Today @ucs.org joins @democracyforward.org, @protectparks.bsky.social and others to challenge Trump administration censorship of science and history in our national parks. The public deserves access to historical truth and reliable climate change information. Let's go. www.ucs.org/about/news/c...

CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social is featured in the Post Next among 50 people who are shaping society in 2026. “People are going to win this fight for our country.” Read how Skye is leading our team to create change this year. www.washingtonpost.com/post-next/interactive/2026/#profile-skye-perryman

Detainees held at the Whipple facility in Minneapolis are being denied access to their lawyers. So we’re suing to make sure their constitutional rights are upheld.

A human being and child of God, Renee Nicole Good, may your memory be a blessing and a call for justice and peace. A nation mourns.

I am going to kindly share, as a Black person used to dodging these types of things, if you have your settings set to autoplay video, today is a great day to turn them off. You can be very informed without having to witness murder.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays all. I hope the spirit moves us to be closer together in this new year.

BREAKING: We’re honored to represent the American Academy of Pediatrics after nearly $12 million of their federal public-health funding was cut in an attempt to retaliate against them for speaking out against the admin’s health policies. We will stop this blatant abuse of power in court.

Thanks for being with us @democracyforward.org community — we are going to just keep going. Happy holidays.

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

As an oceanographer this has really been bothering me since their first mention of the Pacific. I mean… I know where the Eastern Pacific is but does the administration? Or journalists covering this? Thread by @chanda.blacksky.app is spot on.

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

Hard to overstate how concerning this is. There are over 46,000 people, a school, and a hospital in the flash flood warning area. Washington communities have been bracing for levee failures as another round of atmospheric rivers arrives to full rivers and saturated soils.

The City of Burlington issued an evacuation order Friday morning as the Gages Slough overflowed. Meanwhile, the Nooksack and Skagit Rivers are quickly starting to recede after cresting over the last 24 hours. Check back for live updates throughout the day.

I talked to @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW about adapting to increasingly strong atmospheric rivers, and that reducing risk ultimately requires tackling GHG emissions. "If we don't do that, atmospheric rivers are going to keep growing stronger...It's going to overwhelm our ability to respond.”

Another thing @agu.org could do is highly visible trainings for attendees on civil liberties and immigrant rights by groups like @aclu.org and @aila.org (whose resources they are already sharing), and promoting the work of their litigation partners like @democracyforward.org and @aaup.org

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

Proud to be a part of the “powerhouse” legal group taking on the Trump-Vance administration for people and communities.

Thank you. There are organized and well paid agents of doubt that seed the information environment with propaganda and misinformation at absolute light speed. Be for real. Scientists could simply muster the courage to take a political position on anti-science, anti-democratic power.

Yes!

This is what my faith looks like.

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

A nation rejoices.

BREAKING: A federal court blocked the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to cut off food assistance for 42 million people during the ongoing government shutdown. We'll keep fighting to ensure that federal programs serve their lawful purpose: to help, not harm, people and communities.

BREAKING: Federal court just GRANTED our court order to block Trump admin from shutting down SNAP. Order also issued in state AG case. Hope millions can breathe a sigh of relief. Incredible work to @democracyforward.org and our co-counsel.

Redoubling my internal effort to respond to every coarse, selfish, cruel action though a deeper grace, faith, and service to others.

So many lies. So many lies! My god.

Good lord this brought tears to my eyes this morning.

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Experts like: pediatricians, ER nurses, air traffic controllers, earthquake scientists, climate scientists, meteorologists, epidemiologists, gun violence experts, food safety experts and on and on and on. All the people who keep and care for the safety of others and their broader community.

Disgusting. Across the rubicon again and again. This should be a career ending moment for Mike Davis. May he seek solace in a merciful god who can receive him as a deeply, profoundly broken human being.

Thank you so much Jane. We all have loved you and benefited from you presence on this earth.

Duty, Honor, Integrity, Truth: what will you do today to uphold them? How will you teach your children about what is right and just in this world? How will you respect yourself and your ancestors in this crucible?

100% The willingness of elite, wealthy people to debase themselves for a paycheck is astounding.

Praying for a politic that can see one another as simply, elementally children of God. We are not enemies, we are the human family. We are wasting so much capital and energy on fighting and hating one another.

We’re putting democracy in print. On Constitution Day, We Hold These Truths is running full-page ads in the @wsj.com & @financialtimes.com — reminding the nation that our freedoms only survive if we defend them. Sign the pledge at weholdtruths.org.

On #ConstitutionDay, we're clear: No one is above the law. Government power must be checked by due process, judicial independence, and accountability – values enshrined in our founding document. Join us to protect the Constitution, and the people it serves: weholdtruths.org.

The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.

Washington fire crews - already operating with fewer resources after the State Legislature cut $60m from its Wildfire Response Account this year - are now suffering border patrol raids. We all lose when local austerity echoes authoritarianism. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Yes. An amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. And these days it requires a whole lot of heart and courage to boot.

A devastation of a day.

Now it is a radical act to live your life in service to the happiness and wellbeing of other people and the world. Call me a radical.

Bingo.

Why on God’s green earth would you ever, ever, ever trade your rights and freedoms for money?

Thank you to the community leaders, scientists, lawyers, public servants, health care workers, and everyday Americans who are acting with bravery and courage in the face of intimidation and harassment. We all can do the right thing even when it is hard, especially when we do it together.

"@democracyforward.org, a legal advocacy firm representing the plaintiffs, called it an important victory over the administration’s attack on DEI." Please donate to Democracy Forward to continue this important work!

Welcome news here.

Please excuse the digression as I chat about creativity. I’ve been really enjoying working with watercolors recently and find the compositions to be quick and flow right out of me. Having worked with the rigidity of printmaking, this feels wholly different and…easy… in a way I hadn’t expected.

A lot of people are learning that cowardice won’t save them in real time. Might as well be brave.