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A conservation area off South Hutchinson Island is supposed to be protected in perpetuity, but the #Florida Department of Environmental Protection permitted dredging there anyway. www.tcpalm.com/story/news/l...
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A conservation area off South Hutchinson Island is supposed to be protected in perpetuity, but the #Florida Department of Environmental Protection permitted dredging there anyway. www.tcpalm.com/story/news/l...
@blazespage.bsky.social so happy to see you guys!
October 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
@blazespage.bsky.social so happy to see you guys!
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Sources:
- The Guardian - “Two top NOAA officials linked to Trump’s ‘Sharpiegate’ incident put on leave,” July 25, 2025
- Anonymous internal staff source with direct knowledge of internal situation, July 25, 2025
- The Guardian - “Two top NOAA officials linked to Trump’s ‘Sharpiegate’ incident put on leave,” July 25, 2025
- Anonymous internal staff source with direct knowledge of internal situation, July 25, 2025
July 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Sources:
- The Guardian - “Two top NOAA officials linked to Trump’s ‘Sharpiegate’ incident put on leave,” July 25, 2025
- Anonymous internal staff source with direct knowledge of internal situation, July 25, 2025
- The Guardian - “Two top NOAA officials linked to Trump’s ‘Sharpiegate’ incident put on leave,” July 25, 2025
- Anonymous internal staff source with direct knowledge of internal situation, July 25, 2025
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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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For anyone who doesn’t already know -
April 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
For anyone who doesn’t already know -
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I’ve just posted this video message to members of the DC Bar, urging them to vote *AGAINST* AG Pam Bondi’s brother to be its next president. Please pass this on to anyone who is eligible to vote.
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April 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I’ve just posted this video message to members of the DC Bar, urging them to vote *AGAINST* AG Pam Bondi’s brother to be its next president. Please pass this on to anyone who is eligible to vote.
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7 months ago.
Bring back Bidenomics.
Bring back Bidenomics.
April 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
7 months ago.
Bring back Bidenomics.
Bring back Bidenomics.
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Rather than attended the dignified transfer of the remains of four U.S. soldiers killed on his watch, Trump will be dining with his Saudi golf buddies.
April 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Rather than attended the dignified transfer of the remains of four U.S. soldiers killed on his watch, Trump will be dining with his Saudi golf buddies.
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The Trump Administration admits to an “oversight” in the deportation to the mega-prison in El Salvador an immigrant who has PROTECTED LEGAL STATUS since 2019…
But now claims: “Oops, we can’t bring him back.”
But now claims: “Oops, we can’t bring him back.”
BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The Trump Administration admits to an “oversight” in the deportation to the mega-prison in El Salvador an immigrant who has PROTECTED LEGAL STATUS since 2019…
But now claims: “Oops, we can’t bring him back.”
But now claims: “Oops, we can’t bring him back.”
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Tomorrow, April 1, is Election Day in Wisconsin and Florida, and don’t be fooled: the stakes could not be higher. Luckily, Team Big Picture is here with all you need to stay informed.
Election Preview: Wisconsin and Florida Edition
Elon Musk is trying to buy a state Supreme Court seat and prevent a Democratic House upset
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tomorrow, April 1, is Election Day in Wisconsin and Florida, and don’t be fooled: the stakes could not be higher. Luckily, Team Big Picture is here with all you need to stay informed.
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“Everyone knew the river was polluted, but nobody much cared. If anything, it was a badge of honor. As David Newton writes in Chemistry of the Environment, ‘Fundamentally this level of environmental degradation was accepted as a sign of success.’”
And why was the EPA created in the first place, by a GOP POTUS?
Because the Cuyahoga **River** caught on fire. **AGAIN**. In the same year. More than a dozen times in total.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuya...
Because the Cuyahoga **River** caught on fire. **AGAIN**. In the same year. More than a dozen times in total.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuya...
The Cuyahoga River Caught Fire at Least a Dozen Times, but No One Cared Until 1969
Despite being much smaller than previous fires, the river blaze in Cleveland 50 years ago became a symbol for the nascent environmental movement
www.smithsonianmag.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Everyone knew the river was polluted, but nobody much cared. If anything, it was a badge of honor. As David Newton writes in Chemistry of the Environment, ‘Fundamentally this level of environmental degradation was accepted as a sign of success.’”
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Cleaning Fracking’s Waste Stream in Texas Could Require More Power Than Most U.S. States
In @deceleration.bsky.social
deceleration.news/fracking-wat...
In @deceleration.bsky.social
deceleration.news/fracking-wat...
Cleaning Fracking's Waste Stream in Texas Could Require More Power Than Most U.S. States – Deceleration
One company, Natura Resources, wants small nuclear reactors to power the energy-intensive process of purifying vast volumes of toxic “produced water” for use in agriculture and industry. Fracking's vo...
deceleration.news
March 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Cleaning Fracking’s Waste Stream in Texas Could Require More Power Than Most U.S. States
In @deceleration.bsky.social
deceleration.news/fracking-wat...
In @deceleration.bsky.social
deceleration.news/fracking-wat...
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This is as cruel and crazed as it is anti-constitutional. Kafka + Orwell + de Sade
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is as cruel and crazed as it is anti-constitutional. Kafka + Orwell + de Sade
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!—word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
April 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!—word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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They meant “doing fraud waste and abuse” not “finding fraud, waste and abuse.”
www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
They meant “doing fraud waste and abuse” not “finding fraud, waste and abuse.”
www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
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MIT Econ Professor 👇🏽
March 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
MIT Econ Professor 👇🏽
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Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad
March 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad
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Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
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QUIET PART OUT LOUD — Watters outlines Fox’s role in the right-wing propaganda effort: “We are waging a 21st century info warfare campaign against the left… Someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcasts it...”
February 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
QUIET PART OUT LOUD — Watters outlines Fox’s role in the right-wing propaganda effort: “We are waging a 21st century info warfare campaign against the left… Someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcasts it...”
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A political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk has scheduled hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of TV ads in Wisconsin this week.
February 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk has scheduled hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of TV ads in Wisconsin this week.
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NEW: “The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service over their attempts to access sensitive government records.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
NEW: “The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service over their attempts to access sensitive government records.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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It’s another Katie Phang Live tomorrow (Friday) at 1:15 pm ET!
We will talk about the SAVE Act and how it’s not saving your vote.
We will talk about the SAVE Act and how it’s not saving your vote.
As many as 69 Million American women may suddenly be unable to register to #vote or renew their voter’s registration under the SAVE Act because they changed their name when they got married. @katiephang.bsky.social is going live Friday at 1:15 pm art with @brennancenter.bsky.social to discuss
February 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It’s another Katie Phang Live tomorrow (Friday) at 1:15 pm ET!
We will talk about the SAVE Act and how it’s not saving your vote.
We will talk about the SAVE Act and how it’s not saving your vote.