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Charles River Watershed Association Executive Director. Former Newton MA City Councilor. Mom of 3 boys & 2 cats. Opinions expressed on this platform are mine mine mine. #WaterIsLife
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STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. BRING HIM HOME! Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador. SMART General President…

Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.

Warren: "There is no tariff policy. It's just all chaos and corruption. That's all we have going on. And how can you believe any of these guys?

SUCH a good interview! Everyone should watch, to get a much more accurate + indeed inspiring picture of what federal workers do. "...that lazy stereotype enables DOGE. If everybody knew who these ppl were they'd be outraged on their behalf." www.youtube.com/watch?v=79_n...

“A fossil fuel executive, a Hummer salesman and a polar bear walk into a bar..” apnews.com/article/come...

"Americans are so inured to the humanity of those held in our prisons, that a guaranteed laugh in any comedy club is a joke about prison rape. In other words, we have done much of the work for Trump already." open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

el_terpenedor makes three very good points.

Tonight, as Jews across America and the world recount the story of the Passover, let us remember our duty to tikkun olam, to repair the world, to recognize a would-be pharaoh in our own time, to stand up to his injustice, and to celebrate: next year in a free country.

For anyone who supported RFK Jr because of his supposed concern for your health

Tim Snyder: 5 factors in favor of argument that Trump/Musk are fomenting anti-semitism, not tackling it. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Todays @hcrichardson.bsky.social is a 5 alarm fire for our democracy and our rights. Will GOP voters care? open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Born in #NewtonMA but felon president says she has to leave the country

Federal government taking active steps to make us LESS safe. Just because you stop giving people data to protect themselves from climate change, doesn't stop climate change from happening. commonwealthbeacon.org/environment/...

US Senator “Mullin, who served as a congressman for 10 years before winning a special election for a Senate seat in November 2022, has developed a record of making threats of physical violence during his time in Washington DC.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

They’ll restrict free speech such as criticism of Israel, but anti-Semitic words from our felon president or the Nazi salute of his billionaire toady…🦗🦗🦗

"Older people have always complained about “kids these days,” but this time we have empirical data to show that the observations are true. What happens when people lose the ability to reason or render good judgments? Ladies and gentlemen...Donald Trump’s tariff policy." tinyurl.com/uem7vr9k

After massive public backlash, the Social Security Administration is rolling back its disastrous cuts to phone services. This is a huge victory for the public against DOGE's rampage. Keep up the fight.

Commissioner. Chief Financial Officer. Chief Legal Officer. Chief Risk Officer. Chief Privacy Officer. Chief of Staff. All out. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been. What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.

Willkie’s longest-serving lawyer, Joseph T. Baio, resigned rather than stay at a firm that gave in to the White House’s demands…he left so he could “join the fight against governmental tyranny, unconstitutional decrees and social injustice, particularly at this critical time.”

An administration filled with antisemites can’t expect us to believe that this is about fighting antisemitism. They are weaponizing antisemitism to advance a xenophobic agenda. Fighting antisemitism requires fighting for a strong democracy, not hatred and authoritarianism.

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Causing the deaths of children in Africa from cholera is not making America great.

okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line

The corruption and malevolence are breathtaking

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

“With Trump’s extraordinary tariffs now threatening the global economy, some of those who once cheered on his dictatorial impulses are now recalling the checks and balances they were previously willing to undermine.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Shocking, unacceptable, immoral. We must wrench our country and our values back from these ghouls. “If they can do this to Dr. Khan Suri or Mahmoud Khalil, they can do this to any of us.”

“IRS acting commissioner is resigning over deal to send immigrants' tax data to ICE” www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

“DHS staff was stunned. The program had been mandated by Congress, yet Homeland Security’s top lawyer was saying it could be investigated under a law reserved for organized crime syndicates. “I took it as a threat,” one attendee said. “It was traumatizing.”

By more than double -- 46-22% -- independents think Trump is slapping on tariffs to get leverage over companies who will then have to plead with him for relief and show loyalty

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In spite of everything... clean energy is GROWING! "Low-emission energy sources accounted for 41% of global electricity generation in 2024, up from 39.4% in 2023... If nuclear is left out of the equation, renewables alone made up 32% of power generation last year." heatmap.news/energy/ember...

“Lawyers are getting targeted for handling issues the administration of President Donald Trump disagrees with.”