Ah, yes. Negotiating. The same way Neville Chamberlain negotiated with Hitler. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...

What the actual fuck!?

With #Trump on the verge of invoking the #InsurrectionAct, this song seems appropriate for the moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaw-...

The current regime is hellbent on breaking things, including the climate that sustains life on earth. Groups like @thirdactorg.bsky.social and @cclusa.org are giving people a way to push back. stevevalk.substack.com/p/trump-take...

With all the craziness happening now, you may not have noticed what Trump is doing to destroy our climate. @environmentalvoter.bsky.social is one of the groups that can help citizens push back. stevevalk.substack.com/p/trump-take...

Scientists: EPA rules on air pollution prevent illness and save lives. Trump administration: Who gives a shit?

Overlooked in the current chaos is the destruction of our #climate by the Trump administration. Kudos to the @nytimes.com for this front-page story about the wrecking ball being taken to efforts to preserve a livable world. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

This is not going away.

Horrible news. Hope they'll reconsider and go all digital the way the Atlanta paper did. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/b...

It's time to de-ICE America.

As a retired journalist, I was horrified when the #WashingtonPost praised Trump for his illegal action in Venezuela. Corporate media has a huge conflict of interest when it comes to serving the public interest. More in my latest Substack... stevevalk.substack.com/p/media-capi...

[email protected], on your special edition tonight, please bring on Bob Woodward to talk about what a travesty the Washington Post has become... www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

It's official: The Washington Post is a piece of shit propaganda tool for the tyrannical Trump regime. Bob Woodward is spinning in his grave. (What? He's still alive? Perhaps he should say something.) #Venezuela #Maduro wapo.st/3NbW4xj

[email protected] Holy crap! This is worse than I could have imagined. The Post is now a propaganda tool. wapo.st/3NbW4xj

Ralph Nader and Jill Stein gave us George Bush and Donald Trump. For the love of God, stay away from third party candidates in the 2028 election. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

One big problem in solving #ClimateChange has been that people who identify as environmentalists are, by and large, not showing up at the polls. The Environmental Voter Project is fixing that. @environmentalvoter.bsky.social stevevalk.substack.com/p/turning-ou...

This is absolutely sickening. The Mad King doesn't like the aesthetics of #Wind farms, so let's burn up the planet to satisfy a tyrant suffering from dementia. Maybe if they were gold-plated... @maxinejoselow.bsky.social @cclusa.org @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...

R.I.P., CBS News. A report on the notorious prison migrants were sent to was pulled at the last minute. What we are witnessing is the death of truth. God help us. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

[email protected], thought you might appreciate my Substack post on gun violence and how advocates can be more effective. Thank you for all that you're doing. stevevalk.substack.com/p/gun-violen...

[email protected], in my latest Substack about gun violence, I gave Everytown a shoutout and suggested ways that advocates could be more effective. #GunViolence #Brown stevevalk.substack.com/p/gun-violen...

Want to see your city become more bike friendly? I look at the infrastructure improvements needed and how these can get done in my latest "Problem Solved" Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/steveval...

Apparently I missed the memo that sans serif fonts are woke. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The @washingtonpost.com, once a beacon for equality and justice, is suffering a slow death at the hands of Jeff Bezos. They have become a propaganda tool for the racists now running our government. See first reply for summary of reader comments. @sulliview.bsky.social wapo.st/49a8SvN

Those who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival made themselves propaganda tools for the murderous Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. My latest post on those who took blood money, which features and a dig at them from @marcmaron.bsky.social. stevevalk.substack.com/p/saudi-arab...

#COP30 was a disappointment again. To get serious about lowering heat-trapping emissions, we need an effective price on carbon to phase out fossil fuels. There's a group doing great work on that front. #ClimateChange @cclusa.org #COP30 open.substack.com/pub/steveval...

Don't you just hate it when you're on deadline and your supervisor is breathing down your neck?

#COP30, also known as the annual conference to save the world, is underway in Brazil, but no representatives are there from the Trump admin. Climate hero Sen. Whitehouse, however, is there. #ClimateChange #Belem www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Great NYT piece that serves as a cautionary tale about what happens when advocacy organizations lose their focus. #SierraClub #ClimateChange #SocialJustice #Environment @cclusa.org www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months, starting in March 2024. This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year. If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.

Waiting for the other schmuck to drop.

Here's an easy fix to have fewer people relying on SNAP to eat: RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE! stevevalk.substack.com/p/want-to-se...

It's one thing to throw a sandwich from 10 feet away, but there's no telling what kind of harm you can inflict by throwing a sandwich at point-blank range, especially if you put a little mustard on it.

Shutting our eyes to the problem of #ClimateChange will not make it go away.

This is what oligarchy looks like. It may seem like a charitable gesture, but if we depend on the largesse of the rich, they are the kings who control our lives, and we are their serfs.

When I was a kid, if I brought 5 bottles to the store to redeem the deposit, I could buy a pack of baseball cards. The most effective solution to plastic waste is to stop putting things in single-use containers. This week's "Problem Solved" looks at reusables. stevevalk.substack.com/p/digging-ou...

Want to take down the oligarchy? First step is to get big money out of politics. Learn how we can do that in my latest "Problem Solved" Substack post. #Billionaires #Congress #CampaignReform #CitzensUnited stevevalk.substack.com/p/getting-bi...

Should @cclusa.org start looking at other database systems? Are there other organizations relying on Salesforce that should ditch this company?

Fu¢k Zu¢k. Trump's goons have been breaking laws and acting with the kind of cruelty not seen since the Gestapo of 1930s Germany. Citizens were using these apps to let ICE know they are not welcome in their communities. But the billionaire who owns FB doesn't care. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/t...

Gonna be another tough day for ketchup bottles at the White House. #NobelPeacePrize #Venezuela #Trump www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles. You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

Holy shit! This is the guy calling the shots -- literally-- on health care.

The US was once a leader on global health, but #Trump is dismantling that legacy. Citizens can use their voices to restore funding for life-saving programs. The latest from my "Problem Solved" Substack. #ForeignAid #Unicef #USAID stevevalk.substack.com/p/manmade-mi...

[email protected], I sincerely hope you'll write an editorial asking our generals if they will be loyal to the Constitution or loyal to Trump. If it is the latter, we will soon be under a dictatorship.

[email protected], please use your influence to push every paper in the country to write editorials asking the generals if they are going to be loyal to the Constitution or loyal to Trump. This is the question every newspaper in the country needs to be asking.

The expressions on these faces says, "You gotta be shitting me."

Letting go of being right is the necessary first step in being able to make a difference. I shared this epiphany in a two-part post. See comments for Part 2 link. open.substack.com/pub/steveval...

if israel attacks the gaza flotilla again, it will be attacking three nato countries

Who could have seen this coming? Just about everybody! #NOAA #hurricane #Imelda wapo.st/3VDCrPO

God bless #Krugman: "...it is an outrage that we are [bailing out #Argentina] while condemning African children to die to save a similar amount of money. But in Trump’s petty world view, humanity and reason, much less America’s interests, don’t count." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-is-tru...