Judges Are Begging People To Take Trump’s Attacks On Them Seriously Federal judges wonder if they can’t keep themselves or their families safe, how are they expected to uphold the rule of law?

Sitting judges targeted for impeachment or misconduct complaints by the Trump admin are speaking out publicly — some for the very 1st time — because the danger to judicial independence, they say, is now “unprecedented” and growing terrifyingly and intimately violent.
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Texas the Biggest Loser in US House Budget Bill: Grid Roundup #60 Texans likely to have a 17% increase in electric bills, over $100 billion in lost investment, and reduced grid reliability if the House bill is adopted as is by the Senate

Texans are projected to have higher electric bills & lose over $100 billion in investment if the US Senate passes the House bill as is. The industry will survive but we'll experience reduced grid reliability and economic slowdown, esp. over next few years.
www.douglewin.com/p/texas-the...

He's also the president who killed things like this.

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The persistent breaches create an impression that he may be intentionally creating opportunities for espionage.

The Abrego Garcia case — I have questions. Has anyone seen the contract with El Salvador or the Prison? Is the $6 million payment for taking the prisoners forever, for a month, for a year? Have we just trafficked these men? Are they there for their lifetime? I have found no answers. Journalists?

Trump has damaged America forever.

We're now viewed as an unreliable partner - business can never trust him and any government policy - our allies don't see us as an ally anymore - our enemies are emboldened.

Trump destroyed our soft power advantage.

Thank you @juliejohnsontx.bsky.social for calling out Rep. Self’s quote of an actual Nazi. This cannot be normalized.

As Trump Goes After Universities, Students Are Now on the Chopping Block Uncertainty about how much money colleges and universities stand to lose has led some schools to reduce the number of doctoral students, in some cases reneging on offers.

My daughter is a grad student in chemistry. Funding cuts to research will destroy our universities and end scientific and technical
innovation that fuels our economy.
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Putin’s playbook is divide and conquer. Today was a major victory for him.

Trump’s policies hurt Texas.

Special ERCOT Board Meeting Tomorrow May Approve Wasteful Spending ERCOT could have found market-based, cheaper, and more reliable solutions to replace CPS Energy’s 60-year old gas plants. Instead, consumers may have to pay over $100 million for stopgap solutions.

Wondering what is going on with the grid? Doug Lewin has some answers that are not particularly satisfying. Call you representative and Senator and insist on transparency, accountability to consumers and fiscal responsibility. open.substack.com/pub/douglewi...

Thank you Mike Pence. Congress, it is your turn to do the right thing. Vocally. Publicly.

Video obtained by CNN shows the rear landing gear of the jet buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after the plane landed hard on the runway.

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

This breaks my heart.

This never happened when Biden was president. Thanks Trump!

All The Federal Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Executive Orders We put them all in one place.

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Love this — we are for a better America, not a vindictive America.

We are not electing our best and brightest.

This “press conference” was disgusting. A few perfunctory words of sympathy, then he launched into blaming DEI and his political opponents with no evidence. Members of his cabinet began all remarks with kissing the ass of their dear leader. It sounded like North Korea.

The game plan is privatize and monetize. It is happening in Texas too with school vouchers as our latest example.

Caroline Kennedy calls her cousin, RFK, Jr., a "predator" ahead of his confirmation hearings In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.

In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.

It all feels like a family with a genuinely abusive family member choosing to just carry on with the holiday traditions, hoping to create normalcy through sheer will and denial.

“We have an obligation to give hate no safe harbor and to stand up to what my dad used to say is the greatest sin of all — the abuse of power.”

President Biden, eulogizing President Carter. Two incredibly decent men.

Texas tops the nation in teens who give birth multiple times More than 1 in 6 teenagers who gave birth in Texas in 2020 already had a child. Texas does not require sex education and has the strictest abortion law in the nation.

Day 8 of my Texas Hates Mothers and Children Advent Calendar: Texas has the highest repeat teen birth rate in the nation. Poor/no sex ed + abortion ban + minors need parental consent for birth control even if already a parent. www.texastribune.org/2022/02/21/t...

This Is No Time for Cynicism Writing off institutions like the Senate, which has a duty to scrutinize Donald Trump’s nominees, only plays into a would-be authoritarian’s hand.

I wrote about the case against cynicism in @vanityfair.com

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The contrast between the legislative priorities of Democratic members & Republicans in TX is clear. (1/4)

The maternal mortality rate for Black women is about twice the general rate-a disparity that is only getting worse after the adoption of abortion bans. The mortality rate in Texas has increased 56% in the three years since SB8 effectively ended most legal abortion in Texas. Pro-life, my ass.