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Matt
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writer, researcher at The Bull-Moose Note: https://thebullmoosenote.substack.com/

fmr. Managing editor/reporter at The Ithaca Times: https://www.ithaca.com/
In 2015 a majority of New York’s energy came from:
- Natural Gas 38%
- Nuclear 32%
- Hydro 22%

In 2025 a majority of New York’s energy is coming from:
- Duel Fuel (nat gas & oil) 40%
- Natural Gas 25% (total fossil fuel ~65%)
- Nuclear 14%
- Hydro 17%
July 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Recent polling from @dataforprogress.org shows that Andrew Cuomo has a -20 net favorability rating

Zohran’s met favorability is +9 — which is higher than the Democratic Parties favorability rating

Eric Adams favorability rating is a dismal -41, but among Republicans its +22
July 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Something is telling me to take the Trump administration’s claims about Jeffery Epstein with a grain of skepticism…
July 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I agree with this. Unchecked corporate power is a much bigger threat to the average American than undocumented immigrants.

Undocumented immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than US citizens and pay nearly $100 Billion in taxes annually, which is more than most corporations pay.
July 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trump has illegally bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. Iran threatened to target US assets in the region in retaliation if the US bombed them directly. Tens of thousands of American troops are now at risk due to Trump’s belligerence.
June 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
If Trump actually wanted to implement tariffs in a way that would incentivize domestic production and benefit the working class there is bipartisan support to do so. Unfortunately the tariff policy he’s implementing will just act as a regressive consumption tax.
April 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Josh Riley (NY-19) announced support for two bills that would make it a federal crime for unvetted DOGE employees to access personal data of millions of Americans & grant FIOA access to DOGE records. The statement from his office is below:
February 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Higher egg prices are brought to you by bird flu and corporate consolidation in the egg industry
February 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Trump has directed the DOJ to ignore corporate corruption unless it involves “drug cartels” or “transnational criminal organizations (TCOs).” The oligarchs white-collar crime spree is about to get even more brazen.
February 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
While reports have emerged indicating that some states have been shut out of Medicaid — a new OMB memo says the pause doesn’t apply to “mandatory programs” like Social Security, Medicaid/Medicare or SNAP.
January 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Federal funding to provide help for homeless veterans is also on pause.
January 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Former OMB associate director says pause will also impact funding for opioid prevention, HIV/AIDs treatment, community health centers, suicide prevention and Bird Flu response
January 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There has been confusion about if the pause on federal aid will impact Medicaid, Social Security, SNAP but it seems like they won’t be affected.

It looks like the pause will mostly impact federal spending affiliated with previously approved green-energy infrastructure projects and DEI initiatives.
January 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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January 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Internal emails btwn Jake Sullivan & then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaked by Wikileaks reveal Sullivan telling Clinton “AQ is on our side in Syria” (AQ = Al Qaeda)
December 7, 2024 at 11:09 PM
The article even hints at Saudi’s support for Wahhabism, which is the extremist sect of Islam that Al Qaeda & ISIS practice.
December 7, 2024 at 10:39 PM
The US supported Syrian “rebels” via CIA covert operation Timer Sycamore ~ 2012. NYT wrote about it in 2016: www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/w...

It funneled arms & $$ to rebel groups through Saudi Arabia. The groups included Al Nusra & Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which are Syrian branches of Al Qaeda.
December 7, 2024 at 10:39 PM
If the federal government does not enforce anti-trust law it risks societal collapse. ✍️ @mattstoller www.thebignewsletter.com/p/an-assassi...
December 7, 2024 at 4:15 PM