A Siegel
@asiegel.bsky.social
Passionate about fostering a prosperous, climate-friendly future for all.
Thoughts on climate, clean energy and related issues at GetEnergySmartNow.com
Thoughts on climate, clean energy and related issues at GetEnergySmartNow.com
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Johnson is a weak, snivelling, self-serving hypocrite who got himself into a political jam of his own making. We had an an amendment to remove this provision in rules that his leadership blocked. Now that it's a political problem he's saying he wants to do what he didn't when he could.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Johnson is a weak, snivelling, self-serving hypocrite who got himself into a political jam of his own making. We had an an amendment to remove this provision in rules that his leadership blocked. Now that it's a political problem he's saying he wants to do what he didn't when he could.
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As the Senate tries to defend a million dollar payday to 8 of their own - and as the House GOP tries to explain why they refused to amend the CR to strip it out, let's review exactly what it is they want restitution for. Brief thread:
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
As the Senate tries to defend a million dollar payday to 8 of their own - and as the House GOP tries to explain why they refused to amend the CR to strip it out, let's review exactly what it is they want restitution for. Brief thread:
BREAKING:
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't feign / plead / state ignorance on issue bad for GOP.
Admits that Senate GOP corrupt self-serving move to put cash into their pockets as payment for legit, legal, necessary DOJ work is "bad optics".
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't feign / plead / state ignorance on issue bad for GOP.
Admits that Senate GOP corrupt self-serving move to put cash into their pockets as payment for legit, legal, necessary DOJ work is "bad optics".
Mike Johnson on Republican senators raiding tax dollars for their own pockets: "The optics of it are terrible. I don't think you should do it retroactively ... for sitting lawmakers to vote themselves an ability to cash in on something like that, to me it was just a really bad look."
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
BREAKING:
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't feign / plead / state ignorance on issue bad for GOP.
Admits that Senate GOP corrupt self-serving move to put cash into their pockets as payment for legit, legal, necessary DOJ work is "bad optics".
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't feign / plead / state ignorance on issue bad for GOP.
Admits that Senate GOP corrupt self-serving move to put cash into their pockets as payment for legit, legal, necessary DOJ work is "bad optics".
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Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that.
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that.
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
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Because once we get rid of Trump, we need to have laid the groundwork for reversing this, for saying, "remember when we could have nice things? Well, the way to get that back quickly is to fire the kidnappers and rehire the cancer scientists."
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Because once we get rid of Trump, we need to have laid the groundwork for reversing this, for saying, "remember when we could have nice things? Well, the way to get that back quickly is to fire the kidnappers and rehire the cancer scientists."
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There's a lot we have not visualized in a useful way.
One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."
One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."
The fascist's unemployment solution: hiring some people to terrorize and cage others
www.huffpost.com/entry/us-hir...
www.huffpost.com/entry/us-hir...
U.S. Hires 50,000 Federal Workers Under Trump, Boosting Immigration Roles
The bulk of the new hires, reported first by Reuters, work at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.huffpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
There's a lot we have not visualized in a useful way.
One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."
One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."
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How many times/ways will career DOJ lawyers lie & deceive in court and/or fail to abide by Court orders before judges start to hold them in contempt and put them behind bars?
From @emptywheel.bsky.social re Insurance Lawyer Lindsey & #Comey.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/13/l...
From @emptywheel.bsky.social re Insurance Lawyer Lindsey & #Comey.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/13/l...
Lindsey Halligan's Seven Times 18-Minute Gap - emptywheel
After two weeks of struggle to come up with a grand jury transcript that two different judges could review, it turns out that for two hours, there isn't one.
www.emptywheel.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
How many times/ways will career DOJ lawyers lie & deceive in court and/or fail to abide by Court orders before judges start to hold them in contempt and put them behind bars?
From @emptywheel.bsky.social re Insurance Lawyer Lindsey & #Comey.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/13/l...
From @emptywheel.bsky.social re Insurance Lawyer Lindsey & #Comey.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/13/l...
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John Forester set back US street design and safe infrastructure by 30 years.
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
John Forester set back US street design and safe infrastructure by 30 years.
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Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney simply does not get the climate crisis.
Today, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Ksi Lisims LNG and North Coast transmission line have been referred to the Major Projects Office for review, sending a signal to potential investors in B.C.'s burgeoning LNG industry, @sobittersosweet.bsky.social reports:
thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-f...
thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-f...
Ksi Lisims LNG facility added to federal fast-tracking list | The Narwhal
Ksi Lisims, backed by the Nisg̱a’a Nation, will be Canada’s second-largest LNG facility
thenarwhal.ca
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Prime Minister Mark Carney simply does not get the climate crisis.
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"barely legal". Ummm, nope, still illegal.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"barely legal". Ummm, nope, still illegal.
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Nice piece on ecargo bikes
(note the author specifies "smug" is under the more ambiguous British meaning).
"Convenience, more than, say, environmentalism, is driving the boom. " - this is the key to unlocking it at scale. As well as the option of the second car replacement
(note the author specifies "smug" is under the more ambiguous British meaning).
"Convenience, more than, say, environmentalism, is driving the boom. " - this is the key to unlocking it at scale. As well as the option of the second car replacement
This week I wrote about the rise of the e-bike dad - this piece was originally going to run alongside the story I did in September about the bike boom in general, and we didn't have space in print, but here it is:
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Parents on e-bikes are transforming the school run
They’re smug, snug and often faster than drivers
www.economist.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Nice piece on ecargo bikes
(note the author specifies "smug" is under the more ambiguous British meaning).
"Convenience, more than, say, environmentalism, is driving the boom. " - this is the key to unlocking it at scale. As well as the option of the second car replacement
(note the author specifies "smug" is under the more ambiguous British meaning).
"Convenience, more than, say, environmentalism, is driving the boom. " - this is the key to unlocking it at scale. As well as the option of the second car replacement
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[COMMENTARY]
The “blue” — or aquatic — foods sector is often overlooked as a climate strategy, despite its potential to help meet demand for protein with a smaller environmental footprint, fisheries ministers from Brazil and Portugal argue in a new op-ed.
** The views expressed are the authors'.
The “blue” — or aquatic — foods sector is often overlooked as a climate strategy, despite its potential to help meet demand for protein with a smaller environmental footprint, fisheries ministers from Brazil and Portugal argue in a new op-ed.
** The views expressed are the authors'.
Embrace ‘blue’ foods as a climate strategy at COP30, fisheries ministers say (commentary)
As two coastal countries connected by the Atlantic Ocean and five centuries of shared history, Brazil and Portugal have long appreciated the value of “blue” or aquatic foods, including our shared…
news.mongabay.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
[COMMENTARY]
The “blue” — or aquatic — foods sector is often overlooked as a climate strategy, despite its potential to help meet demand for protein with a smaller environmental footprint, fisheries ministers from Brazil and Portugal argue in a new op-ed.
** The views expressed are the authors'.
The “blue” — or aquatic — foods sector is often overlooked as a climate strategy, despite its potential to help meet demand for protein with a smaller environmental footprint, fisheries ministers from Brazil and Portugal argue in a new op-ed.
** The views expressed are the authors'.
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Kelly Loeffler lies shamelessly on CNBC: "Our inflation has continued to fall"
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Kelly Loeffler lies shamelessly on CNBC: "Our inflation has continued to fall"
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"why don't women want to have more kids?!"
Because you made a country they want to flee.
Because you made a country they want to flee.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"why don't women want to have more kids?!"
Because you made a country they want to flee.
Because you made a country they want to flee.
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Maybe it's time to make more noise about this? Last spring a thousand agents frantically redacted all mentions of Trump's name in the Epstein files. How does that square with what can and will be released?
FBI agents were told to 'flag' any Epstein records that mentioned Trump, Sen. Durbin says
President Donald Trump, bowing to days of pressure, asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to get grand jury testimony about Jeffrey Epstein unsealed.
www.cnbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Maybe it's time to make more noise about this? Last spring a thousand agents frantically redacted all mentions of Trump's name in the Epstein files. How does that square with what can and will be released?
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe is the latest prominent Democrat to join Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future, a fossil fuel industry front group that seeks to influence liberals to embrace methane gas as clean, climate-friendly energy
Former Gov. McAuliffe joins pro-natural gas group as national co-chair • Virginia Mercury
Terry McAuliffe to promote natural gas as a route to long-term energy reliability as renewable energy sources are built out.
virginiamercury.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe is the latest prominent Democrat to join Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future, a fossil fuel industry front group that seeks to influence liberals to embrace methane gas as clean, climate-friendly energy
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Why would Congress ever agree to a budget that the President consistently refuses to execute?
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Why would Congress ever agree to a budget that the President consistently refuses to execute?
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Rand Paul is more principled about hemp than Chuck Schumer is about Americans affording healthcare www.foxnews.com/politics/rep...
Reporter's Notebook: Paul stands firm against spending bill as shutdown clock ticks
Sen. Rand Paul blocks government funding bill over hemp provisions, potentially extending shutdown through complex Senate procedural delays.
www.foxnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Rand Paul is more principled about hemp than Chuck Schumer is about Americans affording healthcare www.foxnews.com/politics/rep...
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One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.
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This exact same reporter was ousted from the NY Times for soliciting a $30,000 donation from Epstein— and you're telling me that as an employer, the NY Times never bothered to circle back and review this person's correspondence with a convicted pedophile?
A former New York Times staffer quietly left the paper after revealing he had solicited charitable donations from Jeffrey Epstein
Former New York Times reporter Landon Thomas Jr. told his editors he became friends with Epstein after profiling him in 2008, NPR reported Thursday.
www.businessinsider.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This exact same reporter was ousted from the NY Times for soliciting a $30,000 donation from Epstein— and you're telling me that as an employer, the NY Times never bothered to circle back and review this person's correspondence with a convicted pedophile?
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Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?