Martha Dorow
@dmartay.bsky.social
Democrat in rural Iowa (not for the faint of heart). Skeptical Lutheran. Trying to make a difference. Dog lover.
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Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
(Published July)
(Published July)
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
(Published July)
(Published July)
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Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.
What we have is an appropriations king.
Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.
What we have is an appropriations king.
Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.
October 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.
What we have is an appropriations king.
Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.
What we have is an appropriations king.
Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.
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They simply want to cancel an entire field of science because they don't like the answers it has come up with. It's like the burning of the library of Alexandria. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
www.propublica.org
April 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
They simply want to cancel an entire field of science because they don't like the answers it has come up with. It's like the burning of the library of Alexandria. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
This makes me so, so angry. Ashley Hinson voted for this and had the gall to say on a video that it does NOT disenfranchise legal voters, but only prevents illegal aliens from voting. She is delusional or something.
bsky.app/profile/vote... .
bsky.app/profile/vote... .
If passed into law, the SAVE Act could impede a swath of Americans from accessing the polls, but one of the largest groups of people who could be disenfranchised is married women who changed their last name 👇
What the SAVE Act Means for Women
www.politico.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This makes me so, so angry. Ashley Hinson voted for this and had the gall to say on a video that it does NOT disenfranchise legal voters, but only prevents illegal aliens from voting. She is delusional or something.
bsky.app/profile/vote... .
bsky.app/profile/vote... .
This is disappointing and illuminating.
Iowa farmers are twice as likely as the national to be Dismissive or Doubtful of climate change, despite their closeness to the land and exposure to the weather. www.nature.com/articles/s44... @mason4c.bsky.social @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
Global warming’s “Six Americas” among Iowa farmers: exploring differential attitudes towards climate change and agriculture - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Global warming’s “Six Americas” among Iowa farmers: exploring differential attitudes towards climate change and agriculture
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is disappointing and illuminating.
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I continue to see references to rising food insecurity in Iowa. 345,000 Iowans currently face food insecurity, and many rely on food pantries. I found a great website this evening that shows where such help is available across the state. Please share.
foodbankiowa.org/find-food/
foodbankiowa.org/find-food/
Find Food - Food Bank of Iowa
Food Bank of Iowa is dedicated to providing enough food for every Iowan in our service area to live a healthy, active life. We distribute more than 18 million meals each year through 700 partner agenc...
foodbankiowa.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I continue to see references to rising food insecurity in Iowa. 345,000 Iowans currently face food insecurity, and many rely on food pantries. I found a great website this evening that shows where such help is available across the state. Please share.
foodbankiowa.org/find-food/
foodbankiowa.org/find-food/
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Can scientists trace climate losses back to the emissions from individual fossil fuel companies?
Yes, we can.
The inimitable @ccallahan45.bsky.social and I provide an 'end-to-end' attribution framework that can be applied in many climate accountability contexts:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Yes, we can.
The inimitable @ccallahan45.bsky.social and I provide an 'end-to-end' attribution framework that can be applied in many climate accountability contexts:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability - Nature
A transparent and reproducible scientific framework is introduced to formalize how trillions in economic losses are attributable to the extreme heat caused by emissions from fossil fuel companies, whi...
www.nature.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Can scientists trace climate losses back to the emissions from individual fossil fuel companies?
Yes, we can.
The inimitable @ccallahan45.bsky.social and I provide an 'end-to-end' attribution framework that can be applied in many climate accountability contexts:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Yes, we can.
The inimitable @ccallahan45.bsky.social and I provide an 'end-to-end' attribution framework that can be applied in many climate accountability contexts:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"The USDA recently canceled 16 truckloads of food to Food Bank of Iowa. This creates a shortfall of nearly 400,000 pounds of food from April until July — food meant for seniors on fixed incomes, hardworking families and growing children."
foodbankiowa.org/usda-cuts/
foodbankiowa.org/usda-cuts/
An Important Message to Our Supporters - Food Bank of Iowa
We share a vision of an Iowa where the plates of all our neighbors, family and friends are full. Recently, federal cuts impacted that vision, and we need to talk about it. So we’ll get right to it .....
foodbankiowa.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"The USDA recently canceled 16 truckloads of food to Food Bank of Iowa. This creates a shortfall of nearly 400,000 pounds of food from April until July — food meant for seniors on fixed incomes, hardworking families and growing children."
foodbankiowa.org/usda-cuts/
foodbankiowa.org/usda-cuts/
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Maybe there should be a wealth tax.
"A household in the top 0.1%—roughly 133,000 households each worth at least $46.3 million—accumulated an average $3.4 million a year since the third quarter of 1990, in 2024 dollars."
"A household in the top 0.1%—roughly 133,000 households each worth at least $46.3 million—accumulated an average $3.4 million a year since the third quarter of 1990, in 2024 dollars."
