Todd Warren
@toddwarren.bsky.social
NC organizer and campaign strategist. Public ed, climate, healthcare, labor. Explorations in overcoming race, class, and gender divides through experiments in solidarity and power building.
Came down to Charlotte today to work an ICE/Border Patrol watch shift with this Public School Strong crew. I got there at 1 pm, but everybody else here worked a full day and chased off ICE from this grocery store first thing this morning.
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Came down to Charlotte today to work an ICE/Border Patrol watch shift with this Public School Strong crew. I got there at 1 pm, but everybody else here worked a full day and chased off ICE from this grocery store first thing this morning.
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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Tom Hanks on mask wearing: "I’ve had COVID enough in my life”
Tom Hanks has joined a growing movement of COVID-conscious artists who are openly speaking up about the threats of the disease
www.thecanary.co
November 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
www.thecanary.co/global/world... when you know, you know
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These countries are leading the way to 100% renewable electricity
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These countries are leading the way to 100% renewable electricity
Explore the countries making strides toward 100% renewable electricity with innovative solutions and sustainable energy systems.
theprogressplaybook.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
These countries are leading the way to 100% renewable electricity
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"The Senate voted earlier this week to terminate Trump’s steep tariffs on Canada and Brazil.
Neither of those bills, however, are expected to get a vote in the House."
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Neither of those bills, however, are expected to get a vote in the House."
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"The Senate voted earlier this week to terminate Trump’s steep tariffs on Canada and Brazil.
Neither of those bills, however, are expected to get a vote in the House."
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Neither of those bills, however, are expected to get a vote in the House."
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
"... basically, almost everyone in the country is going to have a massive price increase [on health insurance premiums]. And the Republicans want the Democrats to sign off on it... Basically, the Republicans have played this fake policy game for decades, and the Dems have called the bluff, finally."
Transcript: Marjorie Taylor Greene Eruption Wrecks Trump Shutdown Scam
As Representative Greene blows the lid off the Trump-GOP shutdown ruse, a sharp observer of the right explains why the Obamacare fight is fracturing the MAGA coalition—and how Democrats can exploit it...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"... basically, almost everyone in the country is going to have a massive price increase [on health insurance premiums]. And the Republicans want the Democrats to sign off on it... Basically, the Republicans have played this fake policy game for decades, and the Dems have called the bluff, finally."
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US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
Is there a term for when employers stop hiring for vacant positions and the positions are eventually eliminated?
October 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Is there a term for when employers stop hiring for vacant positions and the positions are eventually eliminated?
Over 2,500 No Kings protests are happening across the US today.
No Kings protests across the US: in pictures | US news | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
No Kings protests across the US: in pictures | US news | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
No Kings protests across the US: in pictures
From New York to San Francisco, millions of Americans hit the streets to voice their anger over Trump’s policies
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Over 2,500 No Kings protests are happening across the US today.
No Kings protests across the US: in pictures | US news | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
No Kings protests across the US: in pictures | US news | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
Trump: This budget is just getting rid of waste, fraud, and abuse.
Us: Tell that to my mom's hip replacement.
Us: Tell that to my mom's hip replacement.
October 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Trump: This budget is just getting rid of waste, fraud, and abuse.
Us: Tell that to my mom's hip replacement.
Us: Tell that to my mom's hip replacement.
What's wild is the press restrictions that Hegseth wants are his own self interested CYA for his dumb use of Signal for top secret military strikes that were "leaked" when they added an Atlantic to their illegal group thread.
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
What's wild is the press restrictions that Hegseth wants are his own self interested CYA for his dumb use of Signal for top secret military strikes that were "leaked" when they added an Atlantic to their illegal group thread.
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"This is how we lose the AI/energy arms race with China," Utah Governor Spencer Cox said Friday in response to @jael.bsky.social's reporting on the Esmeralda 7 cancellation.
Trump voters in Georgia, too, are angry about the withdrawal of funding for rooftop solar.
Read more in today's Heatmap AM:
Trump voters in Georgia, too, are angry about the withdrawal of funding for rooftop solar.
Read more in today's Heatmap AM:
Republicans Balk at Trump’s Solar Cuts
On Corpus Christi’s drought, China’s Scottish factory, and no more ships to give
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October 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"This is how we lose the AI/energy arms race with China," Utah Governor Spencer Cox said Friday in response to @jael.bsky.social's reporting on the Esmeralda 7 cancellation.
Trump voters in Georgia, too, are angry about the withdrawal of funding for rooftop solar.
Read more in today's Heatmap AM:
Trump voters in Georgia, too, are angry about the withdrawal of funding for rooftop solar.
Read more in today's Heatmap AM:
The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, one staffer said. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, one staffer said. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
"You're looking at a family that maybe was paying $800 a month for their health insurance and that jumps to $3,000."
Premiums on average would go up 114% for consumers, according to an analysis published this week by KFF, the nonpartisan health research organization.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Premiums on average would go up 114% for consumers, according to an analysis published this week by KFF, the nonpartisan health research organization.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Time is short for an ACA premium fix in the shutdown fight, says GOP insurance leader
After warning Congress for months about premium spikes, the leader of the country's insurance commissioners — a Republican from North Dakota — says he's hopeful there could be a last minute fix.
www.npr.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"You're looking at a family that maybe was paying $800 a month for their health insurance and that jumps to $3,000."
Premiums on average would go up 114% for consumers, according to an analysis published this week by KFF, the nonpartisan health research organization.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Premiums on average would go up 114% for consumers, according to an analysis published this week by KFF, the nonpartisan health research organization.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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After warning Congress for months about premium spikes, the leader of the country's insurance commissioners — a Republican from North Dakota — says he's hopeful there could be a last minute fix.
Time is short for an ACA premium fix in the shutdown fight, says GOP insurance leader
After warning Congress for months about premium spikes, the leader of the country's insurance commissioners — a Republican from North Dakota — says he's hopeful there could be a last minute fix.
n.pr
October 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
After warning Congress for months about premium spikes, the leader of the country's insurance commissioners — a Republican from North Dakota — says he's hopeful there could be a last minute fix.
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Good analysis here, which I'd gloss as: If the Dems continue to stand strong, they have a chance to take back key pieces of Congress's power of the purse that Trump and Vought have stolen. That would be salutary regardless of who is in the majority.
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The Quiet Shutdown Becomes Loud
Appropriations rupture exposes the constitutional stakes
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Good analysis here, which I'd gloss as: If the Dems continue to stand strong, they have a chance to take back key pieces of Congress's power of the purse that Trump and Vought have stolen. That would be salutary regardless of who is in the majority.
open.substack.com/pub/firstbra...
open.substack.com/pub/firstbra...
"...60% of energy generated by fossil fuels is lost as waste heat and can’t be USED...
As for renewables, only 10 to 20% of the energy they produce is lost...
... difference between primary energy generation and final energy USE."
As for renewables, only 10 to 20% of the energy they produce is lost...
... difference between primary energy generation and final energy USE."
More than 60% of energy generated by fossil fuels is lost as waste heat and can’t be USED.
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Yes, One Third of ALL Energy USED is from Renewables
Find this hard to believe? Read on
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August 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"...60% of energy generated by fossil fuels is lost as waste heat and can’t be USED...
As for renewables, only 10 to 20% of the energy they produce is lost...
... difference between primary energy generation and final energy USE."
As for renewables, only 10 to 20% of the energy they produce is lost...
... difference between primary energy generation and final energy USE."
My dad was a doctor and like a lot of kids whose parents are medical, I was used to complaint of any ailment I had getting responses like, "It hurts when you do that? Don't do that." /1
August 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My dad was a doctor and like a lot of kids whose parents are medical, I was used to complaint of any ailment I had getting responses like, "It hurts when you do that? Don't do that." /1
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The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality was slated to receive $156 million to build solar energy and storage system infrastructure for low-income households.
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Trump plans to end solar energy program meant for low-income households. What does that mean for North Carolina?
The program called Solar For All started under the Biden administration. In North Carolina, the state Department of Environmental Quality was slated to receive $156 million to build solar energy and s...
www.wunc.org
August 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality was slated to receive $156 million to build solar energy and storage system infrastructure for low-income households.
www.wunc.org/environment/...
www.wunc.org/environment/...
