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It's not just Michelle who should be calling out Texas Senate Democrats

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Tomlinson: Texas redrawing political maps to rig 2026 elections Democracy thrives or dies on how we draw political districts, and the prognosis for Texas is not good.

Texas Republicans plan to rig elections with political maps. How Democrats are fighting back www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...

Prelim GOP redistricting maps to dilute minority voting rights. Hopefully, Dems can stop implementation thru legislative moves & court challenges

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Trump fossil-fuel push setting back green progress decades, critics warn US president using ‘invented’ national energy crisis to justify expansion of coal, oil and gas, experts say

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We cannot wait till 2028 to replace Donald Trump & a servile GOP. Environmental voters need to become more partisan & elect a democratic Congress in 2026

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Trump said "We’re sending out letters to various countries, telling them how much #tariffs they have to pay." Correction: It's American companies & consumers who'll have to pay

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‘A self-inflicted tragedy’: Congress approves reversal of US climate policy Once Trump signs the megabill, the country will no longer have a federal plan to address the climate crisis.

‘A self-inflicted tragedy’: Congress approves reversal of US climate policy | grist.org/politics/a-s...

Trumpian performance by GOP compounded by insufficient outrage on bluesky

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Republicans and Democrats on X differ over the site’s politics and their experiences Most X users say their recent experiences using the platform have been mostly positive or neutral.

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Yes, X does have algorithm bias towards right wing posts, but limiting posts to bluesky's echo chamber platform that has flattened out limits meaningful outreach

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Tomlinson: Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill would be bad news for Texas President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill would cut Texas jobs, stifle innovation and drive up debt.

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill would cut jobs, stifle innovation and be bad news for Texas www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...

Besides sharing on bluesky, Texans still on X absolutely need to read this article

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As GOP Tries to Pass Tax Bill, Senate Includes Billions in Benefits for Oil Industry - Inside Climate News Draft legislation released by the Senate Finance Committee includes $18 billion in new tax benefits for oil and gas companies and guts those for renewable energy and electric vehicles.

As GOP Tries to Pass Tax Bill, Senate Includes Billions in Benefits for Oil Industry insideclimatenews.org/news/2306202...

GOP always puts Trump & donors ahead of the people

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We're screwed unless more Climate Action advocates are elected to Congress & state legislatures in 2026

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Analysis ranks Texas worst in nation for health care access and affordability A new report finds Texas ranks second-to-last in the U.S. for health care access and affordability, with high uninsured rates and persistent disparities.

Texas ranks worst in nation for health care access and affordability www.houstonchronicle.com/health/artic...

A rank neither the #txlege, nor the Texas congressional delegation, should be proud of

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Developers Propose More Than 100 New Gas Power Plants in Texas - Inside Climate News New research reveals a massive planned expansion of gas-fired electrical generation to power artificial intelligence and other heavy industries.

Developers Propose More Than 100 New Gas Power Plants in Texas insideclimatenews.org/news/1106202...

Increase #RenewableEnergy generation to meet AI power demands will be cheaper & less polluting than 100 Gas plants

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Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training event The Base is emerging from shadows and ramping up its ranks as White House turns blind eye to the far right

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Concern is not just the open U.S. presence of a group like this, but the nonchalant attitude the Trump Administration has about it
The Real Enemy Within

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EPA’s new AI tool disagrees with Zeldin on climate change The generative model rolled out two weeks ago contradicts the administrator on the dangers of warming.

www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

EPA AI tool affirms #ClimateCrisis is not a #ClimateScam

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Now is the time for scientists to stand up against Trump’s repressive agenda | Daniel Malinsky The administration is attacking research, health and the environment. We might seem unlikely activists – but we have a duty to dissent

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@ucs.org needs to return to X to make the voice of scientists heard by those who need to hear it most

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For those who are still also posting on X, have you had issues accessing your accounts today?

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House Republicans Have Passed a Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Supposed Holdouts? - Inside Climate News The fate of the Inflation Reduction Act is in the hands of a few dozen elected officials who are weighing principles, partisan leanings and their districts’ economic interests.

House Republicans Have Passed a Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Supposed Holdouts? insideclimatenews.org/news/2205202...

Environmentalists need to end bipartisan efforts & seek retribution against the GOP

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Democrats Keep Dying In Office — And It Might Make Things Easier For Republicans The deaths of three Democrats in the House of Representatives give Republicans a slightly larger cushion on votes.

