Science-based pollution standards implemented over decades have helped clean up our air, water and soil, and need continued support.

On the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it’s important to remember its core mission to protect public health and the environment, even as the Trump administration is actively harming both.

Thanks to the work of UCS & our partners in the IL Clean Jobs Coalition to pass the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act in 2021 and the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act this fall, Illinoisans are seeing real benefits with lower utility bills and cleaner indoor air through home electrification.

There are just a few hours left of #GivingTuesday! It's up to us to protect science and democracy to build the future we deserve. Join forces with other science advocates and multiply your impact.⁠ ⁠ 💝Give before midnight. Donate: act.ucsusa.org/Giving2025

The so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” hides many poison pills. One proposal would reclassify key degrees like nursing, social work, and public health, making them ineligible for additional loan aid. UCS’s Alexa Dietrich explains why this harms science-based fields and especially women.

I'm canceling my Spotify subscription until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/g4BKKONJ

Listen to Jacob. He’s working towards a better future. Feed kids, fix roads, fund hospitals 😎 Knock doors for @aftynbehn.bsky.social at aftynforcongress.com/volunteer.

Disabled people need healthcare, housing, food and social supports. This should not be controversial. They shouldn’t have to have “thought ahead” and purchased disability insurance. They shouldn’t have to beg, grovel and “prove their worth”. They shouldn’t left to die. We are not expendable

Trump is going to start a war with Venezuela without congressional approval violating the constitution yet again. WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE CHECKS & BALANCES? All of this to steal their oil and to get people to stop talking about Epstein! #OneV1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

At this point, good luck with that. Hungry people protest more. He should also be aware senior non billionaires are extrepissed.

He’s only interested because of the upholstery.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

Sometimes silence is welcome but often times it creates unnecessary noise. Too many moving parts & pieces in my life atm so pain, depression & anxiety being amplified are unwanted. I wish life was better for not only myself but for the people I love & care about. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg...

Here's a simple suggestion. Arrest the demolition crew for destruction of public property. #Resist #ProudBlue www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/p...

Debbie, thanks so much for posting this exceptional and reasonable…real life, real world interview with Senator Gallego. @adamschiff.com @padilla.senate.gov @tedlieu.bsky.social #Pinks #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

Making Argentina Great Again. Indefensible.

🚨@merkley.senate.gov is STILL speaking on the Senate floor. I’m about to join him there to call out this authoritarian president who refuses to open the government and is betraying the American people at every turn. Tune in: www.youtube.com/live/ymDt1Xe...

A disgraceful response. Not surprising but still horrible.

#Pinks #Proudblue This sums it up! 🎯🎯🎯

Are you one of the many thousands of people who rely on SNAP? If so, and you're worried about being able to put on a Thanksgiving meal. Aldi's can make a meal that feeds 10 people for 40 bucks. If other guests can chip in it takes the stress off of everyone at your gathering. #SheShed

Welcome to the Bari Weiss era of 60 Minutes

DOJ Whistleblower Tears Into Trump Goon’s ‘F*** You’ order F BOMBS Trump loyalist’s demand on court orders were like “a bomb had gone off,” whistleblower says. www.thedailybeast.com/doj-whistleb...

GM and TY Allie! 🦋🐸

#Japan has sent a squadron of fighters to the UK to fly intercept missions against gangster state Russia’s planes above the North Sea. Japan is about to certify its first female Prime Minister. Japan defends representative governments and open and transparent international trade regimes.

The Great Ol Pals (GOP), are disgusting with their behaviors during the shutdown. As thousands of people are trying to come up with a plan to eat and pay bills, these assholes waste their time, that we pay for, doing things like this. SCUM!

They are like the kid from Big Daddy.... making up the rules as they go to make sure THEY WIN!!!

My Friday Follow 💙 Today 17th October ‘World Day to Overcome Poverty’ ‘Poverty is not a personal failure, it is a systemic failure - a denial of dignity & human rights’ Antonia Guterres go.bsky.app/d8aL3

Take pictures of any agitators & then move your group out of the way. GOP will have talking heads ready to use any foreign flags as proof of hate America. Leave them home & make signs instead. Blow up costumes help to eliminate facial recognition & make atmosphere festive

ARE YOU READY FOR NO KINGS?? @earthtoeve.bsky.social let us preview her song "No King", releasing TOMORROW on 10.18! NO KING. NO GOD. Tomorrow will be the biggest protest day in American history. With thousands of events nation-wide - show up to say: We are united against kings. #nokings

We know who we are We know why we’re protesting Tomorrow we will show our love for our country & our democracy & expose trump & the GOP to be the liars & traitors they are! Stay safe. Stay peaceful. #NoKings #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU 📢 This President is openly broadcasting that he plans to violate the Posse Comitatus Act. TRUMP: The militarization we’ve seen so far is just “the start.” “We’re going to go into other cities that we’re not talking about purposely. We’re getting ready to go in.”

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

Good Morning! Happy Friday! #jokesters A quickie for you! 🤭☕️☀️

I don't care if he is thin or fat. I do care that he is a racist.

Seems to be a William Hendrix, vice chair of Kansas Young Republicans, which was exposed as racist, sadistic & went quiet. Reportedly worked for state AG but fired last week. A guess: self-loathing, maybe part ethnic (judging from hair). Can't get dates. So angry. Beware. He can't camouflage much.

All Growed Up

This sums them up

Be on the lookout for this Young Republican wearing an Antifa shirt, wielding a baseball bat, and trying to stir up violence at a #NoKings rally this weekend. I haven't been able to verify if this is a real photo or someone Photoshopped the face of the boy from "Modern Family" onto Chris Christie.

I sent this message to my Substack subscribers and other No Kings protestors. It includes an urgent request that I hope many of you will honor. psychopete1.substack.com/p/a-message-...

The tea party was born and fueled by racism because we put a black man in the White House.

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