Claire CN
@clairecn.bsky.social
Biology teacher, climate activist, EV enthusiast, former lawyer. Mother and wife to wonderful family. Dog and cat owner. :)
Hats off to Rachel Cohen, the latest addition to this photo. Working at a law firm down the street from Paul Weiss...not a target, yet. Resigned after the elite firms wouldn't stand up. What does she hear from other associates in comparable positions? "Gratitude" and advice for how to do the same.
March 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hats off to Rachel Cohen, the latest addition to this photo. Working at a law firm down the street from Paul Weiss...not a target, yet. Resigned after the elite firms wouldn't stand up. What does she hear from other associates in comparable positions? "Gratitude" and advice for how to do the same.
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from NYT interview w/Schumer: 1. no plan beyond hoping it wouldn't pass the Senate. 2. never understood it was a leverage time not a binary choice 3. sounded old and cranky. Conclusion: Time to go. Biden realized he had to step aside but too late. Schumer shouldn't wait for the Const to implode.
March 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
from NYT interview w/Schumer: 1. no plan beyond hoping it wouldn't pass the Senate. 2. never understood it was a leverage time not a binary choice 3. sounded old and cranky. Conclusion: Time to go. Biden realized he had to step aside but too late. Schumer shouldn't wait for the Const to implode.
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"Gasoline consumption in the US peaked five years ago, according to federal data, and the transition to cleaner energy is eroding demand for other fuels, too. That’s turned the refining industry into a Darwinian battleground in which only the fittest survive."
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Houston’s Oldest Refinery Is Shutting. It Won’t be the Last.
After more than a century of churning out fuel on the banks of the Houston Ship Channel, the city’s oldest refinery is preparing to shut down, potentially putting hundreds of people out of work. Its c...
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February 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"Gasoline consumption in the US peaked five years ago, according to federal data, and the transition to cleaner energy is eroding demand for other fuels, too. That’s turned the refining industry into a Darwinian battleground in which only the fittest survive."
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What do all of these conservatives have in common? They aren’t cowards, they understand what an oath is, they are not hypocrites. Oh. And unlike the majority of the GOP, they’ve got balls.
February 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
What do all of these conservatives have in common? They aren’t cowards, they understand what an oath is, they are not hypocrites. Oh. And unlike the majority of the GOP, they’ve got balls.
Probably not legal without the passage of law in Congress. But that doesn’t really seem to be relevant anymore. We are going to be looking to state government more and more now.
By canceling the installation of EV chargers, we'll have higher gasoline prices, higher emissions, and higher rates of asthma.
Also it's against the law
Also it's against the law
Trump just canceled the federal NEVI EV charger program
February 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Probably not legal without the passage of law in Congress. But that doesn’t really seem to be relevant anymore. We are going to be looking to state government more and more now.
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Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Not exactly the image we all grew up with of a coup with guns and a deposed leader flying to some other nation. But here we are.
get comfortable calling it what it is
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Not exactly the image we all grew up with of a coup with guns and a deposed leader flying to some other nation. But here we are.
When Dahlia Lithwick reposts legal info, it might be taken with weight.
If each Treasury payee is a separate record, and there are, say, 68,000,000 social security payees (as is estimated), then at $5000 per violation, it seems like Elon could be penalized $340 billion if he unlawfully accessed their Treasury records...
February 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
When Dahlia Lithwick reposts legal info, it might be taken with weight.
Is someone going to sue on my behalf for the breach of my SSN and personal information? Who is doing this work? Because this ain’t just storing emails on an unsecured server in a basement that was more secure than the government server.
Federal law & decades of government practice provide Americans strong guarantees of confidentiality & security for their govt data.
With POTUS's blessing & federal pardon power behind them, individuals appear to be violating our rights, corrupting systems meant to operate for our benefit.
With POTUS's blessing & federal pardon power behind them, individuals appear to be violating our rights, corrupting systems meant to operate for our benefit.
Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Private employees downloading personnel data on every federal employee and tax and social security data on every American onto private unsecured servers. Needless to say, completely illegal and subject to major prison sentences.
February 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Is someone going to sue on my behalf for the breach of my SSN and personal information? Who is doing this work? Because this ain’t just storing emails on an unsecured server in a basement that was more secure than the government server.
Discussions of restoring SALT deductions seem so quaint on the eve of the market crash we can anticipate tomorrow. NYers who voted for Trump must be so proud right now.
February 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Discussions of restoring SALT deductions seem so quaint on the eve of the market crash we can anticipate tomorrow. NYers who voted for Trump must be so proud right now.
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This is not just a coup and a Constitutional crisis. It is a national security catastrophe for the United States from which there is no assurance we will ever fully recover. Not hyperbole. If foreign enemies had landed troops on our shores it’s unlikely they would’ve done as much damage as fast.
February 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is not just a coup and a Constitutional crisis. It is a national security catastrophe for the United States from which there is no assurance we will ever fully recover. Not hyperbole. If foreign enemies had landed troops on our shores it’s unlikely they would’ve done as much damage as fast.
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What you do when they forget to fire you…Thanks Rohit!
February 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
What you do when they forget to fire you…Thanks Rohit!
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You're not overwhelmed. You're under attack.
February 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
You're not overwhelmed. You're under attack.
