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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 3h

As the TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BOOSTS COAL EXECUTIVES' PROFITS with subsidies and by pausing enforcement of toxic silica dust limits that protect coal miners, it is literally LEAVING MINERS IN THE TOXIC DUST TO DIE!: 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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 2d

EPA to undergo layoffs amid shutdown fight 😡😡😡 thehill.com/policy/energ...

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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 2d

The EPA's office that oversees clean up of toxic waste sites & responds to oil spills and other hazardous emergencies received notice on Friday that more layoffs are coming. 825+ hazardous chemical incidents occurred in the U.S. in 2021-2023. On average that's 1 every other day.WHAT COULD GO WRONG??

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enviroprotnet.bsky.social @enviroprotnet.bsky.social · 10d

88% of voters—including 81% of Trump voters—support a strong EPA. Shutdowns show us what happens when EPA is weakened.
Congress must step up and fund EPA to protect our health. #ProtectEPA

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The "compact" the Trump administration proposed to 9 universities earlier this month is a dangerous trap -- not only would the deal cede significant control over colleges, but it would open them and their leaders up to great legal risk.

www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

Trump’s “Compact” With Colleges Will Put University Presidents in Legal Jeopardy

The White House’s proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education is unconstitutional, unlawful, and will put universities and their administrators at direct risk from a politicized Justi...

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 3d

Trump and RFK Jr. aren't making America healthy again—in fact, they're making our nation's health care worse. @cmkelly.bsky.social explains how the administration is undermining its own MAHA agenda:

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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 3d

Can pollution cause poverty? It turns out, the answer is YES! www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Column | Why this one area of cities is usually the poorest

The Department of Data went looking for geographic patterns in poverty, and stumbled upon a surprising culprit.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

What Dems said was "reverse Medicaid cuts." What Republicans heard was "transgender surgery"

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 7d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Jill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · 3d

My colleague @cmkelly.bsky.social describes how gutting protections from cancer-causing pollution, and slashing cancer research and treatment, threatens the health of Americans, including our kids.

Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 3d

Trump and RFK Jr. aren't making America healthy again—in fact, they're making our nation's health care worse. @cmkelly.bsky.social explains how the administration is undermining its own MAHA agenda:

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 3d

Trump and RFK Jr. promised to protect kids and communities from toxic pollution, but instead they're giving polluters a free pass to emit more pollution that causes cancer, asthma and other serious health problems.

Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 3d

Trump and RFK Jr. aren't making America healthy again—in fact, they're making our nation's health care worse. @cmkelly.bsky.social explains how the administration is undermining its own MAHA agenda:

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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 3d

Outrageous! RFK Jr promised to hold corporate polluters accountable for poisoning our air and water. Instead the Trump administration is weakening environmental protections, giving polluters a free pass to keep polluting and hiding the data on how this harms Americans’ health.

Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 4d

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 4d

Millions of Americans will experience "premium shock" when their insurance premiums double or even quadruple in the coming year. @neeratanden.bsky.social explains the health care battle at the center of this shutdown.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 4d

Latinas often work in industries with positive employment growth, but their wages haven't kept up. Full-time, year round #Trabajadoras earn just 58 cents per dollar of white, non-Hispanic men resulting in >$33k/year lost to the #WageGap. #LatinaEqualPay https://ow.ly/Iht150X8Bv2

The gender wage gap for full-time, year-round workers expanded significantly in 2024 and is wider for women of color

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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · 6d

New from Kyle Ross and me, breaking down the budget and staffing issues in FY26 dollars. The BLS needs experienced nonpartisan leadership, and adequate funding to restore trust and ensure accuracy.

www.americanprogress.org/shareable/re...

Real funding for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has been declining for years

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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 5d

The Senate Committee on Finance has found that the Trump Administration is waging war on cancer research...

Jill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · 6d

CAP adds how the Trump administration is weakening pollution limits and stripping away clean energy incentives, causing over 400 fossil-fuel-fired power plants to run more and emit more cancer-causing pollution. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Trump Administration’s Attack on Environmental Protections Will Increase Cancer-Causing Pollution

The Trump administration’s plan to torpedo air pollution limits and cancer prevention programs while ripping away health care and cancer treatment and canceling clean energy investments will increase ...

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Jill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · 6d

New memo points to the Trump administration's assault on cancer research, access to care, and affordable treatments. www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

Trump and Robert Kennedy Are Waging War Against Americans with Cancer | The United States Senate Committee on Finance

Trump and Robert Kennedy Are Waging War Against Americans with Cancer

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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 6d

It’s easy to feel like the sky is falling with the Trump administration's historic, unprecedented assault on clean, cheap energy.

But there’s reason for hope. We’re making progress on climate and clean energy in states all across the country.

Long thread of wins you may have missed this year 🧵👇

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Protect Our Care @protectourcare.org · 10d

📈 Health care premiums are spiking in Virginia, Idaho, and Georgia.

💸 Virginia Beach: +$1,295/month
💸 Boise: +$1,472/month
💸 Fulton County: +$2,064/month

These numbers don’t lie—and families are paying the price.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 6d

In just the past year, electricity prices have jumped more than twice the rate of inflation—and this is only the beginning. The Trump administration should be protecting our wallets, not paying off his billionaire buddies.

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The Daily Hayley @thedailyhayley.bsky.social · 7d

Today is the first day of the 2025-2026 Supreme Court term and we just released our major new report on religion at the Roberts Court: www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

How the Supreme Court Is Dismantling the Separation of Church and State

Chief Justice John Roberts’ court is actively eroding the separation of church and state, breaking with centuries of First Amendment jurisprudence.

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