Jam-packed show, David Griscom on TX GOP convention, Liza Featherstone on artificial turf and an important reminder that neglecting our public goods only helps the right, then @chipgibbons.bsky.social with a major update on the Assange trial

Starting at 6 PM CT

TX GOP Madness, Turf War, & Hope For Assange? LR 171 Ft. Liza Featherstone & @chipgibbons.bsky.social

Live at 6 PM CT! for LeftReckoning

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New episode of 'Soberanía' is UP! Topics:

* Who are the *real* polarizers?
* What went wrong with the Xóchitl campaign? (Only everything.)
* Politicizing the Nuevo León stage tragedy
* Dumb article of the week: Andrés Oppenheimer!

👉FULL EPISODE HERE: youtube.com/watch?v=VlgYqP…

Seeing a lot of grid chat. So this week we have two grid episodes:

Tomorrow: Brett Christophers on how the existing grid design isn't conducive to a rapid buildout of renewable energy.

Thursday: Fred Stafford and Matt Huber on how our grid impairs more nuclear buildout.

My podcast debut this Thursday on Odd Lots. We present our basic ideological critique of liberal clean energy advocates, and instead present positive case for utilities & vertical integration. See Matt's review exactly connecting content of both episodes! jacobin.com/2024/05/price-…

There are now over one million Texas homes and businesses without power; that's ~2.5 million people, all in the eastern half of the state. In multiple counties, more than 40% of people are without power. #txlege

NEW: The FTC uncovered a series of texts between big oil CEO Scott Sheffield and OPEC officials agreeing to limit oil production to raise prices.

They raked in huge profits, while their scheme cost consumers $200 billion a year in higher prices.

That’s about $3000 per family.

Same vibe

i'm on the Brian Lehrer show later this morning! please tune in :)

'It’s becoming impossible to deny Saudi government complicity in 9/11. So why does Joe Biden want to sign a security pact with the kingdom that would obligate Americans to fight and die on its behalf?' - Branko Marcetic

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euthanasia made up over 5% of all deaths in the netherlands in 2022

This thread is fucking wild

My stance on euthanasia is really one of those things that I’ve started questioning a lot over the past few years. Grew up with it sort of being liberal common sense (which, well, says a lot) but you read how it’s actually being deployed and damn..

Liberals have been pushing harm reduction as a solution to drug addiction but have these libertarian policies worked or made the problem worse?

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houston still has 28,683 customers without power, which means these people are on the cusp of having gone a full week without A/C in scorching heat

The misanthropy of carbon footprint ideology.

Im obsessed with these amazing videos - peering into these minds, every line perfect and completely delirious