🐸 Empathy1st ❌👑
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I'm an educator who cares about human rights, science, and democracy.
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Canadian/American living in Los Angeles County on Chumash land.
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· Nov 28
If you want to keep track of H5N1 in livestock, wild birds, mammals, commercial and backyard flocks, here is a good resource:
www.aphis.usda.gov/h5n1-hpai#de...
You can use the search box to check to see which mammals have been infected with H5N1 in your area...
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
www.aphis.usda.gov/h5n1-hpai#de...
You can use the search box to check to see which mammals have been infected with H5N1 in your area...
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
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Shame on the Republican Party. Shame on Marco Rubio. Shame on the United States.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
‘Extremely dangerous precedent’ set by Trump’s attack on Venezuela, six countries warn – live
Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay say US actions ‘constitute an extremely dangerous precedent for peace and regional security’
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Shame on the Republican Party. Shame on Marco Rubio. Shame on the United States.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Extremely important study, with very concerning implications for the future.
The COVID generation: the neurodevelopmental consequences of in-utero COVID-19 exposure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The COVID generation: the neurodevelopmental consequences of in-utero COVID-19 exposure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The COVID generation: the neurodevelopmental consequences of in-utero COVID-19 exposure
In historical viral epidemics, such as the H1N1 influenza and Zika viruses, prenatal exposures were correlated with risk for neuropsychiatric conditio…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Extremely important study, with very concerning implications for the future.
The COVID generation: the neurodevelopmental consequences of in-utero COVID-19 exposure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The COVID generation: the neurodevelopmental consequences of in-utero COVID-19 exposure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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THIS WAS AN ACT OF WAR AND A VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
But put that aside for a second…
What’s wild is that Marco Rubio isn’t even pretending anymore. He’s not hiding that the invasion of Venezuela is about oil.
This is going to end up a dumpster fire…
But put that aside for a second…
What’s wild is that Marco Rubio isn’t even pretending anymore. He’s not hiding that the invasion of Venezuela is about oil.
This is going to end up a dumpster fire…
January 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
THIS WAS AN ACT OF WAR AND A VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
But put that aside for a second…
What’s wild is that Marco Rubio isn’t even pretending anymore. He’s not hiding that the invasion of Venezuela is about oil.
This is going to end up a dumpster fire…
But put that aside for a second…
What’s wild is that Marco Rubio isn’t even pretending anymore. He’s not hiding that the invasion of Venezuela is about oil.
This is going to end up a dumpster fire…
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Trump: Now that you mention it...
“They are going to have to view it themselves. I really don’t know. He was very generous to me, Marco, yesterday,” Trump said. “You know, I wasn’t referring to Greenland at that time. But we do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense.”
“They are going to have to view it themselves. I really don’t know. He was very generous to me, Marco, yesterday,” Trump said. “You know, I wasn’t referring to Greenland at that time. But we do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense.”
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Trump: Now that you mention it...
“They are going to have to view it themselves. I really don’t know. He was very generous to me, Marco, yesterday,” Trump said. “You know, I wasn’t referring to Greenland at that time. But we do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense.”
“They are going to have to view it themselves. I really don’t know. He was very generous to me, Marco, yesterday,” Trump said. “You know, I wasn’t referring to Greenland at that time. But we do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense.”
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"The rise in globally averaged sea level—or global mean sea level—is one of the most unambiguous indicators of climate change."
The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades - Communications Earth & Environment
Global mean sea level rise amounted to 4.5 mm per year as a result of warming oceans and melting land ice, more than twice the rate of 2.1 mm/year observed at the start of satellite data in 1993, base...
www.nature.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
"The rise in globally averaged sea level—or global mean sea level—is one of the most unambiguous indicators of climate change."
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Whatever happens now, we absolutely cannot allow Trump's refusal to seek Congressional authorization for what appears to be a large scale military attack on another country vanish from the media discussion, which already appears to be happening.
January 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Whatever happens now, we absolutely cannot allow Trump's refusal to seek Congressional authorization for what appears to be a large scale military attack on another country vanish from the media discussion, which already appears to be happening.
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Whoa!
🚨 BREAKING: The Atlantic is reporting that Trump just threatened the VP of Venezuela.
TRUMP: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she’s going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
So if she doesn’t go along with the get-along and give the US their oil, he’s coming for her too.
🚨 BREAKING: The Atlantic is reporting that Trump just threatened the VP of Venezuela.
TRUMP: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she’s going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
So if she doesn’t go along with the get-along and give the US their oil, he’s coming for her too.
January 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Whoa!
🚨 BREAKING: The Atlantic is reporting that Trump just threatened the VP of Venezuela.
TRUMP: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she’s going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
So if she doesn’t go along with the get-along and give the US their oil, he’s coming for her too.
🚨 BREAKING: The Atlantic is reporting that Trump just threatened the VP of Venezuela.
TRUMP: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she’s going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
So if she doesn’t go along with the get-along and give the US their oil, he’s coming for her too.
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Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
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Colombian President Petro on Epstein’s collaborator Donald Trump:
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil." #OpDeathEaters
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil." #OpDeathEaters
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Colombian President Petro on Epstein’s collaborator Donald Trump:
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil." #OpDeathEaters
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil." #OpDeathEaters
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Trump sees dollar signs with Venezuelan oil, has designs on other countries, and clearly sees himself as some kind of emperor of the world. I don’t think he has plans to leave in 2028. And he’s showing he’ll use the military however he wants
January 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Trump sees dollar signs with Venezuelan oil, has designs on other countries, and clearly sees himself as some kind of emperor of the world. I don’t think he has plans to leave in 2028. And he’s showing he’ll use the military however he wants
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January 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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ONE YEAR AFTER THE PARDONS:
Growing number of Jan 6 riot defendants are in new legal peril
HERE ARE SOME ====>
Growing number of Jan 6 riot defendants are in new legal peril
HERE ARE SOME ====>
January 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
ONE YEAR AFTER THE PARDONS:
Growing number of Jan 6 riot defendants are in new legal peril
HERE ARE SOME ====>
Growing number of Jan 6 riot defendants are in new legal peril
HERE ARE SOME ====>
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The racist great replacement theory holds that Democrats are allowing immigrants into the country to weaken the power of white voters, increase the power of the Democratic Party and transform society. It’s flat false. A racist lie.
This is what Miller argues regarding the Somalis in Minnesota.
This is what Miller argues regarding the Somalis in Minnesota.
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
The racist great replacement theory holds that Democrats are allowing immigrants into the country to weaken the power of white voters, increase the power of the Democratic Party and transform society. It’s flat false. A racist lie.
This is what Miller argues regarding the Somalis in Minnesota.
This is what Miller argues regarding the Somalis in Minnesota.
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Stupid conspiracy theories fuel Trump’s movement.
Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
January 4, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Stupid conspiracy theories fuel Trump’s movement.
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The Trump admin has fused the war on terror with the war on drugs to create a framework for justifying its own acts everywhere from Chicago to Caracas.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
January 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The Trump admin has fused the war on terror with the war on drugs to create a framework for justifying its own acts everywhere from Chicago to Caracas.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
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In the Maduro capture operation, the Trump administration relies on Bill Barr’s (discredited) 1989 memo claiming a President can disregard the UN Charter (CNN report).
That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed.
My assessment just published:
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed.
My assessment just published:
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
Maduro Capture Operation and the President’s Duty to Faithfully Execute U.N. Charter: Assessment of 1989 OLC Opinion
A decades-old Office of Legal Counsel memorandum claiming the President can disregard the UN Charter does not withstand serious scrutiny.
www.justsecurity.org
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
In the Maduro capture operation, the Trump administration relies on Bill Barr’s (discredited) 1989 memo claiming a President can disregard the UN Charter (CNN report).
That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed.
My assessment just published:
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed.
My assessment just published:
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
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It was a nice touch when our general said we responded in self-defense when they fired on our helicopters invading their country.
