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@governor.ca.gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: Please sign #SB42, the California Fair Elections Act — to strengthen our democracy by legalizing public financing of campaigns everywhere in California and empowering voters!

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · Aug 29

This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species Act.

www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/laws...

Breaking: We’ve won our lawsuit on behalf of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains

This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species A...

www.humaneworld.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 26

if i were on this deployment i would be pissed. these people have actual jobs! and here they are, walking around picking upt rash.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Aug 26

National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ex-Israeli minister Ayalon: "There is no famine in Gaza."
Me: "Why does the IPC say there is a famine?"
Ayalon: "The IPC changed the criteria."
Me: "That's a lie. What criteria did they change?"
Ayalon: "They changed many criteria."

My full interview with Danny Ayalon: zeteo.com/p/danny-ayal...

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Drfritzmb @drfritzmb.bsky.social · Aug 6

I'm attending Greenpeace USA's event, “Monthly Volunteer Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/greenpeace/e...

Monthly Volunteer Call · Greenpeace USA

Join us for our monthly volunteer call! Learn whats happening at Greenpeace USA and how to take action for the climate and the right to protest.

www.mobilize.us

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Drfritzmb @drfritzmb.bsky.social · Jul 24

Here what is happening…

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Jun 30

The bill the Senate is voting on right now would reduce US power generation through 2035 by 300GW, raise wholesale & retail power prices, increase household energy costs, reduce national GDP, & kill 100s of 1000s of jobs.

I mean, this isn't "public grocery store" bad, but it's pretty bad!

Economic Impacts of U.S. Senate “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Energy Provisions • Energy Innovation

The Senate's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs.

energyinnovation.org

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · Jun 29

“Because they never heard about the lives regularly saved by their tax dollars, Americans don’t realize the generosity that has been stolen from them,” writes William Herkewitz, who worked for U.S.A.I.D. missions in Rwanda, Ethiopia and Kenya.

Opinion | Why We Couldn’t Sell America on U.S.A.I.D.

The end of the federal agency gives us a final lesson about the importance of telling the stories of humanitarian aid.

www.nytimes.com

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · Jun 29

If Emile Bove’s past performance is any measure of future results, writes David French, “we should prepare for a judge who would do what he deems necessary to accomplish his political objectives — law and morality be damned.”

Opinion | A Reckless Judicial Nomination Puts the Senate to the Test

Trump wants one of his lawyers to be one of his judges.

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Jun 24

Trump’s decision “will open up vast swaths of largely untouched land to logging and roadbuilding, including about 30% of the land in the National Forest System — encompassing 92% of Tongass, one of the last remaining intact temperate rainforests in the world…”

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests

The Agriculture Department said it would begin the process of rolling back protections for nearly 59 million roadless acres of the National Forest System.

www.washingtonpost.com

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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · Jun 21

Huge red flag for all Americans!

March 20th, Trump signed executive order “Eliminating Information Silos.”

The administration is working with tech company Palantir to create a database containing all information collected by federal agencies on all US citizens.

www.ocregister.com/2025/06/19/r...

Ron Paul: President Trump is unleashing a ‘Great Big Ugly Surveillance State’

The administration was working with tech company Palantir to create a database containing all information collected by all federal agencies on all US citizens.

www.ocregister.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Jun 20

"The vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite National Park, Mount Shasta, Big Sur and Lake Tahoe..."

"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."

www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Controversial senator trying to sell millions of acres near Yosemite, Tahoe

258 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. could be eligible for sale.

www.sfgate.com

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Drfritzmb @drfritzmb.bsky.social · Jun 20

One of the many Steller’s Jays in the neighborhood (Truckee, CA)

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Jun 12

They lie about everything

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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · Jun 12

What just happened to Senator Padilla for speaking out is completely unacceptable, this administration does not recognize our first amendment right to free speech, they don’t want anyone, anyone, speaking out against them…

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jun 4

The photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, who passed away last month, at the age of 81, documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never. . . photograph the misery.”

Sebastião Salgado’s View of Humanity

The photojournalist documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never, I never, photograph the misery.”

nyer.cm

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Drfritzmb @drfritzmb.bsky.social · Jun 4

That should not be a surprise…

MSW Media @mswmedia.com · Jun 4

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Drfritzmb @drfritzmb.bsky.social · Jun 4

Ludnik is so far out of his depth they even when questioned by a Republican, he digs a deeper hole…

Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · Jun 4

Another for the “we’re governed by morons” file: www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

Trump Commerce Secretary Stuns Republican Senator By Undercutting Trump’s Justification For Sweeping Tariffs

Kennedy grilled Lutnick after the Trump cabinet member appeared to undercut Trump’s stated goal for the tariffs – to bring down other countries’ trade barriers on the U.S.

www.mediaite.com

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Fight for Progress @fightforprogress.org · Jun 4

On Flag Day, we're reclaiming patriotism. 🗽

Join Indivisible’s No Kings Day of Defiance—a nationwide push to say loud and clear: we are a democracy, not a dictatorship. No immunity. No coronation. No kings. 👑❌

#NoKings #FlagDay www.mobilize.us/noki...

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Shannon, Mistress of Shenanigans @shay3322.bsky.social · Jun 4

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Drfritzmb @drfritzmb.bsky.social · May 11

He should be so lucky…

Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · May 11

I wonder which Time Share company Howard Lutnick is going to get a job in sales at.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · May 11

Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden

Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered

He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office

And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!

Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal

Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · May 11

Overseeing the presidential gift rules was among my duties as White House Ethics Czar -- so I know how it's supposed to work

The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional

The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it

abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources

President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources

abcnews.go.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Apr 30

National Law Day of Action -- May 1st

Lawyers, law firms, bar associations, the general public

lawdayofaction.org

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Apr 29

It really takes a lot for me to say this, but the Graham tweet is genuinely a pretty offensive thing to say.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 29

Despite seeing several people I totally trust say this was real I still felt I had to verify it with my own eyes. And having done so I still can't believe it's real.

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