Thom Cmar
@thomcmar.bsky.social
Earthjustice attorney. Cincinnati boomeranger. Thinking globally, acting regionally and locally. Personal account, all views my own, likes and reposts not endorsements.
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Gas industry trying to force higher energy bills loses!
Today, a King County Superior Court judge ruled that controversial initiative 2066 violates several provisions of the the Washington State constitution. www.climatesolutions...
I-2066 ruled unconstitutional: a win for Washington families | Climate Solutions
Today, a King County Superior Court judge ruled that the controversial initiative 2066 violates several provisions of the the Washington State constitution.
www.climatesolutions.org
March 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Gas industry trying to force higher energy bills loses!
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Carefully chosen instance to defy the courts. But if they get away with it, anything goes.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration ta...
apnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Carefully chosen instance to defy the courts. But if they get away with it, anything goes.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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the notion of “inherent power” is anti-republican in the lower-case r sense. runs totally counter to the notion of a divided government of enumerated powers
Holy crap. The DOJ is arguing that the President can unilaterally deport anyone he wants without ANY statutory authority, just on his inherent authority as President over national security.
That is a terrifying claim to make and not one that has ever been recognized before in US history.
That is a terrifying claim to make and not one that has ever been recognized before in US history.
March 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
the notion of “inherent power” is anti-republican in the lower-case r sense. runs totally counter to the notion of a divided government of enumerated powers
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Okay so we’re doing the late 1910s again.
Allina Habba says foreign students are not allowed to "hand out pamphlets in our country and try to infiltrate those terroristic thoughts ... and if you bring that into our country, you can get the hell out."
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Okay so we’re doing the late 1910s again.
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We're suing. Earthjustice is representing Inflation Reduction Act grant recipients & holding the Trump administration accountable for illegally freezing funds that were meant to benefit communities.
March 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We're suing. Earthjustice is representing Inflation Reduction Act grant recipients & holding the Trump administration accountable for illegally freezing funds that were meant to benefit communities.
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The USDA recently removed whole sections of its website that focused on climate.
Today Earthjustice, along with the Knight First Amendment Institute and other partners, sued the USDA for unlawfully censoring climate information that farmers, researchers, and the public depend on.
Today Earthjustice, along with the Knight First Amendment Institute and other partners, sued the USDA for unlawfully censoring climate information that farmers, researchers, and the public depend on.
Breaking: We’re suing the Trump admin for removing climate change focused information from the USDA website. The move cuts off farmers, researchers, and advocates from accessing critical resources and funding.
Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites
The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The USDA recently removed whole sections of its website that focused on climate.
Today Earthjustice, along with the Knight First Amendment Institute and other partners, sued the USDA for unlawfully censoring climate information that farmers, researchers, and the public depend on.
Today Earthjustice, along with the Knight First Amendment Institute and other partners, sued the USDA for unlawfully censoring climate information that farmers, researchers, and the public depend on.
Thank you @ryanthoreson.bsky.social for lending your voice and expertise to this piece. This is wrong and it's on all of us to stand together and speak out for what's right.
Probably not the best climate to do this as untenured faculty, but to all our trans students, I’m sorry and you deserve better.
Legal Expert Says UC 'Biological' Bathroom Signs May Not be Required Under State Law
Rep. Greg Landsman also tells CityBeat he’s “disgusted” by the signs and plans to sit down with the university president this week.
www.citybeat.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Thank you @ryanthoreson.bsky.social for lending your voice and expertise to this piece. This is wrong and it's on all of us to stand together and speak out for what's right.
Inside EPA reporting that Lee Zeldin directed EPA employees to respond to the DOGE email: insideepa.com/daily-news/e... Great work by @bennettpeer.bsky.social to draw attention to this.
Daily News | InsideEPA.com
insideepa.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Inside EPA reporting that Lee Zeldin directed EPA employees to respond to the DOGE email: insideepa.com/daily-news/e... Great work by @bennettpeer.bsky.social to draw attention to this.
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BREAKING: Earthjustice is suing to block Trump's illegal ocean drilling order. Today, we filed the first major environmental lawsuit against the new Trump administration. We’re challenging an illegal order by Trump to remove protections for vulnerable ocean areas from future oil-and-gas leasing.
February 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
BREAKING: Earthjustice is suing to block Trump's illegal ocean drilling order. Today, we filed the first major environmental lawsuit against the new Trump administration. We’re challenging an illegal order by Trump to remove protections for vulnerable ocean areas from future oil-and-gas leasing.
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Imagine if we had a prominent Democratic figure standing in as a "shadow" CFPB Director or a "shadow" USAID Administrator explaining what the agency should be doing and why its work is important
February 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Imagine if we had a prominent Democratic figure standing in as a "shadow" CFPB Director or a "shadow" USAID Administrator explaining what the agency should be doing and why its work is important
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"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
February 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is stunning, even for this Administration
DOJ leadership has put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with 1 hour to decide who will dismiss Adams indictment or else all will be fired. Sending them strength to stand by their oath, which is to support the Constitution, not the president’s political agenda. 🇺🇸
February 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is stunning, even for this Administration
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Coal plants continue to be uneconomic, and while some are seeing retirement dates get pushed back, the long-run trajectory of coal in the power sector is clear #energysky: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Which Coal Units Are Retiring, and Which Plants Will Continue Operating
Once the dominant source of energy in the United States, today, 401 coal units supply roughly 16 percent of the nation’s grid.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Coal plants continue to be uneconomic, and while some are seeing retirement dates get pushed back, the long-run trajectory of coal in the power sector is clear #energysky: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This hits too close to the present
February 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This hits too close to the present
I am finding this @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social op ed particularly helpful for this moment we are in
February 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I am finding this @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social op ed particularly helpful for this moment we are in
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Billy Grise's great-grandfather opened a restaurant in Piqua, Ohio in 1915. More than a century later, he did the same thing in Covington, Kentucky.
A big night out at Carmelo's, NKY's newest Italian joint
Named after the co-owner's great-grandfather, Carmelo's exudes old-world charm with a modern-day spin.
www.cincinnati.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Billy Grise's great-grandfather opened a restaurant in Piqua, Ohio in 1915. More than a century later, he did the same thing in Covington, Kentucky.
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NEW Public Resource
Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A catalogue compiling all the legal challenges facing the #TrumpAdministration’s executive orders and actions.
Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A catalogue compiling all the legal challenges facing the #TrumpAdministration’s executive orders and actions.
Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
January 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW Public Resource
Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A catalogue compiling all the legal challenges facing the #TrumpAdministration’s executive orders and actions.
Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A catalogue compiling all the legal challenges facing the #TrumpAdministration’s executive orders and actions.
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Agree 💯.
But note: It will not happen on its own.
It will happen because we: Brawl to hold the line; Move in space to where we can make progress; and work across different advocacy sectors to build power for change.
But note: It will not happen on its own.
It will happen because we: Brawl to hold the line; Move in space to where we can make progress; and work across different advocacy sectors to build power for change.
Feel deep in my bones that the backlash to all of this is going to be enormous. Not sure how it will manifest and when it will explode into view, but confident it’s coming.
January 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Agree 💯.
But note: It will not happen on its own.
It will happen because we: Brawl to hold the line; Move in space to where we can make progress; and work across different advocacy sectors to build power for change.
But note: It will not happen on its own.
It will happen because we: Brawl to hold the line; Move in space to where we can make progress; and work across different advocacy sectors to build power for change.
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The only energy emergency is the failure to transition to clean energy. The climate crisis is here, and it’s harming people across the country. We’re ready to fight efforts that undermine our future.
4 major climate, energy moves included in Trump’s Day 1 executive orders
President Trump issued a broad slew of energy policies and efforts to roll back environmental protections on his first day in office. The moves excited supporters and the fossil fuel industry. Amer…
thehill.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The only energy emergency is the failure to transition to clean energy. The climate crisis is here, and it’s harming people across the country. We’re ready to fight efforts that undermine our future.
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Oooooooof.
This may be an opportune time to point out that among its other exceedingly important mandates, the Civil Rights Division prosecutes human trafficking, sex trafficking of children, and church arson.
This may be an opportune time to point out that among its other exceedingly important mandates, the Civil Rights Division prosecutes human trafficking, sex trafficking of children, and church arson.
Just a few days in, and this one’s bad. Real bad: “The Justice Department has ordered its civil rights division to halt any ongoing litigation from the Biden administration and not pursue any new cases or settlements” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Department freezes all cases in civil rights division
The memo doesn’t state how long the freeze will last, but it essentially shuts down the civil rights division for at least the first weeks of the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Oooooooof.
This may be an opportune time to point out that among its other exceedingly important mandates, the Civil Rights Division prosecutes human trafficking, sex trafficking of children, and church arson.
This may be an opportune time to point out that among its other exceedingly important mandates, the Civil Rights Division prosecutes human trafficking, sex trafficking of children, and church arson.
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Breaking: DOJ freezes all cases in civil rights division. "It’s unprecedented. We’ve never seen this before at this scale with any transfer of power, regardless of the ideology of any incoming president or administration." Story w/ @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Department freezes all cases in civil rights division
The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Breaking: DOJ freezes all cases in civil rights division. "It’s unprecedented. We’ve never seen this before at this scale with any transfer of power, regardless of the ideology of any incoming president or administration." Story w/ @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Really enjoyed this conversation @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social. It puts together many themes from the last election in a useful way. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Democrats are Losing the War for Attention. Badly.
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 01/17/2025 · 1h 13m
podcasts.apple.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Really enjoyed this conversation @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social. It puts together many themes from the last election in a useful way. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Reminders: U.S. presidential executive orders are not laws.
They are statements of principle & policies for administration officials to follow.
They lack the force of law—but can be illegal if administration officials treat them as if they are binding to change or ignore actual laws & rules. 1/
They are statements of principle & policies for administration officials to follow.
They lack the force of law—but can be illegal if administration officials treat them as if they are binding to change or ignore actual laws & rules. 1/
January 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Reminders: U.S. presidential executive orders are not laws.
They are statements of principle & policies for administration officials to follow.
They lack the force of law—but can be illegal if administration officials treat them as if they are binding to change or ignore actual laws & rules. 1/
They are statements of principle & policies for administration officials to follow.
They lack the force of law—but can be illegal if administration officials treat them as if they are binding to change or ignore actual laws & rules. 1/
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Best dressed.
I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
January 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Best dressed.