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America will never have a true left wing.

Vote and kick their motherfucking ass.

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When households in the United States pay their gas and electric bills, theyre paying for energy, the wires and pipelines it takes to get that energy into their home, and the costs of maintaining that infrastructure. But those monthly payments could also be funding efforts by utilities to lobby against climate policies.

While federal law prohibits utilities from recovering lobbying expenses from customers, consumer advocates say that those rules lack teeth and arent sufficiently enforced. Now, states are taking the lead to ban the practice. According to the utility watchdog group Energy and Policy Institute, lawmakers in eight states, including California and Maryland, have introduced bills this year that would block utilities from charging customers for the costs of lobbying, advertising, trade association dues, and other political activities. The measures build on a growing trend in state policy: Last year, Colorado, Connecticut, and Maine became the first states in the nation to pass comprehensive laws preventing utilities from passing on the costs of lobbying to ratepayers.

There is a lot of recent success that states can look to for inspiration, said Charles Harper, power sector policy lead at the climate advocacy group Evergreen Action. People are starting to pay attention because theyre realizing that theyre paying for climate denial in their bills every month.

Bump.

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Biden coming through

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday will announce $1.2 billion of student debt relief for nearly 153,000 borrowers and hes sending emails to make sure they know whom to thank for it.

The administrations latest tranche of loan forgiveness covers borrowers who are enrolled in Bidens new loan repayment program, initially borrowed $12,000 or less and have been repaying their debt for at least 10 years.

Biden will tout the relief and his administrations broader efforts to cancel student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans during remarks in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

The White House said the event will include some of the borrowers who will benefit from the announcement as well as those whove previously had their debts canceled by Biden.

The administration says that it has now approved loan discharges totaling nearly $138 billion for nearly 3.9 million borrowers through dozens of administrative actions since coming into office.

But a challenge for the Biden reelection campaign and Democratic allies is making sure that the president gets credit for canceling that debteven as the White House explores ways to further increase the number of Americans receiving loan relief.

Congratulationsall or a portion of your federal student loans will be forgiven because you qualify for early loan forgiveness under my Administrations SAVE Plan, says the email message from Biden that the Education Department plans to send on Wednesday to the latest group of borrowers receiving loan forgiveness.

I hope this relief gives you a little more breathing room, Biden writes in the message.

The Education Department has previously sent out emails signed by Biden for some, but not all, previous rounds of debt relief. Many borrowers have posted screenshots of those emails in recent months across social media platforms.

Previewing the announcement on Tuesday, a senior administration official told reporters that the emails are an important way to communicate with borrowers, to make sure emails get opened, and to raise the profile of the benefits that were offering, and encourage more borrowers to take advantage of them.

The latest tranche of loan forgiveness is part of Bidens new loan repayment program known as the SAVE plan that the administration finalized last year. It offers lower monthly payments based on borrowers income and an easier path to getting their debts ultimately canceled after years of payments.

U.S. Congressman Andy Ogles of Tennessee is under fire for his comments on the war in Gaza. In a recently released video, Ogles can be seen walking through the U.S. Capitol, as a pro-Palestinian activist questions him on Americas support for Israels military.

Thats my taxpayer dollars going to bomb those kids, the woman said.

You know what? Ogles said. I think we should kill them all if that makes you feel better.

The American Muslim Advisory Council, or AMAC, has denounced Ogles comments and an earlier neo-Nazi rally held in Nashville over the weekend.

Such rhetoric is not only abhorrent but also antithetical to our values as a state. It is such rhetoric that has continued to foster a political climate where extremist ideologies flourish, empowering neo-Nazis to openly parade through our streets and allowing genocidal sentiments to go unchallenged, the Tennessee-based organization said in a statement. This cannot be tolerated any longer. As citizens of Tennessee, we deserve better representation from those elected to office.

House Majority Leader William Lamberth filed a resolution Tuesday that would condemn neo-Nazism in the state.

Racism and hatred in any form are repugnant and sinful, he wrote in the resolution. Neo-Nazi groups promote an ideology in conflict with our nations bedrock principles of liberty and justice for all.

AMAC said it has seen a rise in anti-Muslim attacks across the state, including a pregnant woman being attacked by a neighbor in Memphis, online threats to Muslim community in Hamilton County and teenagers in Nashville being assaulted and called terrorists after attending a rally.

Last week, AMAC was also forced to take down a student survey after receiving a threat associated with one of the submissions.

Caution though, Nazis are still getting some seats on city councils and school boards.

Shit isn't gonna happen.

The Philippines' fishing bureau has accused Chinese fishing vessels of using cyanide to destroy Scarborough Shoal, a fish-rich atoll in the South China Sea contested by both Manila and Beijing.

"These Chinese fishermen use cyanide," Nazario Briguera, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, said on Saturday, per a translation from Filipino by The Philippine Star.

Cyanide fishing is a controversial fishing method that typically involves dumping the highly toxic chemical near coral reefs or in fishing grounds to stun or kill fish so they can be easily captured.

It's widely condemned because it indiscriminately affects most marine species in the area, causes severe damage to aquatic ecosystems, and can make fish harmful to handle or eat.

But Brigeura accused the Chinese fishermen of using cyanide to also "intentionally destroy Bajo de Masinloc to prevent Filipino fishing boats to fish in the area," The Philippine Star noted. Bajo de Masinloc is the Spanish name for Scarborough Shoal.

The spokesperson estimated that the alleged use of cyanide would result in about $17,850,000 in damages to the region, the outlet reported.

The bureau said it hadn't conducted a formal study of the total damage but said it was a "serious concern," The Philippine Star reported.

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