It’s Wednesday…
President Shitshow’s public schedule for…
Wednesday (08/20/2025):
Doom Scrolling Lies Social…
President No Clue about Dick All dragged renewable energy on Lies Social again today, because apparently he thinks Groundhog Day is a governing strategy. This time he labeled it “THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY” and blamed it for “RECORD BREAKING INCREASES IN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY COSTS,” proving once again that the only thing renewable about him is the bullshit.
Forbes (08/19/2025): Electric Bills Are Up 10% So Far This Year—Why They Could Keep Getting Costlier:
Key Facts
- Residential electricity bills have increased by almost 10% since President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term as president, according to data from the Energy Information Administration, rising from 15.95 cents per kilowatthour in January to 17.47 cents in May, the latest data available.
- The cost of electricity has risen 5.5% over the last 12 months, according to the latest consumer price index data, almost twice as much as the overall cost of living (up 2.7%).
- Trump has repeatedly promised to lower utility bills, but multiple reports released this summer blame his moves imposing new tariffs, cutting clean energy sources and supporting the expansion of data centers as reasons for the spikes in price.
- Climate think tank Energy Innovation estimates energy provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law July 4, will increase wholesale electricity prices by 74% over the next 10 years, leading to a household energy cost increase of $170 annually by 2035.
- Tariffs on steel, aluminum and their derivatives stand to increase the cost of construction and maintenance on transmission lines, substations and power plants, likely to be passed onto customers over time, and energy imports from Canada and Mexico are also subject to tariffs.
- Trump’s support of AI—he has vowed the U.S. will become “the world capital of artificial intelligence and crypto”—is also fueling the rise of power-hungry data centers, sending the demand for electricity (and its price) soaring.
EIA.gov (the data is for 2023 from the FAQ):
What is U.S. electricity generation by energy source?
In 2023, about 4,178 billion kilowatthours (kWh) (or about 4.18 trillion kWh) of electricity were generated at utility-scale electricity generation facilities in the United States.1 About 60% of this electricity generation was from fossil fuels—coal, natural gas, petroleum, and other gases. About 19% was from nuclear energy, and about 21% was from renewable energy sources.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that an additional 73.62 billion kWh of electricity generation was from small-scale solar photovoltaic systems in 2023.2
EIA.gov. FAQ.
U.S. utility-scale electricity generation by source, amount, and share of total in 2023:
| Energy source | Billion kWh | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Total – all sources | 4,178 | |
| Fossil fuels (total) | 2,505 | 60.0% |
| Natural gas | 1,802 | 43.1% |
| Coal | 675 | 16.2% |
| Petroleum (total) | 16 | 0.4% |
| Petroleum liquids | 12 | 0.3% |
| Petroleum coke | 5 | 0.1% |
| Other gases3 | 11 | 0.3% |
| Nuclear | 775 | 18.6% |
| Renewables (total) | 894 | 21.4% |
| Wind | 425 | 10.2% |
| Hydropower | 240 | 5.7% |
| Solar (total) | 165 | 3.9% |
| Photovoltaic | 162 | 3.9% |
| Solar thermal | 3 | 0.1% |
| Biomass (total) | 47 | 1.1% |
| Wood | 31 | 0.8% |
| Landfill gas | 8 | 0.2% |
| Municipal solid waste (biogenic) | 6 | 0.1% |
| Other biomass waste | 2 | 0.1% |
| Geothermal | 16 | 0.4% |
| Pumped storage hydropower4 | -6 | -0.1% |
| Other sources5 | 10 | 0.2% |
Opinion:
President No Clue still hasn’t figured out that the “investments” he brags about daily will only pile more strain onto an already stressed electric grid. Some areas are already buckling under the load. Meanwhile, renewable energy is actually worth the investment. Just look at the difference between my electric bill and my dad’s — the future is cheaper, cleaner, and smarter, and he’s still stuck in the past.
This is my bill with solar:
This is my dad’s without (we live about 10 minutes away from each other):
Take into account if my dad didn’t qualify for the CARE discount, his bill would be almost $300.00 more expensive.
President No Clue spent yesterday attacking Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
“People can’t get a Mortgage because of him”…
Shows what he knows, the interest rate only indirectly impacts mortgage rates. Mortgage rates don't magically fall just because interests gone down.
— Newshound (@NewsiesNeighbor) August 19, 2025
And in things that don’t happen often, I got insta-validation on my thoughts…
One problem is that mortgage rates aren't based off the Fed's rate but the ~10y Treasury, which is being driven by uncertainty, Trump's deficits and his moron risk premium.
— Mike Konczal (@mtkonczal) August 19, 2025
The Fed's cuts had a small dent in mortgages in 2024 but reversed once Trump won. Unlikely to move now. https://t.co/dVZ6B2LGyO pic.twitter.com/LhSQZDcput
His attacks on Powell are nothing new, but yesterday’s attack is because Friday Powell is scheduled to speak to the Economic Outlook and Framework Review at the 2025 Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. Where he will likely drop hints on the Federal Reserve’s intent to drop rates at their September meeting. If they still intend too.
Today, he demanded the resignation of a Federal Reserve Governor, all because of a letter sent to AG Bondi that accuses her of mortgage fraud.
CNBC News (08/20/2025):
President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook resign after a U.S. housing agency chief called on the Department of Justice to launch a criminal mortgage fraud investigation into the central bank official.
[snip]
Pulte, who has aggressively backed Trump’s attacks on the Fed and its chairman, Jerome Powell, tore into Cook at length on social media Wednesday morning. [I’m not including Pulte’s tweets]
CNBC News (08/20/2025).
Pulte’s letter…
Here is the Criminal Referral Letter on Lisa Cook, the current Fed Governor. pic.twitter.com/aG0LGnokei
— Pulte (@pulte) August 20, 2025
In light of his post yesterday being big mad that a museum didn’t spin slavery in a positive light he’s really not missing those racist allegations by attacking Lisa Cook.
The omg, don’t talk about slavery in a bad light post by the President that Says Racist Things:
“Where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was”…
About the museum:
As you can tell by my screen grabs, the Smithsonian is not “woke” it’s a place to discover our history–not all of which is bad–nor good–it’s just history.
The idea that we cannot celebrate the good and condemn the bad is ridiculous.
This is an open thread
