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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
From New Jersey to Minnesota, from Georgia to Virginia, from Pennsylvania to California, Democrats have been overperforming in race after race all year. And tonight we added Florida and Georgia (again) to that list with margins that should set off alarm bells for Republicans everywhere.
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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newyorker.com
It would be easy, and accurate, to call 2025 the low point of human action on the climate crisis. But there was another major development that gives us reason to hope for the future, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
A Low Point of Human Inaction on Climate Change
The second Trump Administration’s assault on the environment has been as damaging as expected, but other developments this year give at least some hope for the future.
www.newyorker.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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dave.bzky.team
What @whitneybauck.bsky.social said!
whitneybauck.bsky.social Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 16h
Want to feel hopeful about climate action? Look to local politics.

75% of the commitments that the US made at the Paris climate agreement can be reached entirely without federal support.

I dug into this for @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’
Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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motherjones.com
Whether or not this case takes us another mile toward an oligarchic free-for-all, we’re already in the bad place.
The Supreme Court ponders giving billionaires even more power over elections
Republicans want the last limits on political spending eliminated.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
sadbarb.bsky.social
Denying the facts does not change the facts.
rossmacfarlane.bsky.social Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 7h
Trump's EPA continues to double down on climate denial and science denial by erasing all references to the human causes of global warming from its web site. Anything to serve its fossil fuel masters @eenews.bsky.social

www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites
The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit.
www.eenews.net
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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urocklive1.bsky.social
Mike Benz, a rw influencer who popularized the notion that Taylor Swift is a secret NATO asset and wrote, “I want white identity politics to grow like wildfire,” rose to prominence by spreading fantastical claims about USAID, claiming the agency is a terrorist organization, a spy operation—or both.
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
Literally NOTHING Donald Trump says is truthful
michaelemann.bsky.social Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 7h
It's not ignorance. It's not malice. It's not that he's owned by petrostates and polluters.
It's ALL of these things!
#ScienceUnderSiege
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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greenpeace.org.nz
Deep sea mining companies are desperate to exploit minerals at the bottom of the Pacific ocean. To get their way, they’re making false claims about the economic and environmental benefits this destructive industry will bring.
December 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
sadbarb.bsky.social
As they are killing everything else.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h
It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7h
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
sadbarb.bsky.social
Against everything America stands for. Is this who the republicans are? Silence is complicity.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h
Under this new proposal, if you're a European who wants to visit New York City for a vacation, you now have to turn over a TON of information to the United States government, which they will keep forever.

The days of just showing a passport will be long gone.
3. Mandatory Social Media: In order to comply with the January 2025 Executive Order 14161 (Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats), CBP is adding social media as a mandatory data element for an ESTA application. The data element will require ESTA applicants to provide their social media from the last 5 years. 4. High Value Data Elements To comply with the January 2025 E.O. (14161), and the April 4, 2025, Memorandum Updating All Forms to Collect Baseline Biographic Data, CBP will add several “high value data fields” to the ESTA application, when feasible. This is in addition to the information already collected in the ESTA application. The high value data fields include: a. Telephone numbers used in the last five years; b. Email addresses used in the last ten years; c. IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos; d. Family member names (parents, spouse, siblings, children); e. Family number telephone numbers used in the last five years; f. Family member dates of birth; g. Family member places of birth; h. Family member residencies; i. Biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris; j. Business telephone numbers used in the last five years; k. Business email addresses used in the last ten years.
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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patti3333.bsky.social
Instead of showing you clips of Babbling Liar Dementia Don in some casino in the Poconos
Thought you might enjoy this
Today in Chicago President Barack Obama visited Burke Elementary School and read to the children
Thank you President Obama for your love of children and our Country
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7h
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization. In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
Looking forward to the World Cup!
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7h
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization. In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
sadbarb.bsky.social
elizaorlins.bsky.social Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 7h
Eileen Higgins just FLIPPED Miami’s mayor’s office blue.

She’s the city’s first Democratic mayor since the 1990s—and she crushed the DeSantis/Trump-backed Emilio González.

Miami just made history. LFG.
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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charlesgaba.com
BOOM! FLIP!

That’s a 14-15 point overperformance via @the-downballot.com!
GA HD-121
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
sadbarb.bsky.social
Cruel, brutal, and lawless. Totally unacceptable. Where are the Republicans??
repcasar.bsky.social Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 6h
I’ve seen the Trump Administration do many terrible things, but this one is a first.

They wrongfully deported a 19-year-old Austin constituent in shackles. When she spoke out, armed ICE agents were sent in an unmarked van to threaten her parents. (1/2)
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December 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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markjacob.bsky.social
Trump just admitted that he called black countries “shithole countries“ in 2018. Back then he lied: "The language used by me at the ... meeting was tough, but this was not the language used." Sen. Tom Cotton, who was there, said at the time he did “not recall” Trump using those words. They’re liars.
December 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
sadbarb.bsky.social
Absentee ballots have gone out. Assessor race is the only thing on the ballot. The choice is very clear. Fligor highly qualified, opponent ”unserious”
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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vermontgmg.bsky.social
DHS ordering a church to take down a nativity scene!?

Wait, so is Trump waging a WAR ON CHRISTMAS!? I’ve been warned about this for years by Fox News!
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7h
ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
“ICE Was Here”: Pope Leo-Inspired Nativity Scene Sparks MAGA Outrage
A Nativity scene missing Jesus — and marked with an “ICE was here” sign — has triggered cries of “politicizing Christmas.” The parish priest says he’s answering Pope Leo's call to welcome stranger.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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vanvidum.bsky.social
Demented mad king shit.
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h
It gets worse. Trump also says straight out that an invasion of Venezuela "on land" is coming and says he'd expand all this to Mexico and Colombia. Incredibly, no one even bothers pointing out anymore that he is claiming authority to do all of this without Congress:

newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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indivisible.org
Organizing against the fascist takeover is good for you.
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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meidastouch.com
BREAKING: Democrat Eric Gisler has won the GA HD-121 special election, Decision Desk HQ projects, flipping the seat from red to blue

Just last year, Gisler lost this district by 22 points. The district was Trump +12 in 2024.
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
sadbarb.bsky.social
Editorial: Fligor is ready to be Santa Clara County assessor. Her opponent is not. www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/05/e...
Editorial: Fligor is ready to be Santa Clara County assessor. Her opponent is not.
Dec. 30 runoff features one contender highly qualified for the job and one seeking to politicize the office.
www.mercurynews.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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marketplace.org
ACA subsidies were a lifeline for residents of Republican-led states without Medicaid expansion. The elimination of the subsidies has left many of the program’s recipients without options.
Where lost health insurance subsidies will hurt most
Republican-led states that declined to expand Medicaid brace for uninsured spike as marketplace subsidies expire.
www.marketplace.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Nearly 40% of newly minted billionaires this year received their wealth through inheritance.

This is the highest figure since UBS started releasing its annual billionaire wealth report in 2015.

Another reminder that the myth of the "self-made" billionaire is just that, a myth.
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM