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onpolitics.news @onpolitics.news · 17h
A Federal Judge Slams the Brakes on Big Bend Border Wall Construction - Mother Jones #border #environment #immigration #donald trump
motherjones.com
A Federal Judge Slams the Brakes on Big Bend Border Wall Construction
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Federal Judge Kathleen Cardone granted a preliminary injunction Friday to halt construction on the border wall in Texas’ expansive Big Bend sector, including the national and state parks. Cardone read a brief order from the bench after hearing more than […]
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 29/09/2026
Missouri Republicans are scrambling to organize late campaigns on ballot measures they spent most of the year trying to block from the Nov. 3 election. #moleg #mogov
missouriindependent.com
Missouri Republicans scramble to launch late campaigns on two ballot measures • Missouri Independent
Missouri Republicans are scrambling to organize late campaigns on measures they spent most of the year trying to block from the ballot.
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 01/10/2026
Pete Ricketts finally responds to new ad attacking him for pardoning a convicted rapist: “I made the best decision I could at the time with the information I had.” nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
The fossil fuel industry wants to hide the truth, but we can’t let them. We’ll continue to shine a spotlight on the industry’s climate denial and dark money schemes, until Republicans see that their big polluter donors’ lies aren’t worth the money.
youtube.com
The science Big Oil wants to hide from you
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
There’s a deliberate scheme to raise your energy costs. Who’s responsible? Trump and Big Oil.
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING🚨 @whitehouse.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov & @epw.senate.gov release a damning new report exposing how Trump’s corruption with fossil fuel corporations is costing American families. Big Oil will gain $190 BILLION (and counting) from Trump’s taxpayer-funded subsidies and handouts. WATCH 👇
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 02/10/2026
🚨 BIG NEWS: A federal judge has halted ALL border wall construction across the entire Big Bend region in Texas. The Trump administration tried to waive 20+ environmental laws to build hundreds of miles of barriers but locals resisted. These lands belong to the American people, not to Trump.
nytimes.com
Judge Blocks Border Wall Construction in Big Bend in Texas
The ruling dealt a setback to the Trump administration’s plans for hundreds of miles of barriers that have drawn local opposition.
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 02/10/2026
Republicans' 2025 Big Ugly Bill gave data centers tens of billions of dollars in tax breaks, fueling the data center boom that has raised our costs and polluted our air and water. Now they're pretending that never happened. But we remember and will hold them accountable in November. #LCVVF
huffpost.com
An Obscure Part Of Republicans' Tax Law Is Now Blowing Up In Their Faces
Republicans are scrambling to deal with a data center boom they cheered on not long ago.
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 02/10/2026
Household electricity bills are up 18% since Trump took office. Trump and Congressional Republicans promised to lower costs, but instead canceled dozens of affordable, reliable clean energy projects and skyrocketed our utility bills. And families are paying the price.
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House of Reps. SEEC @houseseec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Living our everyday lives, keeping our lights on at home, getting to and from work shouldn’t be crippling our pocketbooks. Find out how much more your family and community will have to pay thanks to Trump's reckless energy policies here: energyinnovation.org/report/econo...
energyinnovation.org
Economic, Consumer Cost, Pollution Impacts of Federal Energy Policy Changes In 48 U.S. States
Federal energy policy changes will harm all 48 contiguous U.S. states through higher energy bills, lost jobs, and worse air pollution.
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House of Reps. SEEC @houseseec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump promised to halve energy costs, but now we're locked into paying a whopping $6,500 more per household over the next 2 decades. Trump really meant it when he said he didn’t care about our financial situations. And it’s even worse for states that voted for him!
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 02/10/2026
Derrick Van Orden's record speaks for itself. He voted for the Big Ugly Bill and the billions in tax breaks it gave to data center developers. He also voted to roll back a methane pollution rule and has mocked the impacts of extreme weather. Wisconsin deserves better. #DirtyDozen
Derrick Van Orden, WI-03
$137/month average electric bill in WI-03
6% 2025 LCV score
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 02/10/2026
An extra $464/year on average for energy for every household and 37,000 additional premature deaths from air pollution. Those are the direct consequences of Trump's policies, according to an @energyinnovation.org analysis. Trump is enriching billionaires while making life worse for everyone else.
abcnews.com
Households will pay more for energy because of Trump's policy changes
Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 02/10/2026
List of things Trump has now called a "hoax": ❌ Climate change ❌ Criticism of his COVID inaction ❌ Anger about AI and data centers ❌ His handling of the Epstein Files
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 01/10/2026
These 12 candidates are the Worst of the Worst running for Congress this year, having consistently sided with polluters to support policies that have raised our bills. Spread the word and help us defeat them in November.
LCV Victory Fund 2026 Dirty Dozen

Susan Collins, Mike Collins, Jon Husted, Mike Rogers, Michael Whatley, Juan Ciscomani, Gabe Evans, Bill Huizenga, Mike Lawler, Scott Perry, David Valadao, Derrick Van Orden
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 01/10/2026
Lt. Gov. @peggyflanagan.bsky.social has championed climate initiatives for Minnesota and will continue to fight for investments in green energy that help lower people’s bills and create high-paying, union jobs. #LCVAF is thrilled to endorse her campaign for #MNSen!
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 01/10/2026
Trump has already moved to strip protections from more than 86 million acres of American public lands. Trump's attacks on our public lands are unprecedented in American history. These lands belong to us. He has no right to sell them off to private developers.
Image of Trump next to a "For Sale by Trump" sign with Yosemite in the background
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 01/10/2026
Republicans like Mike Rogers are now pretending they oppose Trump's disastrous policies after spending years defending them. Rogers fully supported Trump's War in Iran that has caused energy costs to skyrocket until it became clear just how unpopular it was. Michiganders won't forget. #LCVVF
cnn.com
GOP Senate candidate who praised the Iran war now campaigns against the pain it caused | CNN Politics
In 2024, then-Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers stood on camera in a zippered vest in a large grocery store
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 01/10/2026
Jon Husted is pretending he is tough on data centers after giving Big Tech billions in tax breaks to bring them to Ohio. Don't be fooled: Husted is weak on data centers and stands with Big Tech billionaires raising our costs and polluting our air and water. Ohioans know whose side he is on. #LCVVF
huffpost.com
Republicans Hope Entirely Symbolic Data Center Vote Can Help Jon Husted
The Ratepayer Protection Act is basically the only reason the Senate is sticking around this week.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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Senator Markey Releases New Report Detailing EPA Capitulation to Big Tech, Dangerous Easing of Regulations to Build Data Centers at the Expense of Transparency and Communities’ Health | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts
“The EPA's Data Center Disaster” Report (PDF) Washington (September 30, 2026) - Senator Edward J....
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
75% of Americans don’t want a data center in their neighborhood, but Trump’s EPA is greenlighting data center construction at the expense of our health. My new report details how Lee Zeldin is bending a knee to Big Tech by rolling back protections and failing the public.
Screenshot of report cover. Full text of report linked in reply.
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 24/09/2026
Read our investigation:
epw.senate.gov
Leader Schumer, Whitehouse Unveil Comprehensive New Report Exposing Corrupt Fossil Fuel Industry Control Over Trump Administration
As energy and electricity costs skyrocket, Americans are paying Trump’s debt to the fossil fuel industry Bombshell investigation released as part of Leader Schumer’s Anti-Corruption Workin...
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 24/09/2026
Big Oil bought Trump. You’re paying the price. Our comprehensive new report exposes corrupt fossil fuel industry control over the Trump Administration and how it’s costing American families.
youtube.com
Big Oil bought Trump. You’re paying the price.
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
6. Last, but not least, FAFO for clean energy! If the administration is caught denying permits systematically to clean energy sources, the roof falls in on them, with massive damages payments they would do well to avoid :-).
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
5. “Virtual power plants”? Yup, if you can aggregate lots of rooftop solar, for instance, you can bid that resource into your electric grid. Let a thousand flowers bloom.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
4. First big bite at REAL data center accountability: data centers must pay for any network upgrades needed to serve their big demand, so ratepayers don’t bear the cost burden of added infrastructure.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
3. At long last, a state block grant program to contribute revenue to coastal and ocean protection is in place. Next, let’s get it funded with a GOMESA-for-the-good-guys revenue stream. Lots of groups will benefit.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
2. I hate “inter-agency process” where executive branch laziness, incompetence, and intramural quarrels hide. We put discipline and transparency into that mess, so agencies can’t hide their screwing around without accountability.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
1. Developers have to file notice of stakeholder engagement up front, which will reduce dumb project starts like proposing turbines in a major harbor’s shipping lane. You’ll get busted fast if you haven’t done your stakeholder work, up front.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
There are a bunch of specific things I like about our permitting bill, beyond the big important stuff — that it will lower electric costs and emissions, and lift wind, solar and battery power (BIG lift for battery), and add LOTS of good jobs.🧵
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
This reflects the larger problem of Trump’s Costume Party Cabinet, unqualified oddballs and suck-ups who get to wear the costume of high office but can’t do the jobs, instead dress up and chant “WE ARE DOING GREAT!” Heckuva job, one might say.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
In addition to infesting government with this creepy crew of flakes and grifters, real national security work is not getting done as they chase imaginary goblins. That’s the real cost of An Audience of One, and losers/grifters who take advantage.
reuters.com
How Trump’s obsession with ‘rigged’ voting machines spread across US government
The effort to prove the 2020 election "stolen" failed. Diehards remain undeterred.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Funny how their “originalism” dissipates when there’s a Republican/billionaire imperative at stake. I don’t think “originally” corporations were people, or presidents had immunity, or agencies couldn’t make “major” rules, or Congress couldn’t set terms of office. What a joke.
wsj.com
Opinion | Justice Samuel Alito: Even Originalists Make Mistakes
An interpretive method disciplines the decision-making process, but it doesn’t free judges of the need to exercise judgment.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Trump’s buddy. “Vladimir Putin instructed his generals to abandon the rules of war … in intensified Russian aerial strikes on Kyiv's civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals and key bridges.”
independent.co.uk
Putin tells generals to abandon rules of war as Russia targets Kyiv civilians
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Trump trashes U.S. auto competitiveness as yet another service to his corrupt fossil fuel donors.
gizmodo.com
Ford CEO Says Europe Is Lost To Chinese Electric Vehicles
Washington should take the "time to be considerate" before letting Chinese cars in, the Ford CEO warns.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Trumpster motto: “no conflict, no interest.”
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Ooof.
thehill.com
Smith’s game-day texts reviewed by Schmitt never referenced basketball team names
Text messages obtained by The Hill show former special counsel Jack Smith’s staff didn’t reference any basketball team names, adding to the confusion around why Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) erroneousl…
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
First the wedding, now the ballroom — “Trump/Russia” gets smellier and smellier.
esquire.com
A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Rogues gallery of corporate “super-emitter” scoundrels.
theguardian.com
US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis
Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
BAAJA is our best bet to lower people’s electricity costs and make sure data centers pay their fair share AND more.
heatmap.news
The Senate Permitting Deal Contains a Data Center Double Tap
The bill would let states and utilities discriminate against data centers and crypto miners, requiring them to pay higher rates to cover the full cost of any system upgrades.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
The “reef effect” of offshore wind in action.
blog.nwf.org
Gone Fishing at the Offshore Wind Turbines - The National Wildlife Federation Blog
Recreational anglers and conservationists gathered for a weekend of fishing, community, & camaraderie at a series of offshore wind projects.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Gross. How much creepy behavior does Patel have to get caught in before he gets booted?
newrepublic.com
Kash Patel Caught With Suspected Double Agent at Alina Habba’s Wedding
The FBI director was spotted in a photo with an FBI informant suspected of being a double agent.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
steveamped.substack.com/p/straight-t...
steveamped.substack.com
Straight-talk with Senator Whitehouse
‘We have a filthy adversary and a noble cause’ says the Rhode Island senator, ‘none of us should be confused about the fight we’re in.’
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Joined Steve McBee to discuss the climate fight and the future of the clean energy industry. Clean energy is generally the most affordable option these days, and Democrats need to spread the word.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
The third method of governance if legislation and regulation fail is litigation. That’s the last target for the captured Court to give fossil fuel free-to-pollute immunity against governance. Which is why Suncor is so important to them.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Two, they killed off climate regulation by killing the Clean Power Plan (twice, for good measure) and erecting their “major questions doctrine” barrier to any future climate regulation efforts.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
One, they killed off climate legislation via the Citizens United decision dropping infinite fossil fuel dark money into our politics. Bipartisanship on climate died the day of that decision, as dark money flowed.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
More important than the “structure of the Constitution” here is the structure of the Court — an institution captured years ago by fossil fuel billionaires. The fossil fuel billionaires are putting it to profitable use.
vox.com
Big Oil has an audacious request for the Supreme Court
What on Earth is the “structure of the Constitution”?
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
The American people want lower energy bills, and they want more clean energy. Our permitting reform plan gets us a long way toward both of those goals.
youtube.com
Heinrich, Lee, Capito and Whitehouse Press Conference to Discuss Bipartisan Permitting Reform Deal
YouTube video by Senate Energy Dems
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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