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A data center in New Jersey spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a local creek, putting the area’s entire river system at risk.

Is it any wonder nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want a data center in their community?
September 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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When they’re worse than nothing at all

“A police department in Texas that arrested a local resident for complaining on social media about their city’s contaminated water supply has been ordered closed after failing to prove it provided any benefit to the community.”
Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community
Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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September 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Next week is adopt a less-adoptable pet. That’s my mission.
#OperationSaveAFriend
Please say hello to Jennifer Aniston!
JA is a 12+ Yorkie. She has a lot going on. We can give her the care she needs. The care she was denied.
Fuller story in the GFM.
Donate: theherdhouse.com
Or: gofund.me/58c292a91
September 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer.
"No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.
September 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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For years, Alaska officials prosecuted (& persecuted) a community of American Samoans in the city of Whittier, threatening them with years in prison for the crime of voting.

You may have read about this when we covered it in Bolts earlier this year.

HUGE NEWS: Alaska just dropped all charges.
After a Yearslong Nightmare, Relief for American Samoans Punished for Voting - Bolts
Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.
boltsmag.org
September 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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WARREN: You and Kennedy are keeping these pharma deals secret. The companies say they are immaterial. You still want the American people to believe they are a great deal?

KLOMP: Billions of dollars have been saved in out-of-pocket transactions—

WARREN: Then show me the receipts.
September 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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BREAKING: Rep. Massie (R-KY) brings forward a resolution to impeach Pete Hegseth for high crimes and misdemeanors
September 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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“Reporters were barred from recording video” — Um What?

PSA: The moment you obeyed that command you stopped being “reporters” @punchbowlnews.bsky.social
September 15, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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Study Estimates Fossil Fuel Giants Have Inflicted $28 Trillion in Climate Damage Worldwide www.commondreams.org/news/pollute...
Study Estimates Fossil Fuel Giants Have Inflicted $28 Trillion in Climate Damage Worldwide | Common Dreams
Fossil fuel giants have caused $28 trillion in climate damages, more than all goods and services produced in the US last year. Who will hold them accountable for the destruction they've caused? It's t...
www.commondreams.org
September 15, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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Trump believes people are stupid enough to blame Ukraine and not him and Netanyahu for record high diesel prices!
September 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Reuters: U.S. JUDGE BARS WASHINGTON'S KENNEDY CENTER FOR NOW FROM PUTTING DONALD TRUMP'S NAME BACK ON FACADE OF BUILDING AND RENAMING PLAZA AFTER HIM - COURT RULING
September 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Thelma & Louise spent a winter by themselves after escaping a slaughterhouse. Now that they are in sanctuary, keeping them safe & warm is our job… can you help by buying a bag of shavings? ❤️

🐷 Give directly: tinyurl.com/26sujbyf
🌱 Venmo: Woodstock-Sanctuary
September 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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I think a lot of people would have started following me when we rescued Rodney in Thailand.

How he lived through those first days I’ll never know.

To see him and run a couple of laps with him in London this weekend was magical ❤️
September 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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“We have what the world wants:
the energy, the resources, the talent, the technology and the capital”

~ PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦
September 15, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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Notice how often we say this and not a single person has been sued? Hmm..
September 15, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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Imagine telling an Alaskan paying $26.82 a gallon to tighten the belt as they choose between medicine and food. Mary Peltola demands solutions.
Alaska needs a senator who stops the crisis, not one voting for more war.
#BlueWaveIn50Days
September 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Good question
September 15, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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NEW: As ice caps melt and new shipping lanes open in the north, the U.S. Arctic Research Commission has arguably never been more important.

Its new leader is a MAGA influencer with close ties to Russia.
How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...
www.propublica.org
September 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Ten days later, the authority ICE relied on and the review that followed remain unclear.

Read the full report ↓
FREDERICK STILL HAS NO CLEAR ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT ICE DID
Local police say ICE excluded them from the operation and refused to discuss whether agents had a warrant, leaving key questions about authority, force, and accountability unresolved.
www.americansagainstice.org
September 14, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I’m really kind of tired of hearing “He promised to lower prices on day one”. Only idiots believed that and hearing it said everyday makes the person saying it sound like a skipping record. The script is old.
September 15, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Half of all Americans die in hospice care.

Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud and exploitation.

(From the ProPublica archives)
The Hospice Hustle
Half of all Americans now die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud and exploitation.
www.propublica.org
September 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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September 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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A woman complained to state regulators of sexual misconduct by her OB-GYN during a February 2025 visit.

What she didn’t know is that four patients before her had made similar complaints.

The state “just let him keep practicing,” she said.

(Published March w/ @kuow.org)
An OB-GYN Was Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Medical Board Let Him Keep Practicing.
The first accusation against Dr. Mark Mulholland came in January 2022. Two more arrived in 2023 and a fourth in 2024 before the board took action against his license last year. Then even more patients...
www.propublica.org
September 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM