thewholeroad.bsky.social
@thewholeroad.bsky.social
Reposted
Important piece from Chris Tomlinson. Texas is heading closer and closer to the censorship and political interference of the 1940s and 1950s and will worsen the brain drain.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and the Texas Taliban are closer to installing thought police at UT and other public universities. They also want local prudes in charge of libraries. Find out how to stop the assault on liberty and freedom. #txlege @houstonchronicle.com www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...
Tomlinson: Dan Patrick’s thought police law close to passing the Legislature
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick promised to take control of Texas universities, and the Texas Legislature may soon authorize his thought police.
www.houstonchronicle.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reposted
Renewable folks say the bill could not only stop new development, but also send existing solar & wind projects to an early grave.

Lawmakers say they're trying to help the companies that build natural gas power plants, but even those companies weren't eager to see the bill pass.
May 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Reposted
The Texas GOP is getting closer than ever to killing the state’s renewable energy boom, according to the industry.

Much of the concern centers around a bill that passed the Senate yesterday requiring backup power for every solar & wind farm in Texas: www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
Texas GOP moves closer to killing the state's renewable energy boom
The bills would require nearly every solar and wind farm in the state to back up their electricity output with natural gas power plants or a fleet of batteries.
www.houstonchronicle.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Reposted
Via Adam Tooze adamtooze.substack.com

China is cracking down on economists who say negative things about the economy. Can I say that it's *extremely* easy to imagine the Trump administration following a similar path?
January 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Reposted
It's a MAGA eat MAGA world, and Musk is the president open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
MAGA Is Already Eating Its Own. Pass the Popcorn
Dear Laura Loomer: You weren't in on the con. You were one of the marks.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Reposted
New evidence that it was the economic vibes, stupid open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
A Win for the Vibecession Story
Guess what? Popular economic narratives aren’t reliable
open.substack.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Reposted
Comment from someone who prefers not to be named: It takes a lot to piss off the Canadians. We're going to have no friends here; the trade war may develop not necessarily to America's advantage.
Woah. Trump and co believe that because the US runs a trade deficit, we have all the leverage in a trade war. But export taxes, which will hit US consumers and businesses, can be potent weapons. This will quickly get much messier than Trump imagines www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Canada Weighs Export Taxes on Uranium, Oil If Trump Starts Trade War
Canada is examining the use of export taxes on major commodities it exports to the US — including uranium, oil and potash — if incoming President Donald Trump carries out his threat to impose broad ta...
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:37 PM