Robinson Meyer

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All about climate change and decarbonization. Executive editor, Heatmap. @robinsonmeyer on Twitter.

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The Philadelphia radio station WURD has parted ways with a host who interviewed President Biden on Wednesday using questions provided to her by the Biden campaign, after the station said the interview violated its journalistic independence.

Radio Host Who Was Fed Questions by Biden Campaign Leaves Philadelphia Stationwww.nytimes.com WURD said that the interview with President Biden was not up to its standards and that the host, Andrea Lawful-Sanders, had resigned in a mutual decision.

my $0.02 is that there’s widespread fatalism on here about democrats’ ability to set media narratives but there is no faster way to shift the focus to trump also being old than for biden to say he’s too old for run and that it’s time for a younger generation to step forward

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Maybe so but as the former flack says, it’s still bad form! And oh wow, cool, thanks for listening! Would love to know what episodes you’d like to see us do!

this isn’t normal and really doesn’t speak well of biden’s ability to campaign normally and vigorously www.axios.com/2024/07/06/b...

Biden's team drafted the questions for his first post-debate interviewswww.axios.com It is the latest instance of the White House continuing to shield the president from unscripted moments.

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sorry but this is just wrong. yes, there’s a bad faith media feeding frenzy. but *fifty million* people watched Biden sputter his way through that debate. it is not a creation of the media, it is a real problem.

I don’t like to embrace doomerism but I’m pretty sure the moment we took on this narrative as a true “concern” Biden needed to disprove, especially party leadership, we were fucked.

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No interview could reverse the damage that Joe Biden did to his campaign in the first presidential debate, but his conversation with George Stephanopoulos tonight showed that the president doesn’t even understand how profound the damage is. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Joe Biden Doesn’t Understand the Post-Debate Realitywww.theatlantic.com The president told George Stephanopoulos that he’d drop out only if “the Lord Almighty” directed him to do so.

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not particularly but i think the president is making a lot of verbal slip-ups that can’t be explained by a stutter

literally the journalist who wrote the definitive article about biden’s stutter has said that his recent incoherence cannot be explained by his stutter www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Now everyone--The Times and, sorry to say, MSNBC--is noting every missed syllable. The man has a stutter. I don't stutter but I am a mushmouth who speaks too fast and slurs words. I've had to overcome fear of public speaking. I have empathy for Biden. The press has empathy for no one (but Trump).

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SHOTS FIRED

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What is Biden's theory of victory now that the old one—win the debate, shift the race—has failed? Because even if things stabilize as his allies predict, that's not enough. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

What Is the Biden Campaign’s Theory of Victory Now?www.theatlantic.com Or rather, does it still have one?

“‘The country saw [at the debate] what those of us who have had personal interactions with him have all known for the last 2½ years,’ a senator said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss Biden’s fitness.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...

Some Democrats say Biden's debate performance wasn't an anomalywww.nbcnews.com “The country saw [at the debate] what those of us who have had personal interactions with him have all known for the last 2½ years,” one senator said.

this is not sustainable www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/p...

yoda arrogantly oversaw the collapse of the republic and died in exile

honestly they’re kinda cooking with this

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George Pearkes

oh the highest tier

new zach bryan album tomorrow. gonna be huge.

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Chris Hayes

guess it’s time to write the full-fledged take

let me go full-bore pundit for a second and say my read is: the electorate is trying to heal itself. people are tired of hating their neighbors. and the desire for ‘normalcy,’ driven by socialized hatred of biden over age & gaza & inflation, is — catastrophically — crystallizing around donald trump

this is why i think the age-related cross tabs are real, or at least plausible. if you're 18, trump has been a major political figure since you were in third grade. if you're 22, he’s been in your life since middle school

democracy in the 24/7 online news cycle era has a real 'twitch plays pokemon' feel

i thought josh barro made a good point in the footnote of his newest newsletter — “bedwetting” was initially used by HRC supporters in 2016, and especially the pod save hosts (!!!), to refer to dems who thought hillary wouldn't win www.joshbarro.com/p/the-same-f...

The Same Fools Telling Us Not to Panic About Biden Are the Ones Who Let Him Get on That Stagewww.joshbarro.com We cannot trust the political judgment of Biden and his inner circle after this massive fuckup.

NEW SHIFT KEY How should Europe and the US craft climate policy in an age of geopolitical tension and a rising far-right? This week, I chat in London with Ann Mettler & Aliya Haq, who lead US and EU policy at Bill Gates-founded climate mega-group Breakthrough Energy. heatmap.news/podcast/shif...

How Europe and America Are Weatherproofing Climate Policyheatmap.news Inside episode 22 of Shift Key.

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Fell out of a coconut tree, you think you just did? No. In the context of all in which you live and what came before you, you exist.

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Breaking News: President Biden told a key ally his campaign may be unsalvageable if he can’t convince the public he’s up for the job. The conversation is the first public indication that Biden is seriously considering whether he can recover after the debate. nyti.ms/4cHJgGu

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The more you read yesterday’s immunity decision, the more appalling it gets. My take: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/o...

Opinion | The Supreme Court Creates a Lawless Presidencywww.nytimes.com It is increasingly clear that this court sees itself as something other than a participant in our democratic system.

new CNN poll Trump 49 Biden 43 Trump 47 Harris 45 www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/p...

CNN Poll: Most voters think Democrats have a better chance of keeping White House if Biden isn’t the nominee | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com Three-quarters of US voters say the Democratic Party would have a better shot at holding the presidency in 2024 with someone other than President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket, according to a new...

“it’s really interesting, for political economic reasons, that the hawk tuah girl is a 21-year-old white woman who works the overnight shift at a spring factory,” i mutter, to nobody in particular

It hasn’t received as much attention, but a Supreme Court ruling last week basically break the process by which the federal government responds to public comments in *any* process — which means it will take *longer* to permit new clean energy or new infrastructure. heatmap.news/climate/supr...

The Supreme Court Is Slowly Breaking the EPAheatmap.news Four rulings from the past week will weigh heavily on future climate regulation.

New from me: The Supreme Court — in addition to granting Trump broad immunity — is slowly breaking the EPA, eroding its ability to write new climate rules, respond to public comments, and punish companies that pollute the air and drinking water. heatmap.news/climate/supr...

The Supreme Court Is Slowly Breaking the EPAheatmap.news Four rulings from the past week will weigh heavily on future climate regulation.

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I really cannot emphasize how catastrophically bad the Court's ruling was. I do my best not to exaggerate about these kinds of things but I am still kind of in shock

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here we go

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