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I am an ecologist and conservationist, and I am the director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum.
Anyone who's been around long enough will remember that Reagan also tried to make huge cuts to science and Congress pushed back. Trump is worse but, it' funny how history repeats itself.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
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Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Anyone who's been around long enough will remember that Reagan also tried to make huge cuts to science and Congress pushed back. Trump is worse but, it' funny how history repeats itself.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
Trump claims the US will benefit from Venezualan oil, but as this article points out, "energy markets reward stability more than ideology, and regime change rarely delivers it quickly."
theconversation.com/a-regime-cha...
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A regime change in Venezuela could have grim consequences for Canada’s oil sector
Canada and Venezuela compete in the same heavy-oil regional and global markets, so shifts in supply from Canada to Venezuela would widely reverberate across the Canadian economy.
theconversation.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Trump claims the US will benefit from Venezualan oil, but as this article points out, "energy markets reward stability more than ideology, and regime change rarely delivers it quickly."
theconversation.com/a-regime-cha...
theconversation.com/a-regime-cha...
Thank you Bill Crystal for this dead on quote
"MAGA is a vulgar, cartoonish, cultish, and incoherent movement."
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"MAGA is a vulgar, cartoonish, cultish, and incoherent movement."
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MAGA’s Lust for Fascism
Trump’s ideologues want a smaller, meaner, whiter America.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Thank you Bill Crystal for this dead on quote
"MAGA is a vulgar, cartoonish, cultish, and incoherent movement."
ttps://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/magas-lust-for-fascism-january-6th-insurrection-peter-thiel-1920s-nostalgia?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=split&r=1vnujs
"MAGA is a vulgar, cartoonish, cultish, and incoherent movement."
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"This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress,” said Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT).
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June 30, 2025
"This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress,” said Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT).
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July 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress,” said Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT).
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A fantastic summary of the illiberal elements of the right that are currently eroding the foundations of American democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
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A Taxonomy of the New Right
Postliberal ideology is a multi-headed hydra. To defeat it, we must first understand it.
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A fantastic summary of the illiberal elements of the right that are currently eroding the foundations of American democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
Here are some simple suggestions for ways you can help protect insects, many of which are facing declining populations. These critters help the world go round and provide foodweb support, pollination, and other critical ecological roles. 🌎 🐝 #pollinators
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect them
From turning out the lights to letting leaves rot, these small steps can create big changes at home or in the wild
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Here are some simple suggestions for ways you can help protect insects, many of which are facing declining populations. These critters help the world go round and provide foodweb support, pollination, and other critical ecological roles. 🌎 🐝 #pollinators
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The scope and scale of Trump's corruption is staggering.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘I have never seen such open corruption’: Trump’s crypto deals and loosening of rules shock observers
After courtship with crypto industry, president now profits immensely from a sector he once said ‘seems like a scam’
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The scope and scale of Trump's corruption is staggering.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It's past time for the US to restrict the use of neonic insecticides. Due to widesread negative effects, Europeans have banned their outdoor use. Canada has restricted their use and several US states have done the same. It's time for federal restrictions. 🌎 🐝
www.nrdc.org/stories/neon...
www.nrdc.org/stories/neon...
Neonicotinoids 101: The Effects on Humans and Bees
What you need to know about the toxic insecticide that’s decimating populations of pollinators.
www.nrdc.org
June 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It's past time for the US to restrict the use of neonic insecticides. Due to widesread negative effects, Europeans have banned their outdoor use. Canada has restricted their use and several US states have done the same. It's time for federal restrictions. 🌎 🐝
www.nrdc.org/stories/neon...
www.nrdc.org/stories/neon...
It costs avout $13,000 to deport a single undocumented immigrant. There are about 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US. The total cost of deporting them all would be around $143 billion. That doesn’t include the economic consequences of losing a huge immigrant workforce. #immigration
June 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It costs avout $13,000 to deport a single undocumented immigrant. There are about 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US. The total cost of deporting them all would be around $143 billion. That doesn’t include the economic consequences of losing a huge immigrant workforce. #immigration
The Trump administration's proposed massive cuts to federal science funding would have huge devastating effects in US scientific leadership. If the U.S. turns away from investing in science, China and members of the European Unio will gladly fill the vacuum.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump’s proposed budget would mean ‘disastrous’ cuts to science
Key research budgets would shrink by one-third to one-half in 2026 spending plan
www.science.org
June 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The Trump administration's proposed massive cuts to federal science funding would have huge devastating effects in US scientific leadership. If the U.S. turns away from investing in science, China and members of the European Unio will gladly fill the vacuum.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
The global decline of insects is disheartening, and it has ramifications for many other life forms, including insectivorous birds and plants. Climate change is emerging as an underlying cause equal to or exceeding the effects of habitat loss and land use change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The global decline of insects is disheartening, and it has ramifications for many other life forms, including insectivorous birds and plants. Climate change is emerging as an underlying cause equal to or exceeding the effects of habitat loss and land use change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump's tariffs might be the best thing for slowing global warming because nothing cuts greenhouse gas emissions like a global economic recession.
May 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Trump's tariffs might be the best thing for slowing global warming because nothing cuts greenhouse gas emissions like a global economic recession.
This would be even more funny if it weren't true.
May 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This would be even more funny if it weren't true.
During the campaign, Trump denied having any knowledge of Project 2025, even though its authors were dominated by former Trump administrators. Here is a website that tracks their progress on achieving their goals with details on the goals.
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www.project2025.observer?fbclid=IwY2x...
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
April 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
During the campaign, Trump denied having any knowledge of Project 2025, even though its authors were dominated by former Trump administrators. Here is a website that tracks their progress on achieving their goals with details on the goals.
www.project2025.observer?fbclid=IwY2x...
www.project2025.observer?fbclid=IwY2x...
Here's an inspring interview with 4 of the nation's leading democratic governor's assessing the first 100 days of Trump 2.0 and what is being done, and what we can all do to resist, fight and undo the damage he is doing to our country.
www.youtube.com/live/J-0ecbB...
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LIVE: Dem Governor TOWN HALL on Trump 100 DAYS
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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April 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Here's an inspring interview with 4 of the nation's leading democratic governor's assessing the first 100 days of Trump 2.0 and what is being done, and what we can all do to resist, fight and undo the damage he is doing to our country.
www.youtube.com/live/J-0ecbB...
www.youtube.com/live/J-0ecbB...
Note to the US Treasury Secretary--climate change and social issues, especially issues related to equality and justice, are economic issues. Duh!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/b...
Scott Bessent Accuses IMF and World Bank of ‘Mission Creep’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued in a speech that the multilateral economic institutions have veered away from their missions.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Note to the US Treasury Secretary--climate change and social issues, especially issues related to equality and justice, are economic issues. Duh!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/b...
Monsters. Deport an innocent father of three with permanent legal status, admit your mistake, be told you must facilitate his return in a 9-0 ruling by the supreme court, then openly defy the court ruling. So much for the land of the free and home of the brave.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Trump Live Updates: U.S. and El Salvador Say They Won’t Return Man Who Was Mistakenly Deported
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Monsters. Deport an innocent father of three with permanent legal status, admit your mistake, be told you must facilitate his return in a 9-0 ruling by the supreme court, then openly defy the court ruling. So much for the land of the free and home of the brave.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
RFK Jr.'s complicit attacks on HHS through cuts to public health programs, huge staff reductions, and deep cuts to medical research will have long-lasting negative effects on public health infrastructure in the US. He also continues to waffle and spread lies about the proven benefits of vaccines.
It’s very bad that Republican senators rolled over for Bondi, Patel, and Hegseth. But it was somewhat predictable given our tribal politics.
It’s astonishing they went along with RFK Jr. Makes one realize kooky conspiracism is a feature, not a bug, of today’s GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-be-fo...
It’s astonishing they went along with RFK Jr. Makes one realize kooky conspiracism is a feature, not a bug, of today’s GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-be-fo...
Don’t Be Fooled: RFK Jr. Is Still Talking Down Vaccines
It’s part of a much bigger blow to American health care that will reverberate for decades.
www.thebulwark.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
RFK Jr.'s complicit attacks on HHS through cuts to public health programs, huge staff reductions, and deep cuts to medical research will have long-lasting negative effects on public health infrastructure in the US. He also continues to waffle and spread lies about the proven benefits of vaccines.
No media network contributes more to the global democratic resistance to the Trump regime than the Meidas Touch network. Please subscribe if you can and join the Meidas Mighty. Elbows Up!!
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Very Important Message From MeidasTouch
By Ben Meiselas
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April 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
No media network contributes more to the global democratic resistance to the Trump regime than the Meidas Touch network. Please subscribe if you can and join the Meidas Mighty. Elbows Up!!
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Many butterfly species are in decline, but that's no reason not to celebrate species that are thriving. Painted Ladies migrate up to 4,500 miles berween Africa and the Arctic Circle! They are common in the US and are beautiful to boot 😍! 🌎
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...
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Opinion | Painted Lady Butterflies Live on Almost Every Continent. We Can Learn From Their Resilience.
The butterflies’ resilience shows that some species are capable of adapting to dramatic changes in climate, food availability and urban development.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Many butterfly species are in decline, but that's no reason not to celebrate species that are thriving. Painted Ladies migrate up to 4,500 miles berween Africa and the Arctic Circle! They are common in the US and are beautiful to boot 😍! 🌎
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...
I found this great video of people who support Trump's tariffs.
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Lemmings Jumping off Cliffs
YouTube video by MussyMink
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April 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I found this great video of people who support Trump's tariffs.
youtu.be/YNZ_K14iT-Q?...
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Less than 1,400 days to go in the Trump presidency!!
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End of Trump's Presidency
Countdown timer showing how much time left until Saturday, January 20, 2029 12:00:00 PM in timezone Eastern, US (UTC-05:00)
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April 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Less than 1,400 days to go in the Trump presidency!!
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“The insurance sector is a canary in the coalmine when it comes to climate impacts.” Whole regions and sectors could become uninsurable. 🌎 #climatechange #climaterisk
Climate, Risk, Insurance: The Future of Capitalism
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Climate, Risk, Insurance: The Future of Capitalism
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Climate, Risk, Insurance: The Future of Capitalism
CO₂ emissions directly increase the amount of energy trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere. This is not a vague or future issue—it is physical reality.
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April 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“The insurance sector is a canary in the coalmine when it comes to climate impacts.” Whole regions and sectors could become uninsurable. 🌎 #climatechange #climaterisk
Climate, Risk, Insurance: The Future of Capitalism
www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat....
Climate, Risk, Insurance: The Future of Capitalism
www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat....