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silence7@lemmy.worldOPto
politics @lemmy.world•John Kerry: America Must Now Follow China’s Lead on Clean Energy | The US and others have been “stumbling along,” he says, as Beijing transformed its economy.
1·2 days agoThey’re building, but running the coal plants less and less. Almost like a backup system which will be infrequently used
silence7@lemmy.worldOPto
politics @lemmy.world•A US Senator’s Push to Fast-Track Pipelines Would Benefit His Former Company
1·5 days agoFormer = still owns a ton of stock
Could = it’s in the future
Press always describes things like this because if they’re more explicit and any little detail is wrong, they get sued.
silence7@lemmy.worldOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump’s stillborn diesel deal: Why Russian oil tankers are not heading to the US
5·8 days agoThey seem to have just turned around and headed for other buyers.
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politics @lemmy.world•Newsom commutes all 548 California death sentences in historic move
1·9 days agoThe original link is a gift link, but some (not all) people get asked to register in order to access it
silence7@lemmy.worldOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Kennedy to Allow Broad Use of Unapproved Peptide Injections
16·17 days agoThe problem is not that they can’t work; some do. It’s that an uregulated supply chain for an injectable with no requirement to demonstrate safety or effectiveness is a recipe for a mix of dangerous products and snake oil
silence7@lemmy.worldOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Two Blocks in Pennsylvania Show Why It’s So Hard for Campaigns to Reach Voters | In a competitive House district, residents get their election news from under-the-radar sources — or no sources at all.
2·17 days agoIt’s more that the news used to be funded in part (or whole) by advertising. Basically a newspaper was an ad delivery mechanism, with the news part being there only to get you to look at ads. Without that, news is unaffordable for most, so you end up with people just disconnecting.
silence7@lemmy.worldOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Musk-Linked Dark Money Network Funded the Group Behind Cornel West’s Ballot Push
15·18 days agoI don’t regard a registration requirement from a very tiny source to be a problem.
Everybody can read it.
silence7@lemmy.worldOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Musk-Linked Dark Money Network Funded the Group Behind Cornel West’s Ballot Push
24·18 days agoIt literally only requires registration, not money. Deal with it
silence7@lemmy.worldOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Musk-Linked Dark Money Network Funded the Group Behind Cornel West’s Ballot Push
24·18 days agoIt does if you register. Small news outlets got to be funded somehow.
silence7@lemmy.worldOPto
politics @lemmy.world•White House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior Staff
81·21 days agoI spent a lot of time knocking on doors for Harris. In the area I was, people wouldn’t trust her because of skin color and gender. They just couldn’t get past that.
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politics @lemmy.world•How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass
3·21 days agoIt affects how many accomplices need prosecution
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politics @lemmy.world•DOJ Sues to Block Alaska Senate Certification if Republican Loses
3·22 days agoThat’s a half seat worse than if a Democrat is seated









It’s far easier to get rid of the filibuster; that’s a rules change that a majority of the Senate can vote into place.
Getting rid of the Senate means replacing the constitution entirely: the structure of the Senate is the one thing amendments are not allowed to replace