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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

From @murphycartoons.bsky.social "Every day the white Georgian columns on the campus oval resemble less the classic aspirations of an institution of higher learning and more the front porch of a southern plantation. Because that’s the goal. www.courier-journal.com/story/opinio...

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A UofL trustee did her job, so KY GOP made sure she got fired | Opinion

Sadiqa Reynolds was removed from the University of Louisville Board of Trustees due to GOP legislature's refusal to confirm her long-ago appointment.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

If God wants people to flourish, then God would also want humans to care for the Earth, says the Passionist Earth & Spirit Center founder: “You can’t flourish if the Earth doesn’t flourish because if the Earth becomes toxic, we become toxic.” insideclimatenews.org/news/3103202...

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Looking to Jesus and Buddha, a Kentucky Passionist Priest Finds Hope Amid an Enveloping Global Environmental Crisis - Inside Climate News

Father Joe Mitchell works to create a “new story” that recognizes the interconnectedness of people and nature.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Give this reporter a raise. He’s always digging up something nobody else has. Including this story about the Jefferson County Kentucky sheriffs race.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Where does the Kentucky Legislature want to take energy policy in Kentucky? For one, lawmakers are seeking to expedite the development of nuclear power, regardless of the cost, while inhibiting wind and solar and boosting coal, according to Tom Fitzgerald: kentuckylantern.com/2026/03/03/i...

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It's open season on KY ratepayers’ pocketbooks, while their voices are being silenced • Kentucky Lantern

Kentucky lawmakers consider proposals to benefit coal and nuclear industries at the expense of electrical utility ratepayers.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Ken Doctor: "We’d better open our eyes to how quickly the losses in authoritative national news are growing. These losses come at a time when the need for checks and balances in our wobbly and threatened republic has never been greater." www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/news...

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Newsonomics: Will national news shrink even faster than local news did?

"The sweep of changes we see has one main cause: the political effort to stifle robust national journalism."

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Saw a story in the Mountain State Spotlight today about WV doubling down on coal and paying a price for that. It harkened back to one I reported in 2018. Here's the new story: mountainstatespotlight.org/2026/03/03/r...

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As other states push back on rising power bills, West Virginia lawmakers double down on coal

While West Virginians struggle to pay their power bills, lawmakers are rejecting or tabling proposals to help.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

As humans continue to heat the planet with greenhouse gases, potentially locking the Earth into a “hothouse” trajectory, according to new research, scientists worry that nature won’t be able to keep up with climate change. How about a little assisted migration? insideclimatenews.org/news/0103202...

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Helping Trees—and a City—Outrace Climate Change - Inside Climate News

Arborists and land managers are trying “assisted migration” as global warming threatens livability in communities and the health of urban and rural forests.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

On one level, it’s hard to make sense of this story about AI and the power to monitor US citizens and independently launch deadly attacks. On the other, don’t we need some guard rails? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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The hypothetical nuclear attack that escalated the Pentagon’s showdown with Anthropic

Start-up Anthropic and the U.S. military are careening toward a clash over government use of artificial intelligence — and whether it should be allowed to kill.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Reporter Monroe Trombly at the @courierjournal.bsky.social finds immigrants held in Kentucky jails are filing a record number of lawsuits challenging their detention by ICE. And judges are often ruling in their favor. www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...

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ICE detainees seeking freedom slam Kentucky judges with petitions

Dozens of detainees held in county jails under federal contracts have turned to the courts in recent weeks, straining the system.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Wish I could go back in time and see what this looked like and experience it - trollies and commuter rail in Louisville 100 years ago.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The 1968 Tigers turned me into a baseball fan. Mickey Lolich was one of the reasons. Three complete game wins in that year's World Series - and a home run. The guy had a rubber arm, as they'd say. After his career, he ran a donut shop. He'd be in my Hall of Fame. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/s...

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Mickey Lolich, Detroit’s Hero of the 1968 World Series, Dies at 85

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

President Trump is now claiming that one reason he is pushing to acquire Greenland is that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a message he sent to Norway’s prime minister over the weekend. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...

