Kyle Ann Sebastian
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Dylan Spaulding
9 days ago
Murmurs from this admin about nuclear testing are not new, which is why earlier this year, we published this piece in the
@thebulletin.org
on why a rapid test as a show of force is a BAD, BAD idea.
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Juno Rylee Schultz
about 1 month ago
David Simon, creator of âThe Wireâ, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
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Union of Concerned Scientists
about 2 months ago
New START is the last remaining arms control agreement between the US and Russia. Extending it would keep sensible limits on nuclear weapons while further reductions and limits are negotiated. The US should reciprocate and get to work on a follow up to New START.
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Putin offers Trump a temporary nuclear arms control deal that would extend status quo by one year
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that he was ready to extend by one year the last arms control treaty between Washington and Moscow that limits the number of nuclear weapons each side has if U.S. President Donald Trump does the same.
https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-offers-trump-temporary-nuclear-arms-control-deal-that-would-extend-status-2025-09-22/
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Rachel Cohen Booth
about 2 months ago
seeing too many headlines that New Mexico is about to make child care universal and free. that's not what it's doing. the gov. announced that as of November 1 all families can compete for the same limited # of child care slots and subsidies. the goal of universal is commendable, but NM isn't there
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Stacy Woods, PhD (she/her)
2 months ago
Industrial meat & poultry plants dump tons of pollution into our watersâour research shows how much Tyson alone released in just 5 years. Yet the Trump
#EPA
wonât update weak, outdated effluent rules, again putting Industrial Ag profits over your right to
#cleanwater
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Waste Deep
Water pollutants from Tyson Foods' meat processing plants pose a risk to both people and the environment.
http://bit.ly/4p19Lh0
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Gravel Influencer
2 months ago
Drivers are not being "slammed." They are speeding and they are being fined for breaking the law.
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Dylan Spaulding
2 months ago
Thanks,
@winkie.bsky.social
at
@usatoday.com
for reporting on our analysis of plutonium pit production. Lots to unpack here, so here's a short thread (1/n)
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@dkspaulding.bsky.social
, 'a nuclear security expert for the
@ucs.org
, argued in a May report that NNSA's two-site approach for pit production is "questionable" and has unnecessarily driven up costs for reasons that are "likely more political than technical."'
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Union of Concerned Scientists
3 months ago
Longstanding contamination at a nuclear weapons site has produced a radioactive wasp nest. Now DOE wants to repurpose the site to produce new nuclear bomb cores without dealing with this legacy waste first. Sounds like they have their priorities in orderâŚ
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Dylan Spaulding
3 months ago
Most of these jobs are driven by LANL's new production mission to make plutonium pits while funding is eliminated from exploratory science that has historically drawn young talent into the labs. Despite the growth, this doesn't bode well for the future of innovation in national security.
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Los Alamos National Lab announces plans to hire up to 1,000 workers
While one of New Mexicoâs national laboratories prepares for workforce reductions, another is gearing up for a hiring surge.
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/santa-fe-northern-new-mexico/los-alamos-national-lab-announces-plans-to-hire-up-to-1000-workers/
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Dylan Spaulding
3 months ago
"The discovery of additional radioactive nests, he added, âindicate that much greater effort must be made to assess the possible risks and hazards of what appears to be a significant source of radioactive pollutants."
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âHot Waspsâ Found at Nuclear Facility in South Carolina
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/science/radioactive-wasps-nuclear-savannah-river.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bU8.9nJ-.o8zVClKSQa4U&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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"Though large family farms â those making $1 million or more annually â and corporate farms amounted to less than 8 percent of all farms in the United States, they received about 47 percent of subsidy payments and 67 percent of crop insurance payments in 2024"
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
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Trumpâs Tax Bill Expands Farm Subsidies. Not All Farmers Will Benefit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/trump-tax-policy-bill-farmers.html?smid=bs-share
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Julianne McShane
5 months ago
"...the threat of deportation by abusive spouses is louder than ever and allows abusers to wield greater power and control over their victims."
www.cbsnews.com/news/alleged...
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She married a U.S. citizen for love. After she alleged abuse, he threatened deportation.
There has been a rise in the threat of deportations by abusers, said Esther Limb, Immigration Practice Director at Her Justice in New York City.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alleged-abuse-he-threatened-to-deport-her/
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Karen Perry Stillerman
5 months ago
Here we go. As if the inhumanity of ICE raids (and treatment of people protesting them) weren't bad enough, now we may face food system disruption because of them.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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US immigration officials raid meat production plant in Omaha, dozens detained
An immigration raid on Tuesday at a meat production plant in Omaha, Nebraska was the "largest worksite enforcement operation" in the state during the Trump presidency, the Homeland Security Department said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-immigration-officials-raid-meat-production-plant-omaha-dozens-detained-2025-06-11/
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John Carl Baker
5 months ago
Laura Grego of
@ucs.org
on Golden Dome: "I can hardly imagine potential adversaries just sitting still, not developing the ways to counter such a system."
www.axios.com/2025/05/28/t...
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Beltway bloat could doom Trump's Golden Dome
Realizing even the most basic form in three years will require intense coordination.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/trump-golden-dome-challenges-cost?utm_source=AM+Nukes+Roundup&utm_campaign=5b94065d2b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_25_12_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_547ee518ec-5b94065d2b-391807789
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"Nuclear weapons workers donât grow on trees, nor do the federal experts who oversee them."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Nuclear weapons woes: Understaffed nuke agency hit by DOGE and safety worries
The consequences of DOGE's disruptions at the National Nuclear Security Administration could be far-reaching, experts say.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/18/nuclear-weapons-woes-nuke-agency-hit-by-doge-and-safety-worries/83621978007/?utm_source=AM+Nukes+Roundup&utm_campaign=db643d4579-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_25_12_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_547ee518ec-db643d4579-391879985
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jamelle
6 months ago
what i mean is: most people who utilize medicaid â who are not children, the elderly or americans with severe disabilities â work! you canât live off of medicaid because it is health insurance! these people are just mindlessly repeating anti-welfare language from the 1990s
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Mark
6 months ago
Chicago Pope's here
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Robert Rust
6 months ago
Great blog by my colleague Dr. Chanese FortĂŠ on severe harm done to the Navajo Nation by the US nuclear weapons program. While the current admin seeks to accelerate uranium mining, frontline communities are still undercompensated and under-supported by the government.
blog.ucs.org/chanese-fort...
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US Uranium Mining Legacy Still Harms the Navajo Nation
The United States needs to redress the wrongs done to the Navajo Nation as a result of uranium mining to build nuclear weapons.
https://blog.ucs.org/chanese-forte/us-uranium-mining-legacy-still-harms-the-navajo-nation/
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Gregory Kulacki
6 months ago
"A concerted and well-funded effort is needed to mediate the harms caused by the nuclear weapons life cycle."
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US Uranium Mining Legacy Still Harms the Navajo Nation
The United States needs to redress the wrongs done to the Navajo Nation as a result of uranium mining to build nuclear weapons.
https://blog.ucs.org/chanese-forte/us-uranium-mining-legacy-still-harms-the-navajo-nation/
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â...at best it comes down to mismanagement and incompetence, and at worst, an intentional effort to downplay the complexities and challenges of the Sentinel program to make it appear like it would be the cheaper, easier option,"
www.defenseone.com/technology/2...
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Sentinel ICBM program needs brand-new silos, Air Force says
One expert says the revelation smacks of âmismanagement and incompetence.â
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/05/sentinel-icbm-program-needs-brand-new-silos-air-force-says/405077/
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Civil Eats
6 months ago
âThe past 100 days have been devastating but also clarifying,â writes Kate Anderson, director of the Food & Environment Program at the
@ucsusa.bsky.social
. âWe have to move boldly toward the food and farm future we know is possible.â
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Op-ed: Trumpâs Disastrous First 100 Days for Food, Farming, and Fairness
A look back on this notable benchmark as the Trump Administration cuts funding for critical programs across the food system.
https://buff.ly/88UFeV6
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Stephen Young
7 months ago
My colleague Dr. Chanese FortĂŠ appeared on the Travis Smiley show discussing her work on the impacts of nuclear weapons production, testing & development all too easily lead to exposure to harmful radiation, which happens all to often to indigenous communities. Listen here:
youtu.be/zH3DWGv2D9s?...
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Tavis Smiley LIVE 10am
YouTube video by KBLA 1580
https://youtu.be/zH3DWGv2D9s?t=2092
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Shocked. Just shocked. "All three companies were founded by entrepreneurs who have been major political supporters of Trump. Musk has donated more than a quarter of a billion dollars to help elect Trump, and now serves as a special adviser,"
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield
Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/musks-spacex-is-frontrunner-build-trumps-golden-dome-missile-shield-2025-04-17/
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âThe weather is getting stranger and more challenging to deal with every year, while big monopoly corporations are allowed to manipulate the system and squeeze us at every part of the supply chain...The tariffs are like adding salt on the wound.â
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â'I would not advise testing, and I think we should rely on the scientific information,' Mr. Williams said, referring to data gathered from nonnuclear explosive testing and supercomputer modeling carried out by physicists at N.N.S.A. labs."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/s...
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Nuclear Testing Not Advised, Trumpâs Nominee Says in Senate Hearing
Brandon Williams, the nominee to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration, said he would recommend reliance on âscientific informationâ rather than a restart of explosive testing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/science/nuclear-testing-nnsa-williams.html?utm_source=AM+Nukes+Roundup&utm_campaign=a7f07deadd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_25_12_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_547ee518ec-a7f07deadd-391879985
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Lauren Rosenthal
7 months ago
Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects. Story for
@bloomberg.com
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US Weather Agency Websites to Vanish Under Planned Contract Cuts
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-04/us-weather-agency-websites-to-vanish-under-planned-contract-cuts?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0Mzc2OTY3NSwiZXhwIjoxNzQ0Mzc0NDc1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVTVSUjNEV0xVNjgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDODQyRERFMUM0RDI0OUVDQUQ5REU4NDhDQkZGNUNBOCJ9.KhuNHt0rx-q0VZLGRQ1omrvtoGxAQGWJBCpRXr8eY5c
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"Lehman worries that if his upstream neighbors destroy their wetlands, his farm will experience erosion, flooding and water pollution." "Protecting our soil and water is reasonable criteria if weâre going to receive government assistance."
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"The U.S. needs more publicly funded research and development on agriculture to offset the effects of climate change...But instead the U.S. has been investing less." Great reporting by
@melinawalling.bsky.social
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Scientists shielding farming from climate change need more public funding. But they're getting less
Public funding for agricultural research in the U.S. has been declining for the last two decades, a process Trump has rapidly accelerated by freezing or pausing support for a variety of research progr...
https://apnews.com/article/farming-research-development-agriculture-public-funding-climate-change-9aec16fc632326b3be97280612405756
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âTrump has got it all wrong. Climate is a real issue and itâs hitting us right in the face,â he said. âIf we donât become sustainable real quick, weâre dead in the water.â Great reporting from
@gristnews.bsky.social
grist.org/food-and-agr...
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Farmers are reeling from Trump's attacks on agricultural research
A "rollercoaster" of funding cuts and layoffs have gutted critical agricultural research projects across the nation.
https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/farmers-are-reeling-from-trumps-attacks-on-agricultural-research/
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Rebecca Traister
8 months ago
When masked men in plain clothes approach you as you are walking down the street, take your belongings, surround and touch and cuff you, this is how this works now? They say "we're police" and you're supposed to go with them?
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e.w. niedermeyer
8 months ago
I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values
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Union of Concerned Scientists
8 months ago
The
#Signalgate
debacle affirms our take when Hegseth was first nominated: "Given the enormity of the challenges facing the next [defense] secretary, the US deserves someone with the experience, expertise, and judgment to deal with them wisely." Hegseth has clearly failed on all three fronts.
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Congress Needs to Ask Pete Hegseth Tough Questions
The new secretary of defense must face a number of challenges with experience, a steady hand, and a willingness to listen before making decisions. Pete Hegseth falls short.
https://blog.ucs.org/lgrego/congress-needs-to-ask-pete-hegseth-tough-questions/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bs
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Kevin M. Kruse
8 months ago
"It's so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government," sneered the woman to the people who elected her to be their voice in the federal government.
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Fellas, it is DEI to help win WWII?
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Jess Calarco
8 months ago
Translation: it's easier to force women to have more babies if we make it harder for them to go to college.
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Should we be vaccinating chickens? Upping biosecurity at 30,000 hen farms? Cutting regulations that improve animal quality of life? Start building backyard chicken coops?
@karenstillerman.bsky.social
breaks down the federal bird flu plan.
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What Does Science Have to Do with the Price of Eggs?
The new agriculture secretary claims to have solutions to bird flu and high egg prices, but her proposals could just make things worse.
https://blog.ucs.org/karen-perry-stillerman/what-does-science-have-to-do-with-the-price-of-eggs/
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Stacy Woods, PhD (she/her)
8 months ago
đ¨Today Trump's
#EPA
issued guidance that reinterprets the Clean Water Act & puts wetlands & rural communities at risk. Backed by industrial ag, this move prioritizes corporate profit over the environment, farmers, and communities that benefit from
#wetlands
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www.ucs.org/about/news/t...
