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The View from Washington (28 April 2025)
Congress is back from its two-week Easter break, and it has a lot of heavy lifting to do if it's to pass President Trump's America First agenda. Will…
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Joel B. Stronberg
The Meaning of Energy Security: Why Be Beholden to Foreign Suppliers?
Much like the relationship between an addict and supplier, the only way out is ending the dependence. Real energy security comes with reducing reliance…
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Joel B. Stronberg
Incoherency Is the Weakness in Trump’s Armor – Strike There!
Trump has made everything about the economy. It's the theme that climate activists need to base their arguments on in support of environmental…
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Joel B. Stronberg

March 2025

The View from Washington
The Trump administration has declared an administrative war on Biden's climate-related legacy and US environmental policies back to Nixon's presidency…
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Joel B. Stronberg
THE TIME IS NOW, AND IT MEANS REAL SACRIFICE
Second, and far more critical today, appeasing a bully only encourages the bully. You have to stand up to them. You might lose, but it's the only chance…
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Joel B. Stronberg
At the Corners of the Constitution: Climate Activists Beware
It starts with "some bad hombres," as Trump likes to say. But where does it end? What's to stop Trump from saying that under a national energy…
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Joel B. Stronberg
The Brutish Are Coming, The Brutish Are Coming!
Actually, the brutish are already here. There's nothing overly imaginative about Trump’s and Musk’s unbridled attack strategy. They’re using the…
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Joel B. Stronberg
The Muskovites Are at the Gates: Is the Republic Doomed?
No greater good can come out of the way Trump has allowed Musk and the DOGE pack to “reform” the federal government in hopes of improving its efficiency…
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Joel B. Stronberg

February 2025

It's a DOGE Eat DOG World
The old bromide goes: If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog. In today's Washington, the joke would be to buy a DOGE. Although more accurately…
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Joel B. Stronberg
Put Your Money Where Your Principles Are
I have no illusions about what I can accomplish individually by not buying a Tesla or giving up my Prime membership. But as one of many – well, that’s a…
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Joel B. Stronberg
The View from Washington
Hyperbole is impossible when discussing the seriousness of what's happening in Washington. When I speak of a wrecking ball to government, I mean federal…
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Joel B. Stronberg
Climate Politics: What Would Donald Trump Do?
Years of climate action messaging hasn’t jumped the aisle. Until it does, US policy will continue to be a whiplash affair.
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Joel B. Stronberg
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