Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialonpolitics.news @onpolitics.news · 07/10/2026Top Judge Calls Interference in Nominations Unconstitutional - Seoul Economic Daily #politics en.sedaily.comTop Judge Calls Interference in Nominations UnconstitutionalChief Justice Jo Hee-de called interference in Supreme Court nominations unconstitutional, rejecting the presidential office's renomination demand at a… 012
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialRachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Troy Jackson: Senator Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire and now she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out. 824354
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialTexas Tribune @texastribune.org · 06/10/2026New: Democrat Jon Rosenthal outraises Bo French in Railroad Commission race in latest reporttexastribune.orgJon Rosenthal outraises Bo French in Railroad Commission raceA big chunk of Rosenthal’s haul came after French’s racist social media comments following a UT-Austin football game went viral. 05010
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenate Democrats @dscc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Troy Jackson won tonight’s debate. And on November 3rd, he’s going to win Maine. 913230
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialStates United Democracy Center @statesunited.org · 07/10/2026$174 billion in federal funding cut, frozen, or slowed, affecting 3,188 local governments, 752 school districts, and 15,000+ other recipients. Lost Funds tracks it all, state by state. www.lostfunds.org lostfunds.orgLost Funds — $174 Billion GoneTrack the Trump administration’s federal funding disruptions state by state — what was cut or frozen, who it hurts, and how states are fighting back in court. 012
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialBlue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026MAGA Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) has Trump bootlickers/sycophants/MAGA nuts like Mike Johnson and Glenn Youngkin campaigning for her, while Elaine Luria has actual American patriots like Sen. Mark Kelly and MD Gov. Wes Moore campaigning for her. Quite a contrast! bluevirginia.us/2026/10/vide... 0296
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This by Jack Goldsmith in @theatlantic.com is on target, situating Alito exactly where he and his jurisprudence sit on the Court. Goldsmith captures the fracturing of FedSoc regulars and the new right, something I'm writing about in my book. Here's Goldsmith: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comZombie OriginalismSamuel Alito’s efforts to revamp the conservative legal philosophy reveal that a new movement is ascendant. 25722
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Thank you for speaking out!comicsands.comRobert De Niro And Mark Ruffalo Epically Unload On Trump During 'Hands Off Our Vote' Event 11902125
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#ELB: Must-Read Jack Goldsmith Reflections on Justice Alito’s New Book electionlawblog.org/2026/must-read-… 071
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialJoaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Americans are getting swept up in Trump’s immigration dragnet. Over 500 U.S. citizens that we know of. Even more that we don’t. ICE’s lawlessness spares no one. 68240
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 6027641577
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialCanary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 07/10/2026Vehicle-to-home backup power systems tend to rely on pricey bidirectional chargers. Here’s what sets Tesla’s system apart.canarymedia.comTesla is now making more EVs that can double as a home batteryWhile other vehicle-to-home systems rely on customers installing pricey bidirectional chargers, Tesla embeds the power-conversion hardware in the cars… 031
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 07/10/2026Translation: Donald Trump's efforts to abolish the Education Department are under independent investigation. 16718177
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialBloomberg Government @bgov.com · 06/10/2026The Education Department’s internal watchdog is investigating how the Trump administration has carried out its plans to transfer the agency’s higher education programming to the Labor Department.bit.lyEducation Agency Breakup Moves Get Inspector General ScrutinyThe Education Department’s internal watchdog is investigating how the Trump administration has carried out its plans to transfer the agency’s higher education programming to the Labor Department. 1155
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialBen Green @benzevgreen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Algorithmic Realism: Data Science Practices to Promote Social Justice comes out today! I wrote this book with the mission to transform data science and AI into fields that genuinely work in service of the public interest. I hope that you’ll join me! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205570... 410326
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialonpolitics.news @onpolitics.news · 06/10/2026A Federal Judge Slams the Brakes on Big Bend Border Wall Construction - Mother Jones #border #environment #immigration #donald trump motherjones.comA Federal Judge Slams the Brakes on Big Bend Border Wall ConstructionThis 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 […] 011
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialMissouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 29/09/2026Missouri 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 #mogovmissouriindependent.comMissouri Republicans scramble to launch late campaigns on two ballot measures • Missouri IndependentMissouri Republicans are scrambling to organize late campaigns on measures they spent most of the year trying to block from the ballot. 32514
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialThe Downballot @the-downballot.com · 01/10/2026Pete 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... 66012
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 29/09/2026The 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.comThe science Big Oil wants to hide from youYouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee 133
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 25/09/2026There’s a deliberate scheme to raise your energy costs. Who’s responsible? Trump and Big Oil. 811755
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialLCV – 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 👇 32011
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialLCV – 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.comJudge Blocks Border Wall Construction in Big Bend in TexasThe ruling dealt a setback to the Trump administration’s plans for hundreds of miles of barriers that have drawn local opposition. 14719
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 02/10/2026Republicans' 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.comAn Obscure Part Of Republicans' Tax Law Is Now Blowing Up In Their FacesRepublicans are scrambling to deal with a data center boom they cheered on not long ago. 0129
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 02/10/2026Household 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. 062
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialHouse of Reps. SEEC @houseseec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Living 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.orgEconomic, Consumer Cost, Pollution Impacts of Federal Energy Policy Changes In 48 U.S. StatesFederal energy policy changes will harm all 48 contiguous U.S. states through higher energy bills, lost jobs, and worse air pollution. 053
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialHouse of Reps. SEEC @houseseec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trump 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! 153
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 02/10/2026Derrick 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 072
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 02/10/2026An 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.comHouseholds will pay more for energy because of Trump's policy changesHouseholds 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 152
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 02/10/2026List 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 1127
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 01/10/2026These 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. 13115
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 01/10/2026Lt. 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! 063
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 01/10/2026Trump 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. 02213
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 01/10/2026Republicans 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. #LCVVFcnn.comGOP Senate candidate who praised the Iran war now campaigns against the pain it caused | CNN PoliticsIn 2024, then-Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers stood on camera in a zippered vest in a large grocery store 082
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 01/10/2026Jon 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. #LCVVFhuffpost.comRepublicans Hope Entirely Symbolic Data Center Vote Can Help Jon HustedThe Ratepayer Protection Act is basically the only reason the Senate is sticking around this week. 0126
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 30/09/2026www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...markey.senate.govSenator 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.... 13112
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 30/09/202675% 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. 16406194
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 24/09/2026Read our investigation:epw.senate.govLeader Schumer, Whitehouse Unveil Comprehensive New Report Exposing Corrupt Fossil Fuel Industry Control Over Trump AdministrationAs 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... 073
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 24/09/2026Big 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.comBig Oil bought Trump. You’re paying the price.YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee 11410
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/20266. 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 :-). 411315
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/20265. “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. 311513
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/20264. 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. 3668
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/20263. 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. 1575
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/20262. 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. 1575
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/20261. 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. 1635
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026There 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.🧵 1425872
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026This 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. 820739
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026In 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.comHow Trump’s obsession with ‘rigged’ voting machines spread across US governmentThe effort to prove the 2020 election "stolen" failed. Diehards remain undeterred. 14344122
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026Funny 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.comOpinion | Justice Samuel Alito: Even Originalists Make MistakesAn interpretive method disciplines the decision-making process, but it doesn’t free judges of the need to exercise judgment. 1933698
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026Trump’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.ukPutin tells generals to abandon rules of war as Russia targets Kyiv civilians 57345211
Reposted by @irishguy1984.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026Trump trashes U.S. auto competitiveness as yet another service to his corrupt fossil fuel donors.gizmodo.comFord CEO Says Europe Is Lost To Chinese Electric VehiclesWashington should take the "time to be considerate" before letting Chinese cars in, the Ford CEO warns. 1716456
