We’re joined by @michaelemann.bsky.social discussing Trump’s payoff to the fossil fuel industry in which he has delivered a death sentence to our children and grandchildren and the planet by ending efforts to deal with global warming. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Ho-lee Shit. This is phenomenally good news. Department of Education rolls back— for now— its attempts to destroy Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility initiatives. Keep an eye on them, of course, and watch for the hidden knife, always, but for now: Fantastic news.

@nytimes.com bsky.app/profile/mich... Warren Buffet’s Berkshire purchased 8 MILLION more Chevron shares “before” Trump’s invasion, a company which dumped BILLIONS of gallons of toxic waste in the Amazon between 1964-1992. Profits over protecting our planet. @whitehouse.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov

@repmoskowitz.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/jess... “The kids in this situation would rather the public be aware of harm being done to them…”Targeted Retaliation against Children by confiscating the one means they have to express their grief,HAPPENING ON OUR WATCH,is a disgrace.Get the Children OUT!

@kaine.senate.gov bsky.app/profile/jess... “The kids in this situation would rather the public be aware of the harm being done to them…” Targeted Retaliation against Children by confiscating the one means they have to express their grief, HAPPENING ON OUR WATCH, is a disgrace. Get the Children OUT!

@crockett.house.gov bsky.app/profile/jess... Do not forget these survivors! Targeted Retaliation against Children by confiscating the one means they have to express their grief, HAPPENING ON OUR WATCH, is a disgrace. Get the Children OUT!

ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...

Scientists: if you have pursued/secured philanthropic funding in the wake of federal research funding cuts, I want to talk to you. Reposts appreciated!

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

@indivisible.org @benwikler.bsky.social

Read this sentence slowly: “Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...” gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...

“Today’s ruling affirms a simple but profound principle: religious freedom belongs to everyone. We are grateful the court recognized that truth and protected the rights of our communities.”

This looks like an amazing lineup! Free to stream or get tickets for DC. www.defiance.org/sotu

This isn’t the first time someone has pretended to be ICE. trib.al/jUneRxn Police arrested a man in Galveston, Texas, in December for impersonating an agent and trying to arrest two people, telling the civilians who confronted him that he didn’t need to give them his name or badge number.

Right in the middle of tax season, the scandals and salaries and pure evil funded by our tax dollars are too numerous to count. Anyone else feeling this bizarre combination of relief in getting your returns filed and horror as to what your money is being used for?

Full interview here: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

Federal Judge Orders Return of Deported Babson College Student Any Lucia López Belloza Back to the U.S.

Russell Vought Uses $15M From Foreign Aid Agency He Gutted to Pay for Security Detail

@jimmykimmellive.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/nash... We must remain outraged at the inhumanity of this Regime. THIS is our defining moment as a Nation. We choose the legacy we leave for our Children.

“I have practiced constitutional law for more than forty years, and I have never seen anything even close to the defiance and bad-faith obstruction of court orders this administration has shown.” www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...

Authentic Education MATTERS! @rweingarten.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @baldwin.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov @hassan.senate.gov @hickenlooper.senate.gov @kim.senate.gov @bluntrochester.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Russia killed three employees of Sloviansk thermal power plant this morning and injured one more person. Their civilian car was struck by a Russian FPV drone as they were headed to work. Yet another one in the long, long list of Russian war crimes.

Alarms are ringing here, @wyden.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @bennet.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social @hassan.senate.gov @sencortezmasto.govpeeps.us @sanders.senate.gov

This is a way to get money up front for a company to take over low producing wells, stick the risk to bag holders and then walk away when it all falls apart. If it was as simple as just being more efficient at production, everyone would be making money in the oil industry.

What is the solution for the oil and gas industry's problems? New financing vehicles that are exactly like the ones that caused the housing crisis. "a first-of-its-kind debt facility worth up to $1 billion to give the U.S. oil and gas producer a war chest"

This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see. His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert. Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.

@jaketapper.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/nash... We must remain outraged at the inhumanity of this Regime. THIS is our defining moment as a Nation. We choose the legacy we leave for our Children.

@nytopinion.nytimes.com bsky.app/profile/nash... We must remain outraged at the inhumanity of this Regime. THIS is our defining moment as a Nation. We choose the legacy we leave for our Children.

@thedailybeast.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/nash... We must remain outraged at the inhumanity of this Regime. THIS is our defining moment as a Nation. We choose the legacy we leave for our Children.

@sashaannsimons.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/nash... We must remain outraged at the inhumanity of this Regime. THIS is our defining moment as a Nation. We choose the legacy we leave for our Children.

@amnanawaz.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/nash... We must remain outraged at the inhumanity of this Regime. THIS is our defining moment as a Nation. We choose the legacy we leave for our Children.

The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory

Wow.

Tell State Leaders: Tax the Rich Every state should follow suit. Send a direct message to your governor and state legislators: No more excuses. It’s time to tax the rich and fund the public goods our communities depend on. Sign & Send click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qU...

EVERY STATE! @govpritzker.illinois.gov @governor.ca.gov @governorwalz.mn.gov @govevers.wisconsin.gov @startribune.com @texastribune.org @chicagotribune.com @freep.com @oregonian.com @miamiherald.com @latimes.com @sfchronicle.com @sltrib.com @nytimes.com

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence

Come on, America! @seancasten.bsky.social @usrepkathycastor.bsky.social @schatz.bsky.social @markey.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @nytopinion.nytimes.com @postopinions.bsky.social

Government’s plan to import LNG for electricity generation would cost households and businesses up to $8.3bn Same volume of electricity could be delivered through a $2.5b investment in rooftop solar panels and hot water heat pumps evsandbeyond.co.nz/solar-heat-p...

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

Ted Roosevelt IV is pretty sure that President Theodore Roosevelt, his great-grandfather, would have been “appalled” by an effort by House Republicans to allow mining near an expanse of wilderness in Minnesota. nyti.ms/4rEJMgB

@smith.senate.gov @amyklobuchar.com @alfranken.bsky.social

In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of Teddy Roosevelt oppose mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.

News for the Citizenry Democrats must share LOUD AND CLEAR. @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @kaine.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social @postopinions.bsky.social

As you file your taxes this year, trust the facts from experts—not Trump’s lies. Rep. Tom Suozzi:

If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...

Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!) This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

Bill would toughen conflict-of-interest disclosure rules for state lawmakers chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/... TIME we hold Lawmakers accountable.Welch’s foot dragging to bring HB2795 to the floor must end. @senatorlauraellman.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social

One of President Trump’s oldest donors—Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson—raised $50.5M for Trump's 2024 presidential campaign and joined him in pushing his pro–domestic worker rhetoric, while leaving those same workers out to dry. trib.al/EDeaVHQ

“Democratic control of Congress has only one real power--the bully pulpit…they don't use it now. I worked in the minority in Congress for many years and we got a lot done. Democrats don't do shit.” It’s TIME to get the PR RIGHT! @ericswalwell.bsky.social @reptedlieu.bsky.social @lofgren.house.gov