RL Miller

@seancasten.bsky.social @realjaredhuffman.bsky.social

RL Miller@rlmiller.bsky.social

comment on permitting reform, for the folk who say that BAAJA is the ONLY BILL EVER and that we have to pass this bill NOW OR NEVER EVER EVER. But... what about the smart transmission-only "Casten-Levin" bills? EBRA, Cheap Energy Act. That's where Dems should start. In January.

The most important election of the year is happening right now! #Vote for #89 BACKPACK, our progressive champion! explore.org/fat-bear-week #FatBearWeek

oh hai haven't been posting here, did some ⛰️stuff in August, time to get back to US midterms and srs stuff

14 Sept

great news guys! EPA announced a major new regulation today! they'll be monitoring wastewater to detect legal birth control. they'll not be monitoring coal plants to detect carbon dioxide, mercury, greenhouse gases, minor details. We're living in Gilead but all the Commanders are fossil fuels.

7 Aug

It's time for another episode of Where In The World Am I, Wrong Answers Only!

7 July

Statement on Graham Platner, going to the @climatehawksvote.com email list tomorrow. We are withdrawing our endorsement.

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30 June

Tired of fundraising emails today? take action instead. Make #CallsForClimate starting at 3PM Pacific time/ 5 PM Midwestern for two Michigan climate hawks! @wewill2026.bsky.social and @donavanmckinney.bsky.social www.mobilize.us/fwa/event/94...

Hello friends. Nearly done with my Arrakis journey. Spent several days at a conference covering lack of snowfall on high peaks, causing drought in seven states dependent on water So I decided to explore for myself. First, a couple of large cousins of the famous Arrakis desert mouse, muad dib

Smart alecs who know Colorado might think this looks like Mt. Bierstadt, a CO 14er, but it's on Arrakis, really!

And on the way down, spotted a few charismatic mega fauna...but no sandworms.

I am naming this the Sandworm Flower

I climbed Mt. Arrakis!

23 June

Time to explore this strange new world of Arrakis

23 June

Still on Arrakis. Some charismatic mega fauna thirst for water. Others spray it to warn other critters. And still others prefer their water via crunchy greens.

22 June

I was promised a sandworm ride!

21 June

Guess where I am? Wrong answers only

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Climate Hawks Vote

@climatehawksvote.com

10 June

California has been counting its ballots slowly, but it's official: Congratulations to @villegas4congress.bsky.social in CA-22. Onward to victory in November and a Red-to-Blue pickup for this progressive #climatehawk!

Hey folk, just wrapped up Netroots Nation in Philly including an awesome climate caucus. And I want to share a 3 part framework for all the Dem Project 2029s fermenting out there. Climate or not. With Philly pix, starting with this mural made out of mirrors. Because we are all Eagles.

Part 3. Revenge. If that sounds too ugly, call it accountability. Or retribution. Or (truth and) reconciliation. Because they have corrupted us, stolen from us, enriched themselves, and we demand justice be served. Not a mural. But a fun little water spigot at Philadelphia City Hall.

Plane, boarding. Thread, ended. See ya soon Los Angeles!

Part 1. Rebuild, repair, replace. Rehire the EPA scientists. Re-fund shrunken science departments. Replace Trump’s name. Nuts and bolts. Mural: water is life.

Part 2. Reignite hope. The nuts and bolts of rebuilding must make big ideas into reality. Remember to dream and dream big. Give people reasons to trust govt to solve big problems. Mural: a phoenix style bird

3 June

congrats climate hawk @analiliafornj.bsky.social!

2 June

Voted. I understand that my vote may not count unless I take a selfie.

surveyusa.comSurveyUSA Election Poll #27896

2 June

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Poll Tracker 📊@polltracker.bsky.social

California Governor Primary 2026 🗳️ 🟥 Hilton 20% 🟦 Steyer 20% 🟦 Becerra 17% 🟥 Bianco 11% 🟦 Porter 7% 🟦 Mahan 6% 🟦 Villaraigosa 3% 🟦 Thurmond 1% Survey USA · 5/27–5/31 · Top 2 advance www.surveyusa.com/client/PollR...

1 June

🎉🎉🎉Today is Unsubscribe From All Likely Losing Primary Candidates' Email* Lists Before They Sell Your Name To Pay Their Campaign Debts Day to all who celebrate. *=Texts, too. Srsly. It's not ActBlue who sells your name. It's the candidates and their consultants.

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Dr Grace S Peng

@gspeng.bsky.social

Replying to @rlmiller.bsky.social

I came to the sad conclusion that a self-funded billionaire is my best bet against corporate money influence in elections. A friend in the nonprofit housing sector has worked with Steyer for a long time and assured me that Steyer's stated values are the values he lives by.

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Paul Coelho

@individkid.bsky.social

Ostensibly, I switched to Steyer because he hedges less on CAHSR, but he might hedge less because he is given less slack. In fact, I probably switched because of leftist independent media. Ostensibly, they opposed Porter because they have better crystal balls, and knew she would be unpopular.

