Connie Cho
@conniedotcho.bsky.social
Likes climate justice and energy transition rabbit holes • now a research attorney at Stanford • rescue dog mama • Midwest expat in California • views/chaos my own 🌈
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Connie Cho
@conniedotcho.bsky.social
· Mar 11
1/ "I wish my father were still alive so that I could ask him, will this be how our democracy dies? Or will we be able to rebuild it anew?"
As billionaires attempt to dismantle our democracy, APEN's Connie Cho shares lessons from her father.
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As billionaires attempt to dismantle our democracy, APEN's Connie Cho shares lessons from her father.
apen4ej.medium.com/reclaiming-d...
Reclaiming Democracy: Lessons from My Father
I wish my father were still alive so that I could ask him, will this be how our democracy dies? Or will we be able to rebuild it anew?
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In the ten years after my dad passed away, I have never missed him more than I do now.
Grateful to @apen4ej.bsky.social for helping me alchemize my grief and sharing the lessons from my father in this fight to reclaim our democracy.
#nokings #fightfordemocracy #fightthecoup #removereversereclaim
Grateful to @apen4ej.bsky.social for helping me alchemize my grief and sharing the lessons from my father in this fight to reclaim our democracy.
#nokings #fightfordemocracy #fightthecoup #removereversereclaim
@wolvesclips.bsky.social really hung in there last night, but for second half of the game I really just spent the whole time thinking, is that a tiny size gavel or a normal size gavel in Shaq’s hand? How does Shaq have a gavel? Why did Shaq have a gavel?
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
@wolvesclips.bsky.social really hung in there last night, but for second half of the game I really just spent the whole time thinking, is that a tiny size gavel or a normal size gavel in Shaq’s hand? How does Shaq have a gavel? Why did Shaq have a gavel?
That McDaniels mean mug was everything.
McDaniels with the first poster dunk of the season for the Wolves. Hopefully TV caught an image of his face after. Had to be an all-time mean mug.
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
That McDaniels mean mug was everything.
Just a casual Wednesday in America. Preparing for Border Patrol, the Coast Guard, and ICE agents to invade our neighborhoods for literally no reason other than to terrorize and rip families apart while cutting off food and health care for others 🙄
BAY AREA: Rumors are flying about ICE targeting Home Depots across the region starting soon. These are RUMORS. But we know it's coming eventually.
So time to organize a group of action buddies and spread flyer about planned meet-ups.👇 QR code for sign-up.
Together we will defend our communities.
So time to organize a group of action buddies and spread flyer about planned meet-ups.👇 QR code for sign-up.
Together we will defend our communities.
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Just a casual Wednesday in America. Preparing for Border Patrol, the Coast Guard, and ICE agents to invade our neighborhoods for literally no reason other than to terrorize and rip families apart while cutting off food and health care for others 🙄
Woohoo! 🎉
The EPA grant to study the health impacts of refinery retirements and retrofits in partnership the incredible leading researchers at UCLA, UC Berkeley, and PSE Healthy Energy has been restored thanks to a class action lawsuit! @apen4ej.bsky.social
The EPA grant to study the health impacts of refinery retirements and retrofits in partnership the incredible leading researchers at UCLA, UC Berkeley, and PSE Healthy Energy has been restored thanks to a class action lawsuit! @apen4ej.bsky.social
💥 🏛️ Federal Agencies Ordered to Restore Grants to University of California Scientists
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First class action suit against grant terminations by the Administration
Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities
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First class action suit against grant terminations by the Administration
Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities
You can read the judge's order here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/70459...
@science.org also put out a great summary of the case and what might happen next: www.science.org/content/arti...
@science.org also put out a great summary of the case and what might happen next: www.science.org/content/arti...
July 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Woohoo! 🎉
The EPA grant to study the health impacts of refinery retirements and retrofits in partnership the incredible leading researchers at UCLA, UC Berkeley, and PSE Healthy Energy has been restored thanks to a class action lawsuit! @apen4ej.bsky.social
The EPA grant to study the health impacts of refinery retirements and retrofits in partnership the incredible leading researchers at UCLA, UC Berkeley, and PSE Healthy Energy has been restored thanks to a class action lawsuit! @apen4ej.bsky.social
Going to print this on a t-shirt for the next EJ convening @kbvale.bsky.social
So this transition so far has been very mid
July 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Going to print this on a t-shirt for the next EJ convening @kbvale.bsky.social
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Astronaut meme for mid transition
Hey @gruberte.bsky.social i am looking around and realizing that, as right as i have always thought you are about midtransition stuff, you are, like, way more right than that.
July 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Astronaut meme for mid transition
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The Supreme Court's disdain for Congress, the statutory design of agencies, and the public services they provide to millions truly astounds.
Destroying a 50-year-old Cabinet-level department may be the biggest violation of the Take Care Clause in U.S. history—and six justices simply ... don't care.
Destroying a 50-year-old Cabinet-level department may be the biggest violation of the Take Care Clause in U.S. history—and six justices simply ... don't care.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Supreme Court's disdain for Congress, the statutory design of agencies, and the public services they provide to millions truly astounds.
Destroying a 50-year-old Cabinet-level department may be the biggest violation of the Take Care Clause in U.S. history—and six justices simply ... don't care.
Destroying a 50-year-old Cabinet-level department may be the biggest violation of the Take Care Clause in U.S. history—and six justices simply ... don't care.
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The oil industry made this mess. Now, they want permission to continue fleecing California taxpayers and consumers – and, as a bonus, slash regulations, cut corners, and endanger Californians. We can’t let Big Oil shake down California on their way out.
July 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The oil industry made this mess. Now, they want permission to continue fleecing California taxpayers and consumers – and, as a bonus, slash regulations, cut corners, and endanger Californians. We can’t let Big Oil shake down California on their way out.
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We must follow the leadership of EJ groups in the Valley directly impacted by dirty drilling, and the many groups that have spent over a decade facing down threats of unchecked drilling expansion – groups like CRPE, CCEJN and CVAQ.
July 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
We must follow the leadership of EJ groups in the Valley directly impacted by dirty drilling, and the many groups that have spent over a decade facing down threats of unchecked drilling expansion – groups like CRPE, CCEJN and CVAQ.
I said there’s no way to sugar coat it!
Let’s be clear: fast-tracking thousands of oil and gas wells with only a *single* environmental review further pollutes the air and water in some of California’s most overburdened communities *and* risks deepening our dependence on fossil fuels.
July 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I said there’s no way to sugar coat it!
So my lawyer brain wants to explode because I could spend like 20 posts explaining this with graphs and citations, but it is 6PM on a Friday and my partner gets home soon, so I give you these two screenshots of a summary of a summary of a summary:
July 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
So my lawyer brain wants to explode because I could spend like 20 posts explaining this with graphs and citations, but it is 6PM on a Friday and my partner gets home soon, so I give you these two screenshots of a summary of a summary of a summary:
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What’s happening: In the last year, two refineries in CA have announced plans to close – and Big Oil is taking the opportunity to shakedown taxpayers and maximize profits on their way out, making Californians foot the bill for their pollution ❌❌ stoptheoilshakedown.org
July 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
What’s happening: In the last year, two refineries in CA have announced plans to close – and Big Oil is taking the opportunity to shakedown taxpayers and maximize profits on their way out, making Californians foot the bill for their pollution ❌❌ stoptheoilshakedown.org
🧵🪡 A thread on my attempt to thread the needle at a @calenergy.bsky.social meeting in a two-minute high-level public comment and taken out of context on (to be fair) a complex subject. ⬇️
Yesterday, @politico.com ran an article about this week’s @calenergy.bsky.social meeting claiming that climate and environmental justice groups are lining up behind a plan that would “pump the brakes” on the transition away from fossil fuels. It’s time to set the story straight ⬇️⬇️
July 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
🧵🪡 A thread on my attempt to thread the needle at a @calenergy.bsky.social meeting in a two-minute high-level public comment and taken out of context on (to be fair) a complex subject. ⬇️
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Who was MN Rep. Melissa Hortman in the MN Legislature? READ about her consequential leadership in this THREAD by @taniel.bsky.social.
Take the time.
Take the time.
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
June 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Who was MN Rep. Melissa Hortman in the MN Legislature? READ about her consequential leadership in this THREAD by @taniel.bsky.social.
Take the time.
Take the time.
Dear lord, the full context of US Senator @padilla.senate.gov being forcibly removed, pinned down, and handcuffed? He tried to ask a question…when this regime rationalized the (unconstitutional) commandeering of National Guard troops as ~liberating~ people from their elected representatives.
It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
June 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Dear lord, the full context of US Senator @padilla.senate.gov being forcibly removed, pinned down, and handcuffed? He tried to ask a question…when this regime rationalized the (unconstitutional) commandeering of National Guard troops as ~liberating~ people from their elected representatives.
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Matching up to 2,500 USD to Immigrant Defenders Law Center, for the first people to DM or reply with receipts. They're EIN 47-4473312 for quickly looking up if you have a DAF.
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
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Unión del Barrio:
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Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
June 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Matching up to 2,500 USD to Immigrant Defenders Law Center, for the first people to DM or reply with receipts. They're EIN 47-4473312 for quickly looking up if you have a DAF.
April 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Just replaying this clip of Jaden McDaniels smiling before I go to sleep #wolvesinsix
Anthony Edwards + Jaden McDaniels celebration YEAHHHHHH
April 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Just replaying this clip of Jaden McDaniels smiling before I go to sleep #wolvesinsix
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Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said from the bench that she would issue a temporary restraining order blocking immigration authorities from detaining 21-year-old Columbia junior Yunseo Chung for protesting on campus, per NY Post
Columbia student protester Yunseo Chung can’t be detained by feds, judge rules as Trump admin seeks to deport her
The Columbia University student facing deportation after she was arrested at an anti-Israel protest can’t be detained by the feds, a judge ruled Tuesday. Manhattan federal court Judge Nao…
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March 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said from the bench that she would issue a temporary restraining order blocking immigration authorities from detaining 21-year-old Columbia junior Yunseo Chung for protesting on campus, per NY Post
We need way more of this type of accountability, but from the bigger outlets (lol I know 🙃).
On Tuesday I edited a story about the FTC firings. Readers took issue with our framing — not just us, but other publications as well. And you know what? Y'all were right. www.theverge.com/policy/63339...
We ran the wrong headline about the fired FTC commissioners
Our readers have a point.
www.theverge.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We need way more of this type of accountability, but from the bigger outlets (lol I know 🙃).
This is the much more informed way to explain why John Roberts is actually the “Chief Fig Leaf.”
John Roberts is not "rebuking" Donald Trump. He's bending the knee. If you listen to what Roberts is *not* saying, you'll see he's telling Trump exactly what he wants to hear.
We've seen this before from another Chief Justice, in Marbury v. Madison.
My latest in @thenation.com
We've seen this before from another Chief Justice, in Marbury v. Madison.
My latest in @thenation.com
How a Case From 1803 Explains John Roberts’s Approach to Donald Trump
Roberts wasn’t “rebuking” Trump when he issued his statement against impeaching judges, he was bending the knee.
www.thenation.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is the much more informed way to explain why John Roberts is actually the “Chief Fig Leaf.”
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Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.
March 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.
"The media+Democrats are suffering from different manifestations of the same problem. If they were to acknowledge the gravity of the political moment, they might be compelled to rise to meet it."
My latest, about how both the media and the Democrats are failing to meet the moment.
Is Anyone Ready For This?
Neither the media nor the Democrats are built for a constitutional crisis
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March 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"The media+Democrats are suffering from different manifestations of the same problem. If they were to acknowledge the gravity of the political moment, they might be compelled to rise to meet it."
Honestly, foreign assistance for the rule of law doesn’t sound so bad. 🤷🏻♀️
Wow. Judge Howell is worried that if she orders DOGE to leave the USIP building it could turn into an “armed standoff” over unwillingness to vacate, and points out law enforcement has shown willingness to help DOGE. Asks if we’ll need foreign mediators to come in.
March 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Honestly, foreign assistance for the rule of law doesn’t sound so bad. 🤷🏻♀️
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“We will not take lectures on antisemitism from segregationists and neo-nazis.” @illdottore.bsky.social, a Columbia University professor, speaks out against the kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil.
A Columbia University Professor Speaks Out Against the Kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil
On March 12, at a rally in front of the New York City courthouse where Mahmoud Khalil’s hearing took place, classicist and Columbia University associate professor Joseph Howley made the follo…
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March 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“We will not take lectures on antisemitism from segregationists and neo-nazis.” @illdottore.bsky.social, a Columbia University professor, speaks out against the kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil.