Ross Macfarlane

Ross Macfarlane

@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

Advocate for democracy, climate action, & environmental justice. Board Chair with Way to Win Action Fund & Director with Sierra Club Foundation & Clean Energy Transition Institute, but takes here are only my personal views.

9.2K followers2.6K following3.8K posts

Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

Yes, but I would be very happy to see Elon try.

Climate News@climatenews.bsky.social

Note to Elon Musk: Mars lacks 2 very important security layers that Earth has (a very large moon and a strong magnetic shield). You won’t survive on Mars, Elon.

Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

Ironically, the mail service reductions under Trump are hitting hardest in rural areas, which remain his biggest base of support

ProPublica@propublica.org

Three days after the August primary, election workers in one Washington county went to check for late mail-in ballots. They expected no more than a few dozen. Instead, there were more than 500 — each a vote that wouldn’t count.

propublica.orgBallot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Reduced Mail ServiceA ProPublica data analysis shows that delays resulting from the agency’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots mailed in rural areas. Counties that voted for Trump in 2024…
Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

Great midterm closing message -- you might be paying a lot more at the pump, but Exxon, Chevron, and the other oil companies are making bank.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "While oil prices are temporarily high ... the United States oil and gas business is making hundreds of billions of dollars"

Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

Standing up for our constitutional rights and winning. The West Virginia AG sent subpoenas to environmental orgs (including Sierra Club) alleging that their climate advocacy was somehow deceptive. When SC sued, the AG withdrew the frivolous subpoena apnews.com/article/west...

apnews.comWest Virginia investigates climate, environmental groups over alleged 'deceptive' actsWest Virginia's Republican attorney general has launched an investigation into many of the state's leading environmental groups.

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Team Talarico
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NEW AD: Have you seen these anti-Talarico attack ads? Elon Musk paid for nearly all of them. The world's first trillionaire knows if he drags the most corrupt politician in Texas across the finish line, Ken Paxton will owe him everything. Elon Musk: Texas is not for sale.

Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

Unprecedented corruption: Jared Kushner's hacked phone shows $multi-million money trail that influenced his role representing US in negotiations for peace in Middle East and Ukraine. @vanityfair.com www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

vanityfair.comThe Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in TransfersAn exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former sen...
Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

Interesting tidbit from this interview with MAGA Pollster, Rich Baris. He said that most Republican voters were unaware of the facts about Trump and cronies' rampant corruption, since conservative media doesn't cover it. Once informed, they were outraged. Keep pounding! 2/

newyorker.comHas MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump?Rich Baris, a pollster supportive of the MAGA “big tent,” talks about how the President lost control of his movement, and why that spells disaster for Republicans.
Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

Important read. `Yes, this may well be "the most consequential election in our lifetimes" and we all feel the need to donate generously, but we need to break from a system where Democratic consultants devour most of the donations. @adambonica.bsky.social @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social @newrepublic.com

newrepublic.comHow the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic PartyFundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.
Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

New nomenclature for a new era in the Earth's climate: "heat waves" no longer capture the magnitude of the massive heating events that are becoming increasingly common, widespread, and long-lasting. Instead, call them "Heat Storms" @reuters.com www.reuters.com/investigates...

reuters.com7 takeaways from our investigation into heat storms and their tollMeet the heat storm: 7 takeaways from our investigation that gave supersized heat waves a new name and told the story of the biggest one on record.

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Nicholas Grossman
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JD Vance has apparently calculated that his best chance of becoming president is getting the 2028 GOP nomination (probably correct) and his best chance to get that is by being the worst human being possible (likely correct too). Making it easier, that "lane" seems to align with his personal views.

Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

Unprecedented corruption. Trump crony Alina Habba gets $50 million deal representing shell company owned by family of Venezuelan oligarch who wanted a pardon. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

nytimes.comA Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. (Gift Article)Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.
Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

This is amazing: the Republican running for an open congressional seat in MN left the AI prompt on his website (since deleted, I think). "The President is not popular so all messaging should be focused on local politics and needs"

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Ross Macfarlane
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Senator Raphael Warnock: "Believe me when I say Mississippi has the ingredients of our win in Georgia, and then some. I’m also pushing the Democratic Party to invest more in the South. I think the Democratic Party fails to invest in the South at its own peril.” @warnock.senate.gov 2/

Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

Cross-posted from the other place: @rokhanna.bsky.social comes out in opposition to the permitting bill, noting that "It would be tone deaf if Congress makes it easier to build data centers right after an election with bipartisan rage against shoving them down the throats of local communities."

Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

Public comments overwhelmingly opposed the Trump Admin proposal to repeal the Roadless Rule. Not surprisingly, logging, mining, ranching, and motorized recreation groups were on the other side. morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/we-examine...

morethanjustparks.substack.comWe Examined Who Actually Supported Repealing the Roadless Rule. The Results Tell a Remarkable Story.We dug through hundreds of organizational filings to find out who wanted one of America’s most important forest protections eliminated.

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Democracy Docket
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NEW: A poll shows nearly six in ten Americans think Trump is "a potentially dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy." The pollster's CEO said the results indicate that Trump's winning electoral coalition is "breaking apart." https://demdock.com/4ywBOIY

democracydocket.comNearly 6 in 10 Americans believe Trump is a ‘potentially dangerous dictator’ who threatens democracy, poll finds58% of respondents agreed with the statement that Trump is “a potentially dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy.”
Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social

Interesting poll shows that 64% of Gen Z and 61% of Millennials get their news from online creators and both groups say influencers have shaped their political and cultural views. @businessinsider.com 3/ morningconsult.com/company-news...

morningconsult.comMorning Consult-Business Insider Influencer Survey | Morning ConsultMorning Consult partnered with Business Insider on an exclusive survey exploring how influencers shape consumer trust, purchasing decisions and political opinions