Phil Steck

Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.

Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar

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One word: Shakedown!

I’m shocked.

And I thought they just all liked ballroom dancing.

Report: Donors to Trump’s White House ballroom have $279B in federal contracts

Many of the propagandists of Autocracy, Inc., have learned from the mistakes of the twentieth century. They don’t offer their fellow citizens a vision of utopia, and they don’t inspire them to build a better world. Instead, they teach people to be cynical and passive, because there is no better world to build. Their goal is to persuade people to mind their own business, stay out of politics, and never hope for a democratic alternative: Our state may be corrupt, but everyone else is corrupt too. You may not like our leader, but the others are worse. You may not like our society, but at least we are strong and the democratic world is weak, degenerate, divided, dying.

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.

I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

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They run the White House.

They run the Senate.

They run the House.

And some say, they run SCOTUS.

And now the government’s shut down.

Don’t let them gaslight you (and they are trying as hard as they can,) this isn’t anyone else’s fault.

When you hold all the power, you own the consequences.

As open enrollment begins, remember that 80% (!) of the ACA subsidies about to expire go to people in states that Trump won in 2024.

Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich.

THIS.

Let's just lay it out. Epstein was a glorified pimp who used and sold the services of children to the wealthy, the elite, and the powerful. His clients will destroy anything and everything to stay hidden. They will even starve poor people. They have no bottom and no conscience.

Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office.

Why the delay from Mike Johnson?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

Stop Demolitions in Umm al-Khair None

Across from the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair stands the settlement of Carmel, with manicured lawns, paved streets and swimming pools.

Two communities. One protected by Israeli authorities. One threatened to be erased by them.

Save Umm al-Khair 👇

Climate Gates Maybe we don't need billionaire opinions on everything

It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time
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I knew he was bad but not that bad.

Wow! He’s that bad.

The core question before us now, more than any policy, is "how much power should the executive branch hold?"

The Founders put Congress FIRST (Article 1) in the Constitution for a reason (and also prioritized the House).

The role of the president was not to create laws, but to enforce them.

Mayor Pete taking on another tough issue!!!

Here’s What Trump’s Ballroom Donors Want - The American Prospect The price tag on Donald Trump’s garish White House ballroom, now up to $350 million, keeps increasing. That’s because th

The first Gilded Age was an era of conspicuous consumption.

The second Gilded Age that we're living in is an era of conspicuous corruption.

Look no further than the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom — and what business they have with the government.

One week after Trump pardoned Binance’s owner (for a stunning array of crimes related to terrorist and sex predator financing), Binance starts promoting Trump crypto.

The White House is a full time, 24/7 corruption machine.

Bad before and bad now. Numerous corroborated testimonies, some filmed, have emerged of executions of Hamas’ political opponents, brutal torture of civilians in the street in broad daylight, and killings or beatings of civilians who merely expressed gratitude toward the U.S. or criticized Hamas.

There is evidence the UAE backed RSF is engaged in mass murder in El-Fashar in Darfur.

Why is the U.S. allowing the UAE - which we fund militarily - help the brutal RSF engage in mass atrocity?

FYI - this isn't just about Trump - the Biden Admin was letting this happen too.

I’ve been saying this as long as I been in elected office. Our Democratic leaders, however, were going in the opposite direction.

Economic change not relief! Not to denigrate relief but to get beyond it.

Top Billings But in November, a Democrat, Brian Schweitzer, won the state’s race for governor. Schweitzer not only won, but he also won decisively, beating his opponent Bob Brown, the Republican secretary of state...

In 2004, I helped elect a working-class, culturally moderate, pro-choice economic populist Dem governor in a red state.

It’s taken 21 years for this model to only now be taken seriously by Dem operatives, elites & pundits. It’s crazy it took so long for them to see this path.

What right does Trump have to tear down and remodel the White House?

Shameless capitalists who’ve destroyed the middle class want you to know democratic socialists will destroy the middle clas

A fresh approach is needed.

Disgraceful apologist for Trump. Only one value —- money.

No one is as intelligent as the genius Cuomo.

I am concerned about Plattner for sure. Very disturbing past behavior. Cannot be ignored. But the Dems exulted when they elected Sinema. No telling what will happen. One thing is for sure. A 79-year old former Governor is not the answer. Dems cannot be stuck in the past.

Israeli settler militias, with army support, are terrorizing Palestinian villages: beating residents, torching crops, smashing cars, slaughtering animals. Jonathan Pollak, embedded with farmers during the olive harvest, recounts what he witnessed and how he nearly paid for it with his life.

Democrats can’t just say “Trump is the problem.”
They have to prove they’ll take on the corruption that made Trump possible.

Quote: Sen. Chris Murphy, in How Anti-Corruption Can Be a Winning Issue for Democrats — @davidsirota.com