Rett Young
@eyoung91.bsky.social
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It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.
October 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.
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the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
June 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
not just denver
April 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
not just denver
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This Court considered it an egregious abuse of executive power for Biden to modify student loan payments based on a statute authorizing the executive branch to "waive or modify" student loan payments
April 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This Court considered it an egregious abuse of executive power for Biden to modify student loan payments based on a statute authorizing the executive branch to "waive or modify" student loan payments
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There’s a lesson here for every Big Law firm, university and media company if they care to learn it.
Absolutely incredible: the Feds totally folded on Congestion Pricing, thanks to the MTA just...refusing to abide by their demands
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
MTA, feds agree to keep NYC congestion pricing tolls through October
The MTA and the Trump administration have reached an agreement to keep New York City congestion pricing through October.
www.cbsnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
There’s a lesson here for every Big Law firm, university and media company if they care to learn it.
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men who claimed to be leaders, to be defenders of liberty, to be dynamos of business, cowering at the thought that they might have to stand up for something, while ordinary people with a fraction of their money and power speak out.
April 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
men who claimed to be leaders, to be defenders of liberty, to be dynamos of business, cowering at the thought that they might have to stand up for something, while ordinary people with a fraction of their money and power speak out.
if trump was really a russian asset he'd be a lot less obvious
April 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
if trump was really a russian asset he'd be a lot less obvious
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You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
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So much liberal failure comes out of the ways that liberals are uniquely terrified of the attention economy, always assuming anything that attracts attention will hurt them
March 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
So much liberal failure comes out of the ways that liberals are uniquely terrified of the attention economy, always assuming anything that attracts attention will hurt them
I was on Senate Floor in October 1991 when Congresswomen marched over to protest the handling of the Thomas nomination. In the next cycle, incumbents lost primaries and women Senators were elected. I encourage House Democrats to make a similar protest tomorrow. @aoc.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov
March 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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its just a total collapse of elites and civil society in the face of a wantonly unconstitutional and illegal hatchet job
February 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
its just a total collapse of elites and civil society in the face of a wantonly unconstitutional and illegal hatchet job
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Yes! This. Hold all Interior nominees until permitting of wind and solar projects resumes.
February 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yes! This. Hold all Interior nominees until permitting of wind and solar projects resumes.
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Why are no Democrat senators placing a blanket hold on any DOE or EPA nominees until the agencies confirm that payments of contractually obligated grants and loans are resuming under regular process? Why would Democrats let any of these people be confirmed under current circumstances?
February 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Why are no Democrat senators placing a blanket hold on any DOE or EPA nominees until the agencies confirm that payments of contractually obligated grants and loans are resuming under regular process? Why would Democrats let any of these people be confirmed under current circumstances?
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Keep pushing back. Hard.
He blinked on tariffs.
His California water stunt failed and has been ridiculed.
He was forced to roll back cutting grants and govt payments.
NSF support is resuming.
CDC webpages are being restored.
Street protests are starting.
Lawsuits are being filed.
Fight back.
He blinked on tariffs.
His California water stunt failed and has been ridiculed.
He was forced to roll back cutting grants and govt payments.
NSF support is resuming.
CDC webpages are being restored.
Street protests are starting.
Lawsuits are being filed.
Fight back.
February 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Keep pushing back. Hard.
He blinked on tariffs.
His California water stunt failed and has been ridiculed.
He was forced to roll back cutting grants and govt payments.
NSF support is resuming.
CDC webpages are being restored.
Street protests are starting.
Lawsuits are being filed.
Fight back.
He blinked on tariffs.
His California water stunt failed and has been ridiculed.
He was forced to roll back cutting grants and govt payments.
NSF support is resuming.
CDC webpages are being restored.
Street protests are starting.
Lawsuits are being filed.
Fight back.
