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Colette St Mary

@colettestm.bsky.social
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Biologist; Mother; Mosaic Artist

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats. It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft. Know the truth.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/07/2025
Obama’s decision to order a review of the evidence of Russian hacking in early December 2016 wasn’t some bizarre whim explicable only by a plot to sabotage his Republican successor by portraying him as a Kremlin puppet.
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Gabbard Garbles 2016 ‘Russiagate’ Intelligence
Her memo is smoke and mirrors—but it boosts both MAGA and Kremlin narratives.
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Colette St Mary @colettestm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
"Save The NSF" - a little blogpost I wrote to amplify the #SaveTheNSF mission. The National Science Foundation is one of the world’s premier funders of basic science research; proposed federal cuts would derail how we do science in the U.S. aguidetoacademia.blogspot.com/2025/07/save...
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Save the NSF
The National Science Foundation is one of the world’s premier funders of basic science research (i.e. the fundamental di...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
This week, Trump is pushing Texas to rig its 2026 congressional maps and the Supreme Court is quietly helping him dismantle our government. But people are fighting back. From the “Shadow Docket” to gerrymandering, the truth is coming to light. Read more here:
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This Week In The Big Picture
Donald Trump knows very well that if Democrats retake the House in the 2026 midterms, his presidency will essentially come to a screeching halt.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Ummm... what now?!
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Dr. Oz Slammed For Tone Deaf Health Advice For Americans On Medicaid And Medicare
He said what now?
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Truthout @truthout.org · 16/07/2025
The devastation in Texas became the first major disaster to expose the grave effects of Trump’s extensive disinvestment from disaster resilience programs — and his administration’s newest food and hunger policies.
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Trump’s Funding Cuts Force Food Banks to Ration Meals for Texas Flood Survivors
Texas already leads the nation in hunger rates with more than 5 million residents facing food insecurity.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
We got another massively consequential ruling from the Supreme Court this week, this one allowing Trump's dismantling of the Department of Education. But why is nobody talking about it? Because the ruling came down on the Court's so-called "Shadow Docket."
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Dismantling It All With A Whisper
The Supreme Court’s “Shadow Docket” is letting the Trump White House burn it all down
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2025
I have never heard of lawyers being allowed anonymity, anywhere
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here's what they say" by @borenbears.bsky.social for @apnews.com: abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
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EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here's what they say
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly ...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This is insane. I’m trying to think what the reaction would have been if Mayorkas, DHS Secretary under Biden, had got his security folks to manhandle and shove Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz in this way.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 12/06/2025
“Covid-19 deniers, skeptics and outright anti-vaccine individuals.” Meet the government's new vaccine advisors. Story by @sherylnyt.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/4462vqO
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RFK Jr. Announces Eight New Members of CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel
The health secretary promised not to pick “anti-vaxxers.” But some public health leaders accused him of breaking his word.
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Colette St Mary @colettestm.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Wow! And who does this GOP admin accuse of threatening their political opponents
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Every President Since Lyndon Johnson Has Recognized the Security Risks of Climate Change. Then Came Trump. My article on this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Every president since Lyndon Johnson has recognized the security risks of climate change. Then came Trump.
Turning a blind eye will only make the United States weaker.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Senate Republicans promised to keep the filibuster after winning back the chamber in November. Now they’re rapidly moving to kill it—shattering a precedent they defended vociferously for four years under Biden. And once they’ve crossed the Rubicon, there’s no going back. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Senate Republicans Are Poised to Deal a Shattering Blow to the Filibuster
Throughout the 2024 campaign, GOP senators shouted from the rooftops that they would preserve the tactic if they won back the chamber. Whoops.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/05/2025
The GOP "Big Beautiful" budget achieved its goal: tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk. How did they afford it? By slashing benefits, gutting social programs, and raising taxes on the working class. Call (202) 224-3121 to tell your Rep this bill is bullshit.
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
'First we're hearing': Sneaky additions shock Republicans debating their own bill www.rawstory.com/gop-bill-267...
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'First we're hearing': Sneaky additions shock Republicans debating their own bill
Top House Republicans were caught off guard by some of the provisions in their massive budget bill as the process to get it ready for passage began, Politico reported on Wednesday.The bill, which is m...
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🧪 Key correction directly from the source: @alondra.bsky.social did not resign from the National Science Board due to a "policy disagreement" (if so, that would have been resignation in Jan). Was due to a "profound breakdown in governance, transparency, and accountability at NSF" in her own words.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I will never forget that the week Qatar decided to bribe the president of the United States with a plane, CNN decided to focus on the age and health of an ex-president. Shame.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
A national school voucher program got a step closer to becoming law Wednesday. The proposal in the U.S. House would allocate $5 billion a year in tax credits for people donating to organizations that provide private and religious school scholarships.
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Sweeping private school voucher program tucked inside U.S. House GOP tax bill • Ohio Capital Journal
A national school voucher program got a step closer to becoming law Wednesday. The proposal in the U.S. House would allocate $5 billion a year in tax credits for people donating to organizations that…
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Cameron Hamilton, the acting head of FEMA, has been pushed out as DOGE moves to disband the entire agency. It’s looking like RIP FEMA.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
"See if you've got an event near you. If you don't, congratulations! You are going to be the organizer for an event in your community." Indivisible's Ezra Levin anticipates a significant amount of involvement in the "No Kings" protests on June 14th. @indivisible.org @ezralevin.bsky.social
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 05/05/2025
NEW: The autism research registry hasn't actually been walked back. It is still happening -- HHS is just calling it a “real-world data platform.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘A slippery slope to eugenics’: advocates reject RFK Jr’s national autism database
US health secretary claims data will be used for research but has not addressed privacy concerns and potential misuse
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
🧪 BOOM: The AAU, ACE, APLU, and 13 universities just filed suit today against NSF for slashing to 15% indirect rates. Full compliant: www.aau.edu/sites/defaul... Updates: www.aau.edu/resources-aa... A similar group of plaintiffs won a *permanent* injunction against a similar change at NIH.
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two little girls are dancing on a stage and one of them is telling the other to tell her .
Alt: Wwo little girls are dancing on a stage and one of them is telling the other to tell her.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
May 5, 2025
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On his social media feed yesterday evening, President Donald J.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/02/2025
"Don’t speak out. Don’t stand up. Don’t apply your principles consistently. Just go along with the party and you’ll keep your job. This is a dereliction of duty by a Senate required under the Constitution."
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Senate Republicans Perfect the Art of Appeasement
In giving Trump basically everything he wants, they have defined deviancy down.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Like clockwork, MAGA media tries to explain away the anger at GOP townhalls by saying Indivisible orchestrated all of it. They're scared. Keep pushing. freebeacon.com/media/mainst...
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Red-District DOGE Protests, Cited As Proof of Broad Musk 'Backlash,' Were Organized By Left-Wing Groups
When angry voters confronted Rep. Rich McCormick over DOGE at a town hall held in the Georgia Republican's deep-red district, the New York Times, Washington Post, and CBS News cited the scene as proof...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 25/02/2025
According to the analysis, 417 of the 1,125 contracts that are listed as having recently been canceled account for agreements that have “already been fully obligated.” In other words, the payments on those contracts have already been made, meaning that canceling them won’t result in any savings.
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Analysis Shows Nearly 4 in 10 Contracts Ended by “DOGE” Net No Real Savings
Meanwhile, DOGE’s budget has doubled since the start of February, and Trump has spent millions in tax dollars on golf.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/02/2025
"This idea—that the best way to manage a murderous bully is to assuage him—is the kind of rosy nonsense conservatives used to mock."
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Republicans Follow Trump in Selling Out Ukraine
Ten distortions from GOP politicians who should know better about Russia, Putin, and NATO.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 25/02/2025
The research estimates that it would take a combined 15 million workers earning the average global income a full year to earn the same amount of money that around 2,800 billionaires added to their collective net worth last month alone.
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Wealth of the World’s Billionaires Surged by $10 Billion Per Day in January
An economist warns that the breakneck speed of extreme wealth growth is putting more power into the hands of a tiny few.
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Colette St Mary @colettestm.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Sigh. This is a very sad move for medical research
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Truthout @truthout.org · 26/02/2025
Republican Rep. Andy Ogles introduced a resolution to impeach the federal judge who required federal agencies to restore content removed from websites for the CDC and the FDA. It is the 3rd action by Republicans this month against federal judges presiding over challenges to Trump’s executive orders.
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Elon Musk Calls for Impeachment of Judges Who Oppose Trump Policies
A civil rights attorney said that the impeachment filing is “naked political retaliation.”…
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 26/02/2025
The Trump administration has fired 400 FAA workers in the past week. www.axios.com/local/chicag...
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Near-miss at Midway Airport sparks fresh concerns over air travel safety
A Southwest Airlines plane was landing when a smaller Flexjet plane crossed the runway.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 26/02/2025
21 staffers resigned from DOGE saying that they refuse to use their expertise to “compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans’ sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services.” “We will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGE’s actions,” the group wrote.
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Staffers Resign En Masse From DOGE, Refusing to Help Musk “Dismantle” Services
“We will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGE’s actions,” the staffers wrote.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/02/2025
Republicans just voted to take your money and give it to billionaires. It’s not enough that House Republicans are enabling Trump and Elon Musk’s outrageous power grab. Now they’re selling out everyday Americans so that Trump, Musk, and their billionaire allies can get even richer.
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House Adopts Republican Budget That Calls For Medicaid Cuts
Lobbying by President Donald Trump himself helped sway Republican holdouts.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
BREAKING: Office of Special Counsel Finds Many DOGE Firings Unlawful with Major Implications for the Future of the DOGE Purge and Potential Jeopardy for Those Who Executed DOGE's Orders talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-d...
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BIG: DOGE Firings Found Unlawful by Office of Special Counsel
There was a very important development today, still only little noted in...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/02/2025
NEW: A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administration and elected officials keep relying on it?
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The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers
A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administration and elected officials keep relying on it?
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
🚨If YOU live in 1 of these REPUBLICAN districts, these are the MOST vulnerable R's whose seats will be FLIPPED next year if they vote YES to cut Medicaid. Please CALL your representative the vote is TOMORROW & help SAVE this program. YOUR voice does matter and does make a DIFFERENCE. 202-224-3121.🚨
🚨If YOU live in 1 of these REPUBLICAN districts, these are the MOST vulnerable R's whose seats will be FLIPPED next year if they vote YES to cut Medicaid.

Please CALL your representative the vote is TOMORROW & help SAVE this program. YOUR voice does matter and does make a DIFFERENCE. 202-224-3121.🚨 - CBPP Reported. Social Security Works put together this list (thank you from the bottom of my heart) And thank you to all that make your voices heard and pick up the phone or send an email!
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
February 24, 2025
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February 24, 2025
Three years ago today, a massive influx of Russian troops crossed into Ukraine to join the troops that had been there since the 2014 invasion.
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 25/02/2025
Each year we celebrate remarkable ecologists in our BES awards🏆 Categories cover the breadth of experiences and career stages, so let us know which ecologists inspire you! Make your nominations by 7 April  www.britishecologicalsociety.org/be…
Recognising ecologists whose work has benefitted society and advanced our understanding of the natural world.

Do you know an inspiring ecologist worthy of our awards?
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
If the Democrats bail out Mike Johnson on ANY spending bill, they deserve the utter political destruction coming their way. Some are already falling for the "but we'll get blamed for shutting down the government" b.s. Have you learned NOTHING? Not. One. Vote.
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David Fenton @dfenton.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Russia wooing dirty energy companies to raise global temperatures and sea levels. Hey @nytimes.com this story has not one mention of the climate consequences of further oil development, which the @iea.org has clearly said is incompatible with a stabile, livable climate.
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Russia Is Wooing Western Energy Companies, but Will They Return?
Industry experts say Western companies will need to weigh potential access to oil and gas riches against political risks and other hazards of doing business in Russia.
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Colette St Mary @colettestm.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
When they say the quiet part out loud, believe them
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