{"id":1004,"date":"2026-07-06T19:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2026-07-06T19:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:00:47","slug":"trump-admin-appears-to-delete-air-conditioner-guidance-amid-right-wing-freakout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1004","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Appears to Delete Air Conditioner Guidance Amid Right-Wing Freakout"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<br><div id=\"article-content\">\n            \n\n\n\n\n<p><em>Good morning. Hope you had a good holiday weekend. Here are a few stories TPM is following heading into this week\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h2-180e3460-c5dd-499e-a96c-d262d4e30929\">What Freedom Truly Means<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Heading into a very hot weekend, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2072411003170472359\" target=\"_blank\">advised<\/a> city residents to set their thermostats to 78 degrees, part of an effort to avoid overtaxing the power grid.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturally, right-wing influencers and MAGA activists were appalled that Mamdani would attack New Yorkers\u2019 freedom in this way ahead of America\u2019s 250th birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cThis is what socialism looks like, folks,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/2072480386337444291\" target=\"_blank\">declared<\/a> Vivek Ramaswamy, who is running for governor in Ohio. \u201cFirst AOC tried to come for your steak and ribs and now the Socialist Democrats are coming for your AC,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/2072680613274849744\" target=\"_blank\">intoned<\/a> Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). \u201cWelcome to socialism, where the government demands you turn your house into a sauna,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realBrandonGill\/status\/2072441851437555984\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX). (Has Gill ever been in a sauna?)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realBrandonGill\/status\/2072441851437555984\",\"type\":\"rich\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"x\",\"responsive\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to socialism, where the government demands you turn your house into a sauna because they can&#8217;t plan for the super unpredictable fact that it tends to get hot in the summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lj7PhXMyco\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/lj7PhXMyco<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Brandon Gill (@realBrandonGill) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realBrandonGill\/status\/2072441851437555984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Of course, if the 78 degrees guidance sounds familiar, it\u2019s because it is nothing new. Mayors Bill DeBlasio and Eric Adams also gave it, as did governor Kathy Hochul.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And so did the federal Department of Energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Or, at least, it did. Those web pages seem to have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-admin-deletes-cooling-advice-after-right-goes-scorched-on-mamdani-for-same-info\/\" target=\"_blank\">deleted<\/a> at some point in the last few days. The Internet Archive appears to show the DOE advising readers to set \u201can indoor temperature between 75-78\u00b0F during the day\u201d on a page that was <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260702191827\/https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/energysaver\/home-cooling-systems\" target=\"_blank\">live as of July 2<\/a>, the day after Mamdani\u2019s tweet. It was, according to Internet Archive screenshots, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260704033922\/https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/energysaver\/home-cooling-systems\" target=\"_blank\">gone by July 3<\/a>.\u00a0We\u2019ve asked the DOE what happened here.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h2-b12a03a1-85e2-4df1-8a31-606bacc980cc\"><strong>Paul LePage Makes His Return<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A TPM person of interest going back more than a decade now, Paul LePage, the former governor of Maine, has a good chance of landing in Congress next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>LePage is one of a few politicians who gets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/oct\/16\/paul-lepage-maine-trump-governor-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">described<\/a>, accurately, as \u201cTrump before Trump\u201d \u2014 words he himself has used. In fact, reviewing some of his <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/fivepoints\/paul-lepage-americas-craziest-governor\" target=\"_blank\">bizarre<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/lepage-democratic-partys-money-comes-from-jews-for-the-most-part\" target=\"_blank\">extreme<\/a> comments \u2014 and insistence that <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/edblog\/lepage-maine-veto\" target=\"_blank\">any mistakes<\/a> were actually not mistakes at all but intentional, perfect choices \u2014 LePage, at 77, feels like a forerunner of today\u2019s politics, not a blast from the past.\u00a0<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Now he\u2019s running in Maine\u2019s 2nd Congressional District, where Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) is retiring. He\u2019s facing Matt Dunlap (D), the former secretary of state and current state auditor.\u00a0<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Though the district has been represented by Golden, a centrist Democrat, since 2019, it leans conservative. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/house\/race\/483191\" target=\"_blank\">Cook Political Report<\/a> has it as an R+4.\u00a0<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Which is all to say, we may soon see LePage leading a new political life in a party that has come to reflect in his image.\u00a0<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h2-0d61d3fd-3de0-4244-b89c-1ffab8ded51d\"><strong>Tabs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mallory McMorrow, one of three candidates running in Michigan\u2019s Democratic primary for Senate, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social\/post\/3mpw4rmvdw22a\" target=\"_blank\">announced on Sunday that she would be suspending<\/a> her campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tucker Carlson in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/the-interview\/all-i-have-is-the-power-to-talk-and-be-heard-tucker-carlson-interview-pitying-trump-podcast-new-third-party-nicotine-pouch-alp-fox-news-fired-anti-war-gaza-immigration.php\" target=\"_blank\">an interview with the Columbia Journalism Review<\/a> claims he will help create a third party \u2014 \u201cthere\u2019s going to be a third party, and I\u2019m going to do everything I can to bring that about\u201d \u2014 but that he doesn\u2019t want to be a candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/05\/us\/trump-fifa-balogun-world-cup.html\" target=\"_blank\">called the president of FIFA<\/a> and asked him to review the suspension of the team\u2019s top goal scorer in the World Cup, Folarin Balogun. Balogun\u2019s suspension was reversed Sunday.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h2-c3703d4a-3ed7-46ea-8bee-785f03c4cf2e\"><strong>Man of the Hour<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1551293,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<div class=\"GalleryImageWrapper\"><h2 class=\"GalleryImageWrapper__Title\"\/><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2284062705.jpg?w=804\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1551293\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2284062705.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2284062705.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2284062705.jpg?resize=804,536 804w, https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2284062705.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2284062705.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2284062705.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2284062705.jpg?resize=1000,667 1000w, https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2284062705.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2284062705.jpg?resize=98,64 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JUNE 30: U.S. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters outside of the House Chambers in the U.S Capitol Building on June 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. Johnson spoke to reporters about after House procedural vote pertaining to the NDAA failed due to dissent from a group of House Republicans. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It\u2019s Mike Johnson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/05\/politics\/johnson-house-voter-id-bill\" target=\"_blank\">coming into the week claiming<\/a> he will push to pass the SAVE America voter suppression legislation through the budget reconciliation process, an idea that has been floated many times, but that is unworkable for a number of reasons, including the Senate Parliamentarian\u2019s objections and a growing number of GOP\u2019s senators\u2019 insistence that their party does not have the votes for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->          <\/div><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n        appId: \"101800829865996\",\n        xfbml: true,\n        version: ' v2.6'\n      });\n      window.fbAsyncInit.__didInit = true;\n    };\n    (function(d, s, id) {\n      var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n      if (d.getElementById(id)) {\n        return;\n      }\n      js = d.createElement(s);\n      js.id = id;\n      js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n      fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n  <\/script>\r\n<br><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning. Hope you had a good holiday weekend. 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