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I demand UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER of the Epstein Files—and then your title of "President of the United States," and your liberty to walk freely in public. That would be GREAT & ACCEPTABLE.

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The Ellisons’ new Paramount/Warner Bros mega-media monopoly would never pass muster if America still had antitrust enforcers. So who can stop this? State attorneys general. Here's how. ⬇️ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-paramount-mega-media-monopoly/?source=group-ShortText

The war in Iran has taken one-third of the world’s helium supply off the market. And if the conflict continues for more than 2 weeks, disruption for helium users could take months to resolve. #chemsky 🧪

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DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August. He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA. The grift continues.

Earth is now warming at a rate of around 0.35 ºC per decade, fresh analysis finds. go.nature.com/4boG2tH

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On Saturday, I’ll be standing up for Science at North Bay Science Discovery Day at the Sonoma County fairgrounds in Santa Rosa with my colleagues @calacs.bsky.social calacs.org/event/north-...

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It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for. Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

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Minnesota is mourning the loss of Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor of White Bear Lake who was killed in Kuwait on Sunday. She answered the call to serve and gave her life in service to our state and nation. Minnesotans are wrapping our arms around her loved ones.

WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin? NOEM: Yes WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that? NOEM: No.

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Connections Puzzle #995 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.

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Chemists are still trying to protect the environment, whether they work for the EPA or NGOs @calacs.bsky.social

Donald Trump cannot be trusted to lead America into war. He is unaccountable to America. He is lawless. He only seeks conflict to cover up for his failures. Congress must step up, reassert its power, and represent the American people. We do not want another forever war.

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Nurul Amin Shah Alam crossed oceans to flee unimaginable violence, only to die here — where he should have been safe. The cruelty is endless.

Bird Flu Strikes California Elephant Seals “Our primary concern right now is to limit spread in this colony,” she added. Despite the threat of a pandemic, the Trump administration canceled a contract with the drugmaker Moderna to develop a vaccine against bird flu. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/s...

First leaves emerge on our fig tree:

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Because of the National driver register, since their licenses are suspended, trans folks cannot move to another state and get a new license until they remove the suspension on their existing Kansas license. They can't even escape this by moving to another state.

SPANBERGER: “His reckless trade policies have forced 🇺🇸 families to pay $1,700+ each in tariff costs. Even though the supreme court struck these tariffs down, the damage has been done. Meanwhile, the president is planning for new tariffs, another massive tax hike on your family.”

I just donated to @fcnl to support peace, justice, and an earth restored. Would you join me? act.fcnl.org/donate/suppo...

oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.

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We’ll be separating leaf pigments as one of this year’s Earth Week theme activities @calacs.bsky.social

“I never thought I would be trying to keep children safe from the federal government.” Educators in Minnesota share stories of their efforts to restore the most basic premise for teaching: Helping kids feel safe enough to walk through the door. www.aft.org/news/what-te...

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Connections Puzzle #988 🟦🟪🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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The 2026 budget directive tells NASA to protect the Goddard Space Library, not following the directive is illegal. Visit the link in our bio or search tr.ee/save-nasa to contact your rep. and urge that they make NASA follow the budget directive. #NASA #savenasa #space #science

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We need consistency based on science, not politics @calacs.bsky.social

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Cool chemistry @calacs.bsky.social

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

“.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus … Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”

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Stephen Colbert says he was told by CBS lawyers "in no uncertain terms" that he could not have Texas State Rep. James Talarico on his program. "Because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this."

Insight from a green chemistry pioneer @calacs.bsky.social