It follows Republican outrage over Mamdani offering the same heatwave advice as everyone else.

It follows Republican outrage over Mamdani offering the same heatwave advice as everyone else.

The US Department of Energy reportedly deleted about 6,000 pages related to energy conservation as a historic heatwave tears across the country.

The deletion was suspiciously timed, following Republican outrage over Mayor Zohran Mamdani asking New Yorkers to help reduce strain on the grid by setting their AC to 78 degrees. Republicans like Ted Cruz (who has famously fled severe weather in his home state), Nikki Haley, and Representative Nancy Mace (South Carolina) quickly pounced, framing the request as socialism and an act of war on women in menopause (the Republican Party is notoriously friendly to women’s health).

Of course, this is pretty standard advice during a heatwave. It was the official stance of the Department of Energy that Americans should set their thermostats between 75 and 78 degrees, and Republican governors in deep red states like Texas have issued the same advice in the past — including current governor Greg Abbott.

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Blah, blah, blah. That’s a lot of words for “I don’t fucking understand math.” Or apparently the difference between a primary and a general election, for that matter. Or basic reading comprehension!

    For example:

    Yes that requires getting off your lazy liberal ass. Going outside. And organizing for once in your fucking life. And that’s hard and oh but you don’t have the time and oh but what if people don’t want to vote and but who blah blah blah.

    Just vote and encourage others to vote for their interests. You will increase voter participation, which more than handles the “but where are these voters going to come from” argument your owners taught you to spew.

    THAT’S ALL STUFF THAT HAPPENS IN THE PRIMARY!

    Also, you’re a goddamn liar who is assuming a fuckton of stuff about me that isn’t true.

    Maybe you should get off your ass and get some goddamn education about what’s actually effective in our political system instead of CARRYING WATER FOR THE FASCISTS BY MISLEADING PEOPLE TO DO USELESS SHIT!

    • marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today
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      20 hours ago

      Blah, blah, blah. That’s a lot of words for “I don’t fucking understand math.” Or apparently the difference between a primary and a general election, for that matter. Or basic reading comprehension!

      What Primary? We’re talking about third party voting kiddo. Most third parties don’t have primaries because there is no constitutional or legal requirement for them and the Democrats/GOP only have primaries because democrats used to have balls and rioted when a bad candidate was selected for them without their consent.

      THAT’S ALL STUFF THAT HAPPENS IN THE PRIMARY!

      Again what primary? We’re talking about third party voting here. Campaigning happens until election day. Not this “primary” bullshit that was invented to make you people (pejorative) lazy.

      Maybe you should get off your ass and get some goddamn education about what’s actually effective in our political system instead of CARRYING WATER FOR THE FASCISTS BY MISLEADING PEOPLE TO DO USELESS SHIT!

      Stare in a mirror and say that next time, kid diddler supporting genocide lover.