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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 9h
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Join DSA. Become a member today.
Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is ...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"On any given day, there are at least 300,000 people digging for cobalt with bare hands, pickaxes and shovels. Of those, about 37% are working in conditions we'd call slavery. And almost 10% are kids - not in school, exposed to toxic work, dangerous mining up to their necks." youtu.be/1F0hz8mEHIY
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Joe Rogan Experience #2556 - Siddharth Kara
YouTube video by PowerfulJRE
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Update on Alex Schott: www.tpr.org/criminal-jus... via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social.
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Houston area man wins Fourth Amendment case against Bexar sheriff
The case included controversial roadside surveillance cameras.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Immigration enforcement has only exacerbated the ongoing labor shortage within the industry. ...rumors of raids by ICE agents can scare entire crews away. As a result, construction projects, particularly residential, have stalled...". www.expressnews.com/business/rea... via @expressnews.com
expressnews.com
Texas construction firms facing labor squeeze amid data center boom
Competition from data centers, immigration enforcement and a lack of exposure to young students are all contributing to the shortage.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"ICE arrests rose sharply this summer after a short-lived decline following the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, two US citizens shot dead by federal agents during protests against ICE in Minnesota." www.expressnews.com/news/article... via @deportationdata.bsky.social & @expressnews.com
expressnews.com
New private system to transport ICE detainees across Texas under armed guard
A firm tied to the Florida detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz has a $382 million contract for "armed ground transportation" of ICE detainees in Texas.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"For every dollar earned by the 10% at the top, the bottom 10% made eight cents, a number that has gone down from 11 cents in 1967. According to the Census Bureau’s latest numbers, medical expenses pushed 7.7 million people into poverty in 2025." www.usatoday.com/story/money/... via @usatoday.com
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The rich got richer in 2025. The poorest households? Not so much
New data shows median household income rose 2.6% in 2025, income at the top rose 1.7%, while earnings at the bottom stayed flat.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"When Upton Sinclair wrote 'The Jungle' there was something called the Beef Trust that controlled maybe 55-to-60% of the market for beef. So, right now, these companies are more powerful than when Upton Sinclair wrote 'The Jungle'." youtu.be/VNxd3QmNB-8 via @democracynow.org #FastFoodNation
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"Fast Food Nation," Mystery Meat & Trump's Dismantling of U.S. Food Safety System: Eric Schlosser
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/iqiCH... via @democracynow.org Full interview: youtu.be/VNxd3QmNB-8.
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"We are fed by immigrants"
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/how-afford... via @graceblakeley.substack.com
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How Affordability Crises Feed the Far Right
The far right thrives in times of fear and scarcity. Inflation shocks fuel both.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
elpasomatters.org/2026/09/13/h... via @elpasomatters.bsky.social
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ICE arrests surge in the El Paso region. Families are feeling the impact. - El Paso Matters
ICE has arrested nearly 3,500 people in the El Paso area so far this year, about as many as in all of 2025. Immigrant advocates call the arrests indiscriminate while DHS says it’s targeting enforcemen...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On October 3rd, a community march, announced by County Commissioner Tommy Calvert, will be held in front of a planned migrant detention center on the East Side. www.tpr.org/border-immig... via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
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March set after ICE awards contract for San Antonio detention center
The private security firm, Canada-based GardaWorld, will renovate the warehouse into a detention center and provide wraparound services under the contract.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/m... via @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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Mamdani’s American Dream
Slavoj Žižek thinks the New York City mayor is offering a national narrative capable of mobilizing a broad coalition.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"When liberal and conservative think tanks measure the economic effects of migration... these studies present the human figure of the migrant as an arithmetical representation on a balance sheet or Palantir database." brooklynrail.org/2026/04/fiel...
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Prison and Port: Lineaments of Migrant Detention in South Texas | The Brooklyn Rail
In April 2025, acting director of ICE Todd Lyons obscenely declared that the agency must handle deportations as Amazon does package delivery. This promise is becoming a reality. In early 2026, DHS pur...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm... via @expressnews.com
expressnews.com
Anti-immigration sentiment changes when it's your neighbor being detained
Anti-immigration views often change when the particulars of a case are known. Our shared humanity gets activated and political labels fall to the wayside.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#BadTakesSATX
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.sacurrent.com/news/bad-tak... via @sacurrent.bsky.social Sources: @apnews.com @nfapresearch.bsky.social @forbes.com @dallasnews.com @thehill.com @naomibethune.bsky.social @prospect.org @jonathanschulman.bsky.social @laurasilver.bsky.social @pewresearch.org @kffhealthnews.org.
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Trump’s war on immigration leaves us a weaker nation
The toll is both human and economic, and it's a shame we let it get this far.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Over half a dozen states require employers to implement measures to protect workers such as rest, water breaks and access to shade. Texas not only lacks statewide heat-safety standards but blocked cities from adopting their own." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi... via @houstonchronicle.com
houstonchronicle.com
Texas workers face life-or-death heat risks as workplace protections lag
Texas has no statewide heat safety standard for workers, even as OSHA data and researchers suggest workplace heat illnesses are sharply undercounted.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.propublica.org/article/ecto... via @andreasuozzo.com & @propublica.org
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
United Nations Human Rights Council "found reasonable grounds to believe the US committed the war crime of launching indiscriminate attacks resulting in the loss of life to civilians... which killed approximately 120 girls and boys". news.un.org/en/story/202...
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US likely committed war crimes against Iranian civilians: Independent experts
Independent investigators appointed by the UN’s Human Rights Council found “reasonable grounds” to believe that the United States committed war crimes during “indiscriminate attacks” against an Irania...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Overall, the impact of the $808 million in direct library spending in 2024 delivered an economic impact estimated at $1.35 billion, supporting 11,200 jobs, $706 million in labor income, and $950 million in state gross domestic product". trulytexas.txla.org/roi-study/
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Return on Investment Study - Libraries: Truly Texas
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"With a delay in the report, there is not going to be an opportunity for people who are seeking office to be able to propose what their solutions would be to address maternal deaths in the state". www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new... via @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social
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Texas won’t release first maternal death report since overturning of Roe v. Wade until after midterms | Houston Public Media
The report, which has traditionally been released every other year on or near Sept. 1 will now not be released until Dec. 1.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Elon Musk's "America PAC has dropped $100 million on anti-transgender ads targeting Democrats." www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-round-... via @erininthemorning.com
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New Round Of Anti-Trans Attack Ads Blankets The Airwaves This Week
New ad spends have gone up targeting Talarico, Peltola, El-Sayed, Turek, and Brown, among other Democrats.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The rules targeted by Trump’s EPA could prevent an estimated 30,000 deaths and save $275 billion each year". apnews.com/article/epa-... via @matthewdalyap.bsky.social & @apnews.com
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"This report documents at least 30 federal actions since January 2025 that could increase pollution-related health risks, weaken protections, or shift more costs onto families and communities. ... EPA should be the public-health watchdog, not part of the industry’s development team." #AirQuality
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Texas is the only state with wastewater concentrations considered very high." "Get your COVID shot now because it very well could be sitting on the edge of a cliff ready to jump to cause us real harm." www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt... via @mtosterholm.bsky.social & @cidrap.bsky.social
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Making Sense of Measles Misinformation
This past August, Pennsylvania announced two measles-associated deaths in unvaccinated residents, marking the first measles deaths in the state in thirty-five years. This week, hosts Chris Dall and Dr...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcont... via @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social & @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social #CriticalRaceTheory
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
DSA's @benburgis.bsky.social on capitalism/socialism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfyo.... @jamestalarico.bsky.social's interview on @jimmykimmel.com: youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk. @reallandsend.bsky.social's full talk at socialism 2026 that went viral: www.youtube.com/live/FctATJc... via @haymarketbooks.org.
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Is Capitalism REALLY the Best We Can Do? (Ben Burgis Lecture in Michigan)
YouTube video by Give Them An Argument w/Ben Burgis
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.reuters.com/legal/govern... via @reuters.com
reuters.com
Republicans are making Muslims a campaign issue in the 2026 US midterms
Republican Vice President JD Vance called Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim and a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, "very, very evil" at a rally last week, accusing him of defending terrorism b...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.404media.co/flock-taught... via @jasonkoebler.bsky.social & @404media.co
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Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters
A Flock webinar teaches police how to surveil protests, fireworks shows, parades, bike races, and more.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"The idea of enough is alien to capitalism, which respects no limit." -- Wendell Berry, foreword to 50th anniversary edition of 'The Unsettling Of America', 2026 www.counterpointpress.com/books/the-un... via @catapultbooks.bsky.social
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The Unsettling of America (50th Anniversary Edition)
A landmark work of environmental writing that powerfully argues that our estrangement from the land through industrial farming is a cultural and spiritual crisis—now presented in a beautiful …
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“We saw this before with Catholics in the 19th century. Like, 'Oh, Catholics are going to abide by whatever the pope says, and they’re not going to follow the Constitution', right?” -- Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, professor at the Danforth Center religionnews.com/2026/08/31/m... via @rns.org
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What is sharia? Muslims and Texas Republicans have very different answers
(RNS) — Islamic scholars and Muslim Texans say fear and political opportunism distort the meaning of sharia.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
youtu.be/cglOCLUw9_0 via @skepchick.org
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We Should Be More Worried About El Niño
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
weatherwest.com/archives/43880 via @weatherwest.bsky.social
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Special update: Rising odds of a strong-to-historic El Niño event in 2026, with growing likelihood of significant regional-to-global scale impacts - Weather West
June 11, 2026 - Daniel Swain - A quick refresher: What is El Niño and how can it affect global weather patterns? El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a semi-regular re...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"When SpaceX went public as one of the ten largest firms in the United States, it could be virtually assured of a government bailout were it ever to falter." www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/elon... via @quinnslobodian.com & @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #TooBigToFail #EconomicRoyalists
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How the Tech Lords Hacked the Firm
Quinn Slobodian explains how a new generation of corporate founders has overthrown shareholder democracy in the United States.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Across the country, farmers and rural residents describe struggling to obtain the basic services the Agriculture Department is meant to offer, including loans and grants, technical assistance, and financing for housing and utilities." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u... via @nytimes.com
nytimes.com
Farmers Struggle to Get Basic Services From Depleted Agriculture Dept.
After the departure of thousands of federal workers, rural communities report problems obtaining loans, grants, technical assistance and support for infrastructure and other services.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"For decades a narrative has dominated: Democrats formed the New Deal coalition by attracting Northern white working-class voters. Then in the 1960s the party lost their support... There are significant problems with the narrative". journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... via @journals.sagepub.com
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The Democrats Loss of the White Working Class: Another Look at the Evidence - Jeffrey M. Stonecash, 2025
For decades a narrative has dominated interpretations of American politics. Democrats formed the New Deal coalition by attracting northern white working-class v...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
substack.com/home/post/p-... via @kedseconomist.com
substack.com
Who is America's Working Class
And what economic policy do they need
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
apnews.com/article/trum... via @apnews.com
apnews.com
US set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say
The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
kutkutx.studio/category/aft... via @kutnews.bsky.social
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After the Flood Archives - KUT & KUTX Studios - Podcasts
In the early morning hours of July 4th 2025, floodwaters tore through the Texas Hill Country. At least 130 people died, many of them children. For the last 12 months reporters from The Texas Newsroom ...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"As the second Trump administration guts environmental regulation, rejects proposed renewable energy, and accelerates the leasing of public lands for extraction, is there any 'climate movement' to speak of?" www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/w... via @kaibosworth.bsky.social & @versobooks.bsky.social
versobooks.com
Where is the U.S. climate movement?
In the United States, there is a pervasive sense that the once-ascendent climate movement is in disarray or has even disappeared. The prior decade saw the actions and ambitions of climate activism bec...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"When liberal and conservative think tanks measure the economic effects of migration and produce policy papers advocating for one position or another, ... these studies present the human figure of the migrant as an arithmetical representation on a balance sheet". brooklynrail.org/2026/04/fiel...
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Prison and Port: Lineaments of Migrant Detention in South Texas | The Brooklyn Rail
In April 2025, acting director of ICE Todd Lyons obscenely declared that the agency must handle deportations as Amazon does package delivery. This promise is becoming a reality. In early 2026, DHS pur...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“Legal immigrants enrich our nation and strengthen our society in countless ways. I want people to come into our country in the largest numbers ever, but they have to come in legally.” -- Donald Trump, State Of The Union, 2019 www.forbes.com/sites/stuart... via @forbes.com
forbes.com
Trump Officials Now Restricting All Legal Immigration Categories
Recent immigration policies of the Trump administration affect American citizens sponsoring family members and employers seeking workers as the economy has slowed down.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown called it 'the worst natural disaster our region has faced'." www.reuters.com/sustainabili... via @reuters.com
reuters.com
NEWSLETTER: Thousands evacuate Washington wildfires
Hello,
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Eight of the biggest oil companies amassed profits of more than $90 billion in just three months as the Iran conflict sent energy prices soaring and the emissions-fueled climate crisis caused deadly heatwaves." www.theguardian.com/business/ng-... via @dpcarrington.bsky.social & @theguardian.com
theguardian.com
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.leftanchor.com/e/a-biden-cl... via @leahstokes.bsky.social & @leftanchor.bsky.social
leftanchor.com
A Biden Climate Retrospective - 397 | Left Anchor
Joe Biden was the best American president on climate change by maybe three orders of magnitude. Yet it didn't cement a Kamala Harris victory in 2024, and Trump has since rolled back most of Biden's si...
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"A Sterling resident who lives just 150 yards from the data center could feel the diesel in his lungs almost immediately." www.sierraclub.org/sierra/why-h... via @sierraclub.org
sierraclub.org
Why Heat and Data Centers Could Be a Deadly Combo
Emergency power for data centers could pollute the air when people are at their most vulnerable
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"72.7% of cities are losing their greenery, and areas with the hottest air temperatures in the city are consistently losing a greater proportion of their greenery than their cooler counterparts." www.nature.com/articles/s42... via @nature.com
nature.com
The hottest areas in U.S. cities are losing the most greenery - npj Urban Sustainability
npj Urban Sustainability - The hottest areas in U.S. cities are losing the most greenery
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#ClimateChange #Wildfires #ExtremeHeat #IPCC #HurricaneHarvey #DataCenters #IranWar #BenjaminFranklin #ActOnClimate
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Sources continued: @deceleration.news @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social @dataforprogress.org @edmarkey.bsky.social @rokhanna.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social @titonka.bsky.social @tomkbowman.bsky.social @npr.org.
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Kevin Sanchez @captswing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.sacurrent.com/news/bad-tak... Sources: @apnews.com @borenbears.bsky.social @the-independent.com @nws.noaa.gov @cbsnews.com @kevinclimate.bsky.social @aaronjbastani.bsky.social @novaramedia.com @economist.com @agu.org @elpais.com @nationalacademies.org @commondreams.org.
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Climate change isn't the new normal. What we’re experiencing now is just the beginning.
Smoke from recent wildfires rolls over a Spanish highway. Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. Good thing climate change is a hoax or we'd be in
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