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Florida Electricity Consumers Burdened With Historic Rate Hike - The American Prospect The state’s largest electric utility picks a fine time to land in the middle of the affordability debate and the 2026 campaign season.

Florida Power and Light hit its customers with a historic $7 billion rate hike fueled by data centers, and the resulting outrage may likely leak into the 2026 midterm election. @gurleygg.bsky.social reports:
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The Cost of Climate - The American Prospect Extreme weather and changes in seasonal patterns are fundamentally altering the landscape, in cities and in farming communities. You’re going to pay for it.

Climate change means disease and natural disasters, but it also means food and water are getting more expensive. Farmers are losing crops from cocoa to rice making groceries increasingly unaffordable. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/13cYtLf

Josh Shapiro Ditched the Same Climate Pact That Abigail Spanberger Is Joining - The American Prospect To seal a state budget deal, Pennsylvania is departing the RGGI emissions control program, but Virginia is jumping back in.

In order to pass their state budget, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is agreeing to slash a northeastern climate initiative, right as Virginia is trying to kick it back into gear. @gurleygg.bsky.social reports:
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Josh Shapiro Ditched the Same Climate Pact That Abigail Spanberger Is Joining - The American Prospect To seal a state budget deal, Pennsylvania is departing the RGGI emissions control program, but Virginia is jumping back in.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is bailing on a regional emissions control system, just as Virginia rejoins. It’s a decision that could haunt his presidential ambitions. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/jpZ54HN

People are still waiting. Some backstory here:

Josh Shapiro Ditched the Same Climate Pact That Abigail Spanberger Is Joining - The American Prospect To seal a state budget deal, Pennsylvania is departing the RGGI emissions control program, but Virginia is jumping back in.

While Josh Shapiro is ditching the Northeast climate agreement, Abigail Spanberger (no radical liberal) is preparing to join it. @gurleygg.bsky.social explains why.
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Some people are still waiting...

Ripping Up SNAP and America’s Social Contract - The American Prospect Like their colleagues across the country, Mississippi River corridor mayors are on the front lines speeding food to desperate residents. Six out of the ten Mississippi River states have more than 10 percent of their populations who currently depend on SNAP benefits.

Mississippi River corridor mayors can’t avoid their constituents like members of Congress, so they are experiencing firsthand how the strain of uncertainty about SNAP benefits during the shutdown impacted their communities. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬:

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Ripping Up SNAP and America’s Social Contract - The American Prospect Like their colleagues across the country, Mississippi River corridor mayors are on the front lines speeding food to desperate residents. Six out of the ten Mississippi River states have more than 10 p...

On the front lines of the hunger battle, mayors in poor cities are fielding calls from constituents wondering where their next meal will come from. @gurleygg.bsky.social writes about the scramble to get people fed:
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I'm glad Curtis has no chance of winning but maybe we should put him in charge of NYC's cats (and by extension, rats)

Unpaid government workers are being fed by World Central Kitchen…let that sink in just how dire things are.

'No help, no food, no water': Hurricane-hit Jamaican towns wait for aid Days after Hurricane Melissa hit, communities are isolated with little food, no water, and no idea of when normalcy will return.

Jamaica and the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Melissa have been largely dropped from the news agenda.

🤷‍♂️

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Meanwhile, in Jamaica....American tourists are helping with the cleanup...

Love to see it….tourists that are stuck in Jamaica are helping with the cleanup after Hurricane Melissa 💪

Virginia Governor’s Race Is Major Test for Democrats - The American Prospect Democrat Abigail Spanberger appears poised for a win, but the outcome of the attorney general’s race could complicate the direction the state heads in. Can Spanberger carry the other Democrats on the ...

Test passed.

Election impacts on project, to be sure. Some backstory:

A look back....

Election forecaster: Spanberger "as certain as the sun" to win Va. Gov. race Election forecaster Chaz Nuttycombe, executive director of State Navigate, told The Final 5 that his projections suggest Democrat Abigail Spanberger is a near lock to win Virginia’s governor’s race, w...

Spanberger "as certain as the sun" to win Va. Gov. race, says @chaznuttycombe.bsky.social, who successfully predicted all 140 House and Senate races in 2023. Here's part of our chat on #TheFinal5:
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Virginia Governor’s Race Is Major Test for Democrats - The American Prospect Democrat Abigail Spanberger appears poised for a win, but the outcome of the attorney general’s race could complicate the direction the state heads in. Can Spanberger carry the other Democrats on the ticket with her?

The democratic candidate for Attorney General in light blue Virginia appears on track for a win, but the race could represent a turning point in the state’s political direction. From @gurleygg.bsky.social:
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The 2025 Election’s Hudson River Divide - The American Prospect Through the campaigns of Zohran Mamdani and Mikie Sherrill, we can see a path that tenuously unites both social democrats and moderates. Future Democratic electoral successes will rest on a foundation...

Election Day is tomorrow & @prospect.org is your source for the most critical races. Here's our lineup:
Harold Meyerson on the urban-to-rural ideological continuum that runs left to right, how it takes a range of Democrats to win in a range of political terrains, & how some Dems don't get that.

Virginia Governor’s Race Is Major Test for Democrats - The American Prospect Democrat Abigail Spanberger appears poised for a win, but the outcome of the attorney general’s race could complicate the direction the state heads in. Can Spanberger carry the other Democrats on the ...

@gurleygg.bsky.social on the governor's race in Virginia, and whether Abigail Spanberger will have coattails to carry the rest of the ticket:
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Virginia Governor’s Race Is Major Test for Democrats - The American Prospect Democrat Abigail Spanberger appears poised for a win, but the outcome of the attorney general’s race could complicate the direction the state heads in. Can Spanberger carry the other Democrats on the ticket with her?

Former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger seems ready to win the Virginia Governor's race—but the attorney general's race might throw a wrench in the Democrats plans to shift the state more blue. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬:

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Graham Platner has covered up the tattoo and moved on but the controversies have taken on a life of their own. Some backstory:

Halloween gravestone reading “I Did My Own Research” in a yard with two skeleton arms sticking out of the grass.

Happy Halloween

Sparks Flying in Maine’s Senate Race - The American Prospect Susan Collins remains forever unconcerned. One of the Republicans’ most reliable meme generators isn’t fretting over Janet Mills’s entry into the race for Maine’s Senate seat alongside oyster farmer Graham Platner

Things are heating up in Maine with a Senate race on the ballot in eight months. Incumbent Susan Collins remains “forever unconcerned” while Gov. Janet Mills and oyster farmer Graham Platner both have a chance to win the primary. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬:

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Another Rail Headache for New York and New Jersey, Courtesy of Trump - The American Prospect The Gateway Program aims to bring the New York metro section of the nation’s rail infrastructure into the 21st century, but President Trump has threatened to terminate the project, blaming "DEI" and the government shutdown.

The Trump administration has threatened to terminate the Gateway Program that’s working to repair a 115-year-old rail tunnel in NYC. Trump blames DEI policies and the government shutdown for why he is taking aim at this project. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬:

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Congressman Moulton will challenge Markey for US Senate seat | Dorchester Reporter For the second election cycle in a row, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey will face a challenge from a younger Democrat in the state's Congressional delegation. Congressman Seth Moulton of Salem announced Wednesday...

Ed Markey in MA and Janet Mills in Maine are going to win the "That could be ME they're trying to push out" older voters. Will younger Democratic primary voters think differently?

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Will younger voters...vote?

Chicago Strikes Back, With an Assist from Republican Governors A federal judge calls out the Trump administration’s “simply unreliable” portrait of the city, while a group of former governors deconstructs the constitutional threats.

Federalist 51: “A healthy balance of power between the state and federal government,” Alexander Hamilton wrote in 1788, “reduces the risk of tyranny and abuse from either front.”

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