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Aaron Regunberg

@aaronregunberg.bsky.social
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Dad, organizer, lawyer working to hold Big Oil companies accountable for their climate crimes. Opinions my own.

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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 4h
David Morales' field director @jennsteinfeld.bsky.social talks to us about how unique a candidate @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social is, and how other campaigns can run field the right way and win. A must-listen for those involved in campaigns or curious about how it all works on a person-to-person level!
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 9h
as I wrote: "The fracking to AI pipeline is a crime. And the crime is homicide." @aaronregunberg.bsky.social & @darkush.bsky.social are leading on this front
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The Murderous Energy Suck of Universal Paperclips
The fracking to AI pipeline is a crime. And the crime is homicide.
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Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Aaron's piece is spot-on This extends far beyond climate & "really does represent an attempt to fundamentally restructure our corporate governance model in the US" They want to not only dismantle the regulatory state, but also take away any judicial recourse to remedy harms. It is utter impunity
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Caleb Heeringa @calebheeringa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The judicial system should apply to everyone and corporations shouldn’t get to opt out of it.
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks @aaronregunberg.bsky.social for this. Would Big Oil and other corporate interests be so desperate to avoid accountability if they weren't culpable?!?
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 30/09/2026
Not a lawyer, but "SEC. 209. ENEPA TECHNOLOGIES" (pages 74-94) appears to require creation of AI tools for a) company use to generate environmental docs and b) agency use to review environmental docs. AI-generated forms reviewed by AI tools in understaffed/underfunded agencies! What could go wrong.
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Aaron Regunberg @aaronregunberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The oligarchs are coming for every last tool the American people have ever used to restrain corporate abuse, deception, and overreach. It's a huge new front in the right's push for elite impunity, and it's not getting enough attention. For @newrepublic.com. newrepublic.com/article/2154...
newrepublic.com
The Right-Wing Plot to Make It Harder to Sue Corporations
Oligarchs and their Republican lackeys are working together to shield corporations from accountability for the widespread harms they do to the American people.
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Climate hushers deny the actual reason working-class voters have fled the Democratic Party: its centrist capture by big-money interests that have again and again stopped Democrats from taking strong stances on a whole range of supermajoritarian populist issues.” @aaronregunberg.bsky.social
bostonreview.net
Why Climate Politics Can’t Wait
“Climate hushing” is all the rage among Democrats. That’s a big mistake.
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Stephanie Brancaforte @expluma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nice public nuisance laws you have there. Would be a shame if anything happened to them. Read all about it: The Right-Wing Plot to Make It Harder to Sue Corporations newrepublic.com/article/2154... @aaronregunberg.bsky.social
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The Right-Wing Plot to Make It Harder to Sue Corporations
Oligarchs and their Republican lackeys are working together to shield corporations from accountability for the widespread harms they do to the American people.
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Caleb Heeringa @calebheeringa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hot new fad on the right: granting special legal rights to corporations by taking away everyday peoples’ right to access the court system. Corporate bill mill ALEC pushing these in a state house near you next year. @newrepublic.com @aaronregunberg.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2154...
newrepublic.com
The Right-Wing Plot to Make It Harder to Sue Corporations
Oligarchs and their Republican lackeys are working together to shield corporations from accountability for the widespread harms they do to the American people.
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Background Briefing with Ian Masters @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We spoke with @aaronregunberg.bsky.social about his article at The Guardian, “The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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Opposition to Data Centers as a Unifying Issue Across the Political Spectrum
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex
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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The movement against data centers unites Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control our lives--Fury over water-guzzling, air-polluting behemoths and the tech oligarchs imposing them. @aaronregunberg.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives
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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In which @patrickwyman.bsky.social argues that local American elites are not untouchable supervillains but "fucking idiots" that can be beaten, and Aaron responds with a story of Dunkin franchise owners trying to bribe him with Dunkin gift cards.
