Tim Donaghy
@timdonaghy.bsky.social
Research Director for Greenpeace USA. Lapsed astrophysicist, previously UCS.
Focused on climate, energy, environmental justice, science policy. Views are my own.
I'm @quinn43 on the birdsite. Also on Mastodon @[email protected]. he/him
Focused on climate, energy, environmental justice, science policy. Views are my own.
I'm @quinn43 on the birdsite. Also on Mastodon @[email protected]. he/him
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The Trump regime got rid of 10,109 PhDs in science and related fields, representing 14% of the total number of PhD scientists in the federal workforce.
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The Trump regime got rid of 10,109 PhDs in science and related fields, representing 14% of the total number of PhD scientists in the federal workforce.
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To be clear, this is a victory, which was won by ordinary people putting their lives on the line in the streets of Minneapolis while almost all their elected leaders kept quiet or made only muted criticism.
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM
To be clear, this is a victory, which was won by ordinary people putting their lives on the line in the streets of Minneapolis while almost all their elected leaders kept quiet or made only muted criticism.
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Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, a key player in Trump's immigration crackdown, is expected to leave Minneapolis tomorrow, sources tell CNN.
https://cnn.it/3LPyM04
https://cnn.it/3LPyM04
January 26, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, a key player in Trump's immigration crackdown, is expected to leave Minneapolis tomorrow, sources tell CNN.
https://cnn.it/3LPyM04
https://cnn.it/3LPyM04
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"Billionaire parachutes in to save media outlet" continues to rack up a near-perfect record of failure.
A bloodbath at The Washington Post. What a terrible day for journalism.
January 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM
"Billionaire parachutes in to save media outlet" continues to rack up a near-perfect record of failure.
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Wrote about him in TNR, prior to Renee Good. Remarkably similar incident. He’d just dropped off his kid. They rushed his car. He tried to flee. Cops then claimed he tried to run them over, despite video evidence to the contrary.
Should’ve been a warning.
Should’ve been a warning.
January 26, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Wrote about him in TNR, prior to Renee Good. Remarkably similar incident. He’d just dropped off his kid. They rushed his car. He tried to flee. Cops then claimed he tried to run them over, despite video evidence to the contrary.
Should’ve been a warning.
Should’ve been a warning.
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@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: Is this what energy dependency looks like?
61 US LNG tankers arrived in the EU in the first 23 days of 2026.
Every delivery makes the EU more dependent on #Trump.
Every dollar paid supports his agenda. Every tanker means more climate chaos.
Stop US gas! #StopFossilGas
61 US LNG tankers arrived in the EU in the first 23 days of 2026.
Every delivery makes the EU more dependent on #Trump.
Every dollar paid supports his agenda. Every tanker means more climate chaos.
Stop US gas! #StopFossilGas
January 26, 2026 at 10:24 AM
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: Is this what energy dependency looks like?
61 US LNG tankers arrived in the EU in the first 23 days of 2026.
Every delivery makes the EU more dependent on #Trump.
Every dollar paid supports his agenda. Every tanker means more climate chaos.
Stop US gas! #StopFossilGas
61 US LNG tankers arrived in the EU in the first 23 days of 2026.
Every delivery makes the EU more dependent on #Trump.
Every dollar paid supports his agenda. Every tanker means more climate chaos.
Stop US gas! #StopFossilGas
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For the second time this month, DHS agents killed a U.S. citizen participating in a nonviolent protest. Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse with the VA and federal overreach means another innocent life is gone. DHS, a department charged with protecting Americans, is terrorizing our communities.
January 25, 2026 at 4:06 PM
For the second time this month, DHS agents killed a U.S. citizen participating in a nonviolent protest. Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse with the VA and federal overreach means another innocent life is gone. DHS, a department charged with protecting Americans, is terrorizing our communities.
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Lifting this up again. A huge problem now is that there’s a giant slush fund for ICE & CBP separate from annual funding — that Trump can continue to use even during a shutdown.
Ds *must* make rescinding those pots of money the price of any future funding deals, as Rs did w/ IRS money from the IRA.
Ds *must* make rescinding those pots of money the price of any future funding deals, as Rs did w/ IRS money from the IRA.
In 2022 we gave the IRS $80 bn. When Rs took the House they made rescinding that $$ the price of funding the govt. In each funding bill enacted since, large chunks of that were pared back
Ds should do that for the ICE money from OBBBA. Paring back that $$ must be a prerequisite for funding the govt
Ds should do that for the ICE money from OBBBA. Paring back that $$ must be a prerequisite for funding the govt
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Lifting this up again. A huge problem now is that there’s a giant slush fund for ICE & CBP separate from annual funding — that Trump can continue to use even during a shutdown.
Ds *must* make rescinding those pots of money the price of any future funding deals, as Rs did w/ IRS money from the IRA.
Ds *must* make rescinding those pots of money the price of any future funding deals, as Rs did w/ IRS money from the IRA.
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The Doyen 26 ConcoPhillips oil rig in Alaska just collapsed while it was being transported
www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/01/24/n...
www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/01/24/n...
