Trip McNeely
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"Democratic politicians urgently need to adopt the GOP view of public opinion—that it’s movable, and it’s their job to move it." newrepublic.com/article/2058...
Instead of Pandering, Democrats Should Try Changing Voters’ Minds
How can the party of liberalism make liberal ideas more popular? By creating a more liberal electorate. Yes, it can be done. Here are five ways how.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
"Democratic politicians urgently need to adopt the GOP view of public opinion—that it’s movable, and it’s their job to move it." newrepublic.com/article/2058...
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For the moment, the best suggestion I can offer is that everyone should be studying the effects of the Trump tariff madness for what it can tell us about climate and trade. So many exogenous effects!
And here concludes what turned out to not really be an especially short thread.
And here concludes what turned out to not really be an especially short thread.
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
For the moment, the best suggestion I can offer is that everyone should be studying the effects of the Trump tariff madness for what it can tell us about climate and trade. So many exogenous effects!
And here concludes what turned out to not really be an especially short thread.
And here concludes what turned out to not really be an especially short thread.
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A week ago in a comment thread about Haliburton straining his calf I read this post and now I can't stop thinking about it
June 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A week ago in a comment thread about Haliburton straining his calf I read this post and now I can't stop thinking about it
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OTOH, when Netanyahu attacked Iran he KNEW that he didn’t have the weapons to attack Fordo. Only the US has bombers that can penetrate the deep bunkers where that enrichment happens. It is hard not to conclude that he assumed he could play Trump like a fiddle. And Trump got played.
June 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
OTOH, when Netanyahu attacked Iran he KNEW that he didn’t have the weapons to attack Fordo. Only the US has bombers that can penetrate the deep bunkers where that enrichment happens. It is hard not to conclude that he assumed he could play Trump like a fiddle. And Trump got played.
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In order to meet our climate goals, we are going to need so much more electricity than almost anyone is planning for.
June 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In order to meet our climate goals, we are going to need so much more electricity than almost anyone is planning for.
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Jenner & Block are representing Climate United in their lawsuit fighting EPA's attempts to steal a fully executed grant of $7 billion to support green finance, as directed by Congress.
NEW: Trump has signed an executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block…
Details of the order TK
Details of the order TK
March 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Jenner & Block are representing Climate United in their lawsuit fighting EPA's attempts to steal a fully executed grant of $7 billion to support green finance, as directed by Congress.
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This is an enormous scandal on par and maybe worse than the Eric Adams scandal.
First of many, but here we have a completely manufactured criminal investigation. One career prosecutor already resigned over it. Goal is simply to claw back $20 billion in Biden era climate money. Open and shut corruption. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
FBI investigating Trump EPA claims of fraud in $20B Biden grant fund
While career prosecutors in two U.S. attorney offices and a U.S. judge balked at a court-ordered freeze, Citibank has locked down billions without explanation.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is an enormous scandal on par and maybe worse than the Eric Adams scandal.
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2/ Very important here that Citibank appears to be extra-legally locked down the funds at the behest of the Trump administration. It's so transparently corrupt judge wouldn't sign off on a freeze.
February 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
2/ Very important here that Citibank appears to be extra-legally locked down the funds at the behest of the Trump administration. It's so transparently corrupt judge wouldn't sign off on a freeze.
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Yet the OMB memo makes clear that the whole point of the pause is to make sure the spending appropriated by Congress is consistent with "the President's priorities." That's an impermissible reason to delay spending.
January 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Yet the OMB memo makes clear that the whole point of the pause is to make sure the spending appropriated by Congress is consistent with "the President's priorities." That's an impermissible reason to delay spending.
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A spending law, passed by Congress and signed by the President, sets the policy per Article I of the Constitution. A new President can't unilaterally override that policy, even temporarily. And that's the point of this provision of the ICA -- to enforce Congress's power of the purse.
January 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A spending law, passed by Congress and signed by the President, sets the policy per Article I of the Constitution. A new President can't unilaterally override that policy, even temporarily. And that's the point of this provision of the ICA -- to enforce Congress's power of the purse.
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We got aid in Florida from Joe Biden despite this state not only doing zero mitigation for storms but also banning cities from doing their own global warming mitigation
Ron Johnson on federal disaster relief for California: "I certainly wouldn't vote for anything unless we see a dramatic change in how they're gonna be handling these things in the future."
January 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We got aid in Florida from Joe Biden despite this state not only doing zero mitigation for storms but also banning cities from doing their own global warming mitigation
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I’ve been shouting about this for years. Murders started going up in the *spring* of 2020, well before George Floyd was killed.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Column | Why did murders surge in 2020? Research says economics, not activism.
New analysis from Brookings shows that the increase began not with the death of George Floyd but the erosion of employment.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:15 PM
I’ve been shouting about this for years. Murders started going up in the *spring* of 2020, well before George Floyd was killed.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...