More members of Congress need to be like Seth Moulton.

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Randy Blythe, front man for @lambofgod: “The Super-Rich Aren't Going To Help You" Love that guy. F***ing love this band.

They are going down the list of amendments now. And the entire ICE action is the most obvious violation of the Fourth Amendment this country has ever seen.

I live in State College, Pennsylvania. I have watched multiple videos multiple times of ICE executing two people in plain sight. I know the truth. We know the truth. Nothing will ever change that. Never forget. Never stop telling the truth. We shall overcome.

Geraldo Lunas Campos Renee Nicole Good Alex Pretti Innocent people executed by Trump’s Department of Homeland Terror.

ICE assaulted Alex Pretti for helping a woman they were attacking. As a nurse, he was intervening to protect life & health. ICE beat him until he collapsed. They beat him more when he was on the ground. They took a gun he had a legal permit to carry & was not wielding.

Just a thought: It must suck to audtion to be the Bride of Chucky but end up in the Land of Misfit Toys.

“It’s important that, in this time of rising political violence, that none of us grow numb to it or accept this as the normal course of doing business for elected officials.” ~Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro open.substack.com/pub/joshshap...

By carrying out the “special military operation” in Venezuela, Trump is creating “carbon lock-in” that will worsen the climate crisis. There is no safe future with a full exploitation of Venezuelan oil. The invasion has already cost lives. It will cost more. peterdbuck.substack.com/p/the-carbon...

Yes.

Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.

Imagine if scientists could figure out how Earth's climate has varied for hundreds of millions of years, build sophisticated computers to project how humans are now radically altering it, and warn the public, only to have greedy corporations & venal politicians ignore them. Criminal. Immoral. Evil.

I hope you have a wonderful 2026. Whatever journey you are on & wherever you live, I wish you good health, happiness, & a life of purpose.

Nick Shirley was an unannounced guy with a camera. No appointment. No credible business. No credentials. No family. He had no legitimate reason to be there unscheduled. He was a threat.

The Library of Alexandria was burned. The Nazis burned books. Lenin destroyed Soviet science. This is no different. Trump and the GOP are coming for both science and our libraries.

It never ceases to amaze me how strong the Kool Aid is for MAGA. The man is a convicted fraud, sexual predator, known pedophile protector, & violent insurrectionist. His followers are the ones with TDS.

Nothing says, “I’m a hard worker” like this entitled oversharer.

John Yoo Christopher Hitchins America circa 2003 Rinse. Repeat.

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I’m in the “Torture is always bad” camp.

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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."

Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

While Trump shatters alliances, pays fealty to tech bros & Putin, & covers up his corruption & abuse, ordinary Americans are struggling to stay ahead.

AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.

What happened at Bondi Beach is horrifying. Anti-Semitism should have no home anywhere. It is antithetical to humanity’s call to be our brothers’ & sisters’ keepers & to do unto others as we would have them do to us. I will hold the families & victims in my heart.

"I must honestly say that I never intend to adjust myself to segregation and discrimination. I never intend to become adjusted to religious bigotry. I never intend to adjust myself to economic conditions which take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few." Martin Luther King, Jr.

If you’re in recovery from addiction today, I’m proud of you. The world is better off with a sober you.

When the state bars use of racial information to LIMIT minority access to education & voting while sanctioning the use of racial information to MAXIMIZE the arrest, harassment, & deport minorities you live in a racist state.

"Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways." ~Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Corruption is unacceptable.

As my time on the school board ends, I am so grateful for the chance to serve. I entered kindergarten in SCASD at Ferguson Township Elementary School in 1981 and graduated in 1994. I share six maxims I learned from my time on the Board. peterdbuck.substack.com/p/as-my-time...

The climate crisis hits human health everywhere every day. Impactful strategies to reduce climate damages are here, now. Deploying those strategies will make a healthier and more secure world. peterdbuck.substack.com/p/the-climat...

Globe review of companies with the most SNAP recipients in the state shows many are employed by high-profile companies in retail, health care, and the gig economy: Amazon, Walmart, Uber, DoorDash, and Tempus Unlimited, & others. It’s a shame that a nation loaded with money crushes so many people.

Quite a few elites supported Hitler because they believed it would serve them. They used the politics of catastrophe, manufactured controversies, purged agencies, & attacked workers’ rights. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

In the face of Trump mind-boggling attacks on all forms of clean energy, Pennsylvania’s Clean Energy Co-op is still supporting solar across the Commonwealth. Next up? A rooftop in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. riverreporter.com/stories/call...

In addition to war crimes, Hegseth is violating his oath to defend the American people from the climate crisis. His grave mischaracterization of the clear & present threat endangers our freedom, security & prosperity. www.statecollege.com/articles/opi...

We need to be at the table with young people to tackle the challenges we face. With the largest generation of youth on a planet in crisis, we must find ways to fairly treat them and equitably involve them in the decisions shaping their world. peterdbuck.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

Local governments, school districts, universities, & all civil society organizations need to face artificial intelligence, climate change, & energy supply as integrated risks & plan accordingly. How do we start? peterdbuck.substack.com/p/local-gove...

I have never been more worried about American life and the world than I am today. But somehow, I am not in despair. It’s not because I am plugging my ears, covering my eyes, or shouting over the din. Why? open.substack.com/pub/peterdbu...

In five days, my term will end on the State College Area School District’s Board. Serving out the four full years was so special. In the next few days, I will share more complete thoughts. Here are five quick thoughts:

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the Epstein Files." “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Public education promises an "unwavering commitment to serve every child, every family, every day. It’s messy, complex and demanding work. But it’s also where the real magic happens, where democracy, innovation, art, and so much more are born and nurtured.” www.centredaily.com/opinion/opn-...

This is ethnic cleansing.

It is in this environment that the GOP & Trump have launched a full scale assault on easy-to-build, smart-to-finance, & climate-necessary solar & wind. They are making this problem WORSE! www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

After years of these “conservatives” screaming about the coming jack-booted liberal demons attacking America, they are welcoming Chinese state tactics, a f***ing occupation of a once-free nation to force everyone into submission to a truly Satanic goon. It was always projection. Always.

I run Penn State’s Local Climate Action Program. Each of the 32 communities we’ve worked with in the last three years know that climate change is intensifying storms & floods. Residents in these communities have suffered, including deaths from microbursts. They need the National Weather Service.