Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD
@anauc.bsky.social
Personal account of a DC climate scientist, policy wonk, politico, mom, cat servant & occasional poet ❤️🧑🧑🧒🐈📚⚽️🦉🌲🏔️🌎
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DEFEATED! Democrats joined by 6 Republicans just took down this anti-worker bill, the final vote was unchanged from below.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Some House floor drama as Republicans are currently losing a vote on a bill to let employers to exclude workforce education and development training from minimum wage and overtime calculations. Labor-friendly R's (there are a few, sometimes) voting no, Johnson huddling with them for ~30 mins now
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
DEFEATED! Democrats joined by 6 Republicans just took down this anti-worker bill, the final vote was unchanged from below.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
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Trump admin stepping on a rake with the Powell probe. 6 R senators panning it … including people who don’t like Powell!
Cramer: “If we were to do an indictment on everybody that’s elusive in front of Congress, we’d have to build a couple new penitentiaries”
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Cramer: “If we were to do an indictment on everybody that’s elusive in front of Congress, we’d have to build a couple new penitentiaries”
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Powell investigation backfires with Hill Republicans
The Trump administration has stepped on a proverbial rake with its party, where even the central bank chair’s detractors didn’t want to defend the probe.
www.semafor.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Trump admin stepping on a rake with the Powell probe. 6 R senators panning it … including people who don’t like Powell!
Cramer: “If we were to do an indictment on everybody that’s elusive in front of Congress, we’d have to build a couple new penitentiaries”
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Cramer: “If we were to do an indictment on everybody that’s elusive in front of Congress, we’d have to build a couple new penitentiaries”
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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Trump isn’t lowering your bills—he’s boosting polluters’ profits. His reckless invasion of Venezuela is just the latest example of his America Last, Big Oil First agenda—and he’s going to continue selling us out unless we stop him.
January 13, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Trump isn’t lowering your bills—he’s boosting polluters’ profits. His reckless invasion of Venezuela is just the latest example of his America Last, Big Oil First agenda—and he’s going to continue selling us out unless we stop him.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Surprised Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social didn’t point out that Canada is a member of NATO. A US invasion of Greenland could trigger a larger conflict…
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Surprised Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social didn’t point out that Canada is a member of NATO. A US invasion of Greenland could trigger a larger conflict…
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So much to say about this. First of all, the cost estimates for adaptation in Marin are wrong. They only consider the costs of keeping tidal waters out- not the cost of coping with rising groundwater behind walls and levees, which is the real hidden flood problem
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
It’s one of the wealthiest parts of the Bay Area — but can Marin fix its $17 billion problem?
Marin County is one of the wealthiest parts of the Bay Area. But there is no easy way to conjure up the estimated $17 billion to address sea level rise and emergency flood threats.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
So much to say about this. First of all, the cost estimates for adaptation in Marin are wrong. They only consider the costs of keeping tidal waters out- not the cost of coping with rising groundwater behind walls and levees, which is the real hidden flood problem
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Glad the German President is speaking this truth. So sad and mad that it is about the United States
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Glad the German President is speaking this truth. So sad and mad that it is about the United States
Thank you for your reporting & your humanity @pbump.com
"This was a family that could've been like mine" -- Philip Bump breaks down crying on MS NOW when talking about the stuffed animals in Renee Good's car when she was killed
January 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Thank you for your reporting & your humanity @pbump.com
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Even if you don’t use or have this app, you can go to the App Store, search for X. Click on it and scroll down down to near the bottom until you see “Report a problem” then fill in the fields and submit
January 8, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Even if you don’t use or have this app, you can go to the App Store, search for X. Click on it and scroll down down to near the bottom until you see “Report a problem” then fill in the fields and submit
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After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
capitalbnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
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I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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1/ Ashli Babbitt's death at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, gave Trump’s Make America Great Again movement something it needed: a martyr.
Her death became part of a larger narrative — one designed to accomplish a political goal, not mourn the victims.
Her death became part of a larger narrative — one designed to accomplish a political goal, not mourn the victims.
How Trump turned a January 6 death into the politics of ‘protecting women’
Ashli Babbitt was killed while trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election — and became proof to Trump and his followers that women need protection.
19thnews.org
January 6, 2026 at 8:28 PM
1/ Ashli Babbitt's death at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, gave Trump’s Make America Great Again movement something it needed: a martyr.
Her death became part of a larger narrative — one designed to accomplish a political goal, not mourn the victims.
Her death became part of a larger narrative — one designed to accomplish a political goal, not mourn the victims.
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Former Special Counsel, Jack Smith, explicitly states:
"President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him."
"President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him."
January 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Former Special Counsel, Jack Smith, explicitly states:
"President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him."
"President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him."
