Ted Spencer, MPA
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Former Navy Nuke, Renewable Energy Engineer, Energy and Environmental Policy Wonk. Climate Policy Analyst for @commondefense.
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Ted Spencer, MPA
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· Jun 18
Me, watching the Senate version of the Reconciliation bill:
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This.
Joni Ernst’s lifelong legacy for women serving in the military from her time in the Senate is Pete Hegseth.
Every woman denied promotion, denied a job specialty, sexually harassed, or forced out for bs reasons, owes it all to Ernst and the Republican Party.
Every woman denied promotion, denied a job specialty, sexually harassed, or forced out for bs reasons, owes it all to Ernst and the Republican Party.
October 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This.
This man is a US Air Force Veteran, assaulted and illegally detained by Gestapo thugs.
As agents retreated back to the facility grounds, a protester was knocked to the ground and arrested.
September 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This man is a US Air Force Veteran, assaulted and illegally detained by Gestapo thugs.
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Have you ever wondered how to join or start a union? On Thursday, 10/9, Triad Labor Council President Anthony Groll will be at South Main Book Company to host a free workshop on labor organizing.
#downtownsalisbury #indiebookstore #union #labor
#downtownsalisbury #indiebookstore #union #labor
September 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Have you ever wondered how to join or start a union? On Thursday, 10/9, Triad Labor Council President Anthony Groll will be at South Main Book Company to host a free workshop on labor organizing.
#downtownsalisbury #indiebookstore #union #labor
#downtownsalisbury #indiebookstore #union #labor
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“In nearly four decades of reporting and writing, I have never seen commanders so concerned about issues that could tarnish the U.S. military’s independence and standing. They swear an oath to the Constitution, not a president, and they don’t want to break it.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The chilling reason the military is silent now
National Guard in cities and attacks on drug boats began with ousting military lawyers called JAGs.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“In nearly four decades of reporting and writing, I have never seen commanders so concerned about issues that could tarnish the U.S. military’s independence and standing. They swear an oath to the Constitution, not a president, and they don’t want to break it.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
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A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
September 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
And this is combined now with the announcement this morning that the EIA is considering no longer producing the monthly solar module import report.
The Trump administration, from the CDC to EPA to NOAA, is going to war with established climate science.
I, along w/@blkahn.bsky.social @eroston.bsky.social, try to capture the big picture of what's already happened & what's at stake.
Gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
I, along w/@blkahn.bsky.social @eroston.bsky.social, try to capture the big picture of what's already happened & what's at stake.
Gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Trump Is Dismantling Climate Science at a Dangerous Pace
The White House has blocked efforts to measure, respond to and fight global warming. That puts all Americans at risk.
www.bloomberg.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
And this is combined now with the announcement this morning that the EIA is considering no longer producing the monthly solar module import report.
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Call me old-fashioned, but I ask you:
WHY do we let the tech industry do whatever the fuck it wants?
I, for one, don’t WANT the future Silicone Valley is shoving down our throats.
NO to strangers being able to dox me as I walk down the street.
NO to them being able to do it to my daughters.
WHY do we let the tech industry do whatever the fuck it wants?
I, for one, don’t WANT the future Silicone Valley is shoving down our throats.
NO to strangers being able to dox me as I walk down the street.
NO to them being able to do it to my daughters.
September 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Call me old-fashioned, but I ask you:
WHY do we let the tech industry do whatever the fuck it wants?
I, for one, don’t WANT the future Silicone Valley is shoving down our throats.
NO to strangers being able to dox me as I walk down the street.
NO to them being able to do it to my daughters.
WHY do we let the tech industry do whatever the fuck it wants?
I, for one, don’t WANT the future Silicone Valley is shoving down our throats.
NO to strangers being able to dox me as I walk down the street.
NO to them being able to do it to my daughters.
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SCOOP: Revolution Wind employed 80 fishermen over the past 2 years, paying out $9.5 million to captains, deckhands, and fishing boat owners. Trump's pause means he just put Trump-voting fishermen out of work.
When Trump paused Empire Wind, the fishermen stayed quiet.
This time, they spoke to me.👇
When Trump paused Empire Wind, the fishermen stayed quiet.
This time, they spoke to me.👇
‘It’s madness’: Trump-voting fishermen oppose Revolution Wind halt
The Rhode Island offshore wind project, now nearly finished, employed 80 fishermen to help with construction. With Trump's pause, they are losing vital…
www.canarymedia.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
SCOOP: Revolution Wind employed 80 fishermen over the past 2 years, paying out $9.5 million to captains, deckhands, and fishing boat owners. Trump's pause means he just put Trump-voting fishermen out of work.
When Trump paused Empire Wind, the fishermen stayed quiet.
This time, they spoke to me.👇
When Trump paused Empire Wind, the fishermen stayed quiet.
This time, they spoke to me.👇
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This is one of my fondest parts of town. There's a pretty good sized minority population there, and you know that's why they're there now.
Spotted: FBI / ATF agents on the streets near NoMa Gallaudet station.
Chilling.
Chilling.
August 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is one of my fondest parts of town. There's a pretty good sized minority population there, and you know that's why they're there now.
We're at the "hide the artwork and artifacts from the fascist leaders, otherwise they'll never be seen again" stage.
White House notifies Smithsonian of forthcoming "internal review" of Smithsonian exhibits
"..To ensure alignment with the President’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives & restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions"
"..To ensure alignment with the President’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives & restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions"
August 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We're at the "hide the artwork and artifacts from the fascist leaders, otherwise they'll never be seen again" stage.
So aside from the fact that this is another obvious attempt at distracting from the Epstein Files, which nuclear idiot proposed this: Oklo, NuScale, or Valar? Because this is not a serious proposal from serious people.
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
So aside from the fact that this is another obvious attempt at distracting from the Epstein Files, which nuclear idiot proposed this: Oklo, NuScale, or Valar? Because this is not a serious proposal from serious people.
Hello there. After all, they're almost as racist as they are sexist.
i wanna try something. quote this post if you’re a man who hates the manosphere
August 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Hello there. After all, they're almost as racist as they are sexist.
So this has me extremely confused, because regardless of the generation resource they're attached to, we need new transmission.
So, are transmission lines now "woke"?
So, are transmission lines now "woke"?
Also in this week's THE FIGHT...
The anti-renewables movement has a new target: transmission lines. @jael.bsky.social digs into the fight over the Cimarron Link transmission line to determine if it will meet the same fate as the Grain Belt Express.
The anti-renewables movement has a new target: transmission lines. @jael.bsky.social digs into the fight over the Cimarron Link transmission line to determine if it will meet the same fate as the Grain Belt Express.
The Anti-Renewables Movement is Coming for Your Wires
The Grain Belt Express was just the beginning.
heatmap.news
August 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So this has me extremely confused, because regardless of the generation resource they're attached to, we need new transmission.
So, are transmission lines now "woke"?
So, are transmission lines now "woke"?
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As many others have said, what this means is that going forward, economic data will be unreliable.
Without reliable data, businesses can’t make decisions or properly plan. Neither can investors.
Combine that with ever changing tariffs and it’s an economic disaster.
Without reliable data, businesses can’t make decisions or properly plan. Neither can investors.
Combine that with ever changing tariffs and it’s an economic disaster.
Breaking: Trump says he ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer, accusing the labor statistics commissioner of manipulating jobs data.
Trump Says He’ll Fire Labor Statistics Head After Weak Jobs Data
President Donald Trump said he was directing officials to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after a report showed US job growth cooling sharply over the last three months.
bloom.bg
August 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
As many others have said, what this means is that going forward, economic data will be unreliable.
Without reliable data, businesses can’t make decisions or properly plan. Neither can investors.
Combine that with ever changing tariffs and it’s an economic disaster.
Without reliable data, businesses can’t make decisions or properly plan. Neither can investors.
Combine that with ever changing tariffs and it’s an economic disaster.
The answer is uplift the stories being told by those who are being hurt currently and most directly. Make media, people and politicians see the very real impacts these things are having RIGHT NOW to people without their input, without their participation, often without their consent or their votes.
If you are staffer at a big environmental organization, and you are crafting an "official statement" condemning the EPA's attempt to kill the endangerment finding, I have a sincere question for you:
What effect do you think the statement will have?
What effect do you think the statement will have?
July 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The answer is uplift the stories being told by those who are being hurt currently and most directly. Make media, people and politicians see the very real impacts these things are having RIGHT NOW to people without their input, without their participation, often without their consent or their votes.
Somebody make this make sense to me. All three are Black, and it's minority members of the state, and especially of their districts, who are going to be hurt first and hardest by SB 266.
SB 266 (repeals emissions goal for Duke Energy and makes changes to rates): override succeeds.
Reps. Cunningham, Majeed, Willingham (D) vote YES with Republicans. Reps. Cohn, Colvin, F. Jackson, Jeffers, G. Pierce, Pittman, Roberson, Ch. Smith (D) vote NO (previously YES).
Reps. Cunningham, Majeed, Willingham (D) vote YES with Republicans. Reps. Cohn, Colvin, F. Jackson, Jeffers, G. Pierce, Pittman, Roberson, Ch. Smith (D) vote NO (previously YES).
July 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Somebody make this make sense to me. All three are Black, and it's minority members of the state, and especially of their districts, who are going to be hurt first and hardest by SB 266.
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A Sky News correspondent on board a Jordanian aid-dropping flight in Gaza reveals that "we were told the Israeli side had warned that any shots of Gaza filmed from the air could result in these aid flights being cancelled."
The project is to conceal the genocide.
news.sky.com/story/mile-a...
The project is to conceal the genocide.
news.sky.com/story/mile-a...
July 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A Sky News correspondent on board a Jordanian aid-dropping flight in Gaza reveals that "we were told the Israeli side had warned that any shots of Gaza filmed from the air could result in these aid flights being cancelled."
The project is to conceal the genocide.
news.sky.com/story/mile-a...
The project is to conceal the genocide.
news.sky.com/story/mile-a...
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Me, an American watching the Administration's concerted, surgical targeted efforts to kill clean energy innovation and industry here:
July 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Me, an American watching the Administration's concerted, surgical targeted efforts to kill clean energy innovation and industry here:
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Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
July 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
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The Texas flooding is a tragedy. No one “deserves” it; compassion and empathy shouldn’t be political. The job of those in positions of political power should be (1) helping those in need now, and (2) acting in the aftermath to prevent the next one. If they do not, voters must hold them accountable.
July 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Texas flooding is a tragedy. No one “deserves” it; compassion and empathy shouldn’t be political. The job of those in positions of political power should be (1) helping those in need now, and (2) acting in the aftermath to prevent the next one. If they do not, voters must hold them accountable.