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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 1h
📢 NEW REPORT: People deserve a say in decisions that affect the air they breathe. But a new UCS analysis of Title V air permits for major polluters like power plants and refineries finds significant gaps in how states engage communities. Here's what we found. 🧵
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Community Access to Clean Air Decisionmaking
Members of the public shouldn’t just be given an opportunity to comment – they should be able to understand the process, participate meaningfully, and see whether their input made a difference.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 6h
TODAY (Tuesday, Oct. 13) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: - KANSAS - LOUISIANA - NEW JERSEY - OREGON - WEST VIRGINIA And coming up next: Mon, 10/19 — ALABAMA - GUAM - PENNSYLVANIA - SOUTH DAKOTA More at npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 23h
New: AI data centers’ indirect water use - water consumed by power plants to generate electricity for power-hungry server farms - is magnitudes larger than the facilities’ onsite water consumption and is largely undisclosed. Free link. With @mchediak.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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AI's Water Strain Includes Surging Demand From Electricity Use
It takes a lot of water to generate the power consumed by server farms.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Dems getting better at this
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 11/10/2026
Trump’s chainsaw attack on the trees of East Potomac Park today is emblematic of his presidency: wanton destruction of beautiful things, done with lightning speed to bypass local and legal opposition, as the administration lies about what they are doing.
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 10/10/2026
Important info for California residents given Prop 40. Make sure your CA friends and family see this so they don't get tricked into opposing 40. Our state is awesome and only a handful of crazies would want to live elsewhere because of this initiative.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump family runs the government, and the government pays the Trump family. This is not a coincidence – it's deep corruption that never would have been tolerated before a convicted felon took over the White House. Vote against all Republicans.
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Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Monica Ryadi-a legal immigrant who’s been living in the US for 21 year-and her husband were taking their 3 year old son to Disney But when they arrived in LA, ICE arrested her instead Despite her legal status, they detained her for 15 days If Democrats win the midterms, they can stop ICE 30 days
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Kathy Mortensen 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 💙 @kathyswords.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's time. Ban abortion pill, ban all viagara. Concerned about what's in the water? It applies to both. 52 million a year on Viagara type medication spent by the military. Save tax spending for more bombs. #Blues #Proudblue
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Shanlon Wu @shanlonwu.com · 04/10/2026
Excellent comprehensive blueprint for Democrats if they take the majority - @normornstein.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2161...
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The Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the House
If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base.
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Susan Perri @perri4health @perri4health.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We need to all vote as if our lives depend on it, because they do. The full impact of the cuts to Medicaid will not be felt till the end of November. Rural hospitals will be forced to close. People will have to drive hours for care. Why do republicans hate the old, poor, disabled and sick ?
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SuMo📞Congress 202-224-3121📞CSPAN 202-748-8000 @sumoh7.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Voting is both a privilege and a responsibility. We vote to protect the interests of ourselves and our friends and family. Let us never forget that. #LetsGetVoteReady 🚨 This weekend, let us all encourage all friends check their voter registration and vote early. Lots to do. Let’s get this done!
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
CNN on the last jobs report before the midterms: "It came in cold -- surprisingly cold. Job growth weaker than expected, unemployment unexpectedly went up, and paychecks aren't keeping up with prices. This was disappointing all around."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donate to his Super PAC? He'll pardon your crimes. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll appoint you to a government position. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll grant you favorable regulatory rulings that help boost your bottom line. We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
How corporate influencers facilitated Trump’s assault on climate research [via @theguardian.com]
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How corporate influencers facilitated Trump’s assault on climate research
Fossil fuel interests have long weaponized philanthropy to exert control over academic programs, a new paper argues.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump's Big Beautiful Bill gave ICE a $75 billion slush fund—and a new report shows millions of those taxpayer dollars went to waste thanks to the admin's reckless and cruel detention efforts instead of being invested in healthcare, education, or food assistance. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-spe...
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ICE wasted millions of taxpayer dollars in rapid push to expand detention capacity, government watchdog finds
With an unprecedented budget, ICE spent billions in a rush to expand its detention network, wasting millions in the process, the Government Accountability Office found.
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pmurt1042.bsky.social @pmurt1042.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/how-you-ca... @sulliview.bsky.social
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How you can demand better media coverage as the midterms loom
Examples of what is working and what must stop. Plus: some great reporting and two scary developments
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is about as upset as a NYT reporter is allowed to get:”An admission that the American president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"They had 20% fewer emergency department visits and 31% fewer hospitalizations than similar patients who did not receive meals." www.npr.org/2026/09/26/n...
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Meal deliveries can save money and improve health. Will they survive Medicaid cuts?
Some states deliver meals to Medicaid patients that address their dietary needs. Evidence shows it aids recovery and saves healthcare costs, but federal budget cuts may lead some states to cancel it.
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great. On top of what's going to hit us in January due to the big ugly bill, this is unconscionable. Vote Blue because your health literally depends on it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Trump Proposes $810 Million in Education and Health Cuts, Defying Congress (Gift Article)
The attempted clawback represents the second time in as many years that the White House has sought to cancel funding approved by lawmakers.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Stop saying “the planet is dying.” It’s not. It’s being deliberately destroyed by corporations and executives who choose short-term profit over life. This isn’t a natural crisis. It’s a greed crisis with names and addresses. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide
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former.editor @formereditor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It wasn't that long ago that print journalists (at least) would stand up to such obvious tyranny.
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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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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 26/09/2026
Here's what you can do: - Check your voter registration at vote411.org - Vote early and help your community vote - Mark your calendars for No Kings Day on October 17 - Read more: democracyforward.org/blog/what-yo...
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Adam Hamilton going for the kill against Roger Marshall: "I was eight months pregnant and I said please do not handcuff me in front of my daughter."
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
These are the people who have betrayed their fellow Americans by supporting a criminal who is ruining our country. The stain of what they have done can never be washed away.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 23/09/2026
No wonder Trump isn't heeding calls to slow down the development of artificial intelligence. After all, the growth of his and his family's wealth is tied to the expansion of AI.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/20/trump-family-large-ai-related-investments-create-possible-conflicts/
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
NEWS: Retired four-star Admiral William McRaven, who oversaw the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, is sounding the alarm about Trump’s treatment of America’s allies.
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Admiral Who Took Down Bin Laden Sounds Alarm on Trump’s NATO Damage
As NATO pours billions into collective defense and Ukraine’s survival, William H. McRaven warns that Trump is burning through the personal trust an alliance needs when a crisis arrives.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/09/2026
Read the compact here: tr.ee/NyrCgh And help us ensure that EVERY president and trustee of EVERY institution of American higher education doesn't just hear about it, but finds their inbox flooded with links to sign it. Use our tool at the link to do so!
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Demand your school's leadership publicly endorse America's Compact for Higher Education — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Email your school's president urgently asking them to publicly endorse America's Compact for Higher Education
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
👇🏽 #AbolishICE
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"In Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, people said their opposition [to AI and data centers] stemmed less from a fear of tech and more from a sense that they were being lied to by elected leaders who were at best too weak to stand up to or at worst in cahoots with wealthy industry."
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The only press coverage Trump should get right now is coverage of how he's banning the press. Nothing else. None of what he wants them to talk about. Just coverage of his anti-American, anti-first amendment authoritarianism. Then go back to covering the results of his disastrous policies.
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Peter Maybarduk @maybarduk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We obtained Trump’s confidential drug pricing deals with Pfizer & Lilly via FOIA litigation. The texts are heavily redacted, making it impossible to verify some of Trump's claims. But unredacted text shows Trump exaggerated his drug pricing achievements, which expire anyway at the end of his term.
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This was a *really* good column. A few excerpts: "No episode in Trump’s second term better encapsulates the triviality of his agenda and the pettiness of the man. We knew he was a bully, we knew he was a narcissist; the plot had been building all along... www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Column | The Kennedy Center is empty and in peril. Its community is in anguish.
The fiasco of this week’s closure reveals the truth of President Trump’s motivations — and what the arts community stands to lose.
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 18/09/2026
Post from Amy @lolennui.bsky.social

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, "did you eat the Lindbergh baby" he's like, "no but I'd be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later"
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dc4hope.bsky.social @dc4hope.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Please, everyone, please come and stand against Trump and save our Kennedy Center 🥺😢💔🙏
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
According to a new report by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), democracy in the United States has reached its lowest level in 50 years and reflects a broader global pattern of democratic decline. shero.substack.com/p/thanks-to-...
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Thanks to the US, Worldwide Democracy is at an All-Time Low
SHERO is a reader-supported publication that makes most articles free and available to the public.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
PabloReports: Donald Trump says we’re in a golden age. Do you agree? Frost: Yeah, if you’re a billionaire, you’re in the golden age. They’re taking all of our money and giving it to them.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
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John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’”
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Who knew that defacing the building, tearing up its trees, removing its sculptures, replacing the Board with political cronies, giving the finger to every performer who isn’t a Trump voter, and talking down its facilities daily would cause a revenue drop?
washingtonpost.com
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show
Officials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“The United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
No lie told. A vote for Republicans is support for avoidable maternal deaths; respiratory ailments that kill slowly; pollution disproportionately experienced by poor people; unfettered gun violence; climate change acceleration; etc. It is a vote against US economic, political, and cultural power.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
But what about that fictional $5,000? You'll never get it, but just in case, maybe preventable deaths and the erosion of food safety would be worth having a really good Christmas? (This is obviously sarcasm. Anyone who actually thinks like this needs have their brain fixed.)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "On day one, Donald Trump rescinded the AI safety order meant to guard against catastrophic risks, including the engineering of bioweapons. Meanwhile, Don Jr's 1789 Capital bought big money stakes in data centers and AI labs ... President Trump is compromised"
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