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Steph

@observingangel.bsky.social
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Proud Mom of 2 adult LGTBQ humans & 1 were-cat COVID is never going to be over. Climate change may be the death of all. Biology/Botany/Geology and weirdly enough, Accounting? My youngest thinks I'm a reptilian overlord & we're both artists.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The "Cameraphone" was a revolutionary portable wooden gramophone manufactured in the 1920s, mostly coming out of Germany and Great Britain. Designed to look precisely like a folding box camera of the era, it was the 1920s equivalent of a portable music player. IG: @popmania.es
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My aunt, the doctor, told me a new joke. She asked: How can you tell we’re already living in the world of Blade Runner? I said I did not know. So she answered. Because it seems almost everyone is failing the empathy test. And then neither of us laughed.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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Iron Ring - Wikipedia
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World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Prior infection doesn’t guarantee protection from getting COVID again. Reinfections can happen, and every new infection is another opportunity to develop Long COVID. Reducing the number of times we’re infected still matters. #COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir
World Health Network graphic on a black background with white and bright pink text. Large headline reads: “More exposure doesn’t equal better protection.” Supporting text reads: “Getting COVID doesn’t protect you from getting it again. Repeated COVID infections create repeated opportunities for developing Long COVID.” The top includes “whn.global” and the World Health Network tagline, “Science for a safer, healthier world.”
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Forbes @forbes.com · 24/09/2026
The move comes after he was kicked off Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour for making pro-Palestine comments on stage.
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Macklemore Launches 3-Stop 'Free Palestine' Tour After Ed Sheeran Controversy
The move comes after he was kicked off Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour for making pro-Palestine comments on stage.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New — I had the opportunity to see NAZA, the documentary freaking out the Israeli government because of its horrifying firsthand descriptions of the way the IDF has used AI to target and massacre Palestinian civilians. My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:
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I saw the documentary the Israeli government doesn’t want you to see
'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump admin is ignoring court orders. Biden admin let the parliamentarian kill a minimum wage hike. If it weren’t so destructive, the lopsided aggressiveness of the parties would be comical.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A Thiel-Altman-&-Andreessen backed “network state” called Praxis is planning a tech colony in Uruguay & has a nonbinding deal w/ a development led by a former advisor to Javier Milei. Located a short ferry ride from Argentina, the move aligns w/ the “Tech Bros”’ increasing interest in the region. 1/
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hannah Einbinder was just arrested protesting Benjamin Netanyahu's safe passage into New York and the genocide of Palestinians. Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon, and Chelsea Manning are among those currently blocking the road
Chelsea Manning among others at the protest against genocide and Netanyahu's visit
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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What blows me away about the people that are doing some of the horrifying things in the world is that, when faced with public censure and condemnation on a large scale, they smile. It's quite clear that they don't care what other people think at all. Have no shame or embarrassment.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An ICE official desposed for this case was so evasive during a deposition that the judge declared her not credible. At one point, when asked to give a rough estimate of how many people were being held at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC in June 2025, she responded with "there's no such thing as an average."
Despite these facts, ICE officials – particularly Zanello – at other points in this case have attempted to downplay the level of overcrowding that existed during the summer of 2025. As the day-to-day supervisor of the tenth-floor hold rooms who was present on the tenth floor on at least most days from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., she was quite evasive about how many people generally were held there at a time. [see Footnote 114 in next image] 

She would not provide even an estimate. In addition to her unbelievable claims that she could not recall approximately how many people were being held at any given time and that there is no such thing as an average number of people who were being heldFootnote 114: (“Q. Over the summer of 2025 while you were there . . . there were often 100 people held on the [tenth-]floor hold rooms at a time. Right? A. I would have to look at the day. Q. What is your best recollection as you sit here of the average number of people who [were] being held in the [tenth-]floor hold rooms in July 2025? A. There is no average that you can provide . . . . [T]he best I could do was a high and a low. Q. Okay. What’s the high and the low? A. I don’t know. Q. . . . [L]et’s take one time period each day. Let’s take noon . . . . What is your best recollection of how many people were being held there at noon in July? A. . . . . I would have to look at a specific date and time to give you that number . . . . Q. Okay. I’m asking you how many people do you recollect being held? A. It depends on the day. I would have to look at the day. Q. But you have no recollection of what the numbers were like as you sit here today under oath? A. It could have been zero. It could have been max. I don’t know. I would have to look at the day. Q. Okay. Give me a rough estimate of one of the most crowded days you can remember? A. I would have to look at the day. I’m not going to guess on a number. Q. Fair to say that at times there were more than a hundred people at a time? A. I would have to look at the day . . . . Q. But sitting here today you cannot even give a rough estimate of how many people were there? . . . . [A.]Footnote 14 continued.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
Concocting a theory that Republicans are going to Save The World Actually by repeatedly tripping over their dicks until it’s prohibitively expensive to do anything but lower our collective carbon footprints.
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With regards to beef prices, have you ever tried a veggie burger?
They're actually really good. A little lettuce, tomato, pickles, a portobello mushroom, slice of Swiss cheese. Excellent.Jay @ the deep dive @thedeepdive.bsky.social
US Energy Secretary says Americans need to drive less to achieve lower gas prices.
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* US ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT SAYS DIESEL EXPORT BAN WOULD NOT WORK
* WRIGHT SAYS US DIESEL EXPORT BAN WOULD RAISE GASOLINE AND JET FUEL
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@reuters.com $XOM $CVX $OSX
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Department of Health in Florida has confirmed the state’s first death from dengue fever this year, and though you will hear that the victim was not young or healthy, please remember: in this era of plagues none of us is as young and healthy as we like to think.
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Michael Olesen @molesen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As a former UHG/UHC/Optum employee, I can't express just how much I loved takedown of them. I have one medication that has traditionally cost me about $40/mo. My current agency uses OptumRx, now it's $900/mo. May the board all get explosive diarrhea. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1pX...
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UnitedHealthcare & UnitedHealth Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Incredible scoop. Corruption like this should sink Collins.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The road to hell is paved with insecure beta male bureaucrats who are scared of what they are too incurious to understand & too dumb to change. Alas. They are adept at administrative abuse. Let's end a bloodless coup by an IRL Dilbert character. Vote! rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/russell-vo...
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Russell Vought Doesn’t Care Who Dies, Including You
If the OMB Director doesn’t destroy science to fund fascism, it won’t be for lack of trying
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Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
*** Ontario Virus Update | Sep 21 *** Hospitalizations due to COVID decreased from 45 to 39 in the last update. Influenza hospitalizations increased from 13 to 30 and RSV remained stable at 1. 🧵1/ #Ontario #Virus #COVID #Hospital #Wastewater
This stacked bar chart displays weekly new hospitalizations in Ontario specifically attributed to COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV. The data tracks the fluctuating volume of patients over time, highlighting seasonal surges and the relative contribution of each respiratory virus to the overall healthcare burden.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Spielberg is demonstrating he understands airborne infection and how to mitigate it! He’s outside at the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and he’s wearing a KN95! A good respirator protects you and those around you. Covid is not over and a mask is a great way to stay healthy.
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Louise @louiseplease.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes, we are suffering from battle fatigue but we will win this war.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
No major TV network will be showing Trump cutting the ribbon on his new White House helipad today. C-SPAN also just said it's out.
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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just watched this video of an octopus learning to play on the piano and it's actually cool as hell. youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
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I taught an octopus piano then played guitar with him
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026
ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
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Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
NEW: The Trump Administration is planning to slash human subject research regulations by redefining informed consent. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trump-plan...
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Trump Plans to Redefine Informed Consent for Human Research Subjects
The Department of Health and Human Services has noticed a forthcoming rule on the OMB regulatory information site to redefine what undue influence means for vulnerable human research subjects
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?
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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's that time of the year again where the roads get a wee bit bizarre. Just in the last few days, I watched, for the first time ever, as the car in front of me decided to pass the car ahead of them on a curve with an oncoming car. Did they speed off? No. All of us were obeying the speed limit.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gas prices hit $4.46 a gallon today — a gain of 17 cents over the previous week and $1.26 higher than the same point last year. Diesel prices are up more than $2.74 from a year ago. Families, farmers, and truckers are all getting squeezed. Meanwhile...
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A real problem with concerns about oil prices spiking even more than they already have is that people cannot do anymore to mitigate increased costs. There's already been mass layoffs, SNAP cuts, plus higher energy and food prices. The unnecessary US-Canada trade war. People are exhausted.
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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Casual Restorer's moment of hubris: Got my hands on a clock from the 50s that needed some internal work and resetting of the hands. No problem. Except for one thing... It's a radium clock. I honestly should've known that by the color of the hands but I was thrilled that it still was ticking...
1950s Big Ben Style 7 by Westclox with a black face, brass ring, black metal back and radium face and handsNumber 10 glowing under blacklight from a blacklight pen.
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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Why would billionaires ever have a problem with Macklemore? #fuckedup youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4?...
