David Doniger
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Senior Strategist and Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council's Climate & Energy Department. https://www.nrdc.org/bio/david-doniger Bluesky views my own.
Pinned
A test for GOP elected officials, federal, state, and local: denounce this drug kingpin pardon now.
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
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November 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
A test for GOP elected officials, federal, state, and local: denounce this drug kingpin pardon now.
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Trump justice: Death for anonymous guys in boats. Pardon for Honduran former president/drug lord.
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
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November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Trump justice: Death for anonymous guys in boats. Pardon for Honduran former president/drug lord.
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
So comforting to have Putin vouch for Witkoff’s independence. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias
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November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
So comforting to have Putin vouch for Witkoff’s independence. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
A slogan we can get behind!
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A slogan we can get behind!
This is not why I subscribed to the Washington Post.
Feeling gassy after Thanksgiving? Take a fart walk.
Light exercise after a big meal can help. Whatever you do, resist the urge to lie down.
Light exercise after a big meal can help. Whatever you do, resist the urge to lie down.
Column | Try a ‘fart walk’ to ease the pressure after that big Thanksgiving meal
Whatever you do, resist the urge to lie down.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is not why I subscribed to the Washington Post.
Make Roman Numerals Great Again!
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Make Roman Numerals Great Again!
Perseverance rover detects lightning on Mars. Something for Musk to personally investigate.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Detection of triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars - Nature
The SuperCam microphone aboard the Perseverance rover captured 55 triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars over two Martian years, providing implications for examining the planet’s surface ...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Perseverance rover detects lightning on Mars. Something for Musk to personally investigate.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Trump EPA tries burying another deregulatory turkey on Thanksgiving.
Greenlighting more methane pollution means more smog, more cancer-causing pollutants, and more climate risks.
E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/c...
Greenlighting more methane pollution means more smog, more cancer-causing pollutants, and more climate risks.
E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/c...
E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Trump EPA tries burying another deregulatory turkey on Thanksgiving.
Greenlighting more methane pollution means more smog, more cancer-causing pollutants, and more climate risks.
E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/c...
Greenlighting more methane pollution means more smog, more cancer-causing pollutants, and more climate risks.
E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/c...
On this day we should remember the AIDS victims who’ve died since Trump-Musk-Rubio fed USAID into the wood chipper.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
On this day we should remember the AIDS victims who’ve died since Trump-Musk-Rubio fed USAID into the wood chipper.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
He seems a mite insecure.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
He seems a mite insecure.
Keep in mind that most of Trump’s deregulatory moves are still just proposals, not yet tested in court.
Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/c...
Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/c...
Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Keep in mind that most of Trump’s deregulatory moves are still just proposals, not yet tested in court.
Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/c...
Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/c...
Really nuts. Senator Cruz and GOP colleagues are trying to make cars cheaper by making them more dangerous.
Human cost aside, where’s their awareness of the costs of more healthcare, lost income, etc.?
Wanna make owning a car cheaper? Make them more fuel efficient.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Human cost aside, where’s their awareness of the costs of more healthcare, lost income, etc.?
Wanna make owning a car cheaper? Make them more fuel efficient.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Exclusive | Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Really nuts. Senator Cruz and GOP colleagues are trying to make cars cheaper by making them more dangerous.
Human cost aside, where’s their awareness of the costs of more healthcare, lost income, etc.?
Wanna make owning a car cheaper? Make them more fuel efficient.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Human cost aside, where’s their awareness of the costs of more healthcare, lost income, etc.?
Wanna make owning a car cheaper? Make them more fuel efficient.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Quite an amicus brief…
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Quite an amicus brief…
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
“The administration wants to take away Americans’ right to breathe clean, safe air, free from deadly soot pollution,” said John Walke, senior attorney with @nrdc.org, an advocacy group. “The Trump EPA is siding with big polluters, challenging safer standards and asking a court to do its dirty work.”
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths.
“The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.”
The worst EPA ever.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
“The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.”
The worst EPA ever.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
*Cruz control* — or Cruz out of control.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz wants to ditch safety features to make cars and SUVs a few pennies cheaper.
More Americans, including kids, will get hurt and face big medical bills. How does this make America affordable again?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Texas Senator Ted Cruz wants to ditch safety features to make cars and SUVs a few pennies cheaper.
More Americans, including kids, will get hurt and face big medical bills. How does this make America affordable again?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Advisers Discuss Options for New Healthcare Proposal
The White House is weighing income caps for Affordable Care Act enrollees to qualify for enhanced healthcare subsidies.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
*Cruz control* — or Cruz out of control.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz wants to ditch safety features to make cars and SUVs a few pennies cheaper.
More Americans, including kids, will get hurt and face big medical bills. How does this make America affordable again?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Texas Senator Ted Cruz wants to ditch safety features to make cars and SUVs a few pennies cheaper.
More Americans, including kids, will get hurt and face big medical bills. How does this make America affordable again?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Latest from RFK Jr.’s Department of Ill-Health and Human Disservices.
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Latest from RFK Jr.’s Department of Ill-Health and Human Disservices.
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Trump’s Transportation Secretary Duffy flailing for some new culture war. But pajamas-on-planes is not a left-right divide.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Trump’s Transportation Secretary Duffy flailing for some new culture war. But pajamas-on-planes is not a left-right divide.
Genesis mission? subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Trump signs order to boost AI, spur energy ‘breakthroughs’
Amazon also announced plans Monday to invest up to $50 billion to expand data centers and AI technology for federal customers.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Genesis mission? subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Things go worse with coke. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Trump admin flip-flops again on coke industry break
In its latest bid to protect fossil fuel interests, the White House also appears to exaggerate coke's importance to U.S. steelmaking.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Things go worse with coke. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Corruption.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Corruption.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump ready to betray the brave people of Ukraine and toady to Putin — on Thanksgiving no less.
The U.S. Tightens the Vise on an Already Besieged Zelensky www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
The U.S. Tightens the Vise on an Already Besieged Zelensky www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
The U.S. Tightens the Vise on an Already Besieged Zelensky
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Trump ready to betray the brave people of Ukraine and toady to Putin — on Thanksgiving no less.
The U.S. Tightens the Vise on an Already Besieged Zelensky www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
The U.S. Tightens the Vise on an Already Besieged Zelensky www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
The golden age of air travel ended years ago, Sean.
Sean Duffy Wants You to Stop Wearing PJs on the Plane www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
Sean Duffy Wants You to Stop Wearing PJs on the Plane www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
Sean Duffy Wants You to Stop Wearing PJs on the Plane
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The golden age of air travel ended years ago, Sean.
Sean Duffy Wants You to Stop Wearing PJs on the Plane www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
Sean Duffy Wants You to Stop Wearing PJs on the Plane www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
“You can’t prove that Coca-Cola doesn’t cause autism either.”
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“You can’t prove that Coca-Cola doesn’t cause autism either.”
Reposted by David Doniger
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.