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Writing As If
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Writer, editor, micro-publisher, photographer, reader. Raging against the dying light. Anthropogenic climate change is real. We are in the sixth mass extinction event.
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Witness tampering in broad daylight, does not justice make.
July 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
$22B in clean energy projects canceled so far this year: Analysis
thehill.com/policy/energ...
thehill.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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We’re starting to think it was never about protecting kids
July 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
These are sad times to live among such monsters.
July 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Sources:
- International Court of Justice - “Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change (Advisory Opinion),” 23 July 2025 
- AP News - “UN’s top court delivers landmark decision on tackling climate change,” 23 July 2025 
July 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) emphasized that countries have a duty to make full use of available resources to reduce environmental damage.
July 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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The United Nations’ highest court issued a legal opinion stating that nations are obligated to take action against climate change, warning that neglecting this responsibility could breach international law.
July 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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GOP shuts down doing work for the American people because they're scared about what is going to come out with the Epstein Files
Mike Johnson on canceling Congress until September: "We're not going to play political games with [Epstein]"
July 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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July 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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So just to be clear - the “protect the kids” party is now shutting the government down to protect sexual predators? Do we have this right?
July 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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I’m a lifetime member of the WGA and I support this statement.
July 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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24th July 2025 is the earliest ever Earth Overshoot Day: “when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what Earth’s ecosystems can regenerate in that year,” writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
On climate, perfect is the enemy of good
Earth Overshoot Day is rubbished every year, but it’s a reliable enough indicator of what overconsumption is doing to our planet
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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July 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Neguse: Only in Washington, D.C. could politicians come to the floor and brag about cutting $9 billion from rural radio stations while two weeks ago they voted to increase the deficit by $4 trillion. Spare us these lectures.
July 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Discovery should prove interesting
July 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Legal expert Lisa Rubin responded to the breaking news that President Donald Trump has officially sued the Wall Street Journal and parent company News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, two reporters, and Dow Jones in the Southern District of Florida.
'Not taken lightly’: Expert says WSJ likely has the receipts to take down Trump
Legal expert Lisa Rubin responded to the breaking news that President Donald Trump has officially sued the Wall Street Journal and parent company News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, two reporters, and Dow Jones in the Southern District of Florida. The Wall Street Journal published a report on a bawdy letter...
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July 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Periodic reminder that the Senate Intel Committee, led at the time by a certain future secretary of state Marco Rubio, concluded this in its comprehensive review of Russian interference in the 2016 election:
www.intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
July 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM