Alex Formuzis
@alexformuzis.bsky.social
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Husband, father, views are my own. Sometimes they're Jack's.
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What Does a Small Town Do When the Water Is Undrinkable? -
sentientmedia.org/what-does-a-...
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What Does a Small Town Do When the Water Is Undrinkable?
Nitrate pollution is straining small water facilities in Iowa, even when they have advanced filtration systems.
https://sentientmedia.org/what-does-a-small-town-do-when-water-is-undrinkable/
7 days ago
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It would just be Wednesday, and not much else happening - other than news about the weather.
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8 days ago
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Ignore my earlier post inquiring about the whereabouts of Ted Cruz.
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12 days ago
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Has anyone seen Ted Cruz near an airport today? Asking for the residents of Texas.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/b...
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Storm Poses Big Threats to Power Grids Across U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/business/energy-environment/storm-power-outage.html?smid=bs-share
12 days ago
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Jake Karter
15 days ago
This is awesome. Hopefully it's in the bill that none of the energy produced by balcony panels will have to be fed back to the grid!
#Solar
#SolarPanel
#SolarEnergy
#Energy
#California
#CaliforniaEnergy
#Renewables
#RenewableEnergy
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The man responsible for installing RFKJr at HHS is back-stabbed by the
#MAHA
movement.
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Cassidy was the key vote for RFK Jr. Now, a group with ties to Kennedy is backing the senator's likely challenger.
MAHA PAC announced Sunday night it would help bankroll the expected Senate campaign of Louisiana Republican Rep. Julia Letlow, whom Trump endorsed.
https://www.ms.now/news/trump-cassidy-letlow-rfk-jr-maha-letlow
13 days ago
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No shit.
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Few Voters Say Trump’s Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/politics/trump-poll-second-term.html?smid=bs-share
14 days ago
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Center for Biological Diversity
23 days ago
“Chlorpyrifos is linked to just about anything that can go wrong in the brain at this point,” said Nathan Donley, our environmental health science director. “There’s really just no question anymore that it’s an enormous public health threat.”
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Long-term exposure to chlorpyrifos linked to Parkinson’s disease
People from California farm communities that had long-term exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos were more than twice as likely to later develop Parkinson’s disease compared to residents without ex...
https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/01/chlorpyrifos-pesticides-parkinsons-disease/
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I consider Sen. Cassidy's disastrous decision to greenlight
#RFKJr’s
confirmation as HHS Secretary nothing short of medical malpractice.
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Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/health/children-vaccines-cdc-kennedy.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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I haven't seen any comments from
@pacificgaselectric.bsky.social
CEO Patti Poppe in response to the SF
#blackout
her company caused. She always has plenty to say during quarterly finance calls for shareholders.
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about 1 month ago
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The
#MAHA
Pipe Dream Is Going to Hurt
#MAGA
the Most
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
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Opinion | The MAHA Pipe Dream Is Going to Hurt MAGA the Most
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/opinion/trump-kennedy-health-death-maga-maha.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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Charles Johnson
about 2 months ago
And they’re doing it. How pathetic is this?
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Last week, as calls from the
#MAHA
base grew for Trump to fire EPA chief Lee Zeldin, he instead promised to unveil his own MAHA agenda soon. EWG figured: why wait? We went ahead and wrote one for him. You're welcome.
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MAAHA: EWG’s ‘Make America Actually Healthy Again’ agenda for EPA Administrator Zeldin
After a string of disastrous decisions that will harm Americans, the Trump Environmental Protection Agency should consider dropping “Protection” from its name.
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2025/12/maaha-ewgs-make-america-actually-healthy-again-agenda-epa-administrator
about 2 months ago
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I'm utterly stunned the Trump admin. crackpots led by RFKJr allowed this to be published.
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Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits, the C.D.C. Reported
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/health/cdc-covid-vaccines-children-er-visits.html?smid=bs-share
about 2 months ago
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Trump wrecked the farm economy w/ his stupid trade war. Now, once again, taxpayers have to bail out
#soybean
&
#corn
farmers to clean up the mess their president made.
about 2 months ago
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The Trump administration's message is unmistakable: hand over sensitive data or your most vulnerable residents, including children, vets & the elderly, will go hungry. What a basket of deplorables.
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Agriculture Dept. Threatens to Withhold Food Stamps From Democratic States
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/food-stamps-democratic-states.html?smid=bs-share
2 months ago
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I see. So the two survivors clinging to the smoldering wreckage somehow had the entire country right where they wanted us.
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2 months ago
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Trump's own Labor Dept: There is no "safe" level of
#asbestos
exposure for any type of asbestos fiber. Asbestos exposures as short in duration as a few days have caused
#mesothelioma
in humans.
www.osha.gov/asbestos
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White House dodged East Wing asbestos permits
The East Wing was built at a time when the fibrous minerals were widely used in construction because of their fire-retardant qualities.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/white-house-dodged-east-wing-asbestos-permits/
2 months ago
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Deb Houry
3 months ago
"When you remove scientists from science, you don’t get truth. You get ideology. " Signed D3- Deb, Dan, and
@drdemetre.bsky.social
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We are former CDC officials. RFK Jr.'s change to vaccine guidance is propaganda.
Under Secretary Kennedy, CDC materials can no longer be assumed to reflect scientific authority.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/msnbc-opinion/cdc-officials-rfk-jr-vaccine-autism-letter-rcna245128
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Independents as this point "despise him." I love this guy.
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3 months ago
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And that quack at HHS, too.
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3 months ago
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Re-Volt
3 months ago
Inspired by
@theonion.com
,
@pacificgaselectric.bsky.social
issues hilarious press release claiming 'California ratepayers overwhelmingly support more unchecked spending by state's monopoly utility companies' - including SCE and SDG&E. 🔗
investor.pgecorp.com/news-events/...
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Sentient
3 months ago
America’s largest meat company, Tyson Foods, can no longer claim its beef is ‘climate-smart’ or that it will reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Sophie Kevany reports:
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Tyson Foods Decides to Drop ‘Climate-Smart’ Beef Label
Two recent cases may deter unfounded climate claims for meat.
https://buff.ly/DMKunbX
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The change from yesterday’s webpage to today’s is shocking. The official advice on the
#CDC's
website on
#vaccines
&
#autsim
is now that of a quack & could very well kill people.
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C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/health/vaccine-autism-cdc-website.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k8.sjN9.E4lP0Q9rl8pP&smid=bs-share
3 months ago
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The New Lede
3 months ago
“The difference is this year industry sees an historic opportunity,” said Suhani Chitalia of
@envdefensefund.bsky.social
, warning that the EPA’s proposed
#TSCA
changes reflect a political climate more sympathetic to chemical companies.
www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/epa-...
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Health and labor groups say proposed EPA chemical review rollbacks endanger communities, workers
Health, environmental and labor groups are voicing their opposition to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed changes to the nation’s premier chemical safety law, saying the changes w...
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/epa-tsca-chemical-review-changes/
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Emily Guskin
3 months ago
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined
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Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined
See how Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s new payment package compares with other occupations in the United States.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2025/musk-package-tesla-trillion/
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3 months ago
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Tyson Foods folds. Will no longer push false greenwashing claims its beef production is combating climate change.
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Tyson Foods agrees to stop making ‘net-zero’ and ‘climate-smart beef’ claims
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Working Group has re
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2025/11/tyson-foods-agrees-stop-making-net-zero-and-climate-smart-beef
3 months ago
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Is the President of the United States a pedophile, is now a serious question.
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3 months ago
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Gandalf the Curmudgeon
3 months ago
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Don Carr
3 months ago
Hot shit! Yee Haw! Right On
@theswinerepublic.bsky.social
!
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Sentient
3 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: Former University of Iowa professor Chris Jones has announced an exploratory committee for Secretary of Agriculture in Iowa, a major step toward running for office.
@ninaelkadi.com
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EXCLUSIVE: Clean Water Advocate Chris Jones Takes Step Toward Iowa Agriculture Secretary Run
“I think we need to rethink agriculture,” the professor-turned-advocate tells Sentient.
https://buff.ly/jBjW0p6
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‘Out of control.’ Fresno industries, residents divided over PG&E’s latest rate hike proposal
fresnoland.org/2025/11/07/p...
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Hearing for another PG&E rate hike sparks debate in Fresno
A hearing on Friday in Fresno over the latest PG&E rate hike proposal drew support from business group and criticism from residential customers.
https://fresnoland.org/2025/11/07/pge-rate-hike/
3 months ago
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@exposeutilities.bsky.social
& other advocates will be on hand for a "listening session" hosted by California electricity regulators to hear from Fresno-area residents about PG&E's massive rate hike proposal.
#StoptheStamp
. Details can be found here:
tinyurl.com/55whs8ky
3 months ago
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The New Yorker
3 months ago
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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In my nearly 30 years in Washington, during both Republican and Democratic administrations and multiple budget showdowns with Congress, I never thought I’d see headlines like these.
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Trump admin asks appeals court to pause judge’s requirement that it make full November SNAP payments | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to pause a judge’s order that requires the government to fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/politics/emergency-appeal-snap-benefits-november
3 months ago
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Molly Jong-Fast
3 months ago
The Trump administration is suing so they don’t have to pay for food stamps. Happy almost thanksgiving!
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Jim Manley
3 months ago
How much did Trump charge
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“When you take a wrecking ball to the federal government, you are going to wind up undermining important government functions that keep all of us safe, especially our food,” he said. “It’s only a matter of time before people die.” - EWG's Scott Faber.
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Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
https://www.propublica.org/article/foreign-food-safety-inspections-historic-low-fda
3 months ago
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I love a good lede. "Republicans were left reeling on Wednesday after voters swung decisively against them, setting off fears that President Trump and his low approval ratings would again drag down the party’s midterm candidates."
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Republicans Point Fingers After Their Losses, but Not at Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/politics/republicans-elections-trump.html?smid=bs-share
3 months ago
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Don Carr
3 months ago
www.ewg.org/news-insight...
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Nice little Speakership you have there, Mike. Be a shame if something were to happen to it…
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@exposeutilities.bsky.social
& other advocates will be on hand for a "listening session" hosted by California electricity regulators to hear from Fresno-area residents about PG&E's massive rate hike proposal.
#StoptheStamp
. Details can be found here:
tinyurl.com/55whs8ky
3 months ago
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What a monster.
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3 months ago
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Ballrooms, billionaires and America’s hungry
substack.com/@alexformuzi...
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Ballrooms, billionaires and America’s hungry
Thanks for reading!
https://substack.com/@alexformuzis/note/p-177667997?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=euiz
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Steve Rattner
3 months ago
If it seems like your Halloween candy is a lot more expensive this year, it’s not just you — candy inflation is at 9.8%, with prices 44% above 2019 levels.
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@podsaveamerica.crooked.com
, 'Soy Boy' Scott Bessent collected more than $60K in taxpayer-funded farm subsidies during Trump's 1st trade war w/ China. He stands to haul in more if another bailout is in the offing.
farm.ewg.org/persondetail...
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3 months ago
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#BigFood
vs.
#MAHA
: Will
#RFKJr
& his movement stand with families fighting for food safety — or side with industry giants like General Mills & PepsiCo trying to block state laws?
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Big Food launches misleading ‘transparency’ front group to block state food safety laws
WASHINGTON — A new food and beverage industry front group launched this week and despite its name, it’s anything but transparent.
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/statement/2025/10/big-food-launches-misleading-transparency-front-group-block-state
4 months ago
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“Their stamps are almost certainly worn to nubs, the ink pads are bone dry, while Californians are left footing the bill. We figured they could use a fresh set.”
@exposeutilities.bsky.social
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Re-Volt will restock California utility regulators’ worn-out rubber stamps for PG&E rate hike
SACRAMENTO – Energy accountability campaign Re-Volt announced today it will supply the California Publ
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2025/10/re-volt-will-restock-california-utility-regulators-worn-out
4 months ago
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