For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Obvious now from the capitulation to this admin. to save their mergers by accepting bribes and bowing to bluster & intimidation.

Court reform must be part of any plan to save democracy Read: @elienyc.bsky.social @thenation.com on what's at stake Our new analysis finds court reform would check SCOTUS as a facilitator of autocracy, while preserving litigation as a tool to fight back: peoplesparity.org/research/no-...

Good, but a bit long for today’s attention span.

The hand-wringers: "Oh, what CAN we do? What CAN we do?" Heather Cox Richardson: There are 52,000 candidates on various local ballots. PAY ATTENTION: Who is fighting for democracy? REGISTER, help those candidates in their campaigns, and most of all, VOTE!!

substack.com/@janesmythe/... The real message of the “generals” meeting. Prepare for domestic war on American dissent. Resign if you don’t like it.

How history illustrates Miller & Stalin’s concerning similarities in political form & methods of obtaining & using power. snyder.substack.com/p/stalinism-...

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

Obvious to anyone with eyes & ears. Miller et al want shots fired as a fig leaf to declare martial law & suspend the constitution. Thus the harrying of democracy supporters in blue states only. Been their goal since J6 to stay in power & beak democracy.

👇👇👇THIS👇👇👇 Miller (aka Shadow President) is gunning for creating chaos that leads to martial law. Under martial law constitutional rights are suspended & elections not held. This is their democracy breaking end-game. Desperate due to lack of popularity & failing health of the cult leader.

If you allow a government to break the law because of an “emergency”, it will create an emergency to break the law.

BREAKING: A federal appeals court just blocked Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship No president can change the Constitution with the stroke of a pen. Here’s the ruling 👇 -TN democracydefendersfund.org/prs/10.03.25...

Finally, an idea I can get behind. This grassroots group created a list of things worth fighting FOR, not against. This is the kind of messaging that can inspire hope. Especially if it gets fleshed out to include revising/building new programs & policies to work better after the current wrecking.

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

Paul Krugman brings the data & insights plus diverse musical codas! You should subscribe to his Substack. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal

As I stand amid a dizzying swirl of destructive distractions, I'm reminded again of this simple fact: Whatever is in the Epstein files must be incomprehensibly bad. All of this - **waves arms wildly in all directions** - it in service to keeping those files hidden.

Schumer needs to do & say more. Trump & The GOP are responsible for the current bad economy due to tariffs, chaos & weakening trust abroad. Grain prices are below cost (China tariffs & Int’l food aid gone). Grocery $$ are increasing - where do you think we get out of season veg & fruits?

This current American presidential administration is run by people who are quite obviously mentally ill, and we need to start talking about that.

If you missed Trump‘s speech to the military leadership, or have been snoozing since he resumed Office, it appears that he and roughly 30% of the voting population that support him, want the 70% that does not to give up our liberties and freedom. If we don’t, he will take them using our military.

The military (finally) recognized climate change driven instability as a threat to our national security beginning in 2003! Fun fact: Pres. Johnson’s Science Advisory Council 1st mentioned it in 1965.

The reason for military rules of engagement and adhering to laws of armed combat is not “political correctness,” it’s better strategy, serves long-term national interest, and is a way to make an awful part of the human experience a little less awful, based on lessons learned from centuries of blood.

there have been a lot of rubicons crossed, norms destroyed, principles abandoned, ideals betrayed over the past 10 months but this seems like a truly significant turning point

“The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril”

Full fascism. He’s telling top brass he wants them to be used against U.S. residents he deems “enemies.” He’s coming for any & all of us who don’t pledge fealty to him rather than our constitution. His puppeteers have captured the GOP, media, religion, SCOTUS, for fascism. RESIST ECONOMICALLY!

SM is one of the evil, twisted puppet masters of Trump. Miller, et al exploit his severe cognitive issues & is a sociopath decompensating in his narcissistic personality disorder. His ego must be fed with info bolstering his delusions of strength, power & wealth.

This is true.

"Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary" @juddlegum.bsky.social for @popular.info

can never forget that Fred Trump spent his later years totally gaga but surrounded by a gaggle of senility-denial-enablers who drove him to a make believe office where a make believe secretary had him sign make believe papers—which sounds cute til you see the sequel & the secretary is Stephen Miller

U.S. imports are only 15% of China’s market. They can/have easily found other providers for U.S. commodities & goods. They can weather this ridiculous Trump tariff tantrum. The U.S. can’t & will be economically wrecked. We have no alternative markets for commodities = higher inflation.

Conservative Republican U.S. Senator & nominee for POTUS in 1964.

Maybe guns should be harder to get, and mental health treatment should be easier to get, in today's America. Kind of the opposite of what the Trump administration and the Republican Party want.

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

It’s a lie. Every city, every time. It’s not about crime. Plenty of politically “red” cities have higher violent crime rates. It’s about a perception of power exercised against “opponents” by a weak and mentally ill president. Every day another media circus to pump up his faltering ego.

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

The White House may call it deregulation, but in reality, it's replacing written rules with unwritten rules. (Rule 1: "Don't upset the President.") It's swapping transparent, tested rules for secret, shifting ones. One set serves the public interest, the other reflects the President's whims.

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

“People want to believe what they want to believe.” That’s called confirmation bias. Beliefs are not facts. Waiting for factual evidence to draw conclusions helps overcome this. All we “know” is this was a horrible act of gun violence by a young man. His motives, not yet known, won’t justify it.

Nothing is inevitable. In either direction. Hope and work.

It is known. Has been widely recognized since the 80’s.

See how much more folks will pay in your community for ACA health insurance thanks to the GOP “Big Beautiful Bill.”

Bye bye, First Amendment. Hello, fascism.

Robert Redford was a glorious artist and a committed activist, but the kindest thing I can say about him is he seemed, first and foremost, like a consummate adult in the room. He carried himself with honor and dignity. He embodied good faith. He prioritized character.

Our current form of fascism.