CLJohnson
@cjenergy.bsky.social
Economist and expert witness. 40 years in energy regulation. AEA member. Long time consumer advocate, and interested in civil rights, environment, government. Also, an Astros baseball fan.
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JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.
February 18, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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Tesla's Robotaxi service has had 14 crashes in Austin since taking to streets last year (12 of the crashes were in Dec/Jan. when Tesla lifted safety monitors.) www.statesman.com/business/art...
Tesla racks up 14 Robotaxi crashes in Austin since launching last year
Waymo, which operates more than five times as many fully driverless vehicles in the city, reported a dozen incidents from December to mid-January.
www.statesman.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Tesla's Robotaxi service has had 14 crashes in Austin since taking to streets last year (12 of the crashes were in Dec/Jan. when Tesla lifted safety monitors.) www.statesman.com/business/art...
Off with the economists' heads! Trump chief economist Hassett says Fed research economists should be personally punished because their paper found that foreigners don't bear tariff costs. The economics profession needs to wake up. Trump will destroy America's base of knowledge.
February 18, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Off with the economists' heads! Trump chief economist Hassett says Fed research economists should be personally punished because their paper found that foreigners don't bear tariff costs. The economics profession needs to wake up. Trump will destroy America's base of knowledge.
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This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline
Damage was minimal but police are investigating.
bit.ly
February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
Jesse Jackson's 1984 Democratic Convention speech is historic and profound. Very inspiring. It is still relevant as ever, perhaps more so, to the nation's current political predicament. Rest in peace, Jesse Jackson.
youtu.be/nGJ7btYJPPA?...
youtu.be/nGJ7btYJPPA?...
From the archives: Jesse Jackson's speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention
YouTube video by CBS News
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February 17, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Jesse Jackson's 1984 Democratic Convention speech is historic and profound. Very inspiring. It is still relevant as ever, perhaps more so, to the nation's current political predicament. Rest in peace, Jesse Jackson.
youtu.be/nGJ7btYJPPA?...
youtu.be/nGJ7btYJPPA?...
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Federal judge begins opinion with a passage from Orwell's 1984. Trump tried to erase history.
read that first paragraph if nothing else:
Federal court orders Trump administration to restore historical panel exhibits at President’s House in Philadelphia.
Happy Presidents Day.
Happy Presidents Day.
February 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Federal judge begins opinion with a passage from Orwell's 1984. Trump tried to erase history.
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"Official ICE policy says 'ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing” except in exceptional circumstances.
reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
February 16, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"Official ICE policy says 'ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing” except in exceptional circumstances.
reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
Oh cool. Since the Trump administration is using AI to determine voter eligibility and whether you are in the country legally, I'm sure nothing will go wrong.
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Oh cool. Since the Trump administration is using AI to determine voter eligibility and whether you are in the country legally, I'm sure nothing will go wrong.
Watched the HBO documentary , "The Dark Money Game." Highly recommend it. Two episodes "Ohio Confidential," and "Wealth of the Wicked." Relevant to how we got to where we are. But also quite disturbing and makes me wonder how we reverse the billionaire control.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dykZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dykZ...
The Dark Money Game | Official Trailer | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Watched the HBO documentary , "The Dark Money Game." Highly recommend it. Two episodes "Ohio Confidential," and "Wealth of the Wicked." Relevant to how we got to where we are. But also quite disturbing and makes me wonder how we reverse the billionaire control.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dykZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dykZ...
In November an Austin college student was whisked by ICE to Honduras as she entered Boston's airport to fly home for Thanksgiving. Still in Honduras, a federal judge has ordered her return. DOJ admits that her deportation was a mistake but would not return her.
www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
Judge orders U.S. to bring deported Austin student home
Any Lucía López Belloza, 20, was deported to Honduras after her arrest at Boston’s Logan airport. A federal judge ordered the U.S. government to bring her back.
www.statesman.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:42 PM
In November an Austin college student was whisked by ICE to Honduras as she entered Boston's airport to fly home for Thanksgiving. Still in Honduras, a federal judge has ordered her return. DOJ admits that her deportation was a mistake but would not return her.
www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
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In 13 months of unremitting democratic backsliding, no one in the Trump administration has said anything nearly as chilling as this.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
In 13 months of unremitting democratic backsliding, no one in the Trump administration has said anything nearly as chilling as this.
OpenAI president says he gives Trump lots of money in order to save humanity. I'm sorry, this is not a rational thought.
OpenAI’s President Gave Millions to Trump. He Says It’s for Humanity
In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman says his political donations support OpenAI's mission—even if some employees at the company disagree. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/openai...
