Rusty Strauss

18.01.2025 03:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The California Wildfires Are the Latest Disaster Supercharged by Climate Change Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, scientists say.

“As Los Angeles burned for days on end, horrifying the nation, scientists made an announcement on Friday that could help explain the deadly conflagration: 2024 was the hottest year in recorded history.” It’s GLOBAL WARMING, not just “climate change.” Pls get it right

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/c...

12.01.2025 01:53 — 👍 7026    🔁 2011    💬 205    📌 72

The Opportunity Costs of Conspiracy Theories about Merrick Garland - emptywheel You have a choice. You can spend the next few weeks making a big stink about the fact that the aspiring FBI Director tried to help Trump steal classified documents. Or you can spend it clinging to fal...

And incidentally, ONE REASON I said it was important to blame John Roberts rather than Merrick Garland for Trump not going to trial, aside from it being true & blaming Garland requires y'all making shit up, is so ROBERTS gets held accountable for these pardons.

www.emptywheel.net/2024/12/30/t...

05.01.2025 20:22 — 👍 906    🔁 256    💬 65    📌 15

Democracy Docket The leading progressive platform for information, analysis and opinion about voting rights, elections and democracy.

I remain as convinced today as I was five years ago that there is a need for an outlet that is fiercely independent and unapologetically pro-democracy. I am certain that Democracy Docket is uniquely situated to help fill that gap.

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04.01.2025 16:30 — 👍 3572    🔁 809    💬 55    📌 21

10 Inequality Victories in 2024 Our year-end review of 10 of the most inspiring inequality wins, from union drives to fair taxes to consumer protection.

In 2024:

-VW and Amazon workers won big union elections

-Red states raised the min wage and approved paid leave via ballot measure

-The Kroger-Albertsons merger, which would have raised grocery prices, was blocked

Huge wins for working people that we can build from in 2025.

03.01.2025 01:00 — 👍 2079    🔁 363    💬 36    📌 12