Steve Schmidt, Former Republican Presidential Strategist and Founder of the Lincoln Project: 'Do Not Be Afraid, Strike Down Trumpism'

https://www.maxnewstoday.com/post/steve-schmidt-strike-down-trumpism 

NYTimes: Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance

Trump's Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance https://nyti.ms/3jmgeBf 

New York Times reveals it has obtained the US president’s tax return data for thousands of personal and corporate returns going back more than two decades.

New York Times reveals it has obtained the US president's tax return data for thousands of personal and corporate returns going back more than two decades.

Donald J. Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750.

He had paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made.

As the president wages a re-election campaign that polls say he is in danger of losing, his finances are under stress, beset by losses and hundreds of millions of dollars in debt coming due that he has personally guaranteed. Also hanging over him is a decade-long audit battle with the Internal Revenue Service over the legitimacy of a $72.9 million tax refund that he claimed, and received, after declaring huge losses. An adverse ruling could cost him more than $100 million.

The tax returns that Mr. Trump has long fought to keep private tell a story fundamentally different from the one he has sold to the American public. His reports to the I.R.S. portray a businessman who takes in hundreds of millions of dollars a year yet racks up chronic losses that he aggressively employs to avoid paying taxes. Now, with his financial challenges mounting, the records show that he depends more and more on making money from businesses that put him in potential and often direct conflict of interest with his job as president.

Bernie Sanders and AOC Change Their Message

Bernie Sanders and AOC Change Their Tune  ["https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-25/aoc-and-bernie-understand-this-election-is-about-saving-democracy"] 

Nukes looking to H for Salvation

Nuclear Power Wants to Hitch Fortune to the Hottest New Fuel  ["https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-25/nuclear-power-wants-to-hitch-its-fortune-to-the-hottest-new-fuel"] 

Phys.org: Young physicist squares the math on coexistence of time travel and free will

Phys.org: Young physicist 'squares the numbers' on time travel.
https://phys.org/news/2020-09-young-physicist-squares.html 

Even if you discount Tesla's 3 yr. battery cost reduction forecast, it is still a big declination curve.

https://reut.rs/2Er4E8u 

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Great Equalizer

https://www.newyorker.com/news/postscript/ruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court-the-great-equalizer-obituary?utm_source=onsite-share&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker 

The Year’s Biggest Wave Award, A First for Women in Surfing turns out to be the world record wave ever to be ridden by a woman. See this vid

Maya Gabeira Rides the Year's Biggest Wave, A First for Women in Surfing https://nyti.ms/2FHdb87 

Weary Gulf Coast mayors say hurricane season has changed for the worse - finally acknowledging the root cause directly or weaseling up to it indirectly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/hurricanes-gulf-mayors-climate/2020/09/19/c0b42498-fa82-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most 

Something more upbeat from a plainspoken activist in NJ

Posted l by Laura Merz from NJ 11th For Change:

I don't know who needs a pep talk today but by god, you're going to get one so buckle up. There will be swearing.

Ruth Bader Ginsberg did not last for 3.5 years with pancreatic cancer for us to lose all hope and give up upon her death. Fuck. That. Noise.

No. I refuse to accept it. I'm not saying the fight won't be a lot harder. But I refuse to be fatalistic. There's a blog that I follow where the author has repeatedly said "Hope is a discipline."

I don't know if you all remember, but in 2018 we blue waved the fuck out of this country! We had a map that was hideously against us and we lost ground in the senate by only one seat. Only one! And let's face it, Florida and Georgia were totally rigged. Despite the horrific GOP gerrymandering, we gained 40(!!!!) seats in the house. In 2017 when
the GOP held the senate, house, and white house, we save the ACA. Not RBG. Not the supreme court. We did that! We pressured and showed up every day and we saved that vital first step in getting us all healthcare. 

You know what has happened since then?? We. The. People. voted to expand medicare in multiple states. We. The. People. elected
governors to expand medicare in other states.

 So I don't want to hear"We're doomed." or "We're powerless." Fuck. That. Noise. We the people have the power. We are coming up to
an election where we can flip the senate, get rid of the filibuster, and pack the court. Can we save this iteration of Roe? Maybe not. But
can we enshrine reproductive choice and justice into federal law and thus take away the need for court battles every few years? Yep. We sure can. Can we save the ACA in its current form? Maybe not. But can
we pack the court and enshrine medicare for all into law? Yes we can!

Remember the panic when we were terrified that Rosenstein would be fired and then Mueller would be fired because he was going to save us? I do. And you know what? They didn't save us. We don't need them to
save us. We. Save. Us.

Is it going to be easy? No. It wasn't easy when John Lewis and a whole bunch of brave Black activists marched for voting rights. Police Dogs,fire hoses, and batons greeted them. They still marched. And they won. Black men and women survived generations of slavery, Jim Crow laws, red lining, and police brutality to this very day. And you know what?
They're organizing and protesting and getting laws changed. Is it dangerous? Yes. Is it difficult? Yes. Are they scared? Yes. Are they
still doing it? Yes. 

