LMB
@lmirandabrowne.bsky.social
Strategist - Advocate - Change Maker - Feminist Mother
Follow along for clean energy info + politics + needlepoint + Broadway
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Donald Trump should be in jail right now, but instead America put him back into office so he could do *gestures* all of this.
But supposedly, a slightly older man, a Black woman, and trans children playing Little League were bigger existential threats. So here we are.
But supposedly, a slightly older man, a Black woman, and trans children playing Little League were bigger existential threats. So here we are.
June 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Donald Trump should be in jail right now, but instead America put him back into office so he could do *gestures* all of this.
But supposedly, a slightly older man, a Black woman, and trans children playing Little League were bigger existential threats. So here we are.
But supposedly, a slightly older man, a Black woman, and trans children playing Little League were bigger existential threats. So here we are.
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This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
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President Trump said in his address to Congress that he inherited an “economic catastrophe” from Joe Biden. The U.S. had the strongest economy in the world when Trump took over, but it's shown signs of strain from Trump's federal funding cuts and tariffs. Follow live.
Trump Speech to Congress: Watch Live With Updates and Analysis
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
President Trump said in his address to Congress that he inherited an “economic catastrophe” from Joe Biden. The U.S. had the strongest economy in the world when Trump took over, but it's shown signs of strain from Trump's federal funding cuts and tariffs. Follow live.
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This guy should have no role in running our government. We didn’t elect him. He’s not a gov’t employee who is accountable. He hasn’t taken an oath to uphold the constitution or work on behalf of the American people. He’s in it for himself not for us.
February 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This guy should have no role in running our government. We didn’t elect him. He’s not a gov’t employee who is accountable. He hasn’t taken an oath to uphold the constitution or work on behalf of the American people. He’s in it for himself not for us.
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The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
USAID workers at Washington HQ told to stay home on Monday in unexpected, early-morning email | CNN Politics
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to m...
www.cnn.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
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A former top Treasury Dept. Official says the payment records are so sensitive they are always off limits for political officials to protect Americans’ privacy. The breech is enormous.
This story says Musk’s team passed “the necessary background checks” and were “approved” to access millions of Americans’ private records including bank account information. Approved by whom? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System
In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions of dollars of transactions.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A former top Treasury Dept. Official says the payment records are so sensitive they are always off limits for political officials to protect Americans’ privacy. The breech is enormous.
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The Dem caucus needs to drop a bill this week going after DOGE’s illegal actions. We are heading towards a constitutional crisis, amidst an ongoing legal coup.
February 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The Dem caucus needs to drop a bill this week going after DOGE’s illegal actions. We are heading towards a constitutional crisis, amidst an ongoing legal coup.
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We’ve been on the phone with multiple agencies/orgs. They’ve been completely cut off from federal money. We’re talking housing, homeless services, public safety, etc.
I’m calling a press conference today to explain how this could have drastic local impacts to our constituents.
I’m calling a press conference today to explain how this could have drastic local impacts to our constituents.
January 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We’ve been on the phone with multiple agencies/orgs. They’ve been completely cut off from federal money. We’re talking housing, homeless services, public safety, etc.
I’m calling a press conference today to explain how this could have drastic local impacts to our constituents.
I’m calling a press conference today to explain how this could have drastic local impacts to our constituents.
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Breaking News: The acting attorney general fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on criminal investigations into Donald Trump for the special counsel.
Justice Dept. Prosecutors Who Worked on Trump Investigations Fired
The termination of more than a dozen lawyers who worked with the special counsel, Jack Smith, came hours after the department’s most senior career official was reassigned.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Breaking News: The acting attorney general fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on criminal investigations into Donald Trump for the special counsel.
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"Catastrophic blazes have spanned the planet from Australia to the Arctic, and wildfires have torched large swaths of the western U.S., all fulfilling forecasts much faster than scientists had predicted. It’s as if the wildfires of 2050 are already here."
"Catastrophic blazes have spanned the planet from Australia to the Arctic, and wildfires have torched large swaths of the western U.S., all fulfilling forecasts much faster than scientists had predicted. It’s as if the wildfires of 2050 are already here."
The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells: 9780525576716 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The Uninhabitable Earth hits you like a comet, with an overflow of insanely lyrical prose about our pending Armageddon.”—Andrew Solomon,...
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January 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"Catastrophic blazes have spanned the planet from Australia to the Arctic, and wildfires have torched large swaths of the western U.S., all fulfilling forecasts much faster than scientists had predicted. It’s as if the wildfires of 2050 are already here."
"Catastrophic blazes have spanned the planet from Australia to the Arctic, and wildfires have torched large swaths of the western U.S., all fulfilling forecasts much faster than scientists had predicted. It’s as if the wildfires of 2050 are already here."
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Here, as in so many areas, our inability to plan ahead or rationally consider trade-offs is going to fck us in the end. And when a situation like this grows into a full-on, urgent disaster, guess who gets screwed? The poor. That's where all this is heading: even more grotesque inequality.
December 4, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Here, as in so many areas, our inability to plan ahead or rationally consider trade-offs is going to fck us in the end. And when a situation like this grows into a full-on, urgent disaster, guess who gets screwed? The poor. That's where all this is heading: even more grotesque inequality.
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Today on Volts: the insurance industry is the canary in the climate change coal mine. Now prices are rising, insurers are pulling out of whole states, & state budgets are straining to make up the difference. I talk with @kategordon.bsky.social about the whole mess.
www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...
www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...
Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck
Climate change is breaking the insurance market, and state governments can't afford to pick up the pieces
www.volts.wtf
December 4, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Today on Volts: the insurance industry is the canary in the climate change coal mine. Now prices are rising, insurers are pulling out of whole states, & state budgets are straining to make up the difference. I talk with @kategordon.bsky.social about the whole mess.
www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...
www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...
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How freaking weird is it that I vet followers on social media but the incoming administration can't be bothered vetting Cabinet picks? Smdh
November 25, 2024 at 11:19 PM
How freaking weird is it that I vet followers on social media but the incoming administration can't be bothered vetting Cabinet picks? Smdh
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Pam Bondi Disqualifications
1️⃣ Trump lawyer whose attorney-client privilege with him means she cannot be independent at DOJ.
2️⃣ Was an agent of a foreign government this decade—which government has repeatedly tried to bribe the Trumps.
3️⃣ Many ethics investigations, from Bribery to Animal Theft.
1️⃣ Trump lawyer whose attorney-client privilege with him means she cannot be independent at DOJ.
2️⃣ Was an agent of a foreign government this decade—which government has repeatedly tried to bribe the Trumps.
3️⃣ Many ethics investigations, from Bribery to Animal Theft.
November 22, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Pam Bondi Disqualifications
1️⃣ Trump lawyer whose attorney-client privilege with him means she cannot be independent at DOJ.
2️⃣ Was an agent of a foreign government this decade—which government has repeatedly tried to bribe the Trumps.
3️⃣ Many ethics investigations, from Bribery to Animal Theft.
1️⃣ Trump lawyer whose attorney-client privilege with him means she cannot be independent at DOJ.
2️⃣ Was an agent of a foreign government this decade—which government has repeatedly tried to bribe the Trumps.
3️⃣ Many ethics investigations, from Bribery to Animal Theft.
And in other news... water is wet.
Of course wealthy women were involved in the trade of human beings! They benefited from the labor like men did! It is limiting to think of this as just "white women". Latinas participated too. Women run households- who do you think picked the "employees"?
Of course wealthy women were involved in the trade of human beings! They benefited from the labor like men did! It is limiting to think of this as just "white women". Latinas participated too. Women run households- who do you think picked the "employees"?
Scholars argued for generations that white women were rarely involved in the American slave trade. A growing body of research is challenging that narrative, documenting their significant role.
White Women Were Active in the American Slave Trade, Statistical Research Shows
For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying and selling of Black people. A growing body of research says otherwise.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:25 PM
And in other news... water is wet.
Of course wealthy women were involved in the trade of human beings! They benefited from the labor like men did! It is limiting to think of this as just "white women". Latinas participated too. Women run households- who do you think picked the "employees"?
Of course wealthy women were involved in the trade of human beings! They benefited from the labor like men did! It is limiting to think of this as just "white women". Latinas participated too. Women run households- who do you think picked the "employees"?
NJ- Pls call Sen. Booker + urge him to get the PRESS Act out of Committee. If the press can't keep their sources confidential- then how will we (the public) ever find out about whats going on with the new Trump administration? Dedicated civil servants need to be able to get the stories out.
Senator Booker is on the Judiciary Committee where the PRESS Act is being held up. Let him know this bill is a priority for you to enshrine protections for journalists to conduct journalism!
Call his office at (202) 224-3224 or use this form: go.peoplepower.org/letter/congr...
Call his office at (202) 224-3224 or use this form: go.peoplepower.org/letter/congr...
