Harold Schlechtweg
@theurbanforest.bsky.social
Tree friend, advocate for the outside and what lives there
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November 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Reposted by Harold Schlechtweg
Gavin #Newsom: “The President of the United States of America just called for the death of Democratic lawmakers—
This man is sick in the head.”
This man is sick in the head.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Gavin #Newsom: “The President of the United States of America just called for the death of Democratic lawmakers—
This man is sick in the head.”
This man is sick in the head.”
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The Current President Is Completely Compromised….
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Current President Is Completely Compromised….
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It’s time to close the gender pay gap once and for all.
A union contract is how we start to balance the scales and make sure women — and all workers — get the equal pay, dignity and respect they deserve.
A union contract is how we start to balance the scales and make sure women — and all workers — get the equal pay, dignity and respect they deserve.
The pay gap hasn’t grown like this since the ’60s. One group is holding the line: women in unions. Take a deeper look: www.afscme.org/blog/unions-...
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’s time to close the gender pay gap once and for all.
A union contract is how we start to balance the scales and make sure women — and all workers — get the equal pay, dignity and respect they deserve.
A union contract is how we start to balance the scales and make sure women — and all workers — get the equal pay, dignity and respect they deserve.
www.hcn.org/articles/aft...
Western groups lose federal grants for urgent restoration and conservation projects.
Western groups lose federal grants for urgent restoration and conservation projects.
After Trump cuts, seeds sit in the warehouse - High Country News
Western groups lose federal grants for urgent restoration and conservation projects.
www.hcn.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
www.hcn.org/articles/aft...
Western groups lose federal grants for urgent restoration and conservation projects.
Western groups lose federal grants for urgent restoration and conservation projects.
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Trump has issued second pardons for others charged with new crimes, will he pardon this child moleter?
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Trump has issued second pardons for others charged with new crimes, will he pardon this child moleter?
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Trump has issued second pardons for others charged with new crimes, will he pardon this child moleter?
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Trump has issued second pardons for others charged with new crimes, will he pardon this child moleter?
Spiraling health insurance costs stymie members of US Senate panel kansasreflector.com/2025/11/19/r...
Spiraling health insurance costs stymie members of US Senate panel • Kansas Reflector
U.S. senators began debating how to reduce health care costs for Americans during a hearing Wednesday, where experts’ varied recommendations and comments from lawmakers previewed the rocky and potenti...
kansasreflector.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Spiraling health insurance costs stymie members of US Senate panel kansasreflector.com/2025/11/19/r...
Lawsuit claims Farm Bureau hid fraudulent activity from insurance regulators kansasreflector.com/2025/11/19/r...
Lawsuit claims Farm Bureau hid fraudulent activity from insurance regulators • Kansas Reflector
Two alleged whistleblowers are suing Farm Bureau's insurance company for alleged racketeering and concealment of fraud from state regulators.
kansasreflector.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Lawsuit claims Farm Bureau hid fraudulent activity from insurance regulators kansasreflector.com/2025/11/19/r...
apnews.com/video/secret...
Secretive Border Patrol program is detaining US citizens for ‘suspicious’ travel
This is one video, from AP, worth looking at.
Secretive Border Patrol program is detaining US citizens for ‘suspicious’ travel
This is one video, from AP, worth looking at.
Secretive Border Patrol program is detaining US citizens for ‘suspicious’ travel
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
apnews.com/video/secret...
Secretive Border Patrol program is detaining US citizens for ‘suspicious’ travel
This is one video, from AP, worth looking at.
Secretive Border Patrol program is detaining US citizens for ‘suspicious’ travel
This is one video, from AP, worth looking at.
www.axios.com/2025/02/01/o...
My next read. Butler is buried in Altadena. Her cemetery caught fire, but her resting place was spared. Her novel was a 'what if' trends she saw 30 years ago continued unchecked.
My next read. Butler is buried in Altadena. Her cemetery caught fire, but her resting place was spared. Her novel was a 'what if' trends she saw 30 years ago continued unchecked.
What Octavia Butler saw on Feb. 1, 2025, three decades ago
Her 1993 novel "Parable Of The Sower" saw a world of climate chaos and racial violence.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
www.axios.com/2025/02/01/o...
My next read. Butler is buried in Altadena. Her cemetery caught fire, but her resting place was spared. Her novel was a 'what if' trends she saw 30 years ago continued unchecked.
My next read. Butler is buried in Altadena. Her cemetery caught fire, but her resting place was spared. Her novel was a 'what if' trends she saw 30 years ago continued unchecked.
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I will not be buying any World Cup tickets or merchandise due to FIFA’s collaboration with the Trump regime.
Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
Fifa agrees World Cup matches can be moved at Trump’s request
The president has been warning host cities under Democratic control that he will call on Fifa’s president to switch venues if he deems there is a problem
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I will not be buying any World Cup tickets or merchandise due to FIFA’s collaboration with the Trump regime.
Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
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An economy where top CEOs make 285x what workers do, and millions of working people live paycheck-to-paycheck and struggle to make ends meet? Unacceptable.
A union contract is how working people can start to balance the scales. https://cbsn.ws/3LL0E5e
A union contract is how working people can start to balance the scales. https://cbsn.ws/3LL0E5e
Nearly a quarter of U.S. households live paycheck to paycheck, report finds
The percentage of Americans just scraping by financially is rising as wage growth slows and inflation flares, Bank of America finds.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
An economy where top CEOs make 285x what workers do, and millions of working people live paycheck-to-paycheck and struggle to make ends meet? Unacceptable.
A union contract is how working people can start to balance the scales. https://cbsn.ws/3LL0E5e
A union contract is how working people can start to balance the scales. https://cbsn.ws/3LL0E5e
apnews.com/video/baby-s...
Baby sea otter is reunited with mother in California after long search
A great video. Wish they had been able to close up more of the reunion.
Baby sea otter is reunited with mother in California after long search
A great video. Wish they had been able to close up more of the reunion.
Baby sea otter is reunited with mother in California after long search
Using a Bluetooth speaker, a recording of its cries and a small boat, staff and volunteers from The Marine Mammal Center were able to reunite an otter pup with its mother in a central California bay l...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
apnews.com/video/baby-s...
Baby sea otter is reunited with mother in California after long search
A great video. Wish they had been able to close up more of the reunion.
Baby sea otter is reunited with mother in California after long search
A great video. Wish they had been able to close up more of the reunion.
Reposted by Harold Schlechtweg
requested full statewide voter files from several states, including sensitive details such as dates of birth, home addresses, driver’s-license numbers, passport numbers, and portions of Social Security numbers, claiming the purpose was compliance with federal election laws under HAVA and the NVRA.
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
requested full statewide voter files from several states, including sensitive details such as dates of birth, home addresses, driver’s-license numbers, passport numbers, and portions of Social Security numbers, claiming the purpose was compliance with federal election laws under HAVA and the NVRA.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) quietly shared state voter-registration data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite earlier assurances to state election officials that the information would only be used for routine voter-list maintenance. Beginning in May 2025, DOJ
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Department of Justice (DOJ) quietly shared state voter-registration data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite earlier assurances to state election officials that the information would only be used for routine voter-list maintenance. Beginning in May 2025, DOJ
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Israeli settlers torch West Bank village as Israel begins a busy diplomatic week
Settlers ramp up the pogroms against Palestinians. The conflict over ownership of land fuels genocide against Palestinians. Historical parallel is genocide against Native Americans.
Israeli settlers torch West Bank village as Israel begins a busy diplomatic week
Settlers ramp up the pogroms against Palestinians. The conflict over ownership of land fuels genocide against Palestinians. Historical parallel is genocide against Native Americans.
Israeli settlers torch West Bank village as Israel begins a busy diplomatic week
Israeli settlers have rampaged through a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, torching homes and cars in the latest in a string of settler attacks in recent weeks.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Israeli settlers torch West Bank village as Israel begins a busy diplomatic week
Settlers ramp up the pogroms against Palestinians. The conflict over ownership of land fuels genocide against Palestinians. Historical parallel is genocide against Native Americans.
