Kendall Dix
@kendalldix.bsky.social
Climate policy at @taprootearth.bsky.social. Former cook. Former fisheries and EJ organizer. KC born. LLM in food and ag policy.🌹🌱
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🚨 House passes bill to end the shutdown and punt on DHS funding, sending it to Trump
Vote is 217-214.
21 Ds vote YES.
21 Rs vote NO.
All of government is funded through September EXCEPT DHS, which is put on a 2-week until Feb. 13.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Vote is 217-214.
21 Ds vote YES.
21 Rs vote NO.
All of government is funded through September EXCEPT DHS, which is put on a 2-week until Feb. 13.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes bill to end the shutdown and punt on DHS funding, sending it to Trump
Trump has said he'll sign the bill to end the brief shutdown. It funds almost all of government while putting DHS on a stopgap after federal agents killed two people in Minneapolis.
www.nbcnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
🚨 House passes bill to end the shutdown and punt on DHS funding, sending it to Trump
Vote is 217-214.
21 Ds vote YES.
21 Rs vote NO.
All of government is funded through September EXCEPT DHS, which is put on a 2-week until Feb. 13.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Vote is 217-214.
21 Ds vote YES.
21 Rs vote NO.
All of government is funded through September EXCEPT DHS, which is put on a 2-week until Feb. 13.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Finally seeing analysis that hedges against the data center hype being completely made up by proposing sound policy for renewables and storage as if the data centers didn’t exist at all! Good!
A way to meet fast-growing data center demand, using clean energy and existing points of interconnection: energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/a...
A Solution for the Fast Data Center Connection Challenge
Lean in on America’s fastest growing source of electricity supply. This week’s blog is co-authored with Emilia Chojkiewicz and Amol Phadke. Taking projections of all utilities in the U.S. tog…
energyathaas.wordpress.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Finally seeing analysis that hedges against the data center hype being completely made up by proposing sound policy for renewables and storage as if the data centers didn’t exist at all! Good!
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Video of his remarks where he says, verbatim, that one of his jobs as leader is to funnel more aid to Israel
75% of Democratic voters oppose sending Israel more military aid, as do 66% of independents and 60% of Americans overall according to recent polling
75% of Democratic voters oppose sending Israel more military aid, as do 66% of independents and 60% of Americans overall according to recent polling
February 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Video of his remarks where he says, verbatim, that one of his jobs as leader is to funnel more aid to Israel
75% of Democratic voters oppose sending Israel more military aid, as do 66% of independents and 60% of Americans overall according to recent polling
75% of Democratic voters oppose sending Israel more military aid, as do 66% of independents and 60% of Americans overall according to recent polling
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multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.
BREAKING: ICE has halted "all movement" at a Texas detention facility due to measles infections, DHS confirms.
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
cbsn.ws
February 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.
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100 gigawatts is FIFTY (50) Hoover Dams
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:55 PM
100 gigawatts is FIFTY (50) Hoover Dams
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On August 12, 2017, Heather Heyer was killed by a neo-Nazi in Charlottesville.
On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.
In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.
In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
January 31, 2026 at 11:06 AM
On August 12, 2017, Heather Heyer was killed by a neo-Nazi in Charlottesville.
On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.
In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.
In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
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Elon Musk last year: "Epstein tried to get me to go to his island and I REFUSED"
Musk to Epstein emails:
• “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
• "I really want to hit the party scene"
• "Is there a good time to visit?
Story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Musk to Epstein emails:
• “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
• "I really want to hit the party scene"
• "Is there a good time to visit?
Story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Elon Musk last year: "Epstein tried to get me to go to his island and I REFUSED"
Musk to Epstein emails:
• “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
• "I really want to hit the party scene"
• "Is there a good time to visit?
Story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Musk to Epstein emails:
• “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
• "I really want to hit the party scene"
• "Is there a good time to visit?
Story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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If nothing changes, this is a huge victory for grassroots organizing. And for human right.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, Virginia.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, Virginia.
The Hanover County property that federal immigration officials wanted to buy and convert into an immigrant processing and detention center is no longer for sale, according to a statement released by the Canadian-based developer that owns it.
Hanover County facility sought by ICE is no longer for sale
Updated Jan. 30: Jim Pattison Developments says "the transaction ... will not be proceeding."
www.vpm.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:04 PM
If nothing changes, this is a huge victory for grassroots organizing. And for human right.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, Virginia.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, Virginia.
So glad we let this guy influence global agriculture policy:
January 30, 2026 at 8:28 PM
So glad we let this guy influence global agriculture policy:
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"USAID staffers... drafted a warning to senior officials in Joe Biden’s administration: Northern Gaza had turned into an 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' with dire shortages of food and medical aid.
"But the U.S. ambassador... blocked the cable from wider distribution within the United States government."
"But the U.S. ambassador... blocked the cable from wider distribution within the United States government."
US envoys to Israel blocked early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza
U.S. Agency for International Development staffers in early 2024 drafted a warning to senior officials in Joe Biden’s administration: Northern Gaza had turned into an “Apocalyptic Wasteland” with dire...
www.reuters.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
"USAID staffers... drafted a warning to senior officials in Joe Biden’s administration: Northern Gaza had turned into an 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' with dire shortages of food and medical aid.
"But the U.S. ambassador... blocked the cable from wider distribution within the United States government."
"But the U.S. ambassador... blocked the cable from wider distribution within the United States government."
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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As @hebagowayed.bsky.social and I wrote in our Guardian article on abolishing ICE, this is Homan threatening to gun down Americans for using their free speech rights to accurately describe ICE as fascist secret police.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
As @hebagowayed.bsky.social and I wrote in our Guardian article on abolishing ICE, this is Homan threatening to gun down Americans for using their free speech rights to accurately describe ICE as fascist secret police.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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From me: Chuck Schumer's legislative demands for DHS funding are so narrow they almost mirror what ICE/CBP have just announced in Minneapolis. Just as Republicans were conceding the need to negotiate, Democrats pre-negotiated themselves into mush.
prospect.org/2026/01/29/c...
prospect.org/2026/01/29/c...
Democrats Determined to Squander Advantage on DHS Funding - The American Prospect
Democrats are succeeding in getting a showdown on new rules for immigration enforcement. But will those rules amount to anything?
prospect.org
January 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM
From me: Chuck Schumer's legislative demands for DHS funding are so narrow they almost mirror what ICE/CBP have just announced in Minneapolis. Just as Republicans were conceding the need to negotiate, Democrats pre-negotiated themselves into mush.
prospect.org/2026/01/29/c...
prospect.org/2026/01/29/c...
Nothing says we are taking the threat of a military occupation seriously like “coordinated messaging”
Adam Schiff is still acting like the threat is a *future* problem.
Turn on the fucking TV, my guy. Who gives a shit if they're wearing military uniforms or fucking crocs, the threat is here and now
Turn on the fucking TV, my guy. Who gives a shit if they're wearing military uniforms or fucking crocs, the threat is here and now
![Behind the scenes: Democrats are gripped by their fears that President Trump may eventually invoke the Insurrection Act — which would allow him to deploy the U.S. military against citizens on U.S. soil — to crack down on protests across the country.
Led by Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a working group of over a dozen Senate Democrats has been meeting for months to prepare for that possibility, a source told Axios.
The group, which has included participation from Schumer's office, is preparing a response that would include coordinated messaging, floor action in the Senate and support for legal efforts.
Dems "must not be caught flat-footed if [Trump] takes such an extreme step to deploy troops to police our streets," Schiff said in a statement.
The bottom line: Democrats have also rejected overtures to cut a deal that secures their desired DHS changes via executive action.
To Democrats, given their lack of trust in the White House, that approach is a nonstarter.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/bafkreig5cprnrjtee6la4ttp63idtmnrfxdloc5mokbiq4i3x2cvra75fu@jpeg)
January 29, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Nothing says we are taking the threat of a military occupation seriously like “coordinated messaging”
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This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
For all the fearmongering about capital flight from New York City, there’s an exodus few want to talk about: working people.
Sky-high rents and outrageous child care costs are already pushing families out of the city they keep running.
That’s what we have to change.
That’s what we have to change.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
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The final Dem draft for the DHS appropriations bill is even less than the paltry demands that Chris Murphy outlined.
I want to read the specifics of these proposed amendments, but, as is, this is less than a slap on the wrist. It's barely scowling at a hand.
I want to read the specifics of these proposed amendments, but, as is, this is less than a slap on the wrist. It's barely scowling at a hand.
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The final Dem draft for the DHS appropriations bill is even less than the paltry demands that Chris Murphy outlined.
I want to read the specifics of these proposed amendments, but, as is, this is less than a slap on the wrist. It's barely scowling at a hand.
I want to read the specifics of these proposed amendments, but, as is, this is less than a slap on the wrist. It's barely scowling at a hand.
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Toughest congressperson in America rears back for a punch, and refuses to cut short townhall, after asshole sprays her with something.
January 28, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Toughest congressperson in America rears back for a punch, and refuses to cut short townhall, after asshole sprays her with something.
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“Alleged violations include instances of medical neglect, physical and sexual abuse, denial of adequate food and water, and the mistreatment of children and pregnant women…”
"Those alleged violations amount to ‘an undeniable pattern of human rights abuse in immigration detention,’ the report says.”
"Those alleged violations amount to ‘an undeniable pattern of human rights abuse in immigration detention,’ the report says.”
January 27, 2026 at 3:59 PM
“Alleged violations include instances of medical neglect, physical and sexual abuse, denial of adequate food and water, and the mistreatment of children and pregnant women…”
"Those alleged violations amount to ‘an undeniable pattern of human rights abuse in immigration detention,’ the report says.”
"Those alleged violations amount to ‘an undeniable pattern of human rights abuse in immigration detention,’ the report says.”
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wild to see any Democrats “unite” around any bodycam proposal after DHS has said they’ve got multiple bodycam videos of agents killing Alex Pretti
January 27, 2026 at 2:41 PM
wild to see any Democrats “unite” around any bodycam proposal after DHS has said they’ve got multiple bodycam videos of agents killing Alex Pretti
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I don’t love the Dem strategy of continuing to fund a hugely unpopular administration in exchange for its (unenforceable) agreement to do a bunch of things it’s already legally obligated to do.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I don’t love the Dem strategy of continuing to fund a hugely unpopular administration in exchange for its (unenforceable) agreement to do a bunch of things it’s already legally obligated to do.
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Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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🧵1/4 Feeling overwhelmed by geopolitical chaos, attempts to unravel international cooperation, market instability, climate inaction and growing uncertainty for communities, society and the future?
Us too.
But there’s one part of the energy transition blowing in the opposite direction.
Offshore wind.
Us too.
But there’s one part of the energy transition blowing in the opposite direction.
Offshore wind.
January 26, 2026 at 12:50 PM
🧵1/4 Feeling overwhelmed by geopolitical chaos, attempts to unravel international cooperation, market instability, climate inaction and growing uncertainty for communities, society and the future?
Us too.
But there’s one part of the energy transition blowing in the opposite direction.
Offshore wind.
Us too.
But there’s one part of the energy transition blowing in the opposite direction.
Offshore wind.