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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 7h

This is staggering. “The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Desi Doyen/Green News Report @greennewsreport.bsky.social · 4h

"By late this century, I am optimistic that we will have successfully ridden the rapids of the climate crisis...There are too many talented and dedicated people who understand the problem and are working hard on solutions for us to fail"
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when...

When will climate change turn life in the U.S. upside down? » Yale Climate Connections

Intensifying extreme weather events and an insurance crisis are likely to cause significant economic and political disruption in the U.S. sometime in the next 15 years.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7h

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Desi Doyen/Green News Report @greennewsreport.bsky.social · 5h

Another analysis confirms that Spain’s summer blackout was caused by voltage surges, NOT renewables.

But rightwing media and fracking CEO/Energy Sec. Chris Wright LIED about it with a disinformation-propaganda blitz to falsely blame Spain's outage on wind and solar:
thinc.blog/2025/10/10/s...

Study: Spain’s Blackout Not Caused by Renewables

In case you were wondering. NPR: Last spring, tens of millions of people lost electricity across Spain, Portugal and part of France. Trains stopped in their tracks, and people were stuck …

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Desi Doyen/Green News Report @greennewsreport.bsky.social · 6h

"We are now ready to start our way down the Great Unknown. We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls rise over the river, we know not"
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when...

When will climate change turn life in the U.S. upside down? » Yale Climate Connections

Intensifying extreme weather events and an insurance crisis are likely to cause significant economic and political disruption in the U.S. sometime in the next 15 years.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 6h

Good afternoon with good news: Full-electric vehicle (BEV) sales skyrocketed 32% in Germany during September.

PHEV surged 85%.

EV share was 31.1%, with BEVs at 19.3%.

Germany is world's 5th largest auto market.

Petrostates have electric problems!
cleantechnica.com/2025/10/11/e... #energysky

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 6h

See below for the incredible way Meta’s AI tool describes this video.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Anthony J. Rivera @anthonyjrivera.bsky.social · 7h

Some messages are printed on 18-by-24-inch yard signs or smaller placards; others are drawn ornately by hand on paper or written in chalk. The few who will talk about the signs they created say the urgency of the moment compelled them to act.

(🎁link below)

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Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’

The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 23h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 23h

"Career prosecutors determined that there was no evidence to support these charges. They were pushed out and replaced with individuals whose only qualification is their loyalty to a single man, not to the Constitution or the law. That is corruption. That is abuse of power...we must all speak out."

Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 1d

INBOX: National Bar Association President Ashley L. Upkins calls the charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James “unjust and dangerous” and a representation of "the continued weaponization of our nation’s justice system for political gain."

Full statement below:

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Desi Doyen/Green News Report @greennewsreport.bsky.social · 6h

"Th compact “flagrantly disregards” the well-established unconstitutional conditions doctrine, “which holds that the government may not condition access to government benefits on the recipient’s agreement to waive their constitutional rights, including the rights protected by the First Amendment"

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 20h

New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"

The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 20h

New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"

The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...

www.cato.org

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 9h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 6h

When the bailout for Argentina…is actually a bailout for the Treasury Secretary’s hedge fund billionaires.

They get richer…and it just gets harder for you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

www.nytimes.com

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David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 9h

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Pop Quiz!

Every American should know the basics of our Founding, don’t you agree?

The history, and the Constitution itself?

Well, to make sure you know it, and as part of my virtual Democracy Academy, let me give you a quick pop quiz.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 22h

This kind of partisan political message, under the guise of a public service announcement, is illegal on several levels.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 1d

Humans causing climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces
“The human magnitude of climate change looks more like a meteorite strike than a gradual change.”

According to Professor Will Steffen who sadly is no longer with us but his worlds live on
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 19h

This is literally unbelievable to me as a former 35 year federal employee. Like completely unconscionable.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Desi Doyen/Green News Report @greennewsreport.bsky.social · 19h

“Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

The head of a conservative watchdog organization acknowledged that its report did not find evidence that the network of liberal billionaire George Soros had broken the law”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

www.nytimes.com

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Terri Langford @tlangford.bsky.social · 1d

How the Texas GOP’s bid to block lawmakers from the ballot defies a century of court precedent www.texastribune.org/2025/10/10/t... via @texastribune.org

How the Texas GOP’s bid to block lawmakers from the ballot defies a century of court precedent

The Texas GOP will vote Saturday to possibly bar some state legislators from running in the 2026 primary, despite repeated Texas Supreme Court rulings saying they cannot.

www.texastribune.org

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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 1d

"Worldwide, renewables produced more electricity than coal across the first half of this year — a first, according to clean-energy think tank @ember-energy.org." www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle... via @danmccarthy.bsky.social 🔌💡

Chart: In a first, world gets more power from renewables than coal

The world is still burning through enormous amounts of coal, but the energy source is stagnating as renewables — and solar in particular — soar.

www.canarymedia.com

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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 1d

A Bitcoin mine moved into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, but for the time being, the operation’s loud computers have been silenced by litigation.

A Bitcoin Mine Came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township Isn’t Happy - Inside Climate News

The mine’s computers emitted a loud, persistent hum that has, for the time being, been silenced by litigation.

insideclimatenews.org

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