Ben Goossen
@bgoose.bsky.social
Sustainable freight advocate. Electrifying drayage at Forum Mobility. Denver Nuggets hoops enthusiast. Views are my own. #electrictrucks #energytwitter
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Might be the craziest half inning of baseball I can remember.
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Might be the craziest half inning of baseball I can remember.
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Giving $7.5B in tax breaks to oil companies to pump overseas offers all of the global downside & none of the (bogus) domestic upside of oil subsidies. Truly self-destructive
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Oil Subsidies Are Bad. Exporting $7.5 Billion of Them Is Worse.
Giving fossil-fuel companies billions of dollars in tax breaks to pump the oil and gas heating up the planet is a terrible idea, but I guess you could argue it might at least create US jobs — unless y...
www.bloomberg.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Giving $7.5B in tax breaks to oil companies to pump overseas offers all of the global downside & none of the (bogus) domestic upside of oil subsidies. Truly self-destructive
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Mass atrocity.
I really don’t understand how anyone in this administration, or anyone who supports them, sleep at night.
USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say
An analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet projects that cuts to the agency will lead to more deaths from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
www.nbcnews.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Mass atrocity.
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Cost of extending the Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Remember this as we hear about "wasteful government spending."
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Remember this as we hear about "wasteful government spending."
April 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Cost of extending the Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Remember this as we hear about "wasteful government spending."
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Remember this as we hear about "wasteful government spending."
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This new White House executive order says that the US Attorney General is going to prevent states from implementing democratically passed laws regarding climate change and clean energy. It scarcely needs stating at this point that this is wildly, unambiguously unconstitutional. Dictator shit.
Protecting American Energy From State Overreach
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This new White House executive order says that the US Attorney General is going to prevent states from implementing democratically passed laws regarding climate change and clean energy. It scarcely needs stating at this point that this is wildly, unambiguously unconstitutional. Dictator shit.
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This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists.
Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again — leaving thousands of jobs and the shift to clean energy in doubt.
A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled
Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists.
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They’re looting the government—stealing your data, consolidating power, and lining the pockets of the wealthy. Stop covering it like it’s some principled libertarian reform.
February 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
They’re looting the government—stealing your data, consolidating power, and lining the pockets of the wealthy. Stop covering it like it’s some principled libertarian reform.
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That didn't take long... Just ONE DAY after Biden's new tech restrictions on China, Beijing announces ban on rare mineral exports to US.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/w...
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China Announces a Ban on Rare Minerals to the U.S.
The move comes a day after the Biden administration expanded curbs on the sale of advanced American technology to China.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:16 PM
That didn't take long... Just ONE DAY after Biden's new tech restrictions on China, Beijing announces ban on rare mineral exports to US.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/w...
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Trump argues mass deportation will reduce housing costs. In contrast, study finds increased immigration enforcement causes shortages of construction labor and “large reductions in residential construction… [which] is associated with increases in home prices.” www.haas.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
November 19, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Trump argues mass deportation will reduce housing costs. In contrast, study finds increased immigration enforcement causes shortages of construction labor and “large reductions in residential construction… [which] is associated with increases in home prices.” www.haas.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...