In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.

First extrajudicial killing by ICE. This is a five alarm fire.

We can’t have a democracy and have super PACs. Listen to my latest interview to hear why money in politics is the core problem in our democracy and my bill to abolish super PACs ⬇️

McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."

@pattymurray.bsky.social said it best! “If a bill is so bad that you have to exempt entire states from its consequences to win the votes you need — just don’t pass the bill!” #GOPsucks #StopProject2025

Consider donating to Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity. They’ve filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court to try and stop “Alligator Alcatraz” before it opens.

1 in 7 Americans relies on SNAP for their food benefits. Not only is it a critical program in promoting food security/health, but it has an outstanding return on investment: for every $1 invested in SNAP, there is $1.54 in economic activity as people go to local grocers. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

This happened live on the show today. Independent journalist Jorge Ramos caught up with a pregnant U.S. citizen who told us she was roughed up and arrested by federal agents during a detainment near Los Angeles. Watch!

The Marines are not props to be used for political theater and a real leader would not even consider sending them to an American city in this situation.

Let this sink in. Even the Los Angeles Police Chief, Jim McDonnell, made it clear: the people protesting immigration raids were not the ones causing violence. During a Sunday evening press conference, McDonnell condemned the violence as “disgusting”

This is a pretty important point!

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

The truth will out.

AOC: The girls are fighting aren’t they

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Sorry to step away from the catfight, but we’ve got a win! A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle AmeriCorps halting the termination of grants and its volunteer network!

In a new op-ed in The Hill with @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social, we discuss how Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid will most hurt Republican voters — not only taking away their insurance but endangering the stability of rural hospitals (which affects everyone!). thehill.com/opinion/heal...

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What's in the Trump/GOP big, beautiful bill? -Tax cuts skewed to the rich -Medicaid & SNAP cuts -Ends IRS Direct File -New powers for Trump over the courts -Blocks state/local regulation against AI, including rent-gouging software like RealPage It's a big, ugly nightmare.

My quote of the day Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up. Randy Pausch

Another win!!! Now release him. A federal judge just ruled that the law used to detain Mr. Khalil is likely unconstitutional. Why? Because it’s too vague and was never meant to apply to someone like him a U.S. resident who never left the country.

Glad to see this, but I have another idea...Hear me out here... Why doesn't NIH just reinstate the effing awards since they are ongoing and already made it successfully through a competitive process? Seems like this would actually be "efficient" (and also fair and just)...

Here is your Daily Reminder that the biggest scandal since or before Watergate is that Trump is the most corrupt, incompetent and dangerous president in our history.

Anyone collating a book of his gaffs? Will be a bestseller!

A strong statement about the importance of NIH on @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy Sunday Morning (Part 1)

We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding. Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.

A new analysis estimates the Trump/GOP budget's rollback of clean energy tax credits will eliminate nearly 830,000 jobs by 2030 and raise energy prices by 50% by 2035.  Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.

This is the real government waste.

A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.

For over half a century, the National Weather Service has operated 24/7. But after the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency pushed to shrink the federal workforce, that’s no longer possible in parts of the country.

Pet peeve: when attending an event with food and people take enough for five without considering the people behind them. Especially if they end up throwing half of the food away.

I am outraged by the unjust arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka earlier this afternoon outside of Delaney Hall in Newark. I am calling for his immediate release by federal law enforcement.

This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

Earning enough money to afford a healthy diet is an important part of human dignity. foodtank.com/news/2025/04...

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.

This Thursday 4/17 12-1PM on Schenley Plaza: Rally in Defense of Higher Education and Free Speech! Register for the event here: forms.gle/zgYnH5QLmxMn...

I'm struggling so hard to give a fuck about a bunch of rich people who paid the 3rd richest person on Earth $500,000 to go to space for a few minutes, while there are folks here who can't even afford the basics to survive.

Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

The remedy for this blatantly unconstitutional attitude - that they can do whatever they want to Abrego Garcia - is for senators to stand up and be senators and judges to stand up and be judges. And for us to keep insisting on it. Trump wants you to think they’re powerless but they’re not.

My new post mapping out 69 actions that President Trump has taken in the last twelve weeks to undermine democracy, undermine the rule of law, attack enemies, suppress dissent and control information. Do read and share. Full 🧵 tomorrow hopefully! christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...

Faculty, staff, students, trainees, alumni: This is our moment to stand together. We’ve written a letter calling on Pitt leadership to protect academic freedom, research, and inclusion. Sign here: tinyurl.com/PittLetter If you’re on a visa, we support you—but please don’t sign. We’ve got you.

Join your local protest on April 19th. Spread the word.

So, for any universities who are not paying attention or thinking they will be spared, here it is, as plain as day. Pushing back individually and as a group is the only rational strategy.

Eisgruber: Yeah, let me start with this, which is that the circumstances right now that face any university president are really tremendously difficult circumstances.”… 2/n

I was listening to the excellent interview with President Eisgruber from Princeton on The Daily podcast. Some key points: Interviewer: You said “Once you make concessions once, it’s hard not to make them again.” So I’d like to know, did what Columbia did make your job harder…?” 1/n

DOGE-induced delays in trials at the NIH Clinical Center (Dr. Steve) Rosenberg said. “Right now, assuming things don’t get any worse, it would be a month [delay]. These are not patients that have very many months left.” This seemed inevitable but is still a big deal... wapo.st/4j8Hwd1 (Gift link)

It’s hard for me to hold in my head the breadth of the destruction, chaos and outright evil from this administration. Trump is fully backing a genocide and threatening with arrest or deportation those who oppose it.

Follow the money and see where it goes. Elon Musk was just awarded a $5.9 billion taxpayer-funded SpaceX contract by Trump—the largest in a new package of space deals. Trump ensured Musk got the money, fully aware he’s facing “steep personal cost.”