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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy internet was out all day so I watched local news for the first time in months. Found out that the orange hitler is
using one of his many emergency orders keeping a massive coal electric plant open here because "we need the electricity" even though it was slated to shut down this month after he pulled this crap in May. Our electric company quickly came out with a statement saying that they not only don't need or want this plant to stay open but its going to increase our electric bills. Now, this is happening all over the country I'm sure and the orange asshole is not only destroying our environment but also driving up our cost of living. tRump is as stupid and evil as the idiots who voted for him.
Found a article and it looks like our pain will be spread through a few other states : Consumers Energy's costs of running the plant will be added as a surcharge to customers' bills in Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, most of Indiana, and portions of four other states.
https://www.michiganpublic.org/environment-climate-change/2025-08-21/environmental-groups-protest-doe-decision-to-force-aging-coal-burning-power-plant-to-stay-open
UpInArms
(55,378 posts)Make a lot of people less happy
I am so sorry that we all must endure this
SunSeeker
(58,374 posts)BidenRocks
(3,498 posts)Promises to get us back on fossil fuel again.
Spoken like a true fossil!
Walleye
(45,484 posts)His decision-making is all warped by his prejudices and conspiracy theory belief. Hes such a gullible moron and once hes bought into something he wont let go. Hes like a snapping turtle.
Liberal In Texas
(16,431 posts)Not nearly enough from wind farm makers, apparently.
Money is the deciding factor in his prejudice. Just think how he was all of a sudden pro-EVs when Musk was pouring money into his and repugs campaigns. Now Musk has backed off and he hates EVs again.
Walleye
(45,484 posts)lostnfound
(17,632 posts)Walleye
(45,484 posts)modrepub
(4,195 posts)and increased smog, mercury, selenium and lead exposure with a smile and eternal gratefulness to our dear orange-faced leader!
Paying higher prices and having more health issues with a decaying health-care system is MAGA's way of ensuring the Great American Comeback!
Walleye
(45,484 posts)D_Master81
(2,685 posts)For my entire life the GOP has decried government overreach and power and now we have 1 person just deciding what happens in all sectors of the economy and law enforcement in this country. Oh he doesnt want a coal plant to close? Just sign an executive order. Dont like whats happening on the streets of this country, just sign an executive order an put military boots on the ground. Believe that tariffs are the way? Just sign an executive order declaring some random emergency.
dalton99a
(95,317 posts)A full-blown dictator from day one, as promised
Initech
(109,269 posts)
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