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Solar power is the cheapest electricity in history and in 2024 delivered 2/3rds of new capacity and 40% of new global generation. Yet myths, often politically motivated, are holding back its progress. @carbonbrief.org debunks 16 of of the biggest ☀️ myths👇 interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4
I pray she doesn’t grow up in a society that pressures her to have babies before she and her body are mature enough to make that decision for herself. It really does feel like The Handmaids Tale at times. God bless her and you for being such an astute Grandma who can help guide her choice. 🩷
AP: “Florida could be on the hook for $218 million… Alligator Alcatraz may soon be completely empty as a judge upheld her decision late Wednesday ordering operations to wind down indefinitely…” apnews.com/article/flor...
IT’S ALL NATIVE LAND!
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
Agreed. In no way was I ready as a 12-year-old girl ready for the complexities of having a sexual relationship. I am so tired of men who have no clue about our bodies and emotional stages telling us what we should do and when. #handsoff #Epstein
Women go through hormonal fluctuations whether they are on the pill or not. I have had #endometriosis. Mine ended in hysterectomy. I’d like to see #ElonMusk deal with it so he would understand the physical pain and fatigue. And that’s just ONE female medical issue! #birthcontrol
They pushed a nuclear armed #India into the arms of #China and #Russia. So stupid. #Trump
What a gang of mindless amateurs in Washington accomplished in Beijing:
He did a 3 hr televised cabinet meeting last week. They may be hiding his bruising that indicates either treatment of some kind or an underlying medical condition, but they are doing a very bad job at that.
Once again #Trump maintains a relationship with a man who abused an underage girl. This is not the character of a man who should get Hall of Fame adulation. #Clemons #MLB
Trump now wants to influence who gets into Baseball Hall of Fame. Roger Clemens was excluded over steroid use and allegations of a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old that became abusive. So far, the Hall of Fame is standing firm, though Clemens—who golfs with Trump—remains a point of connection.
I’ve always believed in the dignity of work, and I’ll never stop fighting to protect it. This Labor Day, I’m celebrating the victories of the labor movement and the contributions of working people all across America. Workers and unions will always have a champion in me.
Statement from Sen. Ossoff on the CDC.
POPE LEO: “Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world.” He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
@msnbc.com Sources I turn to for medical info include Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic. Both are top tier providers of medical treatment and I trust their info. Also people can by the Merk Manual as a reference book on medical conditions and their companion book on drugs. I have both. #RFKJR #CDC
Secretary Kennedy has fired thousands of federal health workers and severely weakened programs designed to protect Americans from cancer, heart attacks, strokes, lead poisoning, injury, violence and more.” #Kennedy #RFKJR #CDC #HHS #publichealth #vaccines #mrNA
culminating in his decision to fire Dr. Susan Monarez as C.D.C. director days ago — is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced.
“What Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has done to the C.D.C. and to our nation’s public health system over the past several months —
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o... A Must Read Gift Article
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The Kremlin chief will stay in China for several days for a security summit that will also be attended by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is taking a defiant stance against President Donald Trump’s promise to deploy the National Guard to the nation's third-largest city. Johnson signed an executive order that he said lays out “how we can stand up against this tyranny.” bit.ly/46fRJ3e
As Americans have known for far too long, Trump sees truth as indeterminate, ripe for manipulation by his regime. Trump simply doesn’t want reliable, accurate AI. He wants MAGA agitprop. trib.al/F2JIosX
#Caturday #weekend #CatsOfBluesky
#art #vangogh #arthistory #museums
The overall goal here is clear: Trump wants full control of the U.S. economy. That’s reckless no matter who the president is. But it’s a ruinous mission for a president who obviously has no idea what he’s doing. trib.al/VnbR4iD
#Trump has pushed a nuclear ally ( #India ) into #China’s waiting arms in alliance with #Russia, all for the sake of a Nobel Peace Prize. Because, you know, @barackobama.bsky.social has one. Trump is a tin pot dictator who is ruining this country’s reputation and standing in the world.
The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u... Gift Article
NEW: More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.
#FlowersOnFriday
The future of the Federal Reserve and whether it will continue to operate as an independent institution or become subject to the whims of the White House rests largely on Lisa Cook's shoulders after she filed a lawsuit challenging her attempted dismissal by President Trump.
Inside the C.D.C., a Growing Sense of Despair After six months of turmoil, the loss of the new director and a round of high-profile resignations marks a new low www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
shooters by now, but won’t do the work of getting semi-automatic weapons off the streets and out of the potential mass shooters’ hands. That is the “without works” part. “For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.” James 2:26 [New American RE Bible]
There would be nothing wrong with the calls to pray for those who practice it if it were followed by social works, such as banning semi-automatic rifles. Instead, @jd-vance-1.bsky.social would rather further stigmatize people with mental health issues. They know the profile of most mass
CDC Dir. Susan Monarez had 2 lines she could not cross: she wd not do anything illegal, & she would not do anything that ran counter to the science. RFK Jr asked her to do both- remove CDC leaders without cause, & endorse recommendations that did not represent the best science So he fired her
Welch: This is a guy who has redecorated the oval Marie Antoinette style and is building himself a ballroom because he has no intention of leaving.
They want to save $$ on Medicare, social security and prescription drugs. And ultimately, they will, if enough of us die.
‘Immense public pressure might force the WH to restrain Kennedy. Until that happens-and we’re not holding our breath -Americans will live with the consequences of senators who decided to let an anti-vaccine crank become one of the most powerful people in gov. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
Sorry I am two days late with this. I am still recovering from my latest kidney procedure and don’t have a lot of energy back. But in keeping with my #feminist spirit, I thought it important to post. #women #equality #era
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
Just admit it: You love your guns more than your children. The first step is acknowledging the problem.
Isn’t that in some respects good for you? If the state finds its own map indefensible, does that not lend more weight to your arguments?
This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Mass graves.
Never before in our history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many of us, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is what dictatorship looks like.
Oh Minneapolis… my heart breaks for the victims and families who lost children, for those injured and their loved ones, and for our shattered community. We all deserve so much better than living with this violence in our lives and communities.
It's possible ... hear me out, here …. It may well be that these people lie their asses off whenever they exhale
A very strong & powerful resignation letter from Dr. Daskalakis calling out RFK jr. “I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.”
we are reverting to a time before Lister and Salk? Do better. Thank you for your attention to this matter. cc: @jd-vance-1.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov
the leader of the most powerful country in the world. #Kennedy is undermining a shining jewel of our American system: the quality of our healthcare system and its ability to respond to medical outbreaks, hurting the American people. Who will want to come here for cutting edge medical treatment when
President #Trump: The debacle that has become the loss of top management at the #CDC has tarnished the U.S. leadership in medical research world-wide. It has impacts for foreign organizations involved in public medicine, as well as here in the U.S. This is shameful and ruins your reputation as
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She who runs with wolves
the Congressional legislative process/the courts. I know this is not what you want to hear, but it is the truth by which we must live as we both swore to do. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Cc: @jd-vance-1.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov
President #Trump: You are confused. You cannot do anything you want to do, any more than I can do so. We are both constrained by the Constitution of the U.S., the oaths we swore to uphold it, and the laws of the nation and states. If you want to change laws, you must do so through
Breaking: According to Minneapolis police, two children — ages 8 and 10 — have been killed in the church shooting. 14 children and three adults injured. Minneapolis mayor Frey: "Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying."
The stark difference between Newsom & Abbott is clear - Texans had no choice due to our already extremely gerrymandered state giving the TXGOP their cheating advantage. Newsom is letting voters decide on redistricting. CA - please take part in saving our democracy & vote YES! 👇🏽 💙🙏🏽, Texas Activist
"There has just never been a president in recent American history who has gone out of his way to free more criminals and accommodate more crimes than Donald Trump," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
Thanks. Used your note to send my Senators.
Didn’t you hear? They want to put children to work gathering crops. Child labor is back in vogue.
We all came from Twitter to unite as one Blue family Let's not fall apart now
When politicians get to pick voters, democracy loses. Trump’s push to redraw maps in Texas, Indiana, and Missouri could erase Dem seats. Newsom and Moore say if Trump’s rigging maps, they’ll draw back.
@arimelber.bsky.social Enjoyed your interview with @hwinkler4real.bsky.social very much. What a cute and creative idea for a children’s book series!
before it activates. #Kennedy is stupid and unqualified for the job he has been given, and #Trump cares less about the people of this nation.
@drdind.bsky.social The HPV virus is as common as a cold; the purpose of vaccination is to prevent those who cannot shed the virus from getting various cancers, including cervical, anal, throat, mouth, esophageal, etc. Like many viruses of its type, it can lie dormant in your body for decades
BTW, Farrah Fawcett Majors succumbed to HPV related rectal cancer in 2009. "Hollywood icon Farrah Fawcett created her foundation shortly after being diagnosed with an HPV-related cancer in 2006. She had hoped to run the foundation herself, but anal cancer took her life in 2009."
Yes Chef!
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
What a ridiculous presumption! Nothing is as outlandish as having armed military patrolling our streets when there is no cause for martial law! I don’t see how it is Constitutional, and to not discuss it is to give up on the democratic experiment. cc: @kenmartin.bsky.social @dscc.bsky.social
Artwork: Caning of Charles Sumner - Wikipedia
it doesn’t rest on armed force, the moment it does it isn’t democracy. It isn’t something to kick around or experiment with.” —Allen Drury, Stanford University (age 19) Author “Advise and Consent”
“Democracy is the most fragile thing on earth, for what does it rest upon? You and me, and the fact that we agree to maintain it. The moment either of us says we will not, that’s the end of it. It doesn’t rest on anything but us;
It’s always the smart women being removed from their high ranking positions, be they in the military, heading an academic institution or is a political appointee. They don’t remove the men. #FederalReserve
Jordy: I call it the leaky fascist faucet. You have CEOs giving Trump gold, then it's let's do a little gerrymandering, let's send the National Guard into this one city, and the next. And then? It'll be: We need to deploy the military during elections to make sure no "election fraud" is happening.
Let’s just say, having the guy who bankrupt six of the companies he ran, now allocating billions of dollars of US taxpayer money as investments may not be such a great idea! This is crazy! I wouldn’t let him manage a dime of my money!
Trump is also more bent over than he was a couple of years ago and seems to have lost some height. If he is taking aspirin/other blood thinners, it is usually to break up clots in heart or prevent stroke. He is aging at Biden’s rate from what I can see.
99% of cervical cancer is cause by HPV. He is ignorant and dangerous.
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
"If you are not nice to President Trump, he will bring the full force of the state down upon your life. If you are nice to President Trump, he will use the full force of the state to help you." What would *you* call that?
One commonality among all Dictators. Hitler, Mussolini, Castro and Trump. They always seize the Capitol city in order to utilize armed troops to force their will in the seat of power Trump now had armed troops ready to take over Congress and SCOTUS if they defy him Dark times are here #ProudBlue
Could be from a needle to draw blood or he had surgery and had an IV placed in his hand. Or it is his veinous problem showing up in his hand. Or Melania dropped something heavy on it. 🤷🏼♀️
Health insurance will cost more for millions of Americans — especially rural residents sourcenm.com/2025/08/22/h...
Evidently not. Good for him it was on Fox; he can get away with the lie there.
Does he not remember Trump went to court over the census and lost trying to add a citizenship question?
for documents now, not then? His underlying material had to be approved for the book’s use as well. If Bolton had documents he shouldn’t have had to write the book, it should have been dealt with at the time of publication. Right @samsteindc.bsky.social ?
I am wondering about things like: if Kilmar Abrego Garcia is charged in Nashville for alleged sex trafficking, how can he jurisdictionally be removed to Uganda by ICE? Bridgegate is a dozen years ago…what about statute of limitations? Bolton’s book underwent review and got approved - why search
Sam Stein: "This is all power play stuff, the Chris Christie threats...the Bolton raid, obviously is part of it. Even the Intel story, he went from threatening to company's CEO to saying he's a great guy because he gave him a 10% share."
The risks are real. I fear that the one thing our female vets will be able to turn to the V.A. for is burial benefits. Too many more will need them.”
“The proposed new rule will directly affect many of the most vulnerable people.. V.A. serves, including military sexual trauma survivors. If the V.A.’s rule is codified, the message the agency will be sending is clear: Women’s health is not a priority for the armed forces or for this administration.
We Cannot Let America Abandon Female Veterans www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o... Gift article
Below are the 30 U.S. cities with at least 100,000 residents that had the highest number of crimes against people, per 100,000, according to the latest FBI data report. Goodness, Washington, D.C., forgot to be included! JD Vance & Jim Jordon's Ohio makes a stellar showing. Heck of a job on crime!
My law firm is currently litigating 52 voting and election cases in 23 states. This includes the Ohio case we filed on Friday night and the redistricting case challenging Texas' new congressional map. I am thankful for our clients willing to wage these fights. They, not the lawyers, are the heroes.