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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 8h

... and they left the U.S. because of Donald Trump. Well that sure says something!

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2 Nobel Prize–Winning Economists Leave U.S. for Zurich

Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo—a married team—will leave their positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the University of Zurich in the next academi...

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 8h

Good to see this.

A pox on Trump and his administration!

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Majority of Harvard’s Research Funding Has Been Restored

As of Tuesday, Harvard University had recouped most of the federal research funding it lost when the Trump administration froze its access to grants earlier this year, multiple local news organization...

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 10h

In case you missed this story…

The Senate GOP voted down this resolution, enabling Trump to continue murdering, without a trial or evidence, alleged drug smugglers in international waters.

This is not what America stands for.

Never GOP!

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Senate votes down war powers resolution aimed at blocking Trump's strikes on alleged drug boats

Senate Democrats forced a vote under the War Powers Act aimed at blocking continued U.S. strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats off the coast of Venezuela.

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 10h

Partisan politics is hurting public education of real children in PA’s schools. State legislators need to do their jobs and work out the details.

Enough crap!!!

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‘Unacceptable’: Pa. school administrators warn of budget impasse’s consequences

Now more than 100 days late, the lack of a budget means the loss of millions of dollars for individual districts as they borrow to “keep the lights on.”

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump, a 34-count convicted felon convicted felon, can add MURDERER to his rap sheet. He needs to be hauled in front of an international tribual, charged and prosecuted.

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U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

Hopefully Trump’s severely weakened EPA will actually fulfill their responsibilities to protect our health and wellbeing. whyy.org/articles/pfa...

What is the latest ‘forever chemical’ being monitored by the EPA?

PFHxS-Na is the latest “forever chemical” added to the Toxics Release Inventory.

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

Trumpnomics is shuttering your favorite restaurants. Trump doesn’t know squat about economics or trade. Do you like paying the higher prices to foot the bill for his tariffs?

ITS ANOTHER TAX!!!

If he did, he wouldn’t have filed for bankruptcy SO many times!

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What Iron Hill’s bankruptcy reveals about the pressures facing Delaware restaurants

At Los Mayas and across Delaware, restaurant owners are fighting to stay afloat amid rising costs, labor pressure and shrinking profits.

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

“Meteorologists and scientists worldwide rely on NOAA systems and data for weather forecasting and long-term climate predictions. Degrading NOAA will jeopardize the accurate and spatially detailed information that guides weather forecasting agencies around the world.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Free global access to climate and weather data must continue

Last month at the 80th session of the United Nations, the call to be “better together” was especially appropriate for discussions on the Early Warnings for All global initiative. About half the world’...

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and the GOP’s shutdown of the U.S. government is taking even more of a toll on science…

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As U.S. shutdown drags on, ‘it’s just one blow after another’

Federal researchers confront growing uncertainty about future

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

Guess who’s paying Trump’s Tariff’s? AMERICANS!!!

Don’t believe what the lying felon in the White House says!

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Americans are eating Trump's tariffs, Goldman Sachs says

Goldman's projections undercut the Trump administration's repeated claim that foreign governments would pay the import taxes

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

TRUMP IS LOSING THE TRADE WAR HE STARTED WITH CHINA!

This is what happens when an uneducated bully who doesn’t understand basic economics or international trade is occupying the Oval office. qz.com/china-winnin...

Fresh export data suggests China is winning the trade war

New data shows China's dependence on American consumers is shrinking, offering an early verdict on Trump's renewed trade wars

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see WHYY grow its audience in Pennsylvania and keep this public news station alive.

And remember, public pressure works!!! It worked in this case.

Make your voice heard!!! Do your part to make this country/state a better place to live!

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Reverse card: Penn State trustees agree to transfer WPSU to WHYY

The university will no longer be required to pay a $17.6 million subsidy to WHYY as financial supporters are expected to step up to save the central Pennsylvania station.

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 1d

USA seeks to export its climate idiocy in order to undermine an international deal to reduce shipping emissions

Using all the bullying tactics it can muster, USA is threatening other countries with sanctions if they support the deal

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US Threats Cast Doubt On Shipping Emissions Deal

An ambitious plan by the UN's shipping agency to cut maritime emissions could be scuttled at the last minute after the United States threatened to impose sanctions on those supporting it.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

- It is legal to organize and fund protest.
- That someone organizes and funds promotion of a protest does not mean most, some, or any protesters are paid.
- Even if all protesters are paid, that is also legal
- It is good to oppose kings and fascism
- That's not what what "begs the question" means

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is a convicted felon, a criminal.

Anything else you need to know?

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

While Trump blusters about "law & order," his regime has dropped or halted nearly 165 investigations into corporate wrongdoing. And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters, including Jan 6 rioters and others convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 2d

"What must be done now to ensure that caring for our common home and listening to the cry of the earth and the poor do not appear as mere passing trends or, worse still, are seen and felt as divisive issues?" — Pope Leo www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...

Pope Leo calls for 'true ecological conversion' from words to action on environment

The pope spoke Oct. 1 at the start of a conference marking the 10-year anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Francis' landmark document that encapsulated church teaching on the environment.

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

A better future…

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Known as the Esmerelda 7, the collection of seven solar projects in rural Nevada was set to generate up to 6.2 gigawatts of energy when complete, enough to power 2 million homes. https://cnn.it/4qaeLR2

Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

Where is the Trump Administration and the federal government???

Trump and Mike Johnson are responsible for this disaster.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to see this. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks NPR, for being true to the principles that America was founded on.

NPR @npr.org · 2d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

Unlike the Trump Administration’s priorities, i.e., rewarding the fossil fuel companies that backed him, California has its eye on a better future for America.

Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 2d

Another new record for batteries in California 🔋⚡️

Batteries met a record high 37.2% of load at 6:25pm yesterday, Oct 12.

The share of load remained at >30% for two whole hours from 5:50 to 7:50 during peak demand and discharged late into the night, reducing gas and imports.

Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 1d

Public outcry at the loss of a Public Radio Station works!!!

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Penn State Board of Trustees approves new deal for WPSU | Penn State University

The Penn State Board of Trustees today unanimously approved the material terms of a proposed transaction to transfer the operating assets of WPSU public radio and television stations to WHYY, a public...

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 3d

The Journal of the American Medical Association's take on RFK Jr.'s MAHA Children's Health Strategy. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Seven Takeaways From the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy

This Medical News article discusses key takeaways from the Make America Healthy Again Commission’s new strategy report on addressing childhood chronic disease.

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 3d

A very timely post by Robert Reich.

Now is not the time to be timid or shy about speaking out against the divisive, corrupt, hateful, unconstitutional, and wholly un-American actions of Donald Trump and his Administration.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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