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Jamie DeMarco
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Lobbyist and advocate for clean energy in Maryland, founder of DeMarco Advocacy
Believer that things can be good
I could not be more excited about my friend Will Lawerence running for Congress on a transformative platform to unseat a Republican in a swing district
NEW VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZGG...

Universal healthcare. Truly affordable housing. Fighting the billionaires, rather than each other. That's how we win. #MI07 #Congress
William Lawrence for Congress | Mid-Michigan Forever.
YouTube video by William Lawrence for Congress
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November 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
PJM is about to decide wether to increase everyone's energy bill by $70 a month to subsidize Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, or make data center developers pay for their own costs

www.baltimoresun.com/2025/11/17/d...
Maryland advocates push to force data centers to pay for their own energy needs
The electric grid regulator’s plans are estimated to cost $163 billion by 2030, and much of that cost would likely be passed onto ratepayers in Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., and 11 oth…
www.baltimoresun.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I had a great time talking with Sunil Dasgupta on the I Hate Politics podcast all about the decision PJM will make this week about who will pay for the $163 billion cost of data centers on the PJM grid
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"Gasoline consumption in the world's biggest importer of crude peaked in 2023 and the research unit of state oil company Sinopec expects demand to fall more than 4% this year from 2024."
"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."

China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Taking the DC metro past the Pentagon station is always a trip
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
600,000 people died because of USAID cuts
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.

I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.

But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Trump era will end and what waits on the other side is glorious
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Greenbelt Maryland passes ranked choice voting 2 to 1!
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The Virginia Republican Gubernatorial candidate ran on transphobia and lost horribly

I look forward to all the think pieces declaring that trans issues are a loser for Republicans and that Democrats should embrace trans rights
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Trump's policies are increasing inflation and raising prices

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: Inflation Edged Higher in September, as Tariffs Raise Some Prices
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The real reason energy prices are going up is PJM's corruption and mismanagement

If you want a play by play of their biggest, most expensive boondoggle, this episode is for you

demarcoadvocacy.substack.com/p/the-coal-p...
The Coal Plants Costing Maryland Billions
The full and terrible story of Brandon Shores and Wagner Coal Plants
demarcoadvocacy.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I just learned that there is an electric full body robe (including an electrically heated foot pocket) for under $70 and I think this breakthrough has a lot of potential to reduce energy use in buildings

www.amazon.com/Sealy-Electr...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don't think I've ever in my adult life watched an hour of ABC commercials and all

But you best believe I'm going to find an antenna to tune in tomorrow to watch Jimmy Kimmel
September 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Happy Sun Day everyone!
September 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Just got back from Europe, where gorgeous third spaces and generous public services abound. Americans are so terrified that The Undeserving might get something that they'd rather have nothing for anyone. Why THAT is the case is another question.

But probably racism.
July 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Andy Beshear is telling Democrats to stop running from LGBTQ issues and he has won statewide election in Kentucky twice

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Democrat from Trump country auditions for 2028 with plan to win culture wars
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear spent two days in South Carolina this week, pointing to his red-state experience to argue the party need not run away from topics such as trans rights and racial justice.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reposted by Jamie DeMarco
For everyone who has ever asked, on seeing my Baltimore homicide charts, "How did they do that?"
The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
popular.info
July 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people."

Full gift article here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
PJM is the biggest and the dirtiest grid in the United States

It has 122 gigawatts of combined coal and gas capacity

China built 93 gigawatts of solar just in May of this year

I'm about 2 months China could do what will take us decades to accomplish
Stunning!

China set a huge annual solar deployment record in 2023: ~216 GW

China smashed its huge 2023 solar record in 2024 by deploying 277 GW

Now China is crushing in 2025 its huge 2023 and 2024 solar deployment records.

China deployed 93 GW just in May & may deploy ~380 GW in 2025!
#energysky
July 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reposted by Jamie DeMarco
My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
July 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Reposted by Jamie DeMarco
There are only three political positions in America today

1) I like the fascism

2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)

3) I oppose the fascism

The rest is details
June 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
June 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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I hope that future generations watch period pieces about the aughts and react like I do to Mad Men and people smoking cigarettes everywhere. "You just burned fuel openly on the street? In your house? Where children play?"
June 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM