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White. Male. Christian. Straight. ex-Wyomingite. Engineer/Scientist. Also, married to Black woman, father, Dem voter, curmudgeon. He / him. Love is love.
Sep 5, 2022 14 tweets 4 min read
What defines a MAGA Republican? And how many are there.

Thoughtful analysis and perspective from @pbump.
1/n

wapo.st/3ersv9S Bump provides four useful categories:
1) Rejection of 2020 election
2) Support for candidates who also reject it
3) Approval of 1/6 insurrection
4) Willing to consider violence to get what they want.
2/n

wapo.st/3ersv9S
Jan 31, 2022 14 tweets 3 min read
Great news! Dr. Laurie Leshin has been named to new (and first woman) Director of the Jet Propulsion Lab.

Some of our institutions continue to advance to a more just, equitable standard for America.

And some don't. A Thread:

jpl.nasa.gov/news/caltech-n… Progress like this is anything but inevitable. Nor does it come without real work.

Look at the sniping from the authoritarian faction
(and propaganda like Fox Not News Just "Entertainment")

About Biden's Supreme Court choice.
Dec 15, 2021 10 tweets 4 min read
Thread (1/9).
After neglecting their own infrastructure for decades and burning down CA communities and forests, utilities want to restrict rooftop solar & make us subsidize their mess.

@GavinNewsom you need to fix this

ocregister.com/2021/12/14/cal… Here's what they're doing (3 parts):
1) $57 per month rooftop solar penalty fee The more panels, the larger the fee. Includes apartments, new homes built with solar per state mandate, and batteries. The fee would be the largest in the U.S. (2/9)