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Seattleite transplanted from Tennessee; now blogging for about energy politics. Climate hawk, deficit dove. Not a doctor.

Seattle, WA
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  1. 2 hours ago

    Agreed, great piece. It's a subject I've been meaning to get to for [checks notes] 15 years now.

    This piece is so, so good — and dives deep into all the uncertainties involved. "Carbon farming’s fundamental conceit is that if we change how we treat this land, we could turn huge areas of the earth’s surface into a carbon sponge."
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  2. 2 hours ago

    Anybody else? Last call!

    Scott Pruitt Is now being investigated by the House of Representatives, Senate, White House, Office of Management and Budget, Government Accountability Office, and EPA Inspector General
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  3. 3 hours ago

    "Carbon dioxide is actually plant food! BOOOOM! Better go to the Mayo Clinic to get that burn treated!!!"

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  4. 3 hours ago

    "Liberals say they're tolerant, but they don't tolerate intolerant people! Boom! Shut you DOWN!"

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  5. 3 hours ago

    The most remarkable thing about these dudes, to me anyway, is that every single one of them seems convinced that he thought up the slogans first, that no one's heard them, that they're going to blow everyone away. Like, "Why's there no White History Month?! Boom! Checkmate!"

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  6. 3 hours ago

    I'm sure now, the mainstream political press will grapple with its hahahahaha jk

    "The notion that Comey and related over-the-top press coverage might have played an important role in 2016 was greeted — including by some neutral reporters — as self-evidently, uproariously, knee-slappingly absurd. But Clinton supporters are absolutely right."
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  7. 3 hours ago

    Jesus was a cuck; they've finally found a real man.

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  8. 3 hours ago

    .... aaand I just put more thought into Pruitt's glib, bullshit statement than he did.

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  9. 3 hours ago

    1. This is a false choice; even fracked gas benefited from gov't help. 2. If Pruitt thinks this is a good thing, why is he trying to stop it by saving coal? 3. Why does Pruitt think it's a good thing to reduce carbon emissions?

    “American ingenuity and technological breakthroughs, not top-down government mandates, have made the U.S. the world leader in achieving energy dominance while reducing emissions – one of the great environmental successes of our time.” -
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  10. 3 hours ago

    One thing I don't understand: what is the market for these guys? The squeaky clean conservative dudes who look like they're 12yo and wearing dad's suit, repeating "provocative" conservative memes that were stale by the 80s. There are so many! Who are they for?

    Illegal immigrants are treated better than conservatives in California
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  11. 3 hours ago

    How easy is it to start a PAC & funnel money into elections? Ask the 14yo who founded the "Blaze It for Jill Stein" PAC.

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  12. 3 hours ago

    Relevant to my post today! (Which you people continue to refuse to click on.)

    This is now a record run without coal, now standing at 40 Hours 40 minutes surpassing the run set in October 17.
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    Cohen is so terrible his uncritical praise of Colin Powell's ridiculous UN speech doesn't make this top 10 worst list:

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  14. 4 hours ago

    And it is failing, so hard.

    The urban housing crisis is a test for progressive politics
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  15. 4 hours ago

    I just closed so many tabs y'all.

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  16. 4 hours ago

    Thanks to Cardi B for highlighting how important it is for developed nations to reach net-zero carbon by mid-century so that developing nations have a little more breathing room.

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  17. 4 hours ago

    You owe us this, universe. WE ARE OWED.

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  18. 4 hours ago

    has died in committee because everyone sucks & everyone prefers the horrific, unsustainable, unjust status quo to a solution that might upset anyone anywhere. Feh.

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  19. 5 hours ago

    Would love to hear from UK folks if they think I missed anything here.

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    “Sometimes big, dumb policy now is better than clever policy delayed”: nuanced piece on how China is radically increasing the cost efficiency of electric buses

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