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Two American companies manufacture an emergency food product that can save starving children, even those who are days away from death by malnutrition. @hana-kiros.bsky.social spoke to those companies, who now have no way to get their product overseas www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
‘In Three Months, Half of Them Will Be Dead’
Elon Musk promised to preserve lifesaving aid to foreign children. Then the Trump administration quietly canceled it.
www.theatlantic.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Two American companies manufacture an emergency food product that can save starving children, even those who are days away from death by malnutrition. @hana-kiros.bsky.social spoke to those companies, who now have no way to get their product overseas www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Our public lands are not for sale. Speak out. Please share this. ‼️‼️🔔
‼️ Some members of congress are trying to auction off America’s public lands, opening them up to state or private interests. We can't overstate it: This reconciliation bill would reshape the National Park System as we know it.
🗣️ Speak up TODAY: npca.org/voteno
🗣️ Speak up TODAY: npca.org/voteno
Congress: vote NO on the House reconciliation bill
On May 7, the House Committee on Natural Resources advanced legislation that does the unthinkable – authorizes the sell-off of thousands of acres of public lands in Utah and Nevada. This reconciliatio...
npca.org
May 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our public lands are not for sale. Speak out. Please share this. ‼️‼️🔔
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If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.
Millions Stood Up: April 5 Hands Off Day of Action
I was the closing speaker at the ebullient San Francisco Hands Off rally, and when I got home later I scoured the news for reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.
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@sulliview.bsky.social writes that tamped down coverage of the nationwide demonstrations is a sign that the media "refs have been successfully worked," by a Trump administration that's painted a target on any outlet that doesn't toe the official line.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protes...
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protes...
April 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
@sulliview.bsky.social writes that tamped down coverage of the nationwide demonstrations is a sign that the media "refs have been successfully worked," by a Trump administration that's painted a target on any outlet that doesn't toe the official line.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protes...
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protes...
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Also this: bsky.app/profile/sier...
Donald Trump’s coal bailout props up a dying, deadly industry at the expense of our wallets and our health.
Coal is outdated, expensive, and dangerous—Americans deserve clean, affordable energy, not pollution and higher bills.
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
Coal is outdated, expensive, and dangerous—Americans deserve clean, affordable energy, not pollution and higher bills.
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
April 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Also this: bsky.app/profile/sier...
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The stupid coup's stupid energy policy--coal is just a dirty, expensive, moribund way to make electricity, and it's also some kind of symbolic Ye Mannehood of Olde stuff that the right gets all sentimental about, while screwing over actual coal miners.
At his coal promotion event at the White House, Trump just said he will use the major law firms he bullied into providing $150 million+ in free legal services to fight state and local government regulations on coal pollution.
April 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The stupid coup's stupid energy policy--coal is just a dirty, expensive, moribund way to make electricity, and it's also some kind of symbolic Ye Mannehood of Olde stuff that the right gets all sentimental about, while screwing over actual coal miners.
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Here's the webpage put up by the office of Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes for people to notify her office if they're havig problems dealing with Social Security.
Every state AG's office could do this. Might help.
www.azag.gov/socialsecurity
Every state AG's office could do this. Might help.
www.azag.gov/socialsecurity
Attention Arizona: Report Social Security Disruptions
Attorney General Kris Mayes continues to hold the federal government accountable for the illegal and unconstitutional actions by President Trump and Elon Musk, including reversing devastating federal ...
www.azag.gov
April 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Here's the webpage put up by the office of Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes for people to notify her office if they're havig problems dealing with Social Security.
Every state AG's office could do this. Might help.
www.azag.gov/socialsecurity
Every state AG's office could do this. Might help.
www.azag.gov/socialsecurity
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The answer to this question is always YES.
Every extreme event today occurs over a background of changed conditions that dynamically affect temperature, rainfall, and more.
The real question is, “by how much did climate change make this event worse”? That’s the info attribution science provides.
