Let’s be clear about what’s going on here: The Trump Admin has repeatedly shredded the last bipartisan funding bill- illegally canceling or freezing funding that Rs & Ds agreed to (e.g. for medical research) & keeping it from reaching the people & communities it’s meant to serve.

Trump is absolutely cratering in new Quinnipiac poll: Overall approval: 38-54 Approval on economy: 39-56 Approval on trade: 39-54 On National Guard into cities: 42-55 On immigration, his "best" issue: 41-55 Trump is weak, unpopular, and failing. Treat him that way:

tired: defensive walking wired: offensive walking

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

#ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social www.democracynow.org/2025/9/24/pe...

Investopedia looked at the lifetime costs to reach "The American Dream" and found that owning a new car is more costly than raising kids and nearly as costly as owning a home. Source: www.investopedia.com/2025-america...

Disney/ABC put Kimmel back on air. Sinclair & Nexstar are blocking him. These are state-licensed stations funded by ads, not Disney. Pressure advertisers, file FCC complaints, and push back on corporate censorship. #FreeSpeech #NoKings #Kimmel

Is this supposed to be a threat? They did this exact thing while the government was open

Someone explain to me why this isn't going to doom the whole process when they get sued for not following the APA and other relevant legislation? Is this all just performative? Or don't they have any lawyers on staff any more?

In case after case, ICE and DOJ show themselves as not-faithful actors treating people as sub-humans. bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m... If the U.S. gets through this w/o decades of full-throated fascism, accountability must be on the agenda.

Who aspires for a failing grade? Sadly, seems that fossil-foolish Edelman, @omnicomm.bsky.social, and others do when it comes to (gleefully) raking in dollars helping greenwashing destruction of a livable global climate. @billmckibben.bsky.social @climatebrad.hillheat.com @foeus.bsky.social

Big utilities are even worse on climate than they were five years ago [via @canarymedia.com]

Why would an EV firm go out of their way to advertise on a #Sinclair station, ideologists fighting against anything that enables a clean energy future? @scoutmotors.bsky.social should stop advertising on DC's WJLA (especially as it isn't broadcasting #Kimmel. www.reddit.com/r/washington...

People have asked if this is like white people wearing kente cloth but now that I know that it's a specifically Bukharian garment I'd say it's like white people wearing kente cloth at an event for Egyptians because "hey, it's African right?"

Chilling dispatch from Mario Guevara, the journalist trapped in ICE detention for...doing his job.

Broadview Fire Department said the village was reaching out to the DHS “to demand the fence be removed immediately” because it was installed “illegally” without a permit. “In case of fire or other emergencies… Broadview fire apparatus would be unable to use the road to accesss these businesses.”

Simple fact: Trump is a bully. What happens when bullies hit effective resistance? www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Heat pumps remain the cheapest way to heat in Germany for 2025. Despite overall increases, heat pumps rise only ~5% and still beat gas, oil, pellets, and district heat on annual costs. Fossil systems are a long-term cost trap. @co2online.bsky.social

Today's @carbonbrief.org Daily Briefing factchecks the false climate claims in Donald Trump's tirade to the UN www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/...

Kimmel: "This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this."

A new report by the prestigious US National Academy of Sciences concludes that the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding was accurate, has stood the test of time, and is now reinforced by even stronger evidence:

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Today Trump is dismissing as a "hoax" the existential threat posed by climate change. Yesterday he promoted the myth that vaccines cause autism. It's almost as if he's out there trying to underscore the central thesis of our ( @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and my) new book #ScienceUnderSiege:

I'm sure if a Democratic elected official mandated that a left-wing organization had to be given access to all of a state's public schools, they would be completely fine with it and would never ever call it "grooming" or "indoctrination" or anything.

This is a key point: We need to recognize how dangerous, how precarious this moment is - but without perpetuating the Trumpists' assertions of strength and dominance. The gap between their authoritarian aspirations and the reality of American society remains vast. That's where the counter happens.

It's not just Mamdani. Michelle Wu, Katie Wilson--the Dems may soon have a remarkable cast of young, gifted mayors www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

"A few weeks ago, I was complaining bitterly about how the New York Times routinely resorts to weasel words, euphemisms and third-party critiques to avoid speaking the truth about Donald Trump. But in the last 10 days..." Froomkin senses a shift, led by Peter Baker presswatchers.org/2025/09/is-t...

Can’t explain it but of course they want to take away one of the only painkillers that’s safe for pregnancy, a condition that causes weird and unusual pains. these people WANT pregnancy to be a punishment and handicap. they want to control.

If the goal of our Congressional Republicans was to kick Minnesotans off their health care, make it more expensive, and shut down hospitals, they’ve succeeded. The Big Beautiful Bill has put our health care system at risk - they should tell you why they voted for it.

Good enough for Cass--here's Google's AI summarizing my takes on Sunstein (who has blocked me on twitter for years; for a man who ostensibly bemoans people shutting themselves off into cocoons... he's very sensitive!)

I've been vocally, publicly, on the side of shame since 2021, when people said not to shame people for breaking covid rules. The alternative to shame is criminilization which... has problems and often doesn't work for stuff like this

of course this is ridiculous but I need people to understand that all the mockery and embarrassment in the world means nothing without the ability and will to enforce consequences. this administration’s brazen stupidity only highlights the fact that currently nobody is willing or able to stop them.

Facts: Tylenol is safe. Climate change is real. Donald Trump is an embarrassment to the United States.

As long as we’re all autism experts now, here’s an actual study showing links to air pollution and fossil fuel hsph.harvard.edu/news/air-pol...

Why did @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social / @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social decide to #SaneWash Trump’s rambling, ignorant, lying, incoherent UN rantings? Hard pressed to imagine a shallower & ignorant speech in the UN’s history. AmeriKKKa’s Dear Leader is not just horribly dangerous but simply embarrassing

Another precise, smart, sobering column from @sulliview.bsky.social today: open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

Trump is 'biggest threat to fight against cancer' news.sky.com/story/davey-...

Given that, Mamdani serves as a litmus test for party leaders and people who want to be seen as party leaders. If you're uncomfortable with him, you're likely to be uncomfortable with other young, left, insurgent candidates. If you embrace him, you're embracing a vision for the party's future.

The Trump-packed Supreme Court has once again allowed Trump to grab more power without deciding the case on the merits or providing any rationale.  This insane practice of giving Trump free rein while the court takes its own sweet time is a recipe for authoritarianism.

This is delusional but you don’t have to read the whole thing. Boils down to: he’s shutting down the government because he thinks he’s a king.

I just wish once a reporter would ask him to his face “why do you always say ‘historic landslide’ when you won the 22nd-smallest popular vote margin and 43rd-smallest electoral college margin in history, considerably behind Obama” and see how red and mad he gets and how dumb his response is

The humble bicycle is such an incredible, miraculous technology www.cnn.com/2025/09/20/h...

Some of us do.

I reckon a fossil fuel being heavily promoted at climate week is a bad thing

It's more simple. If she won't back the blue she won't make it out of Iowa in 2028. Democratic Primary voters want to see Democrats support Democrats.

“Monday’s order from the Supreme Court contained absolutely no reasoning. … No justice in the majority even bothered to write to justify their action.” www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-tru...

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"Beijing is offering cheap, clean power, employment, trade and a route to prosperity. Washington is offering tariffs, policy chaos, White nationalist memes and South Korean workers in shackles after a raid on an EV battery factory." @davidfickling.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...