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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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AIPAC super PAC funded big-spending Illinois groups, as Democratic fights over Israel spread
AIPAC-aligned super PACs, which didn’t reveal the source of their funds until after the races, spent millions in recent Chicago-area primaries.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Meanwhile in the ongoing class war 300 billionaires families donated over "$3 billion -19% percent of all contributions in 2024 fed election Before Citizen United (2010) this was - 0.3% They gave ~ $10 million each, roughly equal to 100,000 typical political donors... not counting dark money...
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Posting this again in case anyone missed it. We need to purge AIPAC $ and stooges from Dem party Anyone who supports genocide elsewhere cannot be counted on to support people at home www.ms.now/opinion/dnc-...
ms.now
Opinion | The DNC reportedly found that Democrats erred on Israel policy in 2024. It still matters.
Democrats will never learn how to win if they refuse to reckon with why they lost.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Capitalism undermines human health in so many ways. It's probably time for the aspiring autocrat occupying the White House to cut FDA staffing levels again. edition.cnn.com/2026/03/03/h...
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Investigation finds ‘secretly’ added chemicals of unknown safety in US food supply | CNN
Over 100 chemicals of unknown safety were secretly added to foods and supplements without notifying the public or the FDA, a new investigation found.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This is not new but IMO explains why so many low-info people voted for the change agent & aspiring autocrat in the last election & why they will vote 4 the Dems next round Americans need economic relief, will the wealthy leaders of either party deliver? Looking @ U Dems abcnews.com/Politics/hal...
abcnews.com
Over half of Americans say health care, a weeklong vacation and a new car are unaffordable: ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll
About two-thirds who don’t own a home don’t think they’ll be able to afford one.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Given the ongoing genocide by the apartheid state & the latest polling showing Americans no longer support it, this won't surprise anyone Will Dems stand up for human rights around the world, from the IDF to ICE or once again reach out for AIPAC $? www.ms.now/opinion/dnc-...
ms.now
Opinion | The DNC reportedly found that Democrats erred on Israel policy in 2024. It still matters.
Democrats will never learn how to win if they refuse to reckon with why they lost.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Criticizing Israel is not antisemitic rather it is an ethical obligation www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...
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Israel Responsible for Two-Thirds of Journalist Deaths in 2025: Press Freedom Group | Common Dreams
New report reveals Israel responsible for two-thirds of journalist deaths in 2025. CPJ calls for accountability to protect press freedom.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Ugg! This seems like a potential prelude to federal suppression of mail-in votes. apnews.com/article/supr...
apnews.com
Supreme Court rules the Postal Service can't be sued, even when mail is intentionally not delivered
A divided Supreme Court has ruled that Americans can’t sue the U.S. Postal Service, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver mail.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Trump & EPA lacky Lee Zeldon continue to make American "healthier" As a reminder, lead pollution is estimated to have cost Americans about 4.8 IQ points per person (~.5 stnd deviation) today.duke.edu/2022/03/lead... Its an ecological-sociopolitical feedback loop www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
reuters.com
Trump EPA to weaken rule limiting harmful mercury, air toxins from coal plants
The Trump administration announced on Friday it will roll back clean air regulations limiting mercury and hazardous toxins from power plants, saying it will boost baseload energy, while public health ...
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
ms.now
Minnesota judge’s contempt order shows a way to force government into compliance
The latest bold judicial response in Minnesota came this week, when a judge ordered a Trump government lawyer to be held in civil contempt.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
apnews.com/article/immi...
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Federal judge accuses Trump administration of 'terror' against immigrants in scathing ruling
A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people living in the country illegally.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump illegally used executive power to impose global tariffs, supreme court rules
Ruling is blow to Trump’s bold assertions of authority and topples key pillar of aggressive economic agenda
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Another component to the Trump regime's war on truth, data, science and it's fealty to the fossil fuel industry edition.cnn.com/2026/02/13/w...
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Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather research center | CNN
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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The US slips to its lowest-ever rank in a global corruption index | CNN Business
The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures views of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
theguardian.com
Gaza death toll in early part of war far higher than reported, says Lancet study
Research suggests more than 75,000 killed in the first 16 months of conflict, 25,000 more than announced at the time
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Today, I'm asking @apnews.com to do better "It is not clear from the videos if the vehicle makes contact with the officer. " I think it is clear apnews.com/article/minn...
apnews.com
What to know about the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE officer in Minneapolis
Protesters have confronted federal officers in Minneapolis the day after a woman was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Slight bit of good news today... Steny was an AIPAC stooge and a part of the do-nothing Dem gerontocracy, his overdue retirement opens up a seat for a real leader www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
nbcnews.com
Steny Hoyer, the longest-serving Democrat in the House, to retire
The Democratic congressman has represented Maryland in the House for more than four decades, including two stints as majority leader under then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Nationwide protest on Jan20 www.fiftyfifty.one @50501movement.bsky.social A Line We Draw Together 1 yr into the rise of American technofascism & the start of Trump’s 2nd term: our resistance is growing stronger 50501 w/ Women’s March’s for a Nationwide Free America Walkout
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50501 — 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement
Join the movement to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach. 50 protests, 50 states, 1 day: #50501.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
As plutocratic fascism rises & US corporate media largely turns over for the regime, MSNBC writer @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social heroically shits on Bsky He laments the lack of conservative voices & decries bsky as somehow both a circular firing squad & an agent of groupthink www.ms.now/opinion/blue...
ms.now
Opinion | Bluesky is not the good place
The social media site that many sought as an alternative to X fosters groupthink and pointless activism.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I missed this, maybe U 2 Trump regime attacking ICC counsel the Foreign Office warned Amal Clooney, among a # of ICCs senior legal counsels. she's at risk of sanctions by the Trump administration, including being banned from entering the US over Netanyahu ruling www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
theguardian.com
‘Suspension of entry into the US’, paparazzi – and wine: three other reasons George Clooney moved to France
A UK government warning that Amal Clooney risks US sanctions over her role in the issuing of an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister is key among reasons why the couple have moved to France
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
This is a good interview with T Wolfson, the president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) regarding the fed gov. assault on higher ed truthout.org/articles/tru...
truthout.org
Trump’s Attempts to Control Higher Education Follow a Familiar Fascist Playbook
Trumpism has been aided by divestment that hollowed higher ed out from the core, AAUP President Todd Wolfson says.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
In case anyone is still operating under the misunderstanding that capitalism is a meritocracy, consider this example Capitalism serves those that have capital Wealthy idiots r promoted based on privilege & connections regardless of their lack of merit & incompetence www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
ms.now
Why it matters that Howard Lutnick is flunking the basics on economic growth
Either the commerce secretary is confused about rudimentary economic details, or he’s doing an excellent imitation of someone who’s alarmingly ignorant.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Ditto for the US! The US cannot afford to allow many working class people to go to college, have health care, own homes, or retire... yet we can afford to send ~4 billion in tax-payer dollars to support the apartheid state of Israel's mass murder & genocidal aggression annually!?
cfr.org
U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts
Israel has long been the leading recipient of U.S. foreign aid, including military assistance. That aid has come under heightened scrutiny over the course of Israel’s conflicts with Hamas and Iran.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Neanderthals used flint for starting fires ~4,000 BCE www.nature.com/articles/s41... phys.org/news/2025-12...
phys.org
Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than believed, archaeological study finds
A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than 400,000 years, in a field in Suffolk. The discovery shows humans were maki...
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Even SCROTUS gets it right sometimes! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
US supreme court blocks Trump bid to deploy national guard to Chicago
In a 6-3 decision, the high court sided with a lower court ruling that blocked deployment of troops to the Illinois city
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Can plutocrats & oligarchs control all US corporate media? www.commondreams.org/news/larry-e...
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'Threat to Media and Democracy': Trump Ally Larry Ellison Puts Up $40 Billion to Help Son Buy CNN Owner | Common Dreams
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, an ally of US President Donald Trump and one of the richest men in the world, pledged to provide $40.4 billion to help finance his son's hostile attempt to purchase Wa...
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The assault on human rights & academic freedom continues Receiving AIPAC funding should disqualify any political candidate from serving www.aa.com.tr/en/world/isr... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
A Harvard scholar’s ouster exposes a crisis of institutional integrity | Eric Reinhart
The dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health and academia
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Ultimately science doesn't care what you believe If MAGA, GOP, & the fossil fuel industry degrade or shutdown US climate research it won't stop the ongoing crisis The damage this administration has done to scientific, health, & educational progress is incalculable abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com
Trump administration moves to dismantle prominent US weather and climate research center
The Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The nation's top safety investigator, J Homendy, warned that the defense policy bill would undermine aviation safety improvements "If it sounds like I'm mad, I am mad. This is shameful." She sounds competent What's the odds she gets fired www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...
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NTSB warns that defense bill could undermine aviation safety changes after DCA crash
The head of the NTSB is voicing strong opposition to provisions in the defense policy bill. The NTSB says the House bill would undermine safety improvements made after the mid-air collision near DCA.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Dominance hierarchies lie deep in our evolutionary roots, but religions have institutionalized, exploited, & monetized them to such an extent that such institutions should not be tax-exempt Those that promote counter-factual faith are in part responsible for MAGA finance.yahoo.com/news/daughte...
finance.yahoo.com
A Daughter Says They're Struggling Financially, But She Caught Her Mom 'Giving Thousands Of Dollars Monthly To A Megachurch'
A woman on Reddit sparked a wave of outrage and sympathy after revealing that her mom regularly claims they’re broke, while secretly sending thousands of dollars to a megachurch. “My mom says we don’t...
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Shout out to @kenmartin.bsky.social for his DNC leadership Our role is not to put our thumb on the scale in primaries "it is up to Dem voters to determine the nominee & the DNC's responsibility is to respect those results & "to fight like hell for that nominee... www.cbsnews.com/news/dnc-dem...
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DNC chair points to 2025 wins as a map out of the political wilderness heading into the midterm cycle
"I won't feel like we're out of the wilderness until we win in '28," DNC Chairman Ken Martin told CBS News in the first in a series of interviews with both major parties' leaders ahead of next year's ...
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
SCROTUS strikes again! No need for facts or fair voting laws when MAGA has a super majority What is the high court high on, you ask? Power of course The Roberts court puts the R in SROTUS We need term limits and enforceable ethics codes for SCOTUS justices ASAP www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...
cbsnews.com
Supreme Court allows Texas GOP to use new redistricted map for now
Texas approved a new congressional map this summer after Trump urged state GOP lawmakers to craft new House district lines to help Republicans hold onto their majority in the 2026 midterms.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Senator Kelly is correct. Plus a Public Service Announcement: KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1. The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal: "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Does anyone think that deregulating the banks and finance sector will work out well? www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
ms.now
Opinion | The cost of Trump's bank deregulation could be catastrophic
"The Trump Administration is running into that historical trap, scrapping critical bank rules and the people who enforce them at record speed," Julie Siegel writes.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
It is doing exactly this. Cannot even call out genocide w/o some fool pretending that it is antisemitic. Get the political, religious, and economic propaganda & the aspiring autocrat's fascist minions out of education truthout.org/articles/edu...
truthout.org
Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely
New efforts to shut down honest discussion of Palestine could restrict everything from literature to science classes.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Finally, a US corporate news article calls the aspiring autocrat occupying the WH an ass... This is long overdue even if it's just a typo abcnews.go.com Sadly they will probably get sued for this
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Peru & Brazil are showing the US how to respond when criminals are able to get elected to the presidency Let's follow their example No more M Garlands or P Bondis, we need people who care about the rule of law in the DOJ! www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/nationa... edition.cnn.com/peru-sentenc...
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Peru sentences former President Pedro Castillo just a day after another presidential conviction | CNN
A court in Peru sentenced former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo to more than 11 years in prison on Thursday. In a two-to-one vote, the Special Criminal Chamber of Peru’s Supreme Court found him gui...
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Something to celebrate today! www.democracynow.org/2025/11/27/i...
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Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & More
In September, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman sat down with longtime political prisoner and Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier for his first extended television and radio broadcast interview since hi...
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Since 2023, at least $16.3 billion in US taxpayer dollars has been given as direct military aid to Israel www.cfr.org/article/us-a... Since 2023, the apartheid regime has murdered over 65,000 Gazans (mostly civilians) www.reuters.com/world/middle... US must stop funding genocide!
cfr.org
U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts
Israel has long been the leading recipient of U.S. foreign aid, including military assistance. That aid has come under heightened scrutiny over the course of Israel’s conflicts with Hamas and Iran.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Boycott ICE by boycotting the companies that support fascism & racism Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Home Depot, Spotify, Target, Tesla, SpaceX, Boycott Black Friday & buy local Let the oligarchs know that we are serious! www.beyondtheballot.org/iceout
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ICE OUT OF MY WALLET — Beyond the Ballot
Boycott corporations profiting from ICE’s violence, detention, deportation and surveillance. Our money won’t fund oppression.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
There is an ongoing war on the lower classes, it has left many w/o hope for a better future... & Dems are complicit in this We have a class problem in the Dem party 86 Democrats Join GOP in Voting for ‘Very, Very Stupid’ Resolution Condemning Socialism www.commondreams.org/news/democra...
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
The COP consensus decision-making process has failed us They can't even mention phasing out fossil fuels drilled.media Meanwhile, GHG emissions have us on track for warming in excess of 2C It's past time to stop the billionaire class from destroying the planet www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
A simple progressive taxation scheme could do remove our government's apparent trouble in financing universal education, health care, & nutritional support. truthout.org/articles/col...
truthout.org
Colorado Passes Measures to Feed All Public School Kids by Taxing the Wealthy
Excess funds from the school meals program would be redirected toward the state-managed SNAP program.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Does anyone think that we'll be able to reform the DNC after its disastrous performance against the aspiring autocrat last cycle? Or does the monied class have far too much influence for that? www.commondreams.org/news/schumer...
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Survey Shows Large Majority of Grassroots Democrats Back Primary Challenges for Schumer and Jeffries | Common Dreams
Democrats face backlash from progressive voters as survey shows overwhelming support for primary challenges against party leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
@enbuenora.bsky.social, Common Dreams quoted you: DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals. Its goals were never efficiency or saving money. Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi. www.commondreams.org/news/doge-do...
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DOGE 'Doesn't Exist' Anymore, But the Damage It Did 'Will Be Felt for a Long Time' | Common Dreams
​"The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths," one expert said.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Just a reminder of the ongoing #classwar that underlies MAGA fascism in the US & right-wing movements globally. These are the masks worn by the plutocrats and oligarchs dominating our world. "The richest 1 percent own more wealth than 95 percent of humanity" truthout.org/articles/wea...
truthout.org
Wealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?
A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral, says economist Nancy Folbre.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Climate change represents a global threat But some Dems are down w/ climate denialism The following fools led by Josh Shapiro (Gov Penn), J Polis (CO) N Lamont from (CT), W Moore (MD) M Healey (MA), & D McKee (RI) want to further deregulate the energy infrastructure truthout.org/articles/6-d...
truthout.org
6 Democratic Governors Have Linked Arms With the GOP to Push Fossil Fuels
A bipartisan group of 13 governors urges Congress to “reform” energy permitting. It’s a terrible idea.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
The aspiring autocrat occupying the WH is committing mass murder in slow motion Fool's short-sighted policies will ultimately kill tens of millions Two examples Defunding USAID ~ 14 million www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... climate policies at least 1.3 million www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
If you wonder why MAGA hates education, remember that the level of college education attained by someone is one of the strongest predictors of how they will vote www.insidehighered.com/news/governm... www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... apnews.com/article/educ...
apnews.com
Education Department takes a major step forward in the Trump administration's plans to dismantle it
The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
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one-earth.bsky.social @one-earth.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Seems like the headline could simply stop after the first four words. apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Trump dismisses US intelligence that Saudi prince was likely aware of 2018 killing of journalist
President Donald Trump is dismissing U.S. intelligence findings that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likely had some culpability in the the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khas...
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