That's where we must be. I know you feel scared and hopeless and helpless. That's how autocrats come to and hold on to power. But you aren't helpless. And you shouldn't be hopeless. When the freedom riders started in the 50s, when the march for civil rights happened in the 60s, do you think they
believed that they'd see a Black president in just a few decades?! 

The seeds of change are being planted now. We are seeing a great awakening of young people. We are seeing people who have never been interested in politics before jump in. We are seeing people who were GOP jumping into the fray for Biden. We are seeing coalitions that we never thought would happen.

RBG didn't back down from a fight. So god damn it, I'm not either. I'm going to mourn her in the only way that honors her - I dissent! I
protest! I will stand up for the marginalized communities. I will protect people. I will gather up my people and I will fight for the
rights of everyone. I expect every one of you to do the same. We didn't ask for this fight, but we are the ones who will fight it.

We may see some setbacks in the next few years. But by the time my niece (who is 6) turns 16, I'm giving her a country that respects her rights, that stands for liberty and justice for ALL, and that provides for her health and education in a way that we can't even imagine right now. So get ready to flood phone lines. Get ready to protest. And get ready to put yourself on the line. Because the only way we ensure our children have the future we want for them is to elect people who will deliver for us and hold those people accountable.

If you aren't plugged in with a campaign, tonight is a damn good night to start! There is no room to stay in your comfort zone. And you can't stay where it's safe if you are opposed to trump and what he represents. 

If you mourn RBG, do it right and dedicate yourself to this fight. I'm scared. But I'm not giving up. And I'm not giving up hope either. 

Hope is a discipline. Work at it every day. RBG and John Lewis passed the mbtorch. I'm picking it up and running with it. Join me.

BP set to dominate solar. Second time for them on this, but now with some powerful new motivators.

Business Insider: Insider Energy: BP set to dominate solar, Singapore probes Exxon - Business Insider.
https://www.businessinsider.com/insider-energy-bp-set-to-dominate-solar-singapore-probes-exxon-2020-9 

About to pass 200,000 mark and starting to see the uptick in cases from easing

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-17/u-s-cases-rise-at-steady-pace-texas-eases-curbs-virus-update?cmpid=BBD091820_BIZ&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=200918&utm_campaign=bloombergdaily&sref=BTyeP4at 

NOAA taps David Legates, professor who questions the seriousness and severity of global warming, for top role - yet another outrage

The Washington Post: NOAA taps David Legates, professor who questions the seriousness and severity of global warming, for top role.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/09/13/noaa-hires-david-legates-climate/ 

CleanTechnica: Report: 47 US States Could Meet 100% Of Electricity Needs Using In-State Renewables

CleanTechnica: Report: 47 US States Could Meet 100% Of Electricity Needs Using In-State Renewables.
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/14/report-47-us-states-could-meet-100-of-electricity-needs-using-in-state-renewables/ 

BP report concludes: Oil is dying, to be displaced by green energy

 BP report concludes: Oil is dying, long live green energy.
https://electrek.co/2020/09/14/bp-report-oil-green-energy/ 

Reuters UK: Potential sign of microbial life detected on Venus

Reuters UK: Potential sign of alien life detected on inhospitable Venus.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-space-exploration-venus/potential-sign-of-alien-life-detected-on-inhospitable-venus-idUKKBN2652HG 

Top Earners Would Pay Up Under Biden Tax Plans, Everybody else about the same as before the trump cut. Study Shows

Millionaires Would Pay Up Under Biden Tax Plans, Study Shows  ["https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-14/millionaires-would-pay-up-under-biden-s-tax-plans-study-shows"] 

BBC News: Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on innovation

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on innovation - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54100001

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NYTimes: A Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executives’ Agreement on Public Messaging to Mislead about Flaring of Nat Gas

A Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executives' Private Views on Climate Change https://nyti.ms/2FqRfOj 

Canada reports zero COVID-19 deaths for first time since March

https://reut.rs/32ocYyQ

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SpaceX camera on a Falcon 9 rocket. Watch this landing

CNN: SpaceX strapped a camera to a Falcon 9 rocket. Watch what happened.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/09/11/spacex-falcon-9-polar-orbit-launch-orig.cnn-business 

Greentech Media News: Duke and PV Developers Strike Grid Agreement, Clearing Path for Hundreds of PURPA Megawatts

Greentech Media News: Duke and PV Developers Strike Grid Agreement, Clearing Path for Hundreds of Megawatts.
http://feeds.greentechmedia.com/~r/GreentechMedia/~3/v0XzFvBIgzA/duke-energy-and-large-solar-developers-reach-interconnection-agreement 

Trading Powerhouses Join Exchanges in Fighting New Jersey Tax Plan - what a well-designed network can do (for you or to you)

Trading Powerhouses Join Exchanges in Fighting New Jersey Tax Plan  ["https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-11/trading-powerhouses-join-exchanges-in-fighting-n-j-tax-plan"] 

U.K. Government Eyes Developing ‘World Leading’ Hydrogen Market

U.K. Government Eyes 'World Leading' Hydrogen Market  ["https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-10/u-k-government-eyes-world-leading-hydrogen-market"] 

