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Author in the Pacific Northwest, living with a dog and a spouse. Haiku, short stories, novels. More at SteveUllom.com

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in the still puddle
a ghost from yesterday
looking back
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt

08.10.2025 07:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For First time in History, Renewables Overtook Coal in Global Electricity Production in H1 Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) โ€“ The Ember energy analysis firm has released its global electricity report for the first half of 2025, and it contains two big surprises. The first is that sustainable sources of energy have now overtaken coal for the first time since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The second is that [โ€ฆ]

For First time in History, Renewables Overtook Coal in Global Electricity Production in H1

08.10.2025 05:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Josh Hawley and Yale Law School, ladies and gentlemen.

07.10.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7562    ๐Ÿ” 1580    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 244    ๐Ÿ“Œ 53
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Did I miss this on CBS?

07.10.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1225    ๐Ÿ” 607    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 68    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31
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I've started seeing videos of ICE vs PD, and you can tell that it is going to devolve fast. ICE acts like they outrank local police. They are high on power. A showdown is guaranteed.

07.10.2025 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 96    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Oh look the party that screams โ€œfamily valuesโ€ every five minutes is silent when one of their megachurch darlings pleads guilty to child sex abuse. But theyโ€™ll trip over themselves to ban books and attack drag shows. Tells you everything you need to know.

07.10.2025 02:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16886    ๐Ÿ” 6875    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 738    ๐Ÿ“Œ 364
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โ€œ.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..โ€

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

07.10.2025 11:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13673    ๐Ÿ” 7398    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 713    ๐Ÿ“Œ 665

PDX, the regime is tweaking out over the fact that they can't get us to riot.

They are frantic to get us to do something to justify their extremism.
Do not give them what they want. They want to manufacture a war. Don't let them.

We have to power to deprive them. So deprive them.

07.10.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1049    ๐Ÿ” 344    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

wrens in the bush
avoiding flight and song;
Cooper's Hawk nearby
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt

07.10.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Country singer Zach Bryan condemns ICE raids in new song โ€œBad Newsโ€:

โ€œAnd ICE is gonna come, bust down your door โ€” Try to build a house no one builds no more, but I got aย telephone. Kids are all scared and all alone.โ€

07.10.2025 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3576    ๐Ÿ” 1074    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 94    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39
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After the shutdown during the 1st Trump admin, Congress passed a law to guarantee back pay for furloughed workers.

That bill was signed into law by Donald Trump.

Workers will be paid.

This chaos is a distraction from Trump's failure to secure a deal to lower health care costs.

07.10.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 944    ๐Ÿ” 251    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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'Carving my own lane': MTG admits insurance premiums will 'double' if GOP doesn't act Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Rโ€‘Ga.) warned Monday that if Republicans in Congress don't act to extend certain Affordable Care Act (โ€œObamacareโ€) tax credits, health insurance premiums are poised to "double" next year. In a post on social media platform X, Greene wrote: โ€œ[W]hen the tax credits expire this year my own adult childrenโ€™s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the ... families and hardโ€‘working people in my district.โ€ She added that no Republican leadership has offered a plan to prevent the soaring costs. "No Iโ€™m not towing the party line on this, or playing loyalty games. Iโ€™m a Republican and wonโ€™t vote for illegals to have any tax payer funded healthcare or benefits," she added. Greeneโ€™s statement comes in the midst of ongoing Republican infighting over how to address the looming expiration of ACA premium tax credits. Under current law, these subsidies help lower the monthly cost of health insurance for many Americans. Without congressional intervention, insurers and analysts warn that premiums could rise sharply for many, especially in lowerโ€‘income and rural areas. In her post, Greene distanced herself from the original enactment of the ACA, writing: โ€œI was not in Congress when all this Obamacare, โ€˜Affordable Care Actโ€™ bullsโ€”โ€” started. I got here in 2021.โ€ She sharply criticized the lawโ€™s effects, saying it made health insurance โ€œunaffordableโ€ for her family and that she is โ€œnot a fan.โ€ She stressed her belief that if the tax credits vanish, insurance costs will โ€œDOUBLE.โ€ Greene also called health and all insurance โ€œa scam,โ€ saying no Republican leaders had engaged with rankโ€‘andโ€‘file members on solutions, and reiterating her staunch opposition to taxpayerโ€‘funded benefits for undocumented immigrants. The Georgia Republican also criticized federal spending abroad, pointing to $30 billion sent to Israel in 2024 and large sums to Ukraine, and claimed Congress neglects Americansโ€™ struggles while prioritizing foreign aid. Earlier on Monday, Greene posted a related statement on X, saying, "Hi this is your daily reminder that insurance has become UNAFFORDABLE for most Americans. Health, Auto, and Home. I wish my party would make this a priority." ACA premium tax credits (subsidies to reduce costs of marketplace plans) are set to expire or be modified soon, and Republicans are divided on whether to extend them.
07.10.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Lawrence O'Donnell obliterating Jake Tapper for doing his interview w/ Trumpty via TEXT & NOT asking about Epstein is sooo deserving. Tapper is partly why we've been in hell for 10 months. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

07.10.2025 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1465    ๐Ÿ” 344    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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Good morning -sending love
โ€œdriftwood and creamโ€
#lakehuron

06.10.2025 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Been seeing this a lot lately. MAGA folks calling judges Trump appointed โ€œleftistโ€ the moment they rule against him for unconstitutional orders. Funny how quickly โ€œloyaltyโ€ turns into โ€œbetrayalโ€ when the law doesnโ€™t bend their way.

06.10.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2907    ๐Ÿ” 544    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

06.10.2025 22:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13555    ๐Ÿ” 4888    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 456    ๐Ÿ“Œ 523
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โ€œeveryone is twelve nowโ€ theory

06.10.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9722    ๐Ÿ” 1182    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 221    ๐Ÿ“Œ 62

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

06.10.2025 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28390    ๐Ÿ” 13514    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 579    ๐Ÿ“Œ 560

I don't get these fuckwads. ONLY Nancy Pelosi could call up the National Guard on Jan 6, but, the President can call up the National Guard wherever he wants, whenever he wants?

How about some of our press start asking about this?

06.10.2025 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1263    ๐Ÿ” 385    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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Fox news bets you cant spot the similarity between these two pictures!

06.10.2025 11:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 191    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

HOLY SH*T.

There it is.

Trump says he will speak to the DOJ about giving Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon.

06.10.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3176    ๐Ÿ” 1254    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 451    ๐Ÿ“Œ 137

all of mankind
trapped between the miller
and his millstones

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Haiku #senryu #tanka

06.10.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you voted for Trump 3 times, and his policies put you out of business, shouldnโ€™t you be asking Eric and Trump Org for your bailout instead of the rest of us?

06.10.2025 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3848    ๐Ÿ” 796    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
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Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families โ€” and weโ€™re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

Weโ€™ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Letโ€™s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

06.10.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14060    ๐Ÿ” 7702    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 708    ๐Ÿ“Œ 462

from thinning trees
goldfinches billow & drift
like musical leaves

06.10.2025 11:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border โ€œWeโ€™re not begging for crumbs anymore. Weโ€™re demanding whatโ€™s rightly ours."

"Weโ€™re operationalizing our old corridorsโ€”taking ancient trade routes our elders told us about and articulating them in a modern context."

Indigenous nations plan tariff-free trade corridor across US-Canada border.

From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:

06.10.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1134    ๐Ÿ” 376    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

harvest moon
a chill ripples up
the scarecrowโ€™s back
#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku

06.10.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 116    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œ.. told federal prosecutors investigating James Comey that he was unable to uncover evidence that would support false statements or obstruction charges against the former FBI director ..โ€

abcnews.go.com/US/special-c...

06.10.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2309    ๐Ÿ” 755    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

Birth is the most important thing that a woman can do they say. Yet they donโ€™t provide women with enough time off to care for the babies when theyโ€™re born.

Itโ€™s not about an altruistic concern for birth. Itโ€™s simply to ensure that there are future workers to be manipulated by the oligarchs.

06.10.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 187    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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