January 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
It was a nice touch when our general said we responded in self-defense when they fired on our helicopters invading their country.
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Countries Trump Has Threatened With Additional Illegal Aggression in the Last 24 Hours
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇺 Cuba
He’s out of control. He’s deranged. This is the opposite of what he promised America when he ran for president. He said he’d focus on *us*.
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇺 Cuba
He’s out of control. He’s deranged. This is the opposite of what he promised America when he ran for president. He said he’d focus on *us*.
January 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Countries Trump Has Threatened With Additional Illegal Aggression in the Last 24 Hours
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇺 Cuba
He’s out of control. He’s deranged. This is the opposite of what he promised America when he ran for president. He said he’d focus on *us*.
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇺 Cuba
He’s out of control. He’s deranged. This is the opposite of what he promised America when he ran for president. He said he’d focus on *us*.
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Minnesota’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families said that investigators have found child care centers at the center of recent fraud allegations were operating as they should.
Minnesota department finds child care centers targeted in viral video operating normally
The state Department of Children, Youth, and Families said it visited the nine facilities at the center of right-wing claims of fraud and found them "operating as expected."
nbcnews.to
January 3, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Minnesota’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families said that investigators have found child care centers at the center of recent fraud allegations were operating as they should.
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President Zelensky reacts to Maduro’s capture, suggesting Putin should be next:
If it is possible to deal with dictators like that, just like that, then the United States of America knows what to do next.
If it is possible to deal with dictators like that, just like that, then the United States of America knows what to do next.
January 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
President Zelensky reacts to Maduro’s capture, suggesting Putin should be next:
If it is possible to deal with dictators like that, just like that, then the United States of America knows what to do next.
If it is possible to deal with dictators like that, just like that, then the United States of America knows what to do next.
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People remember the govt shuts down on Jan 30 if it doesn’t get funded, right?
January 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
People remember the govt shuts down on Jan 30 if it doesn’t get funded, right?
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Very important signal here. You can say it's abt oil. And part of it is. But the White House is actually being forced to strongarm the oil companies to get involved. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela
The White House has told companies they must rebuild Venezuela's crude-pumping infrastructure if they want compensation for assets seized by Caracas.
www.politico.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Very important signal here. You can say it's abt oil. And part of it is. But the White House is actually being forced to strongarm the oil companies to get involved. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Those surprised that Trump threatened Mexico along with Cuba and Colombia today should read this superlong NYT story on it...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
Or my gloss
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
Or my gloss
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/b...
How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Those surprised that Trump threatened Mexico along with Cuba and Colombia today should read this superlong NYT story on it...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
Or my gloss
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
Or my gloss
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/b...
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A nuclear-armed U.S. under full totalitarian control is an existential threat to billions of people. To life on this planet.
It's up to us, U.S. citizens living here in the imperial core, to stop it. Nobody is coming to save us. Not the U.N., not the ICJ. It's us or it's nobody.
It's up to us, U.S. citizens living here in the imperial core, to stop it. Nobody is coming to save us. Not the U.N., not the ICJ. It's us or it's nobody.
December 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A nuclear-armed U.S. under full totalitarian control is an existential threat to billions of people. To life on this planet.
It's up to us, U.S. citizens living here in the imperial core, to stop it. Nobody is coming to save us. Not the U.N., not the ICJ. It's us or it's nobody.
It's up to us, U.S. citizens living here in the imperial core, to stop it. Nobody is coming to save us. Not the U.N., not the ICJ. It's us or it's nobody.
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Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale RTd this thread, which says Trump shld act fast & “Fire people who can't be fired. Force them to litigate. Mass deport people who can't be deported. Force them to litigate. Cancel 100s of billions in funding that are not lawful to cancel & force them to litigate.” 1/
April 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale RTd this thread, which says Trump shld act fast & “Fire people who can't be fired. Force them to litigate. Mass deport people who can't be deported. Force them to litigate. Cancel 100s of billions in funding that are not lawful to cancel & force them to litigate.” 1/