@rosemary-apples.bsky.social
Work the land, and don’t mind being smart….ass.
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There is a frenzy to build massive AI data centers across the country. This is putting a humongous strain on our climate and communities.
AI is extraordinarily water intensive, and it jeopardizes the stability of communities’ energy grids.
AI is extraordinarily water intensive, and it jeopardizes the stability of communities’ energy grids.
December 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
There is a frenzy to build massive AI data centers across the country. This is putting a humongous strain on our climate and communities.
AI is extraordinarily water intensive, and it jeopardizes the stability of communities’ energy grids.
AI is extraordinarily water intensive, and it jeopardizes the stability of communities’ energy grids.
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I took an oath to defend the Constitution, the rule of law, and our First Amendment rights. Which means I won't let this Administration silence me. Because in the Navy, we don't give up the ship.
December 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I took an oath to defend the Constitution, the rule of law, and our First Amendment rights. Which means I won't let this Administration silence me. Because in the Navy, we don't give up the ship.
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This is the 5th worker killed in a trench collapse over the past month. This was a Texas public employee who is not covered by #OSHA, so there will be no investigation, no citation, no penalty. But the Mayor & County Judge have expressed condolences, so there's that. www.kcbd.com/2025/12/17/s...
Spur city employee killed in utility trench cave-in
An employee for the city of Spur died in a cave-in at a utility trench on Wednesday afternoon, according to a report from The Texas Spur.
www.kcbd.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is the 5th worker killed in a trench collapse over the past month. This was a Texas public employee who is not covered by #OSHA, so there will be no investigation, no citation, no penalty. But the Mayor & County Judge have expressed condolences, so there's that. www.kcbd.com/2025/12/17/s...
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DHS refuses to respond to my requests for information on the detainment of 77-year-old Kazem Majd, a constituent who has lived here 60 years and has complex medical issues.
This is yet another example of the Trump admin’s cruelty, and I will stand with my community against this evil.
This is yet another example of the Trump admin’s cruelty, and I will stand with my community against this evil.
77-year-old Iranian man living in the United States for 6 decades detained by ICE
The family of an elderly man who has been living in the United States for decades and now detained by ICE, is worried due to his complex medical needs.
abc7.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
DHS refuses to respond to my requests for information on the detainment of 77-year-old Kazem Majd, a constituent who has lived here 60 years and has complex medical issues.
This is yet another example of the Trump admin’s cruelty, and I will stand with my community against this evil.
This is yet another example of the Trump admin’s cruelty, and I will stand with my community against this evil.
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The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury at a rigged economic system.
To counter Trump’s fake populism and his culture wars, progressives should mount a real battle against economic elites who have shafted America’s middle and working classes.
To counter Trump’s fake populism and his culture wars, progressives should mount a real battle against economic elites who have shafted America’s middle and working classes.
December 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury at a rigged economic system.
To counter Trump’s fake populism and his culture wars, progressives should mount a real battle against economic elites who have shafted America’s middle and working classes.
To counter Trump’s fake populism and his culture wars, progressives should mount a real battle against economic elites who have shafted America’s middle and working classes.
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To date, the Trump administration has acknowledged at least 28 strikes against boats suspected of transporting narcotics, killing at least 104 people.
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
All the U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats
The U.S. military has killed more than 100 people in targeted strikes on small vessels in waters off South America since early September.
www.pbs.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
To date, the Trump administration has acknowledged at least 28 strikes against boats suspected of transporting narcotics, killing at least 104 people.
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
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Farmers across America are already facing tough times. With the health care tax credits set to expire, many—like Carol Kolseth, a cancer survivor and farmer in Plummer, MN—could see their premiums skyrocket or lose coverage altogether.
dailyyonder.com/with-deadlin...
dailyyonder.com/with-deadlin...
With Deadline for Healthcare Premium Tax Credits Expiration Looming, Farmers Brace for Rate Hikes | The Daily Yonder
When Carol Kolseth got her biopsy results back after a routine mammogram in October of 2024, she knew treatments for the cancerous lump in her breast
dailyyonder.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Farmers across America are already facing tough times. With the health care tax credits set to expire, many—like Carol Kolseth, a cancer survivor and farmer in Plummer, MN—could see their premiums skyrocket or lose coverage altogether.
dailyyonder.com/with-deadlin...
dailyyonder.com/with-deadlin...
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John Deere got this video taken off our YouTube for two weeks. It took our lawyers reaching out to YouTube to get it back up.
The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
We Went to Arkansas. The Farm Crisis Will Shock You
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
John Deere got this video taken off our YouTube for two weeks. It took our lawyers reaching out to YouTube to get it back up.
The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
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Trump is attempting to rename the Kennedy Center for the Arts after himself.
Why is he so obsessed with taking over our museums, arts, and cultural institutions?
It’s all part of his attack on the American mind. https://youtu.be/rEH7sF6pA4s?si=5Jm9lpy7P6prWCpi
Why is he so obsessed with taking over our museums, arts, and cultural institutions?
It’s all part of his attack on the American mind. https://youtu.be/rEH7sF6pA4s?si=5Jm9lpy7P6prWCpi
Why Does Trump Hate Sesame Street?
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Trump is attempting to rename the Kennedy Center for the Arts after himself.
Why is he so obsessed with taking over our museums, arts, and cultural institutions?
It’s all part of his attack on the American mind. https://youtu.be/rEH7sF6pA4s?si=5Jm9lpy7P6prWCpi
Why is he so obsessed with taking over our museums, arts, and cultural institutions?
It’s all part of his attack on the American mind. https://youtu.be/rEH7sF6pA4s?si=5Jm9lpy7P6prWCpi
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign a landmark bill establishing New York’s first guardrails for AI, including requirements that tech giants implement safety protocols and reporting to prevent large-scale harm like the creation of bioweapons
Hochul to sign New York’s AI safety law aimed at tech industry heavyweights
The governor’s expected sign-off comes after heated negotiations over how closely New York’s RAISE Act should mirror California’s pioneering law.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign a landmark bill establishing New York’s first guardrails for AI, including requirements that tech giants implement safety protocols and reporting to prevent large-scale harm like the creation of bioweapons
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I met with small business owners in Columbus, and they all had the same message: they’re getting squeezed, and folks in Washington aren’t doing a thing to help.
December 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I met with small business owners in Columbus, and they all had the same message: they’re getting squeezed, and folks in Washington aren’t doing a thing to help.
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Make no mistake about it—the Trump VA's latest plans to cut thousands of healthcare positions is part of their long term plan to gut and privatize the VA.
We can't let that happen.
We can't let that happen.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Make no mistake about it—the Trump VA's latest plans to cut thousands of healthcare positions is part of their long term plan to gut and privatize the VA.
We can't let that happen.
We can't let that happen.
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Although Tom Ragsdale’s oil companies owe New Mexico more than $3.5 million for pollution and unpaid fees, the state has recovered only about $50,000.
Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”
(Published Dec. 2024)
Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”
(Published Dec. 2024)
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Although Tom Ragsdale’s oil companies owe New Mexico more than $3.5 million for pollution and unpaid fees, the state has recovered only about $50,000.
Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”
(Published Dec. 2024)
Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”
(Published Dec. 2024)
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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Every single day we see a new horror unfolding in Minneapolis at the hands of ICE’s untrained, unvetted, masked officers terrorizing immigrants AND citizens in the Twin Cities.
End “Operation Metro Surge” and fire Kristi Noem.
End “Operation Metro Surge” and fire Kristi Noem.
MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
December 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Every single day we see a new horror unfolding in Minneapolis at the hands of ICE’s untrained, unvetted, masked officers terrorizing immigrants AND citizens in the Twin Cities.
End “Operation Metro Surge” and fire Kristi Noem.
End “Operation Metro Surge” and fire Kristi Noem.
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Not a day goes by that I don’t miss my dear friend Melissa. An incredible piece.
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Not a day goes by that I don’t miss my dear friend Melissa. An incredible piece.
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We must bring the hammer of antitrust down on monopolies and bust them up.
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We must bring the hammer of antitrust down on monopolies and bust them up.
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When the Trump administration cut off food aid to one of the world’s largest refugee camps, it left hundreds of thousands of people to starve.
This is the story of one mother’s daily battle to keep her three young sons alive.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by Brian Otieno
This is the story of one mother’s daily battle to keep her three young sons alive.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by Brian Otieno
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When the Trump administration cut off food aid to one of the world’s largest refugee camps, it left hundreds of thousands of people to starve.
This is the story of one mother’s daily battle to keep her three young sons alive.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by Brian Otieno
This is the story of one mother’s daily battle to keep her three young sons alive.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by Brian Otieno
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Hello, Elon Musk!
Just a couple of questions for you:
Just a couple of questions for you:
December 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Hello, Elon Musk!
Just a couple of questions for you:
Just a couple of questions for you:
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Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
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President Trump thinks he can intimidate Colorado by shuttering NCAR.
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
December 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
President Trump thinks he can intimidate Colorado by shuttering NCAR.
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
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Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
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The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, moving to dissolve a research lab that a top White House official described as “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.″ https://to.pbs.org/3MLxuDk
Trump administration moves to dismantle national climate research lab in Colorado
The research lab, which houses the largest federal research program on climate change, supports research to predict, prepare for and respond to severe weather and other natural disasters.
www.pbs.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, moving to dissolve a research lab that a top White House official described as “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.″ https://to.pbs.org/3MLxuDk
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First Paramount / CBS and now TikTok.
Trump wants to hand over even more control of what you watch to his billionaire buddies.
Americans deserve to know if the President struck another backdoor deal for this billionaire takeover of TikTok.
Trump wants to hand over even more control of what you watch to his billionaire buddies.
Americans deserve to know if the President struck another backdoor deal for this billionaire takeover of TikTok.
December 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
First Paramount / CBS and now TikTok.
Trump wants to hand over even more control of what you watch to his billionaire buddies.
Americans deserve to know if the President struck another backdoor deal for this billionaire takeover of TikTok.
Trump wants to hand over even more control of what you watch to his billionaire buddies.
Americans deserve to know if the President struck another backdoor deal for this billionaire takeover of TikTok.
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Sponsoring this POS Bari Weiss turning CBS News into a platform for fascists and bothsidesists?
Ok Bank of America enjoy the boycott
Ok Bank of America enjoy the boycott
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sponsoring this POS Bari Weiss turning CBS News into a platform for fascists and bothsidesists?
Ok Bank of America enjoy the boycott
Ok Bank of America enjoy the boycott