The troll wants to shut down Arpa-E, which funds long-term research in generating and using energy more efficiently.

We can guess his motive: more efficiency would lead to less demand for fossil fuels, and less profit for fossil fuels companies.

Not all systems for saving energy are good; some have too high an ethical price. For instance, the app described in the article is a dangerous surveillance system. I will never have the portable phone that the system presupposes.

The troll's budget is designed to enrich the rich. The people's budget, written by the progressive caucus, is designed to help the non-rich.

The Tory outsourced system for cutting support for the disabled, after it has crushed their spirit, starts pressing them to explain why they haven't committed suicide yet.

The Tories are lower than vermin.

UN Accuses Saudi Arabia of Using Terror Laws to Suppress Free Speech. I'm glad to see some criticism in the UN for that repressive and fanatical state.

The FBI, which uses criminal methods to inculpate people every day, should not dare try to say what is or is not legitimate journalism.