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Big Oil is lobbying Congress for immunity against lawsuits because the companies don't want the damning evidence of their climate deception to be presented in court, writes @kathymulvey.bsky.social of @ucs.org.
"Our elected representatives must stand strong against liability waivers" for Big Oil.
"Our elected representatives must stand strong against liability waivers" for Big Oil.
Big Oil has been lying to us for decades: Don’t let it off the hook
Blatant attempts to grant polluters nationwide immunity show just how far some officials will go to deny communities their day in court.
thehill.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Big Oil is lobbying Congress for immunity against lawsuits because the companies don't want the damning evidence of their climate deception to be presented in court, writes @kathymulvey.bsky.social of @ucs.org.
"Our elected representatives must stand strong against liability waivers" for Big Oil.
"Our elected representatives must stand strong against liability waivers" for Big Oil.
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The data is undeniable:
•15 of top 16 states with the highest rates of infant mortality are red states that deny/ban repro access.
•12 of top 13 states with the lowest rates of infant mortality are blue states that protect repro access.
Why is this even a debate?
www.qasimrashid.com/p/three-year...
•15 of top 16 states with the highest rates of infant mortality are red states that deny/ban repro access.
•12 of top 13 states with the lowest rates of infant mortality are blue states that protect repro access.
Why is this even a debate?
www.qasimrashid.com/p/three-year...
Three Years After Roe—What We Feared Is Confirmed
Infant and maternal mortality rates continue to spike, with Black and brown women and babies suffering the most
www.qasimrashid.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The data is undeniable:
•15 of top 16 states with the highest rates of infant mortality are red states that deny/ban repro access.
•12 of top 13 states with the lowest rates of infant mortality are blue states that protect repro access.
Why is this even a debate?
www.qasimrashid.com/p/three-year...
•15 of top 16 states with the highest rates of infant mortality are red states that deny/ban repro access.
•12 of top 13 states with the lowest rates of infant mortality are blue states that protect repro access.
Why is this even a debate?
www.qasimrashid.com/p/three-year...
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One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
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June 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
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My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
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"Mobilizing military forces into cities is going to be seen as an overreach, and it's going to be now met with peaceful, boisterous moms, dads, grandmas. kids and their dogs and families showing up, saying, 'we're not going to put up with this authoritarianism..."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Planned ‘No Kings’ protests grow in number after LA militarization: What organizers expect
'The numbers have skyrocketed': protest organizers expect massive crowds nationwide on June 14, including up to 250,000 in Los Angeles.
www.usatoday.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"Mobilizing military forces into cities is going to be seen as an overreach, and it's going to be now met with peaceful, boisterous moms, dads, grandmas. kids and their dogs and families showing up, saying, 'we're not going to put up with this authoritarianism..."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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Absolutely horrifying. I wonder if the people who swung for Trump, purity protested non-voters understand what they have done. 😭
Well this is horrifying.
Lee Zeldin is about to eviscerate about 50 years of environmental protections.
www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
Lee Zeldin is about to eviscerate about 50 years of environmental protections.
www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
EPA Launches Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History | US EPA
EPA News Release: EPA Launches Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History
www.epa.gov
March 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Absolutely horrifying. I wonder if the people who swung for Trump, purity protested non-voters understand what they have done. 😭
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This is your economy on trump.
March 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is your economy on trump.
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AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
March 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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This is also known as invading Panama.
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump White House has directed the U.S. military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama to achieve President Trump’s goal of “reclaiming” the Panama Canal, officials say.
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
Potential plans range from partnering more closely with the Panamanian military to a less likely option of U.S. troops seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News
nbcnews.to
March 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is also known as invading Panama.
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WTF?!? Elon Musk reposted this on X before quietly deleting it:
“Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”
“Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”
March 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WTF?!? Elon Musk reposted this on X before quietly deleting it:
“Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”
“Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”
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If you're sinking in defeatism and wondering if there’s any point in protesting, here’s a detailed look at the astonishing amount of resistance happening — and how it's making a difference.
Resistance to Trump is everywhere — inside the first 50 days of mass protest
From mass refusals to boycotts to walkouts, regular Americans are bravely pushing back against the administration and having an impact.
wagingnonviolence.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you're sinking in defeatism and wondering if there’s any point in protesting, here’s a detailed look at the astonishing amount of resistance happening — and how it's making a difference.
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Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.”
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.”
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Daily Quote - February 11, 2025
Fear is an indicator. Sometimes it shows you what you shouldn't do. More often than not it shows you exactly what you should do.
Tim Ferriss
#TEDGames
Fear is an indicator. Sometimes it shows you what you shouldn't do. More often than not it shows you exactly what you should do.
Tim Ferriss
#TEDGames
February 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Daily Quote - February 11, 2025
Fear is an indicator. Sometimes it shows you what you shouldn't do. More often than not it shows you exactly what you should do.
Tim Ferriss
#TEDGames
Fear is an indicator. Sometimes it shows you what you shouldn't do. More often than not it shows you exactly what you should do.
Tim Ferriss
#TEDGames
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Surprisingly, we find ourselves thanking a Trump appointee—so thank you, Judge. Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia announced after a hearing that he would issue a temporary restraining order to halt the imminent administrative leave of 2,200 USAID employees.
February 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Surprisingly, we find ourselves thanking a Trump appointee—so thank you, Judge. Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia announced after a hearing that he would issue a temporary restraining order to halt the imminent administrative leave of 2,200 USAID employees.
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“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
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Campaign Nonviolence has launched a new podcast called Nonviolence Now. Check out the first episode, which explores the concepts of nonviolence through the lens of prominent thinkers.
What is nonviolence?
In the first episode of the Nonviolence Now Podcast, we explore the concepts of nonviolence through the lens of prominent thinkers.
wagingnonviolence.org
January 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Campaign Nonviolence has launched a new podcast called Nonviolence Now. Check out the first episode, which explores the concepts of nonviolence through the lens of prominent thinkers.