November 22, 2024 at 8:15 PM
NJ- Pls call Sen. Booker + urge him to get the PRESS Act out of Committee. If the press can't keep their sources confidential- then how will we (the public) ever find out about whats going on with the new Trump administration? Dedicated civil servants need to be able to get the stories out.
woof. 🤢
November 22, 2024 at 8:07 PM
woof. 🤢
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Not just ridicule. Hate, harassment and harm. This is incitement. Musk did the same with Twitter employees.
Musk is now targeting individual federal employees by name on X, subjecting them to ridicule from his hoard of followers
Musk Unleashes Online Army on Federal Workers. ‘A Tough Way to Find Out She’s Losing Her Job.’
As Trump efficiency czar, the billionaire is targeting employees by name on X—sparking pushback.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Not just ridicule. Hate, harassment and harm. This is incitement. Musk did the same with Twitter employees.
I think you can end the sentence with just "...Trump's cabinet is about getting revenge."
Period.
It is not any deeper than that.
Period.
It is not any deeper than that.
We've moved past the end of #MeToo. Now, @lebassett.bsky.social writes, Trump's cabinet is about getting revenge for the movement, which sprouted in popularity largely in response to Trump becoming president (among numerous other factors). www.thecut.com/article/trum...
Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are Revenge for Me Too
Republicans are sending the message that women’s bodies now belong to them.
www.thecut.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:06 PM
I think you can end the sentence with just "...Trump's cabinet is about getting revenge."
Period.
It is not any deeper than that.
Period.
It is not any deeper than that.
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The real trap here is that the Republicans have made defending civil rights seem like a frivolous thing and a whole lot of liberals are falling in line. Even if it was a culture war, so what? This would be a war worth fighting. What are we even doing here, people? Get it together.
November 21, 2024 at 4:13 AM
The real trap here is that the Republicans have made defending civil rights seem like a frivolous thing and a whole lot of liberals are falling in line. Even if it was a culture war, so what? This would be a war worth fighting. What are we even doing here, people? Get it together.
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People have always had abortions and they always will. Despite setbacks (and yes, there are MANY, I won't lie), there remains a beautiful, aboveground system of funding and practical support for abortion. Experienced folks can and will help you get an abortion if you need them. It is not illegal!
November 21, 2024 at 4:38 PM
People have always had abortions and they always will. Despite setbacks (and yes, there are MANY, I won't lie), there remains a beautiful, aboveground system of funding and practical support for abortion. Experienced folks can and will help you get an abortion if you need them. It is not illegal!
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I told a reporter writing about CDR and COP28 that the most valuable thing CDR provides at the moment is greenwashing.
His response: “Oh wow.”
I don’t know if it’ll make it into the story.
His response: “Oh wow.”
I don’t know if it’ll make it into the story.
We need to research and develop CO₂ removal (CDR) now because it’s needed in the future, but CDR is useless as a climate solution until we decarbonize drastically.
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November 19, 2023 at 11:03 AM
I told a reporter writing about CDR and COP28 that the most valuable thing CDR provides at the moment is greenwashing.
His response: “Oh wow.”
I don’t know if it’ll make it into the story.
His response: “Oh wow.”
I don’t know if it’ll make it into the story.
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This is how they cover up what abortion bans do — fire anyone who helps tell the stories of harm. Everyone who is or can be pregnant will pay the price.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 12:41 PM
This is how they cover up what abortion bans do — fire anyone who helps tell the stories of harm. Everyone who is or can be pregnant will pay the price.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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Training for complex scenarios requires both realism and optimism. Tune into the latest Cross Tabs Podcast episode to hear Daveed Gartenstein-Ross share how games can prepare teams while maintaining morale: https://buff.ly/48UxQi6 #CrossTabsPodcast #ValensGames #TeamDevelopment
November 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Training for complex scenarios requires both realism and optimism. Tune into the latest Cross Tabs Podcast episode to hear Daveed Gartenstein-Ross share how games can prepare teams while maintaining morale: https://buff.ly/48UxQi6 #CrossTabsPodcast #ValensGames #TeamDevelopment
It is raining!! I’m so happy to hear the sound that I just woke my husband up and shouted, in his face, “IT IS RAINING!!!!”. More than 30 days without rain and I’ve lost it. I hope the fox in my backyard is drinking as much as he can. Yay rain!!
November 21, 2024 at 5:36 AM
It is raining!! I’m so happy to hear the sound that I just woke my husband up and shouted, in his face, “IT IS RAINING!!!!”. More than 30 days without rain and I’ve lost it. I hope the fox in my backyard is drinking as much as he can. Yay rain!!