Peggy Klocke
peggyklocke.bsky.social
Peggy Klocke
@peggyklocke.bsky.social
Environmentalist focused on MN prairies and broadleaf forests / gardening, native plants, wildlife, and all the birds / books and documentaries / pro wrestling fan / B.A. in Biology & English
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One of the most highly cited academic articles on the safety of glyphosate has been retracted, eight years after court documents revealed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...
Glyphosate safety article retracted eight years after Monsanto ghostwriting revealed in court
Credit: Mike Mozart/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) A review article concluding the weed killer Roundup “does not pose a health risk to humans” has been retracted eight years after documents released in a court…
retractionwatch.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Trump’s obsession with me is beyond weird. He needs serious help.

Since he has no economic policies to tout, he’s resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead.

He continues to be a national embarrassment.
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."

The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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To clarify: her crime was witnessing ICE kidnap her neighbors.

More great reporting from Minnesota Public Radio journalist @jcollins.bsky.social, btw.
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”

Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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The very real problem Republicans have right is there are zero adults around Trump right now.

It's Loomers all the way down.
POLITICO: You pardoned the former president of Honduras even though he was convicted in a massive intl drug trafficking scheme. How is that 0 tolerance on drug trafficking?

TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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there is no available evidence that donald trump understands what a tariff is, what a trade deficit is, and what the national debt is.
The way Trump talks about the problems he caused by unilaterally imposing tariffs is fairly insane, even by his standards.

www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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A Democratic-supported group in Missouri opposed to the state’s new congressional map drawn by Republicans submitted more than 300,000 signatures Tuesday. If the signatures are accepted, voters can approve or oppose the new congressional map.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Group seeking to put Missouri's GOP-drawn congressional map before voters submits signatures
A Democratic-backed group collected nearly three times the required number of signatures for a ballot referendum, a major step in its campaign to repeal the map.
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Just in: Missouri organizers have turned in ≈300,000 signatures to block the GOP's new gerrymander there.

That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
Campaign to put gerrymandered Missouri map on the ballot turns in 300,000 signatures • Missouri Independent
Roughly 300,000 signatures demanding Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map be placed on the 2026 ballot were submitted.
missouriindependent.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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hoping the EU has the sack to fight fire with fire. all Trump aligned oligarchs, above all Elon Musk, should be considered enemies of European freedom
This is far beyond 'NATO as we've known it is done.'

"The Trump administration had “a clear and consistent vision for Europe: one that prioritises US-Russia ties and seeks to divide and conquer the continent, with much of the dirty work carried out by nationalist, far-right European forces.”
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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These grand jury materials will “not add to the public knowledge.” A judge says Trump misled the public and disregarded the victims.”
A federal judge ORDERS the disclosure of Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials.

But Judge Engelmayer swipes repeatedly at Trump's DOJ for paying "lip service" to then sidelining victims — and misleading the public about what the records contain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Developing young talent.
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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JUST IN: DOJ confirms Trump asserted executive privilege to shield more than 4,100 documents form police and lawmakers suing him over the Jan. 6 riot.

Our earlier story on the privilege claim: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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The news media aren't going to remind you, but I will:
7 million people showed up on a single day in October to denounce Trump's fascism and defend liberty.
The resistance is strong. We can win. Join us.
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Quite an announcement video from @crockett.house.gov www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...
Jasmine for Texas
YouTube video by Jasmine Crockett
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Trump to ABC's Rachel Scott: "You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you -- you are an obnoxious-- a terrible reporter. And it's always the same thing with you. I told you."
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Has there ever been a better use case for this?
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Habba out
December 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Melania Trump: "Santa's reindeer -- Rudolph, Dasher, Comet, all of them -- they're resting in the North Pole. They need to save all of their energy for their great flight around the world on Christmas Eve. Santa told me they're snuggling beneath warm, fluffy blankets."
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed majority appears poised to boost Trump’s pursuit of total government control, potentially destroying a key limit on his power over independent agencies Congress intended to be shielded from direct executive influence.
Supreme Court Poised to Turbocharge Trump’s Bid for Total Control of Government
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Same headline.

Seven years apart. 🤡

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM