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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

My before midnight donation is to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. Tomorrow is Haiti’s birthday, and they are still struggling to fulfill the dreams of the Black Jacobins. Consider joining me in making a donation, no matter how small.

haitiemergencyrelief.org/support-our-...

For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…

Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.

And America shrugged and moved on.

Disasterology: September 2025 This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined).

1. Concentration camps are bad. 2. Emergency Managers shouldn't be involved in building and operating concentration camps. 3. Emergency management agencies should not be used for political stunts. 4. Don't follow orders from white nationalists.

disasterology.substack.com/p/disasterol...

Recovery efforts continue in Beltrami County In the aftermath of last month’s destructive storm, Beltrami County’s landfill space has been operating at capacity.

The National Weather Service has confirmed the severe storm that struck Beltrami County in late June was a so-called microburst. According to a summary survey conducted by the agency, the "microburst" created a 10-mile swath of destructive straight-line winds reaching speeds as high as 120 mph.

This is useful to read if you want a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between funding cuts and the flooding in Texas.

I know a lot of people just don't really know much about foreign cities, but please imagine how it would go if someone told all of NYC to evacuate "immediately," and then add two million more people to that scenario

120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

As a fire scientist, my first reaction to these maps is that these places are gonna burn.

Any time you open up public lands to private or communal ownership that does not center fire stewardship of the land, ignitions and fire events increase dramatically.

www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

Just a reminder that we STILL don't know if NOAA's National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program has funding for FY25... the grant year starting in September. This grant funds EVERY state- and territory-level tsunami program in the nation.

I’ve activated the State Emergency Operations Center.

Local law enforcement in Champlin and Brooklyn Park have the full resources of the State of Minnesota behind them.

We are monitoring the situation closely and will share more information soon.

I just keep thinking about how bad it’s going to be. And how unprepared everyone is for how bad it’s going to be.

FEMA out of DHS and DHS into the sun.

arriving home to thick smoke is a stark reminder of what summers have become in northern minnesota

in a Lyft to the airport and just heard a DHS ad telling immigrants to leave now. absolutely disgusting and dystopian.

I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.

Things are moving quickly, but it looks like these Sen's especially need calls from *constituents* to vote NO on cloture:

Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)

Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.

thank you for standing up for Minnesotans, Senator!

Illegal dumping grounds off the New Jersey turnpike across from Manhattan in the 1970s

Smog rolling on over Manhattan in the 1970s

This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.

Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now

Meanwhile...

A screenshot of an email notifying Spotsylvania parents that funding for a program for youth with disabilities has been canceled

the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs

🚨BREAKING: Federal court BLOCKS Trump plant to place 2200 USAID employees on administrative leave and orders 500 USAID employees to be reinstated while this case continues. A big victory for @democracyforward.bsky.social!

Follow @democracydocket.com for full details.
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In the last three weeks our national risk of just about everything has been vaulted into the stratosphere. Every mitigative force, every protective measure is being dismantled.

Plane crashes?

Y’all haven’t seen nothing yet.

DOJ notice that says "please be advised internet usage is monitored and logged"

tried to go to a random NCJRS page and....

This will only put those who are the most affected by disasters at more risk. Access and functional needs include people who don’t have cars, don’t speak English, disabled people, and so many others.

FEMA Pulls Disability Material from Ready.gov States, Local Governments, Territories, and Tribal Entities left with a single PDF ‘brochure’ online.

#Shameful: #Trump Admin has removed #Disaster and #Emergency #preparedness materials for #PeopleWithDisabilities or #AccessAndFunctionalNeeds from its site, #Ready.gov.

This is NOT OK! Speak out. Let your Sens & Rep hear from you on this. #PWD #AFN #EM #GreySky

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Turning a service academy into a white supremacist fortress seems like a notable thing.

First Migrant Flights To Guantanamo Bay Begin The Trump Administration is preparing to house more than 30,000 migrants at the Guantanamo Bay facility

The White House has officially confirmed that the first flights containing migrants to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have begun.