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“I’m sure they had their reasons. They’re very experienced at doing this. ... Our call team is as insulated from everything as possible. We make calls based on the data we have.”

They’ve desperately insulated themselves against divergence, seizing the center and installing themselves as the arbiters of what’s natural and correct, in order to avoid ever having to face the reality of their own warped principles.

Although FERC’s actions tend to be more insulated from changes in the White House because commissioners serve five-year terms, a commission led by new Trump appointees would most likely deprioritize initiatives that would upgrade the grid to support clean energy adoption.

Biering said she’d like to see the process be “a little bit more insulated from politics.”

Insulated from the truth by complicit right-wing echo chambers, his base enjoys the Kool-Aid as Trump insists the sky is falling.