Sarah Kerrigan
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“What motivates us to act is a sense of possibility within uncertainty – that the outcome is not yet fully determined and our actions may matter in shaping it. This is all that hope is, and we are all teeming with it, all the time, in small ways.”
#Hope
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"Let us go." Immigration attorney Eric Lee shares a drawing by his five-year-old client, stuck in an immigration prison.
January 27, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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What the price of eggs was to the 2024 election, the price of electricity could be in 2026.
And Democrats can get out ahead on this one--here's a breakdown of how to talk about it
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pretend-yo...
Pretend you're running for Congress
A first stab at how to talk about energy and climate in 2026
billmckibben.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Seems like time to re-up:
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not only describe but shape reality....
January 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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The whole thread below and also this Catholic denunciation of Vance the liar and justifier of murder.
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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"RFK Jr. likes to pretend that we need to run tests on already-tested, already-proven-safe vaccines to see if they're safe; the idea that we need to see what's in the files to know if Trump is a predator and a criminal and a misogynist has some of the same agenda of delay and decoy."
Feminism Versus Trump and Epstein
We already knew that Jeffrey Epstein had sexually assaulted and exploited dozens of girls and young women, that he had done so openly, that his dehumanization of the vulnerable had not prevented a who...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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2nd photo here, also by Vondruska

2/2
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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“Senior military leaders should have stepped in to prevent Trump from turning addresses at Fort Bragg and Norfolk into political rallies; the silence of the Army and Navy secretaries, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and some top generals and admirals is appalling…”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here
The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.
www.theatlantic.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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"The Church cannot be silent."

"Pope Leo XIV’s eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Mark Seitz presented him letters and a video that captured the fears and anxieties of people facing mass deportation in the United States..."
In Vatican meeting with El Pasoans, Pope Leo XIV offers support to migrants facing deportation - El Paso Matters
During a Vatican meeting, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with migrants after hearing firsthand accounts gathered by El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and La Mujer Obrera about the human toll of U.S. ...
elpasomatters.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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"“If the deputy director wants to do something and needs a legal opinion about whether or not he can do it, he can’t advise himself...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives.

(gift link, no paywall)

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
July 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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It would be valuable if reporters who are straight reporting quotes from US officials that there were no leaks of the Iran strike operation would take into account this:

"Steve Bannon seemingly had advance knowledge of President Donald Trump’s strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities."
Steve Bannon Hints Trump Leaked Iran Bomb Plan After Lunch
Steve Bannon seemingly had advance knowledge of President Donald Trump’s strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, telling listeners of his podcast earlier on Saturday, “The party is on.” Bannon, a...
www.yahoo.com
June 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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If you’re watching @maddow.msnbc.com’s A Block you understand that people who stand up for other people can change the course of those people’s lives & our history. We have the power to refuse Trump’s path forward. Protesting actually works. Let’s go.
June 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
June 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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NEW: $8 billion in investments and 16 clean energy projects were abandoned in the first 3 months of 2025, 3X all projects cancelled between 2022 and 2024 combined.

Read our full March analysis: e2.org/releases/mar...
E2: $8 Billion and 16 New Clean Energy Projects Abandoned in First 3 Months of 2025, Triple 2022-2024 Cancelled Investments Combined | E2
Concerns over future of federal clean energy tax credits, Trump policies taking toll 7,800 new clean energy jobs cancelled in past 3 months; more than 2022-2024 combined Companies announced 5,000 Jobs...
e2.org
April 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Fear has a way of being contagious.

But courage is also contagious.
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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No press reports yet. But this Daryl Issa 'empty chair', still underway, out in California seems to have a pretty sizable turnout. Photo courtesy of TPM Reader CM ...
March 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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March 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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This is going to be important:

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
March 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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At the protest for veterans in DC.
March 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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More photos from the Veterans March in Olympia, WA today.
The event was organized by my friend Alfie Alvarado, former Director of the Washington State Dept of Veteran Affairs (shown in first photo)
📸Mark Brown
March 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Please don't let Donald see this.
Vladdy Daddy
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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"None of the employees with security clearances for nuclear secrets were properly debriefed, the current DOE source said...

"Those employees could be targeted by foreign adversaries for nuclear espionage...

"They have lost their source of income..."
www.reuters.com/world/us/fir...
Exclusive: Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say
The lack of so-called "read outs" for workers with clearances dismissed by Musk's DOGE could raise security risks, experts say.
www.reuters.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM