Burnsie
@burnsieann.bsky.social
Nature, science, our planet, governance, democracy, nat sec, human rights, equity, & justice.
Poodle Mum with time to listen.
I birdwatch, fly fish, star gaze, watch weather, sing. Happily married 45-yrs! 🏡 Duluth MN 🌊
I Act On Climate💚 &
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Poodle Mum with time to listen.
I birdwatch, fly fish, star gaze, watch weather, sing. Happily married 45-yrs! 🏡 Duluth MN 🌊
I Act On Climate💚 &
🌎💙🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏽💦🌻🐝
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Donald Trump’s disgraceful attacks on Minnesota’s Somali community are injecting more of his poisonous racism into our beloved home state. Hearing him single out our people based solely on their race and country of origin is downright disgusting.
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The Justice Department has waged an unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private information.
The goal, as @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social report, could result in the unprecedented harassment of individual citizens like you and me.
The goal, as @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social report, could result in the unprecedented harassment of individual citizens like you and me.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Justice Department has waged an unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private information.
The goal, as @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social report, could result in the unprecedented harassment of individual citizens like you and me.
The goal, as @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social report, could result in the unprecedented harassment of individual citizens like you and me.
🌲 It’s officially December because TUBA CHRISTMAS is here! 🌲
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Twin Ports TubaChristmas 2025 - Perfect Duluth Day
The 52nd annual TubaChristmas features classic Christmas Carols performed by tuba and euphonium players from northern Minnesota. Performers need an instrument, music and music stand. Check the website...
www.perfectduluthday.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🌲 It’s officially December because TUBA CHRISTMAS is here! 🌲
www.perfectduluthday.com/the-event/tw...
www.perfectduluthday.com/the-event/tw...
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A growing swath of Americans are showing signs of discontent and refusing to cooperate with what they see as their rights, liberties, and economic interests being compromised under the Trump administration, write civic movement experts Adam Fefer and @mariajstephan.bsky.social:
When Loyalties Shift: Americans’ Growing Noncooperation with Federal Abuses of Power
Americans' refusals to accept apparent abuses of power by the federal government indicate that the political winds may be starting to shift.
www.justsecurity.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A growing swath of Americans are showing signs of discontent and refusing to cooperate with what they see as their rights, liberties, and economic interests being compromised under the Trump administration, write civic movement experts Adam Fefer and @mariajstephan.bsky.social:
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Recent removals of politically critical artwork is censorship, not legal necessity, says Erika Sanders from @ncacensorship.bsky.social.
Efforts to justify these decisions, she writes, rest on misinterpretations of tax and campaign-finance law.
www.justsecurity.org/126373/legal...
Efforts to justify these decisions, she writes, rest on misinterpretations of tax and campaign-finance law.
www.justsecurity.org/126373/legal...
The (Flimsy) Legal Arguments Used to Justify Art Censorship
Liability fears increasingly used to justify removing dissenting art fuels a corrosive culture of censorship.
www.justsecurity.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Recent removals of politically critical artwork is censorship, not legal necessity, says Erika Sanders from @ncacensorship.bsky.social.
Efforts to justify these decisions, she writes, rest on misinterpretations of tax and campaign-finance law.
www.justsecurity.org/126373/legal...
Efforts to justify these decisions, she writes, rest on misinterpretations of tax and campaign-finance law.
www.justsecurity.org/126373/legal...
