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Pete Wyckoff

@petewyckoff.bsky.social
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Energy and Climate Nerd. Minnesota booster. Public servant. Recovering academic. Experienced swamp creature.

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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
At my old gig, we were laser focused on 1) affordability and 2) the transition to clean (good thing they go hand in hand. Same goes for my new role @evergreenaction.bsky.social!
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 14/04/2026
I just signed a bill to rename Minnesota’s community solar program after Speaker Melissa Hortman. Melissa was a true champion of solar and I was proud to sign this in honor of my dear friend.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This is what letting RFK jr go wild on health looks like
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Nazi occupied America.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 20/09/2025
He’s right. Nutshell: the more clean energy you pull off the grid, the more you have to go “up the stack” of more and more expensive polluting units, which sets the grid price, which consumers pay.
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Opinion | Rising Electricity Price? Thank Trump
Bigger bills are a direct result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which cut green-energy subsidies.
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This is insane. Many people will die because of President Trump’s HHS and their anti-science opinions on vaccines Kennedy Sought to Fire C.D.C. Director Over Vaccine Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
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Kennedy Sought to Fire C.D.C. Director Over Vaccine Policy
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
And Minnesota ratepayers as well!
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The current administration is trying very hard to make sure the American people are vulnerable to disease. What kind of government behaves this way? What kind of nation stands for it? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
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Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
This is unacceptable…
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I am glad that the NYT is giving this move the coverage it deserves and hope it does not fade from our consciousness. This is tin-pot dictator shit, not acceptable behavior from the leader of the greatest democracy on earth. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...
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Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill reads like it was written by the Chinese Government. No actual patriot could possibly vote for it. And yet, 50 Republican Senators just did…. How Republican E.V. Cuts Could Put U.S. Carmakers Behind China www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
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How Republican E.V. Cuts Could Put U.S. Carmakers Behind China
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
And the Republicans are about to completely give the future of energy to China. As a patriot, this pisses me off…
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
People need to hear and understand this…
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Seems like maybe they shouldn’t do that. Thanks for the accurate headline NYT…could also add that it will screw the climate and every non-rich American….
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
This is absolutely insane…. www.politico.com/live-updates...
politico.com
‘Kill shot’: GOP megabill targets solar, wind projects with new tax
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
When people show you who they are, believe them…. Mike Lee has shown us who he is in the last four days www.startribune.com/tina-smith-c...
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Tina Smith confronts U.S. Sen. Mike Lee following posts about deadly Minnesota shootings
Though the Utah senator took the time to listen, Smith said he did not apologize for what he said.
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I do believe that budget bills are true statements about a country’s values. This Big Beautiful Bill is big. But it is also ugly and gross:
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This is an important speech: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
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Transcript: Read Gavin Newsom’s Speech Criticizing Trump Over Protests
In a prime time address, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California sharply criticized President Trump for sending in the military to handle the protests in Los Angeles.
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Exactly
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 29/04/2025
The US National Climate Assessment is a national treasure. The authors are volunteers, & it was a career highlight for me to have been the Lead Author of the NCA6 Climate Mitigation Chapter. The career public servants who led my chapter & the overall NCA6 are heroes. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...
nytimes.com
National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
If we don’t study climate change, it will go away. Right? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...
nytimes.com
National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Couldn’t agree more….
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Hmm…. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/b...
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Russia’s Escape From Trump’s Tariffs Raises Questions
The Trump administration says sanctions imposed on Moscow mean the U.S. does little trade with Russia, but questions persist about the motivations.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Watching live. You should too. Getting inspired. #holdthefloor www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
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Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This is how you do it. Thank you @booker.senate.gov! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
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Cory Booker Slams Trump’s Policies in Marathon Senate Floor Speech
The New Jersey senator criticized the president’s plans for Social Security, education, immigration and health care, saying the “nation is in crisis.” He began speaking Monday night and was still goin...
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Of all the ways the U.S. has lost its way today, this one is particularly causing me to despair today…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-refugee.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 24/03/2025
Circling back on this…
Post from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that reads: Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/03/2025
this is great and gets to what might be the defining attribute of this administration which is that trump himself is barely aware of what is happening
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
If I were asked to design the perfect Manchurian Candidate- a President who was acting to do China’s bidding while pretending to be a Chinese adversary- President Trump is who I would come up with…. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
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How Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts Leave a Vacuum That China Can Fill
The Department of Government Efficiency is shuttering organizations that Beijing worried about most, or actively sought to subvert.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 26/02/2025
We’re stepping up to help victims of crime where the Trump Administration is failing.   Our budget helps fund vital public safety services like response centers, domestic violence shelters, and other supports for crime victims.
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
This is exactly right. Perhaps the most shameful display by an American President in my lifetime. I have never seen someone so hell bent on undermining both American security and American values…
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Agreed
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
You know what Congress can just do? Grow a freakin spine and say no to a wannabe dictator. Seems better than enabling a constitutional crisis and abdicating your solemn responsibilities. Just spitballing here, but I think that would be a good idea. Right?
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Unpopular but true: many parts of government really help people. Often even do it well. When you do things like this, you hurt people….
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
What a disgrace. Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them. *This* is how democracy dies.
thehill.com
Washington Post backs out of ‘Fire Elon Musk’ ad order
The Washington Post this week backed out of a “Fire Elon Musk” advertising order that was to run as a wrap on some of its Tuesday editions, according to the advocacy group Common Cause.  The group …
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The President and the Republicans in Congress have abdicated. Instead of leading, they have handed the power to this guy… Elon Musk ridiculed a blind person on X. Then a mob went to work.
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This should not be a question. The U.S. Government should honor it’s word. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/c...
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Trump’s Funding Freeze Raises a New Question: Is the Government’s Word Good?
Companies that get federal grants or loans usually sign a legally binding agreement and depend on getting reimbursed. The new administration has upended that expectation.
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
My wish for a Saturday morning. Make America anti-NAZI again. Sad to report, that may be a lot to ask in our current political climate
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Great Article. Fails to reference that the Trump administration wants to break these type of federal grant contracts, a move that would cost rural Minnesotans billions www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
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How ‘virtual’ power plants could help Minnesota charge toward a clean energy future
As it gets more expensive and costly to build traditional power plants and electric distribution systems, so-called “virtual power plants” could play an increasingly important role in meeting Minnesot...
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Truer words have never been said…
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Every attacker in these pictures are free and forgiven by Trump. Americans turned their backs on us. I don't know if I can ever forgive us for this. Forgiveness or not... I'll keep fighting because it's what's right.
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Check out my latest, I decided to make this available to everyone because it's too important for people not to hear. 9 mins if you can spare harrydunn.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump Pardoned The People Who Tried To Kill Me
Donald Trump has officially pardoned the more than 1,500 insurrectionists who tried to kill me and my fellow officers on January 6, 2021.
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
A true American hero….
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Very much agree
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
In 2021, I was a Senate staffer. On Jan 6, my workplace was attacked by a mob urged on by a President who had lost an election. One police officer died that day and ~150 were injured. 4 more died by suicide in the aftermath. I am forever grateful for their sacrifice www.npr.org/2025/01/05/n...
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As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel 'betrayed'
A police officer defended the Capitol from violent rioters on Jan. 6. With President-elect Donald Trump poised to pardon the rioters, he now asks, "what did I risk my life for?"
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Just cited something I remember from this now decade old story in a discussion with friends. Amused to discover that the author was a young @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social 😀. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Here Is Every U.S. County's Favorite Football Team (According to Facebook)
The Patriots really do rule New England, and the Cowboys might just be America's team. But after that, things get complicated.
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Pete Wyckoff @petewyckoff.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Observation: it should be easier to upgrade a fossil plant to a renewable development. Think of all the existing interconnection infrastructure
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