I'm glad for those who can leave US authoritarianism for Canada. But I'm alarmed about the brain drain that has happened here because of fascism. US already has physician / healthcare worker shortages; workers moving elsewhere will make that worse. Care delayed because of shortages is care denied.

YouTube video by Mark Z. Jacobson All-Electric Homes Save Money and Improve Health

All-Electric Homes Save Money & Improve Health

There is no reason to have fossil gas in your home. Electricity can do everything gas can do but cheaper, cleaner & more efficiently. All gas does is burden us with high costs & bad health for the rest of our lives
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Bari Weiss Crosses Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Picket Line This week, Bari Weiss, the controversial new right-wing head of CBS News, crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to participate in a front-page puff piece that painted her as a scrappy “Pitts...

Bari Weiss crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to falsely portray herself as a scrappy "Pittsburgh Girl".

The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
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The SCOTUS administrative stay is a terrible thing for 42 million Americans who are uncertain if they'll have food in November.

But make sure to blame the *real* villain: Convicted Felon Donald Trump. It was his decision to appeal in the first place.

Trump could just fully fund the SNAP benefits.

PS I usually post about on health harms of fossil fuel bullshit but since affordability is the theme this week, I’ll repeat the price tag: the NESE pipeline will cost New Yorkers $2.2 billion+ and force ratepayers to pay > $200 million/year for the next 15 yrs
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The voices of SNAP Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.

New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.

I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:

TEXT: DONALD TRUMP’S WAR ON SNAP July 4: Republicans make largest cuts to SNAP in history October 24: Trump Administration deletes guidance that SNAP funds must continue during government shutdown. October 31: Judge rules that Trump must follow the law and deliver SNAP. November 1: SNAP payments don’t go out. November 3: Trump Administration says it will only provide HALF of SNAP benefits in November. November 4: Donald Trump posts on Truth Social that SNAP benefits still won’t go out, ignoring the court order and leaving millions without support to afford groceries. November 6: A federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to pay full SNAP benefits. Trump Administration immediately appeals.

Donald Trump’s war on SNAP.

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

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Earlier today, several North Portland schools were on lockdown as a result of immigration enforcement activities in the area.

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/11/portland-schools-go-on-lockdown-due-to-immigration-enforcement-activity.html 

Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
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Total and per capita GHG emissions of the six largest GHG emitters

Lets give credit where credit is due to @ec.europa.eu and the work of the @eea.europa.eu

The EU were the only ones to decrease emissions AND per capita emissions in 2024

Emissions decrease - 2.1%
Per capita emissions decrease - 2.2%

This must be applauded! 👏🏻

Data: www.unep.org/resources/em...

My gut says that there’s a real chance the groyper right wins their internet war with the last remnants of the old-school GOP and completely seizes the comm apparatuses, and there’s a decent chance that takes them out electorally because that stuff does NOT play well with the general public.

According to new NBC and ABC/Ipsos polls, Trump's approval ratings — especially on the economy and cost of living — are now in the negative double digits.

Remember: Trump is a failing president.

He is not all powerful.

Can understand the human impulse of wanting such a powerful man to drop the imperious demeanor and exhibit a modicum of humanity. But, seriously, look at his record - not sure why anyone would expect anything other than stone cold arrogance from Kavanaugh. Read Christine Blasey Ford's memoir.

White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed Her to the Next One. Cecelia Lewis was asked to apply for a Georgia school district’s first-ever administrator job devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion. A group of parents — coached by local and national anti-CRT gr...

An anti-CRT movement targeted an accomplished educator — driving her out of two Georgia school districts.

The mission began inside a golf community clubhouse on a Sunday afternoon, where parents were coached on how to land a Fox News appearance.

(Published June 2022)
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The fact a *single* Amazon full-time employee requires SNAP benefits should be a crime. The fact Amazon is the largest employer of SNAP recipients is a disgrace. Jeff Bezos shouldnt be that rich; he should be in jail.

The utter absurdity!

Trump on 60 Minutes CBS's big fat bribe and a big fat bullshit interview

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When I worked in public service, the first day of the month was always a low attendance day ... because clients were at the grocery store. Non-poor need to understand that poor people run out of money for food before the end of the month ... they are truly hungry and need their benefits on the 1st.

Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.

Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Cuomo Makes 11th-Hour Pass At Female New Yorkers

Cuomo Makes 11th-Hour Pass At Female New Yorkers

It's Time to Refuse Fascism. Join The November 5th Protest in Washington, D.C.

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Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street. People yelled as vehicles honked their horn — a sign now used to alert neighbors that immigration federal agents are in the area — and witnesses said federal agents had arrested several landscaper workers presumed to be in the country without authorization. As Figuero tried to drive through the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street on Friday, Oct. 10, an unmarked vehicle driven by federal agents collided with Figueroa’s as it tried to speed away from a hostile crowd, multiple videos reviewed by the Tribune show. Seconds after the crash, agents abruptly stopped their vehicle and exited with weapons in hand pointing at Figueroa, a U.S citizen. Agents then forcibly opened her door and pulled her out of the vehicle by her legs without identifying themselves, presenting a warrant or informing her that she was under arrest. As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away. Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view.

In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.

See: Jennifer Freyd's concept of DARVO - deny, attack, and reverse victim and offender.

Hate takes many forms, but so does resistance.

As long as ICE keeps targeting our communities, we’ll keep showing up for one another, building the kind of solidarity and compassion that no system of cruelty can break.

Sounds good to me

Tonight was the first time in a long time that I did not watch 60 minutes. I won’t be watching CBS anymore. Sad.

JUST IN: Judge Immergut renews her block on President Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland, saying her three-day trial showed there was no credible evidence justify Trump/Hegseth’s incursion on Oregon’s sovereignty. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.

Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.