James Cargas 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇨🇾

#Energy attorney; Former #TX07 Dem., WJC @WhiteHouse, @ENERGY & Capitol Hill staffer. #Solar #Wind #Sustainable expert 🇬🇷🇺🇸now Parody 🤣

[James Cargas 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇨🇾 @Cargas7]

Honored to be interviewed by @mike_nemer
on #TheGreenInsider about my career as a #RenewableEnergy attorney & #Sustainability expert. We covered my work for @HoustonTX
and @TxPACEAuthority
as well as my predictions for the future.
☀️🌬️⚡️
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[Chris Walker @WalkerATX]

It's 1980 in Austin and you had no idea that Christopher Cross's song "Sailing" was about Lake Travis⛵️

LAKE TRAVIS, TX (@fox7austin)— When you think of the definitive yacht rock anthem, you probably picture the beaches of Malibu or the coast of Maui. But the ultimate masterpiece of the genre—Christopher Cross’s iconic, 5-time Grammy-winning hit "Sailing"—actually traces its roots straight to the choppy waters of Travis County. While Cross was born and raised in San Antonio, graduating from Alamo Heights High School, it wasn’t until he moved his musical ambitions up the road to Austin that the inspiration for his signature 1980 Billboard No. 1 single truly took shape during frequent trips across Lake Travis.
Cross has often noted that the classic track wasn’t written about an ocean getaway, but rather the genuine sense of escape he discovered in Travis County as he transitioned into adulthood. Reflecting on the local inspiration behind the legendary song, Cross shared: "It's about an older friend of mine who had a boat... and we would go out on Lake Travis. It was just a transition from being a kid to being an adult... just a very wonderful way to escape the transition of growing up." That peace he found on the lake ultimately became a song universally recognized as the absolute pinnacle of yacht rock.
This edited video includes shots of Lake Travis.

[Rogue POTUS Staff @RoguePOTUSStaff]

The constitution of Iowa requires that a person be a resident of the state for at least two years prior before they can be elected as Governor.

This leaves Democrat Rob Sand as the only eligible candidate on the ballot.

[American Bridge 21st Century @American_Bridge]

Ken Paxton applauded DOGE as it terminated funding for monitoring and responding to Screwworm breakouts. Now screwworm is infesting Texas' cattle for the first time since the 1960s. #TXSen

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

The EU has warned Albania that the construction of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner's luxury resort project would jeopardize Albania's accession path to the EU.

The project has been suspended.

THE FLAMINGO REVOLUTION HAS LEGS.

[Lena Argiri @lenaargiri]

Greece, Cyprus, Israel and the United States will officially launch the East Med Energy Center in Houston on Thursday, implementing a key provision of the EastMed Act and creating a new platform for energy, technology and strategic cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean. https://t.co/tqN7AXQWoy

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

New reporting reveals Republican nominee for Iowa Governor Zach Lahn lives full time in Kansas.

Lahn says he plans to move to Iowa only if he is elected.

[Laiken Jordahl @LaikenJordahl]

BREAKING: DHS just gutted every relevant environmental law to build border barriers thru Big Bend National Park, where virtually nobody crosses the border.

This is a breathtaking attack on national park protections everywhere. If they do it here, they'll try to do it everywhere.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed our campaign for the US Senate.

We’re building a big tent to take on this corrupt system that Ken Paxton embodies.

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

I loan it out in June.

[Traces of Texas @TracesofTexas]

Traces of Texas reader Mona Gibbs' friend Marijane Beene snapped this amazing shot of the San Jacinto Monument just after it had rained six inches in about an hour --- and I'm jealous! I could stay out there for a year and never get a shot this beautiful. A single rainbow is one thing but a double rainbow is out of this world! Thank you, Mona and Marijane. I love this!

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

GPS jamming has reached space, and from orbit a single source can blank an entire continent at once, far beyond any jammer on the ground.

Scientists traced short GPS outages across Europe, from Iceland to Italy, to three Russian satellites in at least 3 of 75 cases logged since 2019, NYT. 1/

[EastMedMonitor @EastMedMonitor]

🚨 Game-Changer in the Eastern Mediterranean! 🇬🇷🇨🇾🇮🇱🇺🇸

The 3+1 alliance (Greece, Cyprus, Israel + USA) is officially launching the East Med Energy Center on June 11 in Houston, Texas — at the prestigious Baker Institute of Rice University.

This is the long-awaited fulfillment of a key provision in the landmark EastMed Act passed back in 2019. Finally moving from paper to reality!

The new center will supercharge cooperation in energy security, cutting-edge technology, innovation, and research — linking top universities, research labs, and private-sector giants. It will also serve as a strategic early-warning system for energy threats and geopolitical competition in the region.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright will join Greece’s Stavros Papastavrou, Cyprus’s Michalis Damianos, and Israeli officials for the big day, followed by high-level 3+1 talks on critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, and regional stability.

A major win for transatlantic energy partnerships and a stronger, more secure Eastern Mediterranean. 🌍⚡
The future of energy just got a whole lot more connected.

What do you think — is this the start of a new energy era?

Drop your thoughts below! 👇
#EastMedEnergy #EnergySecurity #3plus1 #EasternMediterranean​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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[Donna Brazile @donnabrazile]

Hello. Is anyone woke? Iran Severely Damaged US Air Ops Center in Qatar Soon After War Began https://t.co/1fzUzWNQDK

[Sara McGee for Texas HD 132 @SaraForTexLege]

The outgoing Texas Ag Commissioner, Sid Miller, has been sounding the alarm on this issue for over a year. Instead of listening and acting, not only did Greg Abbott ignore him, he decided to throw his weight in the primary behind a newcomer with ZERO agriculture experience (but with lots of money).

When their greed and corruption reach our kitchen tables, there is only one thing left to do.

Vote. Them. All. Out.

And for REAL experience and agriculture expertise, vote IN Clayton Tucker for Texas Agriculture Commissioner.

It is going to be a long and devastating summer for Texas ranchers. It didn’t have to be this way. 💔

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

USPS signed a court-supervised settlement in 2021: prioritize election mail delivery through 2028. Judicially enforceable. Not optional.

The new rule lets USPS choose which ballots to deliver based on federal lists. The NAACP says that is precisely what the settlement prohibits. Judge Sullivan oversaw the original proceedings. Ruling requested by June 22.

A court-enforced promise is being tested by regulation. That is the case.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) says it is “deeply alarmed” about the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) new rule created to carry out President Donald Trump’s plans for restricting mail-in voting. https://t.co/ZHYGFbkSCC

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is really stupid, and it’s not getting enough attention.

The Trump administration is pulling a working $368 million ocean monitoring system out of the water, equipment taxpayers already bought, built, and sank into the deep ocean.

And they are doing it right when the oceans are behaving in ways that alarm the scientists who study them.

Record-breaking temperatures.

A system of Atlantic currents that may be lurching toward collapse.

The response?

Yank out the instruments and walk away.

That is not budgeting. That is smashing the gauges while the engine is on fire and calling it efficiency.

For what? The Trump administration dressed it up as a “nimbler approach” and “smart lifecycle management,” which is fancy nonsense for “we shut it off and hoped nobody would ask why.” There is no return-on-investment analysis. They cannot show taxpayers save a dime, because the gear is already paid for and the science it produces protects real money and real lives.

The kicker: the same people killing the monitors want to mine the deep sea for minerals. So they are destroying the only tools that could measure what that mining does. That is not an accident.

That is the point. You cannot see the damage if you break the instruments first.
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[Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA @michael_hoerger]

The article title from the diabetes scientists said, "We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!"

I guess they were right.

https://t.co/6AG3L2S7Mc

[Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA @michael_hoerger]

Police removed diabetes scientists from the convention center here in New Orleans today after they attempted to pass out copies of an editorial from a peer-reviewed scientific journal (impact factor = 16.6) that was critical of NIH.

[Cassandra Garcia Hernandez @CasforTX]

Today on National Gun Violence Awareness Day, I wear orange for my dad, Augustine Castillo, and for every victim of gun violence.

They are why my campaign colors are blue and orange. They are the reason I fight. They are why I refuse to give up until no family has to endure the heartbreak, loss, and trauma that so many of ours have experienced.

Today, we honor them. Today, we fight for them.

Will you join us? 🧡@Everytown @MomsDemand @tx_momsdemandaction #txlege #hd115