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Trump WOTUS Guidance Puts Wetlands and Rural Communities at Risk, Science Group Says
New guidance on the Clean Water Act further erodes federal protections of vulnerable wetlands, ignoring the scientific evidence that shows wetlands are critical to maintaining clean waterways and safe...
https://www.ucs.org/about/news/trump-wotus-guidance-puts-wetlands-risk
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One of the key ingredients in synthetic fertilizer will be impacted by Trump's tariffs and farmers will bear the costs. In 2023, Canada exported ~$4.9 billion of potash to the United States. A 25% increase would mean an increase of more than $100 per ton, on top of a floor price of >$400/ton.
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Farmers Will Pay More for Fertilizer Because of President Trumpâs Tariffs
Farmers that were hurt by the first Trump administration's trade war are bracing for a repeat of the same policies, but on a broader scale.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/omanjana-goswami/farmers-will-pay-more-for-fertilizer-because-of-president-trumps-tariffs/
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New
@rrucs.bsky.social
on how Chinese nuclear experts are thinking about the new Trump administration and the future of arms control.
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How might tariffs impact your grocery bill? For starters, the US imports more than a third of fruit & veg, much of it from Mexico. And retaliatory tariffs cost US farmers: between 2018 and 2019 tariffs resulted in ~$27 billion in lost exports for US agricultural producers.
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Trumpâs Tariffs Will Be Bad for US Farmers and Consumers
US tariffs on imported agricultural products are intended to encourage the purchase of products grown here, but in practice they tend to raise prices for US farmers and consumers.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/precious-tshabalala/trumps-tariffs-will-be-bad-for-us-farmers-and-consumers/
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"Despite spending $20 billion a year of our tax dollars on farm subsidies, Americans never see most U.S. agriculture products. We only eat about 37 percent of major crops produced. The remainder are feeding the pockets of large agriculture corporations"
thehill.com/opinion/5152...
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Got waste? Letâs eliminate billions in corporate farm subsidies.
Brooke Rollins, the new secretary of Agriculture, has pledged to reform the department and create effective and efficient nutrition programs. She can tackle inefficient subsidies and food waste, anâŚ
https://thehill.com/opinion/5152241-us-agriculture-reform-brooke-rollins/
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"For years, Livingstone considered herself a success story in Black farming. She credits USDA grants with her ability to own her land, rather than rent it as she used to, and make farming her primary livelihood."
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Black farmers among those left in limbo amid federal funding freeze
The federal government has historically discriminated against Black farmers. The recent funding halt from the Trump administration presents yet another hurdle to those who have spent decades fighting ...
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/nx-s1-5258105/black-farmers-among-those-left-in-limbo-amid-federal-funding-freeze
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"We bombed ourselves. We did this to our own people."
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Pressure grows in Congress to revive payments to many sickened by atomic weapon tests
Some of Trump's most ardent supporters in Congress are pressing colleagues to revive a key federal compensation program that directs payments to those sickened decades ago by atomic weapons testing.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5276259/pressure-grows-in-congress-to-revive-payments-to-many-sickened-by-atomic-weapon-tests
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Behind the scenes, Trump admin advisors are making the case to re-start explosive nuclear testing. Not only is it totally unnecessary, it's actually bad security strategy, opening the door for Russia & China to resume testing. More from
@dkspaulding.bsky.social
& co at
@thebulletin.org
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Why it would be a bad idea for the Trump administration to conduct a "rapid" nuclear test
The goal of conducting a fast-tracked nuclear test can only be political, not scientific. The United States has much to lose and little to gain from a new test.
https://thebulletin.org/2025/02/why-it-would-be-a-bad-idea-for-the-trump-administration-to-conduct-a-rapid-nuclear-test/
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â[T]he current rush to produce pits is unnecessary,â Spaulding said. âThe Labâs plans outlined in the Environmental Impact Statement only serve to increase risk for workers and insufficiently consider protection of the public in the event of a severe accident.â
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THRILLED to see the Times supporting
@aliciaguzman.bsky.social
's great reporting in New Mexico.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
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Share Your Experiences at Los Alamos National Laboratory
The New York Times would like to hear from you about workplace protocols and safety measures at LANL.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/share-your-experiences-at-los-alamos-national-laboratory.html
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Karen Perry Stillerman
9 months ago
This week, both the House and Senate ag committees will hold hearings to examine the state of the farm economy. Will they address the harm being done *right now* by the Trump administrationâs unlawful federal funding freeze? /1
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Judge finds Trump administration violated court order halting funding freeze
This is the first time in President Donald Trumpâs second term that a federal judge has accused his administration of defying a court order.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-finds-trump-administration-violated-court-order-halting-funding-rcna191528
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