one-earth.bsky.social

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Live simply, so that others can simply live. Physicist, science educator, environmental scientist, ...

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Meanwhile in the ongoing class war 300 billionaires families donated over "$3 billion -19% percent of all contributions in 2024 fed election Before Citizen United (2010) this was - 0.3% They gave ~ $10 million each, roughly equal to 100,000 typical political donors... not counting dark money...

Rick Hasen@rickhasen.bsky.social

The New York Times published an extraordinary study of the role of billionaires in politics earlier this week, that naturally got lost in everything that is going on, including in Iran. Here is a gift link to the article, and a few select quotes: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

nytimes.comThe Scale of Billionaires’ Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics
one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

Wow! Look at how professional and scientifically accurate the EPA is these days.. The Hatch Act applies to the EPA. If we get a real leader out of the Dems in the next election the people destroying the EPA need to be held accountable in the courts www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

epa.govEPA Continues to Reverse Democrats’ War on Beautiful Clean Coal, Finalizes Repeal of Costly Restrictions on Baseload Power Generation | US EPAWhile at Mills Creek Power Plant in Kentucky, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the finalization of a deregulatory action to ensure affordable, dependable energy for American famili...
one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

This is not new but IMO explains why so many low-info people voted for the change agent & aspiring autocrat in the last election & why they will vote 4 the Dems next round Americans need economic relief, will the wealthy leaders of either party deliver? Looking @ U Dems abcnews.com/Politics/hal...

abcnews.comOver half of Americans say health care, a weeklong vacation and a new car are unaffordable: ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos pollAbout two-thirds who don’t own a home don’t think they’ll be able to afford one.
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@one-earth.bsky.social

Given the ongoing genocide by the apartheid state & the latest polling showing Americans no longer support it, this won't surprise anyone Will Dems stand up for human rights around the world, from the IDF to ICE or once again reach out for AIPAC $? www.ms.now/opinion/dnc-...

ms.nowOpinion | The DNC reportedly found that Democrats erred on Israel policy in 2024. It still matters.Democrats will never learn how to win if they refuse to reckon with why they lost.
one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

Given all the real challenges facing Americans & the planet these days its interesting that MSNBC has earmarked this article as a "Must Read" The corporate media must really hate the idea of any actual leftist dialog emerging in the US

one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

I missed this, maybe U 2 Trump regime attacking ICC counsel the Foreign Office warned Amal Clooney, among a # of ICCs senior legal counsels. she's at risk of sanctions by the Trump administration, including being banned from entering the US over Netanyahu ruling www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

theguardian.com‘Suspension of entry into the US’, paparazzi – and wine: three other reasons George Clooney moved to FranceA UK government warning that Amal Clooney risks US sanctions over her role in the issuing of an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister is key among reasons why the couple have moved to France
one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

In case anyone is still operating under the misunderstanding that capitalism is a meritocracy, consider this example Capitalism serves those that have capital Wealthy idiots r promoted based on privilege & connections regardless of their lack of merit & incompetence www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

ms.nowWhy it matters that Howard Lutnick is flunking the basics on economic growthEither the commerce secretary is confused about rudimentary economic details, or he’s doing an excellent imitation of someone who’s alarmingly ignorant.
one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

Ditto for the US! The US cannot afford to allow many working class people to go to college, have health care, own homes, or retire... yet we can afford to send ~4 billion in tax-payer dollars to support the apartheid state of Israel's mass murder & genocidal aggression annually!?

cfr.orgU.S. Aid to Israel in Four ChartsIsrael has long been the leading recipient of U.S. foreign aid, including military assistance. That aid has come under heightened scrutiny over the course of Israel’s conflicts with Hamas and Iran.
Peter Murphy@peterwmurphy1.bsky.social