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Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The new secret chambers, where lawmakers will meet with no access for the public except a few credentialed journalists?

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Nobody needs a mink coat but the mink- Felix, Christmas in Connecticut.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Bari Weiss had to know the criticism and damage to CBS News’ reputation when she spiked the prison story last minute. She must find the reaction useful to her. If so, she is intentionally blowing up CBS News. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

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‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

From @connorgiffin.bsky.social - Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman made false or unsupported claims about the science of climate change in letter to EPA. Basically, don't worry be happy about all the CO2: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...

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AG Coleman letter rejects climate change harm, claims 'net benefits' of emissions

In a letter, Russell Coleman and other attorneys general challenged the harms of climate change, which experts say are "beyond scientific dispute."

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

A team of the world’s best ice and climate researchers studied a handful of recently publicized engineering concepts for protecting Earth’s polar ice caps and found that none of them are likely to work. Via @bberwyn.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0909202...

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Geoengineering Won’t Save Us From Global Warming, New Study Says - Inside Climate News

New research by a team of top ice and climate scientists debunks some speculative technological climate fixes for preserving the polar ice caps.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent. I guess it wasn’t a ham sandwich. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

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Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

It’s #sej2024 and of course it includes a visit to a sewage treatment plant. But this one is unique: it treats Mexican and American sewage

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Good morning, PHX and #sej2025. I’ve got my two hard boiled eggs, bottle of water, some almonds, and a granola bar. This is early to rise, but we’re off to the border for a day long reporting tour.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

It’s off to #sej2025, my 31st. At this point, I feel sort of hardwired to attend. Looking forward to seeing old friends and new ones too. And to be inspired by journalists’ rising to the challenge of the day.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I know I’m on an unpaid sabbatical. But I couldn’t resist taking on this story, with my colleague, @dangearino.bsky.social, regarding “climate change religion.” One rabbi says the EPA administrator needs a refresher course in Jewish tradition. insideclimatenews.org/news/3103202...

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Faith Leaders Push Back After EPA Head Disparages Climate Action as ‘Religion’ - Inside Climate News

Jewish and Christian faith leaders responded to Lee Zeldin’s comments with “righteous anger” and called for policies that support a more just, livable world.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

These Kentucky lawmakers do not want the public to know what's going on with local police departments unless the police departments also want you to know. That's not transparency. www.courier-journal.com/story/news/p...

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Kentucky bill that could limit public access to law enforcement records speeding through legislature

The bill's prime sponsor, Rep. Chris Fugate, R-Chavies, said the legislation aimed to protect people involved in active investigations.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

"The bill threatens the water quality of many Kentucky rivers, streams, and tributaries and, as a result, would significantly compromise Kentucky’s groundwater," threatening 31,000 private use wells and at least 156 public water systems. www.courier-journal.com/story/news/p...

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Kentucky legislature moves to strip protections for groundwater, wetlands and some streams

State officials said a bill to remove regulations on water pollution "applies a machete to an issue that needs a scalpel, at a cost to Kentuckians."

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Tonight my Apple watch has carried weather alerts for rain, flooding, tornadoes, lightning and snow. Mostly I’m worried about the flooding.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Please follow Liam on this matter.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

With the president again defending plastic straws and promising to promote them, this is a good time to remember that sea turtle that got a plastic straw stuck in its head and this video that went viral. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wH8...

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Sea Turtle with Straw up its Nostril - "NO" TO SINGLE-USE PLASTIC

YouTube video by Sea Turtle Biologist

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I just read that Trump and Musk are shutting down environmental justice program at EPA and in the justice department. A year ago I wrote about 30 years of environmental justice work and what it meant to one EJ community. insideclimatenews.org/news/1102202...

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‘A Dream Deferred:’ 30 Years of U.S. Environmental Justice in Port Arthur, Texas - Inside Climate News

On the 30th anniversary of the first presidential executive order on environmental justice, a report from the fencelines in the booming Southeast Texas petrochemical corridor.

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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

It took way longer than it should have, but I am celebrating after figuring out how to delete in mass as opposed to 50 or 100 at a time the many many many thousands of old emails that were clogging my gmail account.

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