sar2000.bsky.social
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Environmental law has been captured—not by environmentalists, but by wealthy interests who can afford to litigate indefinitely. Fixing abundance means reforming the legal system.​​​​​​​​​​​
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein.
House Oversight Committee

Innuendo?

Or is this what he meant when he said “As God is my witness, if we lose the midterms, if we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison – myself included". - Bannon, Nov. 7, 2025 at the Conservative Partnership Institute
December 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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A federal judge in Maryland ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention on Thursday while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. https://to.pbs.org/4q6BaOp
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge in Maryland ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention on Thursday while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward.
to.pbs.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Backlash against CRT measurable by Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) part of SDT.

Personality trait measuring an individual's preference for social hierarchies and group-based inequality. High SDO believes their own social group is superior and support systems that maintain group-based dominance.
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
“Short Dialogues with AI Reduce Belief in Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories” - Rabb et al 11.20.2025

“This study indicates that AI can be an effective tool for reducing antisemitic conspiracy beliefs and the prejudice they fuel, demonstrating the power of factual correction in changing minds.”
November 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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It’s not often that the governors of California and Florida are on the same page, but this week they’re aligned in opposition to the White House’s latest plan to expand offshore oil drilling near both their shores.
Trump’s plan for drilling off California and Florida faces bipartisan opposition
His "idiotic proposal" is "dead in the water," says Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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The African Union suspended Guinea-Bissau following a military coup, saying it won’t tolerate unconstitutional changes.
https://to.pbs.org/48uqZMB
African Union suspends Guinea-Bissau after military coup
In a resolution adopted by the AU Peace and Security Council on Friday, the organization reiterated it has “zero tolerance on unconstitutional changes of government.”
www.pbs.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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The Latino voting bloc is proving to be a powerful, if unpredictable, electorate that both parties must compete for to win elections.
https://www.notus.org/2026-election/latino-democrats-republicans-swing-voters
Latinos Are the New Swing Voters
The Latino voting bloc is proving to be a powerful, if unpredictable, electorate that both parties must compete for to win elections.
www.notus.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Venezuela’s government said it “forcefully rejects” President Donald Trump’s claim about closing the airspace and that it was a “colonial threat” intended to undermine the country’s “territorial integrity, aeronautical security and full sovereignty.”
https://to.pbs.org/4p75Dvw
Maduro's government rejects Trump's claim of closing Venezuelan airspace
Venezuela’s government said it “forcefully rejects” Trump’s claim about closing the airspace and that it was a “colonial threat” intended to undermine the country's "territorial integrity, aeronautica...
www.pbs.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Members of the military swear an oath to uphold the Constitution and have a duty not to obey illegal orders.

That the Pentagon is investigating a member of Congress for pointing that out is yet another alarming step down an authoritarian path.
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says it's investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called...
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Earlier this month, Indivisibles in California launched UC Unbowed — a collective of students, alumni, faculty, and community members defending the University of California from Trump’s attacks on free speech and academic independence.

The campaign took off like a rocket. 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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The Affordable Care Act tax credits expire next month.

House Republicans refuse to extend them.

These extremists are unfit to govern.
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Earthjustice attorney Seth Johnson, who has helped defend the rule in court, said that EPA had never before abandoned its legal defense for this type of rule. “They are running away from the standard without disputing the science. They are asking the court to make the standard go away.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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This week, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency moved to abandon the national health-based limits on fine particulate matter, also known as soot. A move that scientists say could lead to dirtier air and more U.S. deaths.
EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
wapo.st
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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This is big: elected Republicans in a deep-red state saying NO to Trump even after his personal plea.

The balance is shifting - and we have to keep up the pressure everywhere.
Indiana likely will not push forward with redistricting despite pressure from White House
It’s a massive blow to the White House’s efforts to shore up a Republican House majority next year.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Most Americans agree we need to get money out of politics. If that takes a constitutional amendment, then that's what we have to do. And if that's going to take years, then it's all the more reason to begin pushing now.
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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We all believe in improving efficiency, and a team genuinely focused on that could do a world of good.

But the DOGE we could have had is a far cry from the DOGE we actually got.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Pete Hegseth was never in the Boy Scouts. He says it is an org. that "attacks boy-friendly spaces".

I was a Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Explorer. Here is me as an Eagle. I loved Scouting.

But we had plenty of hazing and bullying. Don’t forget 82,000 sexual abuse claims and the $2.46B settlement.
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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A big victory for the University of California.

And a call to every university across the U.S. to refuse to sacrifice academic freedom to Donald Trump.

Our democracy requires your uncensored voices. And the law is on your side.
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Video of a daycare raid in Chicago went viral last week, showing armed federal agents dragging a teacher from Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center as children watched in terror.

To the families at the daycare, the scene was a show of force that shattered their sense of safety.
“They dragged her out in front of the kids”: Inside Chicago’s ICE raid at a bilingual daycare
When armed agents stormed Rayito de Sol, a Spanish-immersion daycare, parents like Maria Guzman say their children witnessed terror—not justice.
www.motherjones.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
— The New Yorker
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM