Brad Johnson
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hey look it's hardcore climate denier and Project 2025 Department of Transportation chapter author Diana Furchtgott-Roth testifying on the future of surface transportation at a House Science hearing on Wednesday
#energysky
@waroncars.bsky.social @insideevs.com @electricfelix.bsky.social
#energysky
@waroncars.bsky.social @insideevs.com @electricfelix.bsky.social
U.S. Surface Transportation Research
The purpose of this hearing is to examine the current state of U.S. surface transportation research and to better understand the research and development issues...
hillheat.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
hey look it's hardcore climate denier and Project 2025 Department of Transportation chapter author Diana Furchtgott-Roth testifying on the future of surface transportation at a House Science hearing on Wednesday
#energysky
@waroncars.bsky.social @insideevs.com @electricfelix.bsky.social
#energysky
@waroncars.bsky.social @insideevs.com @electricfelix.bsky.social
Reposted by Brad Johnson
Exxon is dropping law firm Paul Weiss, whose chair just resigned after his ties to Epstein were exposed, from representing the company in at least four climate lawsuits.
The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...
The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...
Longtime Exxon lawyers retreat from oil company’s climate cases
Attorneys from the law firm Paul, Weiss are no longer representing the oil company in at least four lawsuits that ask the fossil fuel industry to pay for
www.eenews.net
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Exxon is dropping law firm Paul Weiss, whose chair just resigned after his ties to Epstein were exposed, from representing the company in at least four climate lawsuits.
The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...
The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...
@nytopinion.nytimes.com will print straight-up lies if it comes from the right
When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
Weird. I tried to warn libertarians about Trump
February 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM
@nytopinion.nytimes.com will print straight-up lies if it comes from the right
Your reminder that corporate America lobbied hard for this. Including all the airlines, all the chain hair salons, telecoms...
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Your reminder that corporate America lobbied hard for this. Including all the airlines, all the chain hair salons, telecoms...
"While the cases will still be heard in Kansas City, this new judge will preside via video conference from Louisiana. The judge who will now be hearing these cases involving Somali migrants is Sherron Ashworth, a former ICE prosecutor with a track record of quickly rejecting most asylum claims."
How Trump is rigging immigration courts against Somali migrants
During a December 2 cabinet meeting, President Trump unleashed a torrent of bigoted invective against Somali migrants.
popular.info
February 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
"While the cases will still be heard in Kansas City, this new judge will preside via video conference from Louisiana. The judge who will now be hearing these cases involving Somali migrants is Sherron Ashworth, a former ICE prosecutor with a track record of quickly rejecting most asylum claims."
weirdly popular with corporate police-state lobbyists in DC tho
even weirder: super popular with the members of Congress backed by corporate police-state lobbyists
even weirder: super popular with the members of Congress backed by corporate police-state lobbyists
Even among Trump's core constituencies, opposition to ICE is strong. Turns out that most people don't like living in a police state.
From @gregsargent.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2062...
From @gregsargent.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2062...
February 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
weirdly popular with corporate police-state lobbyists in DC tho
even weirder: super popular with the members of Congress backed by corporate police-state lobbyists
even weirder: super popular with the members of Congress backed by corporate police-state lobbyists
literal war reporter
🚨 ICE questioned our cameraman Jon Farina while asking him to "stay a distance" away (he was parked on side of street).
ICE: What press are you with?
JF: Who are you?
ICE: ICE
JF: Who's asking?
ICE: I'm asking
JF: OK...
ICE: So what press are you with?
JF: I don't think that matters
ICE: What press are you with?
JF: Who are you?
ICE: ICE
JF: Who's asking?
ICE: I'm asking
JF: OK...
ICE: So what press are you with?
JF: I don't think that matters
February 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
literal war reporter
Reposted by Brad Johnson
Tomorrow the Senate is expected to vote on a bill aimed at interfering in DC's local tax code.
This move would thrust DC into financial chaos, hurting families and helping an administration that we know thrives on confusion and fear.
Tell key Senators today to VOTE NO: FreeDCproject.org/money
This move would thrust DC into financial chaos, hurting families and helping an administration that we know thrives on confusion and fear.
Tell key Senators today to VOTE NO: FreeDCproject.org/money
February 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Tomorrow the Senate is expected to vote on a bill aimed at interfering in DC's local tax code.
This move would thrust DC into financial chaos, hurting families and helping an administration that we know thrives on confusion and fear.
Tell key Senators today to VOTE NO: FreeDCproject.org/money
This move would thrust DC into financial chaos, hurting families and helping an administration that we know thrives on confusion and fear.
Tell key Senators today to VOTE NO: FreeDCproject.org/money
as I mentioned previously, it's not actually cold
The Lower 48 is now 2.9F above normal for the month-to-date. A departure of +2.9F would be the 12th warmest February on record if it ended today. 🔥
February 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
as I mentioned previously, it's not actually cold
A lot of Minnesota & ICE hearings in Congress this week:
* 2/10 House Homeland: USCIS/ICE/CBP
* 2/10 Sen. HELP: MN fraud
* 2/10 Sen. Judiciary: "Somali Fraud in Minnesota"
* 2/11 House Judiciary: AG Pam Bondi
* 2/11 House Approps: DHS shutdown
* 2/12 Sen. HSGAC: @ag.state.mn.us, USCIS/ICE/CBP
* 2/10 House Homeland: USCIS/ICE/CBP
* 2/10 Sen. HELP: MN fraud
* 2/10 Sen. Judiciary: "Somali Fraud in Minnesota"
* 2/11 House Judiciary: AG Pam Bondi
* 2/11 House Approps: DHS shutdown
* 2/12 Sen. HSGAC: @ag.state.mn.us, USCIS/ICE/CBP
February 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A lot of Minnesota & ICE hearings in Congress this week:
* 2/10 House Homeland: USCIS/ICE/CBP
* 2/10 Sen. HELP: MN fraud
* 2/10 Sen. Judiciary: "Somali Fraud in Minnesota"
* 2/11 House Judiciary: AG Pam Bondi
* 2/11 House Approps: DHS shutdown
* 2/12 Sen. HSGAC: @ag.state.mn.us, USCIS/ICE/CBP
* 2/10 House Homeland: USCIS/ICE/CBP
* 2/10 Sen. HELP: MN fraud
* 2/10 Sen. Judiciary: "Somali Fraud in Minnesota"
* 2/11 House Judiciary: AG Pam Bondi
* 2/11 House Approps: DHS shutdown
* 2/12 Sen. HSGAC: @ag.state.mn.us, USCIS/ICE/CBP
@coons.senate.gov, @rosen.senate.gov, @shaheen.senate.gov voted in support of Jeffrey Epstein's close associate Ben Black in committee.
[Good lord, Shaheen also voted for SERGIO GOR and cast the deciding vote in support of Mike Waltz to be UN ambassador, and said Rubio refuses to speak with her]
[Good lord, Shaheen also voted for SERGIO GOR and cast the deciding vote in support of Mike Waltz to be UN ambassador, and said Rubio refuses to speak with her]
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 PM
@coons.senate.gov, @rosen.senate.gov, @shaheen.senate.gov voted in support of Jeffrey Epstein's close associate Ben Black in committee.
[Good lord, Shaheen also voted for SERGIO GOR and cast the deciding vote in support of Mike Waltz to be UN ambassador, and said Rubio refuses to speak with her]
[Good lord, Shaheen also voted for SERGIO GOR and cast the deciding vote in support of Mike Waltz to be UN ambassador, and said Rubio refuses to speak with her]
Microplastics would like to have a word
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
VC, founder, dumbass
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Microplastics would like to have a word
well this sure tells a story.
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
well this sure tells a story.
No Irish Need Apply
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 PM
No Irish Need Apply
Epic closewatch of the Bad Bunny halftime show
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Epic closewatch of the Bad Bunny halftime show
Reposted by Brad Johnson
If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Washington’s Corruption Has Created Another Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico
The island’s earthquakes are its latest man-made disaster.
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Reposted by Brad Johnson
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
Reposted by Brad Johnson
Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
February 9, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
MN terror continues: “We had 2 abductions in my area on Monday and 2 more today. They drew guns on observers in South yesterday and were jumping out of cars today about a mile and a half from us.”
At least eight observers were detained in Minneapolis by ICE on Friday.
No executions though
At least eight observers were detained in Minneapolis by ICE on Friday.
No executions though
Trump Using A ‘Softer Touch’ With ICE In Minnesota? Residents Say Don’t Be Fooled.
Two weeks after Alex Pretti’s killing, federal agents have shown no signs of backing down. The resistance definitely hasn't.
www.huffpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
MN terror continues: “We had 2 abductions in my area on Monday and 2 more today. They drew guns on observers in South yesterday and were jumping out of cars today about a mile and a half from us.”
At least eight observers were detained in Minneapolis by ICE on Friday.
No executions though
At least eight observers were detained in Minneapolis by ICE on Friday.
No executions though
AI psychosis is weird
DWARF support for macOS and Linux by joelreymont · Pull Request #14369 · ocaml/ocaml
DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler
This PR adds DWARF v5 debug information to the OCaml native compiler, allowing proper source-level debugging in GDB and LLDB.
What's Impleme...
github.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
AI psychosis is weird
The AI Billionaire Caucus!
Or as the AI-corporate-funded Axios dubs them, "center left"
Or as the AI-corporate-funded Axios dubs them, "center left"
Exclusive: Centrist Dems strike back with new group
It's the latest effort by moderate Democrats to shape national politics and expand their influence.
www.axios.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
The AI Billionaire Caucus!
Or as the AI-corporate-funded Axios dubs them, "center left"
Or as the AI-corporate-funded Axios dubs them, "center left"
@giladedelman.bsky.social's "it's not news that the hyper-rich are terrible people" sure is a take
"The Epstein files show us that the world is an ugly and unfair place. But we already knew that."
"The Epstein files show us that the world is an ugly and unfair place. But we already knew that."
What Everyone Assumes About Jeffrey Epstein
The theory that Epstein was blackmailing his rich contacts was always based on speculation.
www.theatlantic.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:19 PM
@giladedelman.bsky.social's "it's not news that the hyper-rich are terrible people" sure is a take
"The Epstein files show us that the world is an ugly and unfair place. But we already knew that."
"The Epstein files show us that the world is an ugly and unfair place. But we already knew that."
@coons.senate.gov to Ben Black at his confirmation hearing: "I look forward to working with you."
February 8, 2026 at 2:31 PM
@coons.senate.gov to Ben Black at his confirmation hearing: "I look forward to working with you."
do it
ICYMI - important moves at UN to tax fossil fuel producers could yield billions for climate finance
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel firms may have to pay for climate damage under proposed UN tax
Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation could also force ultra-rich to pay global wealth tax
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
do it
um this guy is all up in the Epstein Files
Ben Black | DFC
Ben Black serves as Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 2025.
www.dfc.gov
February 8, 2026 at 4:35 AM
um this guy is all up in the Epstein Files