Not holding my breath for apologies from Republicans whose instinct when an 82-year-old man had his skull broken with a hammer was to spread lies about it.
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U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State.
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NEWS FROM LONDON: in UK, excess profit clawback from Big Oil is under way; in US, Republicans serve Big Oil and block our excess profit clawback.
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God’s noble creatures vs. an industry that refuses to clean up after itself. Sadly, we can predict the polluters win — for sure, unless we act.
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Join & at 3:00pm ET to talk about the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax and President Biden’s call for Congress to take on the oil industry’s wartime profiteering!
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Let’s hope this is NOT a SCOTUS effort to run out the clock until Trump flunkies in a Republican Congress can kill the subpoena. Sad to even have to think that.
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Today we celebrated an $82.5 million federal INFRA Grant that will upgrade the Pell Bridge and prepare it for at least another half century of use amid a changing climate. It’s the third major grant RI has received from the INFRA Program, which I had a key role in creating.
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It’s time for Congress to stand up to Big Oil and bring relief to consumers, instead of corporate stock buybacks and bonuses. My Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax would claw back the industry’s excessive profits and send that money directly back to hardworking American families.
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Big Oil is exploiting Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and a cartel-driven market to rake in tens of billions of dollars, and the American people are paying the price. As the President made clear today, the fossil fuel industry’s price gouging must stop.
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Not often Pompeo and I agree but this is my bill that will help deny shelter in USA to international criminals and kleptocrats (not a good look for City on a Hill).
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Americans shouldn’t be helping corrupt CCP officials or fentanyl traffickers hide their money in America. Congress has a chance to act in the NDAA - The Enablers Act will correct loopholes that allow China’s genocidal regime to hide stolen money in America.
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It’s a weird derangement when simple human sympathy cannot be summoned for an 82-year-old battered in a home invasion. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/
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Brilliant pictorial visioning of what fossil fuels are doing to us, and what will come if we don’t change. nytimes.com/interactive/20
I wish there was a similar pictorial for the fossil fuel industry lies and corruption that keep us on this fateful track.
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It was also eerily bipartisan, and shows what could be done if Big Oil would loosen its chokechain on Republicans so we could address fossil fuel emissions like CO2 and methane.
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Bravo, ! I was glad to play an organizing role in passing the HFCs bill that led to this treaty. It’s a good step.
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Headlines today say a lot:
Pelosi, Vilified by Republicans for Years, Is a Top Target of Threats
Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation about Pelosi attack
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TODAY is the last day to apply for loan forgiveness under a temporary waiver broadening eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Visit PSLF.gov to find out if you're eligible for this life-changing relief.
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Yet another way climate drives inflation, and yet another issue Republicans ignore as they gorge on fossil fuel political $$$.
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So much for “affordable” fossil fuel energy — yet another persistent lie out of the polluters. Texas saved billions with renewables.
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Another way climate drives inflation. No surprise: when fossil fuel emissions disrupt the Earth's basic operating systems, that disruption is going to be tough for agriculture.
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Congratulations to “Jimmy” on Lifetime Achievement Award, kicked off by his 6th grade teacher Mrs. Larkin (he was in her first class).
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All of Johnston is out for the homecoming parade. Go Panthers!
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I would add the point that the Chief can investigate facts, as shown in Alito's draft Dobbs opinion leak. He does the Court no favors turning a blind eye here, where factual questions are key.
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One way to fight back would be my “clawback” bill with , requiring Big Oil to return a share of excess profits to the public (but fat chance fossil-fuel-funded Republicans will agree — they get $$$ from this racket).
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Here’s the script: (1) gouge consumers; (2) make billions; (3) send a cut of those billions to Republicans; (4) get them to blame Biden for prices that Big Oil actually sets; and (5) go back to gouging — it’s quite a performance.
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The one place Big Oil has to tell the truth is in earnings reports — and these reported profits prove how badly the oil companies have been gouging consumers.
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Rolling out IRA fast & well is key, yes; so is getting to exec branch climate tasks left undone: social cost of carbon update; EPA CO2 rules; carbon border tariffs; methane leak enforcement; climate litigation; procurement & permitting reform; ending dark $ behind climate denial.
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A handful of people in the White House are overseeing the future distribution of $369 billion in climate funding. The law's success or failure at eking out as many carbon reductions as possible depends on them.
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Pleased to team up with to help get the expansion and renovation of the over the finish line. The state-of-the-art Y is a great community resource for Aquidneck Islanders and it's well-positioned to serve the needs of the community for decades to come.
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Best wishes to and her husband as Paul recovers from this home invasion and vicious attack.
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Worth remembering that Leonard Leo, functionary of the dark money packing of the Court, used his dark-money network to promote Justice Thomas’ book and personal agenda outside the courtroom. Will he do the same here?
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Rhode Island got almost $10 million from EPA’s new program to replace old school buses with state-of-the-art zero-emission and low-emission models. That’s 25 fewer polluting buses on the road.
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As if this weren’t bad enough, the fossil fuel industry uses corruption to perform its dirty work.
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Very true. There’s a difference Alito misses between committing the foul and calling out the foul. He wants us all to shut up as FedSoc justices run wild. Not gonna happen.
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True justice requires fair hearings with non-conflicted judges, and Justice Thomas and the Supreme Court need to assure that here.
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The Chief Justice can direct the Marshal to investigate and report what Justice Thomas knew of his wife’s work and when he knew it. (He certainly knows now.)
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If Justice Kagan refers this case to the full Court (could happen in the next few days), at minimum Justice Thomas needs to address why he doesn’t recuse from Jan. 6 cases – especially this one. We deserve the facts.
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That’s a problem for Justice Thomas: federal law requires recusal whenever there’s a reasonable question about a judge’s impartiality.
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AZ is one of the states where Ginni Thomas pressured Republicans to overturn the results to declare Trump victorious. We don’t know exactly who she was working with in AZ.
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This time the head of the Arizona GOP, who worked on the “fake” electors plot to overturn the election results, is asking SCOTUS to block the Jan. 6 Committee from reviewing her communications.
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Another Jan. 6 case appears at SCOTUS; still nothing from Justice Thomas about why it’s ethical or legal for him to consider these cases. Ginni Thomas pushed states to overturn the 2020 election and she’s attacked the Jan. 6 Committee. The public deserves answers.
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Coastal property owners are told its time to move or floodproof their homes — climate change costs are real and now immediate.
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