LB
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Absolutely begging for some Midwest politicians to seriously grapple with the growing mountain of data showing biofuels have been a disaster for land, water, climate, and rural economies.
Some brave soul ready to go beyond the rote boosterism of “Yay corn and soybeans! We’re feeding the world!”
Some brave soul ready to go beyond the rote boosterism of “Yay corn and soybeans! We’re feeding the world!”
New research from my colleagues out today looking at the environmental and social impacts of food crop-based biofuels in the US, where we now use >30% of the corn supply and >40% of the soybean oil supply (on tens of millions of acres of prime cropland) to produce only ~6% of US transport fuel. 🧪
Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate
The expansion of biofuel production as an alternative fuel source not only raises questions about sustainability, but about economic inequities among Midwestern small farmers.
www.wri.org
June 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Absolutely begging for some Midwest politicians to seriously grapple with the growing mountain of data showing biofuels have been a disaster for land, water, climate, and rural economies.
Some brave soul ready to go beyond the rote boosterism of “Yay corn and soybeans! We’re feeding the world!”
Some brave soul ready to go beyond the rote boosterism of “Yay corn and soybeans! We’re feeding the world!”
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Severe cuts to the National Weather Service led to the Jackson NWS going without a full-time overnight forecasters.
Warnings for the 3 AM tornado that claimed at least 18 lives were delayed as a result.
DOGE is killing Americans. It needs to be stopped. Science needs protection. MAGA needs a cage
Warnings for the 3 AM tornado that claimed at least 18 lives were delayed as a result.
DOGE is killing Americans. It needs to be stopped. Science needs protection. MAGA needs a cage
May 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Severe cuts to the National Weather Service led to the Jackson NWS going without a full-time overnight forecasters.
Warnings for the 3 AM tornado that claimed at least 18 lives were delayed as a result.
DOGE is killing Americans. It needs to be stopped. Science needs protection. MAGA needs a cage
Warnings for the 3 AM tornado that claimed at least 18 lives were delayed as a result.
DOGE is killing Americans. It needs to be stopped. Science needs protection. MAGA needs a cage
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palestinians take to the streets of beit lahia
largest anti-hamas protests in gaza since the war began
largest anti-hamas protests in gaza since the war began
March 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
palestinians take to the streets of beit lahia
largest anti-hamas protests in gaza since the war began
largest anti-hamas protests in gaza since the war began
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Checking the history books to see if it's ever been a good thing when politicians and people in power try to define who is and isn't Jewish and start using another ethnic group as a slur.
Trump: "Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I'm concerned. He's become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He's not Jewish anymore. He's a Palestinian."
March 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Checking the history books to see if it's ever been a good thing when politicians and people in power try to define who is and isn't Jewish and start using another ethnic group as a slur.
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I wrote a short explainer for my Substack of the biggest (but strangely under the radar) corruption of the Trump White House: the Trump crypto coin. A conduit for secret, shameless bribery of the President. www.chrismurphyct.com/p/trumps-big...
Trump’s Biggest Corruption is Flying Under the Radar
The scale of corruption in Trump’s White House has been stunning and unprecedented.
www.chrismurphyct.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I wrote a short explainer for my Substack of the biggest (but strangely under the radar) corruption of the Trump White House: the Trump crypto coin. A conduit for secret, shameless bribery of the President. www.chrismurphyct.com/p/trumps-big...
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It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
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After the most disastrous first month of any President in history, Trump will do everything he can to distract you tonight. He will try to convince you that culture war issues are important. None of these things lower gas prices, improve job numbers, or put food on the table. Don't take the bait.
March 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
After the most disastrous first month of any President in history, Trump will do everything he can to distract you tonight. He will try to convince you that culture war issues are important. None of these things lower gas prices, improve job numbers, or put food on the table. Don't take the bait.
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We fight on all fronts.
Republicans are trying to pass another resolution blaming the country’s problems on gay and transgender kids and drag shows.
To distract from measles outbreaks, rising costs, and the stock market crash.
I’m on the Senate floor now to stop it.
Republicans are trying to pass another resolution blaming the country’s problems on gay and transgender kids and drag shows.
To distract from measles outbreaks, rising costs, and the stock market crash.
I’m on the Senate floor now to stop it.
March 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We fight on all fronts.
Republicans are trying to pass another resolution blaming the country’s problems on gay and transgender kids and drag shows.
To distract from measles outbreaks, rising costs, and the stock market crash.
I’m on the Senate floor now to stop it.
Republicans are trying to pass another resolution blaming the country’s problems on gay and transgender kids and drag shows.
To distract from measles outbreaks, rising costs, and the stock market crash.
I’m on the Senate floor now to stop it.
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No Other Land. No Other Future. No Other Way
March 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
No Other Land. No Other Future. No Other Way
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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Measles outbreaks are back. Grocery and gas prices are up. Bird flu is spreading. All our allies hate us. Air travel is getting unsafe. The stock market is tanking. The government is about to shut down.
And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.
And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.
March 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Measles outbreaks are back. Grocery and gas prices are up. Bird flu is spreading. All our allies hate us. Air travel is getting unsafe. The stock market is tanking. The government is about to shut down.
And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.
And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.
Total blatant ugly egregious lie. Remember to flip the script on their blame game. Every time.
This is the latest MAGA conspiracy. Total lie.
The meeting with Zelensky was bipartisan - led by a Senate Republican. We all encouraged him to sign the minerals deal.
But yes - he did make clear he wouldn’t accept a bad “ceasefire” deal that sold out his country.
The meeting with Zelensky was bipartisan - led by a Senate Republican. We all encouraged him to sign the minerals deal.
But yes - he did make clear he wouldn’t accept a bad “ceasefire” deal that sold out his country.
March 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Total blatant ugly egregious lie. Remember to flip the script on their blame game. Every time.
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
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in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.
Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
February 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.
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Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
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gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.
BREAKING: Sen. Mitch McConnell says he won't seek re-election in 2026, ending a 40-year Senate career. nbcnews.to/4i5uZ9p
February 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.
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when the crowd cheers for the Nazi salute, what you have is a crowd full of Nazis
February 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
when the crowd cheers for the Nazi salute, what you have is a crowd full of Nazis
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I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
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This is just insane and you all know that, right? Unelected, unfettered, untouchable, unsupported by facts and completely without transparency: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Musk makes sweeping claims about federal corruption, without providing evidence.
The billionaire, whose federal cost-cutting team has been operating in secrecy, asserted that he had uncovered waste and fraud across the bureaucracy, without providing evidence.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is just insane and you all know that, right? Unelected, unfettered, untouchable, unsupported by facts and completely without transparency: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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As people are trying to understand how courts enforce their orders, this DOJ Org Chart may come in handy. The courts don’t have their own enforcement agency. The US Marshal’s Service is part of DOJ.
February 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
As people are trying to understand how courts enforce their orders, this DOJ Org Chart may come in handy. The courts don’t have their own enforcement agency. The US Marshal’s Service is part of DOJ.