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Looks like Robert Telles’ political fortunes were going up until his defeat in the primary (by about 2k votes). As far as I know, he didn’t practice criminal law.
I have met both the victim and the perpetrator in person (several times each). Jeff German really tried to be accurate and get things right. Good sense of humor (off the record).
Rob Telles was a law student and attended some bar events while a student and once he graduated. Always had a big smile. Did seem like the politician / networking type.
My guess is that having his political ambitions dashed broke him. Weird thing is he may have impersonated a burglar who broke into the Summerlin Lindo Michacoan restaurant a few weeks ago. Not sure how he expected to get away with it.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1567274292693565440
It wasn’t climate change? Does sewage treatment fall under the water infrastructure bond that California voters passed, but the billions of dollars haven’t gone into a single storage mechanism or other water project?
https://mobile.twitter.com/nancook/status/1562066995734011905
We’ll see what the parameters are tomorrow, but it isn’t looking good.
https://mobile.twitter.com/MarcGoldwein/status/1562129779326853121
If it is a payroll tax on everyone, it really will be plumbers paying for lawyers.
Oh, and the Rasmussen tracking poll had only a 47 favorable 52 unfavorable split today. Way up from the 15-17 percent gaps during the spring.
NEW: @Civiqs / 08/21
Biden Job Approval
Approve 36%
Disapprove 55%Independents
Approve 26%
Disapprove 63%Georgia: 32/57
Arizona: 34/58
Michigan: 36/55
Nevada: 37/55
New Mexico: 37/54
Pennsylvania: 38/53
Wisconsin: 39/54
New Hampshire: 40/51https://t.co/pm6mEdfpy0 pic.twitter.com/KSDTsTig9F— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) August 22, 2022
Like I said, there’s a shift in the vibe. May or may not affect midterms. If the so-called Inflation Reduction Act ends up keeping inflation high / forcing the Fed to keep raising rates as I suspect it might (the CBO agrees with me), then this may go down as a self-own.
https://mobile.twitter.com/omriceren/status/1559718385704996864
Also, no one has been held accountable for the kids killed in the mistaken drone strike on the aid worker and his family.
The word Biden appears zero times in this story from the NYT. https://t.co/0QoofQA8Y4
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 16, 2022
No mention of Biden and the logistics of the fall of Afghanistan in the NY Times or the NPR stories about the anniversary. Apparently ABC ran a long video on the fall and also didn’t mention Biden. Left-wing Twitter is out to try to blame Trump today, which has been interesting.
Bad things that happen during the Biden administration happen TO the Biden administration, not BECAUSE of the Biden administration.
Producer prices fell (with gas / oil prices). Probably shouldn’t have been a surprise. Feeds the greedy corporation narrative.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/
Creeping up according to Rasmussen’s tracking poll. Only down 9 points.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/ukraines-deadly-gamble
Here’s a good explanation of the (recent) history that lead to the invasion. I think we can all agree that the initial sanctions were garbage. Yesterday’s announced sanctions were the result of Germany reassessing its energy policy and realizing they’ve taken the wrong path since the 1990’s.
https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1498094616704217090
Oh, and they finally decided to devote 2% of their GDP to defense… because they realize that their part of the world isn’t the safe haven they thought it would be.
#Germany vs. #France carbon emissions comparison. The choice is obvious – clean and reliable #nuclearenergy is the only way in achieving #netzero. #Nuclear. pic.twitter.com/j4qjpgGZyQ
— Uranium Trends (@UraniumTrends) January 22, 2022
Yooooo 🇩🇪, I hear you guys might need some energy? Look at how quickly the French were able to decarbonize in response to the oil shocks with a little ⚛️ magic. Just sayin' pic.twitter.com/LqPSZhpTtX
— Angelica 🌐⚛️🇹🇼 (@AngelicaOung) February 22, 2022
I get it. Source, etc. But this isn’t a Ukraine or recent development.
Germany’s CO2 emissions haven’t budged since 2009, despite a $580 billion investment in renewables and a 50% ⬆️ in electricity costs. Meanwhile, France produces 1/10 of the emissions Germany does and pays just over 50% of the bill. How? Nuclear power. https://t.co/2qTZlwTiZO
— Rosatom Global (@RosatomGlobal) March 2, 2019
How is the US doing on energy policy?
Federal regulators reverse decision to extend nuclear plant license in Florida. Turkey Point station near Miami would have been permitted until 2052.
The environmental group Beyond Nuclear argued that climate change risks were not taken into account. https://t.co/srqT20DKeY
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) February 25, 2022
You read that right. The NRC decided to REVERSE itself and not renew the licenses for two nuclear plants because some “environmental” group called “Beyond Nuclear” said the renewal applications didn’t factor in effects from climate change. Beyond stupid. We are not a serious country when it comes to carbon emissions.
[quote quote=5629] On the right you have a huge network of self-reinforcing talking points and echo chambers that many conservatives listen to, read, watch, etc. with much more regularity because it tends to be much more personality driven with talk shows, blogs, podcasts, etc. [/quote]
I see your allegation and raise an actual media echo chamber, with evidence. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/magazine/the-aspiring-novelist-who-became-obamas-foreign-policy-guru.html
As Malley and representatives of the State Department, including Wendy Sherman and Secretary of State John Kerry, engaged in formal negotiations with the Iranians, to ratify details of a framework that had already been agreed upon, Rhodes’s war room did its work on Capitol Hill and with reporters. In the spring of last year, legions of arms-control experts began popping up at think tanks and on social media, and then became key sources for hundreds of often-clueless reporters. “We created an echo chamber,” he admitted, when I asked him to explain the onslaught of freshly minted experts cheerleading for the deal. “They were saying things that validated what we had given them to say.”
This is still going on to a ridiculous extent. Ron Klain whined to the press, and this was the result:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/03/biden-media-coverage-worse-trump-favorable/
What about all the “inflation is good, actually” pieces that came out around Thanksgiving? Like NBC suggesting that Americans not serve turkey to cut costs… on the “Today” show?
What about more recently? https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1471258774136664067
Aside from priorities, is this even true? Is there any good reason to believe that inflation hits low-income households especially hard? 1/ https://t.co/72hxWaL5zW
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) December 11, 2021
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/01/economy/inflation-good-bad-winners-losers/index.html
