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As climate change takes out the places and activities people love . . . . buckrail.com/in-hot-water...
link:https://buckrail.com/in-hot-water-first-ever-voluntary-fishing-closure-takes-effect-on-snake/
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Subtraction is such a novel concept. Who could have predicted? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/07/30/shrinking-weapons-stockpile-is-testing-pentagons-sweeping-new-strategy/
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They don’t want people to see what a wreck they’ve made of the place. Empty, echoing, failed — a mob bust-out gone wrong.* *What do I mean by that? Usually gangsters tried to keep the place going for a while as they looted it. This was a botched job. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/us/politics/kennedy-center-tours.html
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Florida officials say it’s not climate change but their own citizens’ massive fraud that’s driving the home insurance crisis. Nice, huh? Here’s how many Floridians get zero dollars after an insurance claim:
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“Oh, what a tangled web we weave . . . .” AG nominee Todd Blanche is snarled deep in a tangled web of his own making, and he and Republicans are covering up the messy tangle. That won’t last. The mess is too thick. The stink is too rank. 🧵
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Sleepy Ol’ Trump wasn’t nodding off, he was checking his eyelids for leaks, ve-e-ery carefully. www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...
link:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-house-reacts-trump-nap-lindsey-graham-funeral_n_6a690f6de4b098352c2fb748
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Just what America needs: more billionaires spending more money on more political influence. Are we not sick of this yet? My DISCLOSE Act will help cure the billionaire-fueled rot. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/us/politics/elon-musk-midterms-republicans.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share&utm_source=semafor
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Looting consumers AND the planet. Such good people. www.fastcompany.com/91581113/big...
link:https://www.fastcompany.com/91581113/big-oil-profits-are-soaring-while-extreme-heatwaves-scorch-the-planet-this-summer
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Oh, my. The fossil fuel industry lying and dissembling and pretending it cares about its climate upheaval dangers — what a surprise. insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...
link:https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28072026/exxonmobil-isds-challenge-eu-carbon-capture/
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So much for the ‘respect for precedent’ stuff they spout at confirmation — this is called auditioning. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
link:https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ho-suggests-justices-should-reverse-same-sex-marriage-ruling
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This confirms how committed Corrupt Trump and Weasel Blanche are to defending their cop-beaters’ slush fund and Trump tax fraud amnesty. Should be easy to reassure those two senators, if Blanche were sincere about what’s dead.
quote:at://did:plc:k5nskatzhyxersjilvtnz4lh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrutat7pcm2w
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There are three big problems for Blanche with crooked Trump deal he incubated: (1) the slush fund for cop-beaters and MAGA-loons, (2) the Trump family tax fraud amnesty scam, and (3) they pulled it off through collusion and possible “fraud on the court.”
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Trump telling Zelenskyy to “end the war” is like telling the homeowner to “end the burglary.” Maybe it’s on the burglar?
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When polluters run EPA, this is what you get. Corruption. insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...
link:https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28072026/justice-department-environmental-enforcement-has-collapsed/
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Republicans just took down the Blanche vote for tomorrow. Shows how truthful Blanche was about the slush fund deal being dead, that he couldn’t even convince Republicans. He’s a slippery weasel, and that was a slippery deal.
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Think how much dark money corruption and climate denial fraud Big Oil can get up to with this half-trillion-dollar windfall (from you, btw). www.woodmac.com/press-releas...
link:https://www.woodmac.com/press-releases/wood-mackenzie-mid-year-outlook-oil-and-gas-industry-cash-rich-but-capital-cautious-as-nearly-half-a-trillion-dollar-windfall-fails-to-trigger-a-spending-surge/
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Trump’s subservience to corrupt fossil fuel forces is killing our U.S. auto industry in international competition (spoiler alert: China is the big winner). www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
link:https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/trumps-isolationism-is-losing-the-great-ev-race
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My friend Dr. Ramos was a Townie legend. He touched so many lives over his many years as an educator and public servant in East Providence. Rest in peace, Izzy.
link:https://turnto10.com/news/local/dr-isadore-ramos-remembered-trailblazing-leader-devoted-east-providence-neighbor-educator-athlete-racial-justice-july-28-2026
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"Trump talks about “Trump Derangement Syndrome” but the real problem is “Trump Debasement Syndrome,” when his suck-ups debase themselves for office, power and loot. To wit, Blanche. youtu.be/kWaB6k8F824?...
link:https://youtu.be/kWaB6k8F824?si=QYHbnHVQyhSNQ139"
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Americans see the billionaire-funded rot with their own eyes: creepy dark money, a captured Court, climate denial fraud — all rampant.
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Economist magazine cover: “Degradation in Progress” at DOJ. That says a lot.
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No words for this.
link:https://youtu.be/ZjQvm56_D_8?si=MgqTd00H_JhmoU_r
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As Americans struggle with cost increases in a full cost-of-living crisis, here are three of the ways the Trump administration is raising your costs:
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More than 60 years ago, Hofstadter wrote this article. It stands up pretty well.
link:https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/
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“Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today that “new ideas” would be needed to bring an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.” New idea: stop propping up war criminal Putin.
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Right-wing special interests spent hundreds of millions to capture the Supreme Court so that it could rule against ordinary Americans time and again.
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This is why corporate America sought policy guidance about climate risk, which prompted the fake “anti-ESG” response from fossil fuel’s denial apparatus. The corporate sector caved at first, but climate risk is real, and so is fiduciary liability.
link:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-19/pension-funds-try-to-come-to-grips-with-scariest-climate-scenario?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NDY0NzAzNSwiZXhwIjoxNzg1MjUxODM1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSTFUUzdLSkg2VjQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxQzUwMjBGNDk0Mzk0M0ZBQTA2OTRDREM1MTg5RkU1RiJ9.35vrz2gze5qH4VFa5m6_CJDdrRx9fCVZhd_wp-xM828
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Oh, MAHMA — Make America Have Measles Again.
link:https://wapo.st/4pDO5Zm
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Maybe helping to coordinate Russia’s election interference for Trump?
link:https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/20/kash-patel-fbi-russia-trip-01005078
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Senator Moreno objected.
quote:at://did:plc:qqixzm5pwprzdnkbh2hglpax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6ngtbpy22l
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I’m headed to the Senate Floor to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this simple truth: climate change portends a cascade of financial market collapses that would destabilize the national and global economies.
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Looks like more Trump corruption. Will any Republicans in Congress see or care? www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
link:https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/top-treasury-tax-official-ousted-after-clashes-with-white-house-over-irs-audits-60d5b1df?st=FTVqW4&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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“Nothing to see here, folks,” says corrupt fossil fuel industry.
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Some easy starters: inbox for ethics complaints; screeners to sort; lawyers for fact-finding. Nothing there is hard. Indeed 50 for 50 every state supreme court has figured out how to do it, so it’s quite obviously not that hard. www.ms.now/connect/watc...
link:https://www.ms.now/connect/watch/above-the-law-scotus-can-t-seem-to-figure-out-a-basic-ethics-code-2506956867968
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PolluterPage gets one right! www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
link:https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-save-america-act-elections-voting-7cc3fe5b
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The AI data center “race to the bottom” worsens our real climate perils. In a decent world, the industry would agree on safety standards. The billionaires and putative billionaires behind these projects could easily afford to be responsible. They choose not to be.
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Oh, really. Corporate propaganda has polluted judicial retreats for decades, but when it’s climate science, PolluterPage objects. www.wsj.com/opinion/judi...
link:https://www.wsj.com/opinion/judicial-impartiality-is-under-threat-5ee0de72
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Senate Rs backing Blanche will have more egg on their face than a McMuffin.
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Tonight seems to be the ceremonial kickoff of President Trump’s campaign to interfere in the November election. Trump has badly lost independent voters, even MAGA is disheartened; he is failing and unpopular, and he’s dragging his party down with him in the midterms.
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In the recent heat domes, wind and solar saved the day. Trump’s attacks on wind and solar aren’t for you, they’re for his big corrupt fossil fuel donors.
link:https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/grid-edge/clean-energy-grid-heat-wave
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National Geographic does Rhode Island. Well done!
link:https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/summer-road-trip-rhode-island
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Senator Banks objected.
quote:at://did:plc:qqixzm5pwprzdnkbh2hglpax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqppoc6fqc2e
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Blanche showed complete blindness to the MAGA DOJ’s misconduct.
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I’m headed to the Senate Floor to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this one, simple truth: Florida’s insurance market is gravely stressed by climate risks.
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Trump blocking low-cost solar drives grids to higher-cost fossil fuel units, so Americans pay billions more for power. But those excess billions go to Trump’s big fossil fuel donors. It’s a corrupt scheme to fleece ratepayers to pay off donors.
link:https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/solar-costs-jump-18-remain-cheapest-generation-build-lazard-says-2026-07-13/
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Blanche claims to “welcome our questions.” Well, maybe he should try answering them.
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