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opening thoughts: 

Why China is becoming the world’s first electrostate

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opening thoughts

In April this year, China installed more solar power than Australia has in all its history. In one month.

This isn’t a story about Australia’s poor track record on solar; Australia is a global leader. Rather, this shows the astonishing rate at which China is embracing renewable technologies across every aspect of its society.

But don’t make the mistake of thinking this transformation is driven by a moral obligation to act on climate change.

China’s reasons for this are less about arresting rising temperatures than its desire to stop relying on imported fossil fuels and to fix the pollution caused by them.

The superpower has put its economic might and willpower behind renewable technologies, and by doing so, is accelerating the end of the fossil fuel era and bringing about the age of the electrostate.

“The whole modern industrial economy is built around fossil fuels. Now the whole world is moving away from that and that means that we are rebuilding our economy around emerging clean tech sectors,” said Muyi Yang, the lead China analyst at energy think tank Ember.

“Once the new direction is set, the momentum will become self-sustaining. It will make reversal impossible. I think China now has set its direction towards a clean energy future.

part one: Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money. https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts-of-interest

bio: Ellis Simani is a data reporter at ProPublica.

What I Cover My work pairs quantitative analysis with traditional investigative reporting techniques. I often cover stories at the intersection of money and power. I am interested in data and documents that reveal abuse or fraud.

My Background My recent work has interrogated the ways that nonprofit organizations raise and spend their money. I’ve also investigated the stock trading of the wealthiest Americans. In “The Inside Edge,” my colleagues and I revealed several investment advantages that enable top executives and other well-connected investors to make trades with remarkable timing.

part two: Bill Curry  was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets.  

topics: 

Curry's facebook post: wishing Trump well in his pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize

It's a big week for future Nobel Peace Prize winner Donald Trump, who's been out burnishing his credentials as the world's premier peacemaker, not just for today but for all time. The twentieth century had Gandhi. We have Trump.

It's already been a big year for Trump. He was so bent on making peace with Iran he violated our Constitution and international law to drop huge bombs on Iranian nuclear facilities while pretending to negotiate with the very folks he was bombing. Clever boy. The negotiations were needed because he had unilaterally revoked a nuclear agreement his country had made with Iran that inspectors say Iran was honoring. He did so partly owing to his contempt for everything the previous 45 inferior presidents had done, but especially anything John Kennedy or Barack Obama did. He pronounced the bombing a "total success" though it turns out he missed the stockpiles he meant to destroy thus setting the program back but a few short weeks or months. Hey, stuff happens. I mean, A for effort.

Trump made another huge contribution to world peace when he revealed that the whole point of the Gaza war isn't to rid the world of Hamas but to rid Gaza of all Gazans. He hopes to build a luxury resort hotel on the rubble. He promised to end the conflict "On Day One" via negotiation--art of the deal and all-- but chose instead to end it by backing Bibi Netanyahu, one of the world's top war criminals, in a campaign of ethnic cleansing, mass starvation of innocent men, women and children and a full bore military occupation. Talk about a brilliant negotiating tactic! 

His big test comes Friday in yet another cozy tete a tete with the world's number one war criminal, his hero and major man crush, Vlad 'the Impaler' Putin. He elevates Putin to get himself some more camera time--smart!-- asking nothing in return except the chance to once again appear before the cameras posing as a peacemaker. This time, his big beautiful idea is to let Vlad have all the territory he hasn't even secured in return for--get this--stripping Ukraine of its right and ability to defend its remaining territory. Trump wisely saw that the fastest way to get peace--and a peace prize-- is to dishonor America by breaking its word and subverting the rule of law on which our own security must ultimately depend. I see a pattern emerging and if I can see it, those Nobel guys must see it too. It's the perfect big, beautiful peacemaking formula: violate our constitution and international law, break treaties, leave helpless masses vulnerable to endless bombing--or do the bombing yourself-- negotiate away the pathetic losers' futures without even letting them sit in on the talks, then sit back and wait for the Nobel committee to hand you a prize. And don't worry about the opposition party or media popping off. Except for the stray European, everyone's been bought or scared silent. So go ahead, do it your way. Commit or sanction mass murder, then make them pin a medal on you. I once compared Trump to Neville Chamberlain in Munich, but that was unfair to Chamberlain, who caved to Hitler but never actually went to work for him. If you don't see that Trump is on Netanyahu's and Putin's team you've let yourself be fooled. This isn't a negotiation or a mediation. It isn't even appeasement. We've gone and switched sides, and are no longer America. Scrambling now to save Ukraine, Europe's leaders raise the torch Trump let fall. If we had an ounce of self awareness left in us, we'd be so ashamed. At the very least, we should return the statue.

Newsom announces ‘Liberation Day’ event in gerrymandering fight https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5451424-newsom-announces-liberation-day-event-in-gerrymandering-fight/

Proponent of Medicaid cuts set to brief House Republicans as they plot another megabill Politico

Israel is in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan AP News

Criticizing Israel? This definition of antisemitism will take care of that. Responsible Statecraft

All Talk, No Action: Why Doesn’t the West Intervene in Gaza? Haaretz

Trump signals support for Israel plan, says Hamas ‘can’t stay’ in Gaza New Arab

AI Job Loss Hype Could Serve as Smokescreen for Trump Recession FAIR

Trump to seek ‘long-term’ extension of federal control of DC police ABC News

Applicants approach elite colleges with greater trepidation amid fights with Trump https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5450610-college-applicants-trump/

Trump’s D.C. Takeover Means He Can Ignore City Laws, Border Czar Says Tom Homan claimed that Washington, D.C., is no longer a sanctuary city. https://newrepublic.com/post/199076/donald-trump-washington-dc-tom-homan-ignore-sanctuary-city-law

Amid deep cuts, USDA spent thousands on 31-foot Trump bannersDepartment also ordered but never displayed banner that featured Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins behind Trump https://www.salon.com/2025/08/13/amid-deep-cuts-usda-spent-thousands-on-31-foot-trump-banners/

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