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Promoting solutions to climate change
"The warnings are stark. Without action to draw down atmospheric carbon, the climate system will likely move into an era of accelerated warming that may be impossible to halt. Overshoot will be permanent." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
There may be no turning back this climate crisis
As warming breaches a critical threshold, scientists fear cascading consequences.
www.motherjones.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
"The warnings are stark. Without action to draw down atmospheric carbon, the climate system will likely move into an era of accelerated warming that may be impossible to halt. Overshoot will be permanent." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
'It’s never “too late” to protect what remains and build a better future that future generations deserve.' thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/dont-let-cli... #Carbon #Climate #Emissions #Environment via @mitpress.bsky.social
Don’t Let Climate Fatalism Become a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The idea that it’s “too late” to reduce emissions fuels cynicism and despair, putting us on an even worse trajectory.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
February 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
'It’s never “too late” to protect what remains and build a better future that future generations deserve.' thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/dont-let-cli... #Carbon #Climate #Emissions #Environment via @mitpress.bsky.social
A Small Town Under ICE Occupation: Residents of Willmar, Minnesota speak about how ICE has united, divided, and taken an enormous toll on their community.
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A Small Town Under ICE Occupation | The Daily Yonder
On a sub-zero day in Willmar, Minnesota, fifteen residents gathered around a table at a restaurant in town. It was the middle of the usual lunch rush on a
dailyyonder.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
A Small Town Under ICE Occupation: Residents of Willmar, Minnesota speak about how ICE has united, divided, and taken an enormous toll on their community.
dailyyonder.com/a-small-town...
dailyyonder.com/a-small-town...
Holy moly, Batman. This is happening in our own neighborhoods. Guns belonging to Trump's army being trained on everyday citizens who have done nothing wrong. Thank heavens we still have local city police and county sheriffs to protect the citizens they serve. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to be the first time local police...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Holy moly, Batman. This is happening in our own neighborhoods. Guns belonging to Trump's army being trained on everyday citizens who have done nothing wrong. Thank heavens we still have local city police and county sheriffs to protect the citizens they serve. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
"President Trump has never been a man to ask what he can do for his country. In his second term, as in his first, he is instead testing the limits of what his country can do for him." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion (Gift Article)
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
"President Trump has never been a man to ask what he can do for his country. In his second term, as in his first, he is instead testing the limits of what his country can do for him." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Authoritarians don’t fear ballots; they fear organized people." znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
Why Voting Alone Doesn’t Build Democracy — and What Actually Does
Elections matter, but history shows they are not enough. Real democracy is built through organized civic power between elections. Voting matters. That
znetwork.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"Authoritarians don’t fear ballots; they fear organized people." znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
"Joe Thompson, the career U.S. Justice Department attorney best known for prosecuting social services fraud in Minnesota, has resigned along with other experienced attorneys at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Joe Thompson, Minnesota's top federal fraud prosecutor, quits over ICE shooting probe
Thompson’s resignation comes after top Justice Department officials pushed the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office to investigate the widow of Renee Macklin Good, who was shot and killed by ICE agent Jon...
www.mprnews.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:46 PM
"Joe Thompson, the career U.S. Justice Department attorney best known for prosecuting social services fraud in Minnesota, has resigned along with other experienced attorneys at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
If you think there will be an impartial and fair investigation, I have a bridge I can sell you. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
FBI takes over investigation into fatal shooting of Renee Good
State investigators say they are off the case, and the FBI is now solely in charge.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
If you think there will be an impartial and fair investigation, I have a bridge I can sell you. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pretty clear it was murder. www.facebook.com/share/v/1AS3...
Redirecting...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Pretty clear it was murder. www.facebook.com/share/v/1AS3...
This is unbelievable. I would've NEVER thought this would happen in the U.S. The official White House website posting BLATANT LIES. What has become of the country that I grew up in and was proud of? www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Discover the real January 6 story: peaceful protest turned tragedy, Deep State entrapment, media deception, and President Trump's triumphant pardons restoring justice to patriotic Americans.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This is unbelievable. I would've NEVER thought this would happen in the U.S. The official White House website posting BLATANT LIES. What has become of the country that I grew up in and was proud of? www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We Asked for Environmental Fixes in Your State. You Sent In Thousands. (Gift Article)
Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s environmental policies are reshaping everyday life. Here’s how. | grist.org/politics/tru...
Trump's environmental policies are reshaping everyday life. Here's how.
The president’s rollbacks and funding cuts are affecting your food, water, and air — even if you don’t realize it.
grist.org
December 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Trump’s environmental policies are reshaping everyday life. Here’s how. | grist.org/politics/tru...
The Chinese must be laughing their asses off… 🤣 www.navy.mil/Press-Office...
www.navy.mil
December 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Chinese must be laughing their asses off… 🤣 www.navy.mil/Press-Office...
Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
www.science.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
'In 2025, the most high profile health quack in America was put in charge of Americans' health. You might remember what happened next....' www.realclearscience.com/blog/2025/12...
www.realclearscience.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
'In 2025, the most high profile health quack in America was put in charge of Americans' health. You might remember what happened next....' www.realclearscience.com/blog/2025/12...
"Minnesotans stared at their screens in horror last June as the raging Blue Earth River swallowed a beloved country store near Mankato…. [It also] damaged a nearby dam and caused well over $1 billion dollars in damage across 22 southern Minnesota counties." minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/20/r...
Report: Minnesota cities continue climate work, despite federal abdication • Minnesota Reformer
Minnesotans stared at their screens in horror last June as the raging Blue Earth River swallowed a beloved country store near Mankato. The same flood badly damaged a nearby dam and caused well over $1...
minnesotareformer.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Minnesotans stared at their screens in horror last June as the raging Blue Earth River swallowed a beloved country store near Mankato…. [It also] damaged a nearby dam and caused well over $1 billion dollars in damage across 22 southern Minnesota counties." minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/20/r...
Why this country is going broke on the backs of regular Americans. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Why this country is going broke on the backs of regular Americans. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
President John Adams on the White House: “I Pray Heaven To Bestow The Best Of Blessings On This House And All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof.” apnews.com/article/trum...
The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom
The White House has started tearing down part of the East Wing to build the ballroom President Donald Trump wants added to the building. Demolition started Monday.
apnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
President John Adams on the White House: “I Pray Heaven To Bestow The Best Of Blessings On This House And All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof.” apnews.com/article/trum...
Ooops! The headline writers have this backwards. It should read, "Migration and Climate-Change Policies Say Trump Is Destroying the West". www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
Trump Says Migration and Climate-Change Policies Are Destroying the West
In the president’s first speech to the U.N. General Assembly for six years, he accused the global body of doing nothing to solve the world’s problems.
www.wsj.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ooops! The headline writers have this backwards. It should read, "Migration and Climate-Change Policies Say Trump Is Destroying the West". www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
Say hello to the largest staffing cut in Social Security Administration history… www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Commentary: The Trump administration's attack on Social Security is looking worse
Staff cutbacks and exposure of personal information are among the results of DOGE attacks on Social Security.
www.latimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Say hello to the largest staffing cut in Social Security Administration history… www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Utilities that serve the public should be owned by the individuals, companies and ratepayers they serve because those utilities are monopolies, pure and simple. www.levernews.com/this-is-how-...
This Is How Wall Street Could Buy Your Power Company
Private equity giant BlackRock is waging a scorched-earth campaign to acquire a regional power company as Wall Street seeks to profit from the AI energy boom.
www.levernews.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Utilities that serve the public should be owned by the individuals, companies and ratepayers they serve because those utilities are monopolies, pure and simple. www.levernews.com/this-is-how-...
Soon in theaters and on your home screening services:
"THE ATTACK OF THE DEADLY SANDWICH!" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
"THE ATTACK OF THE DEADLY SANDWICH!" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Obtain Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Soon in theaters and on your home screening services:
"THE ATTACK OF THE DEADLY SANDWICH!" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
"THE ATTACK OF THE DEADLY SANDWICH!" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Lisa Cook is female and Black. She isn't white, isn't blonde and doesn't use Botox. Need we say more? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Removes Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Lisa Cook is female and Black. She isn't white, isn't blonde and doesn't use Botox. Need we say more? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...