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Roberta Millstein 🌎🌱🐩🏊🏼‍♀🎶🥾
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Professor Emerit at UC Davis. Researches in the history & philosophy of biology and environmental ethics. https://www.RLM.net/ New open-access book w/ U Chicago Press: _The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold's Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium_
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Roberta Millstein 🌎🌱🐩🏊🏼‍♀🎶🥾 @cepaea.bsky.social · Oct 18
We can pin posts now! Here's mine—please check out my new book, _The Land Is Our Community
Aldo Leopold’s Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium_, available for purchase or free #OpenAccess download from UChicago Press.

🌱🐋 🌎 #EnvHist #EnvHums

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The Land Is Our Community
A contemporary defense of conservationist Aldo Leopold’s vision for human interaction with the environment.   Informed by his experiences as a hunter, forester, wildlife manager, ecologist, conservati...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4h
This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 2h
I keep having to look up laws I should never have to look up. And guess who signed this legislation?’
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 1h
I didn’t know Tapper meant the sound Trump makes while texting.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1h
What do Americans think about Trump and Hegseth's meeting with the generals and admirals?

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YouGov polling in the days after the meeting finds that Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of the decision to summon the generals. More Americans say the meeting was a bad use of military spending than a good use, and a majority believe it posed a national security risk. Majorities of Americans say the government should not fire generals over policy disagreements and that generals and enlisted service members should not follow orders they believe to be unconstitutional. Americans largely do not think that military spending needs to be increased or that there is a war in any U.S. cities, though a majority do believe that soldiers' physical fitness and appearance are very important for military effectiveness.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1h
I haven't yet seen evidence that CNN has formally changed its house style for reporting, but FWIW, compare WSJ yesterday www.wsj.com/articles/vol...
A label battle Is it the Defense Department or the Department of War? Some readers grew defensive, so to speak, when a recent Wall Street Journal article failed to mention that the Defense Department is now rebranded with a secondary moniker from the past—the Department of War—according to a Trump executive order. The Journal had, in fact, mentioned Department of War in some previous articles after the president signed the order, but not all. The WSJ stylebook has now come to peace with the issue: Because the "War" name, by the government's own admission, is a secondary name and not official—only Congress could make it that—we will still use Defense Department as the default. But articles will certainly acknowledge the rebrand as pertinent. (Journal reporters have a lot of experience in rebrandings by companies, so they know how to acknowledge legal names and brand names deftly.) And as always, the Pentagon also remains an acceptable second reference. This entry has been added to the WSJ stylebook: Defense Department/Department of War We refer to the Defense Department and defense secretary (which is uppercase directly before a name), and acknowledge as pertinent the Trump administration's revival of Department of War/Secretary of War as a secondary name. (The War label isn't official unless Congress approves it.) The acknowledgment need be used only once in a given article. For example: ..the company said it has a contract with the Department of War, referring to the unofficial name that the Pentagon has revived for the Defense Department.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 1h
A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the Chicago area accused of assaulting law enforcement, the latest in a shocking string of failures by the Trump Department of Justice.
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach
A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...
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Roberta Millstein 🌎🌱🐩🏊🏼‍♀🎶🥾 @cepaea.bsky.social · 2h
Can you imagine how badly Republicans would be losing their shit if Dems had ever pulled this crap? We are so bad at this. There is no excuse for not seating her. It’s an abuse of power.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 4h
How many ways can Johnson flail around on this question
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction
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David Hogg @davidhogg.bsky.social · 4h
Hey Speaker Johnson, swear in Adelita Grijalva. Or are you too scared that Trump and your other GOP buddies are in the Epstein files?
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 3h
DHS and ICE have 20 days to produce all raw footage in their possession from the South Shore Chicago apartment complex raid.

Darkness is no longer YOUR ally. We will shed light on your illegal actions.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 3h
A coalition of health care providers, religious groups and educators filed a lawsuit on Friday to stop the H-1B fee, saying it would harm hospitals, churches, schools and industries that rely on the visa. https://to.pbs.org/48heMw8
Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee threatens rural schools and hospitals reliant on immigrant workers
Some groups are now seeking exemptions from the Trump administration for health care professionals and K-12 educators as experts warn the fee will prove insurmountable for rural communities lacking th...
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 3h
This is starting to happen in multiple places.
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Democracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org · 9h
Schiff just ran down a full indictment of this administration’s corruption and silence.

No further comment necessary.
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d
Sen. SCHIFF: You’ve refused to answer questions about ethics, the Qatari plane, the Epstein files, Tom Homan’s alleged bribery, political prosecutions, military authorization…

Bondi: *tries interrupting*

Schiff: Excuse me. This is an oversight hearing. We demand answers.
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Roberta Millstein 🌎🌱🐩🏊🏼‍♀🎶🥾 @cepaea.bsky.social · 1d
This past week alone, the Trump admin targeted 9 universities. And there’s more to come.

We have to stand up against these attacks & for academic freedom. The time is NOW to make your voice heard.

If you went to any of these 9 schools, please sign the petition now—and share!

bit.ly/campusfreedom
CALLING ALL ALUMNI STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL ICYMI: TRUMP JUST ATTACKED 9 UNIVERSITIES 3 THINGS YOU CAN DO NOW: 1. SIGN THE PETITION - BITLY/CAMPUSFREEDOM 2. POST ON SOCIAL - REPOST, MAKE YOUR OWN, ETC. 3. SHARE WIDELY - REPOST, MAKE YOUR OWN, ETC.
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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 17h
I went to USC for undergrad. I'm quite happy with that decision. Got a start on research and teaching as an undergrad; made lifelong friends.

That being said, if they sign this compact, there is no way I'm ever giving them another cent in alumni donations.

www.latimes.com/california/s...
USC faculty members denounce Trump compact that would shift university to the right
The USC Academic Senate held a special meeting to discuss the Trump administration's education compact, which was presented to the school last week.
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Winter @winterpolitics1.bsky.social · 1d
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek just took back control of the national guard.

She is sending the Oregon national Guard back home and is directing the California national guard to leave the State.
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 20h
Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 22h
Here’s video of the incident
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 20h
Tomorrow, I, along with Senator Kaine will be forcing a vote to block President Trump’s use of our Armed Forces to conduct strikes against vessels in the Caribbean Sea.

Congress has not authorized these strikes. They are illegal and risk dragging America into another war.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 21h
Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 22h
Hours with no air traffic controllers.

Staffing shortages.

Flight delays.

Health care costs going through the roof.

Every hour that Donald Trump and Republicans refuse to come to the table to negotiate, the American people get hurt.

www.latimes.com/california/s...
The government shutdown disrupted flights at Hollywood Burbank Airport. Could it get worse?
Hollywood Burbank Airport's air traffic control tower was temporarily unstaffed Monday and flights were delayed or canceled due to staffing shortages amid the government shutdown.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 23h
Attorney General Pam Bondi came before the Judiciary Committee today.

But she refused to answer a raft of important questions.

On Tom Homan's bribe.

On Donald Trump's new luxury plane.

On January 6th pardons.

On illegal strikes in the Caribbean.

On Epstein.

The stonewalling was staggering.
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Roberta Millstein 🌎🌱🐩🏊🏼‍♀🎶🥾 @cepaea.bsky.social · 1d
I wonder. Very bizarre.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d
NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!

Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.

Please click below, sign, & share.

#DefendHigherEd
University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 1d
Texas national guard troops have arrived in the Chicago area, marking an escalation of Donald Trump’s crackdown on the city.
Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown
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