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if you’re convinced of the need for social stability, respect for it’s traditions and civic norms, and the need for a responsible civic elite inculcated with a sense of civic duty and honor, I don’t see how you aren’t *at least* a liberal rn honestly
February 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM
if you’re convinced of the need for social stability, respect for it’s traditions and civic norms, and the need for a responsible civic elite inculcated with a sense of civic duty and honor, I don’t see how you aren’t *at least* a liberal rn honestly
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This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Time to accept that we simply have a mad king. The guy slapping 25% tariffs on Canada's postage while calling for its annexation - and releasing scarce water into the Central Valley to fight already-contained fires in LA - isn't doing a bit or pursuing a secret, rational strategy
February 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Time to accept that we simply have a mad king. The guy slapping 25% tariffs on Canada's postage while calling for its annexation - and releasing scarce water into the Central Valley to fight already-contained fires in LA - isn't doing a bit or pursuing a secret, rational strategy
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I really hope the reality of this sinks in and that the press and others start to narrate what is happening here. Trump and Vought are destroying trust in an essential function of the government: the ability to credibly enter contracts to achieve any and all public purposes. That's really bad. 🧵/end
January 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I really hope the reality of this sinks in and that the press and others start to narrate what is happening here. Trump and Vought are destroying trust in an essential function of the government: the ability to credibly enter contracts to achieve any and all public purposes. That's really bad. 🧵/end
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by freezing all federal grants, trump is fundamentally transforming the relationship between the executive and congress. he is asserting dictatorial authority over federal spending, transforming congress's lawmaking powers into advisory authority. it is a constitutional crisis
January 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
by freezing all federal grants, trump is fundamentally transforming the relationship between the executive and congress. he is asserting dictatorial authority over federal spending, transforming congress's lawmaking powers into advisory authority. it is a constitutional crisis
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A gentle reminder that if we miss the 1.5°C target (and we certainly will), the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
November 10, 2024 at 7:47 AM
A gentle reminder that if we miss the 1.5°C target (and we certainly will), the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
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The parts of Build Back Better blocked by the Senate were those which would have directly benefited working people:
- Paid + Family Leave
- Child Tax Credit
- Universal pre-K
- $15 minimum wage
Instead, Bidenomics was all indirect and through the market:
- CHIPS
- IRA
- Infrastructure
- Paid + Family Leave
- Child Tax Credit
- Universal pre-K
- $15 minimum wage
Instead, Bidenomics was all indirect and through the market:
- CHIPS
- IRA
- Infrastructure
December 3, 2024 at 9:31 PM
The parts of Build Back Better blocked by the Senate were those which would have directly benefited working people:
- Paid + Family Leave
- Child Tax Credit
- Universal pre-K
- $15 minimum wage
Instead, Bidenomics was all indirect and through the market:
- CHIPS
- IRA
- Infrastructure
- Paid + Family Leave
- Child Tax Credit
- Universal pre-K
- $15 minimum wage
Instead, Bidenomics was all indirect and through the market:
- CHIPS
- IRA
- Infrastructure
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It's outside my area of expertise, but yes: if I really wanted to end traffic violence, I would stop giving federal infrastructure dollars to state and local DOTs that aren't driving down fatalities.
December 3, 2024 at 12:49 AM
It's outside my area of expertise, but yes: if I really wanted to end traffic violence, I would stop giving federal infrastructure dollars to state and local DOTs that aren't driving down fatalities.
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My short take:
US oil & gas production and LNG exports are not meaningfully constrained by permits.
Transmission expansion (and thus wind & solar deployment) absolutely is.
Get it done if you can.
US oil & gas production and LNG exports are not meaningfully constrained by permits.
Transmission expansion (and thus wind & solar deployment) absolutely is.
Get it done if you can.
I am interested in hearing what #energysky thinks about the Manchin-Barraso Energy Permitting Reform Act 🔌💡
November 26, 2024 at 1:09 AM
My short take:
US oil & gas production and LNG exports are not meaningfully constrained by permits.
Transmission expansion (and thus wind & solar deployment) absolutely is.
Get it done if you can.
US oil & gas production and LNG exports are not meaningfully constrained by permits.
Transmission expansion (and thus wind & solar deployment) absolutely is.
Get it done if you can.
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DOGE doesn’t have any authority to do anything. It’s this
maggie simpson from the simpsons is holding a pacifier
ALT: maggie simpson from the simpsons is holding a pacifier
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:22 AM
DOGE doesn’t have any authority to do anything. It’s this