Every extreme event today occurs over a background of changed conditions that dynamically affect temperature, rainfall, and more.
The real question is, “by how much did climate change make this event worse”? That’s the info attribution science provides.
Did climate change supercharge the 'once-in-a-lifetime' storm pummeling the central US?
A relentless storm is unleashing floods and tornadoes. Here's how a warmer atmosphere and a simmering Gulf of Mexico may be making it worse.
grist.org
April 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The answer to this question is always YES.
Every extreme event today occurs over a background of changed conditions that dynamically affect temperature, rainfall, and more.
The real question is, “by how much did climate change make this event worse”? That’s the info attribution science provides.
Every extreme event today occurs over a background of changed conditions that dynamically affect temperature, rainfall, and more.
The real question is, “by how much did climate change make this event worse”? That’s the info attribution science provides.
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Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
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This is really remarkable. A pardon attorney was told that Gibson was a personal friend of the President and she should recommend he be given his access to guns back. She didn't and was immediately fired.
They will fire lawyers who won't bless their cronyism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
They will fire lawyers who won't bless their cronyism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights
Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is really remarkable. A pardon attorney was told that Gibson was a personal friend of the President and she should recommend he be given his access to guns back. She didn't and was immediately fired.
They will fire lawyers who won't bless their cronyism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
They will fire lawyers who won't bless their cronyism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
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A leaked memo reveals that DOGE's next target is the VA, with plans to fire more than 80,000 agency workers who provide critical services to veterans and their families.
More than 25% of agency staff are veterans themselves.
How is this "efficiency"?
More than 25% of agency staff are veterans themselves.
How is this "efficiency"?
Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency
Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired. With deeper cuts coming, some are warning of potential harms to veterans.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A leaked memo reveals that DOGE's next target is the VA, with plans to fire more than 80,000 agency workers who provide critical services to veterans and their families.
More than 25% of agency staff are veterans themselves.
How is this "efficiency"?
More than 25% of agency staff are veterans themselves.
How is this "efficiency"?
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"Instead, Musk’s team determined the job should go to Starlink." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say
Turning the $2.4 billion project over to Musk’s company would be a major test of conflict-of-interest rules in government contracting.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Instead, Musk’s team determined the job should go to Starlink." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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We’ve received too many reports about GOP voicemails being full for this to be a coincidence.
If your Republican representative is avoiding you, show up to one of their local offices.
You can also send an email to make it clear you don’t want to pay the price for the GOP’s billionaire tax breaks.
If your Republican representative is avoiding you, show up to one of their local offices.
You can also send an email to make it clear you don’t want to pay the price for the GOP’s billionaire tax breaks.
February 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We’ve received too many reports about GOP voicemails being full for this to be a coincidence.
If your Republican representative is avoiding you, show up to one of their local offices.
You can also send an email to make it clear you don’t want to pay the price for the GOP’s billionaire tax breaks.
If your Republican representative is avoiding you, show up to one of their local offices.
You can also send an email to make it clear you don’t want to pay the price for the GOP’s billionaire tax breaks.
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He said he was “deporting criminals” but he’s actually importing them…
BREAKING
Andrew and Tristan Tate have been released by Romanian authorities after significant pressure by the Trump administration.
They are en route to Florida via private jet.
Andrew and Tristan Tate have been released by Romanian authorities after significant pressure by the Trump administration.
They are en route to Florida via private jet.
February 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
He said he was “deporting criminals” but he’s actually importing them…
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Just want to add that "restoring" a program or team or mission is like glueing the fragments together after you broke something. It's not as though it didn't happen, as though you didn't damage it (and in this case, the glue has not been supplied or applied).
Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Musk says DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials say that’s not true.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Just want to add that "restoring" a program or team or mission is like glueing the fragments together after you broke something. It's not as though it didn't happen, as though you didn't damage it (and in this case, the glue has not been supplied or applied).
