Of all Presidementia's prior State-of-the-Unions I've not watched in the past, tonight's State-of-the-Union is the State-of-the-Union I'm not watching the most. 🍊🚫

Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”

This. Every damn bit of it.

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

“What have the Romans ever done for us?”

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

Climate change is such a huge existential issue. I am so glad you are active on this topic. Nothing else will matter much if we don’t have a livable planet.

Time to change NIMBY to NIABY (not in anybody’s back yard) - especially in regards to ICE concentration warehouses.

EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.

There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.

Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"

Can Minnesota pay Tom Homan $50,000 to get ICE out?

The “Trump two-step” is basically a volatility tax: float a norm-breaking threat, then maybe retreat. Even if he backs down, the fact it happened raises the perceived risk of future interference.

Happy Wednesday!

This protest anthem has a nice ring to it, no?

This is how 2026 is starting.
@theorangecrumble on IG

Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes

Ms. Good should be alive today. Instead, a masked mother-murdering ICE agent acting with impunity took her life. Enough. I’m fighting to end immunity for ICE and to hold them accountable for their actions.

Yup! KingDonald the Mad may think that the black lines are a good look, but they're honesty not.

See also: Streisand Effect

KIM: Is Trump your boss?

CARR: The president designated chair of the FCC

K: So he's your boss

C: Look--

K: You swore an oath. Does it have the word 'president' in it?

C: I'm not tracking

K: Do you remember the oath?

C: Sir--

K: What are you protecting?

C: In this job--

K: The Constitution

Battery storage has been transformative for California:
>17GW installed, up 13 times in 5 years
>50% share of US market
>Helping state avoid rolling blackouts
>Together with solar, eliminated 37% of fossil gas use on grid

www.latimes.com/environment/...

U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.

There are better charities out there. Much better.

Fine. Give us the Epstein files in Times New Roman, then.

I have vowed to never buy anything from any company that does a pop up when I go to a website to read something. So f’ing annoying. Join me in boycotting those who do pop ups.

Funny they think we should dress formally to be crammed into the most uncomfortable seats in the world after having spent hours waiting for a delayed flight in more uncomfortable chairs.

More of this !!

THIS: The Moment A Police Chief Lit A Match Under American Democracy Why One Man’s Warning to ICE Agents May Be the Most Symbolic Act of Democratic Backbone We’ve Seen in Years

THIS: The Moment A Police Chief Lit A Match Under American Democracy
open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...

New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.

If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals

Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is

interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...

Yes, I do. Why wouldn’t one mask in public?

How to Get Rid of "Citizens United" We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.

The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

#Medsky What not to say to someone who has told you they just received a serious medical diagnosis that may lead to their death: "Well, we all have to die of something." Just got that from two people.