Israel has ranked lowest in the Nation Brands Index. Again. Australia's own reputation would improve if we actively opposed Israel's crimes with sanctions (rather than selling them arms). Long-term: it'd benefit Israel, Palestine, Lebanon too. It'd benefit our trade & tourism #auspol #SanctionIsrael

one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

The assault on human rights & academic freedom continues Receiving AIPAC funding should disqualify any political candidate from serving www.aa.com.tr/en/world/isr... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comA Harvard scholar’s ouster exposes a crisis of institutional integrity | Eric ReinhartThe dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health and academia
one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

Ultimately science doesn't care what you believe If MAGA, GOP, & the fossil fuel industry degrade or shutdown US climate research it won't stop the ongoing crisis The damage this administration has done to scientific, health, & educational progress is incalculable abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

abcnews.go.comTrump administration moves to dismantle prominent US weather and climate research centerThe Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
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@one-earth.bsky.social

The nation's top safety investigator, J Homendy, warned that the defense policy bill would undermine aviation safety improvements "If it sounds like I'm mad, I am mad. This is shameful." She sounds competent What's the odds she gets fired www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...

npr.orgNTSB warns that defense bill could undermine aviation safety changes after DCA crashThe head of the NTSB is voicing strong opposition to provisions in the defense policy bill. The NTSB says the House bill would undermine safety improvements made after the mid-air collision near DCA.
one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

Dominance hierarchies lie deep in our evolutionary roots, but religions have institutionalized, exploited, & monetized them to such an extent that such institutions should not be tax-exempt Those that promote counter-factual faith are in part responsible for MAGA finance.yahoo.com/news/daughte...

finance.yahoo.comA Daughter Says They're Struggling Financially, But She Caught Her Mom 'Giving Thousands Of Dollars Monthly To A Megachurch'A woman on Reddit sparked a wave of outrage and sympathy after revealing that her mom regularly claims they’re broke, while secretly sending thousands of dollars to a megachurch. “My mom says we don’t...
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@one-earth.bsky.social

Shout out to @kenmartin.bsky.social for his DNC leadership Our role is not to put our thumb on the scale in primaries "it is up to Dem voters to determine the nominee & the DNC's responsibility is to respect those results & "to fight like hell for that nominee... www.cbsnews.com/news/dnc-dem...

cbsnews.comDNC chair points to 2025 wins as a map out of the political wilderness heading into the midterm cycle"I won't feel like we're out of the wilderness until we win in '28," DNC Chairman Ken Martin told CBS News in the first in a series of interviews with both major parties' leaders ahead of next year's ...
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@one-earth.bsky.social

SCROTUS strikes again! No need for facts or fair voting laws when MAGA has a super majority What is the high court high on, you ask? Power of course The Roberts court puts the R in SROTUS We need term limits and enforceable ethics codes for SCOTUS justices ASAP www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...

cbsnews.comSupreme Court allows Texas GOP to use new redistricted map for nowTexas approved a new congressional map this summer after Trump urged state GOP lawmakers to craft new House district lines to help Republicans hold onto their majority in the 2026 midterms.

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Ryan Goodman
@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

Senator Kelly is correct. Plus a Public Service Announcement: KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1. The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal: "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mark Kelly on the Trump/Hegseth boat strikes: "If orders are illegal, not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow them."

one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

It is doing exactly this. Cannot even call out genocide w/o some fool pretending that it is antisemitic. Get the political, religious, and economic propaganda & the aspiring autocrat's fascist minions out of education truthout.org/articles/edu...

truthout.orgEducators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education EntirelyNew efforts to shut down honest discussion of Palestine could restrict everything from literature to science classes.
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@one-earth.bsky.social

Peru & Brazil are showing the US how to respond when criminals are able to get elected to the presidency Let's follow their example No more M Garlands or P Bondis, we need people who care about the rule of law in the DOJ! www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/nationa... edition.cnn.com/peru-sentenc...

edition.cnn.comPeru sentences former President Pedro Castillo just a day after another presidential conviction | CNNA court in Peru sentenced former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo to more than 11 years in prison on Thursday. In a two-to-one vote, the Special Criminal Chamber of Peru’s Supreme Court found him gui...
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@one-earth.bsky.social

Since 2023, at least $16.3 billion in US taxpayer dollars has been given as direct military aid to Israel www.cfr.org/article/us-a... Since 2023, the apartheid regime has murdered over 65,000 Gazans (mostly civilians) www.reuters.com/world/middle... US must stop funding genocide!

cfr.orgU.S. Aid to Israel in Four ChartsIsrael has long been the leading recipient of U.S. foreign aid, including military assistance. That aid has come under heightened scrutiny over the course of Israel’s conflicts with Hamas and Iran.
one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

Boycott ICE by boycotting the companies that support fascism & racism Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Home Depot, Spotify, Target, Tesla, SpaceX, Boycott Black Friday & buy local Let the oligarchs know that we are serious! www.beyondtheballot.org/iceout

beyondtheballot.orgICE OUT OF MY WALLET — Beyond the BallotBoycott corporations profiting from ICE’s violence, detention, deportation and surveillance. Our money won’t fund oppression.
one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

The COP consensus decision-making process has failed us They can't even mention phasing out fossil fuels drilled.media Meanwhile, GHG emissions have us on track for warming in excess of 2C It's past time to stop the billionaire class from destroying the planet www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comAmerica’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says OxfamData shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
James Hansen@drjamesehansen.bsky.social

Warning! This colorful chart is censored by IPCC - mailchi.mp/caa/warning-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...

one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

A simple progressive taxation scheme could do remove our government's apparent trouble in financing universal education, health care, & nutritional support. truthout.org/articles/col...

truthout.orgColorado Passes Measures to Feed All Public School Kids by Taxing the WealthyExcess funds from the school meals program would be redirected toward the state-managed SNAP program.
one-earth.bsky.social@one-earth.bsky.social

Just a reminder of the ongoing #classwar that underlies MAGA fascism in the US & right-wing movements globally. These are the masks worn by the plutocrats and oligarchs dominating our world. "The richest 1 percent own more wealth than 95 percent of humanity" truthout.org/articles/wea...

truthout.orgWealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral, says economist Nancy Folbre.
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@one-earth.bsky.social

Also just in case people, the ongoing class war (i.e war on the poor) in the US is not clear enough: "In the second quarter of 2025, the top 10% of income earners accounted for almost half of all [consumer] spending" www.cbsnews.com/news/k-shape...

cbsnews.comYou're living in a "K-shaped" economy. Here's how that affects you.The shape of economic growth this year highlights the widening gap between wealthy Americans and everyone else, economists say.
one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

Does anyone think that we'll be able to reform the DNC after its disastrous performance against the aspiring autocrat last cycle? Or does the monied class have far too much influence for that? www.commondreams.org/news/schumer...

commondreams.orgSurvey Shows Large Majority of Grassroots Democrats Back Primary Challenges for Schumer and Jeffries | Common DreamsDemocrats face backlash from progressive voters as survey shows overwhelming support for primary challenges against party leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer.
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@one-earth.bsky.social

@enbuenora.bsky.social, Common Dreams quoted you: DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals. Its goals were never efficiency or saving money. Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi. www.commondreams.org/news/doge-do...

commondreams.orgDOGE 'Doesn't Exist' Anymore, But the Damage It Did 'Will Be Felt for a Long Time' | Common Dreams​"The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths," one expert said.
one-earth.bsky.social
@one-earth.bsky.social

Just a reminder of the ongoing #classwar that underlies MAGA fascism in the US & right-wing movements globally. These are the masks worn by the plutocrats and oligarchs dominating our world. "The richest 1 percent own more wealth than 95 percent of humanity" truthout.org/articles/wea...

truthout.orgWealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral, says economist Nancy Folbre.