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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 3d

The Trump administration’s lawlessness cannot be ignored.

Period.

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The Green Spotlight @greenspotlight.bsky.social · 17h

Friendly reminder: Daily Savings Time change today. (Clocks are set back an hour.)

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 2d

"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it

What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

thebulletin.org

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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 3d

More than a dozen Epstein survivors, along with the family of Virginia Guiffre, send a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson demanding he call the House back into session and swear in Adelita Grijalva.
@jimacosta.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Epstein Survivors Send Letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson Demanding that Adelita Grijalva is Sworn In.

I just received this letter from survivors of child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein demanding that House Speaker Mike Johnson immediately swear in Arizona representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.

open.substack.com

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2d

"Why won't she leave?"

In 2023, 51,100 women and girls were killed by partners or family members, about one every 10 minutes. Nearly 1 in 3 women worldwide (≈736 million) have suffered physical or sexual violence in their lifetime by a partner or family member. The real numbers are likely higher.

https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2024/11/femicides-in-2023-global-estimates-of-intimate-partner-family-member-femicides

https://www.who.int/news/item/09-03-2021-devastatingly-pervasive-1-in-3-women-globally-experience-violence

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/140-women-and-girls-on-average-were-killed-by-a-loved-one-every-day-last-year-un-finds

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 2d

Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters

A judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region.

www.bellingcat.com

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MdWTH @mdwth.bsky.social · 2d

It's definitely about the oil

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..

@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime

The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...

www.miamiherald.com

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2d

If Trump topples Maduro, the elections in Venezuela will be rigged to install a pro-Trump puppet.

Contracts for rebuilding would be awarded to Trump-owned companies or to companies owned by Trump's friends.

Just like DOGE awarded contracts to Musk-owned businesses.

That's the goal.

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 2d

Episodes of Atlantic Extreme Rapid Intensification - A 6X increase over the same since 1980 via @BhatiaKieran
Things are certainly changing as the waters warm. Greater ratio of strongest storms, that rapidly intensify, BUT importantly not necessarily a higher number of tropical systems overall.

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Julia Raifman, ScD @juliaraifman.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know? The US has one of the highest child poverty rates of OECD countries.

The average child poverty rate across OECD countries is 12.2%

In the US, it’s over 20%

It’s partly why many children rely on SNAP

High rates of child poverty warrant a national conversation.

OECD Child poverty rate by country

“On average across OECD countries, 12.2% of children live in relative income poverty (Chart CO2.2.A),
but rates differ considerably from country to country. In six OECD countries (Chile, Costa Rica, Israel, Spain,
Türkiye and the United States), more than 20% of children live in relative poverty; rates are particularly high,
at around 30%, in Costa Rica. In 17 other OECD countries (Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia and
Sweden), however, less than 10% of children live in relative income poverty. In Denmark and Finland, the
child relative income poverty rate is only around 4%.”

Source:
https://webfs.oecd.org/els-com/Family_Database/CO_2_2_Child_Poverty.pdf

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The Green Spotlight @greenspotlight.bsky.social · 2d

Putting madmen in charge of nukes was especially reckless and stupid.

We may be on the precipice of another senseless, unnecessary war —and a senseless, unnecessary recession and Great Depression—driven by the wealthy's insatiable appetite for money, oil, and power, at everyone else's expense.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 3d

CBS went to a military food pantry (those words, in order) to interview moms. 13% of military families rely on SNAP/WIC. When a military spouse of a deployed soldier on enlisted salary was asked if people should be surprised: “No they shouldn’t. We live in poverty just like everybody else.”

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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 3d

🚨Utah, following Trump’s 2025 order, is building a fenced state compound to detain 1,300 homeless Americans, many by court mandate, behind gates they cannot leave. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/under-fede...

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 5d

“Andrew McCabe claims Trump wanted war in Venezuela because ‘they have all that oil’” 2/20/19 … 2/ www.vox.com/world/2019/2...

Andrew McCabe claims Trump wanted war in Venezuela because “they have all that oil”

It’s a surprisingly overlooked passage of the former FBI acting director’s new book.

www.vox.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6d

Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.

A tweet from Morgan J. Freeman states:
“FACT: Venezuela is NOT a major producer of cocaine.
They do not have large cocaine factories.
They do not produce fentanyl either.
What Venezuela does have is the world’s largest oil reserves.”

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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 5d

Russian military transport aircraft continue to land and deliver unknown cargo to venezuela

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Trump’s saber-rattling in Venezuela is illegal | Kenneth Roth

Trump’s threats against the country and attacks on nearby boats cannot be justified under international law

www.theguardian.com

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The Green Spotlight @greenspotlight.bsky.social · 3d

Life could be so much sweeter if people would stop elevating and worshipping sociopaths and putting them in positions of power.

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The Green Spotlight @greenspotlight.bsky.social · 3d

Our freedoms, livelihoods, health, safety, climate, and our very lives are at the mercy of the daily whims of a few greedy madmen who are in power. This is a true travesty.

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Stephen Young @atomicwonk.bsky.social · 4d

This is relevant because the Pentagon is upset about the portrayal of the US anti-missile system in #AHouseofDynamite, the new @netflix.com movie about a missile launched at the US. As any good scientist would understand, the anti-missile system fails. My @ucs.org colleague Dr Grego has the details.

A House of Dynamite Gets It Right—But Here’s the Full Picture

The Pentagon is wrong to attack the movie for being inaccurate. We cannot rely on missile defense systems to protect us from nuclear destruction.

blog.ucs.org

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Outrider Foundation @outrider.org · 10d

75% of nuclear weapons agency staff is furloughed.

Under 400 remain on the job without pay in order to ensure the safety and security of the nuclear stockpile.

Read more from Outrider fellow @winkie.bsky.social @usatoday.com:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 8d

Remember, the people profiting most from doing this to our world are building bunkers.

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The Green Spotlight @greenspotlight.bsky.social · 4d

Also see:
@teamrubicon.bsky.social
@ifawglobal.bsky.social
@give-directly.bsky.social
@msf.org

#hurricane #disaster #disasterresponse #relief

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The Green Spotlight @greenspotlight.bsky.social · 5d

A few humanitarian aid/disaster relief orgs to follow/support:
@globalgiving.bsky.social @ifrc.org @directrelief.org @wck.org

www.globalgiving.org/projects/hur...
and
www.coreresponse.org

#HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica #Caribbean #disaster #emergency #humanitarian #relief #hurricane #mutualaid

www.globalgiving.org

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