David Roberts
Seattleite transplanted from Tennessee; now blogging for Vox.com about energy politics. Climate hawk, deficit dove. Not a doctor.
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The QAnon supporters winning congressional primaries, explained
QAnon started on an obscure internet forum. Now its supporters are running for Congress.
David Roberts
Republicans are nominating unhinged conspiracy theorists to run for Congress. There is no parallel on the left. The parties are not mirror images. One has descended into anti-democratic reactionary mania.
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'We need to live with it': White House readies new message for the nation on coronavirus
The effort to craft a clearer response comes after months of Trump downplaying the health crisis and mixed signals from the administration.
Japan May Close 100 Old Coal Units by 2030 to Hit Emissions Goal
(Bloomberg) — Japan may shut about 100 inefficient coal-fired power units by 2030 to reach its emissions reduction target under the Paris agreement.The powerful Ministry of Economy, Trade and…
The future still lies in coal, oil, and nuclear
WEST FINLEY, Pennsylvania — In his first visit to a coal mine since becoming the 15th secretary of energy, Dan Brouillette said the innovations he witnessed at the Consol Energy Pennsylvania mining complex along the Washington County and Greene...
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Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, increasingly desperate to save coal, now says it's going to fade from the electricity sector but thrive as ... a raw material for decking? What a farce.
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Coronavirus Bailouts Stoke Climate Change
Not only is bailing out fossil fuel companies bad public policy, it makes little economic sense.
Remote School Is a Nightmare. Few in Power Care.
Government should treat the need to reopen schools as an emergency.
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This is so important. And infuriating. Solving these problems requires money. The federal government has all the money it needs, but Senate Republicans won't allow it to go out. So schools are starving and parents are suffering.
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L.A.’s freeways might be the most racist monuments in California
Spewing carbon monoxide across L.A. on the freeway system feeds into a pot of racism and segregation that’s been stewing for nearly a century.
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I missed this when it came out, but extremely yes: as long as we're removing monuments to racism, let's rip out some urban freeways.
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Is the hydrogen tech 'revolution' hope or hype?
Can hydrogen - a relatively clean source of fuel - help power the economy of the future?
Juno (2007) - IMDb
Directed by Jason Reitman. With Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
David Roberts
Watching Juno with the kids; hadn't seen since it came out in 2007. This movie is extreeeeeemely quirky. Not even for a moment does it let you forget how quirky it is. Just the most 2000s-twee-indie thing ever.
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Why June Was Such a Terrible Month for Trump
Last month represented the political nadir of President Trump’s three and a half years in office, thanks to self-inflicted wounds as he played to his base and missteps by a fractured campaign.
Massachusetts detective fired after post supporting Black Lives Matter
A Massachusetts detective has been fired over a social media post last month expressing support of her niece attending a Black Lives Matter rally.
Tucker Carlson for President? GOP donors and conservative media are taking the idea seriously
The Fox News megastar is having a moment. Now he's getting an earful about making his own 2024 run for the White House once Donald Trump is out of the picture.
Paul Ryan said he won't defend Donald Trump
House Speaker Paul Ryan dealt his own party's presidential nominee a withering blow Monday, telling fellow Republicans he will no longer defend Donald Trump and will instead use the next 29 days to focus on preserving his party's hold on Congress.
David Roberts
"The move -- highly unusual in US political history -- laid bare the seemingly intractable divisions now seizing the Republican Party with a month left before the presidential vote."
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The Russian bounties on US troops in Afghanistan scandal, explained
Russia seems to have put bounties on US troops in Afghanistan. Trump seems to have been warned — and did nothing.
“What Do I Do? What Do I Do?”: Trump Desperate, Despondent as Numbers Crater, “Loser” Label Looms
“They probably won’t have” the Jacksonville convention. The Joni Ernst campaign is angry at Trump’s horrible numbers. Meadows and Kushner are at loggerheads over Parscale. And if things don’t turn around by Labor Day, GOP defections may begin.
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"A Republican strategist close to Mitch McConnell told me that Republicans have Labor Day penciled in as the deadline for Trump to have turned things around. After that, he’s on his own."
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Russian voters agree to extend Putin's rule to 2036
MOSCOW (AP) — A majority of voters approved changes to Russia’s constitution that would allow President Vladimir Putin to hold power until 2036, but the weeklong plebiscite that ended Wednesday...
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Everyone: why does Trump worship Putin the way he does?
AP: "Russian voters approved changes to the constitution that will allow President Vladimir Putin to potentially hold power until 2036..."
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Russian bounties — Trump threatens the American experiment
Our existential crisis
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More than 100 newspapers called on Bill Clinton to resign after he lied about sex with an intern. We recently learned that Russia put a bounty on the heads of US soldiers & Trump knew & did absolutely nothing about it. Calls for resignation so far: 0.
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Trump says he looks like Lone Ranger in a mask and likes it
WASHINGTON (AP) — After long resisting wearing a mask in public, President Donald Trump said Wednesday he thinks it makes him look like the Lone Ranger — and he likes it. “I’m all for masks....
America, Land of the Pathetic
In France, where I live, the virus is under control. I can hardly believe the news coming out of the United States.
Selling the boogaloo
To market their products, ammo makers and gun shops are invoking the memes and rhetoric of the deadly "boogaloo" movement.