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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3d

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

A practice that would have been unthinkable under past administrations is becoming normalized: Sending ICE detainees, without due process, to far-flung prisons.

@nlanard.bsky.social takes us inside the "legal black hole" in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini where Trump is sending detainees.

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Mary K. Reinhart @mkreinhart.bsky.social · 8d

“This decision recognizes our right to an accessible and clean energy system”
FEMA Must Consider Rooftop Solar for Puerto Rico’s Ailing Grid
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Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social · 9d

Published today: our new paper showing a 44-year trend of increasing global wildfire disasters (fatalities and economic losses) due to climate change-induced extreme weather. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires

Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...

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Mary K. Reinhart @mkreinhart.bsky.social · 10d

"apparently nothing says ‘Make America Great Again’ like turning Yosemite into one giant toilet.”
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Trump Puts National Parks, Visitors at Risk During Shutdown

Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it would keep most national parks open with “skeleton crews” during the government shutdown, putting Americ...

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 11d

I have never seen such a blistering rebuke of a President by a federal judge. He is telling us clearly to stand up for our liberty against a dictator. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.

The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.

Everyone must choose which side they’re on.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18d

The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.

Signs Referencing Climate Change Along with Web Pages Removed from Acadia National Park

The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 18d

I talked about rising electricity bills & the need for clean electrification on #WITHpod with @chrislhayes.bsky.social. AI & data centers are spiking electricity demand, & the Administration is restricting the building of renewable energy. Prices are going up. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f653...

Trump admin is like a “cartoon throwing thumbtacks in the road” impeding renewable energy process

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Daniel Biss @danielbiss.bsky.social · 22d

They are trying to send a message of public violence and oppression.
Our job is to resist it as visibly, vocally and aggressively as we can while staying nonviolent.

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Protesters and Federal Agents Clash Outside an ICE Detention Facility Near Chicago www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Protesters and Federal Agents Clash Outside an ICE Detention Facility Near Chicago

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21d

This is what we need from elected officials -- a commitment to stand up for their constituents and, just as important, a willingness to tell right-wing trolls to get bent.

Daniel Biss @danielbiss.bsky.social · 22d

Right wing crazies want me arrested because they know I won't back down. Too bad.

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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 22d

Ted Cooke, whose nomination was rescinded by the Trump administration: "I’ve never seen this kind of vitriol and opposition based on presumed bias. ... Why, all of a sudden, are we politicizing water in this way?" @alanhalaly.bsky.social www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...

Axed Colorado River nominee alleges interference: ‘Never seen this kind of vitriol’

Colorado River talks to save Lake Mead may go on without a permanent commissioner.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22d

Hegseth orders Pentagon reporters not to report any news about national defense unless it has been approved by Hegseth.

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Mary K. Reinhart @mkreinhart.bsky.social · 25d

AZ AG to big AZ utility: "Giving APS another rate increase, after making more than $600 million in net income last year, is outrageous and I will not stand for it."
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes to challenge APS rate hike

Attorney General Kris Mayes' request to get involved was approved the same day Gov. Katie Hobbs announced a task force studying energy needs.

www.azcentral.com

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Laiken Jordahl @laikenjordahl.bsky.social · 25d

Breaking: First new sections of Trump border wall are going up in the San Rafael Valley. This is an ecological catastrophe for the Arizona-Sonora borderlands, especially for the endangered jaguars and ocelots that move across the border here.

READ: biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 26d

“CBS shifts to appease the right under new owner,” David Ellison, the “son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison, one of the richest people in the world & a vocal backer of…Trump.” 9/12/25 (Larry Ellison has also been identified as a prospective TikTok buyer, along with a16z aka Andreessen Horowitz.) 1/

CBS shifts to appease the right under new owner

CBS' new owner, David Ellison, has taken concrete steps to address the concerns of the news division's sharpest critics — particularly President Trump and his allies.

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Madison Swart @madisonswart.bsky.social · Sep 11

After her hearing at 26 Federal Plaza, a woman was detained and escorted toward the stairwell. Her husband, confused and in shock, was guided toward the exit. Minutes later, he broke down in the elevator. They entered together, but he left alone. This happens here daily. #ICE

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Sep 12

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials

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Reuters @reuters.com · Sep 10

US Treasury-led watchdog dismantles climate advisory panels reut.rs/3JVG3du

US Treasury-led watchdog dismantles climate advisory panels

U.S. financial regulators voted on Wednesday to disband two committees charged with monitoring financial risks brought on by climate change, ending a multi-year Biden administration effort to embed climate threats into financial regulations.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · Sep 10

The troubling rise of concentration camp euphemisms

Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · Sep 10

WaPo's editorial board is "troubled."

Editorial Board
The troubling rise of inhumane detention centers

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Mary K. Reinhart @mkreinhart.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Arizonans will lose a comprehensive statewide program that works alongside communities to... improve access to nutritious food, and create safe opportunities for physical activity,"
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Beloved 'Garden Kitchen,' other Arizona food programs at risk after Trump budget cuts

The Garden Kitchen in Tucson grew into a beloved source of food, education and community, but federal budget cuts could end its work.

www.azcentral.com