Martha Molfetas
@m-molfetas.bsky.social
Prof Pratt SES | ED Impact Human | Consultant & Writer | #LSE alum | Former Sr Fellow New America | #ClimateJustice #Energy #ConflictResources | views my own
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America's eight biggest retailers made $548 BILLION after the Trump tax cuts.
They spent $340 billion on dividends & stock buybacks for rich investors.
And their CEOs were paid $1.3 billion.
THAT'S what happens when you cut corporate taxes—not lower costs, not worker raises.
They spent $340 billion on dividends & stock buybacks for rich investors.
And their CEOs were paid $1.3 billion.
THAT'S what happens when you cut corporate taxes—not lower costs, not worker raises.
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
America's eight biggest retailers made $548 BILLION after the Trump tax cuts.
They spent $340 billion on dividends & stock buybacks for rich investors.
And their CEOs were paid $1.3 billion.
THAT'S what happens when you cut corporate taxes—not lower costs, not worker raises.
They spent $340 billion on dividends & stock buybacks for rich investors.
And their CEOs were paid $1.3 billion.
THAT'S what happens when you cut corporate taxes—not lower costs, not worker raises.
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Americans are paying 93 percent more for health care so Trump can give billionaires tax breaks. Health insurance is getting worse, and Republicans are getting exactly what they wanted. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/eFOESIW
Republicans Can’t Escape Their Self-Created Health Care Problem - The American Prospect
Another series of failures ensures that a debate they can’t win will extend into the election year of 2026.
trib.al
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Americans are paying 93 percent more for health care so Trump can give billionaires tax breaks. Health insurance is getting worse, and Republicans are getting exactly what they wanted. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/eFOESIW
Talk about an accurate headline for these times. I guess most Americans are rep’d by district 13 and such, and Elon and co are district 1. A nice Caligula type distraction from the shite economy and environmental wasteland he’s making. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #HungerGamesAreAmericaNow
Trump just announced his own Hunger Games
In case you needed a reminder that we're living in a fascist hellscape.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Talk about an accurate headline for these times. I guess most Americans are rep’d by district 13 and such, and Elon and co are district 1. A nice Caligula type distraction from the shite economy and environmental wasteland he’s making. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #HungerGamesAreAmericaNow
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reality has already happened - we’ve crossed 1.5C and there are large areas of tundra in the arctic region that are not waiting for approval from an IPCC spreadsheet to start melting and ooze methane into the atmosphere
they’re already doing so
they’re already doing so
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
reality has already happened - we’ve crossed 1.5C and there are large areas of tundra in the arctic region that are not waiting for approval from an IPCC spreadsheet to start melting and ooze methane into the atmosphere
they’re already doing so
they’re already doing so
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Despite campaign promises to lower Americans’ energy bills, Trump’s policies pushing to increase LNG exports will have the opposite effect.
Gas Exports Are Driving Up Americans’ Energy Bills, Report Says - Inside Climate News
Higher exports of liquefied natural gas in 2025 played a significant role in rising utility bills, an analysis of federal data found.
insideclimatenews.org
December 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Despite campaign promises to lower Americans’ energy bills, Trump’s policies pushing to increase LNG exports will have the opposite effect.
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Trump’s agenda reads less like a diplomatic framework for peace and more like a corporate restructuring plan for Russia.
Trump’s Business Model Is to Break Europe
Washington wants a free hand for Silicon Valley and Russia investment. The EU is an obstacle—and the far right is an ally.
foreignpolicy.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Trump’s agenda reads less like a diplomatic framework for peace and more like a corporate restructuring plan for Russia.
This week in the upside down, coins and fonts are DEI. Seizing an oil tanker illegally is cool.
A Treasury official said the Biden administration was focused on "DEI and Critical Race Theory policies" rather than "patriotism."
Trump Admin Scraps ‘DEI’ Coins Honoring Abolition of Slavery, Civil Rights
www.newsweek.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This week in the upside down, coins and fonts are DEI. Seizing an oil tanker illegally is cool.
Our nation's fate is still up to all of us. An important read for these very not normal political times here in the #US, from @foreignaffairs.com > www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Price of American Authoritarianism
What can reverse democratic decline?
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Our nation's fate is still up to all of us. An important read for these very not normal political times here in the #US, from @foreignaffairs.com > www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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BREAKING: Jerome Powell revealed that staffers at the Fed think the government could be overestimating the number of jobs created by 60,000 each month.
The true numbers could be closer to a loss of 20,000 jobs a month. trib.al/o9uyuPt
The true numbers could be closer to a loss of 20,000 jobs a month. trib.al/o9uyuPt
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
BREAKING: Jerome Powell revealed that staffers at the Fed think the government could be overestimating the number of jobs created by 60,000 each month.
The true numbers could be closer to a loss of 20,000 jobs a month. trib.al/o9uyuPt
The true numbers could be closer to a loss of 20,000 jobs a month. trib.al/o9uyuPt
Imagine all the years of #ACA subsidies this could cover, or number of homeless veterans that could house, or the number of hungry folks who could get #SNAP, or student loans that could have been forgiven - instead we use our tax dollars to create a police state and destroy local economies.
Trump troop deployments to US cities have cost more than $340 million, senator says reut.rs/3MWhnCQ
Trump troop deployments to US cities have cost more than $340 million, senator says
The deployment of U.S. troops to cities around the United States has cost more than $340 million, a U.S. Senator said on Thursday, highlighting the expense of President Donald Trump's use of the military in the Democratic-led cities.
reut.rs
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This administration and the GOP are hellbent on a 'burn it all down' approach to our #environment. A new bill in the House hopes to neuter #NEPA. This would mean breaking more things faster, but when it's your #water and #soil, you can't just fix it - it's gone. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
December 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This administration and the GOP are hellbent on a 'burn it all down' approach to our #environment. A new bill in the House hopes to neuter #NEPA. This would mean breaking more things faster, but when it's your #water and #soil, you can't just fix it - it's gone. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Today in 'is this real news': little Marco goes after font choices. Apparently some fonts are 'too DEI' for the State Department. Calibri is easier for everyone to read. Long live Calibri. #fonts www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Today in 'is this real news': little Marco goes after font choices. Apparently some fonts are 'too DEI' for the State Department. Calibri is easier for everyone to read. Long live Calibri. #fonts www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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🔴 NEW - Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network
The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network
A year ago, as the world convulsed from Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, his allies were already identifying their next frontier. In December, the Heartland Institute hosted a...
www.desmog.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🔴 NEW - Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network
The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
The word for this is propaganda. Our tax dollars are propping up #climatedenial and helping to legitimize increased fossil fuel investments. In the end it will mean a harder life for us all. #EPA #ClimateDisinformation
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites
The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit.
www.eenews.net
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The word for this is propaganda. Our tax dollars are propping up #climatedenial and helping to legitimize increased fossil fuel investments. In the end it will mean a harder life for us all. #EPA #ClimateDisinformation
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
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Parkinson’s disease has environmental toxic factors, not just genetic. www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Parkinson’s disease has environmental toxic factors, not just genetic. www.wired.com/story/scient...
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"This is climate finance in reverse: huge payments to fossil fuel corporations from governments with the temerity to try to stop an existential crisis."
Clear eyed explainer on ISDS - and why we need to mobilise against it - from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Clear eyed explainer on ISDS - and why we need to mobilise against it - from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"This is climate finance in reverse: huge payments to fossil fuel corporations from governments with the temerity to try to stop an existential crisis."
Clear eyed explainer on ISDS - and why we need to mobilise against it - from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Clear eyed explainer on ISDS - and why we need to mobilise against it - from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great to know that calling something ugly is not a legal precedent for exclusion. Also - nothing is more hideous than an oil rig. Great news for #NY, #MA, and other #US states seeking to expand energy access, increase affordability, and expand on #renewable #energy. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/c...
Federal Judge Finds Trump’s Halt on Wind Energy Is Illegal
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Great to know that calling something ugly is not a legal precedent for exclusion. Also - nothing is more hideous than an oil rig. Great news for #NY, #MA, and other #US states seeking to expand energy access, increase affordability, and expand on #renewable #energy. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/c...
