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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h

Add to this the Court’s usurpation of trial judges’ fact-finding function, often getting facts way wrong, in ways that get the Court to desired outcomes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 11h

Sorry, but we don't give "peace" prizes to war criminals based on the recommendations of other war criminals.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 11h

And absolutely terrible news for the Amazon, the Cerrado and climate change.

The Economist @economist.com · 11h

Having been burnt by tariffs twice, American farmers and Chinese buyers will probably seek to reduce their mutual dependence. That is a boon for soyabean farmers in Brazil

American soya farmers are miserable. Brazil’s are ebullient

Donald Trump’s trade war has cemented Brazil’s place as the soyabean superpower

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.

And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.

Cashing in on cruelty.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 20h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · Jun 22

ice’s illegitimacy grows with every passing day

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 21

"ICE" beating man during arrest in Santa Ana California.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 20h

ice: all crime, all the time

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

ICE tactics in Chicago are escalating.

Crashing into a woman’s car so they can grab her is unconscionable!

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 21h

Rep. Jason Crow is a former Army Ranger who served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the 82nd Airborne Division and the elite 75th Ranger Regiment.

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 1d

I see Jared and Ivanka have moved firmly out of the shadows again.

Profits to be made.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 1d

Orange insider grifting

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that

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Prof. Bob Howarth @profbobhowarth.bsky.social · 1d

Round-up is NOT "fine." Nor is it necessary, as we have demonstrated on our upstate NY farm over the past 40 years. Organic farming really does work.

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 1d

If you saw the recent piece in @nytimes.com claiming that "Spraying round-up on crops is fine. Really." Please read our reply.
@davechapman.bsky.social @ninaelkadi.com @michaelpollan.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | Debating the Dangers of a Pesticide

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 1d

I bet it wasn't even 5 years ago that the standard belief was that without more transmission there would be no energy transition. Then I started hearing about VPPs. Now there are plenty of amazing real world examples of their success and it is still so early.

VPPs look to be a huge thing.

GN @w1ts3nd555.bsky.social · 2d

“Virtual power plants” are one of the cheapest, most equitable ways to make the grid more efficient, making costly infrastructure buildout less necessary.

Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 25d

11) At the high end of the grid reinforcement cost estimate range, VPPs could reduce grid buildout costs by *$340 billion*. That's our estimate of the "money on the table" for deploying VPPs: The achievable societal value of avoiding poles-and-wires upgrades at the distribution level.

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Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research @olarjournal.bsky.social · 2d

Check out our video!🥳Multiple Sources Forcing Driving Changes in Spatial Patterns of Coastal Wetland Vegetation
#wetland #ocean #olar
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Americans are fed up with the political establishment and an economy rigged against the working class.

Zohran Mamdani understands this well. Democratic leadership should be supporting him.

What Zohran Mamdani Can Teach Democrats

Robert Reich

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 2d

Journalism, he said, is how we know what's happening in troubled lands. "These extraordinary eyewitness accounts are the culmination of the daily efforts of countless people who work to ensure that information isn't manipulated for ends contrary to truth and human dignity“
apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Prof. Bob Howarth @profbobhowarth.bsky.social · 2d

We are all antifa, if we oppose Trump's fascist tendencies.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

THIS!! 👇👇

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