Michael

A pardon.

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Chart: Yes, US power prices are rising. Don’t blame clean energy. Household costs have been going up since 2020 due to an aging grid, natural disasters, and volatile gas prices. Trump is making things worse.

Working families are already struggling to afford electricity and other household needs. And as the Trump administration continues to shut down clean energy projects and incentives, costs will only continue to rise. www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

Needed this reminder today.

A government ban on Hungary’s Pride parade backfired Saturday as over 100,000 people marched through Budapest, far more than usual

PM Viktor Orban warned people to stay away, threatening “clear legal consequences.” But the warnings only turned a modest event into a mass rally against his government

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NEW: Pro-Trump CNN commentator Scott Jennings in a weird rant DEFENDED Emperor Sheev Palpatine from Star Wars, including the destruction of Alderaan, claiming Palpatine was going after “the deep state”, and called the Jedi "unelected hippies and violent protesters."

Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.

This is the literal destruction of knowledge.

Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
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Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death WASHINGTON—Warning that even the slightest dent, knick, or scratch would henceforth be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that Raymond Pratt, a 5...

Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death

Big turnout for other "empty chair" town hall, this time for the two AWOL Ohio senators in Columbus www.facebook.com/christinapao...

They can't arrest everybody. We need numbers like this in DC!

BOYCOTT COORS...

Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.

Not sure when the penny is going to drop that this dude means what he tweets, does and sig heils www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...

Ethical Diamond Company Only Uses White Children To Mine
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I hate to say ‘I told you so’ but… I told you so.

Seven years ago:

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.

We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.

They own what happens next.

Maxar Technologies has cut off Ukraine’s access to its satellite imagery — “Militarnyi” portal

Ukrainian users of the service received a message stating that access to the services was terminated “by administrative request.”

DEI Obsession Destroys Right Winger’s Brain

From one of our actual ‘founding fathers’ lips to God’s ears…👇

Let’s. Do. This. ✨

Another SpaceX test flight ends in flames, with debris grounding planes This was Starship’s eighth flight test and follows a failed flight in January. The spacecraft is essential to Elon Musk’s vision of eventually colonizing Mars.

Another SpaceX Starship flight test ended in an explosion, grounding some flights in Florida as debris from the rocket rained down from the sky. It was Starship’s eighth flight test and follows another failed flight in January.

“It’s done, it’s gone”: Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancels $100-million Starlink contract in tariff response Contracts won't be awarded to those who "encourage economic attacks" on Canada, Ford said.

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Even Elon Musk's own "Grok" AI thinks Trump is a Russian asset.

Democrat removed as House chamber erupts into chaos during Trump speech Mike Johnson removed House Democrat Al Green from the chamber after disruptions during President Trump's speech on Tuesday.

Mike Johnson forcibly removed @algreen.house.gov from the House chamber via the Sergeant at Arms after repeated disruptions during Trump's #SOTU speech tonight.

Early in Trump's remarks, Democrats repeatedly interrupted him, with Green standing and shouting that Trump had no mandate.

Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…