By invoking FDR’s warning about economic hardship and fascism, AOC is arguing that working-class populism isn’t just good policy — it’s democracy’s last line of defense. www.levernews.com/alexandria-o...

Thank you for showing and reading from these letters. We must get to every tendril of the crimes against humanity underway by this regime. ICE out of everywhere is a floor. Perpetrators of these crimes must be put on trial. Close all the camps. Bring people home.

"God Bless America:" then he lists most of the countries in the hemisphere starting with Chile I think? this rules

The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children

“Little to gain FOR JEFF BEZOS by raising taxes on the rich” Fixed it for you @washingtonpost.com!

Happy Black History Month! We honor the remarkable contributions Black Americans have made to our nation and our communities.

As President Trump and his toadies try to censor the history of Black Americans, we celebrate loudly and proudly so we never forget that Black history is American history.

January 2026 temperature rankings compared to all Januarys since 1895.

Trump claimed today that “a massive Armada is heading to Iran,” warning that the US is “ready, willing, and able to rapidly fulfill its mission, with speed and violence, if necessary.” On the Drop Site News livestream, @jeremyscahill.com noted that Iran is signalling a shift in its rules of...

Fossil fuels are simply not reliable in winter weather.

Today, in a massive show of support, 1,025 organizations, including immigrant justice, human rights, civil rights, faith, and labor organizations, sent a letter to members of Congress to express horror, outrage & deep grief about the recent shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis.

As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets www.nature.com/articles/d41...

When a federal officer kills a U.S. citizen amid a pattern of unlawful enforcement practices, there must be accountability and change. I will not vote for additional funding for DHS or ICE this week.

He was filming him with the phone in his right hand. Hard to threaten anyone with a gun in that position.

Do you know how hard it is to get cops to seemingly side with people shot by a bunch of officers

Very cool that Congress just renewed ICE's budget with absolutely zero concessions

Time for a national general strike.

Look who just endorsed the January 23 Minnesota-wide shutdown to protest the federal assault! “No work, no school, no shopping.”

‘Landman’ Isn’t Just Oil Industry Propaganda” Great piece by @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social

Native Americans protested in Minneapolis today after the ICE abducted four Oglala Sioux Tribal Members. Three of them are still missing. (1/17|26)

"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval." www.ms.now/opinion/minn...

This story is not about voters “no longer caring about climate change.” It is about the right wing using state power, even before the 2024 election, to threaten & punish banks for making green investments — and about banks being happy to cave in the name of profit. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...

Worth noting

Who is first in line to earn billions from the U.S. invasion of Venezuela? 👉 Fossil fuel execs. But without their financiers - big banks - none of this would be possible. Let’s follow the money. 💰

Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities capitalbnews.org/trump-venezu...

I’ve been working full time to stop this war since last summer and the one scenario I feared the most is materializing — Trump is making a play for Venezuela’s oil. I’m not saying an insurgency will definitely form, but Trump’s ploy creates the perfect storm for an absolutely disastrous occupation.🧵

Seems right

Wall Street eyes Venezuela 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors will travel there in March “There is a huge amount of interest in Venezuela reconstruction opportunities." www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

On the "boots on the ground" question and Trump saying that it will mainly be about protecting oil operations. Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.

Demonstrators set US flag on fire on Place de la République in Paris during the rally against the American military intervention in Venezuela.

Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.

As a justification for war, Trump claims Venezuela "stole" US oil and infrastructure. That is, of course, a lie. wapo.st/4smUTLL

Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.

You know, fuck climate and fuck carbon. The fact that wars and lots of blood for oil are somehow an acceptable price to pay for energy has never ever been ok. This alone is more than enough reason to phase out fossil fuels asap.

We are not Exxon. We are not Chevron. We do not consent to blood and war for oil.

Appalled of course but grateful for the precedent of stopping projects. Let’s remember that.

This whole thread is the definitive clear eyed overview of why an “all of the above” energy strategy (as pitched by Yglesias echoing every petro spun Dem ever) is a complete pile of steaming garbage.

What an astonishingly dishonest piece of propaganda for the fossil fuel industry, including its citing of Obama's extremely outdated energy policies and its misrepresentation of Norwegian public opinion.

i do find it funny that yglesias brings up sheinbaum as some kind of gotcha here. like ok Matt do you want to talk about nationalizing the us fossil fuel industry under a socialist presidency?? many climate people would LOVE to chat about that

Matt Yglesias gets a guest essay in The NY Times to push oil industry propaganda. And he is no different from the likes of Stephen Miller in his approach to the facts. But let's start with his big idea! "Liberals should support America’s oil and gas industry."

Learn more in our new report on how Trump’s failed energy policy is driving America’s energy affordability crisis: www.citizen.org/article/expo...

Some pundits claim replacing climate with affordability messages is the way for Dems to win. But climate is driving unaffordability (like with home insurance), voters trust Dems on climate, & solution exist that center people not CEOs. That’s a layup. @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2044...

Happy 10 years of Paris Agreement and not coincidentally, 10 years since the lifting of the US crude oil export ban. One of these initiatives has been tremendously successful. The other, less so.

Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵

How powerful do fossil fuel companies feel right now? Energy Transfer, the company that built Dakota Access Pipeline and recently won a big verdict against Greenpeace, wants a North Dakota court to step in and halt a lawsuit against it in the Netherlands. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

Yes. Exactly. Infuriating.