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🌱🌈🎶 Writer, Musician, Lyricist, Poet, Chef & Environmental Idealist, defending the “Eternal present”. Time Traveling Zen Buddhist. Alan Watts groupie. Vegan for Life. 🌱🐦‍ My music: http://www.soundcloud.com/bluephoenixradio

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Commentary: If U.S. President Trump abandons efforts to curb carbon emissions, then preserving old trees will be our next best strategy for mitigating climate change.

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"I don't know if you understand that. I don't yet."

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The federal agency responsible for traffic safety, which has been investigating self-driving technology in Tesla vehicles, will fire a “modest” number of employees, an agency spokesman said Friday.

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"Congress, not the president, writes and amends the laws of the United States. Congress, not the president, allocates funding to federal agencies and programs."

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All that stuff we’re not focused on like existential climate collapse is still accelerating. If we don’t learn to repair, nurture and protect, there will be nothing for anyone to exploit.

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The US and Europe are at a crossroads. A new world order is emerging | Christopher S Chivvis

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"Mere weeks ago, media outlets were still publishing pieces asking where the 'resistance' was. It seems we are now well past that."

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A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

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NASA managers are seeking a “blanket waiver” to save probationary employees from layoffs, according to internal meeting notes seen by Bloomberg, as other federal agencies are forced to fire their newest hires in an effort to reduce employee headcount

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ProPublica found that some of the largest health insurers have created a playbook that prevents people from getting the mental health care they need. Join us tomorrow, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. ET for a virtual conversation as we discuss barriers to care. RSVP: https://propub.li/4k4GYWm

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President Trump’s moves to slash the federal workforce have gutted the ranks of wildland firefighters and support personnel, fire professionals warn, leaving communities to face deadly consequences when big blazes arrive this summer

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Public Environmental Data Partners archives climate datasets, uploading copies to public repositories and cataloging where and how to find them if they go missing from government websites. Scholars explain: #climatechange #data #epa #NOAA https://buff.ly/432r34Q

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Nearly 1,000 people marched in the snow from the State House in Boston to City Hall, chanting “Elon Musk has got to go” and “No kings on Presidents Day!” The temperature was below freezing with wind chills in the teens.

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Protestors gathered on the steps of the Utah State Capitol at noon Monday as part of another nationwide #50501 demonstration condemning the actions of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, and urging Democratic leaders to fight back. (Photos by Tribune photographer Trent Nelson)

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Tibetan media outlets credited Thondup for networking with foreign governments and praised his role in facilitating U.S. support for the Tibetan struggle.

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Musk’s takeover of US health agencies raises pandemic threat, experts warn

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Crowds cheered as Palestinians were released in West Bank and Gaza

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I had the opportunity to be at her farewell tour concert date in Portland, Oregon. Cyndi never fails to deliver her heart and soul and continues to inspire a generation of women in uncertain times.

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🪖🗡️🇪🇺 I believe that time has come: The Armed Forces of Europe must be created

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Extreme weather is our new reality. We must accept it and begin planning | Gaia Vince

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Saying ‘women’ is not allowed, but ‘men’ and ‘white’ are OK? I’m (not) shocked | Arwa Mahdawi

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Donald Trump is expected to unveil his new plan to settle the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. These new demands might just break the EU.

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Schools, colleges and states that require students to be immunized against COVID-19 may be at risk of losing federal money under a White House order signed Friday by President Trump.

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OPINION: The Trump administration is already the most harmful to religious freedom in modern American history.

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“Vice President JD Vance has tried to justify Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda as in keeping with Christian teachings… Yet that claim is so preposterous that it was denounced by Pope Francis.” https://newrepublic.com/article/191578/trump-musk-scandal-usaid-leaked-memo

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Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has died. He was 95.