Mel in Baltimore
@mbe19.bsky.social
Semi-retired environmental scientist with a mission to support climate activism. Had the best dogs and the best cats during my lifetime. True reporters son and DIL so also support factual excellence
Do you monetarily support any of these 3 companies? Stop it.
These companies are sponsoring Tucker Carlson while he mainstreams white supremacy
Carlson recently conducted a softball interview of Nick Fuentes, who advocates for racial segregation, praises Hitler, and argues that women should not be allowed to vote.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Do you monetarily support any of these 3 companies? Stop it.
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Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
“2 new #climateliability actions have been announced against major #fossilfuel & cement demanding to pay damages to survivors of weather disasters devastating Global South communities over the past few years..about 2/3 of industrial GHG could be traced back to just 90 fossil fuel & cement cos
Climate Disaster Survivors in the Global South Take Legal Action Against European Carbon Majors - Inside Climate News
New cases seeking compensation for loss and damage have been launched against fossil fuel and cement companies in the U.K. and Germany on behalf of people in the Philippines and Pakistan who suffered ...
insideclimatenews.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“2 new #climateliability actions have been announced against major #fossilfuel & cement demanding to pay damages to survivors of weather disasters devastating Global South communities over the past few years..about 2/3 of industrial GHG could be traced back to just 90 fossil fuel & cement cos
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
Interesting story about how the carelessness of #oildrilling and split asset estates cause rancher headaches- literally and figuratively
“ ..now they spend much of their time raising awareness about how oil and gas drilling has degraded the landscape in the northwest corner of the state.”
“ ..now they spend much of their time raising awareness about how oil and gas drilling has degraded the landscape in the northwest corner of the state.”
The David vs. Goliath Story of a Ranching Family and an Oil Giant
They were cowboys amid the mesas in a corner of New Mexico. For years they coexisted with an oil company — until one day they couldn’t.
capitalandmain.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Interesting story about how the carelessness of #oildrilling and split asset estates cause rancher headaches- literally and figuratively
“ ..now they spend much of their time raising awareness about how oil and gas drilling has degraded the landscape in the northwest corner of the state.”
“ ..now they spend much of their time raising awareness about how oil and gas drilling has degraded the landscape in the northwest corner of the state.”
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At day 36, today marks the longest government shutdown in history.
ACA health care premiums are doubling and our most vulnerable are going hungry without SNAP benefits.
Speaker Johnson and Republicans need to come to the negotiating table and end the shutdown now.
ACA health care premiums are doubling and our most vulnerable are going hungry without SNAP benefits.
Speaker Johnson and Republicans need to come to the negotiating table and end the shutdown now.
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
At day 36, today marks the longest government shutdown in history.
ACA health care premiums are doubling and our most vulnerable are going hungry without SNAP benefits.
Speaker Johnson and Republicans need to come to the negotiating table and end the shutdown now.
ACA health care premiums are doubling and our most vulnerable are going hungry without SNAP benefits.
Speaker Johnson and Republicans need to come to the negotiating table and end the shutdown now.
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A bill has been introduced by FL Sens. Ashley Moody and Rick Scott, and Sen. Lindsey Graham of SC The bill would continue a ban on oil and gas drilling off the coasts of FL, GA and SC
A bill has been introduced by FL Sens. Ashley Moody and Rick Scott, and Sen. Lindsey Graham of SC The bill would continue a ban on oil and gas drilling off the coasts of FL, GA and SC
A congressional bill would ban offshore oil drilling off Florida for another seven years
The bill has been introduced by Florida Sens. Ashley Moody and Rick Scott, and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
www.wusf.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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A bill has been introduced by FL Sens. Ashley Moody and Rick Scott, and Sen. Lindsey Graham of SC The bill would continue a ban on oil and gas drilling off the coasts of FL, GA and SC
A bill has been introduced by FL Sens. Ashley Moody and Rick Scott, and Sen. Lindsey Graham of SC The bill would continue a ban on oil and gas drilling off the coasts of FL, GA and SC
As Hurricane Melissa smashed into the Caribbean, Wholf was laid off, along with the majority of the five person team supporting CBS News’s climate coverage
The fall of the CBS News climate team
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
As Hurricane Melissa smashed into the Caribbean, Wholf was laid off, along with the majority of the five person team supporting CBS News’s climate coverage
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October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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The great journalists at @propublica.org did the hard work to compile a list of US citizens who have been detained by ICE.
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The great journalists at @propublica.org did the hard work to compile a list of US citizens who have been detained by ICE.
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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The Federal Reserve cut its interest rate by 1/4 of a percentage point, bringing the cost of borrowing down to its lowest level in 3 years. The move came amid a flurry of economic uncertainty from the US ongoing trade conflicts, accusations from jobs and inflation reports & the Gov shutdown
The Federal Reserve cut its interest rate by 1/4 of a percentage point, bringing the cost of borrowing down to its lowest level in 3 years. The move came amid a flurry of economic uncertainty from the US ongoing trade conflicts, accusations from jobs and inflation reports & the Gov shutdown
October 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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The Federal Reserve cut its interest rate by 1/4 of a percentage point, bringing the cost of borrowing down to its lowest level in 3 years. The move came amid a flurry of economic uncertainty from the US ongoing trade conflicts, accusations from jobs and inflation reports & the Gov shutdown
The Federal Reserve cut its interest rate by 1/4 of a percentage point, bringing the cost of borrowing down to its lowest level in 3 years. The move came amid a flurry of economic uncertainty from the US ongoing trade conflicts, accusations from jobs and inflation reports & the Gov shutdown
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I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is jmetraux@motherjones.com and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is jmetraux@motherjones.com and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.
And Congress just merrily rolls along
3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other Presidency
During the second Trump administration, corruption scandals that would typically define a presidency receive a day or two of coverage.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
And Congress just merrily rolls along
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$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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@govwesmoore.bsky.social
J.B. Pritzker established the IL Accountability Commission to compile evidence against federal agents who have harassed, intimidated, brutalized, and detained American citizens and legal residents. None of this is about crime or safety
@govwesmoore.bsky.social
J.B. Pritzker established the IL Accountability Commission to compile evidence against federal agents who have harassed, intimidated, brutalized, and detained American citizens and legal residents. None of this is about crime or safety
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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@govwesmoore.bsky.social
J.B. Pritzker established the IL Accountability Commission to compile evidence against federal agents who have harassed, intimidated, brutalized, and detained American citizens and legal residents. None of this is about crime or safety
@govwesmoore.bsky.social
J.B. Pritzker established the IL Accountability Commission to compile evidence against federal agents who have harassed, intimidated, brutalized, and detained American citizens and legal residents. None of this is about crime or safety
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Democracy requires decency.
Our democracy is devolving because we neglected to demand common decency of the most powerful individual in our country; the President.
Our democracy is devolving because we neglected to demand common decency of the most powerful individual in our country; the President.
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Democracy requires decency.
Our democracy is devolving because we neglected to demand common decency of the most powerful individual in our country; the President.
Our democracy is devolving because we neglected to demand common decency of the most powerful individual in our country; the President.
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If some West Wing-type drama ran an episode where a deeply unpopular president faced the largest mass protests in several generation, and then ended it with visuals like this critics would universally pan it for the grossly over-the-top symbolism.
October 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If some West Wing-type drama ran an episode where a deeply unpopular president faced the largest mass protests in several generation, and then ended it with visuals like this critics would universally pan it for the grossly over-the-top symbolism.
