of weak sauce centrist groups:
2) with the same reactionary, neoliberal message;
3) created to serve the morally impoverished oligarchs;
4) looking to build power over people through the turbulent Trump era.
1) an abundance of weak sauce centrist groups:
2) with the same reactionary, neoliberal message;
3) created to serve the morally impoverished oligarchs;
4) looking to build power over people through the turbulent Trump era.
Ezra Klein's Abundance movement is getting some backup: A new political group is urging Democrats to embrace "pro-growth," deregulatory policies with an eye toward 2028, according to plans first shared with Axios.
February 9, 2026 at 12:24 PM
an abundance of milquetoast
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Scoop: As Washington Post leadership laid off hundreds of staffers this week, exec editor Matt Murray blocked the paper’s media desk from covering the cuts, spiking a pre-written story despite internal lobbying
www.status.news/p/ms-now-cro...
www.status.news/p/ms-now-cro...
MS NOW’s Crooked Play
MS NOW’s push into video podcasts is accelerating, with the progressive network now in advanced discussions to license popular digital shows for air from Crooked Media and others, Status has learned.
www.status.news
February 6, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Scoop: As Washington Post leadership laid off hundreds of staffers this week, exec editor Matt Murray blocked the paper’s media desk from covering the cuts, spiking a pre-written story despite internal lobbying
www.status.news/p/ms-now-cro...
www.status.news/p/ms-now-cro...
great reporting here…
If you are watching the Super Bowl and wondering what the hell America250 is, @dfriedman.bsky.social and I wrote an entire (cover!) story about it!
Trump's war on history
As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.
www.motherjones.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 PM
great reporting here…
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If you are watching the Super Bowl and wondering what the hell America250 is, @dfriedman.bsky.social and I wrote an entire (cover!) story about it!
Trump's war on history
As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.
www.motherjones.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
If you are watching the Super Bowl and wondering what the hell America250 is, @dfriedman.bsky.social and I wrote an entire (cover!) story about it!
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This woman is in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which is supposed to serve and represent the best American values
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
This woman is in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which is supposed to serve and represent the best American values
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1/ @motherjones.com reported extensively on this group, Freedom 250—and the larger effort to whitewash our history and get corporations to fund that destruction—in our cover story that went up last week: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
1/ @motherjones.com reported extensively on this group, Freedom 250—and the larger effort to whitewash our history and get corporations to fund that destruction—in our cover story that went up last week: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
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President Trump’s allies are offering access to him and other perks to donors who give at least $1 million to a new group supporting flashy initiatives he is planning around the U.S.’s 250th birthday, according to documents and interviews.
For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump
A new organization blessed by the president is raising money for events and projects that will put a Trumpian spin on the nation’s semiquincentennial.
nyti.ms
February 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
President Trump’s allies are offering access to him and other perks to donors who give at least $1 million to a new group supporting flashy initiatives he is planning around the U.S.’s 250th birthday, according to documents and interviews.
my latest..
13 companies seeking to mine our public lands spent $8.4 MILLION on lobbying over the past two years.
These companies are threatening our national parks in order to increase their own private profits.
And the Trump admin isn't just allowing it - they're encouraging it.
These companies are threatening our national parks in order to increase their own private profits.
And the Trump admin isn't just allowing it - they're encouraging it.
February 4, 2026 at 7:39 PM
my latest..
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13 companies seeking to mine our public lands spent $8.4 MILLION on lobbying over the past two years.
These companies are threatening our national parks in order to increase their own private profits.
And the Trump admin isn't just allowing it - they're encouraging it.
These companies are threatening our national parks in order to increase their own private profits.
And the Trump admin isn't just allowing it - they're encouraging it.
February 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
13 companies seeking to mine our public lands spent $8.4 MILLION on lobbying over the past two years.
These companies are threatening our national parks in order to increase their own private profits.
And the Trump admin isn't just allowing it - they're encouraging it.
These companies are threatening our national parks in order to increase their own private profits.
And the Trump admin isn't just allowing it - they're encouraging it.
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The Trump family was personally enriched by a foreign government.
According to our co-president Rob Weissman, "This may be the biggest Trump scandal yet."
According to our co-president Rob Weissman, "This may be the biggest Trump scandal yet."
February 3, 2026 at 9:57 PM
The Trump family was personally enriched by a foreign government.
According to our co-president Rob Weissman, "This may be the biggest Trump scandal yet."
According to our co-president Rob Weissman, "This may be the biggest Trump scandal yet."
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Wish I could like this @newyorker.com graphic a million times. media.newyorker.com/photos/69725...
February 4, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Wish I could like this @newyorker.com graphic a million times. media.newyorker.com/photos/69725...
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This is the difference between running a bespoke opinion site that caters to a narrow audience, and a large, public-company news org with a PR department that has much bigger things to worry about than which dubious guy is contributing think pieces
“.. Weiss insists she does not want to cut ties with Attia over his links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and sees it as giving in to the mob.”
@calderone.bsky.social #$PSKY
www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
@calderone.bsky.social #$PSKY
www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
February 3, 2026 at 12:16 AM
This is the difference between running a bespoke opinion site that caters to a narrow audience, and a large, public-company news org with a PR department that has much bigger things to worry about than which dubious guy is contributing think pieces