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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 23h

If a rapidly melting massive West Antarctica glacier collapses 10 feet of sea rise could ultimately result.

Scientists Rush to Prevent Collapse of the Florida-Sized Doomsday Glacier
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#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #TruthBrigade

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 1d

The flood of Executive Orders from the White House is overwhelming, outpacing the lawsuits that call many of these acts illegal. Is this by design? Chaos-creating demoralizes people and clouds opposition. Lies don’t justify breaking the law! #TruthBrigade truthbrigade.indivisible.org/s/Nwsc1UCs

Join the Truth Brigade!

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 1d

The Paris Climate Agreement 1.5C Target Is too High to Prevent Catastrophic Sea Level Rise
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#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #TruthBrigrade

Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 3d

More shade is needed because of global warming. A new book discusses the importance of shade.

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#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 3d

The tipping point for the melting of Greenland's ice sheet could be reached as early as the end of this century. If that occurs it could ultimately increase sea level by 23 feet.

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 5d

The MAGA movement continues to deny climate change despite overwhelming scientific evidence. Have millions of Americans who follow right-wing media been brainwashed?

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 5d

Despite all the warnings about the consequences of climate change American voters in general do make climate change a high priority issue. Even as the consequences become more obvious this does not seem to matter.

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#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 6d

The tipping point for the shutdown of the Atlantic Circulation could be reached during the next two decades.

World May Be on the Verge of Tipping Point for Shutdown of the Atlantic Circulation
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#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 7d

Complete collapse of the so-called Doomsday Glacier on West Antarctica could lead to 10 feet of sea level rise. Scientists are working on a project to prevent the glacier from collapsing.

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#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 8d

Our needs aren’t complicated: most people want health and economic security. So why invent immigrant crime that doesn’t exist? Who wins by diverting our attention away from rising healthcare costs and fewer jobs? We need truth, not distraction. #TruthBrigade truthbrigade.indivisible.org/s/0lZoFav3

Expose the lie

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 8d

Tell House Republicans to get to work and end this shutdown act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...

Tell House Republicans to get to work and end this shutdown

With historic healthcare cuts and cost increases looming, House Republicans aren’t even in Washington DC. Instead of working on a bipartisan funding deal, they’re hiding out at home as the Trump Shutd...

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 8d

If it wasn't clear to some Americans before the recent violent actions by ICE it should be now, this is fascism in the United States of America.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It newrepublic.com/post/201625/... via @newrepublic.com

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 8d

Climate scientists have reported that even the Paris Climate Agreement target of staying below 1.5C may be too high to prevent catastrophically high sea level rise.

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#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 9d

New book emphasizes the need for increased shade as the world fails to reduce emissions enough to stop global warming.

As the World Heats Up More Shade Is Needed
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#ClimateChange, #GlobalWarming

Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 10d

The Save America Movement in action to save democracy from the authoritarian Trump regime.

We Just Filmed an ICE Raid in Los Angeles
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We Just Filmed an ICE Raid in Los Angeles

This morning, in conjunction with other eyewitnesses, our Liberty Vans captured footage of an ICE raid at a Home Depot in Los Angeles.

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 10d

The tipping point for the shutdown of the Atlantic circulation which brings warm air to Europe may be passed during the next two decades if greenhouse gas emissions are high.

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#ClimateChange

Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 11d

Read and sign a petition to save American higher education from attack on higher education by Donald Trump.

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Trump Higher Ed Compact 2025

We stand for education—for science, for students and for freedom—and against this backward, anti-American policy. We call on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to unite in rejecting the T...

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 11d

Climate change is a growing threat caused mainly by greenhouse gas emissions from human sources but it seems impossible to convince MAGA supporters of that. Have they been brainwashed?

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 11d

TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...

TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT

With historic healthcare cuts and cost increases looming, Republicans chose to force a Trump Shutdown rather than address the healthcare crisis and limit Trump’s lawless manipulation of federal funds....

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 12d

As the climate crisis worsens its effect on US voters seems minimal. It appears that voters cannot respond to a extremely serious threat if it unfolds at a slow rate.

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 12d

Jennifer Rubin of the Contrarian has a very different view of who the "enemy from within" is than that proclaimed by pathological liar Donald Trump.

We Found the ‘Enemy from Within’
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We Found the ‘Enemy from Within’

He’s in the White House

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 13d

Rapidly melting West Antarctica glacier is a threat to raise sea level by 10 feet.

Scientists Rush to Prevent Collapse of the Florida-Sized Doomsday Glacier
open.substack.com/pub/robertli...

#ClimateChange

Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 14d

As US energy policy becomes more insane scientific studies are pointing to the climate crisis being even more dire than previously believed particularly when it comes to sea level rise.

The Paris Climate Agreement 1.5C Target Is too High
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#ClimateChange

There is a Big Problem with the Paris Climate Agreement 1.5C Target for Temperature

Rate of ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica indicates that even meeting the 1.5C target will result in catastrophic sea level rise

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 15d

MAGA madness is now going full blast in the White House. The lunacy of the MAGAverse is on full display as Trump grabs for more power as democracy declines.

Trump Is Steadily Pushing the Republic Toward the Edge of Oblivion newrepublic.com/article/2010... via @newrepublic.com

#NoKings

Trump Is Steadily Pushing the Republic Toward the Edge of Oblivion

The administration has entered its most anti-Constitutional phase yet. We must call a regime that’s a danger to our way of life what it is.

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Bob Liebman @bobliebman.bsky.social · 15d

From On the Brink. As Trump in full lunacy mode promotes more oil, gas, and even coal production as the world gets ever hotter there is an increasing need for more shade to protect people from heatstroke.

As the World Heats Up More Shade Is Needed
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#ClimateChange