Christine
@bechristine.bsky.social
Michigander, MI03, climate justice, meditation, community, connections, compassion, travel
Renewables provide "clean energy" and it is a way for many in the United States and around the world to help make our planet healthier and more sustainable.
In a speech to the UN yesterday, President Trump falsely claimed that climate change is a "con job," that renewables are "too expensive," and that coal is "clean."
@apnews.com takes a closer look at the president's statements and the scientific reality.
@apnews.com takes a closer look at the president's statements and the scientific reality.
In front of drowning nations, Trump calls climate change a 'con job.' Here are the facts and context
In his address at the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump excoriated renewable energy, international climate diplomacy, the science of global warming and other environmental i...
apnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Renewables provide "clean energy" and it is a way for many in the United States and around the world to help make our planet healthier and more sustainable.
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Let’s talk about the facts behind this government shutdown:
1. Democrats DIDN’T shut down the government.
2. Democrats have never proposed to give health care to undocumented immigrants.
3. We don’t have time to wait to act, because costs are already skyrocketing for millions of Americans.
1. Democrats DIDN’T shut down the government.
2. Democrats have never proposed to give health care to undocumented immigrants.
3. We don’t have time to wait to act, because costs are already skyrocketing for millions of Americans.
October 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Let’s talk about the facts behind this government shutdown:
1. Democrats DIDN’T shut down the government.
2. Democrats have never proposed to give health care to undocumented immigrants.
3. We don’t have time to wait to act, because costs are already skyrocketing for millions of Americans.
1. Democrats DIDN’T shut down the government.
2. Democrats have never proposed to give health care to undocumented immigrants.
3. We don’t have time to wait to act, because costs are already skyrocketing for millions of Americans.
Join me in protecting the Great Lakes from the proposed Enbridge Line 5 crude oil pipeline tunnel. Take action at www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/submit_egle_...
Demand EGLE Comprehensively Review Enbridge's Line 5 Oil Tunnel Project
Submit your comment to EGLE. Ask them to evaluate this oil tunnel project because nobody else has.
www.oilandwaterdontmix.org
August 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Join me in protecting the Great Lakes from the proposed Enbridge Line 5 crude oil pipeline tunnel. Take action at www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/submit_egle_...
Thank you @scholten.house.gov CCL is such a great organization working towards affordable, reliable, clean energy for all Americans. #LobbyDayCCL
Thanks to the GVSU students with Citizens Climate Lobby who are fighting for a better, greener future. I’m determined to protect Michigan’s water, air, and environment for generations to come, and it’s crucial to have our young leaders as partners in these efforts.
July 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Thank you @scholten.house.gov CCL is such a great organization working towards affordable, reliable, clean energy for all Americans. #LobbyDayCCL
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If you’ve got a badge and a gun but think your actions are shameful enough to need a mask, you should quit.
June 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you’ve got a badge and a gun but think your actions are shameful enough to need a mask, you should quit.
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I'm trying to imagine a Democratic president saying openly and proudly that he would be sending federal agents to target the 'Republican Power Center' in Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. We would be in the midst of a civil war before he'd finished saying those words.
Trump declares war on cities
“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
June 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I'm trying to imagine a Democratic president saying openly and proudly that he would be sending federal agents to target the 'Republican Power Center' in Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. We would be in the midst of a civil war before he'd finished saying those words.
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by nearly every measure California ranks ahead of states like MS, AL, AR, MO, SC, TN and SD. CA has lower murder rate, lower crime rate, higher education, higher health ratings, higher minimum wage, higher well-being, safer envirnoment, etc than all those states.
June 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
by nearly every measure California ranks ahead of states like MS, AL, AR, MO, SC, TN and SD. CA has lower murder rate, lower crime rate, higher education, higher health ratings, higher minimum wage, higher well-being, safer envirnoment, etc than all those states.
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social posts a timely reminder today of "the principles the founders articulated in the Declaration of Independence."
June 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social posts a timely reminder today of "the principles the founders articulated in the Declaration of Independence."
The IRA is a vital
Repealing the IRA's clean energy tax credits would be a bad move.
"Strip the IRA, and we lose supply chains. We lose factories. For what? To make China stronger? To make our grid weaker? To raise bills?"
Read the full piece from America's former Secretary of Energy: heatmap.news/ideas/energy...
"Strip the IRA, and we lose supply chains. We lose factories. For what? To make China stronger? To make our grid weaker? To raise bills?"
Read the full piece from America's former Secretary of Energy: heatmap.news/ideas/energy...
Jennifer Granholm: For Real Energy Dominance, We Need the IRA
Biden’s Secretary of Energy argues that if Trump wants to achieve his goals, preserving his predecessor’s manufacturing incentives is the only way.
heatmap.news
May 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The IRA is a vital
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When D.C. sneezes, Michigan catches a cold. That's why we're trying something new -- every week I am going to update you on what's going on in Washington and tell you how it impacts you at home.
Watch my intel briefing ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3yJ...
Watch my intel briefing ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3yJ...
Senator Slotkin's Weekly Intel Briefing 5.2.25
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
www.youtube.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
When D.C. sneezes, Michigan catches a cold. That's why we're trying something new -- every week I am going to update you on what's going on in Washington and tell you how it impacts you at home.
Watch my intel briefing ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3yJ...
Watch my intel briefing ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3yJ...
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TUNE IN TOMORROW! I’ll be sharing the kickoff video for my new YouTube series, Straight Talk With Scholten, where I’ll take the news of the day, things I’m working on in Congress, and more, and give it to you straight. It’ll be a great space for real talk about the issues that matter.
May 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
TUNE IN TOMORROW! I’ll be sharing the kickoff video for my new YouTube series, Straight Talk With Scholten, where I’ll take the news of the day, things I’m working on in Congress, and more, and give it to you straight. It’ll be a great space for real talk about the issues that matter.
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This was an incredibly courageous and honorable thing to do Senator. Thank you for standing up for the principles that make our country great.
April 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This was an incredibly courageous and honorable thing to do Senator. Thank you for standing up for the principles that make our country great.
You won’t want to miss!
Join us Thursday, April 17 at 6:30pm for a film screening of A Brief History of the Future!
April 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
You won’t want to miss!
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Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
The government ignored his protective legal status & deported Abrego Garcia. “Now they claim that the court is powerless to order any relief. If that’s true, the immigration laws are meaningless because the government can deport ANYONE & no court can do anything about it once it’s done.”
March 31, 2025
On April 1, 1861, Secretary of State William Henry Seward wrote an astonishing letter to President Abraham Lincoln.
open.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
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This isn't anti-DEI - it's retelling history as a story with only white men in it. The tale of the Navajo Code Talkers is essential to understanding the Allies' victory in WWII. Removing it because the people involved were non-white is segregationism.
Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order
Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.
www.axios.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This isn't anti-DEI - it's retelling history as a story with only white men in it. The tale of the Navajo Code Talkers is essential to understanding the Allies' victory in WWII. Removing it because the people involved were non-white is segregationism.
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Extreme storms continue to sweep across the US South today, as damages and deaths from last night's severe weather is just now being assessed.
How is climate change affecting tornadoes? It's hard to detect a robust signal in such small, short events, but there's evidence that ... [see next post]
How is climate change affecting tornadoes? It's hard to detect a robust signal in such small, short events, but there's evidence that ... [see next post]
Live Updates: At least 19 dead as severe storms rip through South and Midwest
At least 13 dead as severe storms rip through South and Midwest
www.nbcnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Extreme storms continue to sweep across the US South today, as damages and deaths from last night's severe weather is just now being assessed.
How is climate change affecting tornadoes? It's hard to detect a robust signal in such small, short events, but there's evidence that ... [see next post]
How is climate change affecting tornadoes? It's hard to detect a robust signal in such small, short events, but there's evidence that ... [see next post]
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The #IdesofTrump are almost upon us! Send your postcard to the orange interloper TOMORROW, 03/15/25. Remind him he works for us, the American people! #resist #dosomething
March 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The #IdesofTrump are almost upon us! Send your postcard to the orange interloper TOMORROW, 03/15/25. Remind him he works for us, the American people! #resist #dosomething
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This. Shout this from the rooftops. Add in the propaganda that tricks voters into thinking this is the American way and you’ve got the MAGA playbook.
🧵I know what the Trump administration is doing to the country because they’ve already done it to rural America.
They stripped public schools of funding. They closed our hospitals. They sold family farms for parts. They let our infrastructure rot. And then they gerrymandered us to keep us quiet.
They stripped public schools of funding. They closed our hospitals. They sold family farms for parts. They let our infrastructure rot. And then they gerrymandered us to keep us quiet.
March 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This. Shout this from the rooftops. Add in the propaganda that tricks voters into thinking this is the American way and you’ve got the MAGA playbook.
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This is excellent.
JD Vance is skiing at a Vermont resort this weekend. The resort’s snow reporter took the opportunity to make some good trouble, sending out a message of resistance against an administration “threatening our democracy, our livelihoods, our land”. [kottke.org]
Good Trouble: JD Vance Chastised by Vermont Snow Reporter
JD Vance, fresh off of helping his boss ambush & insult a foreign leader in the White House yesterday afternoon, is on vacation in Vermont with his family this weekend and will be skiing at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, VT
kottke.org
March 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is excellent.
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I'm hearing directly from West Michiganders who are concerned over these cuts to NOAA and how it will impact our country's weather forecasting resources.
The Trump Admin must rethink these brazen layoffs to preserve the integrity of our federal workforce and the crucial services it provides.🧵
The Trump Admin must rethink these brazen layoffs to preserve the integrity of our federal workforce and the crucial services it provides.🧵
Trump administration layoffs hit NOAA, agency that forecasts weather, hurricanes
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration houses key groups like the National Weather Service. Experts warn the consequences of employee cuts could be drastic.
www.npr.org
March 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm hearing directly from West Michiganders who are concerned over these cuts to NOAA and how it will impact our country's weather forecasting resources.
The Trump Admin must rethink these brazen layoffs to preserve the integrity of our federal workforce and the crucial services it provides.🧵
The Trump Admin must rethink these brazen layoffs to preserve the integrity of our federal workforce and the crucial services it provides.🧵