"A recent UN report found that 'solar and wind are now almost always the least expensive—and the fastest—option for new electricity generation.' That is why TX, deemed the oil capital of the world, produces more wind power than any other state and also led the nation in new solar capacity..."
With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering. www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Promised to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ The New Rigs Are Nowhere to Be Found
With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering.
www.wired.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"A recent UN report found that 'solar and wind are now almost always the least expensive—and the fastest—option for new electricity generation.' That is why TX, deemed the oil capital of the world, produces more wind power than any other state and also led the nation in new solar capacity..."
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The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Thursday largely rejected Trump administration proposals to slash funding for education programs, medical research grants, health initiatives and Ukraine security assistance. ncnewsline.com/2025/08/01/r... #ncpol
Trump’s big proposed cuts to health and education spending rebuffed by US Senate panel • NC Newsline
U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Thursday largely rejected Trump administration proposals to slash funding for education programs
ncnewsline.com
August 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Thursday largely rejected Trump administration proposals to slash funding for education programs, medical research grants, health initiatives and Ukraine security assistance. ncnewsline.com/2025/08/01/r... #ncpol
MAGA is imploding. Stop turning defectors away.
"...when your neighbors liked a really bad thing, and now they're like, I don't know,
that seems kind of bad, actually. Maybe I was duped. You pull them in. You welcome them. It is never too late." - @anandwrites.bsky.social Anand Giridharadas
"...when your neighbors liked a really bad thing, and now they're like, I don't know,
that seems kind of bad, actually. Maybe I was duped. You pull them in. You welcome them. It is never too late." - @anandwrites.bsky.social Anand Giridharadas
RANT: MAGA is imploding. Stop turning defectors away.
A little lecture on persuasion, manipulation, cult defection, and accountability
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July 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
MAGA is imploding. Stop turning defectors away.
"...when your neighbors liked a really bad thing, and now they're like, I don't know,
that seems kind of bad, actually. Maybe I was duped. You pull them in. You welcome them. It is never too late." - @anandwrites.bsky.social Anand Giridharadas
"...when your neighbors liked a really bad thing, and now they're like, I don't know,
that seems kind of bad, actually. Maybe I was duped. You pull them in. You welcome them. It is never too late." - @anandwrites.bsky.social Anand Giridharadas
“Public schools across North Carolina, especially in rural areas, need this money to keep teachers in the classroom and keep kids safe while they learn,” said AG Jackson. “It’s unlawful and unconstitutional for the Dept of Edto withhold money that Congress has appropriated."
Attorney General Jeff Jackson Sues to Protect $165 Million for NC Public Schools and Nearly 1,000 NC Educator Jobs
Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and 24 other states sued to prevent the federal government from cutting funds for North Carolina’s schools and educators.
www.dpi.nc.gov
July 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“Public schools across North Carolina, especially in rural areas, need this money to keep teachers in the classroom and keep kids safe while they learn,” said AG Jackson. “It’s unlawful and unconstitutional for the Dept of Edto withhold money that Congress has appropriated."
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Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation that the Senate GOP’s planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”
Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of 'devastation' from megabill
www.politico.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation that the Senate GOP’s planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”
Sen. Tillis are you hearing what NC is telling you?
"Medicaid covers their expenses. 'That means a first grader who can’t hold a pencil gets occupational therapy. It means a child learning to walk again can get physical therapy...These are not extras. These are necessities.'”
"Medicaid covers their expenses. 'That means a first grader who can’t hold a pencil gets occupational therapy. It means a child learning to walk again can get physical therapy...These are not extras. These are necessities.'”
Rural educators call on Tillis to block ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ citing Medicaid and education cuts • NC Newsline
A group of educators and health advocates urged Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) to vote against the Republican-led “big beautiful bill.”
ncnewsline.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Sen. Tillis are you hearing what NC is telling you?
"Medicaid covers their expenses. 'That means a first grader who can’t hold a pencil gets occupational therapy. It means a child learning to walk again can get physical therapy...These are not extras. These are necessities.'”
"Medicaid covers their expenses. 'That means a first grader who can’t hold a pencil gets occupational therapy. It means a child learning to walk again can get physical therapy...These are not extras. These are necessities.'”