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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.

Trump is losing his rag because Zelensky isn't backing down. He needs Zelensky to back down. So support Zelensky.

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#AOC

I am only more convinced that independent media is the crucial tool to ensure there are journalists ready and able to tell the truth, not soft-pedal to serve the requirements of a billionaire owner worried about crossing Trump. Join our growing community (free or paid). www.americaamerica.news

What courage and honor sounds like: “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.” —resigning from SDNY over pressure to drop corruption charges against NY Mayor Eric Adams

Who is helping Elon Musk gut the US government? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

German leader of CDU Merz stands up to Vance: “We stick to the rules which are given Mr. Merz said. “Free speech remains free speech and remains part of our open, democratic society. And fake news, hate speech and offenses remain subject to legal restraints and controlled by independent courts.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/n...

‘No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan

US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more. - US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID - $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes. - Food stranded in Houston - Aid stopped in transit. The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.

What's new with the bottle bill? Not much - as usual, industry lobbyists have been spreading misinformation. Let's set the record straight 👇

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Who is helping Elon Musk gut the US government? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Vermonters & Americans need lower electric bills. I'm outraged that Trump’s EPA put an illegal hold on funding Solar for All, which could lower electric bills for working families by 80% through the installation of solar panels on rooftops. The funding freeze must be rescinded.

Join us on Feb 13 to stop utilities from spending our money to fund lobbying, advertising and other extravagant expenses in the Empire State.

"And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make." Here's to you @climatehuman.bsky.social Thank you and Crazy Town 97 for this wonderful interview. The House Is Quite Literally on Fire: Peter Kalmus on the Climate Emergency Hitting Home www.resilience.org/stories/2025...

Published by Urgewald, the #MCEL showcases 160 mining companies undertaking met #coal expansion projects. If banks like BNP Paribas, CrĂŠdit Agricole, ING & HSBC want their climate commitments to be truly impactful, they must immediately commit to no longer finance any of the companies listed on it.

Chuck Schumer resign bitch

In New York, convicted felons may face restrictions on employment, licenses, and other rights. These restrictions can continue even after the sentence is complete. Rights as far as psychiatric holds, Employment restrictions Parolees may be prohibited from certain types of employment

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems and locking out career employees. NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives. My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.

The Trump administration has warned more than 1,100 Environmental Protection Agency employees who work on climate change, reducing air pollution, enforcing environmental laws and other programs that they could be fired at any time.

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The Trump administration has warned more than 1,100 Environmental Protection Agency employees who work on climate change, reducing air pollution, enforcing environmental laws and other programs that they could be fired at any time.