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Wind and solar energy generated a record 17% of electricity in the United States in 2025, up from less than 1% in 2005, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration. abcnews.link/8rN7CPR
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Believer in community & national service; Still trying not to take the bait; Atty - don't judge; Gerrymandering is killing our democracy.
Alabama, USA Katılım Nisan 2019
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President Trump, who is in the midst of pressuring senators to curb the use of mail-in voting, voted by mail ballot in Tuesday’s special election in Palm Beach County, Florida.
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NEW: The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to block demands for records and testimony about the DOGE project led last year by billionaire Elon Musk
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Petition: assets.bwbx.io/documents/user…
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NEW: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is coming to YouTube, getting its own page. It’s the first time the show will be on-demand for free. Fred Rogers Productions tells me the page is coming this summer. axios.com/local/pittsbur…
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We remain resolute.
This morning in the Mediterranean, the French Navy intercepted and boarded another vessel from the shadow fleet, the Deyna.
The war involving Iran will not deflect France from its support for Ukraine, where Russia’s war of aggression continues unabated.
These vessels, which evade international sanctions and violate the law of the sea, are profiteers of war. They line their pockets while helping finance Russia’s war effort.
We will not allow it.
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Really cool moment tonight postgame after VCU upset UNC. VCU head coach Phil Martelli Jr. made a point to shoutout the student reporters that made the trip.
Lots of great stuff this time of year, but this was a really awesome, genuine exchange.
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This!
Aakash Gupta@aakashgupta
Let me explain exactly why every new subdivision in America looks like the top photo, because the math is wild. A mature tree increases a home's value by 7 to 19 percent. On a $400,000 house, that's $28,000 to $76,000. A single shade tree produces the cooling equivalent of ten room-size air conditioners running 20 hours a day. One tree on the west side of a house cuts energy bills by 12 percent within 15 years. The bottom photo is worth more, costs less to live in, and sells faster. This has been documented by the University of Washington, Clemson, Michigan State, and the USDA. The data is not in dispute. Removing those trees saves the builder roughly $5,000 per lot. Concrete trucks need twice the dripline radius of every standing tree. Utility trenches need flat ground. A bulldozer flattens 200 lots in an afternoon. Preserving trees adds weeks and thousands per home. So the developer pockets $5,000 in savings and the buyer eats $50,000 in lost value for the next two decades. The person making the decision and the person paying for it have never been in the same room. The Woodlands, Texas is the proof of what happens when they are. George Mitchell bought 28,000 acres of Houston timberland in 1974 and preserved 28% as permanent green space. He forced McDonald's to build behind the tree canopy. That McDonald's became one of the highest-volume locations in Texas. The first office building, designed to reflect the surrounding forest so you couldn't see it from the street, leased completely. The Woodlands median home price today: $615,000. Katy, a comparable Houston suburb that clear-cut: $375,000. Named #1 community to live in America two years running. Fifty years of data. The trees are worth more than removing them saves. Developers clear-cut anyway because they sell the house once and leave. You live in it for 30 years.
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Important read. I see it everyday in dealing with medical providers and insurance companies. The change since I started practicing 25 years ago is dramatic.
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein@robinsreport
1/ As I reported my book, I noticed something that has completely changed American life: widespread chronic under-staffing. It leads to, among other things, deadly medication errors at pharmacies, flight delays, messy stores, and the crime wave. From me today @TheProspect
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The Atlantic has a sobering, first-person look at the ramifications of legalized online sports betting. Here are a few of the more telling passages.
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The mood in Moscow was triumphant after Trump administration temporarily lifted some sanctions on Russian oil because of the Iran war, report @INechepurenko @PaulSonne nytimes.com/2026/03/13/wor…
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To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
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Russia oil does not go through the Strait of Hormuz.
Skyrocketing oil prices provided Putin with more money to finance his war in Ukraine.
To many around the world, Trump's preemptive war against Iran looks like Putin's war in Ukraine.
Putin is benefiting from Trump's war.
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A Social Security administration whistleblower says a former DOGE employee took confidential data with him to his next job.
This potentially massive security breach is currently under investigation.
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SCOOP:
In 2021, they helped organize Trump's January 6 rally.
In the last year, Event Strategies has raked in federal contracts worth $26M, many of them with no other bidders
w/ @zoeschiffer @leahfeiger @hudsongiles
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SCOOP: Last year we reported extensively on Elon Musk’s desire to break into the data pipes of government to bypass the federal bureaucracy. That approach had major consequences — one of which we reveal today: A DOGE bro allegedly made off with volumes upon volumes of highly sensitive Social Security data - the agency’s “crown jewels” - which he downloaded on a thumb drive and brought over to his new job. Me, @MerylKornfield @FedGirlWaPo report on this unprecedented breach:
washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…
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India doesn't have access to MENA oil due to the war, so the US is letting them buy Russian oil at sea.
It's about 50 million bbls. That's a lot.
Big win for Putin.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent@SecScottBessent
President Trump’s energy agenda has resulted in oil and gas production reaching the highest levels ever recorded. To enable oil to keep flowing into the global market, the Treasury Department is issuing a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil. This deliberately short-term measure will not provide significant financial benefit to the Russian government as it only authorizes transactions involving oil already stranded at sea. India is an essential partner of the United States, and we fully anticipate that New Delhi will ramp up purchases of U.S. oil. This stop-gap measure will alleviate pressure caused by Iran’s attempt to take global energy hostage.
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Massive short term win for Putin. The longer the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, the more money Putin gets to replenish his war chest.
Javier Blas@JavierBlas
BREAKING: US Treasury eases oil sanctions on the Kremlin, allowing Indian refineries to buy the millions of barrels of Russian crude on floating storage until early April (the new rules cover all the oil already loaded in a tanker by March 5, 2026). Massive win for Putin.
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