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Rebecca Leighton Katers

@ralk7.bsky.social

Gray-haired Wisconsin survivor of 30+ years of local and state-level citizen advocacy for (primarily) clean water, air, soil and food ... and for wildlife habitat and scenic beauty. Strong supporter of the democratic process rights of ordinary citizens.

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Africa leads growth in solar energy as demand spreads beyond traditional markets, report says A report shows that Africa has emerged as the world's fastest-growing solar market even as global growth slowed last year, driven by a 60% surge in imports of solar panels from China.

Solar exploded across Africa in 2025:

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14.02.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6583    πŸ” 1549    πŸ’¬ 193    πŸ“Œ 109
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EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.

There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.

13.02.2026 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9925    πŸ” 3970    πŸ’¬ 789    πŸ“Œ 330

This was confusing. Is the fired leader saying that Matsumoto can’t do anything to reduce the accuracy of reports?

That doesn’t sound reliable, especially longterm.

11.02.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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America is drowning in corruption. Bondi in the congressional hearing just brings that home. We NEED big changes.
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11.02.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1012    πŸ” 336    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 11
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Wouldn’t do it to save grandma, will do it to deport her. We see where your priorities lie.

11.02.2026 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 331    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2

Is this level of creepy individual surveillance of top Legislative Branch leaders even LEGAL?

This can’t be allowed to continue!

11.02.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.

11.02.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 12692    πŸ” 3603    πŸ’¬ 414    πŸ“Œ 160

Too many nightmarish Sci-fi fiction scenarios have been echoed in real life in recent years.

Today’s humans are proving they can’t intelligently adapt to or regulate tech enough to prevent a lot of the dark consequences from happening. If anything our society and civilization seem to be worsening.

10.02.2026 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not funny. I’m liberal, old, non-tech & pretty normal. But I read 100s of my older brother’s Sci-fi novels as a teen … so I’m terrified of AI. Both my husband & I are very worried our retirement savings will vanish in an AI economy crash + GOP dictatorship. Old people will be thrown out first.

10.02.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why did ICE detain a 7 year old child from Oregon-and then ship her to Texas

And why have they done this same thing to 3,800 other children

It’s deplorable. And make no mistake. Donald Trump is to blame

06.02.2026 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 898    πŸ” 469    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 9
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invoked a rarely used provision of immigration law to target some of the students for deportation by declaring that their continued presence in the country harms America's foreign policy interests.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invoked a rarely used provision of immigration law to target some of the students for deportation by declaring that their continued presence in the country harms America's foreign policy interests.

Marco’s statement could apply to any GOP member.

30.04.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β€” Alberto CastaΓ±eda MondragΓ³n says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain.

He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again.

He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β€” Alberto CastaΓ±eda MondragΓ³n says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man β€œpurposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

07.02.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 17901    πŸ” 9179    πŸ’¬ 494    πŸ“Œ 703

A principled Republican.

08.02.2026 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.

07.02.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 28600    πŸ” 7580    πŸ’¬ 590    πŸ“Œ 284
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08.02.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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They looked for β€œDon T” in the Epstein files and redacted all instances, which means they also redacted a lot of β€œdon’t”

07.02.2026 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8629    πŸ” 2772    πŸ’¬ 273    πŸ“Œ 180
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OPINION: An Investigative report suggests Trump may have long been compromised by Putin via Epstein. Read the full story at bit.ly/3ZS9G3Y

#TrumpRussia #EpsteinFiles #Putin #InvestigativeReport #MAGA #Opinion #OpinionNews

07.02.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 18

Kid Rock is the human version of an above-ground pool.

08.02.2026 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 311    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 0

Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) reacted to Trump personal attorney-turned Deputy AG Todd Blanche discussing the DOJ's intention to appeal the judges decision releasing Liam Ramos.

"Why is the Trump Administration fighting harder to arrest 5-year-old children than pedophiles in the Epstein files?" he posted

08.02.2026 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2134    πŸ” 680    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 24
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Do you expect the garbage ICE agents will cause problems at the Superbowl?

08.02.2026 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 688    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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'My God': Fury as Kash Patel accused of 'outrageous cover-up' of killing by ICE agent Political observers raged over the weekend after the New York Times reported that FBI Director Kash Patel personally ordered local prosecutors to cease investigating the death of Renee Good because he feared it would contradict President Donald Trump's version of the killing.The order came from Pate...

'My God': Fury as Kash Patel accused of 'outrageous cover-up' of killing by ICE agent

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Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S. The Ukrainian president said the Trump administration was pushing for a June deadline to end Russia’s war.

@democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social he is selling our country to Putin. You need to work to stop this.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

08.02.2026 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Soooo, tell me how you feel about the Trumps getting richer while the rest of us get poorer.

01.02.2026 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1992    πŸ” 437    πŸ’¬ 144    πŸ“Œ 23

Master class in how to respond to political bullshit.

Happy to talk to you out in the open, but I’m not going to let you feed the selective outrage machine with cherry-picked quotes.

08.02.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2543    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_o... (dated before death, bank wires 7 years after)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

08.02.2026 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

part of me still can't believe the East Wing was completely destroyed and there have been no negative consequences or reports on whether items inside were properly archived or not

07.02.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7659    πŸ” 1492    πŸ’¬ 182    πŸ“Œ 64

The United States Navy Secretary John Phelan’s name shows up in the Epstein flight logs. It's a fact that demands daylight. When senior officials appear in records tied to a criminal network...silence isn’t neutral. Transparency isn’t optional.

06.02.2026 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1631    πŸ” 696    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 22

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