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Colin Carlson
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

billlaurelmd.bsky.social
@billlaurelmd.bsky.social

I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even... Scheduled discussion will include impacts beyond marching (though they are great!), that will be noticed by the wealthy and powerful.

mobilize.usMass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No KingsNo Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...
billlaurelmd.bsky.social
@billlaurelmd.bsky.social

In my town of Laurel, MD, we had over 500 people at the No Kings rally, including some very cute animals and pointedly amusing signs! Made me wish I were a better photographer, but it's hard to hold a sign, a cup of coffee, and a steady smartphone all at the same time when you're 70. :-/

billlaurelmd.bsky.social
@billlaurelmd.bsky.social

I am hearing about these more frequently now in the news .... I understand that Christopher Armitage says that the ICE agents can be arrested by the states if they disobey state law. As he says .... what are they waiting for?? cmarmitage.substack.com/p/democratic...

cmarmitage.substack.comDemocratic Governors Have the Legal Authority to Arrest ICE Agents. They Should Use It.Even failed prosecutions would force federal agents to think twice before breaking down doors.
Derek Seidman@derekseidman.bsky.social

"I believe one goal of this operation was to push the boundaries of what’s acceptable." On the horrible recent raid in Cato NY, its impacts locally and on families, and how the community is responding. For @truthout.org. truthout.org/articles/swe...

truthout.orgSweeping ICE Raid Shakes Small New York Town as Dozens Remain “Disappeared”After the ICE raid in Cato, New York, kids don’t know when they’ll see their parents again.
billlaurelmd.bsky.social
@billlaurelmd.bsky.social

I thought this guy had shut up. But no ... he's still around and worse than ever! www.climatedepot.com/2025/08/25/m...

climatedepot.comMIT Climate Scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen: ‘Manufacturing Consensus on Climate Change’ – ‘How a political movement invented its own scientific basis’By Dr. Richard Lindzen Modern political movements have not infrequently laid claim to being based in science, from immigration restriction and eugenics (in the U.S. after WWI), to antisemitism and …

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CNN
@cnn.com

A mom in Texas feels it’s no longer safe to walk her kids to school. A grocery store in Virginia lost the butchers at its meat counter. And at a cherry orchard in Oregon, unpicked berries are rotting in the sun. How immigration crackdowns are reshaping America: https://cnn.it/4mqI53z

cnn.com‘It’s like one day everyone left’: How immigration crackdowns are starting to reshape America | CNNAcross the country, more immigrants are slipping into the shadows. There can be unexpected ripple effects.
billlaurelmd.bsky.social
@billlaurelmd.bsky.social

I'm completely lost on why the Trump regime is in this anti-science feedback loop. Who does it benefit, really?

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social

Russell Vought wanted to shut down all extramural grants from NIH in this current fiscal year, putting stop to ALL research across the US. Someone in the White House had better sense. But Vought is a dangerous man, who will stop at nothing to destroy science in America. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

wsj.comTrump Administration Scraps Effort to Pause Health-Research FundingThe administration halted and then restarted billions in new research grants flowing from the National Institutes of Health.
billlaurelmd.bsky.social
@billlaurelmd.bsky.social

The fossil fuel industry better be grateful. I'm sure the Earth and inhabitants other than THOSE people are NOT.

molly taft@mollytaft.com

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

wired.comScientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their WorkA new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

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Johnathan Perkins
@johnathanperk.bsky.social

I’m a lawyer who’s worked with unhoused clients; acquiring a govt ID is by far, the most common task/obstacle unhoused clients face, usually at the outset. So of course, ICE is raiding homeless shelters. They hit the Women’s’ Shelter across the street from our bldg, yesterday. Cruelty is the point.

billlaurelmd.bsky.social
@billlaurelmd.bsky.social

Never forget: the cruelty *is* the point.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

“It was a nightmare.” “(The guards) tortured us physically and psychologically.” “We were like chickens or rats locked up … and they shot us with rubber bullets.” Words from Venezuelan migrants sent to a prison in El Salvador. Unimaginable cruelty. www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/a...

cnn.com‘It was a nightmare’: Venezuelans deported from US describe conditions in Salvadoran prison | CNNFor months, they say, they were beaten by prison guards, shot with pellets, deprived of adequate medical care and denied any due process inside El Salvador’s Center for Terrorism Confinement.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

“It was a nightmare.” “(The guards) tortured us physically and psychologically.” “We were like chickens or rats locked up … and they shot us with rubber bullets.” Words from Venezuelan migrants sent to a prison in El Salvador. Unimaginable cruelty. www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/a...

cnn.com‘It was a nightmare’: Venezuelans deported from US describe conditions in Salvadoran prison | CNNFor months, they say, they were beaten by prison guards, shot with pellets, deprived of adequate medical care and denied any due process inside El Salvador’s Center for Terrorism Confinement.
billlaurelmd.bsky.social
@billlaurelmd.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: Trump Officially Named by DOJ as a Suspect in the Epstein Files — Along with Many Others, Months Ago... open.substack.com/pub/deanblun... I LOVE Dean Blondell!

open.substack.com🚨 BREAKING: Trump Officially Named by DOJ as a Suspect in the Epstein Files — Along with Many Others, Months Ago...House Oversight subpoenas dropped. Summer vote triggered. And the coverup of Trump's ties to Epstein’s trafficking ring is collapsing in real time.

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Maxwell Frost
@maxwellfrost.bsky.social

1,500+ at our Townhall in Wichita, Kansas this morning. Working people across the nation are pissed off about this rigged economy, and they’re showing up. Wichita’s Congressman refuses to host a Townhall, so we pulled up instead.

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Politico
@politico.com

Sen. Amy Klobuchar dined with Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota lawmaker and decades-long friend, just hours before she and her husband were shot and killed in what authorities are saying was a politically motivated killing. “I wish everyone had known her like we knew her,” Klobuchar told POLITICO.

politico.comKlobuchar dined with Minnesota lawmaker just hours before she was killedThe Minnesota senator remembers Hortman, a friend of decades, as a "skilled legislator," she told POLITICO.

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Quite Interesting
@qi.com

Word of the Day: HYPERNORMALISATION - the state of a society where people continue to live according to rules that they know are not actually working.

billlaurelmd.bsky.social
@billlaurelmd.bsky.social

He's going to lose the rural vote at this rate ... or enough of the rural vote to make a BIG difference. Of course, that's assuming that there is a vote next year. If we keep on being peaceful, anything they drum up to try and use the Insurrection Act will look fabricated!

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billlaurelmd.bsky.social
@billlaurelmd.bsky.social

Maybe him and his regime intend to use them for something else? 🤔

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social

NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade. They departed Texas 5 days ago. What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel. (🎥 DW)

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God
@thegodshow.com

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.