BGA staff speak out about the dangerous escalation of ICE presence and tactics they've witnessed in their home state of Minnesota. We stand together to push back against these unconstitutional and unchecked acts of violence toward communities across the country. #ICEoutofMN
Zohran Mamdani wins the New York city mayor election, NBC News projects.
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
SCOOP: The Trump administration’s plans to cancel billions of dollars for energy projects following the US government shutdown includes an $600 million initiative to upgrade electric transmission lines in California. #energysky
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I fear for the women in his life
Well after the crowd cleared way for ICE's car, you see an agent throw tear gas directly at the media truck and camera operators. Clear intent to suppress documentation of their crimes.
New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social:
ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.
Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.
Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:
On this day in 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It demanded fair wages, equal rights, and dignity on the job—and showed that civil rights and labor rights are inseparable.
It’s been five days since floods in Texas killed at least 111 people and FEMA’s Acting Administrator David Richardson still hasn’t made a single public or internal statement.
My remark that tree planting shouldn't be used to offset fossil fuel CO₂ emissions doesn't mean that I hate trees.
All this while BIL CHIPS and IRA teed up a once in a generation run of successes on EXACTLY WHAT HE RAN ON that he easily could have taken credit for. Bringing jobs back.
All burned to the ground due to petty grievances, made up culture war nonsense, and fossil industry capture.
NEW: Tucked inside the GOP mega-bill is an excise tax for solar and wind.
And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why.
"I don't know where it came from," Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill, tells NBC News.
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This is from 1978.
Nineteen SEVENTY-EIGHT
Almost 50 years, we've heard the same tired, wrong arguments!
IBEW International President Kenneth W. Cooper issued the following statement on Senate Republicans’ draft reconciliation bill released Sunday night: “This budget reconciliation bill is a direct attack on working families, shoveling tax breaks to the rich while turning its back on the people who power this country. “The IBEW strongly opposes any proposal that guts infrastructure investment, especially plans like this one that sacrifice existing economic development while providing no clear benefit to working Americans. At a time when we should be investing in energy independence at home, this bill forces our economy to rely on foreign adversaries while dramatically increasing energy bills for every household and draining local communities of the jobs they rely on. “Make no mistake, this bill will cost hundreds of thousands of good-paying construction jobs, billions of work hours, and hundreds of billions in lost wages and economic benefits to America’s middle class. “IBEW members and every average American will pay the price as congressional Republicans abandon critical investments in American infrastructure and the energy independence they have been tripping over themselves to take credit for the last few years. “That so many of these investments are in the rural areas and small towns left behind for generations is even more troubling. “America’s working families deserve more.
The IBEW thinks the One Big Horrible Bill sucks too.
“Make no mistake, this bill will cost hundreds of thousands of good-paying construction jobs, billions of work hours, and hundreds of billions in lost wages and economic benefits to America’s middle class."
Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind.
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
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Republicans have moved from killing the incentive programs that speed delivery of the cheapest and cleanest energy to consumers to actively taxing them, actively raising the prices on the most affordable electricity
"The BlueGreen Alliance conducted an analysis of the potential impacts of the policies in the House bill on the employment footprint of manufacturing and found that repealing the clean manufacturing tax credits puts over two million jobs at risk."
Killing 2 million jobs, ho hum.
#RepPeteStauber voted to kill jobs in Minnesota's 8th district, but you can help protect job creating investments. @ben-davis.bsky.social
Contact your senator and tell them to save #cleanenergy and #manufacturing tax credits TODAY! https://loom.ly/gi8bYVg
In a June Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani received more votes than 22 sitting US Senators received in their most recent general elections.
the infamous "Japanese parliament fight" meme with a Japanese MP managing to hold a microphone amid a huge dustup. The caption: "we are so back"
might I just say
What are the intricacies of "freeing up cap space" by renegotiating a "more team-friendly contact" a-la Brady and Mahomes? How does that work? Less salary and more bonuses?
Rep. #MillerMeeks voted to kill jobs in #Iowa's 1st, but you can help protect job creating investments across the nation. @ben-davis.bsky.social
Contact your senator and tell them to save #cleanenergy and manufacturing tax credits TODAY! https://loom.ly/gi8bYVg
On Friday night, @seiuca.bsky.social President David Huerta was lawfully observing immigration enforcement activity in his community when ICE agents violently arrested him.
Join us across the country TODAY to peacefully demand justice for our union brother.
Over 2 million people are being intentionally deprived of food, water, medicine, and baby formula.
Israel must allow aid into Gaza immediately. This genocide must end and the U.S. must stop being complicit.
Sen. Sanders speaking to a crowd at the Hardwick dance.
Sen. Sanders dancing with Vermonters.
Sen. Sanders twirling amongst the crowd at the Hardwick town dance.
In these difficult times building community, and support for each other, is extremely important. That’s why I’m holding community dances around Vermont.
We just had a great event in Hardwick. People of all ages danced the night away.
“Despite the unfavorable political environment nationally, states can continue to make progress toward the development of more unionized clean energy jobs. Activists can start now by working to preserve the best of the IRA.” (2/2) jacobin.com/2025/05/buil...
Let's be real: if Republicans pass the House budget bill as is, it will murder the US nuclear industry, ruin our chances of winning the AI race (by constraining power supply), concede the global auto sector to China, and vaporize about half a trillion dollars of US manufacturing investment...
Effectively a full repeal of the largest climate bill in history. There’s no strategy for America’s future. We all get sicker and pay more in energy bills and suffer climate disasters, while some rich folks pay less in taxes. That’s it. Disgraceful.
