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Miranda Barrows

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
11-yo Andrés lived with his dad in Texas—but was deemed “unaccompanied” by ICE and sent to foster care. “They’re kidnapping people’s kids and keeping them in government custody,” a former Biden official told us. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 01/10/2026
The American people need to come together to stop the Trump-Lee-Capito Data Centers Everywhere bill, backed by the American Petroleum Institute, National Association of Manufacturers, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Natural Gas Council, and Information Technology Industry Council #energysky #greensky
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oh. Oh my.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
With the midterm elections shaping up to be a massive reckoning for the Republican Party, it's worth remembering that they had a fairly easy offramp from Trumpism in the immediate aftermath of the January 6th riot but they completely chickened out.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We literally created things like the UN to end that concept.
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
To skirt campaign finance laws and conceal the source of the funds, Navatek planned to funnel the donation through a shell company. The CEO wanted assurance that Collins would know where
the money came from. Reed confirmed that she would, the executive said - and that Navatek would get its government contracts.
After the Corner Bakery meeting, Navatek's CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica.
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Patrick Lovell The Producer @patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com · 22/09/2026
The Crypto Industry Aims to Crush One of Democrats’ Top Senate Candidates www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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The Crypto Industry Targets Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a Top Democratic Senate Candidate (Gift Article)
Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026
"'We have confirmation due to communication between Kate and Wilber that he’s in Pearsall for interrogation and still has the bullet lodged in his body. He’s received no pain medication and had to sleep on the floor.'"
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ICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in Austin
Rather than getting him medical help, they carted him off to an ICE detention complex—and the bullet is still in his back.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
6% of Republicans think climate change is a major problem, down from 13% in 2009 news.gallup.com/poll/708050/...
6% of Republicans think climate change is a major problem, down from 13% in 2009
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Again, ~every poll on ~every policy issue is like this. We’re “polarized” in the same way the family Thanksgiving table is “polarized.” It’s a comfortable way to avoid talking about a deeply uncomfortable reality because hard family conversations about the relatives are hard.
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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This should have been blasted in Maine and other places. www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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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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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
These 18 Democrats joined House Republicans in blocking a resolution to impeach Trump earlier this week. Rick Larsen represents a D+12 district. Also Clyburn???
Kathy Castor (FL-14) 
Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) 
Jim Clyburn (SC-06)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28) 
Don Davis (NC-01) 
Shomari Figures (AL-02)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02) 
Adam Gray (CA-13) 
Rick Larsen (WA-02) 
Susie Lee (NV-03) 
Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) 
Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) 
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) 
Josh Riley (NY-19) 
Hillary Scholten (MI-03) 
Darren Soto (FL-09) 
Tom Suozzi (NY-03)
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Americans did not declare independence from a king only to submit to the supremacy of a different court. @daphnarenan.bsky.social and I are in today’s Globe. Gift link:
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The Constitution belongs to ‘We the People,’ not nine justices - The Boston Globe
The Supreme Court was never meant to have the last word on self-government.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/09/2026
Trump Jr - who recently received a $620M defense contract - had his wedding bankrolled by a Putin associate. Guests of the wedding recently met with Zelensky to pressure him to give parts of Ukraine to Russia. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
We're just hurtling toward immense destruction & suffering & the entire US political class has agreed it's better not to talk about it. "Insanity" barely covers it.
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U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target
Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Excellent points here. The story shouldn't be how much money the US supposedly gets off of Trump's criming or how this is a "win" for Trump. The story is that Trump is criming!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
How authoritarian regimes evolve. A general tells his superior its best not to investigate rules violations that involve an ally of the President. The superior proceeds, is fired, and the general who advised killing the investigation is promoted in his place. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Before Hegseth fired him, top general was advised to drop Kid Rock probe
Gen. Randy George appeared troubled by the encounter with Gen. Chris LaNeve, the Army’s No. 2 officer now favored for the service’s top job, people familiar with the matter told The Post.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is diabolical. Trump appears ready to just start drilling for oil in an allied country, despite explicitly being told not to.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
So Trump is now saying the "ballroom" is actually "the desperately needed Military Center, required for the National Security of Washington, D.C., and our Country, itself" He's also extended soldiers in D.C. until Jan. 20, 2029, his last day It's impossible to not to imagine the very worst
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
OTD in 1974, President Richard Nixon announced he would resign the next day. He knew the House of Reps. would impeach him for his role in the Watergate cover-up and that the Senate would likely convict him. Members of his own party were willing to put country over party and remove him from office.
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President Nixon Announces Resignation
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Excerpt HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT in free newsletter, Sarah Kendzior, Covering Crime With Scandal https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/covering-crime-with-scandal
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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/08/2026
Nearly 5,000 National Guard troops are still on the streets of DC, costing taxpayers more than $3 million per day. It's a direct result of the district not being a state. DC statehood is essential to our democracy.
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Washington, D.C., Statehood is More Important Than Ever
Hundreds of thousands of Washington residents oppose the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A group of Democratic lawmakers have asked the Pentagon's official watchdog to open an investigation after WaPo revealed that 15 companies with investment from Trump's sons have garnered $3.2 billion in federal contracts, investments, and loans — most coming after Trump took office the second time.
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Lawmakers call for Pentagon probe of Trump family-backed companies
The letter to the Pentagon’s inspector general was prompted by reporting from The Post that startups affiliated with the president’s sons have won $3.2 billion in defense contracts.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 05/08/2026
On a private call, Todd Blanche said his goal was to make the "Dobbs decision permanent in every single state." This isn’t just a confirmation vote anymore—it’s a roll-call vote on which Senators endorse BANNING abortion in ALL 50 states. I’m voting NO.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 05/08/2026
That’s enough to build multiple new subway lines in every US city above a million people
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026
🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."
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Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
July 29, 2026
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July 29, 2026
Ariel Edwards-Levy of CNN reported today that a new CNN poll conducted by the public opinion research firm SSRS found that 70% of adult Americans disapprove of the way President Donald J.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is why Trump is so desperate to keep people from voting in November. If these numbers hold, it’s gonna be ugly.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
July 22, 2026
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“The Republican Party’s new favorite talking point is calling Democrats communists,” Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) said yesterday on the floor of the U.S.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This should be a lightbulb moment for Democrats: You are free to run on this platform because Republicans are going to accuse you of it whether you do or not!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 22/07/2026
Today on Volts: the US pays more per mile of public transit than almost any country in the world, thanks in part to federal planning, funding, & contracting rules that practically mandate inefficiency. I discuss how to change that with two authors of the "Transit Abundance Playbook."
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The US is terrible at building public transit. Here's how to get better.
A conversation with Will Poff-Webster of the Institute for Progress and Stephanie Pollack of the MIT Mobility Initiative.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 22/07/2026
Attacking civilian targets is a war crime, and Donald Trump is a war criminal. Impeachment. 25th amendment . Remove Trump from office now and end this war.

The White House
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"From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT..." - President Donald J. Trump
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 21/07/2026
Around 4:45 pm on the Senate floor today, @whitehouse.senate.gov will request unanimous consent on a resolution asking the Senate to agree to a “simple truth”: climate change portends a cascade of financial market collapses that would destabilize the national and global economies.
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
You might get sick of hearing this but if he keeps doing it I'm gonna keep saying it: this is an unconstitutional impoundment, violating both Congress' Article I spending authority and the 1974 Impoundment Control act, and immediately impeachable.
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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
In NYC, there will be big climate-fueled thunderstorms today that will probably flood lots of people. 😢 With rare exceptions, the msm won’t even mention climate change.🤦 It’s not from lack of climate people trying to get them to cover it. The msm may be the most broken part of society.🫣🧵
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Russell Vought should be impeached, and Stephen Miller can and should be impeached too. The Constitution does not limit the term “civil officer” to Senate appointed officers.
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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
But I read on the internet that the masses don’t care. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/07/2026
Hunter Biden responded to Donald Trump’s speech with a statement noting that Trump’s own newly declassified documents undermine years of false claims about the Biden family:
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Stop Trump/GOP/ICE/SCOTUS Reign of Terror Against America. @iampilgrim.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
GOP is no longer a legitimate political party; it has crossed the line into barbarism, Fascism, cruelty, murder, and inhumanity,
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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Today we painted Louisa’s Ghost Bike. It used to be Jessica Mink’s bike. Since 2015, I’ve created about 30 ghost bikes, but this one was the hardest to make so far. I couldn’t have done it without my best friend and brother Galen Mook. We Need Each Other. #NoMoreGhostBikes
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a graphic. @cnn.com $NVDA $TSLA $AEO
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 17/07/2026
Before the president gets on television tonight to peddle lies and conspiracy theories, here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen. We won, and he lost.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026
In March 2025, Trump met in the Oval Office with oil & gas executives. They listen their grievances and, on the spot, Trump leapt to address them. The executives were, in their own words, "stunned." Read these extraordinary excerpts. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/c...
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Miranda Barrows @mirandabarrows.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The company determined that installing a non-pipeline alternative like electrifying the homes with heat pumps wasn’t viable despite it costing about 20 percent less than a gas pipe replacement, according to its own calculations
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Ten communities in Massachusetts went ‘fossil fuel free.’ Then utilities spent $100M on natural gas infrastructure there.
As these municipalities are quickly finding out, moving off gas for new buildings doesn’t preclude the utilities from needing to spend tens of millions of dollars each year upgrading the existing gas ...
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