$1 Trillion of Wealth Was Created for the 19 Richest U.S. Households Last Year
Total household wealth for the richest 19 U.S. households jumped to about $2.6 trillion in 2024, after the biggest one-year increase on record.
www.wsj.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Maybe there should be a wealth tax.
"A household in the top 0.1%—roughly 133,000 households each worth at least $46.3 million—accumulated an average $3.4 million a year since the third quarter of 1990, in 2024 dollars."
"A household in the top 0.1%—roughly 133,000 households each worth at least $46.3 million—accumulated an average $3.4 million a year since the third quarter of 1990, in 2024 dollars."
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“Some officials say U.S. citizens who criticize administration policies could be charged with crimes, based on the notion that they're aiding terrorists and criminals”
This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
April 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“Some officials say U.S. citizens who criticize administration policies could be charged with crimes, based on the notion that they're aiding terrorists and criminals”
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NEW: The Trump administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
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My neighbor has a son who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the past when he's come south to visit family there has always been a long line of cars at the border waiting to cross. Not anymore.
This is a big middle finger to Trump from the rest of the world www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr6C...
Travel to America TANKING! Europe, Canada, Latin America Say “HELL NO!” to US
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
April 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My neighbor has a son who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the past when he's come south to visit family there has always been a long line of cars at the border waiting to cross. Not anymore.
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More women than men are viewing climate change as their top political issue.
While this trend has been true for a while the gender gap grew significantly in recent years according to a new report by the Environmental Voter Project.
19thnews.org/2025/04/wome...
While this trend has been true for a while the gender gap grew significantly in recent years according to a new report by the Environmental Voter Project.
19thnews.org/2025/04/wome...
More women view climate change as their number one political issue
A new report shows a growing gender gap among people who vote with environmental issues in mind.
19thnews.org
April 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
More women than men are viewing climate change as their top political issue.
While this trend has been true for a while the gender gap grew significantly in recent years according to a new report by the Environmental Voter Project.
19thnews.org/2025/04/wome...
While this trend has been true for a while the gender gap grew significantly in recent years according to a new report by the Environmental Voter Project.
19thnews.org/2025/04/wome...
I've been reading Letters and Papers from Prison by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He describes religionless Christianity, which was previously unfamiliar to me. However, I am keenly drawn to this idea in today's world.
RELIGIONLESS CHRISTIANITY
“Loving your neighbor is more important than religion.” (Mark 12:33) Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian who opposed the state-controlled German Evan…
followingjesus.org
April 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I've been reading Letters and Papers from Prison by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He describes religionless Christianity, which was previously unfamiliar to me. However, I am keenly drawn to this idea in today's world.
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It's always good to pause and take a moment to remember the life and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - especially now when we so desperately need more people with her selfless mindset in our government and politics.
April 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
It's always good to pause and take a moment to remember the life and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - especially now when we so desperately need more people with her selfless mindset in our government and politics.
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In Apr 13 Des Moines Register, two letters to the editor complained about media bias of that newspaper and NPR. Iowa Legislature thinks students need to pass a civics test for graduation. I think they should pass a media literacy test. Too many people are media illiterate.
April 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In Apr 13 Des Moines Register, two letters to the editor complained about media bias of that newspaper and NPR. Iowa Legislature thinks students need to pass a civics test for graduation. I think they should pass a media literacy test. Too many people are media illiterate.
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An FDA worker confirms what I've seen out there.
CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.
The FDA's communications and web office were cut.
"The FDA as we know it is gone."
CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.
The FDA's communications and web office were cut.
"The FDA as we know it is gone."
April 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
An FDA worker confirms what I've seen out there.
CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.
The FDA's communications and web office were cut.
"The FDA as we know it is gone."
CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.
The FDA's communications and web office were cut.
"The FDA as we know it is gone."
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If you were a halfway decent human being and you knew an innocent man was rotting in foreign prison—likely suffering nightmarish conditions—because your administration screwed up and send him there, you’d do something about it immediately instead of shitposting lies all day.
April 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you were a halfway decent human being and you knew an innocent man was rotting in foreign prison—likely suffering nightmarish conditions—because your administration screwed up and send him there, you’d do something about it immediately instead of shitposting lies all day.
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“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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"It is very clear that, if there is a middle of all of this hot mess of division, Americans want us to work together when we can and find common ground," Sen. Amy Klobuchar tells the Opinion writer Michelle Cottle.
Opinion | Amy Klobuchar on How Democrats Can Combat America’s ‘Hot Mess of Division’
The Minnesota moderate has thoughts on how her party can move forward.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"It is very clear that, if there is a middle of all of this hot mess of division, Americans want us to work together when we can and find common ground," Sen. Amy Klobuchar tells the Opinion writer Michelle Cottle.