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OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA

NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....

Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!

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February 17, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan

AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
popular.info
February 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
February 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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Does that seem fair to you?
February 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Billionaire Trump Donor Closing U.S. Plant and Moving Work to China newrepublic.com/post/206603/... via @newrepublic.com
Billionaire Trump Donor Closing U.S. Plant and Moving Work to China
“They’re not answering or returning anyone’s calls,” said the local union leader.
newrepublic.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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FWIW, I just emailed NYT's standards editor to ask about the paper's policy on this. Will update if I get a response.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
February 16, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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EPA has finalized its repeal of the endangerment finding. Up next - court challenges

@sierraclub.org & its NGO partners plan to sue. Some public health orgs do too

MA & other Dem-led states say they will challenge this

@youthvgov.bsky.social will petition too

www.sierraclub.org/sierra/envir...
Environmental Groups Vow to Stop Trump's EPA from Revoking the Endangerment Finding
As global heating accelerates, the nation’s environmental watchdog is trying to muzzle its own ability to act
www.sierraclub.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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How. Is. Anyone. Still. On. His. Shit. Ass. Social. Network.
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.

There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.

Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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My law firm is now litigating 85 voting and election cases in 40 states. This is the largest number of cases in the most states we have ever handled at one time. And, while Big Law firms mostly sit idly by, the need to protect elections in court is only growing.
February 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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This message from the US State Department about "not wanting allies to be shackled by guilt and shame" is a pretty direct call-out to the German far-right argument that Germany has spent too long feeling guilty about the Holocaust, and needs to move on and stop doing remembrance.
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
This is fantastic
February 14, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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Vaguely recall how Biden admin emails to Twitter were the biggest attack on free speech ever. There was a whole twitter files thing about that.

Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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Same energy

(Twitter screenshot via @tyyoung617.bsky.social)
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Montana Court BLOCKS state law targeting students with unconstitutional residency requirement. A victory for our clients and the voters of Montana. www.democracydocket.com/cases/montan...
🚨 Montana Student Residency Requirement Challenge
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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Can’t believe they don’t want to share evidence with some of our nation’s finest podcasters
February 13, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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You cannot overstate the significance of this repeal. I also think it's wrong to say the 'free market' and cheap renewables pick up all of the lost momentum. Many good people will be fighting this and hopefully they have some wins

earth.org/why-the-us-e...
Why the US Endangerment Finding Matters | Earth.Org
The US will repeal the endangerment finding, the legal framework that underpins the government's power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
earth.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Democrats, do not be fooled. If you cave and approve DHS funding, they’ll be back and worse than last time. Republicans keep showing you their hand, stop shaking it.
February 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM