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Antonia Juhasz

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Investigative Journalist climate, energy, environment. Rolling Stone politics contributing reporter. "Gripping in its disgusting clarity." - my writing Book Author. Lecturer. Pool shark. http://www.AntoniaJuhasz.net

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 5d

My latest for @rollingstone.com digs into Trump's $30 Billion in shutdown cuts targeting Democratic states and cities with painful cuts to public transit, energy, and fundamental civil rights protections.
The pain will reverberate throughout the economy.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 1h

New Orleans-based documentary filmmaker, Garrett Bradley, wins a MacArthur $800,000 ‘Genius Award’ recognizing her work.
Bradley won the Sundance Film Festival’s US Documentary Directing Award - the first Black woman to earn the title.
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This New Orleans-based filmmaker just won an $800,000 ‘Genius Award’ recognizing her work

Garrett Bradley is a 2025 recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation grant, better known as the MacArthur “Genius Award.” The $800,000 grant is meant to foster Bradley’s career as an

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 17h

FYI - Barrasso named Indivisible the organization today, not co-founder Leah Greenberg whose name is associated with the "Indivisible.org" account I linked to.

Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 17h

During the shutdown, I've watched as Republicans pushed through new rules to weaken climate, environmental, and Indigenous peoples protections in Alaska, while CNN now reports that Predictions for the deadly Alaska storm may have suffered due to DOGE cuts.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...

Predictions for deadly Alaska storm may have suffered due to DOGE cuts | CNN

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’...

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 17h

Now speaking in the Senate, Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) invoked the oh-so-old-school image of a stagecoach heading off a cliff to depict where the Democrats are taking the government, naming @indivisible.org as holding the reins and "calling the tune" dictating the Democrats behavior.

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 18h

4000 federal workers have been fired since the shutdown, with more coming and the Republicans have canceled voted again this week. “For the Republicans, cruelty is the point,” said @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social today. Reaffirming that Democrats are ready to meet “anytime” to end the shutdown.

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 1d

Coal miners are headed to DC to protest Trump today. Judith Riffe's husband was a coal miner, he died in March of complications from black lung disease. She said miners deserve an administration that would fight for them as hard as it fights for the coal companies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 1d

The telehealth and in-home hospital care programs for Medicare recipients allow doctors and hospitals to bill Medicare for telehealth appointments and in-home visits from nurses to provide care that is generally only available in hospitals.

The shutdown has prevented Congress from extending them.

Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 4d

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs, reports Tim Henderson for @stateline.org via @alaskabeacon.com

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs | Alaska Beacon

The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs - telehealth and in-home hospital care - because they automatically expired Oct. 1.

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 1d

Makes sense.

Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 2d

While Duffy has gutted policies or programs that relate “in any way to #climate change, ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions, #racial equity, #gender identity, ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ goals, environmental justice or the Justice 40 initiative.”
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Trump Is Using the Shutdown to Supercharge His War on Equity

Donald Trump's $30 billion in shutdown cuts targeting Democrats will harm the entire economy, hitting women and people of color the hardest.

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 2d

I just wrote about Sean Duffy (aka, one part of the long-running reality TV marriage") for @rollingstone.com
Duffy is a climate skeptic and pronatalist, who has directed the Dept of Transportation “to give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.”

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 2d

The National Women’s Law Center lists Duffy along with Russ Vought and J.D. Vance as part of “Trump’s Pronatalist Army.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump Is Using the Shutdown to Supercharge His War on Equity

Donald Trump's $30 billion in shutdown cuts targeting Democrats will harm the entire economy, hitting women and people of color the hardest.

www.rollingstone.com

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 2d

I just wrote about Sean Duffy (aka, one part of the long-running reality TV marriage") for @rollingstone.com . Duffy is a climate skeptic and pronatalist, who has directed the Dept of Transportation “to give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "If we go to the south pole of the moon, we can set up a base. We want to put up fission power. We think we can have longterm stays on the south pole of the moon."

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 2d

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Video: Residents Return to a Devastated Gaza City

With the cease-fire holding overnight, many Palestinians traveled to Gaza City to learn what remained of their lives and homes.

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 2d

Hamas hands over all living hostages to Israel, Trump says Gaza war over, yet "formidable obstacles remain."
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Hamas hands over all living hostages to Israel, Trump says Gaza war over

Hamas freed the last 20 surviving Israeli hostages on Monday under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal, a big step towards ending two years of shattering war in Gaza as President Donald Trump proclaimed the "historic dawn of a new Middle East".

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 2d

In response to Trump, “fact-checking and satire are necessary. The fact-checking won’t convince any MAGA cultist, but it’s still important, in the face of authoritarian deception, to keep as close a record of history as possible.” @jeetheer.bsky.social

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 3d

I disagree. These were historic amounts of money flowing from the federal government to states, localities, and nonprofit organizations.

Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 3d

Trump's policies are racist and sexist. Racism and sexism are exceptionally expensive, finds labor economist Valerie Wilson, director @epi.org Program on Race, Ethnicity, & the Economy. Her research finds that reducing discrimination is a financial boon for everyone, worth over $4,932 per person.

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 3d

“The health implications are really significant,” Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) tells me. Clean transit and energy protect public health and the climate, reducing pollution and the carbon footprint, she says. “These projects were already authorized” by Congress."

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 3d

My latest on the Shutdown Shakedown:
The Biden-Harris administration "went and listened to people in the community” to learn what projects were needed, “and financing flowed from those discussions,” Michele Roberts of the Environmental Justice Health Alliance.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump Is Using the Shutdown to Supercharge His War on Equity

Donald Trump's $30 billion in shutdown cuts targeting Democrats will harm the entire economy, hitting women and people of color the hardest.

www.rollingstone.com

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Sean Woods @seanwoods.bsky.social · 3d

Excerpt from Julian Brave NoiseCat’s incredible new book. Give a read.
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How Deb Haaland Became the First Native American Cabinet Member

In an excerpt from "We Survived the Night," Julian Brave NoiseCat writes about Deb Haaland becoming the first Native American Cabinet secretary.

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Sean Woods @seanwoods.bsky.social · 12d

10 years ago @jeffgoodell.bsky.social talked to President Obama about the climate crisis for a Rolling Stone cover. So much has changed but the threat remains and we simply haven't done enough.
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Obama's Climate Crusade

YouTube video by Rolling Stone

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 3d

Esp in context of this article, "'They Need to Suffer’: Inside Trump’s War on Dissent. After Charlie Kirk's murder, Trump expanded his war on free speech, the left, and ordinary Americans. It's going to get worse." by @swin24.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 3d

Been thinking about this quote from my 2005 book, The Bush Agenda, and how Trump keeps trying to entice "enemies" to attack.
Joint Chief of Staff Admiral William J. Crowe once told Colin Powell:
"First, to be a great President you have to a war. Two, you have to find a war where you are attacked."

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 3d

These are no longer "warnings." The fossil fuel pollution is already destroying our air and atmosphere. The pollution is already filling our lungs. It's already killing people (as well as canaries and other animals and species). People are already running out of the mine in search of safety.

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