If foreign aid supplemental is hard now, just wait until 2025…

“We’re an exceptional nation. We’re the greatest nation on the planet and we have to act like it.”

If you read the actual story and come to the conclusion that this dude is cool and good that’s purely on you. You do not need the headline of this story or the photo credit to read “this guy fucking sucks, guys” to understand.

There’s a saying about procedural complaints

This is what CTE does when you don’t have a family to kill

There's a European upper middle-class cope which basically says 'yes, America might look richer, but there's no work-life balance, culture, or accessible healthcare.' What I've learnt moving here is that, no, for genuinely comparable professionals, America is just much richer.

The draft text just posted at Rules *RETAINS* the full USAID humanitarian assistance funding to Gaza and the West Bank, Ukraine, and other countries from the Senate bill. Two accounts funded at a total of $9.2 Billion:

🚨 Bill text for Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific aid has posted:

Ukraine: docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
Israel: docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
Indo-Pacific: docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…

A lot of people *talk* climate. Fewer *do* climate. And no one does both as passionately, relentlessly, and impactfully as Jigar Shah.

Congrats to Jigar Shah on being named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2024!

time.com/6965193/jigar-…

Speaker Mike Johnson '... allies in Israel, the Indo-Pacific, and Ukraine, including a loan structure for aid, and enhanced strategy and accountability.

These will be brought to the floor under a structured rule that will allow for an amendment process...'

Texas should just declare that it's mission is to have the lowest cost, cleanest, and most reliable electricity on the planet. Build the crap out of the grid - transmission and distribution. Stop pitting fossil fuels against renewables and nuclear against everyone. Just build…

I like Erick Erickson a lot. The thrust of this tweet is wrong. Calling Jan 6 a 'riot' really misses the plot. I understand why some might think 'insurrection' ill fits. But it was a violent assault on our Republic instigated by a criminal president who seeks office again.

It was great to join Jesse D. Jenkins and Robinson Meyer to take a VERY deep dive into the US 1Q 2024 EV market data. And this is a challenge given that Tesla sales are estimated at the regional level!

Comprehensive pod on how far the US market has to go, but w/ some bright spots

Lol this is just not true

Narrator: Actually, Texas lost the case 9-0.

~$4.5 billion in largely fraudulent Employee Retention Credit claims, every week. Week after week.

I didn’t have a lot of faith in Congress before, but if we can’t fix this, what CAN we fix?!?

Just massive cost overruns: crfb.org/blogs/employee…

🚨 NEW 🚨 - The Administration’s new student debt cancellation plan could cost $𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 $𝟕𝟓𝟎 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 over a decade.

Via CRFB.org

crfb.org/blogs/student-…

… and it’s live!

Along with my U.S. Department of Energy colleagues, I’m thrilled to announce the official launch of our new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Pathway to Commerical Liftoff report focused on Innovative #Grid Deployment.

liftoff.energy.gov/innovative-gri…

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