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Trump's Economic Policies Fueling Fears of Major U.S. Recession
🚨In this video, we review how Trump’s tariffs, federal job cuts, and economic policies are fueling fears of a 2025 recession, with experts warning of mass layoffs and market turmoil.
www.youtube.com/shorts/qdfT8...
🚨In this video, we review how Trump’s tariffs, federal job cuts, and economic policies are fueling fears of a 2025 recession, with experts warning of mass layoffs and market turmoil.
www.youtube.com/shorts/qdfT8...
Trump's Economic Policies Fueling Fears of Major U.S. Recession
YouTube video by The Intellectualist
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February 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Trump's Economic Policies Fueling Fears of Major U.S. Recession
🚨In this video, we review how Trump’s tariffs, federal job cuts, and economic policies are fueling fears of a 2025 recession, with experts warning of mass layoffs and market turmoil.
www.youtube.com/shorts/qdfT8...
🚨In this video, we review how Trump’s tariffs, federal job cuts, and economic policies are fueling fears of a 2025 recession, with experts warning of mass layoffs and market turmoil.
www.youtube.com/shorts/qdfT8...
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Cruel and Usual: Republicans Prepare to Gut Medicaid. And their own supporters will be among the biggest victims, by @pkrugman.bsky.social paulkrugman.substack.com/p/cruel-and-... via @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy @crof.bsky.social
Cruel and Usual: Republicans Prepare to Gut Medicaid
And their own supporters will be among the biggest victims
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Cruel and Usual: Republicans Prepare to Gut Medicaid. And their own supporters will be among the biggest victims, by @pkrugman.bsky.social paulkrugman.substack.com/p/cruel-and-... via @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy @crof.bsky.social
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This is what House Republicans voted for tonight.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
February 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is what House Republicans voted for tonight.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
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Hundreds of political scientists sign letter "to express our urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy" and ask administration to "reverse course" on actions that "can undermine democracies and destroy the rule of law."
drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...
February 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hundreds of political scientists sign letter "to express our urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy" and ask administration to "reverse course" on actions that "can undermine democracies and destroy the rule of law."
drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...
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New from me: The UK's climate plan for the period to 2035 is the only one that gets anywhere near the ambition required to limit warming to below 2C, observers say. Will anyone else follow suit? Story with @akshatrathi.bsky.social & @zhirji.bsky.social. Gift link:
Only One Big Economy Is Aiming for Paris Agreement’s 1.5C Goal
The UK is currently an outlier with an increasingly ambitious climate plan after more than 170 countries missed a UN deadline.
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
New from me: The UK's climate plan for the period to 2035 is the only one that gets anywhere near the ambition required to limit warming to below 2C, observers say. Will anyone else follow suit? Story with @akshatrathi.bsky.social & @zhirji.bsky.social. Gift link:
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We did a paper with Andrew Linke and colleagues on how hotter and drier than normal conditions in Central America were associated with the recent migration surge at the border. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dry growing seasons predicted Central American migration to the US from 2012 to 2018 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Dry growing seasons predicted Central American migration to the US from 2012 to 2018
www.nature.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We did a paper with Andrew Linke and colleagues on how hotter and drier than normal conditions in Central America were associated with the recent migration surge at the border. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The CFPB has returned $21 billion to 205 million consumers who were scammed at the hands of predatory banks. You can root out waste, fraud, and abuse... or you can eliminate the CFPB. But you can't do both.
February 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The CFPB has returned $21 billion to 205 million consumers who were scammed at the hands of predatory banks. You can root out waste, fraud, and abuse... or you can eliminate the CFPB. But you can't do both.
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Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, focused on cutting government waste and spending, has more than doubled its own spending.
Elon Musk's DOGE office budget more than doubles from $6.5 to $14.4 million
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, focused on cutting government waste and spending, has more than doubled its own spending.
www.businessinsider.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, focused on cutting government waste and spending, has more than doubled its own spending.