@derekmg.bsky.social
"The state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for present and future generations."
No one can steal defeat from the jaws of victory like a Democrat can. And they wonder why their brand is toxic. Resign @schumer.senate.gov !
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
No one can steal defeat from the jaws of victory like a Democrat can. And they wonder why their brand is toxic. Resign @schumer.senate.gov !
An American "Christian" president going to court for the right to starve people who can't afford food. Unprecedented, criminal, evil and just plain mean. thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
An American "Christian" president going to court for the right to starve people who can't afford food. Unprecedented, criminal, evil and just plain mean. thehill.com/regulation/c...
This. "the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump and affordability politics..." plus.flux.community/p/3-key-take...
3 key takeaways from Democrats’ big Election 2025 wins
Democrats are campaigning without apology, and Hispanics appear to be turning on Republicans
plus.flux.community
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This. "the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump and affordability politics..." plus.flux.community/p/3-key-take...
What a fucking lunatic… www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals for what is expected to be a short lecture on the “warrior ethos.” But top brass is bracing for possible firings or demotions.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
What a fucking lunatic… www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
She’s not wrong about the problem, but the proposed solution doesn’t go far enough to incentivize platforms to prevent deepfakes.
We need to hold platforms civilly and criminally liable, including punitive damages, for allowing deep fakes to circulate. That would end it fast.
We need to hold platforms civilly and criminally liable, including punitive damages, for allowing deep fakes to circulate. That would end it fast.
I never thought I’d opine about Sydney Sweeney’s jeans. And that’s because I didn’t. It was AI.
Deepfakes are getting impossible to detect, especially when companies—and Congress—refuse to act. We need to give Americans control over their own images.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
Deepfakes are getting impossible to detect, especially when companies—and Congress—refuse to act. We need to give Americans control over their own images.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
Opinion | Amy Klobuchar: What I Didn’t Say About Sydney Sweeney
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
She’s not wrong about the problem, but the proposed solution doesn’t go far enough to incentivize platforms to prevent deepfakes.
We need to hold platforms civilly and criminally liable, including punitive damages, for allowing deep fakes to circulate. That would end it fast.
We need to hold platforms civilly and criminally liable, including punitive damages, for allowing deep fakes to circulate. That would end it fast.
"The evidence is clear: phasing out credits that have already supported clean and cheap electricity generation will raise customer utility bills, on top of the increase in bills already expected from growing demand..." kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/commentary/b...
Americans Just Got Scammed on Their Electricity Bills
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu
August 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"The evidence is clear: phasing out credits that have already supported clean and cheap electricity generation will raise customer utility bills, on top of the increase in bills already expected from growing demand..." kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/commentary/b...
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BETO TO DEMS: “We don’t wait for the punch thrown by these would-be fascists to land. We punch first, and punch harder… CA, NJ, IL, MD — redraw your lines now. Don’t wait for Texas to move first.”
August 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
BETO TO DEMS: “We don’t wait for the punch thrown by these would-be fascists to land. We punch first, and punch harder… CA, NJ, IL, MD — redraw your lines now. Don’t wait for Texas to move first.”
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Dems should fight on every front.
If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.
We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.
Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.
We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.
Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
August 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Dems should fight on every front.
If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.
We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.
Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.
We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.
Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
Good analysis from @vox.com. SNIP: "Trump’s signature legislative accomplishment, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, is likely to raise prices further. Without better management and investment, the result will be more expensive and less reliable power for most Americans..." www.vox.com/climate/4208...
Why your energy bill is suddenly so much more expensive
And why it’s not getting cheaper any time soon.
www.vox.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Good analysis from @vox.com. SNIP: "Trump’s signature legislative accomplishment, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, is likely to raise prices further. Without better management and investment, the result will be more expensive and less reliable power for most Americans..." www.vox.com/climate/4208...
Fine the crap out of these billionaires! montanafreepress.org/2025/07/15/d...
DNRC sues Crazy Mountain Ranch over golf course irrigation
State regulator says Crazy Mountain Ranch lacks a “valid water right” for its golf course irrigation.
montanafreepress.org
July 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Fine the crap out of these billionaires! montanafreepress.org/2025/07/15/d...
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"While most people spent the budget fight fixated on health care policy, I suspect that in a year we will consider this legislation to be the moment that Trump created his own internal security apparatus."
The American Police State Is Here
ICE is about to eclipse the FBI as America's most important law enforcement agency. That's bad. Super-duper bad.
www.thebulwark.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"While most people spent the budget fight fixated on health care policy, I suspect that in a year we will consider this legislation to be the moment that Trump created his own internal security apparatus."
Nationally, Energy Innovation reports, the Act is expected to “cut GDP by $1.1 trillion, add $170 billion to household energy bills, and cut hundreds of thousands of jobs.”
Nevadans can expect to see energy bills rise under the tax and spending bill passed by Congress last week, experts tell @nevadacurrent.com and @statesnewsroom.com
Ugly truths about Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and energy costs • Nevada Current
Nevadans can expect to see energy bills rise, gasoline costs creep upward, an increase in health risks, job losses, a plunge in the state’s gross domestic product, and the potential for a resurgence…
buff.ly
July 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Nationally, Energy Innovation reports, the Act is expected to “cut GDP by $1.1 trillion, add $170 billion to household energy bills, and cut hundreds of thousands of jobs.”
ICE budget alone is getting nearly quadrupled. Get ready for a full-on police state in the U.S.
The budget gives $175 billion to immigration enforcement. “The orders of magnitude are going to be multiplied,” immigration experts say.
Trump’s Budget Just Passed the Senate. Brace for a Massive Increase in ICE Raids.
The budget gives $175 billion to immigration enforcement. “The orders of magnitude are going to be multiplied,” immigration experts say.
interc.pt
July 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
ICE budget alone is getting nearly quadrupled. Get ready for a full-on police state in the U.S.
"There are a lot of confusing statements in the governor’s veto that don’t square with the 23 other states that are doing this and the nine electricity co-ops [in Montana] that are implementing this framework. … This is a missed opportunity.” Good work @montanafreepress.org
Gianforte vetoes community solar bill
Senate Bill 188 proponents say veto is a ‘missed opportunity’ to encourage economic development and lower Montanans’ power bills.
montanafreepress.org
June 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"There are a lot of confusing statements in the governor’s veto that don’t square with the 23 other states that are doing this and the nine electricity co-ops [in Montana] that are implementing this framework. … This is a missed opportunity.” Good work @montanafreepress.org
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent' one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5417...
🔊 Listen Now: Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
All Things Considered on NPR One | 8:11
one.npr.org
June 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent' one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5417...
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Northwestern Energy rate case before PSC
#MTPol #Montana
https://open.substack.com/pub/monicatranel/p/return-of-equity
#MTPol #Montana
https://open.substack.com/pub/monicatranel/p/return-of-equity
Return of Equity
On Monday June 9, 2025 the Montana Public Service Commission will begin a hearing to determine whether to grant NorthWestern’s request to raise our rates by 26%.
open.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Northwestern Energy rate case before PSC
#MTPol #Montana
https://open.substack.com/pub/monicatranel/p/return-of-equity
#MTPol #Montana
https://open.substack.com/pub/monicatranel/p/return-of-equity
“They’re not building an economy — they’re dismantling it and giving away the future of manufacturing...[and]...“handing the competitive advantage to Europe, China, Canada, and other nations that are making significant investments in clean manufacturing while leaving the U.S behind....”
This is both stupid economically and devastating environmentally. Some people seem to just want to watch the world burn. And I suspect that the companies directly affected by it are too scared to sue despite a strong legal claim about its illegality.
heatmap.news/energy/doe-c...
heatmap.news/energy/doe-c...
The Department of Energy Is ‘Giving Away the Future of Manufacturing’
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright canceled 24 decarbonization grants worth $3.7 billion.
heatmap.news
June 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“They’re not building an economy — they’re dismantling it and giving away the future of manufacturing...[and]...“handing the competitive advantage to Europe, China, Canada, and other nations that are making significant investments in clean manufacturing while leaving the U.S behind....”
SNIP: Gary Duncan, who has been working in utility regulation for four decades, said he isn’t aware of a Montana utility rolling out a new rate without regulatory approval before. “I have never seen this done, not in my history..."
Without giving consumers a heads up, NorthWestern Energy on Friday said it will increase electricity rates for consumers by $204 a year, without review from Montana’s utility regulator.
Without utility board approval, NorthWestern Energy implements 17% electricity rate increase
The increase comes two weeks before a two-week hearing was set begin on the utility’s rate hike request.
montanafreepress.org
May 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
SNIP: Gary Duncan, who has been working in utility regulation for four decades, said he isn’t aware of a Montana utility rolling out a new rate without regulatory approval before. “I have never seen this done, not in my history..."
This Montana county voted 70 percent for Trump.
A small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cuts
Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
www.npr.org
May 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This Montana county voted 70 percent for Trump.
“What is likely to occur if this passes is all of our best technology will again go to Asia or other countries to get scaled up. This could be called the ‘transfer technology to China’ bill.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Clean energy dollars are gushing to red states. Now GOP senators are in a bind.
Hundreds of billions of dollars in spending on red-state projects are jeopardized by Trump’s sweeping tax bill, which will face intense lobbying in the Senate.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“What is likely to occur if this passes is all of our best technology will again go to Asia or other countries to get scaled up. This could be called the ‘transfer technology to China’ bill.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"Mr. Trump’s blinkered obsession with short-term Band-Aids like tariffs, while actively undermining what makes America strong, will only hasten the onset of a Chinese-dominated world." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
Opinion | In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant.
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Mr. Trump’s blinkered obsession with short-term Band-Aids like tariffs, while actively undermining what makes America strong, will only hasten the onset of a Chinese-dominated world." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s disruptive cost-cutting team.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
May 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
"Of the 469 large renewable projects that applied to connect to Bonneville’s grid since 2015, only one has reached approval...No major grid operator is as stingy as Bonneville in its approach to financing new transmission lines and substations needed to grow the power supply...."
Oregon and Washington passed aggressive goals to decarbonize their power supply but left it to the Bonneville Power Administration to build the transmission lines needed for wind and solar. The agency hasn’t delivered.
How the Pacific Northwest’s dream of green energy fell apart
Oregon and Washington passed aggressive goals to decarbonize their power supply but left it to the Bonneville Power Administration to build the transmission lines needed for wind and solar. The agency...
www.kuow.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Of the 469 large renewable projects that applied to connect to Bonneville’s grid since 2015, only one has reached approval...No major grid operator is as stingy as Bonneville in its approach to financing new transmission lines and substations needed to grow the power supply...."