@connieb53.bsky.social
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Our investigation showed that levels of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, were 37x higher than what the facility reported in the past.
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
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…
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Our investigation showed that levels of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, were 37x higher than what the facility reported in the past.
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
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What sticks out to me is how absolutely unafraid of prosecution this psychopath is. Part of it is narcissistic personality disorder, but it's mostly the perceived weakness of Democrats. Should they retake power, no one expects Democrats to hold anyone accountable.
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
What sticks out to me is how absolutely unafraid of prosecution this psychopath is. Part of it is narcissistic personality disorder, but it's mostly the perceived weakness of Democrats. Should they retake power, no one expects Democrats to hold anyone accountable.
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Literally, the easiest thing you can do today to fund journalism!
Also: If you have the means & ability (& interest) to make a donation yourself, @russ41.bsky.social will match that as well if you let him know, so you can pretty much double your impact: you can add a reply or DM him!
Also: If you have the means & ability (& interest) to make a donation yourself, @russ41.bsky.social will match that as well if you let him know, so you can pretty much double your impact: you can add a reply or DM him!
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Literally, the easiest thing you can do today to fund journalism!
Also: If you have the means & ability (& interest) to make a donation yourself, @russ41.bsky.social will match that as well if you let him know, so you can pretty much double your impact: you can add a reply or DM him!
Also: If you have the means & ability (& interest) to make a donation yourself, @russ41.bsky.social will match that as well if you let him know, so you can pretty much double your impact: you can add a reply or DM him!
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Vote these spineless cowards out of their majorities so we can actually have some oversight on this serial criminality.
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Vote these spineless cowards out of their majorities so we can actually have some oversight on this serial criminality.
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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There is zero, repeat, zero chance that Trump will release the Epstein Files unless they are 100% sanitized and totally doctored.
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
There is zero, repeat, zero chance that Trump will release the Epstein Files unless they are 100% sanitized and totally doctored.
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Here's your chance to do something about the people being starved and beaten in Broadview ICE custody.
Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org).
And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org).
And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Here's your chance to do something about the people being starved and beaten in Broadview ICE custody.
Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org).
And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org).
And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
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Today seems like a good day to recycle this post. Thank you to all Veterans. Your service is what our country was built on. #VeteransDay
My dad was a card-carrying member of Antifa, but back then it was called the United States Air Force. 💙🌊
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Today seems like a good day to recycle this post. Thank you to all Veterans. Your service is what our country was built on. #VeteransDay
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
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Infuriating
They caved. Senate Democrats caved. Their voters demanded just one very simple thing: FIGHT. Dammit, just FIGHT. Instead, they caved.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Infuriating
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Don’t do it
@schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov
You will lose us all
@schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov
You will lose us all
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Don’t do it
@schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov
You will lose us all
@schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov
You will lose us all
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If this is true, then Democrats will get screwed over.
If you are voting for this, based on a promise from the party who has broken pretty much every promise to date, then you deserve to be voted out.
I have my doubts though that this is true.
If you are voting for this, based on a promise from the party who has broken pretty much every promise to date, then you deserve to be voted out.
I have my doubts though that this is true.
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If this is true, then Democrats will get screwed over.
If you are voting for this, based on a promise from the party who has broken pretty much every promise to date, then you deserve to be voted out.
I have my doubts though that this is true.
If you are voting for this, based on a promise from the party who has broken pretty much every promise to date, then you deserve to be voted out.
I have my doubts though that this is true.
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
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This is the kind of investigation James Comer was made for…
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is the kind of investigation James Comer was made for…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The majority of Americans are good. We have heart. We have compassion. When we see others struggle, we want to lend a hand.
For too long, we’ve been divided and pitted against each other by those who crave obscene wealth and power.
Let’s change that. One election at a time.
For too long, we’ve been divided and pitted against each other by those who crave obscene wealth and power.
Let’s change that. One election at a time.
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The majority of Americans are good. We have heart. We have compassion. When we see others struggle, we want to lend a hand.
For too long, we’ve been divided and pitted against each other by those who crave obscene wealth and power.
Let’s change that. One election at a time.
For too long, we’ve been divided and pitted against each other by those who crave obscene wealth and power.
Let’s change that. One election at a time.
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Who could have foreseen after everything that went down Nov 2020-Jan 2021 that if we put this guy back in power we would never have another normal election while he was president? Voters in Nov 2024 took a blowtorch to American democracy.
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Who could have foreseen after everything that went down Nov 2020-Jan 2021 that if we put this guy back in power we would never have another normal election while he was president? Voters in Nov 2024 took a blowtorch to American democracy.
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Truth
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Truth
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November 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM