Mark Brigham
@markbrigham.bsky.social
In another life, I researched contaminants in aquatic ecosystems. Current interests include #ClimateAction #CleanEnergy #EnvironmentalProtection #EnvironmentalJustice #Nature #Birding #BirdPhotography #cycling #hiking #canoeing #sustainability #democracy
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By me and @jgedeon.bsky.social
More top Democrats call for investigation into share-buying spree by fossil fuel billionaire Trump donors
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More top Democrats call for investigation into share-buying spree by fossil fuel billionaire Trump donors
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top Democrats call for investigation into share-buying spree by Trump allies
Fossil fuel execs Robert Pender and Michael Sabel deny wrongdoing after report on potential conflict of interest
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
By me and @jgedeon.bsky.social
More top Democrats call for investigation into share-buying spree by fossil fuel billionaire Trump donors
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More top Democrats call for investigation into share-buying spree by fossil fuel billionaire Trump donors
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Transportation Security Administration is now sharing passenger data with ICE to enable Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
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Trump Admin Is Secretly Giving ICE Names of All Air Travelers
It’s just the latest evidence we’re living in a dystopia.
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December 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Transportation Security Administration is now sharing passenger data with ICE to enable Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
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NEWS: @adamsmith.house.gov speaks to @gregsargent.bsky.social about deets of today's military briefing on Sept. 2 vessel attack. newrepublic.com/article/2039... via @newrepublic.com
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEWS: @adamsmith.house.gov speaks to @gregsargent.bsky.social about deets of today's military briefing on Sept. 2 vessel attack. newrepublic.com/article/2039... via @newrepublic.com
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Jeffries on the WH's explanation of Hegseth's reported double tap strike: "The White House is lying, but that's no surprise, because they lie for a living and the American people know it."
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Jeffries on the WH's explanation of Hegseth's reported double tap strike: "The White House is lying, but that's no surprise, because they lie for a living and the American people know it."
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Walz on Trump calling him the r-word: "We all know both as an educator & parent that using that term is just so damaging. It's hurtful. We have fought 3 decades to get this out of our schools. Kids know better. But this is what Donald Trump has done. He's normalized this type of hateful behavior."
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Walz on Trump calling him the r-word: "We all know both as an educator & parent that using that term is just so damaging. It's hurtful. We have fought 3 decades to get this out of our schools. Kids know better. But this is what Donald Trump has done. He's normalized this type of hateful behavior."
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Rep. Don Bacon, who is retiring after his current term, was so outraged by the White House’s supposed Russia-Ukraine peace plan that he was ready to pull the plug immediately. trib.al/16sqGIM
GOP Rep. Was “So Angry” Over Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan He Nearly Quit
Representative Don Bacon is retiring after his current term, but he was ready to pull the plug immediately.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Rep. Don Bacon, who is retiring after his current term, was so outraged by the White House’s supposed Russia-Ukraine peace plan that he was ready to pull the plug immediately. trib.al/16sqGIM
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This line in the NYT:
“.. the near-complete breakdown of the Justice Department’s traditional independence to prosecute cases based on facts and the law, as opposed to presidential fiat.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
“.. the near-complete breakdown of the Justice Department’s traditional independence to prosecute cases based on facts and the law, as opposed to presidential fiat.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Justice Department to Investigate Epstein Ties, but Not to Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This line in the NYT:
“.. the near-complete breakdown of the Justice Department’s traditional independence to prosecute cases based on facts and the law, as opposed to presidential fiat.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
“.. the near-complete breakdown of the Justice Department’s traditional independence to prosecute cases based on facts and the law, as opposed to presidential fiat.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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this is a very impressive analysis of some of the statistical "oddities" in Pielke Jr's analysis that normalized climate impacts are declining. Everyone should read this.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters – Economics from the Top Down
In a recent paper called Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”, Roger Pielke Jr. published a chart that's so bad I've devoted a whole essay to debunking it.
economicsfromthetopdown.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
this is a very impressive analysis of some of the statistical "oddities" in Pielke Jr's analysis that normalized climate impacts are declining. Everyone should read this.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
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Ad: This clip, then cutting to people waiting in food lines, then to Johnson saying he isn't familiar with X, Y, or Z, then cutting to U.S. citizens being arrested by masked goons, then a quote from Roberts and the immunity decision.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Ad: This clip, then cutting to people waiting in food lines, then to Johnson saying he isn't familiar with X, Y, or Z, then cutting to U.S. citizens being arrested by masked goons, then a quote from Roberts and the immunity decision.
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In our country, the power is with the people. Tomorrow, October 18, I encourage you to join your neighbors in peaceful protest at a No Kings event.
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
In our country, the power is with the people. Tomorrow, October 18, I encourage you to join your neighbors in peaceful protest at a No Kings event.
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The war zone in Portland is out of control.
October 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The war zone in Portland is out of control.
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"There is no insurrection.
[...]
The only issue is whether the Supreme Court will allow the president to say that there is an insurrection, and then use his own patently false proclamation to justify flooding American cities with soldiers to “fight crime.”"
[...]
The only issue is whether the Supreme Court will allow the president to say that there is an insurrection, and then use his own patently false proclamation to justify flooding American cities with soldiers to “fight crime.”"
Trump is the insurrection
And the Supreme Court's conservatives are his shock troops.
www.publicnotice.co
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"There is no insurrection.
[...]
The only issue is whether the Supreme Court will allow the president to say that there is an insurrection, and then use his own patently false proclamation to justify flooding American cities with soldiers to “fight crime.”"
[...]
The only issue is whether the Supreme Court will allow the president to say that there is an insurrection, and then use his own patently false proclamation to justify flooding American cities with soldiers to “fight crime.”"
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Welcome to Trump's America.
Now the question I have for you is, who are you going to vote for in the mid terms ?
And will you stay politically active in the mean time.
We need to fight this every step of the way.
Now the question I have for you is, who are you going to vote for in the mid terms ?
And will you stay politically active in the mean time.
We need to fight this every step of the way.
Liberal South Carolina
Judge Diane Goodstein's home is burning to the ground after an explosion. SLED is investigation as arson and refer attack as Judge Goodstein had been receiving multiple threats.
Judge Diane Goodstein's home is burning to the ground after an explosion. SLED is investigation as arson and refer attack as Judge Goodstein had been receiving multiple threats.
October 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Welcome to Trump's America.
Now the question I have for you is, who are you going to vote for in the mid terms ?
And will you stay politically active in the mean time.
We need to fight this every step of the way.
Now the question I have for you is, who are you going to vote for in the mid terms ?
And will you stay politically active in the mean time.
We need to fight this every step of the way.
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Right wing think tank (AEI) employee Roger Pielke Jr. has formed a cozy relationship with the Murdoch media as he spreads climate disinformation in Australia.
It's right out of #ScienceUnderSiege (and yes, Roger is prominently mentioned in the book): www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It's right out of #ScienceUnderSiege (and yes, Roger is prominently mentioned in the book): www.theguardian.com/environment/...
News Corp embraces fantasy genre by turning climate crisis into ‘laughable’ science fiction | Temperature Check
The National Climate Risk Assessment is attacked in the Daily Telegraph, while wind turbines became a frightening obstacle for firefighting planes and solar panels a source of mountains of landfill wa...
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Right wing think tank (AEI) employee Roger Pielke Jr. has formed a cozy relationship with the Murdoch media as he spreads climate disinformation in Australia.
It's right out of #ScienceUnderSiege (and yes, Roger is prominently mentioned in the book): www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It's right out of #ScienceUnderSiege (and yes, Roger is prominently mentioned in the book): www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In their new book, Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez present an impassioned manifesto against attacks on #science. I review “Science Under Siege” for @undark.org:
undark.org/2025/10/03/b... @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social #books
undark.org/2025/10/03/b... @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social #books
Book Review: A Call to Arms About the Threat of Anti-Science
"Science Under Siege," by Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, is an impassioned manifesto against attacks on science.
undark.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In their new book, Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez present an impassioned manifesto against attacks on #science. I review “Science Under Siege” for @undark.org:
undark.org/2025/10/03/b... @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social #books
undark.org/2025/10/03/b... @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social #books
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Fox News is just forging ahead tonight as though a card-carrying Democrat gunned down Charlie Kirk. The narrative is impervious to facts.
September 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Fox News is just forging ahead tonight as though a card-carrying Democrat gunned down Charlie Kirk. The narrative is impervious to facts.
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#NewBookDay - Revolutions - How Women Changed the World on Two Wheels by @HannahVRoss @penguinrandom https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/607144/revolutions-by-hannah-ross/
December 3, 2024 at 10:07 AM
#NewBookDay - Revolutions - How Women Changed the World on Two Wheels by @HannahVRoss @penguinrandom https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/607144/revolutions-by-hannah-ross/
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"Newsom is saying two things. First, we’re not going to let Republicans play by different rules anymore. And second, we are going to use our power however we can, no matter what The New York Times editorial board says about it."
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Transcript: Gavin Newsom’s Harsh Trump Takedown Nails It: “Wake Up!”
As Newsom escalates his warnings about Trump, a critic of Democratic Party failures explains how Newsom is offering a new approach to the info-wars—and why it hints at an answer to MAGA authoritarianism.
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August 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Newsom is saying two things. First, we’re not going to let Republicans play by different rules anymore. And second, we are going to use our power however we can, no matter what The New York Times editorial board says about it."
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One of several top CDC officials to leave their post this week—after Kennedy fired the agency’s director for refusing to “rubberstamp unscientific, reckless directives"—is telling all.
Including that Kennedy has never been briefed by any of the center’s scientists on major diseases. trib.al/Vd2vBxu
Including that Kennedy has never been briefed by any of the center’s scientists on major diseases. trib.al/Vd2vBxu
CDC Official Makes Shocking Confession About RFK Jr.’s Intel
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in total chaos—and a recently departed leader is telling all.
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August 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
One of several top CDC officials to leave their post this week—after Kennedy fired the agency’s director for refusing to “rubberstamp unscientific, reckless directives"—is telling all.
Including that Kennedy has never been briefed by any of the center’s scientists on major diseases. trib.al/Vd2vBxu
Including that Kennedy has never been briefed by any of the center’s scientists on major diseases. trib.al/Vd2vBxu
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The Republican Party is a white supremacist death cult.
August 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The Republican Party is a white supremacist death cult.
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When Republicans cut Medicaid, they cut funding to hospitals.
When they cut hospital funding, they cut critical hospital staff.
When they cut hospital staff, it puts lives at risk.
Just another consequence of the GOP's Big Ugly Bill.
When they cut hospital funding, they cut critical hospital staff.
When they cut hospital staff, it puts lives at risk.
Just another consequence of the GOP's Big Ugly Bill.
August 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
When Republicans cut Medicaid, they cut funding to hospitals.
When they cut hospital funding, they cut critical hospital staff.
When they cut hospital staff, it puts lives at risk.
Just another consequence of the GOP's Big Ugly Bill.
When they cut hospital funding, they cut critical hospital staff.
When they cut hospital staff, it puts lives at risk.
Just another consequence of the GOP's Big Ugly Bill.
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We won't shop at companies that profit off detention.
Beginning today, we call on everyone who wants ICE out of our communities to #BoycottAmazon and all of its consumer brands, including #BoycottWholeFoods.
Sign the pledge and tell us you're on board: FreeDCproject.org/amazon
Beginning today, we call on everyone who wants ICE out of our communities to #BoycottAmazon and all of its consumer brands, including #BoycottWholeFoods.
Sign the pledge and tell us you're on board: FreeDCproject.org/amazon
August 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We won't shop at companies that profit off detention.
Beginning today, we call on everyone who wants ICE out of our communities to #BoycottAmazon and all of its consumer brands, including #BoycottWholeFoods.
Sign the pledge and tell us you're on board: FreeDCproject.org/amazon
Beginning today, we call on everyone who wants ICE out of our communities to #BoycottAmazon and all of its consumer brands, including #BoycottWholeFoods.
Sign the pledge and tell us you're on board: FreeDCproject.org/amazon
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RFK Jr is driving this country towards an almost certain public health disaster.
If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in.
Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.
If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in.
Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.
House Democrats could force a vote on impeaching RFK any time they want. Of course it would fail. But do you want to make an issue of it or not?
This is such a no-brainer that the lack of a coordinated response feels deeply damning. A Democratic leadership team that can't mobilize an instant all-hands-on-deck effort on RFK Jr. isn't a leadership team at all.
August 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
RFK Jr is driving this country towards an almost certain public health disaster.
If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in.
Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.
If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in.
Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.