It’s Indigenous People’s Day. A typhoon has just devastated Alaska Native villages along the coast of Western Alaska. Colonization has not ended, and it’s tied to the climate crisis. vist.ly/4aayw

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

This looks fascinating!

I’ve been posting this periodically for months, and I’ll say it again. It’s imperative to stock up on N95, KN95, or KF94 masks, especially if you are in a group that is vulnerable to severe COVID19.

read trump's new executive order on domestic military dplymt + vigilante "portal." one of the reasons i am happy to be an independent journalist is so I can say that this is crazy, fascist, brownshirts shit without getting pulled into a meeting with PR for "opening us up to criticism from the right"

Press needs to stop repeating govt euphemism of “clearing homeless camps.” I’ve witnessed it in other cities: massive destruction of personal property. Not just bedrolls & tents; family photos, Bibles, meds. Times I’ve seen it people weren’t even given option to move their things.

The last six paragraphs are especiailly useful

Where are the hard-working Americans who screamed, “They’re stealing our jobs”? You’re getting your wish. Immigrant workers aren’t showing up, and farm owners are hiring.

I loved the 1984 Olympics, but that was then, and this is now. Then, I loved way the city threw its arms around athletes and arts and the global community. The bars were hopping! But this is now. I beg the international community to: do NOT come to LA. Do not sacrifice LA to Trumps grandiosity.

This is not good. Trump to Create Task Force for L.A. Olympics on Security www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...

With news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down due to Trump’s meddling, it’s worth watching Mr. Rogers testifying to the Senate about the real value of what we’ve all lost.

Please find the PBS station near you and donate: www.pbssocal.org/support/donate

Sometimes I think of how only two generations of us were even allowed to attend these settler colonial ass universities in tiny, awkward handfuls, and how even that was too much

Astoundingly revealing letter. Is it any wonder people are disillusioned with democrats?

HAPPENING NOW: a group of New York rabbis are being arrested at a protest outside the Israeli consulate calling for bringing food into Gaza, an end to the war, and return of all hostages @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social

Many big & alarming stories last week marking an acceleration in the unraveling of this country, but one not getting enough outrage is Trump accusing former President Obama of treason. Despicable, sick, unconscionable. A major line-crossing action that warranted loud & widespread denunciation.

100 years ago today we were in court representing John Scopes, a Tennessee high school science teacher who was arrested and charged with teaching the theory of evolution. A century later, we’re still fighting violations of religious liberty in schools across the nation.

Don’t stop at an #AmazonCRIMEday boycott! Cancel your subscription. Find local alternatives. And don’t just stop at Amazon either. Bezos also owns or invests in Audible, Whole Foods, Kindle, Twitch, Zappos, AirBnB, NextDoor, Uber, Ring, GoodReads, the Washington Post, IMDb, and more.

I’m so relieved to see this analysis appear in the NYT, even a month too late. Police escalated the standoff throughout. Yes, we know it’s not new for LAPD, and to say it was wrong doesn’t begin to describe. LAPD sided with an occupying force (ICE, DHS, NG, etc) against its own citizens.

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People outside LA — we need your support. please don’t let this continue to happen here in LA or anywhere else

Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.

Military documents confirm that the LA operation today was a “show of presence” intended to send a message to LA residents about the power of the federal government. After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.

ICE's show of force today in Los Angeles is grim but largely symbolic. They'll kidnap fewer people today than average. We knew they were planning something because their operational tempo slacked from Jul 4-6. Community members got to #MacArthurPark hours ahead of time to warn residents.

Eunisses Hernandez once again truth telling on today’s

Stop the killer bill It’s Monday. There are 491 days until the midterm elections. A Senate Republican cries uncle, saying goodbye to a victim of Trump’s war against decency and a bill that kills.

I’m convinced.

This!

Yes please. I am in LA and appreciate the solidarity, but others, please pick up the other equally urgent crises.

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social listen up!

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social just say NO use of CA national guard for federal immigration efforts.

Hi Chris! Pls share! To the California National Guard. You have a #DutyToDisobey an unlawful or ILLEGAL order from your superiors. You ALL swore an Oath to the #Constitution Have the #Integrity to NOT deny Californians their #1stAmendmentRights to peacefully protest. www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/l...

If you take a single round trip flight from coast to coast in the US, your carbon pollution and climate damage from that flight is about the same as the average Ethiopian citizen makes in an entire year of existence. Do you REALLY need to take that flight?

Trump & the GOP's reconciliation bill will give $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to billionaires - and make college more expensive. Join @aft.org & @TheSBPC.bsky.social this Thursday, 6/5 at 7 PM ET to learn how to fight back. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I strongly encourage folks to check out the rest of the event, which will feature dozens of speakers over a 5 day period. The line-up is genuinely impressive--a veritable who's who of the American #weather and #climate world in 2025--so I'll be watching! wclivestream.com/schedule

At the Commencement for students graduating from University of Maryland School of Law I spent some time talking with law graduates about the significance of the oath they will take when they are admitted to the bar, and its importance to upholding the rule of law. Especially now.

This is so true. Figuring out how to fight the evil actions today and simultaneously prepare for their consequences tomorrow. It is grim.

This is a really beautiful tool for conveying impact. Print them out as posters and flyer your town with them! silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists

Full story on the arrest of Rev. William Barber and two others as they prayed in the U.S. Capitol today: “Just as Jesus turned over the tables of the money changers, so we have to be willing to put our bodies on the line,” Barber told me after he was released. religionnews.com/2025/04/28/w...

BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda. Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them. I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

"What would it mean if this silent climate majority woke up – if its members came to understand just how many people, both in distant lands and in their own communities, think and feel like they do? How might this majority’s actions – as citizens, as consumers, as voters – change?"

Pope Francis encyclical on climate change and the environment is a beautiful and profound statement about climate Justice. LA Times climate reporter sums it up wel

Register for virtual events here! Please share widely! 👏👏👏 www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events

New — I spoke to the school principal of Sackets Harbor, NY, where ICE handcuffed and disappeared a mother and 3 kids (including a 3rd grader). It’s also the town Trump Border Czar Tom Homan calls home. Cook tells me about how the small town is taking on enormous power to bring the students home: