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ClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 27d

📢 It's time to rise up to #DrawTheLine against the unjust systems at the root of the climate crisis! It's time for #JustTransitionRising!

⚡️ Join us for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!

➡️ bit.ly/DrawtheLineO...

✊ The people united will never be defeated!

Orange, red, black and white banner with instruments and text.

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mbelliott33.bsky.social @mbelliott33.bsky.social · Sep 7

Far more concerning is the comment Lapado made about the whooping cough vaccine being ineffective ??? Wish (again) Jake Tapper would have followed up by asking where he gets his information.

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mbelliott33.bsky.social @mbelliott33.bsky.social · Sep 5

Join WRI on Monday for #CleanAirDay! Air #pollution is the #1 environmental risk to health. Partnerships to address poor #airquality are needed now more than ever! bit.ly/cleanairandhealthycities

@ccacoalition.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social @openaq.org @airquality.bsky.social

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mbelliott33.bsky.social @mbelliott33.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join WRI for #CleanAirDay! Tomorrow, we will share insights from community partners of the Clean Air Catalyst, a global partnership that was prematurely ended by #USAID cuts. Join us to learn more about the role clean air can play in advancing equity!

Register: bit.ly/powerforcleanair

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · Apr 23

Numerous studies, including the Abecedarian Project and the Perry Preschool Project, have shown that children who begin preschool at an early age experience significant benefits in cognitive, academic, and social development. Seems like a program you’d want funded.
#MomSky

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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · Apr 19

Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Mar 18

Reminds us of how @marshablackburn voted against it then showed up to try to take credit for it: x.com/thetnholler/...

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · Mar 15

When addressing the climate crisis, the focus often centers only on carbon dioxide emissions and methane.

Yet, nitrous oxide is 300 times more potent and remains active in the atmosphere for more than 100 years.

Urgent action is needed to #BeatNitrogenPollution: www.unep.org/interactives...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Mar 16

About 1/6 of the total population of Serbia protested government malfeasance today. In the US that would be more than fifty million people.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Mar 11

The way people act like they won’t actually cut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security gives similar vibes to when they acted like they wouldn’t actually overturn Roe

Stop underestimating them

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Mark Watts @mark--watts.bsky.social · Feb 19

Day 3 at UrbanShift Africa Forum and the message is clear: we must achieve clean air for all.

@worldresources.bsky.social research shows air pollution costs African economies $445bn per year, a number which will rise significantly without action.

@c40cities.bsky.social

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Mar 5

The Supreme Court decision should have been 9-0. The fact it was 5-4 reveals how utterly compromised the bench is in favor of right-wing authoritarianism.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Mar 2

“come back to the table in gratitude”

Just thinking about the times that Netanyahu, who leads a country that is the largest recipient of U.S. aid under Dem and Republican presidents, has been invited by Republicans expressly to scold & embarrass Dem presidents.

No leader should need to grovel.

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · Mar 2

Johnson echoes Graham's demand that Zelensky show deference to Trump or resign. "Either he needs to come to his senses and come back to the table in gratitude, or someone else needs to lead the country to do that," he tells @kristenwelker.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...

Speaker Johnson says it’s ‘absurd’ to claim Republicans support Putin: Full interview

In an interview with Meet the Press, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defends President Trump’s hostile meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but says Republicans “understand” Russia...

www.nbcnews.com

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · Mar 2

No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”

However, on Friday, FAA officials ordered staff to begin finding tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal, according to a source with knowledge of the FAA and two people briefed on the situation.
The sources note that these internal directives have mostly, if not entirely, been delivered verbally — which they say is unusual for a matter like this. The source with knowledge of the FAA tells Rolling Stone that it appears as though “someone does not want a paper trail.”

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Unpleasant Reminders @joltyourmemory.bsky.social · Mar 1

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Mar 1

I’ve always been skeptical of folks who say Trump is a literal ‘Russian asset’ or that Moscow has ‘kompromat’ on him, and the Russia obsession hurt the Dems in term one… but… how does anyone explain this? Justify this? How?
t.co/ie1nWaL8ot

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · Mar 1

A reminder that Ukraine was once the third largest nuclear power in the world and voluntarily gave up those weapons. In exchange, the U.S., the U.K. and Russia guaranteed Ukraine's security in a 1994 agreement known as the Budapest Memorandum.

www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1...

Why Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons — and what that means in an invasion by Russia

Three decades ago, the newly independent country of Ukraine was briefly the third-largest nuclear power in the world. A lot has changed since then.

www.npr.org

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sharwood 🇨🇦 @sharw00d.bsky.social · Mar 1

Individuals can offer support to President Zelenskyy and Ukraine here: u24.gov.ua

UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine

UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...

u24.gov.ua

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Feb 28

we may be one of the few pubs that got this headline right

Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...

Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal

President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance moved to betray a...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Feb 28

Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.

Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.

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Julie @julie3500.bsky.social · Feb 28

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JFA @jabbott28.bsky.social · Feb 19

www.postandcourier.com/politics/tim...
Scott chairs the banking committee and this is what he is doing....taking away the cap on overdraft fees.Claiming we need these higher fees to make us accountable.Please!banks don't depend on these fees but lower income folks depend on that extra $30. Call him.

SC Sen. Tim Scott seeks elimination of Biden-era cap on bank overdraft fees

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott pledged to undo Biden-era regulations he says are harming the financial industry. He's starting by bringing back overdraft fees.

www.postandcourier.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Feb 19

Donald Trump again mimics Putin and calls for an election in Ukraine - falsely claiming Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%”

Recent polling in fact shows that Zelensky’s approval rating is better than Trumps

Lets make sure everyone knows the truth
youtu.be/QDagM0WWEP4?...

Trump falsely claims Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%” - recent polling puts it better than his

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Honest and Unfiltered @momazonrises.bsky.social · Feb 17

#ProudBlue #DemocracyWarriors

A person from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has IT access to the Washington department overseeing nuclear weapons, without a government background check, according to multiple report

www.newsweek.com/doge-luke-fa...

DOGE gains access to department that oversees nuclear weapons: Reports

Luke Farritor, 23, is now listed in the Department of Energy's staff directory as an "information engineer," E & E News reported.

www.newsweek.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · Feb 17

The guy who racked up almost $8T in debt during his first term has no interest in paying it down.

The federal purge underway is to allow for oligarchs to make trillions in privatization and run roughshod in a deregulated landscape.

Remember that in an oligarchy, everything is run by the oligarchs.

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