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CLJohnson

@cjenergy.bsky.social
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Economist and expert witness. 40 years in energy regulation. AEA member. Long time consumer advocate, and interested in civil rights, environment, government. Also, an Astros baseball fan.

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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 14h
Traitors in the white house.
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Camilla Belle: Call From Inside the House
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h
When immigration agents struck a man with an SUV in Houston over the weekend, they said they were chasing an undocumented Mexican man facing deportation and multiple criminal charges. But the photo they shared of their target was of a man whose family says he died almost a decade ago.
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ICE Agents Who Rammed a Worker in Houston Were Chasing a Dead Man, Family Says
ICE agents rammed a man during a pursuit in Houston, leaving him with a shattered leg. But a bulletin of the target shows a man who died in 2017, his daughter said.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I can't believe he'd do this. This is the second time now he's called for his VP to be executed.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 21h
J.K. Simmons as the CIA director. "Burn After Reading"
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J.K. Simmons: What Did We Learn, Palmer?
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23h
20 years after NYT gave up its Enhanced Interrogation euphemism, Patrick Healy still puts access over reality, refusing the word "lie."
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Treason Weasel.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This is such a stupid, shameless lie for *many* reasons . . . But does this dishonest idiot think parents would watch their child get on a school bus on Monday and not even think to question their whereabouts until they showed up again on Thursday? What a fool.
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Mfaria11 @mfaria11.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This young lady need to run for office, any office
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Elon Musk throttles Ukraine's Star Link connection, leading directly to loss of civilians' lives. No one should have the power wielded by Musk.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Tell us more about
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Re: Pangram--- white writers on Substack basically revolted when Substack announced adding a Pangram detection tool on the platform. Writers started noting that Pangram was getting things wrong, and flagging their own human work as AI. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Pangram Flagged My Own Writing as AI
Here's Why That's a Problem
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
ICE removes evidence of vehicular assault. Harris County, TX DA: "There are crash data recorders. There are pieces of forensic evidence that..get erased. That is why you put them on a tow truck and take them to the secure lot and download."
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
As if things weren’t bad enough, Russian media is reporting that Kash Patel has arrived in Moscow. And a reminder he was paid by a Russian agent to participate in a documentary to spew disinformation and attack US agencies
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Most Americans are pro-immigrant,” Talarico says. “Throughout US history, immigrants have always made us richer and stronger.” Trump's barbarities have opened the way to a new consensus. Talarico is giving voice to it in moral language that Dems can learn from. 5/5 newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"MAGA Blood Feud" over Kennedy Center donation. Let 'em fight
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Ken Watanabe: Let Them Fight
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 14/10/2026
Hey Siri is this good
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I don't quote the Cato Institute often. But this compilation of federal government ownership interests in private corporations is shocking. The GOP campaigns against "communists" but Trump acts like the communist. (Actually it's fascism which subordinates corporations to the regime's control.)
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Elon Musk should not have federal government contracts if he can decide on a whim which nations receive intelligence access.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump: I guess she dated my son a long time ago. As Josh Marshall points out: she was engaged to Don Jr. before they broke up in 2024.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I can remember when Trump campaign staffer George Papadopoulos was convicted of perjury and Trump claimed he was just a "coffee boy." Maybe Guilfoyle was just a coffee girl for the Trump family.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
omg this is a good ad
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I'm not sure you could fine worse people than DOGE to put in charge of critical federal government functions.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"To repeat: DOJ maintains that doctoring a photo of a criminal defendant is cool if on Elon’s hellscape, the hellscape itself notes it is doctored but the White House keeps it up." So, the government is within it's rights to give fake photos of defendant to the news media?
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Millions made on suspicious insider trades surrounding Trump's Iran announcements. CFTC forensic analysis group made a referral to enforcement. Chairman's advisor ordered the referral retracted. Subsequently analysts at the forensic group have left the CFTC or been transferred elsewhere.
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Court orders are for suckers in Trump’s America www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Court orders are for suckers in Trump’s America
The government outright defying a court order is a full-blown constitutional crisis, where the Trump administration believes that no court order binds it.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Oh.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Disgraceful. That video encompasses all of Trump's hatred, stupidity, and insults. (By the way, not much self-awareness when he criticizes the protestor for being fat.)
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The dog ate my email.
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Hoarse Whisperer @therealhoarse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The thing is, in his rancid pudding brain, he truly believes this is how it works.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
DOJ keeps lying to judges. After 500 trees were removed, federal judge: “You know why I’m furious right now?...I said repeatedly, no, I trust the government...I trusted you all not to do precisely what you have done.” “Do you have email accounts? Do you have cell phones? Do you have regular phones?"
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The NYT's description of Musk's SuperPAC is typically understated: "Much of the messaging targets Democrats, sometimes in misleading or overheated ways." A euphemism for political lies. The $276 M likely is short of Musk's total because it doesn't include donations to dark money groups.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"We have a crime wave — of HSI Agents who are lying to frame Democrats." Lying to judges apparently means nothing to ICE.
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Wow. The atmosphere on Twitter, in the absence of the MAGA bots, is amazing. 🤣🤣🤣 I don't know how long it will last, but it's nice to see almost all real people engaging there. Congrats, Ukraine. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Far-right bot accounts 'fall silent' as Ukraine strikes cripple Russian data centres
Three of the biggest data centres in Russia were taken offline this weekend - dramatically changing the social media landscape.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Western intelligence agencies have warned Europe’s defence bosses that Russia is stepping up efforts to assassinate them, prompting companies to increase personal security around their top executives ft.trib.al/oqgT20u
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Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn
Companies increase personal security for top executives as Kremlin orders expansion of sabotage and ‘hybrid’ operations
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Kash Patel refuses to tell anyone at the FBI why he’s hopping on a plane to fly to Russia this week."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING UPDATE: This just came in. Lindner Center of HOPE has now OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED that James Talarico “has never received treatment” at its facility. The MAGA influencers who spread this smear may want to lawyer up. We've updated our report with the new statement.
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MAGA Sleuths' Talarico 'Bombshell' Blows Up in Their Faces
Elon Musk and his MAGA pals pounced on a supposed bombshell. Then came the inconvenient facts.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Everybody & every one of our institutions needs to get off twitter. It’s 2026, & there are Nazis at the Nazi Bar. Look around.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is important. Maybe more important from a symbolic standpoint. Drawing a line when Trump wants to use federal funds for political propaganda.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I don't think Brooks is accurately quoting Ossoff. He did not call Collins a Nazi. He criticized his association with white nationalists and quipped in the debate, “You’ve hired half the Third Reich”. Ossoff also pointed to on-line neo-Nazi postings by Collins' staff and relatives.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I think he said he is 85. On the whole, I thought Koppel did a better job of interviewing Bannon than most of the media. He pushed back on Bannon's view of Trump's mental acuity, for example.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is from the text of the CBS article on the interview: "Bannon's technically correct; they didn't have standing. They couldn't find a judge who thought they had a significant case worth hearing." If I recall correctly, the Paxton's Texas lawsuit to SCOTUS was thrown out on standing.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I don't think Koppel correctly understood or explained "standing." After the "technically correct" comment he said something like "courts didn't find any substance to the suits." (I'm not going to look up exactly what he said.)
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Elon thinks it's fine to bomb schools and children. But bombing a data center? That's going too far.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
85 year old Ted Koppel interviewing Bannon and giving him push back on Trump unlike most in the media. Bannon said Trump is very energetic. Koppel said Trump looks terrible, gives speeches that don't make sense, and has "lost his fastball." Koppel said he knows what happens because of his own age.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
MAGA getting excited by the prospect of watching live executions.
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Dennis Hopper: Frank Booth in Blue Velvet
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This appears to be the new national parks/federal lands entry pass.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A euphemism, similar to military terms like "terminate with extreme prejudice." It's an authoritarian device like Orwell's doublespeak, intended to hide reality.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Budanov and Co will leave Florida early today. Ukraine's negotiators flew at short notice to meet F*ck-Witkoff and Nepo boy. They had not been told about Presidementia's diesel-deal and found out mid-talks in Miami. Meetings ended. The second day of talks has been scrapped.
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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ha, Ha. Why didn't anyone else think of this? And what does Grok get for scouring the internet for you? Oh--except for access to your credit card information.
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