Danielle Becker-Polinski, PhD
@coralonthemind.bsky.social
she/her | PhD from @uricels + Putnam Lab | 2025 Knauss Marine Policy Fellow at the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries | interested in all things #coral 🪸 | nature enthusiast | ocean advocate | #BlackLivesMatter
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Matt Gaetz raped a 17 year old child after exploiting her healthcare needs for money and this is how the NY Times is framing it.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Matt Gaetz raped a 17 year old child after exploiting her healthcare needs for money and this is how the NY Times is framing it.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
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"A majority of western Alaska’s weather balloon network was not operating during the landfall of the storm last weekend due to staffing constraints inflicted by the Trump administration..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump cuts probably hindered warning process for Alaska storm that displaced hundreds, experts say
Reductions in weather balloon launches could have degraded forecasts that residents depend on to prepare
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"A majority of western Alaska’s weather balloon network was not operating during the landfall of the storm last weekend due to staffing constraints inflicted by the Trump administration..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
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Planet Earth vs. Trump — lawsuits, lots of them. @earthjustice.org President, @abbiedillen.bsky.social, breaks down what the heck is happening in environmental law. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1773809532
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Planet Earth vs. Trump — lawsuits, lots of them. @earthjustice.org President, @abbiedillen.bsky.social, breaks down what the heck is happening in environmental law. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1773809532
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This immediately tells me they had thew wrong reporters on the story (again). i.e. The Whitehouse stenographers, not their reporters who know anything about the parks service and historical buildings.
No mention at all of the fact that Trump doesn't have the legal authority to do this, that plans haven't even been reviewed (because the office is closed for the government shutdown), that the size and cost estimates keep changing, etc., etc.
Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This immediately tells me they had thew wrong reporters on the story (again). i.e. The Whitehouse stenographers, not their reporters who know anything about the parks service and historical buildings.
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NEWS: An AFP fact-check reveals that a video posted by Donald Trump and the White House depicting "chaos" in Chicago as justification for deploying the national guard features old footage of incidents in other states including Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska.
October 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
NEWS: An AFP fact-check reveals that a video posted by Donald Trump and the White House depicting "chaos" in Chicago as justification for deploying the national guard features old footage of incidents in other states including Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska.
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Federal immigration officers in Chicago area have been ordered by court to wear body cameras after they repeatedly deployed pepper balls, smoke grenades & tear gas against protesters & local police, seemingly in violation of a fed judge’s ruling from last week.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Judge orders federal immigration officers in Chicago area to wear body cameras
Agents also appear to have violated order banning them from using riot-control, such as tear gas, without warning
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Federal immigration officers in Chicago area have been ordered by court to wear body cameras after they repeatedly deployed pepper balls, smoke grenades & tear gas against protesters & local police, seemingly in violation of a fed judge’s ruling from last week.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
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KEILAR: A Post poll shows more Americans are blaming Republicans for the shutdown. Does that give you pause?
MARSHALL: I discount that poll altogether
K: Why?
M: There are so many other polls that say the opposite
K: Which one?
M: I don't have them at my fingertips. That's a very biased poll
MARSHALL: I discount that poll altogether
K: Why?
M: There are so many other polls that say the opposite
K: Which one?
M: I don't have them at my fingertips. That's a very biased poll
October 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
KEILAR: A Post poll shows more Americans are blaming Republicans for the shutdown. Does that give you pause?
MARSHALL: I discount that poll altogether
K: Why?
M: There are so many other polls that say the opposite
K: Which one?
M: I don't have them at my fingertips. That's a very biased poll
MARSHALL: I discount that poll altogether
K: Why?
M: There are so many other polls that say the opposite
K: Which one?
M: I don't have them at my fingertips. That's a very biased poll
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
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Quick reminder that consuming Tylenol has a 0% chance of causing autism but consuming MAGA at all has a 100% chance of causing fascism.
September 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Quick reminder that consuming Tylenol has a 0% chance of causing autism but consuming MAGA at all has a 100% chance of causing fascism.
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Breaking - Border Czar Tom Homan was recorded accepting $50K from undercover FBI agents. The Trump DOJ shut down the case: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Breaking - Border Czar Tom Homan was recorded accepting $50K from undercover FBI agents. The Trump DOJ shut down the case: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"
September 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"
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BRUTAL JOBS REPORT: Just 22,000 jobs added in August. Unemployment rises to 4.3%. Broader jobless rate jumps to 8.1%. Slowest 4-month growth since 2020. Plus, downward revisions for June and July of -21,000. Yikes.
September 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
BRUTAL JOBS REPORT: Just 22,000 jobs added in August. Unemployment rises to 4.3%. Broader jobless rate jumps to 8.1%. Slowest 4-month growth since 2020. Plus, downward revisions for June and July of -21,000. Yikes.
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For the first time in 111 years, a President is planning to fire a sitting Fed governor—and of course, it’s the first Black woman, Lisa Cook.
Trump’s message is clear: when Black women rise, he’ll do anything to push us down.
Newsflash: we’re not going anywhere.
Trump’s message is clear: when Black women rise, he’ll do anything to push us down.
Newsflash: we’re not going anywhere.
August 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
For the first time in 111 years, a President is planning to fire a sitting Fed governor—and of course, it’s the first Black woman, Lisa Cook.
Trump’s message is clear: when Black women rise, he’ll do anything to push us down.
Newsflash: we’re not going anywhere.
Trump’s message is clear: when Black women rise, he’ll do anything to push us down.
Newsflash: we’re not going anywhere.
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The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family.
August 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family.
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Using CRISPR to change a single molecule within mosquitoes stops the malaria-parasite transmission process. Genetically altered mosquitoes are still able to bite those with malaria and acquire parasites from their blood, but the parasites can no longer be spread to other people.
CRISPR Gene Editing Halts Spread of Malaria by Replacing a Single Gene in Mosquitoes
Researchers have created a CRISPR-based gene-editing system that changes a single molecule within mosquitoes to stop the malaria-parasite transmission process.
www.technologynetworks.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Using CRISPR to change a single molecule within mosquitoes stops the malaria-parasite transmission process. Genetically altered mosquitoes are still able to bite those with malaria and acquire parasites from their blood, but the parasites can no longer be spread to other people.
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Is NOBODY going to call DoJ's Todd Blanche "questioning" Ghislaine Maxwell what it actually is - WITNESS TAMPERING? Really, not one person?
July 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Is NOBODY going to call DoJ's Todd Blanche "questioning" Ghislaine Maxwell what it actually is - WITNESS TAMPERING? Really, not one person?
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A federal judge just ruled the White House broke the law by pulling down a public site that tracked Congressional spending.
Why’d they yank it?
Because people were catching DOGE making fraudulent claims and inflating “savings” that didn’t exist.
Transparency isn’t optional.
Why’d they yank it?
Because people were catching DOGE making fraudulent claims and inflating “savings” that didn’t exist.
Transparency isn’t optional.
Judge orders Trump administration to ‘stop violating the law!’ and publish spending details
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to once again publish details about the pace at which it plans to spend money approved by Congress.U.S. District Court for the D...
www.newsfromthestates.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A federal judge just ruled the White House broke the law by pulling down a public site that tracked Congressional spending.
Why’d they yank it?
Because people were catching DOGE making fraudulent claims and inflating “savings” that didn’t exist.
Transparency isn’t optional.
Why’d they yank it?
Because people were catching DOGE making fraudulent claims and inflating “savings” that didn’t exist.
Transparency isn’t optional.
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John Lewis walked, bled, and lived for justice.
Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:
By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.
Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:
By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.
July 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
John Lewis walked, bled, and lived for justice.
Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:
By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.
Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:
By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.
Happening now! You can still register here: engage.iucn.org/event/vital-...
July 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Happening now! You can still register here: engage.iucn.org/event/vital-...
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More than 1,600 events are scheduled nationwide tomorrow, July 17, as part of "Good Trouble Lives On."
This is the fifth annual national day of action to honor former Rep. John Lewis. And it's bigger than ever.
Find an event near you and make some good trouble.
This is the fifth annual national day of action to honor former Rep. John Lewis. And it's bigger than ever.
Find an event near you and make some good trouble.
July 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
More than 1,600 events are scheduled nationwide tomorrow, July 17, as part of "Good Trouble Lives On."
This is the fifth annual national day of action to honor former Rep. John Lewis. And it's bigger than ever.
Find an event near you and make some good trouble.
This is the fifth annual national day of action to honor former Rep. John Lewis. And it's bigger than ever.
Find an event near you and make some good trouble.