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Shocking. Our planet has passed its first 'tipping point' with widespread coral reef die-off, a new report says, and other environmental systems including the Amazon, major ocean currents and ice sheets aren't far behind.

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

Remember that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

In America, we defend free speech in terrible times. We defend free speech even when it’s offensive. We defend free speech. www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/p...

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.

ABC network is owned by Disney Entertainment. I cancelled my Disney subscription and when it asks why - I wrote 'For pulling Jimmy Kimmel, bring him back to ABC and I'll be back.' If you have Disney and/or Hulu please consider doing the same.

Stand up for free speech, support Jimmy Kimmel. www.change.org/p/ensure-jim...?

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

You can never appease a tyrant.

BOYCOTT ABC TELEVISION. MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE THEY WILL GET THE TARGET TREATMENT.

Jimmy Kimmel deserves better than this. He’s a class act. Case in point - after my first appearance on his show back in 2018, he very thoughtfully asked whether I was receiving adequate security at that time, as Trump was repeatedly smearing journalists as “the enemy of the people,”

First Colbert, now Kimmel. Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval. Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Don't agonize — organize! Here are five steps you can take between now and the midterms to resist Trump's tyranny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-l...

GLENN: You look fabulous in that suit TRUMP: That's the one that attacked you last time ZELENSKYY: I remember that. You're in the same suit. I changed mine.

Plano Texas Sunday, August 10

Programming kids with lies is not education. Don't let PragerU slither its way into your school district.

One corrupt tyrant gets to decide what is 'un-American' for ~340 million people. We will feel this loss for generations. apnews.com/article/publ...  Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump

From prosecutor to senator to vice president, Kamala Harris has always been for the people. I know her next chapter will be no different, whatever shape it takes.

Think about what the GOP is revealing with their attempt to suddenly change the Congressional maps: they know their agenda is so unpopular that they're going to lose unless something changes. Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.

"When people work together, there can still be wins for federal science, even with the unprecedented number and ferocity of attacks on science we’ve observed since Inauguration Day." Stay up to date on federal science wins and challenges in UCS's monthly round-up by @jbd-phd.bsky.social.

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@nytimes.com semi-deep dive on reports the Trump team has taken hundreds of millions of $$$ from the deeply troubled, wildly over-budget, & hugely delayed Sentinel ICBM program to fund Trump' gold-plated Qatari jet that _might_ become Air Force One. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...

The House gave final approval early Friday to President Donald Trump's request to slash more than $9 billion of already approved federal funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting.

To Better Prepare for Extreme Weather, We Fired Everyone at NOAA and Replaced Them with a Guy Named Noah www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/to-... Thanks ‪@shadesofgreaves.bsky.social‬ I needed this today 😆

Today in DC, we joined over 20 scientists whose research grants were canceled by the Trump admin. They shared what’s at stake when science is politicized, and what we lose when solutions to our biggest problems are cast aside. #StandUpForScience

Democrats organized this science fair which spotlighted research which may be canceled due to cuts to grants for science. www.kpbs.org/news/science...

“Things we’ll never know” science fair highlights US’s canceled research arstechnica.com/science/2025...

‘The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants’ democrats organised a fair to mark the fact that Trump cancelled so many research projects and showcase the research that has been lost 🧪

Environmental Justice leader Charles Lee shares important lessons from the movement’s early days. "Speaking from the perspective of having worked on EJ issues since before they even had a name, I have no doubt that we will continue to make progress." Read his blog:

Around the world, climate litigation is expanding in scale, scope, and impact. But as these legal efforts grow stronger, they are also drawing intensified resistance. Read UCS's Delta Merner's blog to learn more.

Jonathan Harris's painting puts me in mind of the idea of "Do not comply in advance," in that: while the current WH occupant and his cronies may be demanding this whitewashing of both history and current events, kindness and decency behooves us to resist that whitewashing where and when we can.

Republicans face deadline to claw back funding for foreign aid and public media

Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. What's happened since? A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.

People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.

Wishing y'all a safe day of protesting and exercising our first amendment rights 🇺🇸🗽💜

ICYW what is the perfect gift 😂 here's a great list. Thanks to @michaelianblack.bsky.social, I needed this today.

SCOOP: Trump's military parade is being organized by some of the same MAGA political operatives who organized the rally that preceded the January 6 riot.

We are headed into an unprecedented authoritarian moment this weekend. A military parade in DC will be countered by 2000+ protests around the country. This tense dynamic can't balance on the knife’s edge for long. Where it falls—toward tyranny or democracy—depends on us.

NEW: Is your personal data being weaponized against you when you shop? Are you paying a different price for products than anyone else? Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains the shady corporate tactic known as “surveillance pricing.”

Let's send him a birthday message loud and in person this Saturday, June 14th: NO KINGS! Join or host a local protest action.womensmarch.com www.nokings.org @womensmarch.com @indivisible.org #TrumpisToxic #Resist #NoKings

Today, the EPA moved to roll back key protections against carbon emissions and air pollution from fossil fuel power plants. “It’s galling to watch the US government so thoroughly debase itself as it sacrifices the public good to boost the bottom line of fossil fuel.” UCS Statement:

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s fallout, explained President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have quickly turned on each other in a very public and bitter feud. Their split isn’t just personal, but has major implications for the... zpr.io/rudKuLsXqbs6

Why Trump Fears Musk’s Epstein Bomb Most of All, According to His Biographer Michael Wolff

"It bears repeating: the power to decide over whether a study meets the Trump administration’s 'standard' would rest in the hands not of scientists but of political appointees, who could use this power to discard any evidence that doesn’t give them an answer they want."

The Gold Standard Science Executive Order should set off alarm bells for anyone who cares about evidence-based policy. The EO resurrects efforts to restrict the science that can be used in agency decisions. More from me and @jbd-phd.bsky.social in a new @bmj.com Opinion: www.bmj.com/content/389/...