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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
3/4 of Americans now oppose data centers in their own community, and opposition crosses party lines and has been growing dramatically over the past year. Ds need to campaign on Trump's support for unconstrained development of these facilities.2/ @aaronregunberg.bsky.social @theguardian.com
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The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives
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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We friggin' loved this episode. Historian @patrickwyman.bsky.social joined us to discuss what makes societies fall apart and how history demonstrates that human agency — and our decisions today — really do matter in determining what comes next for our civilization.
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Aaron Regunberg @aaronregunberg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I wrote about data centers for @theguardian.com. Billionaires have created a perfect opening to transform our politics against both Trump and the oligarchy that produced him in the first place. It’s a singular opportunity. But Dems could easily fuck it up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives
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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 31/08/2026
“transformative repolarization” seems like a term worth remembering. from @aaronregunberg.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... ht @chrisdillow.bsky.social @greenhombre.bsky.social
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The political science term for this strategy, coined by Jennifer McCoy and Murat Somer, is "transformative repolarization" McCoy and Somer argue that authoritarians and oligarchs often stoke what they call "pernicious polarization" - extreme toxic polarization that uses "us versus them" rhetoric, often on social and culture war issues, to divide the public in ways that harm democracy. In the face of such intense suspicion and distrust, depolarizing a society - trying to get people to stop viewing their fellow citizens as an existential danger - may not work on its own, in the absence of a unifying struggle to address underlying grievances. Instead, McCoy and Somer argue that opponents of authoritarianism need to redraw the lines of' contestation that define their politics - to shift the "us versus them" struggle from, for example, a left-to-right polarization, to a different axis of conflict that can bring a large majority of the public together against real structural threats.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
RT @aaronregunberg.bsky.social I wrote about data centers for @guardian. Billionaires have created a perfect opening to transform our politics against both Trump and the oligarchy that produced him in the first place. It’s a singular opportunity. But Dems could easily fuck it up.
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The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives
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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Corporate Dems tried to weaponize the Uncommitted Movement against progressives. But to be clear, using a primary to push the party to stop doing something catastrophic is very different from opposing a progressive nominee in a general election, as some centrists have been doing.
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F Minus @fminus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Do you live in one of the 500+ cities and counties spending taxpayer funds to hire Congressional lobbyists who work for climate-cooking fossil fuel companies? Time to shame our local govs into cutting ties with #fossilfuellobbyists @polluterspay.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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US fossil fuel lobbyists also represent hundreds of cities fighting for climate damages
Analysis of federal lobbying disclosures shows local governments working with firms also linked to fossil fuel giants
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Talarico: Ken Paxton is anti-puppy. I wish I was joking when I said that, but reports just came out revealing that Ken Paxton protected a research lab that was notorious for torturing and killing hundreds of puppies. I'm going to be a senator for all Texans, including our four-legged Texans.
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Here's my piece w @aaronregunberg.bsky.social on MAGA's move to position themselves as defenders of (certain) animals. Some will respond by pointing out the right's hypocrisy. But the right has never had to have coherent politics to have effective politics. newrepublic.com/article/2137...
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How MAGA Stole Animal Rights from the Left
And how we can steal it back.
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Aaron Regunberg @aaronregunberg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A few years ago, we couldn't imagine Monsanto-hating moms joining Trump’s coalition. But MAHA happened. @astra.bsky.social and I see something similar happening today with animal rights — which, if the left doesn’t wake up, could be very bad for all of us. newrepublic.com/article/2137...
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How MAGA Stole Animal Rights from the Left
And how we can steal it back.
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Sue AnderBois @sueanderbois.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
‘I can’t help thinking - gosh - wouldn’t it be nice if we actually elected the person who is going to make some real change around here…’ Thank you to long time progressive and climate champion @aaronregunberg.bsky.social for your support of my campaign & our New Energy for Rhode Island plan!
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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Everyone's toddler wants to drive a car, or a train, or a tank. Can you imagine anything more dangerous than actually letting them?" @bretdevereaux.bsky.social on America's infantile fascists.
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Background Briefing with Ian Masters @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We’re joined by @aaronregunberg.bsky.social for assessment of David Crowley’s narrow victory in yesterday’s primary election for governor in Wisconsin as well as Aaron's article at @thenation.com, “Will El-Sayed’s Centrist Opponents ‘Vote Blue No Matter Who’?” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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The Call For Unity After David Crowley's Narrow Win in Wisconsin
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex
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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"The Athenian strategy is prosecute the leaders, pardon the foot soldiers. Biden and Garland did the opposite." @bretdevereaux.bsky.social explains what we can learn from ancient Athens on how to deal with attempts to overthrow our democracy.
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This anti-animal testing post from the EPA head - a man otherwise busy helping Big Oil incinerate the planet - is what we're talking about. As we should all know by now, MAGA doesn't have to be coherent or sincere to connect with people.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I was on a podcast! I was on the Fighting Fascism Podcast to talk about the strange fascist obsession and deep misunderstanding of Tolkien, who despised the Nazis and would, I feel confident, have despised our modern techno-Nazis even more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We all love making fun of fascists. But @bretdevereaux.bsky.social makes an art of it. Bret discusses the chuds who say they’re fighting to defend “Western Civilization,” something they’ve never bothered to try to understand + the far right billionaire freaks who idolize and misunderstand Tolkien!
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Chud of the Rings (w/ Bret Devereaux)
Podcast Episode · Fighting Fascism Podcast · August 10 · 1h 23m
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Plus Lorna Finlayson contends with critical theory after Habermas; @blbalthaser.bsky.social tours the Obama Center; @yarimarita.bsky.social on Puerto Rico’s water crisis; Paul Hockenos reports on a family’s unraveling in occupied Ukraine; @aaronregunberg.bsky.social takes on “climate hushing” +
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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screenshot of an X (formerly Twitter) post by user Aaron Regunberg (@AaronRegunberg).

The post text reads verbatim:
"Democrats are terrified that the party's gonna get dragged down because a Democrat is running on the same program that the most popular Democrat ever to live ran on during the high water mark of Democratic political dominance."

Below the post is a black-and-white archival photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt next to a list titled "SECOND BILL OF RIGHTS: EVERY AMERICAN HAS THE RIGHT TO:".

The itemized list reads verbatim:
"1. A JOB
2. AN ADEQUATE WAGE AND DECENT LIVING
3. A DECENT HOME
4. MEDICAL CARE
5. ECONOMIC PROTECTION DURING SICKNESS, ACCIDENT, OLD AGE OR UNEMPLOYMENT
6. A GOOD EDUCATION"
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Aaron Regunberg @aaronregunberg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My best friend since kindergarten lives in Leavenworth. He and his two kids are breathing in the remnants of Spokane burning — plastic siding, asphalt roofing shingles. That shit gets in your body and doesn’t leave. Big Oil has blood on their hands. So, so much blood.
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Aaron Regunberg @aaronregunberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It's time for "Vote Blue No Matter Who" centrists to put their money where their mouths are. Many have...but some high-profile voices are still resisting. Let's unite to defeat MAGA. For @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.com
Will El-Sayed's Centrist Opponents "Vote Blue No Matter Who"?
It's time for the Democratic establishment to take its own medicine.
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Aaron Regunberg @aaronregunberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I reviewed @jwashing.bsky.social's new work, How to Close a Camp, for @newrepublic.com. I highly recommend the book! newrepublic.com/article/2134...
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“Closing a Detention Center Is Rarely a Single Strike. It’s a Siege.”
John Washington’s How to Close a Camp is a practical guide to opposing ICE and a strong moral argument for action.
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It's a preview of a piece cowritten with the great @aaronregunberg.bsky.social (watch for it in the next issue of The New Republic). Here we reflect on the left's reluctance to talk about animals and also touch on the fascist right's long history of leveraging concern for ecology and (some) animals.
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Went on @thenation.com's Fighting Fascism podcast to discuss a phenomenon too few are talking about: How the MAGA right are claiming to be animal welfare champions. The right loves to fill a vacuum and liberals/leftists are leaving a big one by ignoring the issue. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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Is Animal Welfare the Next MAHA? (w/ Astra Taylor)
Podcast Episode · Fighting Fascism Podcast · August 3 · 55m
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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Our friend @astra.bsky.social explaining why she's sounding the alarm about the possibility that MAGA could outflank the left on animal rights. Could this be MAHA 2.0?
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Plus — Lorna Finlayson on critical theory after Habermas — @yarimarita.bsky.social on Puerto Rico’s water crisis — @blbalthaser.bsky.social on the Obama Center — @aaronregunberg.bsky.social on climate hushing — @ramoran.bsky.social on the Boghossian report — Michael Harris on understanding after AI
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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"Should Democrats be giving science lectures on parts per million? No. But should they be out there talking about what farmers are seeing on the ground? Historic droughts? The benefits of clean energy or creating new jobs? Absolutely." - @jamiehenn.bsky.social this week on Fighting Fascism!
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/07/2026
"We actually don’t need any special new legal innovations like the Nuremberg trials to begin to prosecute these climate crimes," writes @aaronregunberg.bsky.social. "Climate victims deserve justice now, and the officials responsible for pursuing that justice have all the laws they need..."
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It’s time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist | Aaron Regunberg
Some have called for Nuremberg-style trials against big oil. But there are laws already on the books to describe companies’ conduct
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Saul Elbein @saulelbein.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“The sky outside is hazy orange, and my five-year-old son is screaming bloody murder. ‘Sorry, buddy, we have to stay inside,’ I say. ‘It’s not safe to breathe out there.’” hell of a lede
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"Most states have a reckless endangerment offense. These laws criminalize reckless conduct that creates a substantial risk of injuring another person. Recklessness means knowing something is dangerous–eg predicting your pollution would cause “more violent weather”–& engaging in that conduct anyway."
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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Our friend @jamiehenn.bsky.social on what Democrats lose out on when they buy into climate hushing. Why, as the sky fills with smoke, wouldn't Dems want to make hay out of Republicans being cucks for Big Oil?
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Aaron Regunberg @aaronregunberg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My first piece in @us.theguardian.com. Next time you hear a climate disaster described as a crime, remember that this isn’t just rhetoric. These really are crimes -- reckless endangerment, risking catastrophe, manslaughter. It’s time we treated them that way. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It’s time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist | Aaron Regunberg
Some have called for Nuremberg-style trials against big oil. But there are laws already on the books to describe companies’ conduct
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
“We can expect these efforts to tear our democracy apart will only grow more intense in the coming years, as our energy transition becomes more economically inevitable and the tactics needed to suppress that transition become more repressive.” @aaronregunberg.bsky.social
bostonreview.net
Why Climate Politics Can’t Wait
“Climate hushing” is all the rage among Democrats. That’s a big mistake.
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Aaron Regunberg @aaronregunberg.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Lethal heat waves ruined the 4th of July. Awful smoke is turning the skies dystopian. Normal people are talking about these climate disasters—a lot. Climate hushers say Dems shouldn’t discuss how the GOP’s Big Oil corruption is to blame for all this. They’re dumb as shit.
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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Taxing billionaires is an act of mercy! @mattsitman.bsky.social joins the podcast to talk cheap grace, forgiveness (it's hard!), and Russell Brand of course.
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Aaron Regunberg @aaronregunberg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Misti Leon is suing Big Oil for killing her mother. A judge just ruled the case can progress towards trial. That’s a big fucking deal. newrepublic.com/article/2130...
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The First Wrongful Death Suit Against Big Oil Is Not Going Their Way
A judge has ruled that tort claims against the industry can proceed to trial, potentially opening the door for prosecutors to become agents of climate accountability.
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Aaron Regunberg @aaronregunberg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE fuck ICE fuck ICE. We need to win and then we need to Nuremberg these murderous Gestapo fucks straight to fucking hell.
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