You know what everyone loves heading into winter and the holiday season? The looming—and increasing—threat of having their power shut off.

And how is President Donald Trump going to deal with this? By lying, of course.

According to the Washington Post, surging electric costs nationwide are leading to a corresponding bump in power shutoffs. Somehow, it doesn’t really seem like “Make America Freeze to Death Again” is a winning strategy, but the administration is leaning into it.

It doesn’t really matter how you slice and dice these numbers: They’re terrible. New York City residential shutoffs have increased fivefold over the last year. And in Pennsylvania, power shutoffs are up 21%, which translates to 270,000 households losing electricity services.

The Trump administration has tried to

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