Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)

US civic health rating downgraded after year of ‘restrictive‘ Trump actions Civicus, a non-profit that monitors global civic freedoms, moved the US from the ‘narrowed’ to ‘obstructed’ category

“The backsliding on rule of law and fundamental freedoms in the United States is truly alarming."

EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit.

The Trump Administration continues its attacks on science here by removing all reference to the science of climate change from the EPA websites.

Next is likely a full rush at the endangerment finding.

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

The Supreme Court Is About to Give Trump His Crony State During oral arguments, the conservative justices made clear that they intend to allow Trump to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter—and reorder the separation of powers.

The authoritarian takover of the state bureaucracy might not *sound* like a big deal. But SCOTUS giving Trump the ability to fire the federal government is a God-King power, and represents a failure of the American Revolution.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Looks like...this brand of Right-Wing populism is not unique to any one country it seems.

What has become of the Environmental State 👇

Yasss (esp if they are on their phone the whole time)!!

Isn’t that Jesus?

Sometimes it sux to be right 👇

did you actually PAY FOR THAT??

My new piece in @rollingstone.com : “Our democracy is made up of reciprocal ties between and among all of us, and AmeriCorps strengthens these ties. We will all feel the loss of AmeriCorps...and our democracy will pay the price.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.

You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.

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Dec 8 Progress Report: 1 R&R down and 2 more to go before break (along with all the end of the semester/end of the year stuff) 💪💪

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#organize #mobilize and show up for one another!

The problem is that many people in the US public and the media let them get away with it. And that needs to stop!

It’s on steroids in the current moment, but yes.

Viva la #Resistance 💪🇺🇸👇

Ignorance is a political tactic—it always has been, but is now a full on strategy for the Republican Party. They 👏 know 👏

Yes 👇

If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.

“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”

MUST READ: "The real story isn't about the ads you see but the power you don't. It's about the candidates who never run, the policies that never get debated, and the slow, systemic drift of our democracy away from the will of the majority." 💯

This country is on the cusp of a revolution and everyone is totally missing it.

Graphic is from Climate [dot] gov and that amazing graphics team
Now starting up @climate.us

The Arctic flood gates are opening up, as a strong & warm (relatively) block grows over Greenland. That warmth will shove the frigid Polar Vortex south, with multiple cold plunges in the batters box for the next 10-15 days in the Midwest, Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

Also see @weatherprof.bsky.social for recent explainers!

An unusual phenomenon is likely to cause a frigid December in the U.S. A sudden stratospheric warming could soon disturb the polar vortex, causing frigid air to spill from the North Pole to North America.

Here's an article from the Washington Post fyi: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

Great visualization about how warming in the Arctic (like we're having right now) is leading to colder winters with more snowfall 👇

I blocked it…sorry!

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Umm I think I just got a sex toy ad from Bloomingdales. I can’t tell if I’m being punked or…???