RL Miller@rlmiller.bsky.social

An open letter to 52 percent of Katie Porter Supporters. I was one of you. I voted for Katie at the Cal Dem Party convention. I was excited about the idea of her razor sharp mind and whiteboard holding accountable the fossil fuel companies, especially the refiners and their funny math.... 🧵time

This is a good thread although needing updating in light of XB backpedaling off major climate goals

KneeDeep Times Magazine@kneedeeptimes.bsky.social

Where do California's 2026 gubernatorial candidates stand on climate? KneeDeep community reporting fellow Aayushi Akhani breaks it down in this infographic. #CaliforniaGovernor #CAGov2026 #CaliforniaPolitics #ClimatePolicy #CaliforniaClimate #BayArea #ElectionDay

If you want to stop a corporate takeover of California politics (in the form of Big Business Becerra and his corporate donors), please think long and hard about casting your vote for Tom instead of Katie. I will be voting for Tom. I hope Katie stays in politics because we still need her voice.

Source for the screenshot at the beginning, re 52 percent of Porter supporters open to voting for someone else, sorry for linking to Xitter x.com/PollTracker2...

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And if I thought Katie Porter had a chance to finish in the Top Two, I'd stick to that. However, reality in the form of dismal polling has set in. It's ok to blame misogyny. I do.

I hear you --Tom Steyer's status as a billionaire makes him hard to accept, and Katie has been explicitly running against his money in politics. However, his policies are closest to Katie's policies. Health care for all. Holding fossil fuel companies accountable. Lowering costs for working folk.

I wanted to see California's first woman governor -- especially one who empathizes with struggling single moms. I defended her in online chats -- yes, she's tough, but we need that in a governor. And yet. Here we are.

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Jodi Jacobson

@jljacobson.bsky.social

27 May

Another $500,000 from Chevron to the PAC that clearly states it supports Becerra. Losing count of how much money Chevron has spent to support Becerra. They keep ratcheting up because Steyer is gaining.

kmph.comBecerra says he’d scrap current high-speed rail configuration and finish on time and budgetThe race for California governor is heating up, and the Central Valley is taking center stage.Gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra stopped in Fresno Saturday

26 May

Is anyone in Sacramento still doing actual journalism any more? Follow up questions, pressing for explanations? Is Becerra really proposing to re route all the high speed rail built so far???

Greg Greene (he/him/his)@greene.haus

“‘I’m going to scrap the current configuration, and I’m going to make sure we finish,’ Becerra said. ‘But we’ve got to do it on budget and on time.’” These … certainly are words. They indicate no knowledge whatsoever of the project, but they're words.

25 May

Hey folk earnestly explaining that campaigns cannot legally coordinate with SuperPACs and thus have no clue what is being done with the money spent by PG&E, Chevron, Uber, et al... let me introduce you to the concept of redboxing. Messaging directions from the candidate to the SuperPAC.

Huh. I just asked Tom Steyer the exact same question that got me tossed out of the Xavier Becerra town hall two weeks ago...and I got a substantive response. No security goons needed. "You come to the fastest warming county in the lower 48 states, do you have a climate plan?"

Gonna try to upload video of my question and his response

At @climatehawksvote.com we WIN our races. Congrats climate hawk @chrisrabb.com in #PA03!

next up: California, where we have endorsed FIVE climate hawks in FIVE competitive primaries.

CA-01: Mike McGuires hates PG&E more than you do. CA-03: Heidi Hall is such a tree-hugger, she signed the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge on a tree! CA-22 is a battle for the soul of the party: choose Randy Villegas. CA-26: Chris Espinosa is the Dolores Huerta Dem. CA-32: Jake Levine is the real deal.

19 May

Same. Write it down so that we can read it.

KJ Charles@kjcharleswriter.com

I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.

climatecoloredgoggles.comNews roundup: More oil money for Xavier BecerraBut first: The solar industry has a new leader.

18 May

Elex in 2 weeks, native plants dried out from intense heat months ago, 🔥 burning towards me, this must be October amirite?

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Sammy Roth

@sammyroth.bsky.social

15 May

"I think Big Oil is choosing its governor. They are indicating very clearly which side they're on," said @rlmiller.bsky.social. "They have chosen Becerra as the person who will do their bidding."

Sammy Roth@sammyroth.bsky.social

Guess which California governor candidate is now being backed by half a million dollars from the state's biggest oil driller? Hint: It's not Tom Steyer. Lots of news in today's CLIMATE-COLORED GOGGLES: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/oil-money-...

14 May

Oh look, Occidental Petroleum's spinoff is calling itself "Working Families For Puppies and Kittens for Xavier Becerra" in order to spend $500K for Becerra. Do you understand the assignment to stop the fossil fuel takeover, California voters?

14 May

Just in case y'all haven't been paying attn... Cal Resources Corp, a spinoff of Occidental Petroleum, just dropped $500k in favor of Xavier Becerra