Therese Peffer
@peffertherese.bsky.social
Researcher at UC Berkeley (CIEE/CITRIS). Passionate about reducing emissions. Mom. Views my own. Co-chair @BECCconference. PhD in Building Science. Architect. Conduct and manage research. ecoblock.berkeley.edu
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8 Senate Democrats threw us under the bus. Instead of stepping up in a moment of great crisis, they decided to be the doormats the party is known for.
Reopening the gov't isn't going to save the ACA & nothing that Republicans promise can be believed.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansLieAboutEverything
Reopening the gov't isn't going to save the ACA & nothing that Republicans promise can be believed.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansLieAboutEverything
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
8 Senate Democrats threw us under the bus. Instead of stepping up in a moment of great crisis, they decided to be the doormats the party is known for.
Reopening the gov't isn't going to save the ACA & nothing that Republicans promise can be believed.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansLieAboutEverything
Reopening the gov't isn't going to save the ACA & nothing that Republicans promise can be believed.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansLieAboutEverything
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There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
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Day #293
1. A reminder to my representatives
Democracy is government where power held by the people
Democracy is free & fair elections
Democracy is majority rule w minority rights
Democracy is rule of law applies to all
Democracy is separation of powers.
Democracy follows its Constitution
1. A reminder to my representatives
Democracy is government where power held by the people
Democracy is free & fair elections
Democracy is majority rule w minority rights
Democracy is rule of law applies to all
Democracy is separation of powers.
Democracy follows its Constitution
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Day #293
1. A reminder to my representatives
Democracy is government where power held by the people
Democracy is free & fair elections
Democracy is majority rule w minority rights
Democracy is rule of law applies to all
Democracy is separation of powers.
Democracy follows its Constitution
1. A reminder to my representatives
Democracy is government where power held by the people
Democracy is free & fair elections
Democracy is majority rule w minority rights
Democracy is rule of law applies to all
Democracy is separation of powers.
Democracy follows its Constitution
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Just a reminder.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Just a reminder.
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BREAKING: The First Circuit denies DOJ’s stay request in the SNAP case, refusing to stay the Nov. 6 enforcement order.
Justice Jackson’s 48-hour clock started just before midnight Sunday, meaning the administrative stay she issued Friday ends at the end of the day Tuesday.
Justice Jackson’s 48-hour clock started just before midnight Sunday, meaning the administrative stay she issued Friday ends at the end of the day Tuesday.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 AM
BREAKING: The First Circuit denies DOJ’s stay request in the SNAP case, refusing to stay the Nov. 6 enforcement order.
Justice Jackson’s 48-hour clock started just before midnight Sunday, meaning the administrative stay she issued Friday ends at the end of the day Tuesday.
Justice Jackson’s 48-hour clock started just before midnight Sunday, meaning the administrative stay she issued Friday ends at the end of the day Tuesday.
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#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
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Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.
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So in one day, Trump has (1) released a known Russian military intelligence agent from prison; and (2) pardoned a Chinese espionage agent. He appears to seek to actually promote foreign espionage operations on US soil. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump pardons retired New York cop convicted of acting as Chinese agent
The former NYPD officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison in April on charges he stalked a New Jersey couple as part of a Chinese government plot.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
So in one day, Trump has (1) released a known Russian military intelligence agent from prison; and (2) pardoned a Chinese espionage agent. He appears to seek to actually promote foreign espionage operations on US soil. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
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Crockett: When you go and you hit those booths come the midterms, think about which party decided that it was okay to literally be on vacation while people were going hungry in the streets of America.
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Crockett: When you go and you hit those booths come the midterms, think about which party decided that it was okay to literally be on vacation while people were going hungry in the streets of America.
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Hurricane Harvey's peak storm total rainfall was about 60 inches. Vietnam just saw this total and threw in an extra 8 inches of rain - and in one day??
The Vietnamese Bach Ma Mountain Peak station recorded one-day rainfall of 1,739 mm - close to the global one-day record and perhaps a new record for the northern hemisphere. It is part of a deluge Viet Nam has seen in October, shattering 35 precip records. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/en...
Vietnam sees 35 rainfall records broken in October - VnExpress International
Vietnam's northern and central regions saw a total of 35 rain records broken in October alone as two storms, Matmo and Fengshen, caused unprecedented downpours.
e.vnexpress.net
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Hurricane Harvey's peak storm total rainfall was about 60 inches. Vietnam just saw this total and threw in an extra 8 inches of rain - and in one day??
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Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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“Even giving great deference to the President’s determination, the President did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard,” under federal law, U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut ruled in a 106-page opinion.
‘Exceeded his authority’: Judge issues injunction blocking Trump from sending National Guard to Oregon
U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut's decision followed five days after she issued a brief, preliminary injunction.
www.oregonlive.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
“Even giving great deference to the President’s determination, the President did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard,” under federal law, U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut ruled in a 106-page opinion.
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#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
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🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a lower court order requiring full SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown, allowing Trump to continue with partial payments instead.
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a lower court order requiring full SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown, allowing Trump to continue with partial payments instead.
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China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
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TRUMP on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
ALSO TRUMP:👇🏼💰💵💰
ALSO TRUMP:👇🏼💰💵💰
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
TRUMP on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
ALSO TRUMP:👇🏼💰💵💰
ALSO TRUMP:👇🏼💰💵💰
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You can google this and prove it is a lie yourself. Google Walmart Thanksgiving meal 2024, then google for 2025. The 2024 meal had premium items and more of them. The 2025 meal is barebones and all generic. This is a lie.
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You can google this and prove it is a lie yourself. Google Walmart Thanksgiving meal 2024, then google for 2025. The 2024 meal had premium items and more of them. The 2025 meal is barebones and all generic. This is a lie.
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Having called countless law-enforcement officers to the witness stand to testify, I’m appalled at the idea of federal law-enforcement agents lying.
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Having called countless law-enforcement officers to the witness stand to testify, I’m appalled at the idea of federal law-enforcement agents lying.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
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When I was a young newly divorced mom of two girls and going back into the workforce Head Start saved me and my girls.
It breaks my heart that this essential program will be no more.
Are we GREAT YET?
apple.news/AB_GschKKQxu...
It breaks my heart that this essential program will be no more.
Are we GREAT YET?
apple.news/AB_GschKKQxu...
As shutdown sets record, Head Start preschools start closing — The Christian Science Monitor
On Monday, the first Head Start centers started to close, a result of the now record-setting government shutdown. The program serves 715,000 children and their families a year.
apple.news
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
When I was a young newly divorced mom of two girls and going back into the workforce Head Start saved me and my girls.
It breaks my heart that this essential program will be no more.
Are we GREAT YET?
apple.news/AB_GschKKQxu...
It breaks my heart that this essential program will be no more.
Are we GREAT YET?
apple.news/AB_GschKKQxu...
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This is amazing and a total game changer for our tanking economy but release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is amazing and a total game changer for our tanking economy but release the Epstein files.
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Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.