Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 07/09/20262/2 Iran War Energy Cost Tracker By Brown University's Watson School Climate Solutions Lab iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu 010944
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"The war in Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices, and the bill is rising another $1 million about every two minutes, per a real-time estimate from Brown University." via @berkowitzbt.bsky.socialaxios.comIran war drives $100 billion in extra energy costs for U.S. consumersThe average cost burden is more than $760 per household. 26500280
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Well, the Trump administration’s EPA found a simple way to stop hearing from the public just eliminate the requirement to ask them. The EPA is scrapping public notice and comment requirements for air pollution permits on new data centers and the power plants needed to run them. 14425361366
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 26/08/2026Ask yourself: did generations defend our democracy… for this? 84486982154
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026BREAKING: we just filed to STOP the new USPS rule on mail ballots The Court only held that the injunction came too early. Now we HAVE a final rule & we are litigating it @democracydefendersfund.org & @campaignlegal.org are proud to represent LULAC, Madison WI & Travis County TX 411168584385
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialClimate.us @climate.us · 26/08/2026Art x Climate is an integral part of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5), restored by Climate.us. #SciArt #ClimateForUs One of the featured artworks is “Spruce Smoke” by Ree Nancarrow. Year and Medium: 2012, quilted fiber 05916
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/08/2026The Pentagon has been quietly paying an X influencer as a federal employee since July — and refuses to say what she does. This came out almost by accident, through the "Data Republican" leak story. It's a taxpayer-funded propaganda operation hiding in plain sight. Full breakdown: 10428181170
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Well, that was quick. 24 Democratic-led states and D.C. just sued to block the USPS’s new mail-voting rule, which was officially published today. The rule comes directly from Trump’s anti-mail voting EO and gives USPS new power over how mail ballot requests are handled ahead of the midterms. 412412628
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026DHS has claimed that children detained with their parents can be released to a safe family member, but Liam’s mother lives in Austin and is ready to take him, and ICE is still refusing to release him to her. It really feels like they are trying to make an example out of a little kid. 42945442
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Awe, this is heartbreaking. This is 5-year-old Liam Tadeo. ICE plans to deport him, tearing him away from his mother. He has spent the last few days detained with his father at the Dilley, TX detention center, a facility that has faced serious allegations of abuse, neglect, and terrible conditions. 11234431306
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The Pentagon fired the publisher and editor in chief of Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper that is supposed to maintain editorial independence from the very department it covers. 30782392892
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/08/2026If you’re looking for a way to show up for our national parks, Tuesday, August 25 is the day. The NPCA is organizing a nationwide Day of Action on the National Park Service’s 110th birthday, with events and advocacy stations happening at parks around the country. 4140121599
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The five biggest defense contractors spent more than $100B on buybacks and dividends since 2020. I have a simple question for defense contractors: If taxpayers are giving you billions to build military equipment, why are you buying back your own stock? This needs to stop. 32290263007
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialClimate.us @climate.us · 17/08/2026Fossil fuel emissions hit a record high in 2025: 10B+ metric tons of carbon, 3x the 1960s rate. All 3 major greenhouse gases also hit record levels—CO2 +53%, methane +166%, N2O +26% vs. pre-industrial. From the new BAMS State of the Climate report. Read more highlights: buff.ly/Y18qfMf 🌍️ 🧪 29542
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It’s honestly just sad. The incompetence of this administration is affecting literally everyone. Photo source: MeidasTouch 36169372603
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is absolutely horrible. Why does it feel like every single day this administration has to destroy something else? The Trump administration is planning a border patrol road across Mariscal Mountain in Big Bend National Park, and building the route 1232041614
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/08/2026(MS NOW) - sailor who jumped off the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier last week was in the water for about an hour before he was rescued, his wife told MS NOW in an exclusive interview. @ms.now www.ms.now/news/uss-abr... 451040352
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 12/08/2026Senate Republicans had the opportunity to rein in ICE and CBP, they refused. Instead they handed DHS BILLIONS more of your tax dollars without any constraint after the shooting and killing individuals in the streets. www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/u...cnn.comICE plans to spend up to $20 million on electrical shock gloves for agents | CNNImmigration and Customs Enforcement agents and officers may soon be equipped with gloves that deliver electrical shocks, which the manufacturer says are intended to de-escalate encounters with individ... 61499215
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/08/2026If you wanted to fly Donald Trump out on a different plane without advanced warning to protect him, that would be one thing. But to put others on what you believed to be a targeted plane served only one purpose: To propagate and maintain a lie to assuage a single man’s ego. 39466271748
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Trump is spending $1.4 BILLION deploying the National Guard in D.C. through 2029. For what? Crime data shows violent crime is flat. The same as last year. This isn't public safety. It's a political stunt.washingtonpost.comTrump’s National Guard deployment in D.C. set to cost additional $1.4 billionThe estimate, provided to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, covers the period from Oct. 1, 2026, through the end of the president’s term. 1515361
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 11/08/2026As Trump's war with Iran drags on, his administration is reportedly giving the Iranian regime access to confidential information on asylum seekers. 813445
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The Trump administration has pulled federal funding for the Arctic Report Card, an annual scientific assessment that has tracked the rapidly changing Arctic for the past two decades. 1071568741
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/08/2026The Trump Admin is harassing Fauci to scare scientists from speaking up against the administration's war on science, sowing public distrust in scientists and public health experts. We are standing up for Fauci. JOIN US by signing our petition at the link: zurl.co/RCYN8 281233395
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialVeterans For Responsible Leadership @vetsforrl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026🚨🚨🚨After successful billboard campaigns in NC, MI, and TX earlier this year, VFRL is excited to launch our next campaign in the great state of Iowa coming in August. We will be starting in the Des Moines area with the simple message: 131023254
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 08/08/2026Now, Trump’s ATF wants to roll this safeguard back — allow braces to proliferate again — and put the gun industry profits ahead of public safety. We must stop this. 917219
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/08/2026New Jersey is launching a civil rights investigation into Delaney Hall, the state’s largest immigration detention facility, following reports of poor conditions and deaths. 14470661825
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/08/2026Illinois will fight like hell to keep protecting your reproductive freedom.chicago.suntimes.comMany women with high-risk pregnancies can’t get abortions in their home states. Illinois welcomes them.More people travel to Illinois than to any other state for an abortion. A program helps the small percentage who need care in a hospital. 14368611719
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Kendall, who hasn't served in government for over one and a half years: “I’m mystified." “I’ve been extremely careful to not say anything that could be classified, and as far as I know I have not said anything classified.” “So far no one has told me what I’m supposed to have revealed.”wsj.comHegseth Strips Security Clearance From Biden’s Air Force SecretaryFrank Kendall, accused of leaking sensitive information, is the latest former defense official to lose access to classified information. 1320182
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Trump wants his lawyer running the DOJ. Todd Blanche represented Trump personally. He helped create Trump's "Anti-Weaponization Fund." He helped negotiate IRS protections for Trump. And he wants Dobbs to be permanent nationwide. That's not an independent AG. That's a fixer. 73821290
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/08/20263/ "Trump pledged to bring down home prices and create more housing. But for more than a year, the nation’s homebuilders have told administration officials that their immigration policies keep that from happening... 'It’s been chaotic,' Associated Builders and Contractors president and CEO" said. 68223
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/08/20262/ On mass deportations — including of construction workers — while promising to lower housing prices: "'He ran on creating more housing supply,' said Jim Tobin, president and CEO of the National Association of Home Builders ... 'These two things might be working against each other at the moment.'" 99819
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/08/2026"Industry groups ranging from construction to agriculture are raising concerns with the Trump administration over its ongoing immigration crackdown, arguing it is undercutting President Donald Trump’s agenda and weakening the economy."cnn.com‘It’s been chaotic’: Trump’s immigration crackdown prompts worries from industry groups | CNN PoliticsIndustry groups ranging from construction to agriculture are raising concerns with the Trump administration over its ongoing immigration crackdown, arguing it is undercutting President Donald Trump’s ... 2220571
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Here's what I think about how Marco Rubio is doing: 17357081744
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/08/2026And narcissistic personality disorder, and, at this stage, psychosis. 40640041092
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/08/2026You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs. 781154043522
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/07/2026He really does run to the Supreme Court with emergency filings every chance he gets. Trump just asked the Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million jury award against him for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll after a jury found he made false and damaging statements about her.nytimes.comTrump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn $83.3 Million Award in Carroll Defamation CasePresident Trump paid E. Jean Carroll more than $5 million from a 2023 lawsuit, but he is now asking the court to overturn a much larger award that a jury ordered him to pay in 2024 for defaming her. 2152351817
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 29/07/2026We destroyed Irans military then had to go back to fighting the non existent military but had to stop because we were using too many expensive missiles attacking the not-military because we weren’t flying over the country with no military because their non military was still a threat to our planes. 489104982350
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The Trump administration announced that power plants built exclusively to serve data centers (ones that never connect to the public grid) are now exempt from the Clean Air Act’s Acid Rain Program.epa.gov 1711580909
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/07/2026We do agree. With this administration, invoking your Fifth Amendment rights is often the smartest course of action. They have shown a willingness to aggressively pursue and target people, so protecting your constitutional rights is more important than ever. 20884901709
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/07/2026“Ms. Moreno, the daughter of Senator Moreno ... has said that Mr. Miller scalded her chest and stomach by throwing hot water from a skillet at her body; held a gun to her head; pushed her against a wall and hit her head; and fractured their daughter’s collarbone and bruised her shoulder. ... 86989504140
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Way more than enough evidence in these papers not only to get Comey’s charges 86’d before trial in federal district court, but also to get Blanche—and Trump—86’d at an impeachment trial in the Senate. 11633911143
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/07/2026My goodness. There it is. The once-venerated white-shoe New York law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell is representing an adjudicated rapist in a case brought by the victim. I never thought I would live to see something like this. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... 78281342965
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 29/07/2026A mother gave the government her fingerprints, tax records, and DNA to get her 6-year-old daughter back. She did everything officials asked. ICE used that information to find and arrest her. A child welfare system became a deportation tool. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...open.substack.comICE Turned Family Reunification Into A Deportation ListA program created to place migrant children with relatives has become a pipeline for deportation arrests. 642106885720
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Rand Paul--who doesn't believe in evolution--holding a hearing of Dr. Fauci--a retired, life-long public servant-- while we are *actively* in the midst of SEVERAL disease outbreaks due to unnecessary public health cuts and corporate lobbying shows exactly how unserious Republicans are. 582526713
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This whole exercise isn't about COVID-19 or Gain of Function research...this is about Congress putting a retired public servant through the wringer because they want to spook scientists. This is all a part of a plan to chill scientists from taking evidence-based and principled stands against govt. 16990263
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/07/2026a statement from Fauci's lawyers says Rand Paul has "an intense & seemingly pathological course of retribution, revenge, & obsession with Dr. Fauci ... The accusations that Chairman Paul continues to propagate are false and disgraceful, and we will examine all options to hold him accountable." 529129843699
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The Trump administration has approved the first AI data center to be built on federal public land. The project will occupy roughly 88.5 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in southern Nevada and will set a major precedent for using America’s public lands for private AI infrastructure. 3121748978
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 29/07/2026United & Delta donated $1M → Trump ended flight cancelation compensation rules. TurboTax parent donated $1M → Trump killed free tax filing. Toyota donated $1M → Trump canceled CFPB refund order for overcharged borrowers. It’s a pattern of corruption that costs you money. 19362145
Reposted by @organistmel.bsky.socialClimate.us @climate.us · 29/07/2026Climate change can feel abstract — until you see the data. Climate.us's climate indicators show what's changing, how fast, and why it matters, in plain language. www.climate.us/climatedashb... #ClimateData #ClimateScience #ClimateAction 08228
