@gigi246.bsky.social
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Energy nerd guy here: the US grid is 99.99+% reliable. The best single power plant will have ~2 weeks a year of scheduled maintenance. That's 96% on line assuming nothing goes wrong. No single generator can meet the reliability of the grid. Every business knows this. TLDR: Trump is dumb.
Trump to biz leaders: "If you want I'll let you build your own utility plant, your own electric plant, along w/your building. You can build it inside the plant or you can build it outside the plant...you become a utility...if you look at California, they have brownouts, blackouts, & everything else"
April 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Energy nerd guy here: the US grid is 99.99+% reliable. The best single power plant will have ~2 weeks a year of scheduled maintenance. That's 96% on line assuming nothing goes wrong. No single generator can meet the reliability of the grid. Every business knows this. TLDR: Trump is dumb.
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NEW: Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight to End Apartheid talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight to End Apartheid
As Black activists in South Africa fought against their country’s racist apartheid...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Among the projects Musk and Trump have killed via Johns Hopkins:
Mosquito nets to prevent malaria in Mozambique, and chlorine tablets to prevent diarrhea deaths in Bangladesh.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Mosquito nets to prevent malaria in Mozambique, and chlorine tablets to prevent diarrhea deaths in Bangladesh.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Among the projects Musk and Trump have killed via Johns Hopkins:
Mosquito nets to prevent malaria in Mozambique, and chlorine tablets to prevent diarrhea deaths in Bangladesh.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Mosquito nets to prevent malaria in Mozambique, and chlorine tablets to prevent diarrhea deaths in Bangladesh.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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This is so dangerous. It’s going to kill people. It HAS killed people. It’s killing people right now. I cannot believe this
RFK Jr: "It used to be that everybody got measles. And the measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection. The vaccine doesn't do that ... it used to be that very young kids were protected by breast milk. Women who get vaccinated do not provide that level of immunity."
March 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is so dangerous. It’s going to kill people. It HAS killed people. It’s killing people right now. I cannot believe this
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JD Vance whines, video proves him wrong. Musk picks fights with Poland. Trump comtinues to wreck the economy and goes golfing. And more. Catch up with our weekend recap (no paywall):
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 87
… JD Vance made another cranky post whining about citizens bothering him again: “Today while walking my 3 year old daughter a group of ‘Slava Ukraini’ protesters followed us around and shouted as my d...
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March 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
JD Vance whines, video proves him wrong. Musk picks fights with Poland. Trump comtinues to wreck the economy and goes golfing. And more. Catch up with our weekend recap (no paywall):
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C’MON YOU BOYZ IN RED! 🔴
March 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
C’MON YOU BOYZ IN RED! 🔴
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Again, PLEASE order these COVID tests for you, your loved ones, your friends, your neighbors, and others you care about in your community. Please do not let these tests go to waste like the Hydroxychloroquine that Donald Trump stockpiled, caused a shortage and WASTED in 2020. These tests still WORK!
🚨GET THEM WHILE YOU CAN.
THE USPS IS STILL OFFERING 4 FREE COVID TESTS PER HOUSEHOLD.
Order them for you, your family, your loved ones, your friends,& your neighbors, but PLEASE do not let them go to WASTE
You can still ORDER at the LINK below. Please share far & wide.
special.usps.com/testkits
THE USPS IS STILL OFFERING 4 FREE COVID TESTS PER HOUSEHOLD.
Order them for you, your family, your loved ones, your friends,& your neighbors, but PLEASE do not let them go to WASTE
You can still ORDER at the LINK below. Please share far & wide.
special.usps.com/testkits
COVID Home Tests | USPS
COVID Home Tests | USPS
special.usps.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Again, PLEASE order these COVID tests for you, your loved ones, your friends, your neighbors, and others you care about in your community. Please do not let these tests go to waste like the Hydroxychloroquine that Donald Trump stockpiled, caused a shortage and WASTED in 2020. These tests still WORK!
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#GVerse Obviously we are not allowed to see this, so we have to spread it - protest against #NotMyPresident.
March 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#GVerse Obviously we are not allowed to see this, so we have to spread it - protest against #NotMyPresident.
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Speaker Mike Johnson is living in a house with a right-wing preacher, owned by a right-wing car dealer magnate who made his fourth wife watch films of him having sex with prostitutes to "train her."
But Johnson avers he never talks policy with Pastor Berger, who has not registered as a lobbyist.
But Johnson avers he never talks policy with Pastor Berger, who has not registered as a lobbyist.
March 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson is living in a house with a right-wing preacher, owned by a right-wing car dealer magnate who made his fourth wife watch films of him having sex with prostitutes to "train her."
But Johnson avers he never talks policy with Pastor Berger, who has not registered as a lobbyist.
But Johnson avers he never talks policy with Pastor Berger, who has not registered as a lobbyist.
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Please post and repost. Mainstream media won’t give this coverage!
#MomSky
#Resistance
#NotMyPresident
#MomSky
#Resistance
#NotMyPresident
#GVerse Obviously we are not allowed to see this, so we have to spread it - protest against #NotMyPresident.
March 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Please post and repost. Mainstream media won’t give this coverage!
#MomSky
#Resistance
#NotMyPresident
#MomSky
#Resistance
#NotMyPresident
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A message on hope from @janefonda.com.
Listen to your elders. And don’t ignore the wisdom of the young.
Listen to your elders. And don’t ignore the wisdom of the young.
March 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A message on hope from @janefonda.com.
Listen to your elders. And don’t ignore the wisdom of the young.
Listen to your elders. And don’t ignore the wisdom of the young.
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He operated Silk Road under the name "Dread Pirate Roberts" He used the US Postal system to ship illicit drugs all over the US and world-wide. He also offered "for hire" services.
March 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
He operated Silk Road under the name "Dread Pirate Roberts" He used the US Postal system to ship illicit drugs all over the US and world-wide. He also offered "for hire" services.
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This is a great letter. Pitch perfect.
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is a great letter. Pitch perfect.
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"This is the lowest job approval rating of any New York City mayor in the nearly 30 years since Quinnipiac University began polling New York City registered voters."
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
Mayor Adams' Job Approval Rating Drops To All-Time Low Of 20%,
Quinnipiac University New York City Poll Finds;
56% Of Voters Say Adams Should Resign From Office | Quinnipiac University Poll
"Unpopular even before an indictment on federal corruption charges, voters' confidence in Mayor Adams sinks to a new low now that his legal case has become a national controversy," said Quinnipiac Uni...
poll.qu.edu
March 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"This is the lowest job approval rating of any New York City mayor in the nearly 30 years since Quinnipiac University began polling New York City registered voters."
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
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For all the TRUMP = STRONG propaganda this is *exactly* what his “leadership” was like in Covid. Constant zigging and zagging, self-contradictory, incapable of commitment, wanting to have it both ways. It was a disaster!
This is what weak, flailing leadership looks like. His inability to make meaningful change in areas like this explains the desperate, authoritarian bluster of his largely illegal Executive Orders. This is the sort of leader who opposing politicians should definitely NOT cater to.
"The decision is a significant reversal by Trump, who on Tuesday had announced the largest tariff increase in a century only to back down 48 hours later as stocks were hammered and Republicans expressed concern about the economic consequences." Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
March 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For all the TRUMP = STRONG propaganda this is *exactly* what his “leadership” was like in Covid. Constant zigging and zagging, self-contradictory, incapable of commitment, wanting to have it both ways. It was a disaster!
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Beds… dressers… and word of a washer and dryer coming…
#Doge moves in to GSA @politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
#Doge moves in to GSA @politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
IKEA beds? Dressers? Inside the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE office setup
Details of the arrangements at GSA offer a window into the lifestyle of DOGE workers.
www.politico.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Beds… dressers… and word of a washer and dryer coming…
#Doge moves in to GSA @politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
#Doge moves in to GSA @politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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"NO KINGS LIVE HERE"
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"NO KINGS LIVE HERE"
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Ten Democrats voted to censure their colleague Al Green. Here are their names:
Ami Bera, Calif.; Ed Case, Hawaii; Jim Costa, Calif.; Laura Gillen, N.Y.; Jim Himes, Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, N.Y.
Ami Bera, Calif.; Ed Case, Hawaii; Jim Costa, Calif.; Laura Gillen, N.Y.; Jim Himes, Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, N.Y.
March 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Ten Democrats voted to censure their colleague Al Green. Here are their names:
Ami Bera, Calif.; Ed Case, Hawaii; Jim Costa, Calif.; Laura Gillen, N.Y.; Jim Himes, Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, N.Y.
Ami Bera, Calif.; Ed Case, Hawaii; Jim Costa, Calif.; Laura Gillen, N.Y.; Jim Himes, Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, N.Y.
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I see tomorrow is Friday.
Is Friday going a tariff day, or a some-tariffs day, or a no-tariffs day?
Or will it be some other kind of day, like an annex-Greenland day, or a Hannibal-Lecter-wants-to-have-you-for-dinner day, or an Arnold-Palmer-size day, or something else?
I just can’t keep track.
Is Friday going a tariff day, or a some-tariffs day, or a no-tariffs day?
Or will it be some other kind of day, like an annex-Greenland day, or a Hannibal-Lecter-wants-to-have-you-for-dinner day, or an Arnold-Palmer-size day, or something else?
I just can’t keep track.
March 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I see tomorrow is Friday.
Is Friday going a tariff day, or a some-tariffs day, or a no-tariffs day?
Or will it be some other kind of day, like an annex-Greenland day, or a Hannibal-Lecter-wants-to-have-you-for-dinner day, or an Arnold-Palmer-size day, or something else?
I just can’t keep track.
Is Friday going a tariff day, or a some-tariffs day, or a no-tariffs day?
Or will it be some other kind of day, like an annex-Greenland day, or a Hannibal-Lecter-wants-to-have-you-for-dinner day, or an Arnold-Palmer-size day, or something else?
I just can’t keep track.
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“This is private, confidential data including Social Security numbers and earnings of virtually all people in the country...”
"Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
DOGE targets child support database full of income data
The U.S. DOGE Service’s attempt to access a federal database with sensitive information has provoked yet another internal disagreement.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“This is private, confidential data including Social Security numbers and earnings of virtually all people in the country...”
"Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.
March 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.
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This whole riff on the ages of people on social security is IDENTICAL to the lies he's told about voter rolls and voting fraud.
March 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This whole riff on the ages of people on social security is IDENTICAL to the lies he's told about voter rolls and voting fraud.
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
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I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.
March 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.