Mark "Appalachian Trailer Trash" Sanford? And RFK "brainworm" Jr? Wow. Did Nuzzi that coming.

Scenes outside #COP30 this morning.

Headline says dog "Accidentally" shot the man, but the story lisys three other such "accidental" doggy discharges. 🤔 I hope McGruff is on this case. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

ICE vs the clergy

Thanks to the Hi House COP30 Newsroom for this lively discussion this morning in Belem. youtu.be/QAM-p_CnD0Y?...

A small group of protesters blocked the main entrance to the "blue zone" of #COP30 this morning in Belém. On Tuesday demonstrators clashed with security. Submitted video.

A far bigger security presence at #Cop30 today in Belem following a skirmish Tuesday between demonstrators and guards.

Behind the scenes at preparation for COP30 in Belem where they are, ahem, stapling fake greenery on the Saudi exhibition. A bit on the nose, frankly.

Greetings from Belem where things are not quite ready for showtime. Hours from opening the main exhibition hall is a frenzied construction zone. OTOH, there is Amazon Beer.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Hi friends, I'm heading to Belem today for #COP30. If you're there or have tips, hit me up. Meanwhile, here's a little preview. www.newsweek.com/who-and-what...

Consumer protection and Constitutional protection are not opposite ends of the political spectrum. Why is this so hard for DC pols to figure out?

Awaiting the promised mass migration of real estate richie riches from Manhattan.

[Chef's kiss]

"There's simply a limit to how much and how long you can postpone the action required," scientific editor Anne Olhoff told me. “We will see more intense extreme events." www.newsweek.com/disappointin...

A reminder that there's more to Cheney's legacy than just unjustified war and torture chambers.

Evidence of what Sen. @whitehouse.senate.gov called "gangster" tactics by the US to kill clean shipping rules: ““People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas.” www.politico.eu/article/us-a...

Just in from the DOE...Trick or Treat! Specifically, treats for coal barons, tricks for our clean air and climate.

And then.... Seven 8 Nine!

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

Bill Gates has some things to say about #climate change ahead of COP30. Bjorn Lomborg calls it "brave"; @michaelemann.bsky.social calls it "horrifying." www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...

One of the greats.

After the KKK spread flyers in Frankfort, Kentucky's capital, police there decried it as an appalling act of..."littering." 🤔 www.wlky.com/article/kkk-...

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

Still no declaration for Alaska. Absolutely insane.

Further adventures of the deadbeat "billionaire" Jim Justice. When we first reported on his delinquencies back in 2016 he was running for governor. Now he's in the senate but still running from the tax man. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

There will be much larger crowds at #nokings @indivisible.org events in big cities, but this is what interests me most: people turning out in small cities and rural, deep red places. Pictured here: Charleston WV, and Pikeville and Morehead in eastern KY, coal mining Appalachian communities.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

I'm reminded of the great line from Jerry Garcia explaining why the Dead took on rainforest conservation: "Somebody has to do something. It seems pathetic that it has to be us."

"Rebuilding" Climate(.)gov into Climate.us isn’t just about restoring—it’s about improving. We want to start new blogs and bring back access to maps and data that explore climate trends and projections. Support our work: https://donorbox.org/climate-us-protected-by-you

Confused about fusion and the flurry of recent announcements about this nascent #cleanenergy technology? I spoke with execs at 2 leading companies to get a better idea of what's happening with fusion and when it might deliver power (maybe sooner than we thought). www.newsweek.com/how-a-boom-i...

Multiple incidents of people being detained apparently for no reason other than expressing their 1st Amendment rights.

This is terrifying on many levels.

Finally an AI application we can all support. news.oregonstate.edu/news/smartph...

In less than 20 years, ProPublica has won eight Pulitzer Prizes, five Peabody Awards, eight Emmy Awards and 16 George Polk Awards.

"Trump frames dissent — at Portland’s ICE facility, in the streets of Washington, even simply in the abstract — as a threat that demands a governmental and/or military response."

Trump didn't get his Nobel, but he did get this thinly veiled message: "Democracy is in retreat...more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence...rule of law abused by those in control, free media silenced, critics imprisoned." www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Bad night to be a Philly sports phan. First the Phillies blow the Div series with an error in extra innings. Now the Eagles are losing to ... the lowly Giants.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Reposting this only to draw attention to the absolute roasting in the comments. The ratio...is not good.

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

"More than half the world's economies are already past the peak of fossil fuels," an @ember-energy.org researcher said. "There is no turning back now." www.newsweek.com/world-nearin...

Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok

If you listen closely during the next CBS news broadcast you can actually hear Ed Murrow turning in his grave.

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

My latest on The Climate Brink: Is this the most embarrassing error in the DOE Climate Working Group Report? The DOE CWG authors confuse detection and attribution with emergence.

Look, I live in KY and I like Andy--who doesn't? But a few things to know about his "red state success." Both his opponents were very weak candidates. KY has off-off year elex for gov., so he didn't face Trump voter turnout. Reps control leg. so he has few policy wins. State is trending redder.

All these years later, that baby's still chasin' the bucks. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/a...

What an amazing, inspiring life. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Judge William Young put this threatening note he received atop his opinion, in which he catalogs Trump administration actions meant to "terrorize Americans into quiescence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...