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Davina Duerr

@davina425.bsky.social
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Mom who cares about kids, kindness, climate change and the common good. Let’s build more housing and stronger communities. Views are my own. WA State Rep. for the 1st Dist. who also loves her e-bike.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING WaPo: JD Vance and admin officials are set to announce that they're removing hundreds of thousands of people from Affordable Care Act coverage — claiming that they were fraudulently enrolled in the program, according to three people with knowledge of the forthcoming announcement.
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Trump officials plan to cut hundreds of thousands from ACA, claiming fraud
Vance targeted ACA enrollment as part of a broader administration crackdown on suspected fraud.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"
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Davina Duerr @davina425.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is not an Onion article.
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Davina Duerr @davina425.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Sad news on Labor Day.
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Davina Duerr @davina425.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day! Here’s a little labor movement history.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/09/2026
jesus
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Davina Duerr @davina425.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Land use policy is climate policy.
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Davina Duerr @davina425.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Appliance efficiency standards is one of the easiest ways to save energy. There is a looming energy crisis coming because of data centers, and the difficulty in permitting and building energy projects; this is ill advised.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Gary, Indiana residents have been without power for ten days. Here’s how you can help.
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Gary Residents Have Been Without Power For 10 Days. Here's How You Can Help
A South Side business is offering free laundry service for storm-affected Gary families, while another fundraiser is collecting money for essentials as some residents face a second week without electr...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There it is. While you struggle to afford groceries, or find any that are edible, and pay thousands more every year in gas, rent, utilities, childcare, and healthcare, they are laughing all the way to the bank. 
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/08/2026
BIg Beautiful Bill
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
BREAKING: In unusual 9PM Friday Federal Register filing, Postal Service finalizes regulation to deny delivery of mail-in ballots not matching addresses in database BUT says won't implement 'til court orders are lifted. #SCOTUS still quiet. Doc: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17238.pdf
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Davina Duerr @davina425.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 20/08/2026
In just a month, WA spent more than $207 MILLION battling 20 wildfires; some continue to burn. This is the devastating reality of the climate crisis.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
> @daveweigel.bsky.social
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Tyson Foods just settled a price-fixing lawsuit and has almost doubled its profits this year compared to last. Its CEO makes $34.5M — 798x more than his median employee. Remember this as it closes plants in Illinois and Utah, laying off 3,200 with little notice.
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Joslin workers describe tears, chaos after learning Tyson plant shutting down permanently
Tyson Foods is permanently closing its Joslin, Illinois beef plant, leaving more than 2,500 workers without jobs. The f
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Another interpretation, beyond preferences for a small-town "lifestyle," is that when cities don't allow growth (often because of faux-environmental concerns about individual trees on private lawns), growth pushes to the fringes where it impacts actual forests. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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While Seattle slows, the region’s fastest growth is on the fringes
Remote work is pulling growth away from the city and driving an exurban boom in fringe communities many Seattleites couldn't find on a map, writes FYI Guy.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 13/08/2026
This makes college more expensive for U.S. students.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 13/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: S&P 500 CEO pay jumps to record as Musk-inspired compensation plans spread reut.rs/4zli6l2
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EXCLUSIVE: S&P 500 CEO pay jumps to record as Musk-inspired compensation plans spread
Extraordinary corporate compensation deals for Elon Musk have opened the door ​for the CEOs of other S&P 500 companies to win huge paydays, a new study shows.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him. I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Japan is using piezoelectric floor tiles in busy areas like Shibuya and Tokyo Stations to convert footsteps into clean electricity. Original post
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Holy cow. Batteries are growing even faster than I imagined. heatmap.news/daily/batter...
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The U.S. Battery Industry Is Averaging 70% Annual Growth
This type of clean energy infrastructure is booming across the country.
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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
To all those who love to say that codes & regulations make good buildings "illegal," in good faith I invite you to submit public comments on the in-progress ICC Performance Code. Comment period is open through August: www.iccsafe.org/committees/i.... 1/
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ICC Performance Code (IS-ICCPC) 2027 ICC Performance Code Performance-based design has both advanced and grown in popularity over the past few decades, and many countries have successfully embraced pe...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The US economy shed 23,000 jobs in July in the latest sign of a cooling labour market, prompting traders to scale back bets on interest rate rises by the Federal Reserve. Friday’s figure from BLS was down from the downwardly revised 20,000 jobs added in June.
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US economy unexpectedly sheds 23,000 jobs in July
Lacklustre figure prompts traders to scale back bets on Fed rate rises
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million/year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bicycle, even in winter. That’s $300/person each year.” Safe bike infrastructure saves lives, AND money. Here’s the source @grist.org article
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One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
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Davina Duerr @davina425.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Anyone in Outlook have some n95 masks?
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Reuters @reuters.com · 06/08/2026
US judge orders Pentagon to lift wind project freeze reut.rs/4hjDvEE
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US judge orders Pentagon to lift wind project freeze
A U.S. judge on Thursday ​ordered the Pentagon to lift its freeze on reviewing proposed onshore wind projects, handing a defeat ‌to President Donald Trump, who has long disdained wind power.
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Davina Duerr @davina425.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is invaluable information for determining what to invest our state dollars into.
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Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"The whole case is a reminder of how directly the White House controls granular questions around grant-making, and how pettily it can wield that newfound power...'the government in these cases is absolutely terrified of discovery.'" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
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Trump Administration Has Repeatedly Confessed in Court to Withholding Money From Blue States
Late last year, Department of Justice (DOJ) officials agreed to make a...
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Just stuff you need for solar power. No big deal. bsky.app/profile/reut...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/07/2026
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,500 people in just over two months, and it is spreading much faster than previous outbreaks, the nation’s health ministry reported on Thursday.
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Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second-Deadliest Ever, and in Record Time
The disease has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, causing deaths faster than officials have ever recorded.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"In 2025 Washington state paid $69.3 billion more in federal taxes than it received back in funding." My latest for #Cascadia Journal: www.cascadia-journal.com/as-feds-hold...
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As feds hold back disaster funds to Cascadia, tax gap grows to $51 billion
This week the Trump administration denied two of five FEMA wildfire assistance requests from Oregon, which is confronting what will likely be the most destructive wildfire season in its history. More ...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/07/2026
As you canvas everything the war in Iran is fucking up, I bet you never even thought of this one! The ships idling in the strait are undergoing "biofouling," picking up all kinds of invasive organisms that they are going to spread everywhere once they're released.
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Ships stranded by war could cause marine ‘superspreader’ event, study warns
Scientists warn of unintentional risks from idle ships sitting for months in the Strait of Hormuz.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/07/2026
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Rob Saka has a proposed amendment to the SEPA bill on deck for tomorrow that would completely gut the bill, retaining the right of administrative appeal but requiring the hearing examiner to "expedite review" of those appeals. It really just gives them less time to do the same work.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The FDA has announced that 1.6 million eggs have been contaminated with salmonella, forcing a nationwide recall. Last year, the Trump administration scrapped regulations to limit salmonella and laid off hundreds of food safety inspection workers.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
ATLANTA (AP) — US surpasses 2025’s record-breaking tally for measles cases, with 2,318 cases and 5 more months left in the year.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Do you want reliable, science-based information on climate solutions? Without the hype, greenwashing, or BS? Then check out Project Drawdown — the world’s leading guide to science-based climate solutions. Follow them here! @projectdrawdown.bsky.social
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/07/2026
NEW: A woman who sexually abused a minor. Boxer Mike Tyson, who served time for rape. Both of these people successfully launched private schools that collected public money. As the voucher system grows more popular, few states have guardrails in place.
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Public Money Is Fueling an Explosion of Private Schools. States Often Don’t Care How They’re Run.
As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter
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AltReclamation 💦 @altreclamation.altgov.info · 24/06/2026
Let’s have a big round of applause for the former NOAA employees who launched Climate.us in response to the regime taking down the dot gov site. It takes a lot of work to build & launch a scientific federal site, & now this great resource lives on! 🌊 🌎 🌡️ @altnoaa.bsky.social
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Climate.us Home
independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 15/06/2026
14 Republican attorneys general are seriously arguing that medication abortion is a threat to America's waterways. It is as unhinged and insane as it sounds. These people will do or say anything to force women to stay pregnant. America's pro-choice majority needs to get LOUD.
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Republican attorneys general urge EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant
State officials, including Idaho’s AG Raúl Labrador, argue abortion medication is a ‘growing threat to the country’s waterways’
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
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Davina Duerr @davina425.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
You know you are living in the upside down when things get housed before people. Where can Seattle's ultrawealthy store their toys? Condos www.seattletimes.com/business/whe...
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New $1M ‘condos’ in Seattle will house people’s things, not people
Collectors of luxury cars and yachts may soon have a place to convene and showcase their possessions near the Ballard Locks.
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Abstract in scientific journal: "These results underscore the growing challenges of sustaining air quality progress as wildfires intensify under climate change." NASA press release: *no mention of climate change* science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-f...
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NASA-Funded Study Shows Wildfire Smoke’s Hidden Ozone Toll - NASA Science
Over the last decade, wildfires have worsened ground-level ozone pollution across much of the contiguous United States, creating unhealthy air far from active flames.
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Davina Duerr @davina425.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Breathtakingly wrong.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25/05/2026
Pope Leo XIV called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.
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Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity
Pope Leo XIV has called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 22/05/2026
Waymo suspends freeway rides, pauses Atlanta operations amid safety fixes reut.rs/3ReKjIN
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Waymo suspends freeway rides, pauses Atlanta operations amid safety fixes
Alphabet's Waymo said on Thursday it has suspended its robotaxi service on freeways in the United ​States and paused its operations in Atlanta, ‌Georgia as it updates software to improve performance around construction zones and flooded roadways.
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 14/05/2026
Population has risen again in Seattle, according to the latest US Census Bureau estimates. The city gained over 11,500 residents between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, reaching 784,777 residents. www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...
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Population Growth Holds Steady in Midsized Cities Amid Widespread Slowdown
Population growth held steady in midsized cities from 2024 to 2025 as many areas slowed, per Census Bureau Vintage 2025 Subcounty population estimates.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The IPCC says we must cut emissions 43% by 2030. The biggest 20 fossil fuel companies are increasing production 23% by 2030. Math doesn’t lie: their growth = our collective death warrant. Time’s almost up. Their greed is just getting started.
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