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April 23, 2021, 10:50 a.m. ET Emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Independence, Mo.Credit...Charlie Riedel/Associated Press This article is a wonky edition of Paul Krugman’s free newsletter. to receive it. Today’s column was focused on the remarkable announcement by the United Mine Workers that the union is ready to support the Biden infrastructure plan — if that plan helps miners and mining communities transition out of coal. This looks like a vindication of the “Green New Deal” approach to climate policy, even if Biden isn’t calli...

Staten Island: I’ve never done this before but I have to take the time to write about an opinion piece I just read by Steve Lawton (“The hypocrisy of Staten Island Republicans,” Dec. 5). It was full of trigger words and virtue signaling. Comparing race-fueled riots from coast to coast that lasted months to one night at Mac’s Public House over de Blasio’s ridiculous restrictions is completely ridiculous!

This whole column's in rhyme and in meter. Frankly, given the year that we all have been through, We could use something to make it sweeter. • â€¢ â€¢ There's Moderna, J&J, and Pfizer! With a half-million dead in this country, it's clear That to take more precautions is wiser. And I'm glad many friends have now gotten their shot, With most others who'll soon have one pending, Which means finally this endless plague that we've got Might be closer to actually ending! • â€¢ â€¢ For example, we're back to mass shootings, Which suggests a few gun control measures to take,...

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Fort Worth Weekly Photo by Ozzie Garza. What kind of shithole do you live in when the politicians in charge want to make it harder to vote? Not a trick question. I’ll save you the brain power and time. Texas. You live in Texas. Or! Or it could be any one of the other 45 states whose Republican-controlled legislatures are now working overtime to pass voter-suppression laws because voting is apparently so unnatural and gross. Instead of coming up with better ideas, or even just ideas, Republicans instead are attempting to hide the ballot box, presumably behind a stack of MyPillows...