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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 2d

Why does the Trump administration want to politicize the weather?
So they can piss on your leg and tell you it's raining.
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Deleting the Forecasts: MAGA’s War on NOAA

Why does MAGA want to politicize the weather?So they can piss on your leg and tell you it’s raining. Don’t need a weatherman to know that blows. Former NOAA expert interviewed above men…

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David @dkboyd.bsky.social · 2d

It's interesting how much more definitively corrupt and concerning this is than some document-preparer making mistakes on mortgage applications that Letitia James completed honestly...

ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 6h

Music Break: AI Taylor Swift - Release the Files
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Music Break: AI Taylor Swift – Release the Files

Wow. Several cuts above normal AI slop. This made me laugh out loud.

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 8h

UPDATE: How to engage locally in support of Farmer's rights and clean energy.
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Ohio Farmer: Clean Energy Instead of Bailouts

Paulding County, Ohio We all know it’s coming – big expensive bailouts for farmers. Trump has done the impossible, by making consumers pay more than ever for food, while farmers s…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 16h

Short film examines Foreign influence on internet disinformation
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Bots: Short Film Examines Internet Disinformation

Like a short “Black Mirror” episode, but rooted in actual facts the 2024 election, this film, an entrant at the Toronto International Film festival, fictionalizes the very real phenomen…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's DEI for Fossil Fuels
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Column: Trump’s DEI for Fossil Fuels

Midland Daily News (Michigan): That giant sucking sound you hear is money being vacuumed out of ratepayer’s pockets and into the coffers of the fossil fuel industry. In May, claiming an “…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 2d

CBS News on Revolution Offshore Wind
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CBS News on Revolution Offshore Wind Project

Revolution Wind, the mammoth offshore project that was halted by the Trump administration even though 80 percent completed, was recently restarted following a Judge’s order. What’s new …

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 2d

MAGA, please explain to me how a Qatari Air Force Base on US soil is "America First".
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WTF?! MAGA Pete Exposes Trump's CORRUPTION

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 2d

Climate Denial's newest crank rolls out an Old Climate Crock for Joe Rogan
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Climate Denial’s Newest Crank Revives an Old Crock

Above, clip from an appearance on the MAGA-centric Joe Rogan podcast, where Greg Braden, a self proclaimed scientist with a history, he says of communing with extra-dimensional beings, repeats verb…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 2d

Why does the Trump administration want to politicize the weather?
So they can piss on your leg and tell you it's raining.
thinc.blog/2025/10/10/d...

Deleting the Forecasts: MAGA’s War on NOAA

Why does MAGA want to politicize the weather?So they can piss on your leg and tell you it’s raining. Don’t need a weatherman to know that blows. Former NOAA expert interviewed above men…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 3d

To the consternation of performative faux "Christians", the new Pope renews call for climate action.
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New Pope Joins Call for Climate Action

Blessing Glacial Ice Much to the consternation of performative fossil fueled faux “Christians”, the new American Pope, Leo XIV, is continuing the calls of his predecessor, Pope Francis,…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 3d

Trump's Wind War an Insult to Red States
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Trump’s Wind War Roils Red States

Wall Street Journal: During one of Donald Trump’s first visits to this politically important state, then-Gov. Terry Branstad highlighted a structure on a hilltop during their ri…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 3d

Climate Change is a Crisis Multiplier. At peak of Farm trade crisis, Mississippi water levels at critical low for 4th year in a row.
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Low Mississippi Adds Injury to Farm Crisis

Farm Journal report above.Just in time to multiply impact of the trade war farm crisis, drought is causing a low Mississippi for the 4th year in a row, hampering grain shipments to Gulf ports. US D…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 3d

Wasted Wind costing EU Billions. Batteries to the Rescue.
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Wasted Wind Costing EU Billions – Batteries to the Rescue

Bloomberg: European countries curtailed a record amount of wind power in the first nine months of the year as excess output overwhelmed infrastructure that was unable to absorb surges in the flow o…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 3d

My Latest Column: Trump's DEI for Fossil Fuels
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Column: Trump’s DEI for Fossil Fuels

Midland Daily News (Michigan): That giant sucking sound you hear is money being vacuumed out of ratepayer’s pockets and into the coffers of the fossil fuel industry. In May, claiming an “energy eme…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 3d

6 former Surgeon Generals speak out together to warn about RFK jr and Trump's health misinformation.
When did the party of Lincoln, Liberty and Law become the party of Putin, Pedophiles, and Polio?
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Former surgeons general warn US about RFK Jr.

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 4d

Not AI, not a joke.
This is the President of Argentina, Trump's pal, who was baled out with 20 billion dollars of taxpayers money, and turned around to under cut US soybean farmers, costing billions more.
He's starring in his own crappy rock concert.
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Argentine President Javier Milei Takes Stage for ROCK CONCERT

YouTube video by New York Post

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 4d

The War on Science orchestrated by Petro States and Fossil Fuel Barons. PBS News hour profiles new book.
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Science Under Siege: PBS Newshour on Attacks Against Science

“..It’s organized, it’s deliberate, it’s financially motivated.”Peter Hotez and Michael Mann writing about the currently ascendant war on science. Those of us living i…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 4d

Drought, Low Mississippi, add to Trade War injury for US Ag.
4th year in a row for low water levels on critical river system.
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Low Mississippi Adds Injury to Farm Crisis

Farm Journal report above.Just in time to multiply impact of the trade war farm crisis, drought is causing a low Mississippi for the 4th year in a row, hampering grain shipments to Gulf ports. US D…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 4d

Sen. Durbin's opening statement in the Judiciary Committee's oversight hearing with Pam Bondi is worth your 10 minutes. youtu.be/rOWv4nGBnR8?...

WATCH: Sen. Durbin makes opening statement in hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 5d

The Speaker of the House is refusing to swear in an elected official, leaving an entire district without representation, just to block a vote that would release files on the world’s most notorious pedophile, whom the President once called his best friend. Why isn’t this on every front page?!

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 6d

PAY ATTENTION: ICE is filing fake 911 calls in Chicago, weaponizing emergency services to provoke local police.

Ordinary citizens would be charged with a felony. ICE calls it strategy.