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Rachel Santarsiero

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she/her | Editorial Fellow @motherjones.com | previously @nsarchive.bsky.social | views own | Words in @desmog.com @thebulletin.org and @climatechangenews.com Still interested in all my FOIAs.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20h
We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A person listed in FEC records as a major donor to David Flippo’s campaign told Mother Jones they did not donate anything to Flippo—let alone the thousands of dollars attributed to them. That “suggests very serious campaign finance violations." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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David Flippo has close ties to accused fraudster whose company spent lavishly on his behalf
Arizona Land Reserve, which the Nevada Republican listed as one of his biggest assets on his financial disclosure, cut $50,000 checks to conservative groups that endorsed him.
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 09/10/2026
DeSmog dug into a new report on how the fossil fuel industry supported methane rules in public, while quietly working to "eviscerate" them. www.desmog.com/2026/09/25/o...
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How the Oil Industry Is Pushing EPA to 'Effectively Gut' Methane Rules During Affordability and Climate Crises
As House Republicans crafted President Trump’s domestic policy bill last spring, the oil and gas industry watched closely, eyes trained on the fate of one policy in particular: a fee on excess methane...
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 09/10/2026
Documents obtained through freedom of information request detail how the oil and gas industry has been attempting to loosen federal methane pollution reporting requirements, all while urging the U.S. EPA to preserve the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. www.desmog.com/2026/08/18/t...
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Inside the Struggle to Dismantle America’s Greenhouse Gas Data
New accounts show the oil and gas industry trying to weaken methane reporting while saving the federal emissions system it relies on.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yesterday, wildfire survivors, ranchers, and young people from Colorado came together outside the Supreme Court to rally behind Boulder’s case against Suncor and Exxon. Here’s what they said: @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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“They knew, they lied”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps
As justices weighed the merits of Boulder's case against Big Oil, those who lost everything want accountability.
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Scoville Fellowship @scovillepf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Judges Keep Striking Down Climate Laws. Some States Are Fighting Back. Via @motherjones.com by Scoville Fellow '22 @rsanta.bsky.social of the @nsarchive.bsky.social . www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Judges keep striking down climate laws. Some states are fighting back.
Inside the high-stakes legal battle over climate superfund legislation.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026
“They knew, they lied”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps
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“They knew, they lied”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps
As justices weighed the merits of Boulder's case against Big Oil, those who lost everything want accountability.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026
"BIG OIL KNEW" read a banner outside the Supreme Court Monday as justices weighed whether to allow a landmark climate liability case to move forward.
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“They knew, they lied”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps
As justices weighed the merits of Boulder's case against Big Oil, those who lost everything want accountability.
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Climate Desk @climatedesk.org · 02/10/2026
"What [Boulder is] saying is, the companies lied about what they knew about the dangers of climate change. Fraud is the heart of it.” via @motherjones.com
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Burned cattle, drought, smoke-choked pastures—and the SCOTUS case to make Exxon and Suncor pay
“Government can’t fix everything, but it's the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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Alejandro Camacho @alejandrocamacho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
from even trying to argue that those companies' actions have harmed the public. The government claims here are supported by centuries-old fundamental justice and federalism principles that progressive and conservative jurists and policymakers have every reason to support. ...
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Burned cattle, drought, smoke-choked pastures—and the SCOTUS case to make Exxon and Suncor pay
“Government can’t fix everything, but it's the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yesterday, wildfire survivors, ranchers, and young people from Colorado came together outside the Supreme Court to rally behind Boulder’s case against Suncor and Exxon. Here’s what they said: @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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“They knew, they lied”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps
As justices weighed the merits of Boulder's case against Big Oil, those who lost everything want accountability.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/10/2026
“They Knew, They Lied”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps. As justices weighed the merits of Boulder’s case against Big Oil, those who lost everything want accountability.
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“They knew, they Lled”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps
As justices weighed the merits of Boulder's case against Big Oil, those who lost everything want accountability.
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Point Source News @pointsourcenews.org · 06/10/2026
Attorneys for Big Oil and Trump tried to convince SCOTUS yesterday that climate lawsuits should be stopped. Their arguments could reach into state-level cases against powerful industries beyond just oil and gas. @emdashsanders.bsky.social and @rebleber.bsky.social report on how it went
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The Supreme Court justices weren’t buying some of Big Oil’s arguments
“A little slippery,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett said of one maneuver.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The drinking age in the United States being 21 gives frats a lot of power. Sexual assault absolutely happens in other settings, but being able to get booze legally elsewhere at 18 makes Greek life have a bit less power.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Revealed: the #methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey - Exclusive: #Cop31 host calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes #climatecrisis Story by me, @ruthmichaelson.com and Ayça Aldatmaz www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey
Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes
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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Legal experts tell me oil companies' Supreme Court bid to stop this case could reach way further than climate, threatening states' historic ability to hold companies accountable for deception and harm to their residents. I'll be at the court tomorrow covering the arguments. Stay tuned
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
“Government can’t fix everything, but it’s the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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Burned cattle, drought, smoke-choked pastures—and the SCOTUS case to make Exxon and Suncor pay
“Government can’t fix everything, but it's the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
“You could call it deception, misrepresentation, but frankly it’s fraud. What [Boulder is] saying is, the companies lied about what they knew about the dangers of climate change. Fraud is the heart of it.”
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Burned cattle, drought, smoke-choked pastures—and the SCOTUS case to make Exxon and Suncor pay
“Government can’t fix everything, but it's the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
“Government can’t fix everything, but it’s the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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Burned cattle, drought, smoke-choked pastures—and the SCOTUS case to make Exxon and Suncor pay
“Government can’t fix everything, but it's the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“This story is much bigger than just the cattle ranchers. It’s the everyday families that are trying to afford food, who feel pressured about how much things are costing. Government can’t fix everything, but it’s the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.” @motherjones.com
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments for the blockbuster climate case between Suncor and Exxon vs. Boulder, Colorado. Here’s what you need to know: @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Burned cattle, drought, smoke-choked pastures—and the SCOTUS case to make Exxon and Suncor pay
“Government can’t fix everything, but it's the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
Burned cattle, drought, smoke-choked pastures—and the SCOTUS case to make Exxon and Suncor pay
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Burned cattle, drought, smoke-choked pastures—and the SCOTUS case to make Exxon and Suncor pay
“Government can’t fix everything, but it's the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
oops almost got a little weepy over @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest but my wry haha funny social take is: why not both?
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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Alessandra Bergamin @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For @truthout.org I wrote about Israel's killing of environmental and land defenders in Lebanon's south. truthout.org/articles/leb...
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Lebanon’s Environmental Defenders Say Israel Is Deliberately Targeting Them
Israel has decimated Lebanon’s land — and is also slaughtering the people who protect it.
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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 01/10/2026
Climate Superfund legislation is a hot topic in the US, and every state who has proposed it has a different story. See the @motherjones.com article which covers our recent CDL report on state superfund lobbying. www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Judges keep striking down climate laws. Some states are fighting back.
Inside the high-stakes legal battle over climate superfund legislation.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
Judges keep striking down climate laws. Some states are fighting back.
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Judges keep striking down climate laws. Some states are fighting back.
Inside the high-stakes legal battle over climate superfund legislation.
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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 01/10/2026
Thanks for covering the story, @rsanta.bsky.social! The dives into Minnesota and Connecticut are important - particularly with Connecticut facing similar conditions to NY. For those interested in our Brown report: www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/climate...
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Climate Superfund Bills in the U.S. States: A systematic study of opposition
New Brown University Climate and Development Lab Report Shows How Fossil Fuel and Energy-Intensive Industries Mobilize to Block “Climate Superfund” Bills Across State Legislatures
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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There were about 16,000 heat-related deaths in Germany last summer, about double the mortality during the first Covid wave in early 2020. Extreme heat needs to be treated as an ongoing public health emergency.
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Mass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate News
As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“This isn’t going to make us back down. Maybe it’s a little intimidating, but we’re not giving up. It’s just a matter of time before the fossil fuel industry is held accountable.” -Vermont State Senator Anne Watson @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Judges keep striking down climate laws. Some states are fighting back.
Inside the high-stakes legal battle over climate superfund legislation.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 29/09/2026
"Exxon and Suncor can point to no language in the Clean Air Act that preempts Boulder’s claims. Why? Because there is none." Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy and former EPA general counsel Avi Garbow on why Big Oil's arguments to escape accountability "have no credibility whatsoever."
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Big Oil can’t hide behind the Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act was designed to shield Americans from harmful pollution. It was not designed to shield fossil fuel companies from legal accountability or to eviscerate states’ authority to protec…
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spoke to lawmakers and advocates in Minnesota, Washington State, Connecticut, and Vermont, and their message to polluters is clear: they're not backing down.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“This isn’t going to make us back down. Maybe it’s a little intimidating, but we’re not giving up. It’s just a matter of time before the fossil fuel industry is held accountable.” -Vermont State Senator Anne Watson @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Judges keep striking down climate laws. Some states are fighting back.
Inside the high-stakes legal battle over climate superfund legislation.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spoke to lawmakers and advocates in Minnesota, Washington State, Connecticut, and Vermont, and their message to polluters is clear: they're not backing down.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Senior editor Cereese Qusba spent months reporting on the case before breaking the news of the lawsuit on September 18.”
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How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
Judges keep striking down climate laws. These states are fighting back.
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Judges keep striking down climate laws. Some states are fighting back.
Inside the high-stakes legal battle over climate superfund legislation.
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Major u-turn from Justice Alito as Supreme Court reveals he will no longer participate in the big climate change case being argued next week. Previously, the court told NBC News there was no reason for him to step aside despite his earlier recusal in same case.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
In today's speech, Netanyahu appeared particularly eager to defend settlers in the West Bank, whose state-supported violence against Palestinians and international observers is extremely well-documented by reporters, activists, and international human rights groups.
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Netanyahu's UN speech was a full-on defense of Israel's settlements
“Peaceful settlers, honorable people” are being smeared, Israel's prime minister said.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/09/2026
“We have to run outside candidates who have no allegiance or history to the Democratic Party to win.“
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“They really did screw Bernie”: Here's what 2016 can teach Democrats today
Sanders' chief strategist Tad Devine on the DNC, super PACs, and the Democratic Socialist wave.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Do we really need another post-mortem on the 2016 election? Well, Tad Devine isn’t writing your typical autopsy report in “How the Democrats Screwed Bernie.” My latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“They really did screw Bernie”: Here's what 2016 can teach Democrats today
Sanders' chief strategist Tad Devine on the DNC, super PACs, and the Democratic Socialist wave.
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 25/09/2026
🩸 NEW 🩸 As gas and food prices skyrocket as the climate crisis continues, a new report reveals how the oil and gas industry publicly backed federal methane rules but covertly pushed to “eviscerate” them. Read Desmog's latest. buff.ly/EO1za0F
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How the Oil Industry Is Pushing EPA to 'Effectively Gut' Methane Rules During Affordability and Climate Crises
As House Republicans crafted President Trump’s domestic policy bill last spring, the oil and gas industry watched closely, eyes trained on the fate of one policy in particular: a fee on excess…
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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
at @motherjones.com @climatedesk.org event, @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social says since being sworn into office ~10 months ago, nyc has faced a flash flood emergency one out of every three days, on average. and that's the climate crisis folks
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
Morning, folks! We're here at this year's Climate Desk Live as our very own @garrisonhayes.bsky.social will sit down with @mayor.nyc.gov! The event is at full capacity, but if you want to follow along check out the livestream below: 🔗 YouTube: bit.ly/ClimateDeskLivestream-2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
To truly understand the scope and origins of the disaster that the Roberts court has unleashed by destroying the Voting Rights Act, you have to return to one of the darkest periods of our history.
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Close associates of Anthony Constantino have been accused or found guilty of kidnapping and stealing money from a youth baseball league. He's also called AOC a "fake bitch" in Spanish and rapped about Mamdani's "boy Osama." He may soon be heading to Congress. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The bizarre backstory of the Trump-endorsed sticker mogul who could be headed to Congress
“We can’t recall ever meeting a more unsuitable candidate,” one paper said of Anthony Constantino.
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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 21/09/2026
I just got a "still interested letter." For a #FOIA request that's in litigation.
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Cartoon Eye Twitch
Alt: Cartoon Eye Twitch
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Pentagon continues to lie about the number of troops and contractors that have died as a result of the Iran War. This story deserves all the attention it gets and more - and kudos to @nickturse.bsky.social for consistently reporting on this issue for months.
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Julia Kane @juliakane.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New @fieldnotes.co investigation: the oil & gas industry is working hand-in-glove with the Trump admin to gut federal methane regulations. Corporations want to keep the veneer of regulations—and “not much more” than that. fieldnotes.co/investigatio...
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‘And Not Much More’: Inside the Oil & Gas Industry’s Campaign Against…
Fieldnotes is a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The EPA has fundamentally overhauled its policies toward environmental and human health in pursuit of the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” and MAHA agendas. Read my latest for @motherjones.com
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“If the test finds any trace of abortion pills, conservatives will use it to legitimize their new legal front in the war on reproductive rights. The cruelty really is the point here, not science or health.” @jessicavalenti.bsky.social @motherjones.com
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Point Source News @pointsourcenews.org · 16/09/2026
Welcome to Point Source. We’re a new outlet that aims to unearth stories about the fossil fuel industry’s power and influence. pointsourcenews.org
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Point Source News
Tracing fossil fuel disinformation.
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