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Cheryl @wclpdenver.bsky.social · 3d

Still feeling the summer glow...

One day, could the earth come round
To you, around you, within you?
So that you are fully inhabited?
Steven Nightingale

#nature #beautifulworld #protecttheearth #trails #hiking #natureheals #photography📷 #mountainhikes #naturetherapy #nature #Colorado_unique

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3d

“… Republicans are the ones who hold all the power here. They could choose to partially fund the program. They could choose to work w/the Democrats and end the gov’t shutdown. The fact that they’re hurting their own voters out of sheer stubbornness is despicable.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Republicans' refusal to fund SNAP will hurt their own voters most. They don't care. | Opinion

It shouldn't just be on Democrats to have a conscience and compromise on the shutdown. Republicans control all branches of government.

www.usatoday.com

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 3d

Here is the full memo: www.gatesnotes.com/three-tough-... and the Axios article where I comment: www.axios.com/2025/10/30/b...

www.gatesnotes.com

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Jack Leonard @jack-leonard.bsky.social · 3d

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated. Trump Halted Efforts to Fix It.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-... @lisalsong.bsky.social reveals how big polluters are allowed to estimate their emissions using methods even the EPA conceded are often unreliable.

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated

The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

www.propublica.org

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 3d

NEW:

Roughly 42 million people—the majority of them white American citizens—will lose access to vital food stamp benefits from Satirday.

Far-right influencers and extremists are using the crisis to push racist disinformation about immigrants and Black people

www.wired.com/story/disinf...

No, SNAP Benefits Aren’t Mostly Used by Immigrants

SNAP benefits are set to run out on Saturday. Far-right influencers and extremists are incorrectly claiming that immigrants are the main recipients of food stamps.

www.wired.com

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Cheryl @wclpdenver.bsky.social · 15d

Amazing, beautiful, astonishing, powerful collection that transcends time and pain and grief and heals...

#booksky #read #poetry #AdaLimón #poetlaureate #nature #awe #startlement #books #bestbooksofalltime #bestbooksof2025 @milkweededitions.bsky.social

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Cheryl @wclpdenver.bsky.social · 13d

Denver fall colors booming....

#optoutside #beautifullife #beautifulworld #grateful #protecttheearth #home #dnvr #themilehighcity #cityofdenver #greenspace #urbannature #cityparks #fallorado #fallcolors

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Cheryl @wclpdenver.bsky.social · 5d

Throwback to this summer....

#optoutside #wildflowersofinstagram #beautifullife#gratitude #beautifulworld #wildflowerseason #protecttheearth #trails #hiking #natureheals #outdoors #lovelife #naturetherapy #nature #Colorado_unique #natureiscalling #themountainsarecalling

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 4d

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

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Cheryl @wclpdenver.bsky.social · 5d

Throwback to this summer....

#optoutside #wildflowersofinstagram #beautifullife#gratitude #beautifulworld #wildflowerseason #protecttheearth #trails #hiking #natureheals #outdoors #lovelife #naturetherapy #nature #Colorado_unique #natureiscalling #themountainsarecalling

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 5d

As a reminder, brief description of what diphtheria feels like.

(Sounds like a torturously horrendous way to suffocate to death. And completely PREVENTABLE)

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · May 27

It's dinner time here in Atl, and we're grateful we do NOT need to worry about a thick gray patch of dead tissue slowly growing in our throats and strangling us.
That's diphtheria.
Can’t breathe.
Can’t swallow.
Definitely can't eat 🐔wings.
We don’t see diphtheria in the U.S.
Thanks, vaccines 💉

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 5d

First the administration cut food assistance for Americans in need.

Now they’re refusing to use emergency funds for food assistance—even though their now-deleted shutdown plan said they could.

They have the funding to keep families from going hungry. There’s no excuse.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 6d

This man is utterly disgusting. This is who shepherded Trump’s judicial nominees through confirmation. That should tell you A LOT.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 6d

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 6d

I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.

Reuters @reuters.com · 7d

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 8d

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.

But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.

A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

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Catherine Prendergast🇺🇦🪬 @badtoss.bsky.social · 9d

Actually a good idea.

doctorhenryct.bsky.social @doctorhenryct.bsky.social · 9d

Since the House is in recess why don't Democrats interview Jack Smith on their own, in public and televise it on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow as moderator?

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jason @jasooooon.bsky.social · 12d

it's mamdanimania, baby! www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

Zohran Mamdani, the Internet’s Mayor

Mere months ago, New York’s mayoral front-runner was polling right next to “Someone Else.” He spoke to WIRED about building a social media machine, Big Tech capitulation, and learning from Eric Adams.

www.wired.com

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 12d

The Trump administration, in one image.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 12d

President Trump is trying to create one giant national police force under his command by strong-arming local law enforcement agencies into helping ICE carry out immigration raids.

This is a danger to our rights and undermines the checks and balances essential to a democracy.

Trump “National Police Force” Built on ICE Partnerships With Local Agencies Like… Wildlife Commissions?

Trump is using ICE partnerships and lies about immigrant crime waves to create a national police force that operates under his orders.

theintercept.com

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 12d

A couple in their 60s in Marshall could see their monthly premiums increase from $233 to almost $400. That’s a 70% increase.

With prices already rising, that means families will have to choose between paying for essentials or health care.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 12d

Snapshot of recent polls show Rs struggling to defend seats they hold:
- VA Spanberger 51%-41% Earle-Sears
- ME Mills 42%-37% Collins
- NC Cooper 46%-42% Whatley
- OH Brown 49%-48% Husted
- TX Cornyn 48%-46% Allred, 48%-45% Talarico
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/we-have-15...

We Have 15 Days To Win The November Elections - Let's Get To Work Everyone!!!!!!

Hopium paid subscribers will gather Wednesday night at 7pm ET/Welcome new subscribers!!!!!

www.hopiumchronicles.com

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 12d

Trump claims he can “do whatever I want” in D.C., even replace the mayor. Legally, that’s false, but rhetorically, it’s revealing. He’s describing absolute power, and it's an autocratic mindset of someone who sees democracy as a formality.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12d

The Republican shutdown means that nonessential federal employees like soldiers and TSA agents aren't being paid anymore, but rest assured that the truly vital work of this administration -- building a Dancing with the Stars ballroom for the dementia-addled president -- still goes on.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 12d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12d

-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

These are the foundations of real freedom.

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