France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.
Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars
The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.
Why aren't we doing this?
This week, I will be forcing a vote on legislation to block the sale of nearly half a billion dollars worth of bombs and bulldozers to the Israeli military.
The extremist Netanyahu government that has committed genocide in Gaza does not need more military support from American taxpayers.
Sunderland won
Awkward is an awkward word
Wes Moore needs to be on everyone’s shortlist, should he throw his hat in the ring for 2028.
“Any of these people who are thinking about 2028, I need to see that you’re taking 2026 seriously… What are you doing right now to protect, to heal, and to build?”
“I’m hungry, but I’m not thirsty.” 🔥
Spot on.
“Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections”
Buttigieg: The purpose of transportation is to connect. But there are so many cases where transportation was used to divide
We have the phrase "Wrong side of the tracks."
That tells you everything you need to know about how a piece of infrastructure can be used as a dividing line
Round Up (Glyphosate) weedkiller is not as safe for the environment:
"...emails uncovered as part of lawsuits against the weedkiller’s manufacturer, Monsanto, have shown that the company’s scientists played a significant role in conceiving and writing the study."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
It’s been one year since the Administration's so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs — and the result? Higher costs for families, fewer markets for our farmers, and more uncertainty for small businesses.
Bondi has her own secrets. She’ll keep her mouth shut
Just a reminder that the senator who sponsored the bill which became law with broad bipartisan support that states a president cannot pull the US out of NATO without congressional approval was …
Marco Rubio.
His role was epic. And. Tender. Did I say epic?
To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️
It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.
The Trump admin will pay $1 billion to a French company to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases.
The admin says it's focusing, instead, on investments in fossil fuel projects.
NEW: Documents obtained by @wired.com show that the salaries of a small NH town’s while police department are paid by ICE as part of its 287(g) program. @sammysussman.bsky.social has the scoop. No paywall: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
37 indictments, plus:
Trump associates repeatedly lied about their contacts with Russians.
Trump refused to answer questions about his obstruction.
A statement signed by over 1,000 former federal prosecutors, that anyone else who engaged in that obstructive conduct would have been indicted.
Pulitzer-worthy
Will they be paid?
I’ll listen to it after sundown
Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies — including ABC, Meta, Paramount, and X — pledged to Trump's planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money after the original fund was dissolved last year. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol Building. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
Sen. Martin Heinrich: “Remember when Republicans said we couldn't afford those tax credits for your healthcare?
Now they’re burning through almost a billion dollars a day on their Iran War”
Schlossberg: If this becomes the new normal and the president is able to trademark America’s birthday and issue his own currency while weakening the dollar, having gold skyrocket, and increasing prices on every commodity and input cost in our economy, we’re getting screwed and he’s getting rich.
Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.
Trump is very determined to make everyone call the SAVE Act (it's official name) the "SAVE America Act."
And wtf does punishing trans people have to do with voting?
And he talks like it's just about voter ID, and not about sending all voter data to the feds.
Please keep calling your reps.
So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right
So Lindsey went to Israel several times to coach Bibi in how to talk Trump into this war.
www.rawstory.com/lindsey-grah...
The Justice Department released a set of Epstein files on Thursday that included interview summaries and notes involving a South Carolina woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the 1980s when she was between 13 and 15.
ground.news/article/just...
