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politics @lemmy.world•PG&E Spends Millions Against Tom Steyer. What’s Behind the Clash?
5·3 days ago…central to the conflict between the progressive billionaire and the power behemoth, experts say, is Steyer’s ambitious plan to cut electricity bills. That platform is built on a pledge to wield the governor’s power over appointments to install regulators who will reduce the utilities’ guaranteed profits.
“That is a material threat to utility investors,” said Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford University.
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politics @lemmy.world•Ex-judges sound alarm about feds ‘micromanaging’ immigration courts
8·3 days ago“It might be the prerogative of the executive branch to set policy, but it’s really not their role to set limitations on rights,” Cade said. “And that’s what we’ve seen happening with the immigration court system.”
Fróes said the new policies created a toxic work environment and led some immigration judges and much of the Chelmsford staff to quit.
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politics @lemmy.world•Howard Lutnick Donated $5 Million to House Republicans Before Epstein Testimony
7·3 days agoHoward Lutnick, President Trump’s secretary of commerce, made a $5 million donation last month to a committee supporting House Republicans, an unusually large contribution for a sitting cabinet secretary.
The donation was made on April 1, four weeks after the House Oversight Committee arranged to interview Mr. Lutnick about his ties to the sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. The closed-door interview took place on May 6.
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Technology@lemmy.world•US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China tripEnglish
2·9 days agoKra$h, Patel!





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