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Clara Jeffery
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Editor-in-Chief of Mother Jones/Center for Investigative Reporting/Reveal. Past president of the American Society of Magazine Editors. Mom. Upzoning, street tree, and rescue dog enthusiast. Views, mine.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Feb 15
We are the ones who are coming to save us.
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lizrummy.bsky.social
oh my god
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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zjmontague.bsky.social
New case filed today argues Russ Vought’s shutdown tactics on blue states violate the fifth amendment’s equal protection clause, specifically clean energy projects cancelled in sixteen Democratic-led states
Groups Sue to Reverse Trump’s Cuts to Energy Projects in Democratic States
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
It’s important to achieve bipartisanship with Republicans so they can arrest Barack Obama for something they read on the Epoch Times’ Facebook page written by a Chinese cult member in 2019.
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3h
Breaking MSNBC:

The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
U.S. Attorney investigating alleged grand ‘conspiracy’ calls unit-wide meeting after two prosecutors resign
Career prosecutors on “pins and needles” after flurry of subpoenas approved.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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samd.bsky.social
just saying if one of the 8 folding Dems wants they can use this as an excuse to change their mind and not give Trump exactly what he wants
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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sammyroth.bsky.social
Also, I had no idea?! "Hospitals are notorious for their greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for around 5% of emissions globally."
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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atrupar.com
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
clarajeffery.bsky.social
They’re just the latest high-profile engineers to leave as Musk seeks to shake up Tesla’s business, prioritizing AI-powered businesses – namely robotaxis and humanoid robots – that don’t generate revenue currently, rather than selling more electric vehicles, batteries and charging services, which do. Earlier this year, Musk fired the company’s head of manufacturing and sales in North America and Europe. In August, the director of Tesla’s battery team left the company, as did the head of its former “Dojo” supercomputer team and vice president of North American sales and service. Even Musk’s much-hyped “Optimus” robot project, which the billionaire said last week is likely to be Tesla’s biggest new business, quit in June.
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
clarajeffery.bsky.social
Thank goodness.
Announcement from San Francisco Police MISSING JUVENILE LOCATED: Julian Davis has been found. Thank you to those who assisted in spreading our alert.
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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juliannemcshane.bsky.social
The great @kieraevebutler.bsky.social and I took a look at the many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement today... including the claims that menopause causes divorce + death, & that the FDA is leading the charge against the "male-dominated medical profession" 🫠

For @motherjones.com:
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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dfriedman.bsky.social
Reported in June on this plan. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
clarajeffery.bsky.social
SF: Please be on the lookout for this missing boy, esp in the Forest Hills area: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...
S.F. police ask for help locating missing 10-year-old boy last seen in Forest Hill neighborhood
A 10-year-old boy was reported missing Monday morning in San Francisco.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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climatedesk.org
In our latest newsletter, @grist.org senior staff writer @zteirstein.bsky.social shares about the "Vital Signs" series about how climate change is threatening human health.

Read the full newsletter here: link.motherjones.com/view/647e4ef...
Climate Desk Newsletter STORIES FROM MOTHER JONES AND ITS PARTNERS Public health has improved over the past few decades in almost every country on Earth, thanks largely to better access to antibiotics, vaccines, and other interventions that keep diseases at bay. Well-being, life expectancy, maternal health, and other metrics of progress have gotten better. So why is the World Health Organization warning that humanity is on the precipice of a health crisis? The answer is that our public health innovations are predicated on the assumption that our environment will continue to function largely as it has since the end of the last Ice Age. But this fails to account for a century-plus of rampant fossil fuel use. I’m Zoya Teirstein, senior staff writer at Grist, where we recently launched an ambitious new series called “Vital Signs.” Over the next seven months, we'll take readers around the world to explore how climate change is threatening human health in ways that transcend borders. These changes, building slowly for decades, have only begun to spill into plain view: record outbreaks of dengue fever in Latin America last year, widespread drought-driven malnutrition in the Horn of Africa, wildfire smoke and impaired cognitive development in Australia, deadly waterborne bacteria moving up our own Atlantic Coast. We have tools to tackle these problems. The question is: Will humanity acknowledge the baseline shift in time to deploy them?
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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mississippifreepress.org
In Mississippi, about 13% of the population, or about 400,000 people, rely on SNAP benefits.
Mississippi Communities Provide Food Aid Amid SNAP Uncertainty
Across Mississippi, businesses, churches and other organizations are helping provide food aid to residents in need amid SNAP delays.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
clarajeffery.bsky.social
"Compared to other major U.S. cities, San Francisco’s charter is exceptionally long. It is nearly a third longer than New York City’s 340-page charter and 23 times longer than Seattle’s 23-page charter."

Charter reform now. These are good suggestions.
missionlocal.org Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 7h
SPUR, an urbanist think tank, today released a report with 10 recommendations for City Hall to reform its 548-page charter.

The report sets the stage for Mayor Daniel Lurie and Board President Rafael Mandelman’s November 2026 charter reform measure.

missionlocal.org/2025/11/spur...
Urbanist think tank SPUR unveils plans to revamp S.F. charter
SPUR's report sets the stage for Mayor Daniel Lurie and Board President Rafael Mandelman’s November 2026 charter reform measure.
missionlocal.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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missionlocal.org
SPUR, an urbanist think tank, today released a report with 10 recommendations for City Hall to reform its 548-page charter.

The report sets the stage for Mayor Daniel Lurie and Board President Rafael Mandelman’s November 2026 charter reform measure.

missionlocal.org/2025/11/spur...
Urbanist think tank SPUR unveils plans to revamp S.F. charter
SPUR's report sets the stage for Mayor Daniel Lurie and Board President Rafael Mandelman’s November 2026 charter reform measure.
missionlocal.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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upshot.nytimes.com
From NYT National:

A former Goodwill thrift store now houses an urgent care clinic for people experiencing mental health breakdowns in public.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
A San Francisco Clinic Shows Promise in Treating Drug-Fueled Public Breakdowns
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
clarajeffery.bsky.social
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004. Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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robfordmancs.bsky.social
One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
jburnmurdoch.ft.com John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 11h
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).

It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
now they've done it www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
clarajeffery.bsky.social
retire
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work"
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
clarajeffery.bsky.social
except for rooftop solar, which Newsom has been a foe of and which will come back to bite CA on the ass especially with data center expansion.
governor.ca.gov Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 7h
California is here for the long haul.

While the Trump Administration makes this country unrecognizable, California remains a stable, reliable partner in the fight for a clean energy future.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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niedermeyer.online
literally every failing automaker tries this, and it never works
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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alkapdc.bsky.social
New:

On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers

He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): I've been invited to speak across the country about January 6. And now that I'm relaunching Oath Keepers, I'm getting more invitations to come speak as well. So, yeah, I'm relaunching the organization and rebuilding it. ... They tried to take us out after January 6 but what man means for evil, God will use for good. I came out stronger after it, and so my goal is to rebuild the organization stronger than ever because it's an essential mission. Absolutely. JIM HOFT (HOST): Oh, that's wonderful news. So the Oath Keepers is going to have a relaunch here, and Stewart's breaking that news this weekend? RHODES: Yes, sir. ... RHODES: I mean, I have to make sure that if I'm ever taken out again or if I'm or when I'm taken out again, that the organization can drive on without me. That's not what happened last time. ... So we want to make sure it's got resilience and redundancy built in that it can drive on strong. With the same mission, though. You can't call yourself an Oath Keeper if you're not willing to protect people against radical antifa and other leftist violence in the streets. STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience. Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play. ... And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country. ... He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.

A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.

U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM