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Let me be VERY clear for those of you in the back. If bringing down the largest child sex trafficking ring in our known history will "collapse the government as we know it," then the government as we know it needs to collapse.
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BREAKING: Disturbing new allegations accuse Republicans of hiding Mitch McConnell’s health status in order to prevent a special election that could put Trump’s enemy Thomas Massie in the Senate!
This seems INCREDIBLY shady…
Independent journalist Desirée Townsend laid out the disturbing case with clarity:
“Senator Mitch McConnell has now been hospitalized for three weeks. The gravity of this situation cannot be overstated, especially given that his wife, Elaine Chao, appeared in China just days after his hospitalization to meet with high-ranking Chinese officials.”
“The question now is about national security: if Senator McConnell has been unable to independently perform his duties, what safeguards exist to ensure classified intelligence briefings, defense appropriations information, or other sensitive congressional matters could not be accessed, discussed, or shared by individuals operating behind the scenes? And given the timing of Chao’s meeting with China’s vice president, what exactly was discussed?”
These are important questions that we NEED answers for.
Mitch McConnell has not been seen in public in over three weeks, nor have we had any update on his health after he suffered cardiac arrest, was given CPR, and then hospitalized.
Curiously, his wife Elaine Chao, who is not a government official, suddenly flew to China just three days after the incident – meaning that the person with power of attorney over his affairs is out of the country, meaning there is nobody to declare him brain-dead if he is indeed in a coma or otherwise mentally unfit to do his job, which it was unclear that he was capable of doing before.
Is she hiding in China to keep him alive as a vegetable?
In Kentucky, a special election to replace a Senator will NOT be called if it’s closer than 3 months till the next election, and that date is August 3rd.
If a special election was called, Trump’s vocal critic Thomas Massie would certainly run and likely win – which would be a HUGE headache for Trump and his agenda. If he didn’t win, he would split the vote, allowing a Democrat like Charles Booker to fill the seat.
That’s why they’re trying to conceal his condition as long as possible.
Either way, this is absolutely unacceptable. Mitch McConnell is the chair of the important Senate Rules Committee.
We cannot allow Republicans to just lie to the American people and treat their jobs like its a position they OWN, especially when so much is at stake and one vote could change history forever.
Republicans need to tell us what the hell is going on with Mitch McConnell, ASAP.
Some Silly Ficcer retweeted
Here’s your periodic reminder: The worst is yet to come from Trump’s Big Ugly Bill.
And that’s by design. Republicans wanted some of the worst impacts to take effect AFTER the midterms. We won’t be fooled.
Yep, returned to Twitter (okay, "X" 🙄) just to reblog/repost some posts against fake and/or foolish reactions about the NYC mayor saying what gov't leaders've been suggesting since, what? the 70's? Look, too much strain'll bring the grid down. D'ya want SOME cooling or none? 🧐
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For everyone pretending asking people to conserve power in a heat wave is "socialism": ERCOT, the grid operator in deep-red Texas, has done this 50+ times. Set it to 78, unplug what you're not using, ease off at peak. The 78° guideline goes back to the Carter administration and every grid operator in America uses it, red states included.
This isn't ideology. It's how you keep a grid from failing when demand spikes. And when a grid fails in extreme heat, people don't get "freedom" - they die. That's not hypothetical. It's what happened in Texas in 2021.
Manufacturing outrage over a routine, life-saving request tells on itself. It means you've got nothing real to say about the heat…so you're performing anger about a thermostat instead.
New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool.
Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can.
Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment.
A stable grid means the AC stays on, and lives are saved. Let's ease demand — and get through the heat — together.
Some Silly Ficcer retweeted
What do you set your thermostat to in the summertime? 🌡 Experts say the ideal temperature for comfort & cost savings is 78°.
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Does 78 Mean Something Different Based On Who Makes The Request?
I have been thinking about this whole 78 degree thermostat thing, and the more I look at it, the more it bothers me. Not because I think 78 degrees is some magical perfect number. Not beca… bit.ly/4f75cOl
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Mamdani must be doing something right, because the entire right-wing bench just crawled out of the woodwork to clutch their pearls over… setting the AC to 78. Advice so radical that Jimmy Carter gave it in 1979 and deep-red Texas repeats it every single summer. Truly the frontier of American socialism: a thermostat.
Wait til they find out what's actually making it this hot.
Some Silly Ficcer retweeted
As the mayor of New York made an advisory to keep the thermostat at 78° like other mayors have done.
And as in the states of Florida, Texas and California.
So it’s official per Trump, the US Department of Energy are communist.
The U.S. Department of Energy instructed AI data centers to stop using electricity from the main power grid.
As temperatures exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit across much of the eastern United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright ordered data centers and other major electricity consumers on the PJM grid to switch to backup generators. The purpose was to conserve power so that homes could continue running air conditioners during one of the hottest periods of the year.
The PJM grid serves 13 states and includes northern Virginia which hosts the largest cluster of data centers in the world. These centers support AI systems cloud computing streaming services and much of the internet but they require massive amounts of electricity.
Officials explained that backup generators would ease strain on the grid and help avoid blackouts while millions of air conditioners operated at peak levels.
This action illustrates how the rapid growth of AI infrastructure is starting to compete with regular household electricity needs during extreme heat waves.
There are drawbacks to the solution. Most backup generators burn diesel or natural gas which creates more local air pollution than power from large plants. The region also has limited battery storage compared to states like California and Texas making it challenging to handle demand surges with cleaner sources.
As AI data centers expand across the country experts predict that extreme heat events will increasingly challenge the ability of the power grid to meet both technological and everyday needs.
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Hi friends, You Should Be So Lucky is out in the world today! If lending people your annotated copy of The Haunting of Hill House is your love language, you might find this relatable!
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Some Silly Ficcer retweeted
who the fuck would pick dinner with Jesus over a TRILLION??
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Pretty sure I'm going to abandon this X ship soon, certainly before or by June. If anyone wants to stay in touch with me afterward, you can still find me on Tumblr, but if you want something more like an email or whatevs, DM me.
Nah, srsly, in the thing I was just watching? I REALLY wanted her to smack that smirking arse in the face with one of those serving trays. (Netflix, Tale of the Nine-Tailed) ((If you know, you know.))
The Cineverse, where no one ever explains anything when it'll help, where no one ever seems to realize almost every villain is just a petulant toddler in an adult body, and no one ever just hauls off and smacks the 'bad guy/girl/etc' in the face with a shovel/chair/heavy object.