One thing that I think is vital to understanding the modern Supreme Court is that Brett Kavanaugh is not smart. Like, one of the most replacement-level guys to have ever held down a job with this much power ballsandstrikes.org/legal-culture/…

Zendaya can save democracy.

Strange that they're using the Congressional Review Act on a rule that they don't think is 'strong enough.' If it passed, the CRA's 'salt the earth' provision could theoretically bar a future president from issuing the stronger alternative they want.

Building an energy system from the bottom up. volts.wtf/p/envisioning-…

Another set of analysts (this time Wood Mackenzie) makes the obvious point: electing Trump would mean slamming the breaks on the clean-energy transition, putting US climate targets irretrievably out of reach.

woodmac.com/horizons/delay…

Lindsey Graham wants Trump to 'nuke Gaza.'

Ha ha. Just heated rhetoric, right? Trump would never do something crazy like that.

Right?

thedailybeast.com/sen-lindsey-gr…

The most under-covered Trump story is his complete selling-out of the American people on issues they care about most. If gas prices go up soon, these same networks that ignored Trump’s $1 billion oil bribe will cover it constantly — and crucify Biden.
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I sometimes worry that Alito's malignant values & goals overshadow the fact that he's a f'ing dunce & a shitty legal scholar.

There is a school of thought that says, with the right efficiency, demand-response, & distributed storage, we could get to very high (90%) penetration of renewable energy without any appreciable grid-scale storage. reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-biggest…

Next year, either Joe Biden or Donald Trump will be president.

Coppola's passion project sounds absolutely bonkers. I can't wait. vulture.com/article/review…

This is how elites are responding to college kids protesting. I genuinely can not imagine seeing this photo and feeling good about it. latimes.com/story/2024-05-…

'A group of billionaires and business titans' collaborating with government to use police power to suppress protests espousing opinions they disfavor. Someone should come up with a term for that kind of thing!

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'Shit on your own party & leaders' is practically holy writ among Dem consultants, especially in purple or red states. I just don't think it works & it has horribly corrosive long-term effects on the Dem brand.

Hell yes. Heat batteries: catch the fever!

Behold as Maura Judkis executes the single greatest journalistic assignment in history. So jealous. washingtonpost.com/style/of-inter…