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26 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Death of a giant from the modern American coal industry, whose company Murray Energy went bankrupt. He had just recently announced his retirement.
Some of the NYT pieces on Bob Murray... A Coal Baron Funded Climate Denial as His Company Spiraled Into Bankruptcy @LFFriedman nytimes.com/2019/12/17/cli…
How a Coal Baron’s Wish List Became President Trump’s To-Do List @LFFriedman nytimes.com/2018/01/09/cli…
‘The Coal Industry Is Back,’ Trump Proclaimed. It Wasn’t. nytimes.com/2020/10/05/us/…

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26 Oct
The head of a federal panel that advises the White House on compensation issues resigned on Monday to protest President Trump’s new executive order that could wipe out employment protections for tens of thousands of federal workers. nytimes.com/live/2020/10/2…
SHOW ME THE DOCUMENT: Here is the resignation letter Image
"The Executive Order is nothing more than a smokescreen for what is clearly an attempt to require the political loyalty of those who advise the President...I have concluded that as a matter of conscience, I can no longer serve him or his Administration. "
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24 Oct
Thread: I spent many hours talking to the authors of the key federal document from 2007 that explains why the United States went into lockdown as the pandemic spread early this year--and why schools were closed. centerforhealthsecurity.org/cbn/2007/cbnre…
Their research focused on the need for so-called non pharmaceutical interventions when a pandemic hit, and there were no known/proven vaccines or treatments.
I wrote a story early this year about the little-known federal employees who crafted this policy--and how their actions likely helped save countless lives this year @apoorva_nyc nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/…
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16 Oct
JUST POSTED: Facing the prospect that President Trump could lose his re-election bid, his cabinet is scrambling to enact regulatory changes affecting millions of Americans in a blitz so rushed it may leave some changes vulnerable to court challenges nytimes.com/2020/10/16/us/…
Let's review a few of the rules changes being pushed through. It that touches almost every person in the United States. First off, a fundamentally new way to define "independent contractor," which now covers abt 19 million people in the US.
For millions and millions, this could impact whether they are "employees" or "contractors" and the work benefits and protections they get. Yet Labor Depart admits its not sure how this will change the workplace. And it is only offering folks 30 days to comment.
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5 Oct
SO JUST HOW HAD IS THE COAL SITUATION IN THE US, DESPITE TRUMP'S PROMISE? Let's look at some data. First off, coal production in the United States. It is tanking. Fastest decline DURING TRUMP since 1930s. Second fastest in US history. eia.gov/outlooks/steo/… Image
Here is coal production data back to 1856 to 1958. Only once before, during a SINGLE presidential term, has their been a faster decline in coal production in the U.S. than what we have seen with Trump. Image
What is driving this decline? Coal as a source of power production in the United States is in major decline. And the pace of that decline is accelerating. It will recover a bit next year, says EIA. But it is WAY down during Trump. ImageImage
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5 Oct
THREAD: DO YOU HAVE $1 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF RELIEF? The world's largest coal company came to the Trump administration with an extraordinary request. Help us save coal or at least ONE big Arizona coal-burning power plant, Navajo Generating Station.
The request was for the EPA to formally endorse a move that would allow the coal-burning plant to avoid an air pollution upgrade that would cost as much as $1 billion. Peabody's lobbyists submitted this as part of a wish list of Trump-era actions.
Peabody and its lobbyists held a series of meetings with Interior Department officials in early days of Trump admin, as they laid out their plan to get US government help to save the Arizona power plant that burned Peabody coal.
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5 Sep
THREAD: CAMPAIGN DOLLARS AS A TRUMP TOOL TO SILENCE CRITICS: One aspect we dig into in this piece is how Trump has used $$ donated by supporters to silence/intimidate ex aides who raised ??s abt actions by Trump or his campaign. LETS TAKE A DEEPER LOOK>>>> nytimes.com/2020/09/05/us/…
Trump's targets using donated campaign $$$s include Jessica Denson who alleged abusive treatment and sexual harassment by another campaign staff member. Trump filed arbitration claim here--and initially got $50,000 award against Denson. FULL DOC int.nyt.com/data/documentt…
She was just one target--FUNDED with campaign donations. Trump also used campaign $$ to go after OMAROSA MANIGAULT-NEWMAN. One time big booster of Trump who became a critic. Then target of legal action funded by donors. LINK TO FULL DOCUMENT int.nyt.com/data/documentt…
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