Megan Holbrook

Exclusive | Democratic Senator Says He Will Block Trump Nominees Until USAID Is Back The move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process.

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Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.

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Donald Trump’s new State Department appointee.

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In a first, scientists find microplastics are building up deep in our brains A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into our brains, and that their numbers are rising.

We are so fucked...
wapo.st/4jE4r0p 😱

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Can I just say that Melania looks a lot more enthusiastic about kissing Trudeau than I've seen her look in a while...

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Raising our voices November 30, 2024

Musk’s recent post calling Alexander Vindman a “traitor” and saying he will “pay the price” should be the line that causes the remaining people of goodwill on Twitter to leave. See my commentary on Substack: roberthubbell.substack.com/p/raising-ou...

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Don't love the restriction on the length of the post. Any workarounds?

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Plankton are the backbone of the ocean — and may struggle with what’s coming A pair of papers in the journal Nature shows how plankton are struggling to survive in warming seas.

"Just a 10% drop in plankton could cause a domino effect leading to declines in populations in fish and other larger sea creatures down the food chain... “It’d just be brutal,” she said. “It sounds little, 10 percent. But it is a vast change.”"
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Really, when you think about it, the perfect Attorney General for Donald Trump.

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