Writer in Houston. Environmentalist everywhere. Fmr @EPA speechwriter, 2008 @OFA emailer. Also @EconomicMoats if you're into that.
Houston, TX
Joined January 2009
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Long-term exposure to chronic noise, polluted air, & toxic gases can increase the risk of depression, anxiety, & other disorders, according to new research by the European Environmental Agency. We’re working with communities & partners worldwide to build a healthier tomorrow.
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I have to say I have been struck that the prominent members of the financial community have had more to say being critical of @ZohranKMamdani's bad ideas about grocery stores in New York than they have the wholesale takeover of the @FederalReserve, which is a major threat to the financial system. I am very worried that highly irresponsible behaviors are being normalized by what President @realDonaldTrump is doing and by the failure of the establishment and of traditional voices.
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I don’t think I have ever publicly criticized any Presidential nominee before.
But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise.
He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.
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For every $1 spent by the Parks, they produce $15 in economic activity. It is less than 0.067% of all federal spending.
Parks have a huge economic multiplier. They create platforms for substantial private sector activity (tourism, recreation businesses, etc.) while preserving public assets that appreciate in value over time. It's an incredible investment for the economy, and one we should keep.
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It is fairly significant that the GOP’s own witness, representing the Electric Coops, vigorously defended IRA’s tech-neutral tax credits — esp for wind. @EENewsUpdates:
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The President’s company has 12% of his crypto portfolio invested in a blockchain started by a Chinese national who had an SEC investigation against him paused last week. The platform was used by Hamas and Hezbollah according to a 2023 report.
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Either these people are complete fools, or someone is paying them to destroy the American economy
Lutnick: Tariffs are going to drive America better.. Wouldn't it be amazing to stop paying taxes to the internal revenue service and have the external revenue service of make America great again replace our taxes? That is the goal of Donald Trump,
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The federal government collects $5.1 trillion in income taxes.
Total imported goods and services without tariffs is $4.1 trillion.
It's fundamentally impossible to collect $5.1 trillion dollars in taxes on $4.1 trillion of pre-tariff trade.
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We estimate that Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China would result in an average tax increase of $1,072 per US household in 2025.
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I don't think you should trust any information put out by DOGE. But *if* this is true, it looks pretty bad for whoever was president in 2020
In 2020-2021, @SBAgov issued 3,095 loans, including PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) and EIDL (Economic Injury Disaster Loan), for $333M to borrowers over 115 years old who were still marked as alive in the Social Security database.
In one case, a 157 years old individual received $36k in loans.
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“Whitmire did not consult Council Member Abbie Kamin, who represents Montrose — a departure from the way TIRZ boards have been selected in the past. He instead asked Sue Lovell, who served on the city council over a decade ago, and others for input.”
"I think the best way to characterize the bike infrastructure in Montrose right now is kind of haphazard and piecemeal." houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
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Tulsa broadcast meteorologist here —
I can 100% confirm this is not true.
95% of the technology we utilize is fed data from NOAA/NWS.
Dismantling of these programs makes us less equipped to keep people safe.
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TSMC announced their US investment because of Biden’s CHIPs Act, Trump is just taking credit.
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Legendary tweet
No one other than (fairly stupid) partisans on the left thinks Trump is truly going to implement 20% tariffs on everything across the board.
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On March 4th, 2025, the Trump Administration enacted 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for all products except for energy products like oil and electricity, which are tariffed at 10%.
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Bad news for Houston
#ICYMI Andy Hazelton is a father of four, a lauded PhD meteorologist, a NOAA hurricane modeling specialist, and now fired—after receiving a termination letter. How cuts to #NOAA’s staffing could impact hurricane preparedness in South Florida. ▶️: youtu.be/1ojstpKue-g 1/
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NEW: @doge deletes $4 billion more in savings from its "wall of receipts."
This is the second time in a week that Elon Musk's error-plagued group has removed huge cuts that it celebrated from cancelled contracts.
This time, 5 of 7 biggest savings vanished overnight.
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