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Doyen 26 ConcoPhillips oil rig in Alaska just collapsed while it was being transported
www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/01/24/n...
www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/01/24/n...
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Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
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As a frequent NYT critic, I am going to say that you shouldn’t jump on them for *very* early reporting, because it requires a level of checking and rechecking that posting doesn’t. This is still a very fast turn.
Sometimes it takes a bit for national (or really, any) media to catch up with a story but now the New York Times is noting the video did not show Alex Pretti brandishing a gun as ICE has claimed. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
As a frequent NYT critic, I am going to say that you shouldn’t jump on them for *very* early reporting, because it requires a level of checking and rechecking that posting doesn’t. This is still a very fast turn.
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Things worth really hammering to any family and acquaintances whose reflexive attitude is “but we gotta enforce the law”:
(1) Lots of the folks being targeted came here legally; the administration has retroactively declared them “illegal” despite having done nothing wrong
(1) Lots of the folks being targeted came here legally; the administration has retroactively declared them “illegal” despite having done nothing wrong
Venezuelan family seeking asylum -- entered legally, both parents with college degrees -- took their 7-year-old to the ER for a nosebleed and fever. ICE, which is now targeting hospitals as well as churches schools, blocked the child from getting care and detained them instead
The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
January 23, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Things worth really hammering to any family and acquaintances whose reflexive attitude is “but we gotta enforce the law”:
(1) Lots of the folks being targeted came here legally; the administration has retroactively declared them “illegal” despite having done nothing wrong
(1) Lots of the folks being targeted came here legally; the administration has retroactively declared them “illegal” despite having done nothing wrong
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First Trump's tariffs tipped the Canadian and Australian elections to the center-left parties.
Then his interference in Brazil flipped Lula's numbers, and Greenland threats revived the Danish left — both ahead of 2026 elections.
Trump is the international left's best friend.
Then his interference in Brazil flipped Lula's numbers, and Greenland threats revived the Danish left — both ahead of 2026 elections.
Trump is the international left's best friend.
January 23, 2026 at 8:46 PM
First Trump's tariffs tipped the Canadian and Australian elections to the center-left parties.
Then his interference in Brazil flipped Lula's numbers, and Greenland threats revived the Danish left — both ahead of 2026 elections.
Trump is the international left's best friend.
Then his interference in Brazil flipped Lula's numbers, and Greenland threats revived the Danish left — both ahead of 2026 elections.
Trump is the international left's best friend.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
As clergy pray, arrests begin
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Trump's first year back: The consent of the governed has been withdrawn
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/one-year-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/one-year-o...
The consent of the governed has been withdrawn
One year into his second term, Trump has suffered the largest approval collapse of any modern president (except the one who resigned in disgrace). He is underwater on every major policy area.
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Trump's first year back: The consent of the governed has been withdrawn
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/one-year-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/one-year-o...
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Ugh. Is the Administration illegally undermining climate work in America…?
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
Newly Disclosed Records Show Trump Administration’s Unlawful Actions Related to Secretly Formed “Climate Working Group”
The records are part of more than 68,000 pages of records obtained by EDF and the Union of Concerned Scientists as as the result of a lawsuit.
www.edf.org
January 22, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Ugh. Is the Administration illegally undermining climate work in America…?
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
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yes, there is functionality to scale by population/density
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
yes, there is functionality to scale by population/density
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Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
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In a new special issue, Science’s news reporters take stock of the impacts that Trump's year in office has had on research and the scientific workforce, forecast what lies ahead, and assess the scientific community’s efforts to mitigate or reverse the harms. https://scim.ag/4pPtks0
January 22, 2026 at 7:05 PM
In a new special issue, Science’s news reporters take stock of the impacts that Trump's year in office has had on research and the scientific workforce, forecast what lies ahead, and assess the scientific community’s efforts to mitigate or reverse the harms. https://scim.ag/4pPtks0
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Q: Did you uncover evidence to prove Trump knew his claim the election was stolen was false?
SMITH: Yes
Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost?
SMITH: Yes
Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage
SMITH: Yes
Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost?
SMITH: Yes
Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage
January 22, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Q: Did you uncover evidence to prove Trump knew his claim the election was stolen was false?
SMITH: Yes
Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost?
SMITH: Yes
Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage
SMITH: Yes
Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost?
SMITH: Yes
Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage
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"Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?" a deep dive for the law nerds new from me, posted over at Volokh.
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?
The Associated Press reports: Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says WASHINGTON (AP)…
reason.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:26 AM
"Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?" a deep dive for the law nerds new from me, posted over at Volokh.
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
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Jack Smith: "Trump was charged bc the evidence established he willfully broke the law -- the very laws he took an oath to uphold... After leaving office, Trump illegally kept classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago social club... highly sensitive natl security info was held in a ballroom & bathroom."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "Trump was charged bc the evidence established he willfully broke the law -- the very laws he took an oath to uphold... After leaving office, Trump illegally kept classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago social club... highly sensitive natl security info was held in a ballroom & bathroom."
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