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October 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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🌱 "When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money." —Alanis Obomsawin
October 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
🌱 "When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money." —Alanis Obomsawin
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Did you know butterflies rest when it rains because it damages their wings? It's okay to rest during the storms of life. You'll always fly again.
September 27, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Did you know butterflies rest when it rains because it damages their wings? It's okay to rest during the storms of life. You'll always fly again.
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I want to strengthen my last statement—this *is* an election-rigging scheme. And the fact that there was a conspiracy in the executive branch to hide it makes it likely this constitutes a Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud headed by Donald Trump.
Postal Service plans may keep voters from getting ballots, whistleblower says
An anonymous federal official warns that a rushed USPS portal tied to Trump’s mail-voting order could reject large batches of ballots before the midterms.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I want to strengthen my last statement—this *is* an election-rigging scheme. And the fact that there was a conspiracy in the executive branch to hide it makes it likely this constitutes a Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud headed by Donald Trump.
Thank you @governor.pa.gov !!
NEW: Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) used the following words to describe data center developers today;
"Predators"
"Bullies"
"Secretive"
Shapiro signed a new state exec order tightening restrictions on data centers, requiring they get local approvals & provide their own power
"Predators"
"Bullies"
"Secretive"
Shapiro signed a new state exec order tightening restrictions on data centers, requiring they get local approvals & provide their own power
August 19, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Thank you @governor.pa.gov !!
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The attribute I so appreciate is his decency.
August 13, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The attribute I so appreciate is his decency.
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RFK Jr. made Cyclospora tracking optional, gutting a CDC program used to detect outbreaks. Now cyclosporiasis has hit 31 states. That's what happens when you dismantle the systems designed to keep us safe. www.npr.org/2026/07/12/n...
What to know about cyclosporiasis, the intestinal illness hitting the U.S.
A surge of cases of the intestinal illness that causes diarrhea and fatigue has been detected in 34 states. Here's how what to do if you suspect you have it and how to avoid infection.
www.npr.org
July 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
RFK Jr. made Cyclospora tracking optional, gutting a CDC program used to detect outbreaks. Now cyclosporiasis has hit 31 states. That's what happens when you dismantle the systems designed to keep us safe. www.npr.org/2026/07/12/n...
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The Republican Party 4 months before midterms: "You're not getting affordable housing unless you give up your voting rights"
Great message.
Great message.
July 10, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The Republican Party 4 months before midterms: "You're not getting affordable housing unless you give up your voting rights"
Great message.
Great message.
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Happy Independence Day, may democracy flourish again soon.
July 4, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Happy Independence Day, may democracy flourish again soon.
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Take the time to comment on this. There’s a lot more we can lose if we don’t speak up.
Please speak up. Record your objection. This is crucially important.
Russ Vought — the Project 2025 architect — is rewriting an OMB rule to seize control of $1T+ in federal grants: roads, hospitals, fire departments, food banks, elections.
By law, public comments must be read & answered. Yours matters.
By law, public comments must be read & answered. Yours matters.
June 25, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Take the time to comment on this. There’s a lot more we can lose if we don’t speak up.
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I made a short link to share also: geni.us/OPPOSEPROPOS...
Oppose Proposed Mail-In and Absentee Ballot Regulations | League of Women Voters
geni.us
June 25, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I made a short link to share also: geni.us/OPPOSEPROPOS...
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One of the worst parts of the Trump era is that we’re repeatedly told to hate our neighbors.
Just look at all the positive videos – of people from around the world coming together to celebrate sports right now – and know we can choose a different path.
Just look at all the positive videos – of people from around the world coming together to celebrate sports right now – and know we can choose a different path.
June 22, 2026 at 1:52 PM
One of the worst parts of the Trump era is that we’re repeatedly told to hate our neighbors.
Just look at all the positive videos – of people from around the world coming together to celebrate sports right now – and know we can choose a different path.
Just look at all the positive videos – of people from around the world coming together to celebrate sports right now – and know we can choose a different path.
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PA Republican Rep Ryan Mackenzie campaigned on opposing war in Iran, but now he’s voted four times in favor of Trump’s war.
Another spineless GOP coward.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4615190/ryan-mackenzie-kevin-dellicker-regime-change-bombing-iran-2024-house/
Another spineless GOP coward.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4615190/ryan-mackenzie-kevin-dellicker-regime-change-bombing-iran-2024-house/
Swing-district Republican opposed bombing Iran as 2024 candidate
Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) criticized his GOP rival, dubbing him a neocon for supporting regime change and “bombing Iran” while a candidate for Congress.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
June 22, 2026 at 10:45 PM
PA Republican Rep Ryan Mackenzie campaigned on opposing war in Iran, but now he’s voted four times in favor of Trump’s war.
