This article about Alison Esposito campaign shenanigans is crazy. No $ for staff, but “ . . . more than $5,000 on airline and Amtrak tickets, $2,715 on campaign attire (she frequently wears a custom Team Esposito Vineyard Vines vest on the trail)” #NY18
timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/n…

When you said you opposed Roe v  Wade and wanted abortion decisions left to the states, did you not realize that this is exactly what would happen?

In March, I joined fellow veterans in calling on House leadership to hold a vote to send vital aid to our Ukrainian allies.

Instead, they sent us home.

Another week has gone by, and they're sending us home again.

Speaker Mike Johnson, show some courage & put the bill on the floor.

Even as the EPA announced new rules to limit air toxins, a Koch Industries methanol plant is poised to expand its footprint alongside many other industrial projects threatening to further pollute the mostly low-income Black neighborhoods in the area.
desmog.com/2024/04/10/epa…

What car shoppers face today: Highest interest rates in ~ 20 years, insurance rates that rose 22% in a year, used cars 40% pricier than they were in 2019. Ugly combination.

Hed you don't see: 'Insurance, repairs push cost of car ownership to new highs'
axios.com/2024/04/13/car…

Best title of the morning!
hagerty.com/media/market-t…

I drive a #wankpanzer so I can go where others can’t

New BLM rules will force oil companies to pay at least 10x more to drill on U.S. lands — $150,000, up from $10,000 — plus higher royalties.

They also aim to prevent taxpayers from footing the bill for cleanup of abandoned oil + gas wells, as we do now.
washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Interesting new Kia model variant I'd not seen before.

Two bills proposed to the Louisiana state legislature when no one was watching, one : a 'Don’t Say Gay' bill, barring public-school teachers from discussing gender identity + sexual orientation.

Both target #LGBTQ Louisianans. We've seen this playbook.
wgno.com/news/politics/…

Because competition is imperialist. Or something?

[GRUMBLE]
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'Forever chemicals' are esp harmful: they don’t degrade, can accumulate in the body + environment, and pose a health risk at even the lowest detectable levels.

It's the first time EPA has set a drinking-water standard for a new contaminant since ... 1996.
apnews.com/article/foreve…

Since the AZ Supreme Court used the 1865 Howell Code to justify the state's complete ban on abortion, I anticipate rulings that 'black or mulatto, or Indian, Mongolian, or Asiatic' persons may not legally testify against white people.

Read this thread.
bsky.app/profile/djlavo…

Oh.

Print is coming back? Oh. Well then. I'll stop worrying.

[eyeroll]
axios.com/2024/04/09/nyl…

Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams looks 'authoritarian curious' after evicting longtime The Colorado Sun political reporter Sandra Fish + calling her a 'fake reporter' (echoing Dear Leader).

Both sides of the aisle slammed the decision. He's not backing down.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

'Terms of the settlement with [the late] Mr. Huang’s children and other members of his family were not disclosed, and #Tesla filed court documents seeking to prevent them from being made public.'

Robotaxi unveil on 8th Aug, says the CEO.
nytimes.com/2024/04/08/bus…