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I think Zohran's co-opting of efficiency from the right will be seismic for the American socialist project. We need to run a national campaign against The Contractor State—neoliberalism's grand, massively inefficient outsourcing of government functions to private contractors.

That's how you do it! "If we don't get it, shut it down!" @nychange with yet another masterclass on organizing to hold our elected officials accountable.

This is great. But I'd argue we shouldn't just be looking at civil accountability. Many states have criminal laws against child endangerment. Mark Zuckerberg should be prosecuted accordingly. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/arrest-mark-…

CERAWeek is one of the biggest fossil fuel conferences on the planet, bringing industry CEOs and interests together in Houston. Members of our team were there to confront the billionaires fueling the climate crisis.

So proud to have stood shoulder to shoulder with @weathersurvivor from Louisiana hurricanes and San Diego floods. We delivered a letter to every @naic member backed by 49 orgs and 20,000 activists demanding to see the data behind the home insurance crisis citizen.org/news/as-insura…

NEW: Dwindling home insurance availability and affordability is a clear manifestation of fossil fuel-driven climate chaos. Today, the Revolving Door Project published two tools to help illuminate aspects of this worsening crisis. 🧵⬇️ therevolvingdoorproject.org/home-insurance…

As our Kenny Stancil said, "It's a lot easier to be an ambitious, pro-consumer and pro-climate regulator when you aren't trying to preserve friendships with profit-maximizing insurance CEOs." Read more about insurance industry "revolvers": therevolvingdoorproject.org/tracking-state…

In '22, @ProPublica found landlords were using RealPage software to raise rents — potentially in violation of laws against collusion. Cities moved to ban such pricing algorithms. But now, @WSJ reports that House Republicans are seeking to “muzzle” those local efforts. THREAD

Bjorn Lomborg, noted purveyor of climate disinformation, was hanging out with Epstein. I wonder how many other climate deniers are in the files? I'm guessing it's a lot - the Venn Diagram between "okay with letting the world burn" and "okay with child sex ring" is likely large.

👀 BlackRock just lost another ~$6B mandate after backsliding on addressing climate risk to its clients’ portfolios. NYC pension trustees meet this week and could approve the @NYCComptroller recommendation to shift $42B for the same reason. 🍿

GA Rep. accidentally says the quiet part out loud about property insurers: "These insurance companies are just ruthless, greedy, sonsofb****es destroying our country in the disguise that they're helping." I wrote up how they're doing it: citizen.org/news/the-tort-…

"TL:DR The insurance industry is denying more and more claims and running a nationwide strategy to deny your right to sue them when you’re shortchanged," writes Rick Morris, insurance campaigner at @Public_Citizen.

@bluestein This is why I’m voting for @Nabilah_Parkes to be our next Insurance Commissioner. These companies are ruthless and we deserve someone who’s actually going to stand up to them.

Wrote about the need for Dems to call the Donroe Doctrine what it is: a scam. Trump is putting up our tax dollars—and perhaps, our blood—to make the richest people in the world richer. It’s evil, it’s toxic, and it’s Dems’ job to make sure the American people understand that.

Incredible piece from my brilliant colleague @Clara_Vondrich at @Public_Citizen. "That tip-toeing around climate will help win elections should be rejected... Success depends on the opposite: articulating how climate pollution is driving the cost-of-living crisis"

Governor Hochul is taking New York backwards. We won't let her. Thousands will march in Albany on April 18th with a clear message: It's Deadline Hochul. Join the mobilization launch Dec. 15 with special guests @billmckibben & @MarkRuffalo ⬇️

it's fitting that the passing of Dick Cheney comes as the current Administration attempts an even sloppier and less justified regime change to control another countries' oil bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Australians get 3 hrs of free electricity each day. Meanwhile in the US. . .

My jaw dropped watching this ad. It feels a bit rich for @Toyota to be mocking drivers for listening to the EV-phobia it has helped to spread. It’s like someone yelling “fire!” in a crowded movie theater and then laughing at the people who run out. citizen.org/news/pump-fake…

oopsie daisies "Toyota executive Hiroyuki Ueda quickly went on record to debunk the claim, saying that the U.S. President must have been confused."