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I used to love #CBSMornings until #TonyDokoupil riffed about backpacks and Palestinians. His affinity for #appeasement grows, this time by a false narrative that #Kimmel risks alienating 'half the country'--but that's not Kimmel's demog, so he hasn't "lost" anyone,
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Sad!
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Sad!
'CBS Mornings' Turns Tense After Tony Dokoupil Takes Aim At Jimmy Kimmel
"CBS Mornings" took an unexpected turnwhen Gayle King was left speechless after Tony Dokoupil unleashed a blunt critique of Jimmy Kimmel.
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October 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I used to love #CBSMornings until #TonyDokoupil riffed about backpacks and Palestinians. His affinity for #appeasement grows, this time by a false narrative that #Kimmel risks alienating 'half the country'--but that's not Kimmel's demog, so he hasn't "lost" anyone,
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Sad!
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Sad!
100% of Americans are for protecting our pristine #environments and against destroying natural resources--“Allowing 21 days to unravel 25 years of #forest protections tells you...that this administration has no interest at all in listening to the American people.”
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
More Than 99 Percent of Americans Disapprove of Roadless Rule Rollbacks, According to New Analysis
A public comment period for the planned rescission of the Roadless Rule ended Friday with more than 99 percent of comments opposing the move.
www.outdoorlife.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
100% of Americans are for protecting our pristine #environments and against destroying natural resources--“Allowing 21 days to unravel 25 years of #forest protections tells you...that this administration has no interest at all in listening to the American people.”
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
Fun to watch these #housesparrows living their best lives in my backyard #nature #backyardbirding #invasivespecies
September 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Fun to watch these #housesparrows living their best lives in my backyard #nature #backyardbirding #invasivespecies
More proof that Trump's administration yearns to be a dictatorship. Private landowners in Texas have been denied their choice to contribute to a National Wildlife Refuge after 15 years of collaboration. This is unconscionable, write your representatives and object.
www.chron.com/life/wildlif...
www.chron.com/life/wildlif...
Feds kill plan to make Texas' largest wildlife refuge
The move follows a Trump executive order aimed at boosting energy development.
www.chron.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
More proof that Trump's administration yearns to be a dictatorship. Private landowners in Texas have been denied their choice to contribute to a National Wildlife Refuge after 15 years of collaboration. This is unconscionable, write your representatives and object.
www.chron.com/life/wildlif...
www.chron.com/life/wildlif...
I read this pitiful essay from #TedNugent and his soln is just to kill more stuff. He says wildlife is exceeding their carrying capacities, but he ignores #urbanization. He is ignorant about chronic wasting and his advocating for baiting shows what an a-hole he is
www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...
www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...
Nugent: State must return to common-sense wildlife management
Hunters around the nation laugh at us.
www.detroitnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I read this pitiful essay from #TedNugent and his soln is just to kill more stuff. He says wildlife is exceeding their carrying capacities, but he ignores #urbanization. He is ignorant about chronic wasting and his advocating for baiting shows what an a-hole he is
www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...
www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...
A lost recording of Woody Guthrie just recently released, an ode to the #Mexicanfarmlaborer. Backstory is 28 were being deported in the late 1940s when the plane they were on crashed, killing all on board.
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"Deportee (Woody's Home Tape)" - Woody Guthrie
YouTube video by Shamus Records
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July 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A lost recording of Woody Guthrie just recently released, an ode to the #Mexicanfarmlaborer. Backstory is 28 were being deported in the late 1940s when the plane they were on crashed, killing all on board.
youtu.be/bjlr-Rj9VwA?...
youtu.be/bjlr-Rj9VwA?...
Reposted
The teenagers worked in "atrocious" conditions that summer, six days a week, when it was often 100+ degrees. They learned firsthand about the work that farm workers do year after year, and they gained lifelong appreciation for those workers.
July 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The teenagers worked in "atrocious" conditions that summer, six days a week, when it was often 100+ degrees. They learned firsthand about the work that farm workers do year after year, and they gained lifelong appreciation for those workers.
A fanciful redirect from the perpetual climate change denier MGT! But she is right about the intensity of storms not being normal, it's called #climatechange.
It starts with the warming of the ocean; after that, chaos reigns. It's hot hot hot in the Gulf of Mexico.
www.rawstory.com/taylor-green...
It starts with the warming of the ocean; after that, chaos reigns. It's hot hot hot in the Gulf of Mexico.
www.rawstory.com/taylor-green...
'Not normal': Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes conspiracy theory bill after tragedy
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in the wake of a devastating fatal flooding tragedy in Texas introduced a bill that is being seen as big win for conspiracy theorists.Donald Trump's a...
www.rawstory.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A fanciful redirect from the perpetual climate change denier MGT! But she is right about the intensity of storms not being normal, it's called #climatechange.
It starts with the warming of the ocean; after that, chaos reigns. It's hot hot hot in the Gulf of Mexico.
www.rawstory.com/taylor-green...
It starts with the warming of the ocean; after that, chaos reigns. It's hot hot hot in the Gulf of Mexico.
www.rawstory.com/taylor-green...
This is not the American way!
Charging non-citizens more to visit national parks is contemptible.
Email/call your elected officials weekly to express your dismay at Trump's isolationist greedy stance.
#Vote #Democrat
We like people.
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
Charging non-citizens more to visit national parks is contemptible.
Email/call your elected officials weekly to express your dismay at Trump's isolationist greedy stance.
#Vote #Democrat
We like people.
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
Donald Trump orders entry fee, DEI changes at national parks
Currently, all national park visitors are subject to the same entry fee structure, but the Trump administration wants to charge foreign tourists more.
www.usatoday.com
July 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is not the American way!
Charging non-citizens more to visit national parks is contemptible.
Email/call your elected officials weekly to express your dismay at Trump's isolationist greedy stance.
#Vote #Democrat
We like people.
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
Charging non-citizens more to visit national parks is contemptible.
Email/call your elected officials weekly to express your dismay at Trump's isolationist greedy stance.
#Vote #Democrat
We like people.
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
A feel good story! The need for #environmentaljustice is real.
#Vote #Democrat We like people.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
#Vote #Democrat We like people.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
TSU's 'father of environmental justice' vows progress after Trump cuts
Bob Bullard, the “father" of environmental justice, hosted the “Environmental Justice Climate Corps” at Texas Southern University.
www.houstonchronicle.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
A feel good story! The need for #environmentaljustice is real.
#Vote #Democrat We like people.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
#Vote #Democrat We like people.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
That was fast, more to come.
#Medicaidtragedy #areyououtragedenoughyet
#Vote #Democrat
www.newsweek.com/nebraska-hos...
#Medicaidtragedy #areyououtragedenoughyet
#Vote #Democrat
www.newsweek.com/nebraska-hos...
Rural clinic in Trump district shuts down as CEO cites Medicaid cuts
A rural clinic in a district Trump won by more than 50 points has been forced to shut down, with the CEO citing "cuts to Medicaid."
www.newsweek.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
That was fast, more to come.
#Medicaidtragedy #areyououtragedenoughyet
#Vote #Democrat
www.newsweek.com/nebraska-hos...
#Medicaidtragedy #areyououtragedenoughyet
#Vote #Democrat
www.newsweek.com/nebraska-hos...
If you want to see 800,000 galaxies, check this out
#JWST #astronomy #bigbang
#isanybodyoutthere
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#JWST #astronomy #bigbang
#isanybodyoutthere
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Viewer – COSMOS-Web DR1
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July 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If you want to see 800,000 galaxies, check this out
#JWST #astronomy #bigbang
#isanybodyoutthere
cosmos2025.iap.fr/fitsmap.html
#JWST #astronomy #bigbang
#isanybodyoutthere
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So much for Trump's U.S. not being involved in military operations in #Gaza (if you're on foreign soil firing on native residents, you're part of a military operation). This was predictable under a Trump administration. Next time #Vote #Democrat. We like people.
www.africanews.com/2025/07/03/u...
www.africanews.com/2025/07/03/u...
US contractors say colleagues fired live ammunition at Palestinians seeking food | Africanews
The US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been the subject of several controversies since it began operating in late May 2025.
www.africanews.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
So much for Trump's U.S. not being involved in military operations in #Gaza (if you're on foreign soil firing on native residents, you're part of a military operation). This was predictable under a Trump administration. Next time #Vote #Democrat. We like people.
www.africanews.com/2025/07/03/u...
www.africanews.com/2025/07/03/u...
The ignorant people who run the US government view natural resources as a money maker. The roadless rule is straight out of Leopold's land ethic to reduce disturbance in wildlands. Let's see if they can do better now; low pollution and exercise pack it in, pack it out
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
www.usda.gov
June 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The ignorant people who run the US government view natural resources as a money maker. The roadless rule is straight out of Leopold's land ethic to reduce disturbance in wildlands. Let's see if they can do better now; low pollution and exercise pack it in, pack it out
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
Huh, did they not get their own memo on ICE's priorities? So inefficient, fire them all.
www.latintimes.com/border-czar-...
#Immigration #ICE
www.latintimes.com/border-czar-...
#Immigration #ICE
Border Czar Announces New Change Of Course In Immigration Enforcement, Says 'Criminals' Will Be Prioritized
White House border czar Tom Homan said the Trump administration will continue conducting immigration raids at places like farms and hotels, but criminals will be prioritized
www.latintimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Huh, did they not get their own memo on ICE's priorities? So inefficient, fire them all.
www.latintimes.com/border-czar-...
#Immigration #ICE
www.latintimes.com/border-czar-...
#Immigration #ICE
Super freaky nationalistic pretense. Very weird.
www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/theodor...
www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/theodor...
Theodore Roosevelt National Park to ask tourists to report unpatriotic content
A Trump executive order directs national parks to revise exhibits to emphasize American greatness, sparking debate over historical accuracy and political influence on public lands.
www.thedickinsonpress.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Super freaky nationalistic pretense. Very weird.
www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/theodor...
www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/theodor...
Supporting humanitarian efforts is not difficult, too many #Gazans have died. Why is it easy to continue punish them (or punish them at all) for their govt's actions? Massie is brave in this era of mindless followers who have ceded their critical thinking ability www.mediaite.com/politics/hou...
House Republican Rips Critics After Calling for End to All Military Aid to Israel: ‘I Disagree With Your Version of Christianity’
“I disagree with your version of Christianity if it requires endorsing the deaths of women and children on behalf of any country.”
www.mediaite.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Supporting humanitarian efforts is not difficult, too many #Gazans have died. Why is it easy to continue punish them (or punish them at all) for their govt's actions? Massie is brave in this era of mindless followers who have ceded their critical thinking ability www.mediaite.com/politics/hou...
Another example of the many insidious ways the Trump administration stalls progress, in this case for #wildlife. Only $75m in grants available for the whole country for wildlife crossings, preposterous! They don't just hate people, animals and the environment too
m.sevendaysvt.com/news/state-a...
m.sevendaysvt.com/news/state-a...
State Abandons Wildlife Crossing Project, Citing Cost
The $50 million project sought to make it easier for wildlife to move along the spine of the Green Mountains, but matching funds proved scarce.
m.sevendaysvt.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Another example of the many insidious ways the Trump administration stalls progress, in this case for #wildlife. Only $75m in grants available for the whole country for wildlife crossings, preposterous! They don't just hate people, animals and the environment too
m.sevendaysvt.com/news/state-a...
m.sevendaysvt.com/news/state-a...
Okay, I get it now. The American consumer is supposed to pay for the budget deficit that soared mostly under Republican administrations over the last 30 years. The rip-offs continue! Just willful ignorance that anyone could believe the Republicans are fiscally savvy,
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/12/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/12/t...
Tariff receipts topped $16 billion in April, a record that helped cut the budget deficit
Customs duties totaled $16.3 billion for the month, some 86% above the $8.75 billion collected during March.
www.cnbc.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Okay, I get it now. The American consumer is supposed to pay for the budget deficit that soared mostly under Republican administrations over the last 30 years. The rip-offs continue! Just willful ignorance that anyone could believe the Republicans are fiscally savvy,
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/12/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/12/t...
Only 5 more days to petition the #goldencheekedwarbler as endangered, www.regulations.gov, docket FWS-R2-ES-2024-0179, go to 8spec. rule, say 'the best science says retain endangered status'.
Another proposal is to remove habitat as relevant, only 30d to comment.
www.npr.org/2025/04/17/n...
Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule
The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Only 5 more days to petition the #goldencheekedwarbler as endangered, www.regulations.gov, docket FWS-R2-ES-2024-0179, go to 8spec. rule, say 'the best science says retain endangered status'.
Another proposal is to remove habitat as relevant, only 30d to comment.
www.npr.org/2025/04/17/n...
Laughable, nutty people. Morning glory as a controlled substance? Glory be and good night.
www.chron.com/life/wildlif...
Bill aims to identify popular Texas plants as illegal substances
A bill gaining traction in Texas would outlaw several native plants, including the popular mountain laurel.
www.chron.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Laughable, nutty people. Morning glory as a controlled substance? Glory be and good night.
www.chron.com/life/wildlif...
Where are all the #Democrats calling out Trump and his grifter cronies about their racism? I don't understand how the Democrats have let the Republicans define #DEI. Democrats have a winning message with #tolerance, American diversity is literally our strength.
apnews.com/article/navy...
apnews.com/article/navy...
Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge
Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U...
apnews.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Where are all the #Democrats calling out Trump and his grifter cronies about their racism? I don't understand how the Democrats have let the Republicans define #DEI. Democrats have a winning message with #tolerance, American diversity is literally our strength.
apnews.com/article/navy...
apnews.com/article/navy...
Blech, despite Trump being who he is, I have not been overwhelmed since the election. But he is pushing us towards conflict with Iran, demands we buy US-made (I love my economical RAV4 hybrid, tyvm). He barks at the Fed but does nothing about inflation. His speech & brain are garbled, how much more?
March 31, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Blech, despite Trump being who he is, I have not been overwhelmed since the election. But he is pushing us towards conflict with Iran, demands we buy US-made (I love my economical RAV4 hybrid, tyvm). He barks at the Fed but does nothing about inflation. His speech & brain are garbled, how much more?
Two wrongs don't make a right! Florida seems hellbent on becoming a cesspool backwater as it considers changing laws to allow children as young as 14yo to work overnight shifts to fill jobs vacated by undocumented workers. Comprehensive immigration reform is needed, not sudden mass deportations.
Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants | CNN Business
Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wag...
edition.cnn.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Two wrongs don't make a right! Florida seems hellbent on becoming a cesspool backwater as it considers changing laws to allow children as young as 14yo to work overnight shifts to fill jobs vacated by undocumented workers. Comprehensive immigration reform is needed, not sudden mass deportations.
