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All things politely political. Separate account so I don’t get in trouble with the boss (which is me). #LeadFromTheTop

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Grid Reform in EU

The agency’s tasks include coordination of actions of national energy regulators at European level the development of common network & market rules, the participation in regional & cross-regional initiatives…

@JesseJenkins @drvolts #grid #gridgovernance

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

Europe is now moving on to the electricity market of the future.

The new Electricity Market Design reform enters into force today, bringing to the EU consumers and industry:

🌞 clean energy
🛡️ secure supply
📉 lower prices

#REPowerEEurope is now moving on to the electricity market of the future.

The new Electricity Market Design reform enters into force today, bringing to the EU consumers and industry:

🌞 clean energy
🛡️ secure supply
📉 lower prices

#REPowerEEurope is now moving on to the electricity market of the future.

The new Electricity Market Design reform enters into force today, bringing to the EU consumers and industry:

🌞 clean energy
🛡️ secure supply
📉 lower prices

#REPowerEEurope is now moving on to the electricity market of the future.

The new Electricity Market Design reform enters into force today, bringing to the EU consumers and industry:

🌞 clean energy
🛡️ secure supply
📉 lower prices

#REPowerEEurope is now moving on to the electricity market of the future.

The new Electricity Market Design reform enters into force today, bringing to the EU consumers and industry:

🌞 clean energy
🛡️ secure supply
📉 lower prices

#REPowerEEurope is now moving on to the electricity market of the future.

The new Electricity Market Design reform enters into force today, bringing to the EU consumers and industry:

🌞 clean energy
🛡️ secure supply
📉 lower prices

#REPowerEU

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@Reuters War is war. What is an amazing finding, in both Iranian and Russian captured munitions, is the amount of US electronics they contain.

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@RepRoKhanna Courage or mob mentality? This is a very complicated discussion dealing with conflicting information.

What has been reported is the vast amount of money Qatar has poured into universities. With what conditions? Unknown.

Also reported is that many protest leaders were paid.

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@MarioNawfal Meanwhile, US consumers are attempting to boycott UK products but aren’t finding anything they use which comes from the UK.

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Power and AI Boost Infrastructure Investments

https://t.co/524SxdhZSd

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@Yng_Habeeb @BRICSinfo Maybe you hurt your friends. The US does not.

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@visegrad24 Our personal boycott of the UK began at 12 AM CST.

Problem: We can’t think of anything we buy which comes from the UK. Quick search discovered three books printed in the UK but that’s it.

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Boycott Begins

Tonight, at 12 AM, our boycott of all UK products begins in retaliation for their boycott of products from Judea and Samaria.*

Concurrently, our consumption of Canadian products remains on an increasing upward trajectory.

* - Need to find a UK product we use.

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@JerryFreundNY @HilzFuld “ … lot more to this story …”

Please do tell. Many of us would be interested to hear the details.

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@ynetnews State of readinesses an issue too.

1/4 of destroyer fleet is deployable.

Aircraft Carriers (11 by statute!)

1 -Dry dock Seattle

2 -2 in 2yr RCOH Refuel & Complex Overhaul

1 -Caribbean training mission

1 -AL Returning

2 -3 month port reload

0 -Pacific Theater

7/11 Out

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@MollyBeck @jmart More than just luck; disinformation too.

[Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_]

NEW: The company behind a recent poll that showed Karen Bass with a 12-point lead over Nithya Raman for LA mayor & showed Bass collecting most of Spencer Pratt's prior support has admitted their poll was FAKE and was intended as a "social experiment" to see how a poll could spread in the media ecosystem without verification.

The company, Median Strategies, also conducted a recent poll in Wisconsin that had socialist gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong up by 20 points. Hong lost her primary.

It was all bogus.

Wild story via @Noah__Goldberg at LAT: https://t.co/WnuHCjTBG1

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@mitchellvii Relatedly…

[Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_]

NEW: The company behind a recent poll that showed Karen Bass with a 12-point lead over Nithya Raman for LA mayor & showed Bass collecting most of Spencer Pratt's prior support has admitted their poll was FAKE and was intended as a "social experiment" to see how a poll could spread in the media ecosystem without verification.

The company, Median Strategies, also conducted a recent poll in Wisconsin that had socialist gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong up by 20 points. Hong lost her primary.

It was all bogus.

Wild story via @Noah__Goldberg at LAT: https://t.co/WnuHCjTBG1

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@RoKhanna And family trust funds over $50 million.

Congress needs to spend less.

Example: 11 aircraft carriers and we keep one on station for 250 days. If we had 6, we’d still have 2x any other nation.

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@ETTC19 @perkinmyst @DanRShafer Their faith communities showed up for the primaries. It was like 98% in MI.

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@ETTC19 @perkinmyst @DanRShafer For which we can be most thankful.

Possibly it is true that the vast portion of the electorate are centrist. Low turnout primaries are swayed by strong partisans voting in the most extreme candidates. People complain about poor choices when the general election occurs.

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@MarioNawfal That would be the EU. Writing memos and assessing fines is what they do best.

We live in the peaceful hemisphere. Time to take advantage of it.

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@mutex7 @DanRShafer The reason for running should be to end up in the governor’s office.

She needs to proclaim her values loud and clear. Problem for her and her followers is she will lose the majority centrist vote by doing that.

Too late to start lying to get elected.

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@JeffMossDSR Misguided? Or perfectly clear view of the candidate’s beliefs?

If you want Team Democrat in office, you need to vote for an electable candidate. The third candidate won the election for him.

Land for Peace is the root foreign problem. Need someone who works for Americans.

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@NewsHour @GeoffRBennett @Lis_Smith Missing in analysis is 4% which went to a third candidate.

Israel does not receive unconditional money, must be spent on US products.

The EU & UK receive $55 billion and Japan $21 billion in unconditional military aid annually.

AIPAC $$ are channeled, just like unions etc

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@WWFerguson2 AIPAC has a portal through which members give to their candidate and the contributions pass through AIPAC to the candidate. Members are making these contributions.

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@WWFerguson2 The reason…

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Keeping cats indoors can "absolutely" help protect birds, ornithologist Peter Marra says, as migratory bird populations decline.

Hunting is in the "cat's nature. It does it, not because it's hungry, but because it's what it does," he told Horizons host @WmBrangham.

A new study from the science journal Nature indicates that more than half of all migratory bird species are in decline. Birds are an important part of life on Earth by helping to grow food, keeping pests at bay and spreading seeds across the globe.

Marra, the lead author of the study, said outdoor cats killing birds are "absolutely a problem," and cat owners should try to "minimize" their pet's time outside.

"Cats have caused the extinction of 63 species," Marra added. "Forty species of birds, 20 species of mammals, and three species of reptiles that we know about. There's probably others as well."

Horizons from PBS News, dives into the science, health, technology and environmental issues making headlines each week. Visit the PBS News website to watch this week's episode.