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Ryan Irvin retweeted
I have a lot of quibbles with the ways EAs do ethics but few other movements motivate adherents to take valuable steps like this.
My husband and I donated ~35k this year to GiveWell in part due to being friends with people like Kelsey.
Ryan Irvin retweeted
How can we be confident that permitting reform will lead to more transmission lines getting built?
Because we already ran this experiment 80 years ago with natural gas pipelines.
After federal control of interstate gas pipelines, mileage rose to 6 times the pre-1947 baseline.
As the Senate takes up a landmark permitting overhaul next week, what can history teach us about making interstate power lines easier to build?
Yale's @ZLiscow and UC Berkeley's @_josephshapiro in @washingtonpost: washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Ryan Irvin retweeted
With Dems all but certain to prevail in Mississippi and Alaska, we're most likely looking at a 56D-44R Senate and a ~260D-175R House, which would be Dems' largest House majority since 1992.
Ryan Irvin retweeted
Every Democrat should give this a watch
Ryan Irvin retweeted
Stephen Miller will put things on an even keel and execute the kind of pivot back to the center that revives the public's waning faith in Donald Trump's stewardship of the country — he's exactly the kind of sober minded, careful economic thinker who'll deliver on affordability.
Ryan Irvin retweeted
While we wait for the tens of thousands of early votes and absentee ballots to be counted, please read this important update from Team Mary 🧵👇
The numbers are clear: when every vote is counted, Mary Peltola will be elected as Alaska’s next United States Senator.
Ryan Irvin retweeted
As Michigan’s next Senate Majority Leader, I still believe in the American Dream.
My family came here from Malta and Mexico in search of opportunity in our factories. Those economic opportunities may look different today for my kids and yours, but we have a chance to build a new version of that American Dream right here in Michigan.
Tuesday’s election was clear: voters want leaders who stand up to corruption, corporate greed, and the status quo. They want legislators who keep their promises and actually fight for the working class.
In the State Senate, my colleagues and I are ready to meet these challenges and get to work.
Ryan Irvin retweeted
IBEW endorses BAAJA.
SCOOP: @IBEW, whose members align with utilities, is endorsing the Senate's bipartisan permitting reform bill.
"The IBEW strongly supports BAAJA... that will unlock development across the energy industry," the union said in a statement shared with me
Ryan Irvin retweeted
OMG -- you gotta watch this -- Fox & Friends is big mad that a bunch of newly elected and/or young Dems, like El-Sayed and Ossoff and Talarico, are attractive 😆😭
Check out this chyron: "THE LEFT SWOONS OVER 'HEATWAVE' OF NEW DEMOCRATS"
"We have an actual supermodel that's the First Lady and she can't get on the cover," Lawrence Jones whines
Ryan Irvin retweeted
The big tent is built on common
ground💪
"There is a tremendous amount of common ground between someone like an Adam Hamilton and Abdul El-Sayed," @AJentleson says. "Things like expanding health care access, expanding the social safety net, raising taxes on rich people and corporations."
Ryan Irvin retweeted
My crazy theory is that people think Trump is doing a shit job and wanted to send him that message.
Ryan Irvin retweeted
Current House numbers as of this morning
Democrats: 253
Republicans Given Anonymity to Speak Candidly: 157
Ryan Irvin retweeted
Colom: "I have faith that the process will be followed correctly. Everybody just needs to calm down, follow the law. It's very clear the direction of this. Ultimately, at some point the senator needs to speak out. Where is Cindy Hyde-Smith? Why can't she speak for herself? What is her path for victory? She doesn't have one."
Ryan Irvin retweeted
Fun fact: over 8% of all early and absentee votes were @UAW voters.
Ryan Irvin retweeted
I've been in politics for a quarter century. It's hard to express how staggering it is to see a conversation like this on corporate US media. The Morning Joe panel gobsmacked by the directness of @AbdulElSayed's points.
(clip via @DropSiteNews)
Ryan Irvin retweeted
I dunno, I'm warming up to the idea of letting Trump run again in 2028 after all.
Ryan Irvin retweeted
I did well in @MIRSnews pick-the-winners contest. I dedicated my winnings to help combat Islamophobia that @MikeRogersForMI used like napalm.
"... Timmer asked that the $50 be donated to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the name of Mike ROGERS."