In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman says his political donations support OpenAI's mission—even if some employees at the company disagree. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s President Gave Millions to Trump. He Says It’s for Humanity
In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman says his political donations support OpenAI's mission—even if some employees at the company disagree.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:48 PM
OpenAI president says he gives Trump lots of money in order to save humanity. I'm sorry, this is not a rational thought.
Trump appointed Judge: DHS forgot to plan for providing constitutional rights to Minnesota detainees.
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Trump appointed Judge: DHS forgot to plan for providing constitutional rights to Minnesota detainees.
The cause for closure of airspace in El Paso just gets worse and worse. DHS tried to use laser weapons, given to them by Hegseth, without telling anybody. A party balloon is dead, a major city's air traffic is shut down, and the military is mad.
February 13, 2026 at 3:47 AM
The cause for closure of airspace in El Paso just gets worse and worse. DHS tried to use laser weapons, given to them by Hegseth, without telling anybody. A party balloon is dead, a major city's air traffic is shut down, and the military is mad.
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Richard Leon's opinion ruling against Whiskey Pete Hegseth in Mark Kelly's lawsuit is a 14-exclamation point opinion.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Richard Leon's opinion ruling against Whiskey Pete Hegseth in Mark Kelly's lawsuit is a 14-exclamation point opinion.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Your American health chief, folks! 🙃🇺🇸
February 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Your American health chief, folks! 🙃🇺🇸
Hillary's reference to a "basket of deplorables" is like sunshiney optimism compared to the actual RW infuencers.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Hillary's reference to a "basket of deplorables" is like sunshiney optimism compared to the actual RW infuencers.
The FBI's Fulton County raid is relying on a "special employee" in the WH who appears to be genuinely insane. He believes the deep state controls elections The " ‘deep state,’ it’s deep and it’s everywhere,” If you are ready for the rants of paranoia, read the article.
I called up one of the White House's "special government employees" involved in the Fulton County FBI raid.
I ended up on the phone for almost two hours hearing about the "deep state" "cabal," "Satanists," poison soda, and the "pure evil" of "gay pride." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
I ended up on the phone for almost two hours hearing about the "deep state" "cabal," "Satanists," poison soda, and the "pure evil" of "gay pride." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
February 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The FBI's Fulton County raid is relying on a "special employee" in the WH who appears to be genuinely insane. He believes the deep state controls elections The " ‘deep state,’ it’s deep and it’s everywhere,” If you are ready for the rants of paranoia, read the article.
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Kasparov channeling his inner El-P
"Funny fact about a cage, they're never built for just one group So when that cage is done with them and you still poor, it come for you"
Run the Jewels. "Walking in the Snow." RTJ4, BMG Rights Management, 2020.
"Funny fact about a cage, they're never built for just one group So when that cage is done with them and you still poor, it come for you"
Run the Jewels. "Walking in the Snow." RTJ4, BMG Rights Management, 2020.
I and millions of Americans believe exactly the same thing Kasparov does.
Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision.
We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore.
This is something significantly bigger and scarier.
Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision.
We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore.
This is something significantly bigger and scarier.
February 11, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Kasparov channeling his inner El-P
"Funny fact about a cage, they're never built for just one group So when that cage is done with them and you still poor, it come for you"
Run the Jewels. "Walking in the Snow." RTJ4, BMG Rights Management, 2020.
"Funny fact about a cage, they're never built for just one group So when that cage is done with them and you still poor, it come for you"
Run the Jewels. "Walking in the Snow." RTJ4, BMG Rights Management, 2020.
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seriously insane
February 11, 2026 at 9:11 PM
seriously insane
I love this ad. Sometime you have to break things down to a simple level. And this says it all about Susan Collins.
February 11, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I love this ad. Sometime you have to break things down to a simple level. And this says it all about Susan Collins.
More information on the air space closure in El Paso.
February 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
More information on the air space closure in El Paso.
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Post from an El Paso city councilor on one of the aviation subreddits
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Post from an El Paso city councilor on one of the aviation subreddits
Update on El Paso air shutdown: FAA abruptly reopens air space. Over 70 flights canceled and travelers left stranded. This article speculates that the action was intended to protect a DOJ surge and a multi-billion AI Data Center.
UPDATE: FAA abruptly reopens El Paso airspace reversing a 10-day "National Defense" order issued hours earlier. Officials cited "no threat," ending a brief lockdown that grounded flights during a massive DOJ surge and the construction of a critical $165B AI border facility.
February 11, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Update on El Paso air shutdown: FAA abruptly reopens air space. Over 70 flights canceled and travelers left stranded. This article speculates that the action was intended to protect a DOJ surge and a multi-billion AI Data Center.