US Clean Power (Wind) Giants Join Forces to Build Lobbying Muscle for 2020 Election - Bloomberg - interesting lobby $ numbers

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-03/u-s-clean-power-giants-to-join-forces-to-build-lobbying-muscle?sref=BTyeP4at 

Trump vs Democracy: Anne Applebaum on authoritarianism - The Lincoln Project

Trump vs Democracy: Anne Applebaum on authoritarianism

From Wednesday 2 September 2020

https://lincolnproject.us

https://pca.st/ax23wbs6

The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg Addresses Trump’s “Loser” Remarks, Talks about Using Multiple Primary but Anonymous Sources

Deadline: 'The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg Addresses Trump's "Loser" Remarks, Talks Using Anonymous Sources.
https://deadline.com/2020/09/the-atlantic-jeffrey-goldberg-donald-trump-cnn-reliable-sources-1234571961/ 

Election Call Crew Training!

https://mblz.io/Szs91y 

Trumps on the Couch | by Anne Diebel | The New York Review of Books - a review worth reading to see where the trouble starts and echoes

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/09/24/trumps-on-the-couch/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR Ferrante Graeber Trumps&utm_content=NYR Ferrante Graeber Trumps+CID_5a2899df3ee55bdb441459d141872e35&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_term=family history

In new book, Trump's longtime lawyer calls him a cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a predator and a con man. - he may be a criminal but it sounds accurate to me. |The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cohen-trump-book/2020/09/05/235aa10a-ef96-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html?wpmk=1&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNTk2OTkwYTc5YmJjMGY2ZDcxYzM5YzZkIiwidGFnIjoid3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MvY29oZW4tdHJ1bXAtYm9vay8yMDIwLzA5LzA1LzIzNWFhMTBhLWVmOTYtMTFlYS1hYjRlLTU4MWVkYjg0OTM3OV9zdG9yeS5odG1sP3dwbWs9MSZ3cGlzcmM9YWxfbmV3c19fYWxlcnQtcG9saXRpY3MtLWFsZXJ0LW5hdGlvbmFsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YWxlcnQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249d3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUmbG9jYXRpb249YWxlcnQifQ.SOXo2U5hhqj3tRhfOXqQK7FhJB3eVJ2ZMutHYPSqrdM

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Year End Covid projections

A new long-term forecast predicts a significant acceleration in Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. as colder weather takes hold. Under the latest projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington's School of Medicine, deaths could rise to 410,000 by the end of 2020. In a worst-case scenario, there could be 620,000 fatalities, more than three times the number of Americans who have died over the past eight months. The difference between the projected and worst-case scenarios comes down to how diligent authorities are in mandating masks and social distancing, according to the report. More than 187,000 Americans have perished from the novel coronavirus. —David E. Rovella, Bloomberg News

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Chicago launches $200M RFP to power city facilities by renewable energy | Utility Dive - Big Cities making the shift - and quickly

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/chicago-supplier-transition-city-owned-buildings-renewable-energy/584752/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202020-09-04%20Utility%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:29496%5D&utm_term=Utility%20Dive

"Ignore the C.D.C." - Harold Varmis, Nobel prize winnining former Director of the US National Institutes of Health

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/opinion/cdc-testing-coronavirus.html

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Ignore the C.D.C. - Harold Varmis, Nobel prize winnining former Director of the US National Institutes of Health

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/opinion/cdc-testing-coronavirus.html

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Biden presidency could decarbonize US power sector by 2035, Trump win would delay past 2050: Woodmac | Utility Dive - 15 Years We Can't Afford

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/biden-presidency-could-decarbonize-us-power-sector-by-2035-trump-win-would/584552/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202020-09-03%20Utility%20Dive%20Renewable%20Energy%20%5Bissue:29467%5D&utm_term=Utility%20Dive:%20Renewable%20Energy 

Trump’s Broken Coal Promises Could Cost Him 2020 Election Support - And how about costing taxpayers over $1B of foolish expenditure and complete destruction of our environmental protections?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-09-03/trump-s-broken-coal-promises-could-cost-him-2020-election-support?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202020-09-03%20Utility%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:29466%5D&utm_term=Utility%20Dive&sref=BTyeP4at 

Tesla ramps up interest in electricity utility business - its pretty clear to see how being a licensed utility deliver a lot of opportunity if you own a massive number of charging stations and installed base of customers with tesla cars and powerwalls in garages.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-electricity-utility-germany/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202020-09-03%20Utility%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:29466%5D&utm_term=Utility%20Dive 

NYTimes: Homeland Security Blocked Warnings of Russian Campaign Against Joe Biden - looking more and more like secret political police

Homeland Security Blocked Warnings of Russian Campaign Against Joe Biden https://nyti.ms/3hVWNOJ 

Federal debt nearly equals U.S. annual economic output for first time since World War II, CBO finds

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U.S. court: Government Mass surveillance program exposed by Snowden was illegal

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Concerned Americans standing up and taking action

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