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MACKLEMORE - fucked up (official video)
YouTube video by Macklemore
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 16/09/2026
tfw you're so unpopular that people are disgusted by your attempt to bribe them
Screenshot of a tweet by the "Political Polls" account, dated 15 September 2026. It reads: "New - $5,000 Trump dividend. Oppose 63%. Approve 17%. Ipsos - A - 9/14"
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Canadian study of nearly 9,000 adults looked at repeat COVID infections. Researchers found that people who reported having COVID at least twice had 76% higher odds of being diagnosed with a new health condition, across 21 conditions studied, compared with those who reported never being infected.
medicaldaily.com
Adults with Two or More COVID Infections Had 76% Higher Odds of a New Diagnosis in Canadian Survey
A Canadian survey tied repeat COVID-19 infections to 76% higher odds of a new diagnosis. Here is what it shows and what it cannot prove.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026
I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Headline: "US Data Centers Set to Burn More Natural Gas Than Most Nations" above a photo of natural gas compressor towers, power lines and a crane at an industrial site, illustrating rising gas use tied to data centers.News excerpt reporting that U.S. data centers’ natural gas use is expected to grow by 15 billion cubic feet per day by 2035—amounting to more gas than every country except China, Russia, Iran and the U.S., citing the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Can't add this one to the spotify list we've been creating because it's not on Spotify.... That's fucked up. It's all fucked up. youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4?...
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MACKLEMORE - fucked up (official video)
YouTube video by Macklemore
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 28/08/2026
shut it down
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James Andrew Smith @drsmith.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Clean the air in our classrooms! Turn the air cleaners on. Provide respirators to everyone.
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How to make a safe conference about Long Covid and Post-acute viral infections? 😊 All rooms have air filters, plenty of masks available and we are monitoring the air quality all the time. #LongCovid #PAIS #ISLCPAIS2026
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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We just picked up some great burritos--pastor for me, lengua for K--from a food stand called Tacos El Fugoncita off of Hwy 99 in Tigard. Man working the grill was a master of burritos, grilling the cheese between the tortillas & the woman was sweet. Happy tummies!
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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
PDX people-- don't forget the lunar eclipse tonight!
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C̶͚̃a̵̯͠s̸͌͜s̷̜̎ả̵̻n̵̥͑d̸̓ͅr̶̦̽a̵̛̠ Complex̸̗́ @amorvincitomnia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
By golly, we gotta be Dolly
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Ryan Singh @singhisking.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A 2,000 foot chunk of glacier snapped off and dropped 4,000 feet in Nepal. The flash flood killed 98 people. 391 tourists are missing. 47 Americans unaccounted for. 19 bridges gone. This isn't a natural disaster. This is climate breakdown.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Peter Thiel was supposed to come back to Argentina to speak at a “Winds of Change” event, but apparently just dropped out. Meanwhile, protestors dressed as Gandalf from Lord of the Rings protested Thiel & Palantir outside Thiel’s mansion in Argentina. 1/
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Peter Thiel dropped out of the Winds of Change event
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“Speaking on a panel at Heritage Foundation’s 2024 Weaponization of Government Symposium,” Moms for Liberty’s Tiffany Justice “thanked Heritage & its president Kevin Roberts for being ‘amazing partners since we started Moms for Liberty.’” (The GOP & too many journalists call this “grass roots”) 1/
buckscountybeacon.com
ANALYSIS: Setting the Record Straight on ‘Parent-Led’ Groups Attacking Public Schools - Bucks County Beacon
What journalists often describe as “grassroots organizations” are really obedient franchisees of the extremist right wing, write Maurice Cunningham and Jeff Bryant.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Now that we’re on the cusp of an anti-cancer mRNA vaccine, it’s worth remembering all the right-wing fear-mongering about the tech. Like NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya going on Steve Bannon’s podcast the day after an anti-vaxxer shot up the CDC to say the mRNA platform was “no longer viable.”
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NIH Director Spreads Vaccine Misinformation One Day After CDC Shooting
Jay Bhattacharya called to end the mRNA platform on Steve Bannon’s War Room.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Jon Ossoff tells Lawrence O’Donnell: “It’s been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week. And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults — public officials, paid by the taxpayer, with immense power in positions of public trust… No one cares about their feelings.”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A win! A federal appeals court upheld an EPA rule requiring polluters to help pay for cleaning up toxic PFAS “forever chemicals,” rejecting an industry challenge to the rule. This keeps the financial burden where it belongs on the companies responsible for the pollution!
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#01208678639 in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of Americ v. EPA (D.C. Cir., 24-1193) – CourtListener.com
PETITIONER BRIEF [2083600] filed by Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and National Waste & Recycling Association in 24-1193, Institut...
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