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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · May 22

What has clean energy manufacturing lost since Trump took office?

22 projects in the US, totaling $17.6 billion in investment and 16,105 jobs have slowed.

My students @wellesley.edu and I are tracking it. Details 🧵 below. 🔌💡🔌🚗

www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...

Infographic comparing amount of US clean energy manufacturing investments that advanced and slowed since Trump took office on January 20, 2025.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · May 23

They blame pollution but cut the EPA and clean air and water regulations. They blame poor nutrition but cut SNAP and programs to bring local produce to schools. They blame increased screen time while destroying public infrastructure that connects people. All while they take millions off healthcare.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · May 22

The White House blamed exposure to environmental toxins, poor nutrition and increased screen time for a decline in Americans’ life expectancy Thursday.

White House says food, toxins among reasons for poor U.S. health

Parts of the “MAHA report” contradict scientific consensus.

wapo.st

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Dr. Anne K. Armstrong @anniekarmstrong.bsky.social · Apr 17

This is the sign of a guy in my town running for Board of Selectmen in May. Am I paranoid, or is this sign strongly reminiscent of the Nazi eagle? #localpolitics

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Apr 11

I’m gonna say something that is going to sound crazy, but when has that ever stopped me from saying something publicly: there is a way in which the U.S. chucking its position in the world could actually fast-track energy transition. A few things that have me thinking this way 🧵

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · Apr 9

This.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Apr 9

No, Trump isn't cratering our economy. The entire Republican Party is cratering our economy. The enablers deserve just as much blame as Trump.

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Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · Apr 9

The economics associated with weather / climate hazard research, data collection, and building codes should never be considered as a "spend".

This is an investment.

The more we learn will directly translate to saved lives and reduced loss costs because we've proactively taken mitigative action.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Apr 8

part of the political issue is that popular understanding of mid century america is filtered through nostalgia-drenched popular culture, often through stories told from the perspective of a child or, if not a child, an affluent adult

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Apr 8

asterisk because i think we look at that period of stability deeply red rose-colored glasses. when people think prosperity they don’t think “family of six sharing a 1200 sq ft home living largely on canned goods and hand me downs” but that was the reality

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Apr 7

my offer to america: we bring woke back

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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · Apr 4

If Trump really were interested in reviving manufacturing in the U.S., he would be supporting the clean energy industry. Instead, he's destroying it. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled

Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dr. Anne K. Armstrong @anniekarmstrong.bsky.social · Apr 4

Why does it FEEL like there is so much less activity? Maybe it's because I'm in purple central Massachusetts territory rather than deep blue Ithaca, NY?🤷‍♀️ But my sentiment also seems to echo what I've heard on podcasts from @thebulwark.bsky.social

Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · Apr 3

4/ When we compare the volume of events so far in 2025 against those in 2017, we estimate that March 2025 was a much more active month than March 2017, from what we were able to observe then and now.

A line chart showing large jumps in the number of protests week over week in March 2025, compared with a steadier stream of protests recorded in March 2017.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · Apr 3

Trump, apparently a secret Buddhist, is busily liberating Americans from their possessions and attachments...

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · Apr 3

Hey Laura, my good friend has set up a Google form that’s connecting government employees who were laid off with recruiters in the private sector and it’s had an outstanding response thus far. bsky.app/profile/glit...

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N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · Apr 2

These guys think they're spewing cutting-edge posthumanist theory and it's all just the corniest, shittiest science fiction that actual writers wouldn't waste a minute on.

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · Apr 2

Elon Musk is reaching new levels of unhinged.

Musk tweet: As I mentioned several years ago, it increasingly appears that humanity is a biological bootloader for digital superintelligence

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Ariana Tobin @arianatobin.bsky.social · Mar 31

And if your NIH research grant has been terminated: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

Or if you recently sought help from the CFPB: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

Our reporters want to hear from you.

Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.

The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.

www.propublica.org

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · Mar 31

Regenerative grazing, pox parties, letting bird flu rip thru farms, butter over seed oil, antivax - dangerous RFK ideas that don’t work. Protecting ecosystems, less food waste & less beef - backed by science.

newrepublic.com/article/1933...

@jandutkiewicz.bsky.social @garrettbroad.bsky.social

The Flawed Ideology That Unites Grass-Fed Beef Fans and Anti-Vaxxers

From RFK Jr. to Hollywood A-listers and Democratic senators, people across the political spectrum are jumping onto the slippery slope of nature-based solutionism.

newrepublic.com

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Michele/Meidas Fan @michelemanziano.bsky.social · Mar 28

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The Onion @theonion.com · Mar 26

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Mar 25

Everyone knows that the correct place to share classified information about military actions is in the bathroom at Mar-a-Lago.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Mar 14

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.

Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.

Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Mar 14

Just remember that testing the waters by going after an unsavory or unsympathetic person's civil rights is a tried and true authoritarian tactic.

A Tale of Two Bigots

The stories of Marko Elez, Mahmoud Khalil, and the Camp Auschwitz guy show what the right means when it talks about “free speech.”

www.thebulwark.com

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · Mar 13

In this moment, political education is how we build power and strategy. It's a critical step in movement work. Tap in!

⭐️⭐️ Join me this Tuesday in community with Black Feminist Future as I discuss ways to resist the world remaking efforts of Project 2025.

🖱 Register at bit.ly/marchpolied

Orange flier for the Black Feminist Resistance and Project 2025 talk

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Mar 13

Media, get this right.
If there's a government shutdown, it will be because the Republicans were unable to craft a bill that could pass, and they refused to pass a bill with any input from Democrats.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Mar 12

It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill.

People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.

They know exactly what is going on.

Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · Mar 11

Get in loser, we're tanking the economy

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · Mar 6

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

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