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- 2026-01-30 11:08 UTC [L..T] Tri-State says "no thanks" to federal orders to keep Craig coal power plant open «Tri-State Generation and partner Platte River Power Authority had a “respectful” but emphatic response late Thursday to the Trump administration ordering them to keep Craig’s Unit 1 coal-fired plant open past the New Year: They don’t need it, they don’t want it, and their inflation-strapped consumers can’t afford the higher bills. Plus, the federal order is unconstitutional.»
- 2026-01-30 [L..T] Democrats Cave on Demands for DHS Reforms, Agree to Short-Term Spending Bill «“Until ICE is properly reined in and overhauled legislatively, the DHS funding bill doesn’t have the votes to pass,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said, vowing that his party would filibuster until a deal was reached.» – but then: «Critics have blasted Democrats’ list of demands as weak and ineffectual to begin with, pointing out that they don’t even include a call for federal immigration agents to leave Minneapolis. Notably, ICE is already ignoring dozens of judicial orders, and any reforms included in a new funding bill may be similarly disregarded.»
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- toad.social/@wdlindsy news/analysis roundups:
- Mother Bones, 16:56: «Bunch of Epstein file stuff also came out today while I was working, but I haven't sifted through it at all yet, and I need to go dig out the car before full sunset. It looks like a lot of links already over here.»#EpsteinFilesC
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