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Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
- Birthright citizenship heads to Supreme Court
- DC Court of Appeals allows POTUS to remove NLRB and MSPB members
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
- Birthright citizenship heads to Supreme Court
- DC Court of Appeals allows POTUS to remove NLRB and MSPB members
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
- Birthright citizenship heads to Supreme Court
- DC Court of Appeals allows POTUS to remove NLRB and MSPB members
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
- Birthright citizenship heads to Supreme Court
- DC Court of Appeals allows POTUS to remove NLRB and MSPB members
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
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“The National Guard is not the president’s traveling private army to deploy where he wants, when he wants, for as long as he wants, for any reason he wants, or no reason at all,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said. https://to.pbs.org/4iDTWKp
WATCH: National Guard is not Trump's 'private army,' California AG Bonta says after federal hearing
A federal judge on Friday sharply questioned the Trump administration's authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following vi...
to.pbs.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“The National Guard is not the president’s traveling private army to deploy where he wants, when he wants, for as long as he wants, for any reason he wants, or no reason at all,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said. https://to.pbs.org/4iDTWKp
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Again, if this is a legitimate reason to kill someone (it isn’t), then there was nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And we know that can’t be right, because the USMCJ cites the killing of shipwrecked people **as its prototypical example** of an unlawful order.
4/ Even worse on these officials account, it seems if the third view is correct, that was a reason to kill the survivors.
You read that right, and I am not exaggerating.⤵️
A shipwrecked person beckoning others to come rescue them is a basis for killing them.
You read that right, and I am not exaggerating.⤵️
A shipwrecked person beckoning others to come rescue them is a basis for killing them.
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Again, if this is a legitimate reason to kill someone (it isn’t), then there was nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And we know that can’t be right, because the USMCJ cites the killing of shipwrecked people **as its prototypical example** of an unlawful order.
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SoCalGas is using *efficiency funding* collected from ratepayers to push LA wildfire survivors who lost their homes to build back with *gas* rather than all-electric.
Truly bleak stuff. This should not be allowed. Where are our regulators at the CPUC?
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
Truly bleak stuff. This should not be allowed. Where are our regulators at the CPUC?
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances - Inside Climate News
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
insideclimatenews.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SoCalGas is using *efficiency funding* collected from ratepayers to push LA wildfire survivors who lost their homes to build back with *gas* rather than all-electric.
Truly bleak stuff. This should not be allowed. Where are our regulators at the CPUC?
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
Truly bleak stuff. This should not be allowed. Where are our regulators at the CPUC?
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
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There is no legitimate reason not to release the complete Sep. 2 video.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
December 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
There is no legitimate reason not to release the complete Sep. 2 video.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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at a certain point we will move beyond the "war crimes" debate, since there is no war, and into a "murder" debate that asks not just whether these are individual murders but whether they are widespread & systematic attacks on civilians and thus constitute crimes against humanity.
Excellent reporting from @charliesavage.bsky.social and @julianbarnes.bsky.social starting with the "plain reality" that there was no warship, and no fighting going on, in the Sept. 2 strike, or any of them:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
at a certain point we will move beyond the "war crimes" debate, since there is no war, and into a "murder" debate that asks not just whether these are individual murders but whether they are widespread & systematic attacks on civilians and thus constitute crimes against humanity.
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Balancing a gender population is a form of DEI. If we’re doing away with DEI to make things more equal, gender balancing must go.
There are female students who were more qualified turned away in order to give a spot to a less qualified man. This is discrimination.
There are female students who were more qualified turned away in order to give a spot to a less qualified man. This is discrimination.
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Balancing a gender population is a form of DEI. If we’re doing away with DEI to make things more equal, gender balancing must go.
There are female students who were more qualified turned away in order to give a spot to a less qualified man. This is discrimination.
There are female students who were more qualified turned away in order to give a spot to a less qualified man. This is discrimination.
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
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NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
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Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
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i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
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A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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it should be a red flag that “indiscriminately targeting immigrants” is still getting cast as a “stunt”
December 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
it should be a red flag that “indiscriminately targeting immigrants” is still getting cast as a “stunt”
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While we were sleeping, a huge ruling:
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Excerpt from ruling:
“Bluntly put, why the Court ruled as it did remains unclear-and without reasoning,
this order cannot even be considered as persuasive. Second, Justice Kavanaugh's conclusion that the plaintiffs lacked standing in Perdomo rested on the claims asserted in that case specifically, plaintiffs there sought to enjoin defendants from targeting individuals for immigration stops based on certain factors, such as race or ethnicity, their accent, and the type of work they did. Id. Justice Kavanaugh reasoned that plaintiffs in Perdomo likely lacked standing under Lyons, as defendants may "stop suspected illegal immigrants based on a variety of factors," and thus "plaintiffs ha[d] no good basis to believe that law enforcement will unlawfully stop them in the future" based "only on [prohibited] factors." Id. at *3 (emphases in original). In contrast, this case concerns an entirely different context, namely, civil immigration arrests rather than immigration stops, which were at issue in Perdomo, and a different type of challenge. Specifically, plaintiffs are not arguing which factors defendants may consider in their application of a legal standard, but rather contend that defendants have abandoned the proper legal standard entirely. See Pls.' Reply at 8. Thus, Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence in Perdomo, to the extent it has persuasive, let alone controlling, authority, is inapposite.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jech7rem6vijss4euf4fijao/bafkreidy2tm2mkrt4kkxcnhlmc6uess22cabrg7b5juyauqoolvoqd7teu@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
While we were sleeping, a huge ruling:
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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“Minnesota is home to the nation’s largest Somali community. These residents are our colleagues, friends, law enforcement officers, public servants, neighbors and taxpayers. That Trump would demonize an entire diaspora … is beyond reprehensible. It’s dangerous.”
Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Board: Trump’s “rhetoric is divisive, racist and wrong.” www.startribune.com/trump-admini...
Editorial | Trump’s anti-Somali rampage thrusts Minnesota into the national spotlight
The president’s racist, divisive rhetoric will do nothing to actually prevent fraud, the Editorial Board writes.
www.startribune.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“Minnesota is home to the nation’s largest Somali community. These residents are our colleagues, friends, law enforcement officers, public servants, neighbors and taxpayers. That Trump would demonize an entire diaspora … is beyond reprehensible. It’s dangerous.”
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This is what climate change looks like for the Asia-Pacific region: $500Billion per year for the sea level rise alone. And the climate change challenge is global.
www.carbonbrief.org/asia-pacific...
www.carbonbrief.org/asia-pacific...
Asia-Pacific faces ‘$500bn-a-year’ hit from rising seas if current policies continue - Carbon Brief
Coastal flooding could bring $500bn of annual damages to the Asia-Pacific by the year 2100, if countries do not adapt to rising sea levels.
www.carbonbrief.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This is what climate change looks like for the Asia-Pacific region: $500Billion per year for the sea level rise alone. And the climate change challenge is global.
www.carbonbrief.org/asia-pacific...
www.carbonbrief.org/asia-pacific...
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CNBC: "This data would suggest this is US companies, US consumers paying these tariffs ... that's part of what's been dragging down the economy ... I don't think we have a booming job market"
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
CNBC: "This data would suggest this is US companies, US consumers paying these tariffs ... that's part of what's been dragging down the economy ... I don't think we have a booming job market"
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Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Board: Trump’s “rhetoric is divisive, racist and wrong.” www.startribune.com/trump-admini...
Editorial | Trump’s anti-Somali rampage thrusts Minnesota into the national spotlight
The president’s racist, divisive rhetoric will do nothing to actually prevent fraud, the Editorial Board writes.
www.startribune.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Board: Trump’s “rhetoric is divisive, racist and wrong.” www.startribune.com/trump-admini...
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An inependent review of medical evidence on trans youth healthcare found substantial evidence of benefit, and no evidence of harm.
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Plentiful Data, No Regret: What the Utah Review on Youth Trans Care Found — Assigned
A 1,000-page report by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah, which found care safe and effective, stands out from others: It’s both independent and an actual review of the evidence.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
An inependent review of medical evidence on trans youth healthcare found substantial evidence of benefit, and no evidence of harm.
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...