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Resident of Cambridge, MA. Earth and Environmental Scientist, former research professor, current catastrophe modeler, life-long liberal. Hopeless Red Sox and PBS super fan anxiously waiting for a World Series win and more All Creatures Great and Small.
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President Donald Trump announced a new class of battleships to build out what he has dubbed the Navy's "Golden Fleet" that he says will be "the fastest, the biggest, and by far -- 100 times -- more powerful than any battleship ever built."
December 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
President Donald Trump announced a new class of battleships to build out what he has dubbed the Navy's "Golden Fleet" that he says will be "the fastest, the biggest, and by far -- 100 times -- more powerful than any battleship ever built."
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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
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December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
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Is it normal for the DOJ to redact more than 500 pages of a hoax?
December 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Is it normal for the DOJ to redact more than 500 pages of a hoax?
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Comedy writer Toby Morton, known for South Park and Mad TV, snapped up TrumpKennedyCenter.org months before the Kennedy Center announced its controversial renaming. Morton plans to use the site to poke fun at the situation and offer satirical commentary.
📸: Getty
📸: Getty
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Comedy writer Toby Morton, known for South Park and Mad TV, snapped up TrumpKennedyCenter.org months before the Kennedy Center announced its controversial renaming. Morton plans to use the site to poke fun at the situation and offer satirical commentary.
📸: Getty
📸: Getty
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That may be what he wants. But, I seriously doubt it's what he'll get.
December 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
That may be what he wants. But, I seriously doubt it's what he'll get.
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The Conversation: Bird flu warnings are being ignored. I’ve seen this pattern before
Published: December 18, 2025 6:01am EST
https://theconversation.com/bird-flu-warnings-are-being-ignored-ive-seen-this-pattern-before-271765
#flu #influenza #pandemic #health
Published: December 18, 2025 6:01am EST
https://theconversation.com/bird-flu-warnings-are-being-ignored-ive-seen-this-pattern-before-271765
#flu #influenza #pandemic #health
Bird flu warnings are being ignored. I’ve seen this pattern before
H5N1 has a 50% fatality rate in humans. Yet we’re dismantling the systems designed to catch it early.
theconversation.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Conversation: Bird flu warnings are being ignored. I’ve seen this pattern before
Published: December 18, 2025 6:01am EST
https://theconversation.com/bird-flu-warnings-are-being-ignored-ive-seen-this-pattern-before-271765
#flu #influenza #pandemic #health
Published: December 18, 2025 6:01am EST
https://theconversation.com/bird-flu-warnings-are-being-ignored-ive-seen-this-pattern-before-271765
#flu #influenza #pandemic #health
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Giant blow to reason and sanity. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
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December 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Giant blow to reason and sanity. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
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NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Trump-Vance White House Targets Beloved Nun in Texas, Retaliates Against Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley — praised by Pope Leo as an “agent of hope” — now faces a six-year federal funding ban. Church leaders say it’s a vendetta by the Trump-Vance White House.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
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Denmark’s military intelligence service raised concerns for the first time about the US in its annual threat assessment. It wrote: “The United States uses economic power, including threats of high tariffs, to enforce its will, and no longer rules out the use of military force, even against allies"
Danish Intelligence Report Raises Concerns About U.S.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Denmark’s military intelligence service raised concerns for the first time about the US in its annual threat assessment. It wrote: “The United States uses economic power, including threats of high tariffs, to enforce its will, and no longer rules out the use of military force, even against allies"
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Please watch this. This needs to become the flashing red light story that everybody talks about. www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/ke...
Trump Admin Targets “Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity”: Leaked Memo
A leaked memo by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Justice Department and FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled “domestic terrorism” organizations based on political views rela...
www.democracynow.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Please watch this. This needs to become the flashing red light story that everybody talks about. www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/ke...
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Europeans are expressing their feelings towards America in real time
December 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Europeans are expressing their feelings towards America in real time
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You know, I'm 70 years old, and I've been thru hell, climbed close to heaven, and touched back down here on Earth, which had everything necessary for humans to thrive. Greed has destroyed much. Maybe it's too late to save it. But we need to try.
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
You know, I'm 70 years old, and I've been thru hell, climbed close to heaven, and touched back down here on Earth, which had everything necessary for humans to thrive. Greed has destroyed much. Maybe it's too late to save it. But we need to try.
Wake up people. This is the real end game. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
This chillingly un-American Trump move threatens all our freedoms
Back in September, most Americans (and the media) thought it was so over-the-top that it had to be a joke. Turns out, it wasn’t a joke and isn’t remotely funny.In a bizarre directive that could have b...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wake up people. This is the real end game. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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Proud to be supporting @rephaleystevens.bsky.social in filing articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
WE NEED YOUR HELP for the long fight ahead of us.
Go to standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr and sign your name to our petition!
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Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against RFK Jr.
Stevens: “Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has turned his back on science, on public health, and on the American people – spreading conspiracies and lies, driving up costs, and putting lives at risk” W...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Proud to be supporting @rephaleystevens.bsky.social in filing articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
WE NEED YOUR HELP for the long fight ahead of us.
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WE NEED YOUR HELP for the long fight ahead of us.
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