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Jeff Young
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Journalist covering climate and clean energy at Newsweek's Better Planet. Author of "Appalachian Fall." Formerly: Living on Earth (and still living here).
On Signal: @Jeff_Young.34
https://www.newsweek.com/better-planet
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I guess he just got lucky.
January 27, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly
January 26, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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State Terror Has Arrived www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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katharinehayhoe.com
As TX heads into what may be the biggest ice storm of the year, let’s get one thing straight before the disinfo starts.

Solar and wind energy operate reliably in far colder places.

The real issue is simple: large parts of the grid are not appropriately winterized. When storms come, they fail.
A screen capture from Wikipedia stating that "Data showed that failure to winterize traditional power sources, principally natural gas infrastructure but also to a lesser extent wind turbines, had caused the grid failure,[15][16] with a drop in power production from natural gas more than five times greater than that from wind turbines."
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 PM
jefftheyoung.bsky.social
Grocery shopping in anticipation of the snowstorm and, good God, the Kroger scene is like the fall of Saigon.
January 22, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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The AP just uncovered a whistleblower memo that says the ICE has authorized agents "to forcibly enter into ..homes without a judicial warrant."
And ICE told agents not to distribute these instructions, but to verbally pass them along.
Link to the memo ⤵️ www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows:a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”),Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enterinto certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or anemergency.b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Directorauthorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicialwarrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order ofdeportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonableamount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directedto verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then showthe Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to readthe Memo and return it to the supervisor.d. A Form I-205, which DHS has called an “Warrant ofRemoval/Deportation” is drafted and signed by an ICE official. Basedupon the final administrative order of deportation typically issued by animmigration judge,3 the purpose of the Form I-205 is to authorize ICEAgents to detain and remove these individuals. These arrests have alwaysbeen limited to public places because the Form I-205 has not beenconsidered a warrant issued by a “neutral and detached magistrate.” Onlya warrant issued by a “neutral and detached magistrate” (e.g., a judicia
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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🌮🌮🌮
January 21, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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#Trump at #WorldEconomicForum today:
Meh, #China has no wind energy, it's a scam.

China actually has more wind farms than the next largest 18‼️ countries combined.

great fact checking by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org

#WEF
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
jefftheyoung.bsky.social
Iceland, Greenland, tomayto tomahto...Caroline Leavitt and Fox anchors in a couple hours, probably.
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
a close up of a leopard holding a red frisbee in its mouth
ALT: a close up of a leopard holding a red frisbee in its mouth
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January 21, 2026 at 12:39 PM
jefftheyoung.bsky.social
No waffling.
anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 7d
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 2:57 PM
jefftheyoung.bsky.social
"It is a measure of how much Mr. Trump has changed the definition of normal that his appetite for seizing land that does not belong to him is debated as a serious proposition rather than dismissed out of hand as a brazen violation of U.S. treaty obligations and international law."
#Greenland
January 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM
jefftheyoung.bsky.social
Nice interview with a nice guy, as far as it goes. But here are a few things a KY-based journalist would have included in a piece about Andy's presidential appeal. A short 🧵
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Here’s Andy Beshear’s Case for President
The Kentucky governor is laying out an early argument for why he could be Democrats’ best bet in 2028.
www.politico.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
jefftheyoung.bsky.social
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Material www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Material
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
jefftheyoung.bsky.social
Even the bullet head Joe Rogan is turning against ICE.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14d
“.. Are we really gonna be the Gestapo, 'Where's your papers?' Is that what we've come to?"
January 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
jefftheyoung.bsky.social
Signers include every living former Fed Reserve Chair, going back nearly 40 years, as well as five former Treasury Secretaries.
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 15d
"The reported criminal inquiry into Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell is an unprecedented attempt to use prosecutorial attacks to undermine [the Fed's] independence."

It's a hell of a list of signatories jointstatement.substack.com/p/statement-...
Statement on the Federal Reserve JAN 12, 2026 The Federal Reserve's independence and the public's perception of that independence are critical for economic performance, including achieving the goals Congress has set for the Federal Reserve of stable prices, maximum employment, and moderate long-term interest rates. The reported criminal inquiry into Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell is an unprecedented attempt to use prosecutorial attacks to undermine that independence. This is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets with weak institutions, with highly negative consequences for inflation and the functioning of their economies more broadly. It has no place in the United States whose greatest strength is the rule of law, which is at the foundation of our economic success. SIGNATORIES Ben S. Bernanke served two terms as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Fed, as well as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush. Jared Bernstein served as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Joe Biden. Jason Furman served as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama. Timothy F. Geithner served as the 75th Secretary of the Treasury under President Barack Obama, as well as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Alan Greenspan served five terms as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Fed, first appointed by President Ronald Reagan and then reappointed by Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. He also was Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Gerald Ford.
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
jefftheyoung.bsky.social
The Fed Chair out here with more stones than most members of Congress or CEOs.
January 12, 2026 at 2:48 AM
jefftheyoung.bsky.social
C'mon Niners, win this for Bobby!
January 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
jefftheyoung.bsky.social
A playlist of some great Bob Weir performances.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1KT...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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On the turntable tonight. Fare thee well, Bobby.
January 11, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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What would Paine make of current American affairs?
January 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
jefftheyoung.bsky.social
CA bills to speed two #CleanEnergy solutions: one would make it easier to add plug in, or balcony, solar for rental units and heat pumps, the other clears red tape for heat pump installations.
scottwiener.bsky.social Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 21d
I'm so excited to be introducing TWO new energy affordability bills today!
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM