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Remember--this wasn't inevitable, and absent a timely leak, almost certainly leads to a well-coordinated anti-BAAJA stealth campaign. Instead they had to grapple with the deal's tradeoffs out in the open. And to their credit, Dem negotiators never blinked. wsj.com/opinion/permitting-r…
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More White House staffing news. Caleb Orr will become Deputy Chief for Policy, succeeding Stephen Miller, per 2 ppl familiar
Fascinating regional shift to go from the top two in the House GOP hailing from the same southern state to a top three from the industrial Midwest.
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a certain kind of environmentalist will tell you we have ten years to decarbonize and then defend a review process that uses seven of them. the planet is on fire, please submit written comments before the close of the 90 day window
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There’s a tragic element to stories like this. This woman sincerely believes that a datacenter would pollute the air and water of her community. And those sincere beliefs resulted in blocking a $50m/year source of tax revenue in a community facing major economic and budgetary problems. Tragic.
Entire piece/🧵 worth reading washingtonreporter.news/edit…
Our take is that the great @LPDonovan was right when he observed that “everyone will be blaming their preferred cause, and they’ll all be right.”
Absolutely true, but the funny thing is that if BAAJA falters it will (wrongly) be attributed to the power of the groups rather than the profound inertia of a lame duck wipeout. Last night's roll call tells you everything you need to know.
How the Blue Tsunami Strengthened the Permitting Bill heatmap.news/daily/how-the-b…
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very dishonest of BAAJA opponents to simultaneously argue that restricting a President’s ability to block energy projects is bad because it will prevent a future Democrat from blocking pipelines but also BAAJA is bad because it won’t prevent Trump from blocking wind projects
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woke colonel lockjaw is just an amazing side character to have
Rep-Elect Richard Ojeda (D-NC) WON'T SAY if he supports Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for Speaker, telling @scrippsnews "ending Citizens' United is my hard line."
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Rare to see same-party state pairs splitting in this volume — Gallego, Heinrich, Hickenlooper, Kim, Klobuchar, Schatz, and Shaheen all vote yes while Kelly, Lujan, Bennet, Booker, Smith, Hirono, and Hasan vote no.
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73-25 final tally to advance on BAAJA. Not indicative of where folks land on final passage, but that’s a big vote to start
Hell of a number, but also a reminder that in the not so distant past it was routine to support getting onto a bill without passage being fait accompli. Now time to buckle down and get it done.
Invoked, 73-25: Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Cal. #453, H.R.2347, Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026.
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SCOOP: May Mailman, a close Stephen Miller ally, is returning to the White House in a temporary role to help the new chief of staff with operations and staffing as he puts his team in place
axios.com/2026/11/09/stephen…
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Have had my disagreements with @drvolts in the past, but have enormous respect for how he has engaged in the BAAJA debate.
He's hosted multi-hour conversations on his podcast with experts and followed the evidence where it led, regardless of how some people feel.
Major kudos!
If you don't have a plan or vision for what would or should happen in the event of a delay of leadership elections, you might as well expedite the inevitable. Otherwise you're just wasting undermining leadership for sport.
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This @SeanTrende piece is the best single thing I've read on the portion of the collapse of the Trump policy coalition that is due to governance choices.
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Vance: "I wanted to talk about the devastating loss last week. There are a lot of people unfairly criticizing the leader of the team. A lot of staff infighting. And there's a conversation about whether the number two has what it takes to lead the team. I'm talking, of course, about the Ohio State Buckeyes."
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Permitting reform is an early test for the Democrats. Will they stick with the bipartisan bill or allow environmental groups to retain their veto? ask @CJohnsonAELI and @LPDonovan
on.wsj.com/4eKTaKU
