Elena Demidenko
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Elena Demidenko
@elenademi.bsky.social
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*working with immigrants 🌏 *dog rescue volunteer 🐕 *love all animals 🐄 *Russian-born American who doesn't want America to turn into Russia #StandWithUkraine💙💛 #BlueDot 💙💙💙
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The essay linked in the post is very powerful.
Today a young GOP operative I’ve known for years left the world of MAGA and started down a path of rebuilding his career, his life and himself open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
Leaving MAGA
The Red Line We Don’t See Until We Cross It
open.substack.com
"This Factsheets tool, based on the Yale Climate Opinion Maps, provides information about Americans' beliefs, risk perceptions, and policy preferences about climate change for all 50 states... 272 congressional districts, and 3,142 counties."
climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizatio...
Climate Opinion Factsheets - Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Factsheets on climate opinions, risk perceptions, and policy preferences for all 50 states, 435 congressional districts, and 3,142 counties across the U.S.
climatecommunication.yale.edu
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Story Idea: Study after study has shown that the vast majority of people, 80-89%, want governments to “do more” to address climate change. Understanding who these people are and why gov't action doesn’t align with the overwhelming public interest are all rich territory for reporting. #the89percent
Covering Public Support for Government Climate Action
Explore how the global majority not only cares about climate change, but wants their governments to “do more” to address it.
coveringclimatenow.org
"Now back in power, Trump and his loyalists are continuing to undermine the idea of politics, policies, and debate, trying instead to delegitimize the Democratic opposition altogether."
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No Kings Rally 2.0 October 18th 2025 | Wake Forest, North Carolina
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My medium sized town wake forest, nc.
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After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
Lots of people in Wake Forest, NC!
#nokings
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OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
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"Saturday’s event in Wake Forest allows residents to join millions across the country in sending a clear and unmistakable message: we are a nation of equals, and our country will not be ruled by fear or force."
wakeforestgazette.com/october-18th...
wakeforestgazette.com
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States participating in the lawsuits include AZ, CA, MD, CO, CT, HI, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, MA, MI, Minnesota, NV, New Jersey, New Mexico, NY, North Carolina, Oregon, PA, Rhode Island, Vermont, WA and WI, and the city of Washington DC.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nearly two dozen states sue to stop Trump ending $7bn solar grant program
States who received funding under an EPA project aimed to expand solar energy for low-income communities
www.theguardian.com
Unbelievable how much they fear people who don't look like them. Diversity means not only learning about other cultures; it brings awareness of different human experience. Refugees' stories, their lives back home and here give perspective that enrich all of us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
www.nytimes.com
"... the president and his administration barely conceal any longer that they want to suppress both free speech and free political activity."
"This is what you get after a decade of Trumpism’s ascendance: a young-activist base that has self-selected for the most amoral and psychotic political strivers, and has held them up as a professional ideal for the young people coming up behind them to emulate." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-gettin...
It’s Getting Worse.
The Trump administration’s assault on the rest of us is intensifying.
www.thebulwark.com
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We miss her very much 💔💔💔