Another spineless GOP coward.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4615190/ryan-mackenzie-kevin-dellicker-regime-change-bombing-iran-2024-house/
Another spineless GOP coward.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4615190/ryan-mackenzie-kevin-dellicker-regime-change-bombing-iran-2024-house/
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The OMB proposed rule will impact more than just science...we are talking $1.5 TRILLION in federal funding including:
Veterans benefits (e.g., VA, housing)
WIC
SNAP
TSA
Air traffic control
Pell Grants
Headstart
Vocational training, to name a few.
GO YELL: fight2win.standupforscience.net
Veterans benefits (e.g., VA, housing)
WIC
SNAP
TSA
Air traffic control
Pell Grants
Headstart
Vocational training, to name a few.
GO YELL: fight2win.standupforscience.net
Stand up for Science
Stand up for Science
fight2win.standupforscience.net
June 18, 2026 at 11:46 PM
The OMB proposed rule will impact more than just science...we are talking $1.5 TRILLION in federal funding including:
Veterans benefits (e.g., VA, housing)
WIC
SNAP
TSA
Air traffic control
Pell Grants
Headstart
Vocational training, to name a few.
GO YELL: fight2win.standupforscience.net
Veterans benefits (e.g., VA, housing)
WIC
SNAP
TSA
Air traffic control
Pell Grants
Headstart
Vocational training, to name a few.
GO YELL: fight2win.standupforscience.net
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Today is the last day to comment on the National Park Service website about what you think of Donald Trump's proposed Arch. Please take the time to share your opinion with them, and maybe repost so other people will comment too. The more the better.
parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm...
parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm...
ParkPlanning - Triumphal Arch - Section 106 Assessment of Effect and Draft Programmatic Agreement
parkplanning.nps.gov
June 15, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Today is the last day to comment on the National Park Service website about what you think of Donald Trump's proposed Arch. Please take the time to share your opinion with them, and maybe repost so other people will comment too. The more the better.
parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm...
parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm...
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After the tarp went up to try and stop the “Berlin Wall” moment, Cliff Owen of the AP got the iconic 📸 shot. 🇺🇸
June 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
After the tarp went up to try and stop the “Berlin Wall” moment, Cliff Owen of the AP got the iconic 📸 shot. 🇺🇸
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🚨 “Someone is going to get killed if this continues.” 🚨
Outside Delaney Hall ICE prison on Day 7 of the hunger/labor strike, ICE agents shove protesters off the public sidewalk and into the street as trucks pass by.
WATCH @jordanchariton.bsky.social LIVE ⬇️
Outside Delaney Hall ICE prison on Day 7 of the hunger/labor strike, ICE agents shove protesters off the public sidewalk and into the street as trucks pass by.
WATCH @jordanchariton.bsky.social LIVE ⬇️
May 28, 2026 at 11:16 PM
🚨 “Someone is going to get killed if this continues.” 🚨
Outside Delaney Hall ICE prison on Day 7 of the hunger/labor strike, ICE agents shove protesters off the public sidewalk and into the street as trucks pass by.
WATCH @jordanchariton.bsky.social LIVE ⬇️
Outside Delaney Hall ICE prison on Day 7 of the hunger/labor strike, ICE agents shove protesters off the public sidewalk and into the street as trucks pass by.
WATCH @jordanchariton.bsky.social LIVE ⬇️
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A Maine air carrier was forced to stop delivering mail today. USPS owes them $388,000 and hasn't paid since March.
Trump is breaking the Post Office. Rural Maine pays the price. #mepolitics
Trump is breaking the Post Office. Rural Maine pays the price. #mepolitics
April 21, 2026 at 4:52 PM
A Maine air carrier was forced to stop delivering mail today. USPS owes them $388,000 and hasn't paid since March.
Trump is breaking the Post Office. Rural Maine pays the price. #mepolitics
Trump is breaking the Post Office. Rural Maine pays the price. #mepolitics
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Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center
I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.
www.theatlantic.com
April 17, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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We and our colleagues have been warning about this.
Modeling is an amazing tool.
Modeling is an amazing tool.
NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety.
This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them.
This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them.
The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
projects.propublica.org
March 28, 2026 at 12:08 AM
We and our colleagues have been warning about this.
Modeling is an amazing tool.
Modeling is an amazing tool.
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Thank you Bad Bunny for taking the California stage and using your voice at Super Bowl LX. A beautiful moment!
Together, we are America.
Together, we are America.
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Thank you Bad Bunny for taking the California stage and using your voice at Super Bowl LX. A beautiful moment!
Together, we are America.
Together, we are America.
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New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
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“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.” — Vesta Kelly
January 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.” — Vesta Kelly
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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You think *your* volunteer job is stressful
NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
You think *your* volunteer job is stressful