Tom Jensen
@fishlawjensen.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. GS dog guy. Citizen. Lawyer @ Perkins Coie. NAFO. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 White House/CEQ/US Senate Energy Committee/.NSN natural resource counsel. Friend of undammed rivers and edible clients. Grateful former 🇨🇦 (BC) resident. “Everyone counts or no one counts.”
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Tom Jensen
@fishlawjensen.bsky.social
· Apr 14
Civilization is not a liberal plot.
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My plan to revive American manufacturing is to: raise the price of inputs like steel, aluminum & copper; create shortages of rare earths; generate less electricity; invite retaliatory tariffs; cut R&D; raise borrowing costs by blowing out the budget; and to cover it all in a cloud of uncertainty.
July 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My plan to revive American manufacturing is to: raise the price of inputs like steel, aluminum & copper; create shortages of rare earths; generate less electricity; invite retaliatory tariffs; cut R&D; raise borrowing costs by blowing out the budget; and to cover it all in a cloud of uncertainty.
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Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says
www.nytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
161. The Court's Disastrous Ruling in the Third-Country Removal Case
The majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
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This is astounding — with huge implications for the years ahead:
Solar + storage is now $104 per MWh in Las Vegas or similar regions for nearly 100% clean firm power. There is no way new nuclear can compete with this. Even new gas plants will struggle and that is assuming access to cheap gas over the life-cycle of the plant, which is kind of a crazy gamble TBH.
Batteries are so cheap now, solar power doesn’t sleep
Batteries are now cheap enough to make 24/7 solar power affordable, unlocking round-the-clock clean energy in the world’s sunniest cities.
electrek.co
June 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is astounding — with huge implications for the years ahead:
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The claims that McIver, Padilla, and Lander were committing assault should make you question every other time LEOs claim assault or resisting arrest, if you weren’t already.
June 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The claims that McIver, Padilla, and Lander were committing assault should make you question every other time LEOs claim assault or resisting arrest, if you weren’t already.
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Oh my America, North Korea really has his number! Must watch.
June 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Oh my America, North Korea really has his number! Must watch.
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Would you look at that.
June 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Would you look at that.
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It’s not a surprise that the man who purposely incited a violent attempt to overthrow an American election would now purposely incite violence on the streets of Los Angeles as a justification for military force against American citizens.
Not a surprise at all.
Not a surprise at all.
June 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It’s not a surprise that the man who purposely incited a violent attempt to overthrow an American election would now purposely incite violence on the streets of Los Angeles as a justification for military force against American citizens.
Not a surprise at all.
Not a surprise at all.
Weak men pretending to be strong. It’s bad stuff. Always has been. Pathetic.
This is so clearly an Administration that’s terrified at even the slightest resistance and is desperately trying to escalate to scare people with a show of force.
We need to call it out as the pathetic, desperate move it is.
We need to call it out as the pathetic, desperate move it is.
June 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Weak men pretending to be strong. It’s bad stuff. Always has been. Pathetic.
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Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
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This seems a wee bit prejudicial
Pam Bondi wraps up her press conference by accusing Abrego Garcia of being a child-groomer human trafficker and gang member and the walks away
June 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This seems a wee bit prejudicial
Driving, I asked Alexa for songs based on Dolly Parton’s splendid “Jolene.” The first song to play was Waylon Jennings’ splendid “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way.” Pro Tip: Don’t underestimate Alexa’s subtle understanding of the human story.
June 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Driving, I asked Alexa for songs based on Dolly Parton’s splendid “Jolene.” The first song to play was Waylon Jennings’ splendid “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way.” Pro Tip: Don’t underestimate Alexa’s subtle understanding of the human story.
A hydrangea that can’t make up its mind whether to be acidic or base.
June 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A hydrangea that can’t make up its mind whether to be acidic or base.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c... The proposed cuts to climate science are today’s version of the persecution of Copernicus and Reformists. It’s our era’s Counter-Reformation, but focused on preservation of a particular energy industry, not an entrenched religious institution.
Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c... The proposed cuts to climate science are today’s version of the persecution of Copernicus and Reformists. It’s our era’s Counter-Reformation, but focused on preservation of a particular energy industry, not an entrenched religious institution.
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The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...
May 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...
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Clarence Thomas being forced to decide between Trump and Leo
May 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Clarence Thomas being forced to decide between Trump and Leo
Old dog and new flowers.
May 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Old dog and new flowers.
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Narrative warfare is the use of lies, disinformation, and doublespeak to mentally manipulate and confuse the public, break trust in objective reality, and normalize authoritarian control by breaking people's brains.
May 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Narrative warfare is the use of lies, disinformation, and doublespeak to mentally manipulate and confuse the public, break trust in objective reality, and normalize authoritarian control by breaking people's brains.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... From a great American.
Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump 'Incompetent and Treasonous' at 2025 Tour Kickoff
At the kick-off show of his 2025 European tour, Bruce Springsteen delivered a fiery speech against Donald Trump.
www.rollingstone.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... From a great American.
youtu.be/kRtUb1dHLh8 Solidarity with Bruce. Such a beautiful song about failures of the American Dream and the potential for redemption.
"My City of Ruins (Bruce Springsteen Cover)" Pearl Jam@PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh 5/16/25
YouTube video by Jim Powers
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May 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
youtu.be/kRtUb1dHLh8 Solidarity with Bruce. Such a beautiful song about failures of the American Dream and the potential for redemption.
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Honestly this is one of the few quotes from a politician that are going to live rent free in my head. He nailed it perfectly.
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
May 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Honestly this is one of the few quotes from a politician that are going to live rent free in my head. He nailed it perfectly.
This is so disturbing. Who in the world would pursue this kind of whitewashing? Oh, I see.
𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐯. 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝.
Compare these 2 versions of the homepage of Brown v Board Nat'l Historic Park in Topeka.
Left: as of 5/4.
Right: as of today.
Before: Brown's "one of the most pivotal ... ever rendered."
After: "a class photo."
www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm
#HistorySky #LawSky
Compare these 2 versions of the homepage of Brown v Board Nat'l Historic Park in Topeka.
Left: as of 5/4.
Right: as of today.
Before: Brown's "one of the most pivotal ... ever rendered."
After: "a class photo."
www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm
#HistorySky #LawSky
May 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is so disturbing. Who in the world would pursue this kind of whitewashing? Oh, I see.
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That seems to be their position, yes.
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
May 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
That seems to be their position, yes.