Peter D. Buck

Spotted in DC.

We are in more danger without "the endangerment finding" on carbon dioxide It would be generous to say this is a “head in the sand” approach. It is really a middle finger followed by a mugging.

Eliminating the endangerment finding on CO2 puts us at more risk. The finding enabled the federal government to treat carbon dioxide as a pollutant, making it directly subject to regulation. This move is a middle finger followed by a mugging. It will cost us dearly.
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It cannot be made greater (again) by cynicism, racism, nativism, fundamentalism, or authoritarianism. We have no safe space for nihilists.

We are…thriving because of our commitment to the dignity & worth of all people.

I live in State College, Pennsylvania. It is a special place.

We are the home of Penn State which was created by Abraham Lincoln signing the Morrill Act in 1863. Education, discovery, service, creativity, openness to all people, and sportsmanship make this place great.

“…The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”

Frederick Douglass

“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters...”

AI is occupying our lives. Its rapid rise has required massive investment in data centers. Their impact on electricity prices, energy security, & climate impacts are significant.
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Pennsylvania is the home of the Constitution.

Pennsylvanians assemble. We have to fight this fascist evil.

Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.

Concentrations camps are facilities to incarcerate politically targeted individuals & minorities—immigrants, Muslims & atheists, LGBTQ+ people, “radical left scum,” intellectuals—on the basis of “national interests” & domination. Trump wants them everywhere.

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SAVE Act explained: Republicans' sweeping elections overhaul would impose strict new voting rules, potentially disenfranchising millions of voters The bill was approved by the House of Representatives, but faces long odds of being passed by the Senate.

The SAVE Act is a misogynistic, racist, anti-poor horror bill. Of course, that self-obsessed trash ogre John Fetterman says he will vote for it.
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The NFL & its advertisers proved the United States is a diverse nation & that white Christian nationalists are a shrieking minority who suck at everything.

Our rights are popular & Trump’s ICE/CBP is very unpopular.

- 74%: we should be able to record
- 59%: we should be able to share where ICE/CBP is acting
- 72%: unacceptable to use people’s appearance or language to check immigration status
- 61%: unacceptable for ICE/CBP to wear masks

You can’t abuse people into greatness. Abuse destroys. It diminishes. It creates failure.

That’s Trump & MAGA. Abusers. Failures. They can’t stop themselves.

We have to.

Minneapolis is a great city. Portland is a great city. Chicago is a great city. L.A. is a great city. Like all cities, they have challenges, some of them significant.

ICE & CBP terrorizing residents, kidnapping kids, assaulting & murdering non-violent observers & protestors won’t make them better.

Seriously. The f-bomb is the least of your worries. I can’t believe I am about to write this.

Get your priorities in order & fight fascists. My God.
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61% of Americans disapprove of Trump overall.

50% say Trump’s actions are worse than they expected. 21% say Trump is doing better.

Majorities believe Trump lacks character across six qualities. “Acts ethically in office” the worst.

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Do you get it now?

In 2015, former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke said, “He’s saying what no other Republicans have said, few conservatives say. And he’s also gone to point where he says it’s not just illegal immigration, it’s legal immigration.”

This was ALWAYS Trump’s plan.

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Apple Has Fallen Far From the Tree

People who deny other people’s humanity lose their own.

Don Lemon is a champion for freedom.
Anne Appelbaum & Timothy Snyder are champions for freedom.
Jimmy Kimmel is a champion for freedom.
Jamelle Bouie is a champion for freedom.
Preet Bharara & Joyce Vance are champions for freedom.

They tell the truth & never quit.

Be like them.

LIVE SOON: What local government & school board service tells me about this moment. Starting Jan 29 at 8:00 PM EST

At 8 pm EST, I’ll be sharing what service in local government & school boards have taught me about this moment.
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More members of Congress need to be like Seth Moulton.

Yes!

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Randy Blythe, front man for @lambofgod:

“The Super-Rich Aren't Going To Help You"

Love that guy. F***ing love this band.

They are going down the list of amendments now. And the entire ICE action is the most obvious violation of the Fourth Amendment this country has ever seen.

I live in State College, Pennsylvania.

I have watched multiple videos multiple times of ICE executing two people in plain sight. I know the truth.

We know the truth. Nothing will ever change that.

Never forget. Never stop telling the truth.

We shall overcome.