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Right now Freshman members of Congress are at a “Bipartisan” orientation w/ briefings on issues.

Invited panelists offer insights to inform new Congressmembers‘ views as they prepare to legislate.

# of Corporate CEOs we’ve listened to here: 4
# of Labor leaders: 0

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"Moderate"
"Centrist"
"Compromise"
"Bipartisan"

In so many instances these are simply coded dog whistles for a corporate-backed political agenda that caters to those on top.

Not the point, edgar. The point is her statement is simply false and as of yet, she hasn't taken it down and she is spinning a false explanation. It's probably just rookie mistakes, but she would be better off, checking her sources and reading them. A lot of people follow her so she really needs to correct her statements to reflect her explantion.

The point is she is an ignorant dreamer, not the DACA kind, the kind that thinks people will give up what they have because she says it should be done.
I think most Democrats will ignore her. The media will repeat her crap hoping someone will believe it.

Ruth Buffalo on her historic win in North Dakota!

“It’s part of my identity and who I am,”
“It was to honor my ancestors, those that have gone before me, and the future generation.”

“Eagle feathers in our culture are very significant,” she said. “Oftentimes they’re gifted to people when they’ve accomplished a great achievement.”

Ruth Buffalo — the first Native American Democratic woman elected into North Dakota’s state legislature — wore a traditional Native American dress during her swearing-in ceremony earlier this week.

Buffalo is a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. Her clan brother gave her the fan just hours earlier.

https://www.newsweek.com/ruth-buffalo-wears-traditional-nat…

Nevermind her botched figures. She's a nutcase who wants to render America defenseless so that we can be destroyed by our enemies.

Back to the subject of being Progressive...


California Gives Final OK To Require Solar Panels On New Houses
December 6, 20189:58 AM ET
BILL CHAPPELL

California predicts mandatory solar panel installations will add nearly $10,000 to the upfront cost of a home — money that will be recouped through energy savings.

Rich Pedroncelli/AP

Solar panels will be a required feature on new houses in California, after the state's Building Standards Commission gave final approval to a housing rule that's the first of its kind in the United States.

Set to take effect in 2020, the new standard includes an exemption for houses that are often shaded from the sun. It also includes incentives for people to add a high-capacity battery to their home's electrical system, to store the sun's energy.

"These provisions really are historic and will be a beacon of light for the rest of the country," said commissioner Kent Sasaki, according to The Mercury News. "[It's] the beginning of substantial improvement in how we produce energy and reduce the consumption of fossil fuels."

The rule marks a new phase in California's environmental policies, which have often set trends and established standards nationwide. The state has set the goal of drawing 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources and sharply reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The solar panels rule was initially endorsed as part of the state's Green Building Standards Code by the California Energy Commission back in May. In a public hearing on Wednesday, the Building Standards Commission heard opinions on the change before approving it — the final step in adding the requirement to the state's building code. The vote was unanimous.

Single-family homes and multi-family buildings that are up to three stories high must conform to the new solar power standard.

"New homes that are built under these standards are expected to use 53 percent less energy than our last standards" from 2016, said Drew Bohan, executive director of the energy commission.

The state predicts that mandatory solar panel installations and other new improvements will add nearly $10,000 in the upfront cost of a home — a cost that officials say will balance out over time, due to lower electricity bills.

A homeowner will save $19,000 over the course of a 30-year mortgage, Bohan said at Wednesday's meeting of the building commission.

Starting in 2020, California homebuyers will have the option of either paying for solar panels outright, leasing them, or entering a power purchase agreement with developers. Another option is for communities to "pool resources instead of installing solar on individual homes," Bohan said.

"With extreme weather events becoming more frequent, there is even greater need for homes that are efficient, reliable and resilient," Bohan said, adding that the standards will result in buildings that "will continue to keep costs down, better withstand the impacts of climate change, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

Speakers at Wednesday's session mentioned the recent devastating wildfire in Butte County several times — as the type of case where solar panels and batteries could help people who face extended power outages from natural disasters, as well as an example of when state building and energy officials would need to help speed up wholesale rebuilding efforts.

While the new rule has given solar panels a boost after the state's installers saw a slump in 2017, it is also been criticized for adding to home prices in a market that is already expensive. But to an extent, Wednesday's meeting was largely a formality, focusing on whether the energy panel's process for creating the rule was correct.

Despite worries that the solar power mandate could have an immediate impact not only on home buyers but on real estate developers and agents, the new rule has been largely supported by industry groups.

At the energy commission's May hearing where public comments and trade groups were also heard from, "the majority of those present, which included environmental groups, solar companies, and utilities, voiced their strong support for the new standards," as member station KQED reported.

California hopes to achieve its carbon-neutral energy status within 30 years; in September, the California Energy Commission said the state is currently at 32 percent of achieving that goal.

Over the past 40 years, Bohan said, the state's energy policies have saved residents billions of dollars and helped California rein in per capita energy consumption more effectively than the rest of the U.S.

hopefully she will learn to follow her own links and read the materials instead of just glancing at a dog-whistle headline.

I think she's got terrific potential but she needs to stop shooting herself in the foot - esp if she has plans to advance

The potential for what, destroying America. How about that UN Migration Pact?

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Gary Cohen, former CEO Goldman Sachs addressing new members of Congress today: "You guys are way over your head, you don't know how the game is played."

No Gary, YOU don't know what's coming - a revolutionary Congress that puts people over profits.

This is not a revolutionary congress.

It is today pinky, sorry if you werent included in the memo.

Goddammit, I didn’t think I could hate them more. They are attempting to strongarm the truth from public view. Fascists.

I’ll be thrilled to be a part of this!

Now, now. It's only evil when Republicans do it.

Well, stealing emails and conspiring with political campaigns and foreign governments I believe is called a crime. Crimes have consequences.

If you wanna make all government and politicians emails public viewing, that’s one thing. Selectively stealing and leaking just one candidates for the benefit of the others seems to be illegal.


I would love to read Bernie and Trumps emails.

Yeah, its amazing how they only see virtue when they look at Assange - when Assange's efforts were ALL against Hillary and NONE against Trump. Just a truth-teller, you say?

You would do well to reflect upon these wise words, Porschy... :-)

Ooops, somebody was angered by what I said... Don't let it spoil your vessel. :-)

maybe he's right
maybe not
maybe he's not picked up that the game is changing/has changed

he sure is stupid if he didn't think this would be reported