Tara Golshan
@taragolshan.bsky.social
senior editor @notusreports.bsky.social
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🚨 At least 10 scientists, all cited in the Trump admin's new climate change report, told me that the report completely mischaracterizes their research.
I also found five citations with significant errors, and a paragraph missing an important citation.
I also found five citations with significant errors, and a paragraph missing an important citation.
‘A Serious Misuse of My Research’: Climate Scientists Say New Trump Energy Report Botches Their Work
“Our work has no relevance,” an astrobiologist whose research was cited in the administration’s climate change report said.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🚨 At least 10 scientists, all cited in the Trump admin's new climate change report, told me that the report completely mischaracterizes their research.
I also found five citations with significant errors, and a paragraph missing an important citation.
I also found five citations with significant errors, and a paragraph missing an important citation.
Seven of the cited sources in the MAHA report don’t appear to exist at all.
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,” Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes told NOTUS via email.
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“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,” Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes told NOTUS via email.
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The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
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May 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Seven of the cited sources in the MAHA report don’t appear to exist at all.
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,” Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes told NOTUS via email.
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“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,” Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes told NOTUS via email.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
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scoop: Maine's innovative floating offshore wind project was just weeks away from final construction.
But now Trump's Department of Energy has ordered that work stop on the $12.6 million grant, and on 2 other DOE grants at University of Maine
But now Trump's Department of Energy has ordered that work stop on the $12.6 million grant, and on 2 other DOE grants at University of Maine
Trump Administration Ups Its Attacks on Maine, Targeting Offshore Wind Projects
The administration sent stop work orders to three University of Maine grants.
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April 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
scoop: Maine's innovative floating offshore wind project was just weeks away from final construction.
But now Trump's Department of Energy has ordered that work stop on the $12.6 million grant, and on 2 other DOE grants at University of Maine
But now Trump's Department of Energy has ordered that work stop on the $12.6 million grant, and on 2 other DOE grants at University of Maine
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DOE usually uses emergency powers to keep power supply during hurricanes, crises, etc. Trump ordered them to seriously break precedent and use it to keep power plants (coal) from shutting down
The order looks eerily similar to a 2023 Kentucky law...
The order looks eerily similar to a 2023 Kentucky law...
Trump’s Order Bolstering Coal Looks a Lot Like a Kentucky Law
Energy analysts found the order, which invoked little-used emergency powers, alarming.
www.notus.org
April 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
DOE usually uses emergency powers to keep power supply during hurricanes, crises, etc. Trump ordered them to seriously break precedent and use it to keep power plants (coal) from shutting down
The order looks eerily similar to a 2023 Kentucky law...
The order looks eerily similar to a 2023 Kentucky law...
Things lawmakers & admin do not appear on the same page on:
- Whether FEMA should exist
-Whether FEMA should have some disaster response capabilities
-Whether Trump has tapped anyone to be on FEMA Review Council
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- Whether FEMA should exist
-Whether FEMA should have some disaster response capabilities
-Whether Trump has tapped anyone to be on FEMA Review Council
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What Are Trump’s Plans for FEMA? Depends Who You Ask.
DHS Secretary Noem said she’s going to “eliminate” the agency. The lawmakers who say they were tapped by Trump to review FEMA say they’re working on reforms.
www.notus.org
March 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Things lawmakers & admin do not appear on the same page on:
- Whether FEMA should exist
-Whether FEMA should have some disaster response capabilities
-Whether Trump has tapped anyone to be on FEMA Review Council
www.notus.org/whitehouse/t...
- Whether FEMA should exist
-Whether FEMA should have some disaster response capabilities
-Whether Trump has tapped anyone to be on FEMA Review Council
www.notus.org/whitehouse/t...
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NEWS: Trade war with Canada is now risking electricity blackouts in New York, Michigan, Minnesota.
In all the uproar over Ontario's 25% electricity tariff and Trump's angry response, we're missing the biggest risk — the stability of the grid itself. 🔌💡
In all the uproar over Ontario's 25% electricity tariff and Trump's angry response, we're missing the biggest risk — the stability of the grid itself. 🔌💡
Trump’s Trade War Risks Blackouts in the Northern United States
Ontario slapped a 25% tariff on electricity in response to Trump’s trade war, an escalation that could eventually lead to blackouts across Michigan, Minnesota, New York and other northern states.
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March 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
NEWS: Trade war with Canada is now risking electricity blackouts in New York, Michigan, Minnesota.
In all the uproar over Ontario's 25% electricity tariff and Trump's angry response, we're missing the biggest risk — the stability of the grid itself. 🔌💡
In all the uproar over Ontario's 25% electricity tariff and Trump's angry response, we're missing the biggest risk — the stability of the grid itself. 🔌💡
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The current political environment is creating a logistical nightmare for WorldPride organizers. One said they’re “rolling with the punches” in the final weeks of planning.
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How Trump Is Scrambling Washington, D.C.’s Plans for WorldPride 2025
The current political environment is creating a logistical nightmare for WorldPride organizers. One said they’re “rolling with the punches” in the final weeks of planning.
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March 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The current political environment is creating a logistical nightmare for WorldPride organizers. One said they’re “rolling with the punches” in the final weeks of planning.
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NEW: Trump admin has reversed course and will no longer be closing the office that oversees one of the country's most important nuclear waste sites, the world's only deep geologic repository.
I reviewed the letter revoking the termination 👇
I reviewed the letter revoking the termination 👇
Trump Administration Backtracks on Closing the Field Office That Oversees a Nuclear Waste Site
The General Services Administration is now revoking its request to terminate the lease for the building set up to manage emergencies at a New Mexico nuclear waste repository.
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March 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
NEW: Trump admin has reversed course and will no longer be closing the office that oversees one of the country's most important nuclear waste sites, the world's only deep geologic repository.
I reviewed the letter revoking the termination 👇
I reviewed the letter revoking the termination 👇
Several of the Trump teams' grudges inspiring the "prosecute the prosecutors" rhetoric are that DOJ prosecutors were ambitious and on top of it...
More on the feuds and gripes that Trumpworld is fixated on.
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More on the feuds and gripes that Trumpworld is fixated on.
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The Feuds Fueling Trump’s Quest for Vengeance Against Jack Smith
Trump’s team is fixated on specific interactions it had with DOJ prosecutors that could inform who they may go after first, sources tell NOTUS.
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December 19, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Several of the Trump teams' grudges inspiring the "prosecute the prosecutors" rhetoric are that DOJ prosecutors were ambitious and on top of it...
More on the feuds and gripes that Trumpworld is fixated on.
www.notus.org/trump-transi...
More on the feuds and gripes that Trumpworld is fixated on.
www.notus.org/trump-transi...
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The president of the National Congress of American Indians asked Biden on Air Force One to release Leonard Peltier
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NCAI President Asks Biden on Air Force One to Free Leonard Peltier
Opinion. During the opening general session of the annual National Congress of American Indians in late October, NCAI President Mark Macarro, chairman of the Pechanga Band of Indians, shared the stor...
nativenewsonline.net
December 9, 2024 at 4:13 PM
The president of the National Congress of American Indians asked Biden on Air Force One to release Leonard Peltier
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A man in Altoona, Pa, is reportedly being held for questioning in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting latest: Man being held for questioning in Pennsylvania, sources say
New video obtained by ABC News shows UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killer waiting for him moments before last week's shooting in Midtown Manhattan.
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December 9, 2024 at 4:22 PM
A man in Altoona, Pa, is reportedly being held for questioning in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
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SCOOP: Several senior career White House budget officials are planning to leave as Trump admin begins, including Mark Sandy -- the OMB official who testified in Trump's first impeachment hearing, sources familiar with the matter say
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Federal employees scramble to insulate themselves from Trump’s purge
Career civil servants are scrubbing social media, changing job titles and looking for private sector work over fear that Trump may fire them.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2024 at 1:25 PM
SCOOP: Several senior career White House budget officials are planning to leave as Trump admin begins, including Mark Sandy -- the OMB official who testified in Trump's first impeachment hearing, sources familiar with the matter say
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A 👀 quote from a DNC member in @notusreports.bsky.social
The pitch and organizing around a working class coalition has been multiracial (culinary union, meat factory workers etc) — if that's still not getting through internally, that's a huge issue for progressives.
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The pitch and organizing around a working class coalition has been multiracial (culinary union, meat factory workers etc) — if that's still not getting through internally, that's a huge issue for progressives.
www.notus.org/democrats/de...
December 9, 2024 at 6:05 PM
A 👀 quote from a DNC member in @notusreports.bsky.social
The pitch and organizing around a working class coalition has been multiracial (culinary union, meat factory workers etc) — if that's still not getting through internally, that's a huge issue for progressives.
www.notus.org/democrats/de...
The pitch and organizing around a working class coalition has been multiracial (culinary union, meat factory workers etc) — if that's still not getting through internally, that's a huge issue for progressives.
www.notus.org/democrats/de...
“I’ve got a dog myself,” Schmitt said. “I’m a big fan of the canines.”
very normal way to say "I love dogs"
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very normal way to say "I love dogs"
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Republicans In ‘DOGE’ Caucus Not Too Familiar With Original Doge Meme
Lawmakers are rebranding their deficit reduction efforts as a “Department of Government Efficiency,” but many are clueless about the new brand.
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December 5, 2024 at 8:02 PM
“I’ve got a dog myself,” Schmitt said. “I’m a big fan of the canines.”
very normal way to say "I love dogs"
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
very normal way to say "I love dogs"
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
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Sen. Eric Schmitt, one of DOGE’s biggest backers, was unfamiliar with the doge meme.
Until now.
@delaneyrules.bsky.social showed it to him just now, after Schmitt left a DOGE meeting with Vivek Ramaswamy.
Until now.
@delaneyrules.bsky.social showed it to him just now, after Schmitt left a DOGE meeting with Vivek Ramaswamy.
December 5, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Sen. Eric Schmitt, one of DOGE’s biggest backers, was unfamiliar with the doge meme.
Until now.
@delaneyrules.bsky.social showed it to him just now, after Schmitt left a DOGE meeting with Vivek Ramaswamy.
Until now.
@delaneyrules.bsky.social showed it to him just now, after Schmitt left a DOGE meeting with Vivek Ramaswamy.
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This should be required reading for all incoming Members and staff. It explains a lot about how Congress actually works (or doesn't) currently.
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‘Postal-Naming Destruction’: The Least Controversial Thing Congress Does Is Becoming Controversial
More and more of what Congress does on a day-to-day basis is naming post offices. Some members want to end the practice.
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December 5, 2024 at 2:49 PM
This should be required reading for all incoming Members and staff. It explains a lot about how Congress actually works (or doesn't) currently.
www.notus.org/congress/pos...
www.notus.org/congress/pos...
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Donald Trump will not be prosecuted for interfering in the 2020 election — for now.
Special Counsel Jack Smith asked a federal judge to immediately dismiss the pending criminal indictment against the next American president before he takes office.
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Special Counsel Jack Smith asked a federal judge to immediately dismiss the pending criminal indictment against the next American president before he takes office.
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Jack Smith Has Dropped the Jan. 6 Case Against Trump. He Stands By the Charges.
“The government’s position on the merits of the defendant’s prosecution has not changed,” Smith wrote.
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November 25, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Donald Trump will not be prosecuted for interfering in the 2020 election — for now.
Special Counsel Jack Smith asked a federal judge to immediately dismiss the pending criminal indictment against the next American president before he takes office.
www.notus.org/courts/jack-...
Special Counsel Jack Smith asked a federal judge to immediately dismiss the pending criminal indictment against the next American president before he takes office.
www.notus.org/courts/jack-...
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NEW: Almost two decades after the first bill to cut funding for Planned Parenthood was introduced, Republicans hope that under a GOP trifecta they’ll finally be able to get it done
It’s “one of the biggest things” Republicans can do, Rep. Kevin Hern told me
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It’s “one of the biggest things” Republicans can do, Rep. Kevin Hern told me
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Republicans’ First Anti-Abortion Agenda Item: Defunding Planned Parenthood
Almost two decades after the first bill to cut funding for the organization was introduced, Republicans hope they’ll finally be able to get it done.
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November 26, 2024 at 1:05 PM
NEW: Almost two decades after the first bill to cut funding for Planned Parenthood was introduced, Republicans hope that under a GOP trifecta they’ll finally be able to get it done
It’s “one of the biggest things” Republicans can do, Rep. Kevin Hern told me
www.notus.org/congress/pla...
It’s “one of the biggest things” Republicans can do, Rep. Kevin Hern told me
www.notus.org/congress/pla...
NEW from @caseyrmurray.bsky.social on what Trump's "mass deportation" actually looks like if Republicans don't agree on who should be targeted, have very little to say on how they would fund it, and local law enforcement says it can't do more than it's already doing.
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One Major Obstacle to Trump’s Mass Deportation Promise: Local Law Enforcement
“I’m not gonna let the government tell me what to do in my job,” one Trump-supporting sheriff told NOTUS.
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November 26, 2024 at 6:11 PM
NEW from @caseyrmurray.bsky.social on what Trump's "mass deportation" actually looks like if Republicans don't agree on who should be targeted, have very little to say on how they would fund it, and local law enforcement says it can't do more than it's already doing.
www.notus.org/trump-transi...
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