Damning news for the state of #ClimateAction. We've got to do better. Another #HottestYear under our belts. We can't face our #climate futures continuing to rely on century's old, inefficient #energy systems. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
2025 ‘virtually certain’ to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data shows
Copernicus deputy director says three-year average for 2023 to 2025 on track to exceed 1.5C of heating for first time
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Damning news for the state of #ClimateAction. We've got to do better. Another #HottestYear under our belts. We can't face our #climate futures continuing to rely on century's old, inefficient #energy systems. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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One retracted study doesn’t offset a decade of literature and common sense, all of which make it obvious that a hotter, more chaotic planet is a poorer planet
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
One Retracted Study Doesn’t Cancel Climate Science
It’s hard enough for most of us to predict what we’re having for dinner tonight, much less how the the world will look in 2100. By that time we might have cured cancer and started building giant space...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
One retracted study doesn’t offset a decade of literature and common sense, all of which make it obvious that a hotter, more chaotic planet is a poorer planet
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Further evidence that our #climatecrisis is a threat multiplier and we need to do more >>> @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Report Calls for More Synergistic Responses to Triple Planetary Crisis sdg.iisd.org/news/oecd-re... There's a link in the summary for the full 400+ page report. #biodiversity #SDGs
OECD Report Calls for More Synergistic Responses to Triple Planetary Crisis
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published its periodic analysis of economic and environmental trends – and of policy actions to address the key challenges. This y...
sdg.iisd.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Further evidence that our #climatecrisis is a threat multiplier and we need to do more >>> @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Report Calls for More Synergistic Responses to Triple Planetary Crisis sdg.iisd.org/news/oecd-re... There's a link in the summary for the full 400+ page report. #biodiversity #SDGs
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A coordinated, state-led, & inclusive energy transition can help Indonesia sustain economic growth, while phasing out coal.
For a truly #JustTransition, community concerns & circumstances must be front & centre. New research outlines 8 recommendations.
www.iisd.org/publications...
For a truly #JustTransition, community concerns & circumstances must be front & centre. New research outlines 8 recommendations.
www.iisd.org/publications...
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
A coordinated, state-led, & inclusive energy transition can help Indonesia sustain economic growth, while phasing out coal.
For a truly #JustTransition, community concerns & circumstances must be front & centre. New research outlines 8 recommendations.
www.iisd.org/publications...
For a truly #JustTransition, community concerns & circumstances must be front & centre. New research outlines 8 recommendations.
www.iisd.org/publications...
#COP30 had a lot of great speeches and weak outcomes. We can’t continue to let fossil fuel interests hold so much influence on whether or not we get to have a habitable planet. #Multilateralism #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #FossilFree
politicalclimatecrisis.substack.com/p/cop30-prov...
politicalclimatecrisis.substack.com/p/cop30-prov...
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#COP30 had a lot of great speeches and weak outcomes. We can’t continue to let fossil fuel interests hold so much influence on whether or not we get to have a habitable planet. #Multilateralism #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #FossilFree
politicalclimatecrisis.substack.com/p/cop30-prov...
politicalclimatecrisis.substack.com/p/cop30-prov...
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"If you tax the rich, they'll just leave."
Massachusetts' tax on millionaires has fixed bridges, funded buses, hired teachers, and made community college and school meals free.
The state has 39% more millionaires than they did before.
Tax the rich.
Massachusetts' tax on millionaires has fixed bridges, funded buses, hired teachers, and made community college and school meals free.
The state has 39% more millionaires than they did before.
Tax the rich.
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"If you tax the rich, they'll just leave."
Massachusetts' tax on millionaires has fixed bridges, funded buses, hired teachers, and made community college and school meals free.
The state has 39% more millionaires than they did before.
Tax the rich.
Massachusetts' tax on millionaires has fixed bridges, funded buses, hired teachers, and made community college and school meals free.
The state has 39% more millionaires than they did before.
Tax the rich.
WTF is this headline? Lethal but not killing? Those are synonyms in this context. I guess the mass illiteracy underway needs to include the double speak being parroted by this once great paper.
December 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
WTF is this headline? Lethal but not killing? Those are synonyms in this context. I guess the mass illiteracy underway needs to include the double speak being parroted by this once great paper.
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I wrote about Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito's massive conflicts of interest re: the climate deception cases that Big Oil is desperately trying to get the Supreme Court to step in and dismiss. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.
Oil companies want the Supreme Court to intervene to dismiss lawsuits about climate change. Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito both have big conflicts of interest on that front.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I wrote about Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito's massive conflicts of interest re: the climate deception cases that Big Oil is desperately trying to get the Supreme Court to step in and dismiss. newrepublic.com/article/2036...