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I know it's hard to give up doing something you love, but dying with your boots on in govt has major consequences for the deceased party & supporters

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How aid cuts could make vulnerable communities even less resilient to climate change Global cuts in development aid budgets could undermine climate finance commitments.

How aid cuts could make vulnerable communities even less resilient to climate change theconversation.com/how-aid-cuts...

U.S. global climate & aid program cuts by Trump Administration are proving to be disastrous for millions

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Farewell to the banana as we know it - climate change threatens 80% of global exports If you have grown up near a farm, and gone to live near a city, you might have noticed a strange phenomenon: most Western individuals have reduced their

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Bananas are a favored fruit by most Americans so maybe the impact of #climatechage on their future production may convert some climate deniers into activists

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GOP Advances 'Nonprofit Killer' Provision in Budget Bill to 'Crush Dissent' | Common Dreams "This measure would undoubtedly be weaponized by a White House with a track record of attacks against any speech that displeases our authoritarian president," warned one critic.

GOP Advances 'Nonprofit Killer' Provision in Budget Bill to 'Crush Dissent' www.commondreams.org/news/nonprof...

#BigBeautifulBill also includes granting executive branch power to shut down non-profits by using combating terrorism as a reason

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Waste & fraud GOP #Medicaid cuts are a straw dog like #DOGE agency cuts to fund Trump's unaffordable tax cuts

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Proposed Cuts to Energy and Environment Programs in Trump’s Budget Worry Advocates and Elected Officials - Inside Climate News President Trump presented billions of dollars in cuts to programs that, among other things, would fund renewable energy research and cover heating costs for low-income Americans.

Proposed Cuts to Energy and Environment Programs in Trump’s Budget Worry Advocates and Elected Officials insideclimatenews.org/news/0505202...

Republicans need to have the courage to vote against cuts doing damage to their constituents

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May Day Strong: We are the Many · May Day Strong Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. **We are demanding a country that puts ou...

We have two Walker county 50501 protests happening today, Conroe 1pm-6pm by the courthouse (see last post)

And this one in Huntsville, 4pm - 7pm

Even just showing up for a few minutes in solidarity is helpful!

Be on the right side of history!!!

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Trump climate order cuts off Texas scientists, threatens Houston preparedness Texas scientists working on the sixth National Climate Assessment were released from their roles this week by the Trump administration.

Houston storm prep threatened after Trump pulls resources from major climate report www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Trump firing govt agency scientists threatens welfare of everyone in Houston region

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Amazon is not planning to break out tariff costs online as White House attacks potential move White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused Amazon of taking a “hostile and political act” — and further attacked the company by suggesting it had “partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm.”

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Amazon is not planning to break out tariff costs online as White House attacks potential move

Last thing Trump wanted was for cult to realize higher Amazon prices were due to tariffs

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US dismisses all authors of National Climate Assessment, email says WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration has dismissed all contributors to the U.S. government's signature study that informs federal and local governments on how to prepare for c...

US dismisses all authors of National Climate Assessment...

Dismissal of nearly 400 contributors to the sixth National Climate Assessment leaves the future of the report in doubt since the multi-year, peer-reviewed analysis is due for publication in 2028...

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Man Who Fell Asleep at Pope’s Funeral was Already Going to Hell, Says God Although snoozing during the pontiff’s funeral was “beyond rude,” the Almighty said that the man clinched his place in the netherworld “decades ago.”

Man Who Fell Asleep at Pope’s Funeral was Already Going to Hell, Says God www.borowitzreport.com/p/man-who-fe...

Give the 78 year old man a break. He's not use to long church services.

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Trump: Russia not taking over Ukraine is a concession President Trump said Thursday that Russia would be making a concession toward peace if it agrees not to take over Ukraine, as the U.S. president has struggled to negotiate even a limited ceasefire …

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Trump is an asshole
#StandWithUkraine

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U.S. Climate Non-Profits’ Tax Status Threatened by Trump The tax-exempt status of U.S. climate non-profits could soon be focus of a Donald Trump executive order.

Trump Plans Earth Day Assault on U.S. Climate Non-Profits’ Tax Status www.theenergymix.com/trump-plans-...

Trump's constitutional & financial crises dominate the news, but America must push back on his environmental attacks
#EarthDay2025

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Indivisible Bucks County and Yardley Indivisible hold up signs at a rally that read “SHAME GOP.”

We’re turning the massive energy from the Hands Off! protests towards one of our biggest fights yet: Stopping the GOP reconciliation plan that guts Medicaid, crushes SNAP, and shovels trillions of dollars to billionaires. To win, we need to be louder and more organized than ever before.