Kochs Buy Giants and Loomer Battles MTG for the Epsteinth Time
Koch Cultural Power Moves• NY Climate Superfund • Global Emissions & Fossil Fuels • Brazil Mosquito Factory • Nick Clegg on U.S. Internet Decline • AI-Powered Stethoscope • Peabody Coal Demand Forecast • Interior Secretary Coal Push • Trump Deregulation & Coal • Coal as Critical Mineral • Government Shutdown Risk • MTG Names Epstein Abusers • Survivors’ Client List • Giuffre Family Rebuke • Discharge Petition for Transparency • Loomer vs. MTG
In the Valley of AI Underdeliverance
Top-down AI overhauls aren’t working; Peer-to-peer tool sharing and exploration is good; The machines train us as much as we train the machines, so be very wary of “sycophantic” AI gassing up people who have a lot of org power but not a lot of implementation experience.
No data for MAGA & The Sad Parade
Trump’s Parade Do-Over • NWS Hiring & EO Question • Park Police Pursuit Policy • Koch vs. VT Climate Policy • Veteran Arrested After ICE Protest • Climate Satellites Cut • WH Portrait & Autopen • NY Climate Superfund Act Challenge • Sierra Club Misconduct Complaint • Probe of Solar Imports • No Green Proposals Passed • Project 2025 @ DOE • ND Coal Leases Fast-Tracked • CA Pauses ‘Excess Profit’ Penalties • New Anti-Renewables Rule
Racist Grok Slop & Climate “Lawfare”
MAGA wants to make DC brutalist in a different way, dox wikipedia, and smother climate groups in legal slop.
New GOP Sensation: No Taxation! No Representation!
The latest Instrum-Intel roundup breaks down major U.S. political and cultural stories, from GOP voter support for a potential third Trump term to scientific criticism of Trump administration climate reports. It also covers Exxon’s quiet talks with Rosneft on Russian oil, RFK Jr.’s controversial shake-up of CDC vaccine policy, and shifting definitions of domestic terrorism under Trump. With sharp “What, So What, Now What” analysis plus punchy #TabloidDroid and #HaikuTheNews recaps, the piece explores power, governance, and public trust at the intersection of politics, climate change, and civil liberties.