Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 07/10/2026We just obtained records showing DHS and ICE attempting to silence voters. Here’s what our investigation uncovered. 56133
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDSkye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026BREAKING: Out this morning, government records obtained by @democracyforward.org show that DHS/ICE has been obtaining tens of millions of records, including by election denier Heather Honey who now serves at DHS, investigating voters. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...nytimes.comTrump Officials Ramp Up Investigations Into Voter Registration GroupsThe Trump administration is investigating nonprofits that it says may be recruiting noncitizens for voter registration, documents show, even though noncitizen voting in the United States is rare. 412164
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Big day for climate & environmental law today w/ #SCOTUS hearing Suncor v. Boulder A rundown here on some of things that came up during oral arguments www.climateinthecourts.com/big-oil-and-...climateinthecourts.comBig Oil And Boulder, Colorado Face Off At US Supreme CourtSome justices seemed skeptical of oil companies’ broad constitutional arguments. The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday with oral arguments in a case called Suncor v. Commissioners of... 052
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Very much worth seeing the pictures and reading the quotes from this event. 060
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“We are going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity” AKA basic cognitive skills. No thanks. 2111
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDPam Kan-Rice @ucanrpam.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"It's warming of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean. That's it. That's what El Niño is. An unusually warm blob of water near the Galapagos Islands, 3,500 miles from California," Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social, @ucanr.edu climate scientist, told @jessicagarrison.bsky.social 13810
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDBob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 22/09/2026NEW PAPER: In a new paper, jointly published in @agu.org Earth's Future & @ametsoc.org BAMS, and co-led by Melissa Kenney, @costasamaras.com and me, 175 authors outline priorities to guide the future of scientific assessments of climate change in the United States. 🧵doi.orgResearch Priorities for Robust Climate Assessments in the United StatesA network of climate assessments plays a critical role in synthesizing the state of science to support evidence-based decision-making To support future U.S. and sub-national climate assessments, ... 114884
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 18/09/2026From the abstract: “These developments are reshaping academic legitimacy, as forms of authority most easily amplified online gain institutional validation through engagement and impact metrics—often promoting charismatic, entrepreneurial, gendered performances of expertise.” 031
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDavid Turnbull @dturnbull.bsky.social · 12/09/2026What a deserved testament to the remarkable and compassionate organzing being done by @weathersurvivors.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow a Series of Climate Disasters Connected a Group of Strangers (Gift Article)After devastating storms, wildfires, and heat waves, members of the Extreme Weather Survivors network learn to rely on one another. 0103
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is a great quote and part of the mind-boggling scale of climate change: every land and ocean surface is changed - from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the deep sea. Continent-wide, ocean basin-wide changes, happening in the geological blink of an eye. 1195
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Leaning hard into personal integrity, community service, and my faith community. 130
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDSkye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is a big win for our team @democracyforward.org 612229
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Oh my heart bursts with gratitude for her presence and grace. What a life. Thank you Gloria. Thank you. 040
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“We must not be satisfied with watching the decline of American democracy from our phones.” Thank you @skyeperryman.bsky.social 040
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDiana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Rest in the peace of wild things, Wendell. Thank you, thank you, thank you for everything, every word. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...nytimes.comWendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim. 536384
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/09/2026In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Instead of waiting for a knight-in-shining-armor political candidate, hoping he or she will do the hard work for us,” writes Skye Perryman, “we must continue to look to ourselves.”nyti.msOpinion | Our Democracy Is at Stake. Stop Waiting for a Savior.The greatest power we have is our own. 1411629
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDSkye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026NEW: As expected, a federal court has now blocked the Trump administration’s anti-voting USPS regulation. This demonstrates the point many of us have been making — the SCOTUS decision last week wasb’t the final word. If chaos is the point, we have to fight the chaos. Be vigilant and keep going 215248
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Good lord I am thrilled to see this excerpt from @skyeperryman.bsky.social’s new book in the @rollingstone.com this am. “We must commit to ourselves - and to one another - that we will not succumb to the belief that we have no power.” 0101
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 20/08/2026"The ultimate action that strikes the blow to injustice — and, yes, to autocracy — will make its mark because of the work of ordinary people like you." - @skyeperryman.bsky.social in @rollingstone.com from her new book Ordinary People, Extraordinary Timesrollingstone.comHow to Overcome Hopelessness in the Trump EraIn Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times, Skye Perryman of Democracy Forward offers a guide to combating authoritarianism in the Trump era and beyond. 04515
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 27/07/2026The Trump-Vance admin's attempt to replace teen pregnancy prevention programs with MAGA misinfo on contraception has real consequences for young people’s futures. It's why we're fighting in court to protect it. Thank you @hillaryclinton.bsky.social for uplifting the importance of the TPP program. 07423
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Seattle Fire and Police are currently responding to a mass shooting at the Seattle Center with at least six gunshot victims. 28473226
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDFrankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This story really hurt my heart, a bunch of grownups decided it’s OK to experiment on a little girl, because she’s falling behind at school. She had the mild form of a cognitive genetic disorder and likely would’ve had a normal life expectancy. She was six.science.orgExclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made publicParents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals 7334112
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 21/07/2026They knew for decades that they were permanently damaging the planet. Our planet. Unconscionable. 06929
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Not only is methane a highly potent GHG dramatically accelerating planetary warming, it also mixes with other gasses and causes asthma in kids and premature deaths. It makes people and the planet sick. 11710
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 16/07/2026RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz can stay mad – we’ll stay busy protecting access to affordable health care in court. 39223
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 16/07/2026When you have no clean air to breath, nothing else really matters. Smoke storms and high AQI days creat traumatic memories and lasting negative health consequences. Sending out love and prayers to all the babies, elders, parents, and really everyone in the path of this climate crisis. 070
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 14/07/2026We’re suing to *protect* the Affordable Care Act – unlike RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz, who are attempting to systematically dismantle it. Our “industrial-scale litigation” is working, and we’ll keep fighting in court to protect affordable health care for millions of Americans. 38217
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDAdam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026We're truly through the looking glass if RFK Jr and Mehmet Oz are claiming they're defending ObamaCare and @democracyforward.org is wrong. (That in 2025, they "filed more than 150 lawsuits, took more than 400 legal actions against the Trump administration" is a plus.) 1/2 www.wsj.com/opinion/were... 23415
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 06/07/2026Leaders take us places we wouldn’t go ourselves. Five years ago @skyeperryman.bsky.social joined us as CEO and we’ve grown from a team of 17 to an unstoppable team of 200. Congrats to Skye for five years of building! As she would say, now we’re on to the next. 24712
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDJoshua McNichols @joshuamcnichols.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Had fun reporting on this guy who DIYed his car so he hardly ever has to buy gas anymore. www.kuow.org/stories/this...kuow.orgThis Seattle inventor turned his Jeep into a hybrid. Now he wants to change the worldWashington wants drivers to go electric. A garage startup in north Seattle is betting the cheapest path runs through the cars people already own. 0176
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDBora Chang, MPH @climatechang.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The lack of overnight relief is really worrying How much suffering is enough for us to stop burning fossil fuels www.npr.org/2026/07/02/n...npr.orgThe days are hot, but so are the nights. That's a problem, experts sayAs much of the Eastern U.S. experiences potentially record-breaking daytime temperatures, the nights are also staying unusually warm, leaving the human body no time to recover. 1195
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDSkye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026BREAKING: New reporting from the @theatlantic.com highlighting documents the @democracyforward.org team received in our FOIA litigation — another signal gate. This one perhaps worse than the last. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...theatlantic.comHegseth, Rubio, and Caine Had an Auto-Deleting Signal ChatNew records reveal that officials kept using the app, even after the president suggested they stop. 13826
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Also, heatwaves will not stop at some max arbitrary temperature threshold. We will see extremes rise - what happens when these events are 125F/51C in locations with little to no cooling infrastructure? Or when these events co-occur with power outages? Just a nightmare. 1357
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDClimate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 25/06/2026Hospitals in England declare critical incidents as machines and IT fail in heat #Climatetheguardian.comHospitals in England declare critical incidents as machines and IT fail in heatExtreme weather breaks MRI scanners and cooling units, as workload rises for sleep-deprived staff on sweltering wards 11311
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 25/06/2026This is all to say that I am so so sorry for the pregnant parents, babies, the elderly and medically fragile people who are in harm’s way from this crushing heat in Europe. Sorry for all of us. Sending solidarity. 030
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Similar to the pubic health crisis in the PNW during the heat dome five years ago. ERs were triaging patients in body bags full of ice. Disaster. 150
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDSkye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026We’ve been told it can’t be done over and over. No offense but… we keep winning. The lesson: if you don’t fight, you can’t win. @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social @symonedsanders.bsky.social @democracyforward.org 46418
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 19/06/2026BREAKING: In our case, blocking the slush fund, the Trump admin has refused to say under oath the fund is not moving forward, even after the court gave them a week to do this. We aren’t surprised. We already blocked this fund and will aggressively pursue the next steps in the case. 519675
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 18/06/2026We are baking in (pun intended) >160 ft of potential sea level rise though burning available fossil fuel resources. Unimaginable and yet here we are. You know what doesn’t cause sea levels to catastrophically rise? Renewables. 151
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDTessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Thank you for speaking up, calling electeds, and talking about why ocean monitoring is critical to our coastal economies and safety. Ocean Observing Initiative is spared the axe for the moment. www.nsf.gov/news/update-...nsf.govUpdate on Ocean Observatories InitiativeThe U.S. National Science Foundation appreciates the concerns raised by the range of stakeholders that have informed us they rely on data from the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). Effective… 0288
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 18/06/2026This is such good news. Pushing back works. 36726
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Incredible filing today in defense of wild places, people in need, and essential ecosystem service that protect civic infrastructure and public safety. 150
Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Fossil fuel infrastructure is being fast tracked to supply the energy undergirding data centers. This point is often not upfront but the externalities and costs are certainly born by communities. 04614
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 12/06/2026BREAKING: A court just BLOCKED the Trump-Vance administration from implementing its $1.776 billion so-called "Anti-Weaponization Fund” while our case challenging it continues. We will keep fighting this slush fund in court. 1028985
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 12/06/2026CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social and Senior Counsel Pooja Boisture break down our major slush fund win from court. 411433
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 12/06/2026WIN: A court blocked the Trump-Vance admin’s so-called “Marketplace Integrity and Affordability” health care rule. This is a major victory against President Trump’s unlawful attacks on the Affordable Care Act and ensures millions of Americans will still be able to access healthcare. democracyforward.orgCourt Blocks Unlawful Trump-Vance Attempt to Gut the Affordable Care ActRuling Comes in Challenge Brought by Cities, Doctors, and Small Business Advocates 012958
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 12/06/2026WIN: A court ordered the Trump-Vance admin to stop censoring science and history at national parks – and within three weeks restore any materials it altered or removed. This ruling ensures that America's largest classroom will continue to tell our country's vital stories. #OurParksOurHistory 719576
Reposted by Sarah E Myhre PhDSkye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026We have seen time and again the president have to abandon corrupt and unlawful schemes in the face of litigation and public pressure. If these rumors are true, the administration abandoning its illegal slush fund would be a major victory for people in America. 311931