Mr. Rogers said “look to the helpers.” Independent media are among the most important helpers right now. There can be no rule of law without truth. Also, people like Marc Elias…another critical helper.
Do yourself and democracy a favor. Support independent media.
February 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Mr. Rogers said “look to the helpers.” Independent media are among the most important helpers right now. There can be no rule of law without truth. Also, people like Marc Elias…another critical helper.
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My post yesterday, yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/01/the-..., discussed how 3 of the top-20 deadliest heat waves in history occurred in 2024. The 9,000+ deaths during the summer heat wave in Europe ranked as 2024’s deadliest weather disaster and is the fifth-deadliest heat wave in world history.
January 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My post yesterday, yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/01/the-..., discussed how 3 of the top-20 deadliest heat waves in history occurred in 2024. The 9,000+ deaths during the summer heat wave in Europe ranked as 2024’s deadliest weather disaster and is the fifth-deadliest heat wave in world history.
Thank you, Jen Rubin, for making sure climate and energy policy is in our discourse.
Undaunted : A responsible and informed president would continue the transition to green energy, an engine of jobs and economic growth. Unfortunately, voters chose Trump over Harris. Through it all, Al Gore has remained an undaunted champion of environmental sanity.
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Undaunted
A champion for truth, science, and responsible stewardship
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January 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thank you, Jen Rubin, for making sure climate and energy policy is in our discourse.
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This is a weird way to do EV subsidies.
so 25% on 63% of the oil the US imports....
crude oil prices we use to make gas goes up 16%.
* now i'm ALL for more expensive gasoline, but this is a weird way to meet our former climate goals.
crude oil prices we use to make gas goes up 16%.
* now i'm ALL for more expensive gasoline, but this is a weird way to meet our former climate goals.
January 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
This is a weird way to do EV subsidies.
“It’s become fashionable…to explain that we…can’t just oppose Trump, can’t just resist Trump, can’t just seek to check Trump, can’t just work to defeat Trumpism.”
“The truth is closer to the opposite. Opposing, resisting, and checking Trump…are the prerequisites to preserving…the Constitution.”
“The truth is closer to the opposite. Opposing, resisting, and checking Trump…are the prerequisites to preserving…the Constitution.”
"Trump made clear that a lawless presidency is at the core of his second term vision...Opposing, resisting, and checking Trump, and ultimately defeating Trumpism, are the prerequisites to preserving, protecting, and defending the Constitution of the United States."
www.thebulwark.com/p/all-out-as...
www.thebulwark.com/p/all-out-as...
An All-Out Assault on the Rule of Law
Trump won’t let laws get in the way of his power.
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January 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“It’s become fashionable…to explain that we…can’t just oppose Trump, can’t just resist Trump, can’t just seek to check Trump, can’t just work to defeat Trumpism.”
“The truth is closer to the opposite. Opposing, resisting, and checking Trump…are the prerequisites to preserving…the Constitution.”
“The truth is closer to the opposite. Opposing, resisting, and checking Trump…are the prerequisites to preserving…the Constitution.”
This is a total travesty.
But there's an EnERGy EmerGENcy 🤡
President Donald Trump has ordered the federal government to stop all permits for wind energy projects, including all offshore wind development in the U.S. and wind projects on federal lands, @jael.bsky.social reports.
January 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is a total travesty.
The people who voted for this asshole are going to get it good and hard. But damn. So many who didn’t vote for it are also going to suffer.
Trump just rescinded an Executive Order issued by President Biden to lower prescription drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as
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January 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The people who voted for this asshole are going to get it good and hard. But damn. So many who didn’t vote for it are also going to suffer.
The WHO and the Paris Agreement. Because policy based in science (fact based reasoning) isn’t American any more.
JFC
Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. Here’s the order: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The WHO and the Paris Agreement. Because policy based in science (fact based reasoning) isn’t American any more.
This leaves us less safe. Who will work with our military at risk to their own safety now? And the inhumanity of it. It’s horrifying.
Monstrous bastards www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate
Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This leaves us less safe. Who will work with our military at risk to their own safety now? And the inhumanity of it. It’s horrifying.
A free subscription for two months. These folks tell it like they see it. Yeah, they don’t talk climate. But they do talk democracy. And let’s face it, we ain’t getting climate action with the oligarchs.
They have kept me sane (ish) for the last few years...and they might help you too...
We’re doing a 60 day free trial. Because today feels like a good day to sign up for The Bulwark.
January 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A free subscription for two months. These folks tell it like they see it. Yeah, they don’t talk climate. But they do talk democracy. And let’s face it, we ain’t getting climate action with the oligarchs.
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From our Executive Director's recent Op-Ed: "3 things the US climate movement must do differently."
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January 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
From our Executive Director's recent Op-Ed: "3 things the US climate movement must do differently."
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Sending gratitude to all the folks who served in the Biden Admin and dedicated years of their lives to making progress on climate action and environmental justice. I see you and appreciate you! Your work matters enormously and will continue to resonate. They may slow us down, but they can't stop us.
January 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Sending gratitude to all the folks who served in the Biden Admin and dedicated years of their lives to making progress on climate action and environmental justice. I see you and appreciate you! Your work matters enormously and will continue to resonate. They may slow us down, but they can't stop us.