Israeli settlers torch West Bank village as Israel begins a busy diplomatic week
Settlers ramp up the pogroms against Palestinians. The conflict over ownership of land fuels genocide against Palestinians. Historical parallel is genocide against Native Americans.
apnews.com/article/epa-... moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers
EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers
The Environmental Protection Agency says it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to limit the amount of wetlands it covers.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
apnews.com/article/epa-... moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers
apnews.com/article/epa-... moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers
EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers
The Environmental Protection Agency says it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to limit the amount of wetlands it covers.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
apnews.com/article/epa-... moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers
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The Trump administration’s Project 2025/DOGE agenda is cutting jobs and delaying essential services, and has cost the lives of an estimated 600,000 people around the world.
DOGE should be dismantled before they do any more damage.
DOGE should be dismantled before they do any more damage.
This May Be the Cruelest, Most Senseless Thing Trump Has Done
A conversation with Atul Gawande about the human toll of the dismantling of foreign aid.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The Trump administration’s Project 2025/DOGE agenda is cutting jobs and delaying essential services, and has cost the lives of an estimated 600,000 people around the world.
DOGE should be dismantled before they do any more damage.
DOGE should be dismantled before they do any more damage.
apnews.com/article/come...
Judge scolds Justice Department for 'profound investigative missteps' in Comey case
The ruling is on hold until after an appeal. It says Comey's attorneys should have access to grand jury records. Order details the incompetence and inexperience of Trump's prosecutor.
Judge scolds Justice Department for 'profound investigative missteps' in Comey case
The ruling is on hold until after an appeal. It says Comey's attorneys should have access to grand jury records. Order details the incompetence and inexperience of Trump's prosecutor.
Judge scolds Justice Department for 'profound investigative missteps' in Comey case
A federal judge says the Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” when it secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
apnews.com/article/come...
Judge scolds Justice Department for 'profound investigative missteps' in Comey case
The ruling is on hold until after an appeal. It says Comey's attorneys should have access to grand jury records. Order details the incompetence and inexperience of Trump's prosecutor.
Judge scolds Justice Department for 'profound investigative missteps' in Comey case
The ruling is on hold until after an appeal. It says Comey's attorneys should have access to grand jury records. Order details the incompetence and inexperience of Trump's prosecutor.
apnews.com/article/nih-... funding cuts have affected over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says
NIH funding cuts have affected over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says
A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
apnews.com/article/nih-... funding cuts have affected over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says
apnews.com/article/chic... crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities
Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities
As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal governme...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
apnews.com/article/chic... crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities
apnews.com/video/man-fi...
Man films Border Patrol agents smashing his car window in Charlotte
He's a US citizen. ICE knows they can do what they want to and won't be held accountable.
Man films Border Patrol agents smashing his car window in Charlotte
He's a US citizen. ICE knows they can do what they want to and won't be held accountable.
Man films Border Patrol agents smashing his car window in Charlotte
Willy Aceituno, a Honduran-born U.S. citizen, was stopped twice by Border Patrol agents in Charlotte, North Carolina.
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
apnews.com/video/man-fi...
Man films Border Patrol agents smashing his car window in Charlotte
He's a US citizen. ICE knows they can do what they want to and won't be held accountable.
Man films Border Patrol agents smashing his car window in Charlotte
He's a US citizen. ICE knows they can do what they want to and won't be held accountable.
apnews.com/article/stub... president urges Europe to hold its nerve as he warns no ceasefire likely soon in Ukraine
Finland's president urges Europe to hold its nerve as he warns no ceasefire likely soon in Ukraine
President Alexander Stubb of Finland told The Associated Press that a ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before spring.
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
apnews.com/article/stub... president urges Europe to hold its nerve as he warns no ceasefire likely soon in Ukraine
Dozens of Gaza Medical Workers Are Still Disappeared in Israeli Detention
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theintercept.com/2025/11/10/g...
Dozens of Gaza Medical Workers Are Still Disappeared in Israeli Detention
A doctor returned, but a first responder never showed up. No one knows why Israel held them for two years.
theintercept.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Dozens of Gaza Medical Workers Are Still Disappeared in Israeli Detention
theintercept.com/2025/11/10/g...
theintercept.com/2025/11/10/g...