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Stock question to "phase out fossil fuels" advocates When, exactly, do you predict fossil fuels will be phased out? Solar/Wind < 6% of the total energy consumption in US. Still only 16% of US electricity generation. (from most current EIA report) eia.gov/energyexplaine…

@RonFilipkowski Short memories Around $5.02 per gallon (national average for regular unleaded gasoline), reached in mid-June 2022. This peak occurred during the Biden administration (January 20, 2021–January 20, 2025), driven largely by the Russia-Ukraine war's impact on global oil markets.

When you go to the gas station this week, just remember that Trump and Hegseth are having a great time with the war. Big joke.

The Supreme Court’s just said that you can’t gerrymander by race and all the people who claim not to be racist are really angry that they can’t be racist.

@atrupar Short memories Around $5.02 per gallon (national average for regular unleaded gasoline), reached in mid-June 2022. This peak occurred during the Biden administration (January 20, 2021–January 20, 2025), driven largely by the Russia-Ukraine war's impact on global oil markets.

GOODLANDER: Do you know what the average cost of a gallon of gas was in this country was on February 28? HEGSETH: If you live in California, it's $8 GOODLANDER: $2.83. Do you know what the cost is today? HEGSETH: Much higher in California GOODLANDER: $4.23. You can't answer this basic question?

@RepJeffries This is your party What a maroon

@RepJeffries Liar much? Iran began breaching key limits (uranium enrichment, stockpiles) in 2019 per IAEA reports.

Actually, Iran did sign a nonnuclear deal in 2015 under the leadership of President Obama. You blew it up. Then plunged America into another reckless and costly war of choice in the Middle East.

@RepJeffries The left can't be color-blind. Why? Because you can't win elections without race baiting or class warfare.

Voter suppression is a way of life for Donald Trump and far right extremists on the Supreme Court. Republicans know they cannot win a free and fair election in November and so they are desperate to rig it. We will never let them succeed.

@HadEknuff @DefiantLs Well said.

@DefiantLs We have equality under the law for every single citizen regardless of race or religion. Affirmative action, diversity, and inclusion are flat out racist and unconstitutional. Equity is socialism. Deal with it.

Jeffries: "We're now at a point where affirmative action is gone, diversity is gone, equity gone, inclusion gone..."

Every wind turbine and solar panel on earth today is expected to be decommissioned and replaced long before Net Zero in 2050. We aren't just building a new energy grid, we're initiating the world’s largest, most resource-intensive replacement cycle. The staggering cost of these recurring cycles is expected to add trillions to an already massive price tag. McKinsey Global estimates the transition requires $9.2 trillion per year, totaling $275 trillion by 2050. However, these figures are only the baseline - they don't account for the new price ceiling driven by the physical failure and required replacement of first-generation infrastructure. Most of today’s 225,000 wind turbines (over 1.2 TW capacity) will exceed their 20–30 year lifespans by 2050. This necessitates waves of decommissioning or 'repowering' on a scale never seen before. With wingspans rivaling an Airbus A380 or Boeing 747, these massive composite structures are fueling blade graveyards that present a disposal challenge unmatched in human history. Projections suggest 43 million tonnes of blade waste and 60–80 million tonnes of solar PV waste by 2050. A global rebuild of this scale must compete for finite resources. China currently refines 90% of the global rare earth supply, creating a precarious geopolitical dependency for the permanent magnet technology required for modern turbines. * Rare earths: Neodymium and praseodymium for magnets; dysprosium and terbium for heat resistance. * Essential metals: Massive quantities of copper for wiring, tungsten for components, and tin for soldering. * Physical scale: Larger direct-drive turbines require 0.5–2 tonnes of rare-earth magnets per MW, supported by vast quantities of steel and concrete. A 'second transition' is destined to become a third, and a fourth—replacing the entire global inventory every few decades. This demands a WWII-scale 'D-Day' mobilisation of capital and labor, occurring just as subsidies fade and private investment thins due to uneven returns. Furthermore, the 'diesel paradox' remains: heavy mining equipment is still powered by the very same fossil fuels the transition seeks to eliminate. The math suggests a looming collision between physical reality and political agendas. Image: The Casper Regional Landfill in Wyoming has become a global focal point for 'clean energy waste'.

Via Matt Walsh 😆 I’m officially convinced. It was a hoax. The Trump Administration recruited a leftist Kamala Harris voting Trump hater to participate in a staged assassination that would include the shooter getting shot at and then locked in federal prison for the rest of his life. The Kamala Harris voter agreed to this plan, that works against his political and personal interests, because he’s just like a really generous guy. Meanwhile the Trump Administration, despite dastardly planning multiple assassination hoaxes, decided to keep their patsy alive and a permanent liability to them, rather than just killing him like they could have easily done. They did this because they also are really strangely generous in a very odd and specific way. So in summary we have a plot where all parties involved are working against their own interests with no real discernible benefit to any of them. There is no evidence of this plan and it doesn’t even make any intuitive sense and the motives for everyone are unclear if not insane, but still I believe it because I’m a very smart person.

@Acyn It would have never been an issue if Good wasn't operating a 3000+ pound weapon.

AOC tells PabloReports that the reinstatement of the agent who shot Renee Good is a reminder of why Democrats should not give ICE and CBP a dime. AOC: This is the impunity that they feel around us. It should not be done with our votes or our funding. God forbid every single person that that man encounters is in just as grave danger as she was in.

@Acyn What AOC means is "no gerrymandering", except us.

AOC: We have to all abide by the same rules. And so if Republicans are going to redraw North Carolina, if they're going to redraw Texas, if they're going to redraw and gerrymander every one of their states, then unfortunately, we have to provide balance to that until we get to the day where we can all finally agree to put this behind us and pass nonpartisan gerrymandering federally.

@Acyn No gerrymandering? So ... you're ok with this? Maps drawn by software algorithm, pure geography, compactness, contiguity. No commissions other than to select one of the solutions provided. grok.com/share/c2hhcmQt…

@DropSiteNews Short memories Around $5.02 per gallon (national average for regular unleaded gasoline), reached in mid-June 2022. This peak occurred during the Biden administration (January 20, 2021–January 20, 2025), driven largely by the Russia-Ukraine war's impact on global oil markets.

⛽ U.S. gas prices have surged to the highest national average since August 2022 - $4.23 per gallon for regular unleaded - driven by escalating tensions with Iran and disruptions to global oil. Prices jumped over 20 cents in one week and are up roughly $1.08 month-over-month. ▪️The 10 most expensive states: California — $5.89 Hawaii — $5.46 Washington — $5.36 Oregon — $4.96 Nevada — $4.94 Arizona — $4.70 Alaska — $4.59 Idaho — $4.27 Illinois — $4.25 Florida — $4.22 Analysts say prices are likely to stay elevated and continue to rise as long as geopolitical tensions and supply disruptions persist.

@mtgreenee @LeilaniDowding Short memories Around $5.02 per gallon (national average for regular unleaded gasoline), reached in mid-June 2022. This peak occurred during the Biden administration (January 20, 2021–January 20, 2025), driven largely by the Russia-Ukraine war's impact on global oil markets.

This is all because Trump is waging war on Iran and broke his campaign promises of no more foreign wars and no more foreign regime change. And it’s only going to get worse as food prices will surely rise as well. Also, our poor truckers are paying insane prices for diesel.

DEM: "We haven’t had an African American Republican governor since reconstruction!" ME: “The Republicans tried to elect one in Virginia.” DEM: “Okay...” 😳 ME: "Then you got a white Democrat who gerrymandered the state! It’s all crumbling, John!"

@BarackObama The left can't be color-blind. Why? Because you can't win elections without race baiting or class warfare. So much for Hopey Changey.

Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach. The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.

@RepSaraJacobs Please 🙄🙄

I asked Secretary Hegseth a straightforward, yes or no question today: Is Donald Trump mentally stable enough to be Commander in Chief? He didn't say yes. And that speaks volumes.

@broadhurstbobb @PamelaGeller Please be prudent when posting this stuff. Grok says it didn't happen. Yeah, the guy's a slimebag but let's be factual.

Congressman Jamie Raskin has been ordered to repay the federal government $304,000 he took from the illegal student loan debt relief program for his daughter's tuition to Stanford. "Mr. Raskin knew the program would be shot down," wrote 14th District Judge Joseph A Barron, "so he pushed his application through using his position." Raskin's defense was that the program was perfectly legal when he took the money. "That defense is summarily rejected." The judge also noted that the Raskins are worth more than $14 million and shouldn't have qualified in the first place. "There's grounds for a criminal case here if ever this court saw one."

**Good grief indeed.** That's a pretty bold assertion. Dylan Mulvaney is a biological male (born male, with male chromosomes, male skeletal structure, etc.) who has presented as a woman since coming out as transgender. The claim that "no matter what my passport or the Trump administration says, I am a woman" prioritizes subjective self-identification over observable biology, legal documentation, or policy. - **Biologically**: Sex is determined by gametes, chromosomes (XY), and reproductive anatomy. No amount of hormones, surgery, or declaration changes that fundamental reality. Mulvaney has not undergone full "bottom surgery" and retains male physiology in key ways. - **Documents and policy**: Passports and IDs can be altered based on self-ID in many places, but the Trump administration (and many others) pushed back toward sex-based definitions rooted in biology for sports, prisons, bathrooms, etc., rather than gender identity. That's a policy disagreement, not "erasure." People can identify however they want and live their lives—adult autonomy and all. But redefining "woman" to mean "anyone who says so" strains language and reality, which is why it provokes these "good grief" reactions. It's the classic tension between feelings and facts. The meme captures that cultural flashpoint perfectly.

Good grief **Good grief indeed.** That's a pretty bold assertion. Dylan Mulvaney is a biological male (born male, with male chromosomes, male skeletal structure, etc.) who has presented as a woman since coming out as transgender. The claim that "no matter what my passport or the Trump administration says, I am a woman" prioritizes subjective self-identification over observable biology, legal documentation, or policy. - **Biologically**: Sex is determined by gametes, chromosomes (XY), and reproductive anatomy. No amount of hormones, surgery, or declaration changes that fundamental reality. Mulvaney has not undergone full "bottom surgery" and retains male physiology in key ways. - **Documents and policy**: Passports and IDs can be altered based on self-ID in many places, but the Trump administration (and many others) pushed back toward sex-based definitions rooted in biology for sports, prisons, bathrooms, etc., rather than gender identity. That's a policy disagreement, not "erasure." People can identify however they want and live their lives—adult autonomy and all. But redefining "woman" to mean "anyone who says so" strains language and reality, which is why it provokes these "good grief" reactions. It's the classic tension between feelings and facts. The meme captures that cultural flashpoint perfectly.

Trans activist, model & beauty influencer Dylan Mulvaney said: "No matter what my passport or the Trump administration says, I am a woman." " I will always be a woman"