Aaron Weiss (no relation)

The wording here is an incredible self-pwn by Third Way as it tries to put its fingers on the scale.

One third of the country not only wants to abolish ICE, but also supports ending ALL INTERNAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, even when presented with a moderate alternative.

This is a radicalized nation.

Yuge, as they say. The seat was very much in play, but Zinke chickening out at this point suggests he knew he was going to lose. It was not a sure D pickup but it just became a whole lot more likely.

Yup. Giving rich people money. If you don't own a thermostat, you don't get the benefit.

"Customers receive a $50 bill credit per eligible smart thermostat enrolled and a $35 bill credit at the end of the first season. Every year after that, they'll receive a $35 participation bill credit."

"Rich people spending money to lower costs for poor people" is the definition of trickle-down economics

Oof. I thought we'd gotten past trickle down economics as a defensible solution.

It's ok to just admit something is bad and needs to change.

All of that is true if you have the financial means to buy an EV, own a home, and can finance rooftop solar.

It absolutely sucks for everyone who does not.

Iran: US Energy Dominance laid bare Trump’s war of choice is a bonanza for US LNG exporters, and a catastrophe for everyone else

Trump's war on Iran is designed to increase your electric bill.

Exporting American LNG

while blocking new wind + solar

while destroying global LNG =

expensive electricity going into summer AC season.

www.energyflux.news/iran-war-us-...

Evergreen skeet

In short: It's in the interests of America to bomb anyone and kidnap anyone whenever we need a distraction from the contents of the Epstein files.

In short: It's in the interests of America to bomb anyone and kidnap anyone whenever we need a distraction from the contents of the Epstein files.

I'm generally a fan of Strange New Worlds but this "Ortegas Is The Martian But In A Wormhole" episode is one of the most badly written and directed things in all of Trek. How did it make it out of the writers room, much less into production?

My "this is not a pyramid scheme" shirt is answering a lot of questions posed by the pyramid behind me

The secretary of defense is sure spending a whole lot of time here thinking about kids' genitals

The leopards are so hungry, Brady

I've enjoyed Samoas all my life. This year, after the kids ate all but the last two Samoas in the box, I ate one and realized I can make a much better shortbread/caramel/coconut/chocolate cookie.

Watch this space.

How much of the awarded-contract data from fpds is also covered (or not covered) by usaspending.gov? That's been my go-to for contracts.

Legislating is hard. But specificity matters. This is written so broadly that all sorts of files could suddenly become illegal. Any time legislatures try to criminalize information possession, regardless of intent, it generally goes badly.

Do you want to trust law enforcement to give the law a reasonable reading or a literal reading? Because that's what it says.

By all means, regulate the fuck out of actual firearms and firearm components. But when state legislatures try to regulate information and information distribution, no matter how well intentioned, it generally goes badly.

Distributing digital instructions that may be used to program a 3-dimensional printer or CNC milling machine to manufacture or produce a firearm or firearm component.

As best I can tell, this would make it illegal to upload a shapefile for a squirt gun or prop gun because some of those components (trigger, stock) could also theoretically be used to print components of an actual gun.

Terrible bill, terrible writeup on what it actually tries to do.

Pete Hegseth and most of this administration is psychotic, so

The combination of horribly racist and dreadfully boring is quite a choice for a speech

Sell-Off Steve gets his Senate hearing on Wednesday. Let's see who stands up for public lands.

We need more people like @repdexteror.bsky.social in Congress.

This is true up and down the administration. Comms folks straight up lie to reporters all the time. We've seen it repeatedly at Interior as well.

This is the Bluesky content I'm here for

Fair 'nuf

Here is what I think.

TPS status revoked? cool, you should get US citizenship
Spent any time in Dilley or Whipple? cool, you should get US citizenship
Someone took your bunny hat? cool, you should get US citizenship

Burgum is the most embarrassing cabinet secretary and it's not even close. Imagine debasing yourself like this on a daily basis.