Derrick Weston

WCK’s Relief Team is working with local partners in Southeast Oregon to provide meals and water to communities affected by historic floods. A combination of heavy rains and rapid snowmelt led to flooding that blocked off roads, damaged homes, and displaced families.

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen Just landed in El Salvador to discuss release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.

I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.

Glad I got to vote for him!

Most Appalachians don’t want mining to come back, because we’ve watched it destroy our families and our ecosystems for centuries at this point.

We want safe jobs that pay a living wage in industries that don’t exploit our home for profit then leave without fixing the problems they created.

Airborne microplastics enter plant leaves and end up in our food Evidence for a previously overlooked route for microplastics to enter crops and reach plant tissues has implications for ecology and human health.

Yet another way for microplastics to get into the food chain – by getting into leaves via the air.

When the fossil fuel industry says "we'll always extract oil because we'll always need plastics," remember that that's not without consequences either. 🧪 🌎

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www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

I was just complaining the other day that Bluesky needed more garden pictures and you went and blessed my timeline!

It was over a million actually

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WOW — Heather Cox Richardson and Jasmine Crockett together?!🔥

Trump started implementing Project 2025 on his first day back in office. I can't imagine two more informed and empowering women to show us how to fight it. I just signed up — join me!

Trump executive order calls out Vermont for its climate policies In an executive order signed Tuesday, President Trump took aim at Vermont and other state climate laws he says are impeding his federal agenda to promote domestic fossil fuel production.

In an executive order issued Tuesday, President Trump took direct aim at state laws that support environmental justice, greenhouse gas emissions or that disincentivize carbon pollution.

(via @vermontpublic.org)

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.

We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.

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.

The Vertical Forest in Milan, Italy, is a unique skyscraper featuring 800 trees and 11,000 plants. It absorbs tons of CO₂ annually, produces oxygen, and provides a habitat for hundreds of birds — a green solution for the cities of the future!

That is absolutely terrifying

I know the world is burning and all, but “Daredevil: Born Again” is so freaking good and helps me forget about said burning for an hour each week. America may not be having a Golden age, but TV’s continues.

Where Was Youngstown’s Representative? Tim Walz Took Questions Instead As Youngstown’s representative stayed silent, Tim Walz offered a model for reconnecting with working-class voters.

Ohio's own Rep. Michael Rulli was invited to attend a public town hall in his district. He declined, calling it a "pathetic event."

So Tim Walz showed up instead - and answered questions Rulli wouldn't.

Read the full story below, and follow for more Ohio updates.

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Yesterday, Trump had a press conference in the Oval Office. He said,

"You know, our country was the strongest, believe it or not, from 1870 to 1913. You know why? It was all tariff-based. We had no income tax...

part of the political issue is that popular understanding of mid century america is filtered through nostalgia-drenched popular culture, often through stories told from the perspective of a child or, if not a child, an affluent adult

NYT headline: Man's 7 'Emotional Support' Tigers Seized in Nevada The local authorities arrested Karl Mitchell, who claimed he had been authorized by a doctor to keep the tigers.

One emotional support tiger seems like plenty, but I guess times are tough and I could see the need for two or three.

National Park Service rewrites Underground Railroad history amid DEI purge It follows a massive purge of articles about soldiers of color.

I got more and more angry with every paragraph — The National Park Service is retelling the Underground Railroad story as an episode of "Black/White cooperation," and has removed a photo of abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

Book #2 reaching the home stretch. #FoodForAll

A lot of us rely on your voice and the info you provide. You’re not alone.

Trump to sign executive orders to boost coal industry, sources say U.S. President Donald Trump will sign executive orders on Tuesday aimed at boosting the nation's coal industry, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Trump boosts coal production in another attempt that will set back efforts to mitigate life threatening climate change.

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

I do think it's worth marking and remembering that these people were willing to tolerate everything we've experienced since January and more provided it didn't disrupt the economy.

Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly

Did climate change supercharge the 'once-in-a-lifetime' storm pummeling the central US? A relentless storm is unleashing floods and tornadoes. Here's how a warmer atmosphere and a simmering Gulf of Mexico may be making it worse.

The answer to this question is always YES.

Every extreme event today occurs over a background of changed conditions that dynamically affect temperature, rainfall, and more.

The real question is, “by how much did climate change make this event worse”? That’s the info attribution science provides.

Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white.

by Stephen Miller

I think we’ve already passed the part where Jar Jar gave Palpatine emergency powers, so…

Can’t argue with this post by the President, can we proceed forth-with please?