Low-income households spend more than triple the amount of their income on energy compared to higher-income households.
Our new "energy for all" proposal would help gap the disparity and actually tax Big Tech for their power usage.
Summer used to be a promise: After working hard all year, ordinary Americans could have a little fun and a little more freedom.
But that promise is starting to slip out of reach.
Can you freeze electricity rates without starving the power grid?
I spoke with @grayson_flood about his new proposal to create an opt-in federal rate freeze, where utilities pause rate hikes in exchange for access to cheap federal credit and expedited permitting.
The U.S. added 57K jobs in June & the UR ticked down to 4.2.%.
- Health care was ~47K of the jobs added
- 720K people left the labor force in June, after the million plus that left in January.
- More than 1 in 4 unemployed have been looking for work for 6 months or longer
The grid is a national network, like the Interstate Highway System. But we run it as if each stretch of highway were a private toll road.
The grid shouldn’t be a private commodity, it should be a platform that unlocks American prosperity. A backbone, not a bottleneck.
🚨 NEW from @Groundwork: Our electricity markets are in crisis. While we bicker about affordability vs. supply, bills go up and our grid falls further behind demand.
@grayson_flood bridges the gap. Use the public balance sheet to lower bills and build, build, build ⬇️
NEW: AI data centers and decarbonization are driving the largest increase in electricity demand in 50 years.
Who's paying for the grid upgrades? You are.
And that’s not a coincidence - it's the system working as designed.
We have a bold solution.
Big Tech has a dirty little secret: you’re paying for their AI boom.
My new paper from @Groundwork shows how federal lawmakers can hold Big Tech accountable, build the affordable grid we need, and lower bills now. 🧵
Washington is turning a blind eye as consumers and small businesses pay the price for harmful and corrupt practices.
Today, California launched a new agency that will promote economic growth and protect the public from abuses.
🚨 It's been 1 year of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, & families across the country are still grappling with a cost of living crisis exacerbated by Trump's economic agenda.
We conducted new polling w/ @DataProgress on how Americans are feeling. Here's what we found 👇
Everything is more expensive this 4th of July, from hot dogs to sunscreen. And have you seen the price of a pardon nowadays? Sheesh.
43% of Americans say they're worse off financially than a year ago.
66% say Trump's high prices have impacted their summer plans, & nearly 50% aren't taking a summer vacation at all.
In Trump's economy, the only thing as American as apple pie is the price hike.
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The more coffee Geoffrey Fowler ordered at Starbucks, the fewer discounts he got.
"My loyalty was working against me."
Companies from Tinder to Staples use the same techniques to gouge their customers.
@owenslindsay1 told @KQED these are "early examples of companies
🚨 NEW from us & @TCFdotorg:
Working families are paying 20% more for ground beef, 22% more for ice pops, and watching their cities cancel fireworks thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Happy 250th, America. 🎆
