Under @GovAbbott's leadership, TX has increased its electricity-generating capacity to the point where the state generates 2.76 times as much as CA. On a per capita basis, TX has about 4.01 kW capacity per person, while CA has about 1.45 kW per person.
TX Power 🧵2/11
Under @GovAbbott's leadership, TX has grown wind power generating capacity per person to 1.07 kW compared to CA's .21 kW per person (5X more).
TX generates 31,118 megawatts of wind power while CA generates only 8,183 megawatts.
TX Power 🧵3/11
But it is VITAL to realize that the actual power grid - called #ERCOT - is run by a board of 11 people selected by a committee of 3 people - one appointed by @GovAbbott, one by @DanPatrick, & one by @DadePhelan - the ERCOT board is now 100% independent.
TX Power 🧵4/11
In June 2021 @GovAbbott signed Senate Bills 2 & 3 overhauling the state’s power grid after the devastating winter storm in February 2021 and the widespread power outages that followed.
The biggest problem facing TX isn't the amount of power being generated but instead the failure of scientists to accurately project the impact of global warming on TX weather - promised warming never materialized and our grid wasn't ready for record low temps.
TX Power 🧵6/11
Failed candidate, @BetoORourke, famously promised he would dismantle ERCOT and connect TX to the national grid. This would have been a mistake for several reasons.
TX Power 🧵7/11
Increased complexity: Connecting ERCOT to the national power grid would likely increase the complexity of the electric system in Texas, as it would require the integration of multiple regional transmission organizations (RTOs).
TX Power 🧵8/11
Higher costs: Connecting ERCOT to the national power grid would likely require significant investments in new transmission infrastructure, which could increase costs for consumers.
TX Power 🧵9/11
Loss of independence: ERCOT currently operates as an independent system, which allows it to make its own decisions about how to manage the electric grid in Texas. Connecting to the national power grid could potentially reduce this independence.
TX Power 🧵10/11
TX is also under constant attack from the EPA and NGOs to shut down power generation capacity in the state BEFORE new clean sources are up and running. utilitydive.com/news/ngos-sue-…
After four decades of global warming warnings, we're facing our coldest winter here in America. When will the warming translate into warmer weather? the-sun.com/news/6971225/b…
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
ANTIFA: The Portland Police are now colluding with Antifa to prosecute federal officers protecting the ICE facility. Each time federal officers engage with Antifa Portland Police liaisons collect statements and videos from Antifa to facilitate state criminal charges against DHS agents. The officers do NOT intervene when they witness Antifa committing assaults, vandalism, or trespass - famously refusing to arrest journalist @KatieDaviscourt's attacker and more recently arresting X independent journalist Nick Sortor for disorderly conduct (When Antifa set fire to the American flag Nick put it out - presumably that is the disorderly conduct).
ANTIFA: Video of Nick Sortor at the Portland ICE Facility as he puts out an American flag set fire to by Antifa.
h/t @BillMelugin_
ANTIFA: Portland Police have a bubble around the ICE Facility and won't enforce laws, but their liaisons are working with Antifa to document their complaints against federal police - taking statements and collecting video for future state prosecution of DHS officers.
MAHA: It turns out Harvard sounded the alarm about Tylenol before Secretary RFK Jr. and President Trump. Last month Jay Lau, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published a systematic review of 46 prior studies using the Navigation Guide methodology, finding that many show a positive association between prenatal acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and ADHD.
MAHA: According to Harvard using acetaminophen during pregnancy may increase children’s autism and ADHD risk. hsph.harvard.edu/news/using-ace…
MAHA: Too many doctors refuse to follow the science.
LAWFARE🧵1/9: After publishing an op-ed exposing how Sergio Gor, Director of the White House PPO, sabotaged the most consequential political partnership in American history, I received a letter from Gor’s lawyer threatening to sue me for defamation.
LAWFARE🧵2/9: Sergio Gor's lawyer, Robert Garson, is demanding that I remove the op-ed from 𝕏, issue a full retraction falsely claiming the article contained false statements about Gor, and issue a prominent apology on 𝕏 and in a local newspaper expressing regret for the harm I caused Gor, including emotional distress.
LAWFARE🧵3/9: Let’s dispense with the pretense. My op-ed was built on a foundation of already published mainstream reporting, further corroborated by more than a dozen sources spanning the White House, executive agencies, and members of Mar-a-Lago. I did not, and deliberately chose not to, include any allegations that had not already entered the public domain. While some of what I uncovered through my own reporting was explosive, it was also beside the point. My objective was focused and clear: to expose how Sergio Gor sabotaged what may have been the most consequential political partnership in modern American history, between President Trump and Elon Musk.
The allegations shared with me by insiders were certainly lurid, but they were not central to the thesis of my column. So I excluded them. That’s called editorial judgment, something Gor and his lawyer seem to confuse with defamation.
In this thread, I will address the claims made in the demand letter from Mr. Gor’s attorney. I do so not because I fear legal reprisal (though if I'm honest I do), but because the truth deserves daylight. If Mr. Gor takes issue with the facts or the framing, he is welcome to make his case publicly. But let’s be clear: courts are not truth tribunals for political speech, and they were never meant to serve as censors for dissenting opinion. That belongs to the American people, not a bench and gavel.
SPORTSBALL: Imagine letting Marina Mabrey stay in the game after assaulting the league’s biggest star? Just a routine tech? Pathetic, WNBA. And giving Caitlin a tech after getting her eyes raked and then taunted? Embarrassing.
SPORTSBALL: This is why they attack Caitlin Clark.
SPORTSBALL: Another angle of the attack on Caitlin Clark.
POLITICAL VIOLENCE: Suspected Minnesota assassin, Vance Boelter, a political appointee of Gov Tim Walz, shot a state representative and state senator along with their wives in their homes early this morning. His car was filled with 'No Kings' flyers - a moniker that was used as a dog whistle for Antifa and political violence.
POLITICAL VIOLENCE: Vance Luther Boelter has allegedly been identified as the suspect in the ‘targeted’ shootings of Minnesota lawmakers Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman. hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-…
POLITICAL VIOLENCE: The fact that 'No Kings' is a dog whistle for Antifa and far-left violence is no longer a theory - Tim Walz ally and Democrat activist, Luther Boelter, shot and killed fellow Democrats who voted to strip illegals of healthcare.
INSURRECTION: Antifa forced federal officers to retreat inside the federal building in Seattle. They have now barricaded all exits. ICE is attempting to evacuate illegals being detained inside.
INSURRECTION: Antifa members are relentless in their attacks. Seattle is a vipers nest of the black clad insurrectionists.
INSURRECTION: Seattle police have had it with Antifa. The kid gloves that allowed Antifa to flourish there seem to be coming off.