Despite my long experience with climate deniers, it is still shocking, & saddening, what has happened in the 5 years since the MAGA attack on the Capitol on January 6th
Published this warning about what could happen to the memory of January 6 on the first anniversary of the attack. Never imagined so much of the country would — willfully, foolishly — forget so soon. www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/o...
Opinion | It’s 2086. This Is What American History Could Look Like. (Published 2022)
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Despite my long experience with climate deniers, it is still shocking, & saddening, what has happened in the 5 years since the MAGA attack on the Capitol on January 6th
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1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers
Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.
popular.info
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
Democrats holding a hearing on January 6, 2021 and its aftermath now (1/6/26, 10 am ET). You can watch on YouTube at www.youtube.com/live/EUEmzBY...
After January 6th: Setting the Record Straight on the Capitol Insurrection
YouTube video by Rep. Jeffries
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Democrats holding a hearing on January 6, 2021 and its aftermath now (1/6/26, 10 am ET). You can watch on YouTube at www.youtube.com/live/EUEmzBY...
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- We should all be afraid of geese.
- Birds absolutely suck at Jenga.
- The collective noun for a group of birds is a “sky problem.”
(Happy National Bird Day!)
- Birds absolutely suck at Jenga.
- The collective noun for a group of birds is a “sky problem.”
(Happy National Bird Day!)
Everything We Currently Know About Birds
Birds. Most people just know them as those loud things that are always flapping around the sky like jackasses, but there’s actually much more to th...
buff.ly
January 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
- We should all be afraid of geese.
- Birds absolutely suck at Jenga.
- The collective noun for a group of birds is a “sky problem.”
(Happy National Bird Day!)
- Birds absolutely suck at Jenga.
- The collective noun for a group of birds is a “sky problem.”
(Happy National Bird Day!)
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As we celebrate 150 years, we are called not only to reflect but to act. Our century-and-a-half legacy is a testament to the resilience and ingenuity of librarians and library workers everywhere.
Read ALA President Sam Helmick's full essay: ala150.org/for-150-years. #ForOurLibraries
Read ALA President Sam Helmick's full essay: ala150.org/for-150-years. #ForOurLibraries
January 5, 2026 at 10:55 PM
As we celebrate 150 years, we are called not only to reflect but to act. Our century-and-a-half legacy is a testament to the resilience and ingenuity of librarians and library workers everywhere.
Read ALA President Sam Helmick's full essay: ala150.org/for-150-years. #ForOurLibraries
Read ALA President Sam Helmick's full essay: ala150.org/for-150-years. #ForOurLibraries
Trump has no clue what it will take to get Venezuela pumping more oil
"Moreover, he said, the U.S. may subsidize an effort by oil companies to rebuild the country's energy infrastructure — a project he said could take less than 18 months."
January 5, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Trump has no clue what it will take to get Venezuela pumping more oil
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Hegseth in May: "These globalist ideas that you're gonna change an entire society through military intervention, which you saw us attempting — I lived it in Iraq and Afghanistan. And you saw the consequences. We've seen that movie before. We're not doing it again."
January 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Hegseth in May: "These globalist ideas that you're gonna change an entire society through military intervention, which you saw us attempting — I lived it in Iraq and Afghanistan. And you saw the consequences. We've seen that movie before. We're not doing it again."
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January 6th, 1982 – AAAS meeting warns about carbon dioxide build-up
James Hansen, Roger Revelle, Herman Flohn and others.
"we must expect [a large climatic impact] and take action to avoid it."
44 years later, here we are, in the FAFOcene...
allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/05/j...
James Hansen, Roger Revelle, Herman Flohn and others.
"we must expect [a large climatic impact] and take action to avoid it."
44 years later, here we are, in the FAFOcene...
allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/05/j...
January 6th, 1982 - AAAS meeting warns about carbon dioxide build-up - All Our Yesterdays
On this day 43 years ago, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (created 1848) held its annual meeting, this time in Washington DC. The climatologists held panels within that. They ...
allouryesterdays.info
January 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
January 6th, 1982 – AAAS meeting warns about carbon dioxide build-up
James Hansen, Roger Revelle, Herman Flohn and others.
"we must expect [a large climatic impact] and take action to avoid it."
44 years later, here we are, in the FAFOcene...
allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/05/j...
James Hansen, Roger Revelle, Herman Flohn and others.
"we must expect [a large climatic impact] and take action to avoid it."
44 years later, here we are, in the FAFOcene...
allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/05/j...
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
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10. So the upshot is that Trump is trying to take control of an asset that is (a) likely overvalued (b) very expensive to process (c) is inside an economic basket case of a country (d) produces a commodity in a world with low prices and flat / falling demand.
January 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
10. So the upshot is that Trump is trying to take control of an asset that is (a) likely overvalued (b) very expensive to process (c) is inside an economic basket case of a country (d) produces a commodity in a world with low prices and flat / falling demand.