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Remember when we all used to clap every night to thank doctors, nurses, scientists, and public health workers for saving lives?

Thanks to disinformation, people in these professions are now frequently threatened and attacked. There is no way society can keep functioning like this.

ICE arrests Guatemalan workers heading to harvest berries near Woodburn, advocate group says The four arrests mark the first publicly known detainment of fieldworkers by ICE agents in Oregon since President Donald Trump took office for his second term.

The four arrests mark the first publicly known detainment of fieldworkers by ICE agents in Oregon since President Donald Trump took office for his second term.

How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.

Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.

Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”

By @robwdavis.bsky.social

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency. Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards,…

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, voted for cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but he’s also routed more than 800 of his constituents’ complaints to the agency — the most of any current lawmaker from either party, ProPublica found.

By @joeljacobs.bsky.social

The fire's forward progress has been stopped and is now in the mop up stage.

Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby

New fire reported east of Lacomb, OR. It was reported as an acre fire with structure possibly threatened.

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Blame John Roberts for enabling Trump’s massive power grab in Texas The Supreme Court's conservative majority laid the groundwork for extreme partisan gerrymandering.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority laid the groundwork for extreme partisan gerrymandering.

They act as if there is something they are desperate to hide. If it looks and quacks like a duck. Well, you get the saying. If there is nothing worth hiding, they wouldn't be going to the lengths they are to keep these files from going public.

Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and...

Trump’s chilling effect on Big Law firms taking on pro bono work has “been a nightmare,” said the president of a small nonprofit that investigates civil rights violations.

“People don’t want to stand up, and because of that, people are suffering.”

By @mtredden.bsky.social

Scorching Premiums: Climate Costs Hit Insurance Markets What should home buyers do to evaluate climate risks and insurance availability during their search? And how can governments help insurers weather the increasing frequency of climate-induced disasters so they can continue to underwrite our homes? Subscribe to Climate One on Patreon for access to

While politicians debate climate change, the insurance industry isn’t waiting. In Florida & California, the homeowner's insurance is already in crisis, and things are only going to get worse. Can it be fixed?

🎧 Learn more in @climateone.org’s latest podcast:

Map of the United States showing the Climate Shift Index (CSI) for minimum temperatures on August 9, 2025. The CSI indicates how much more likely a specific temperature is due to climate change, on a scale from -5 (less likely) to +5 (exceptionally more likely). Large areas from the Desert Southwest through the southern Plains, Midwest, and up to the Great Lakes show dark red (CSI 5), indicating exceptionally strong climate change influence on overnight warmth. Lighter red, orange, and yellow shades indicate decreasing influence moving outward. A legend in the top-right corner explains the scale.

Map of the U.S. displaying observed or forecast minimum temperatures at 401 stations for August 9, 2025, ranked historically. Colored squares represent ranking categories: red (warmest on record), orange (2nd–5th warmest), blue (10th–6th coolest), and dark blue (coolest). High overnight temperatures dominate the central U.S., especially in Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri, with several locations ranked among their top 5 warmest minimums. In contrast, the eastern U.S., including parts of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, shows many stations with historically cool mornings, ranked in the bottom 5.

From the Desert Southwest to the Great Lakes, many woke up to one of the warmest August 9ths on record.

🔴 Exceptional overnight warmth was made 2 to 5x MORE likely by climate change.

🔵 Meanwhile, cooler starts for some—a treat expected to become RARER with future warming.

People and Planet Over Short Term Profits! F*ck this!

Tell Congress: Don't Bargain Away Our Rights The Trump administration is trying to commandeer the annual budget process to wreak havoc on our civil rights and liberties. Tell Congress: Our fundamental rights are NOT bargaining chips.

The Trump administration is pressuring Congress to sneak harmful policies to be passed with the annual budget.

Tell Congress: Our fundamental rights are not bargaining chips.

Climate change brings more rapidly intensifying hurricanes; NOAA cuts makes forecasting them harder » Yale Climate Connections Hurricanes that intensify rapidly just before landfall are more deadly and destructive.

"If we keep cutting NOAA, there is an increasing risk of an Otis-like scenario, with a Cat 5 hurricane roaring ashore in a heavily populated area with inadequate warning. With global warming steadily increasing the odds of rapid intensification, we’d better stay ahead of this dangerous curve."

She Ate a Poppy Seed Salad Just Before Giving Birth. Then They Took Her Baby Away. - Reveal Hospitals use drug tests that return false positives from poppy seed bagels, decongestants, and Zantac. Yet newborns are being taken from parents based on the results.

Drug testing before birth is routine. But so are false positives. To keep their babies, new parents are struggling to prove they’re safe.

Hear from these families on this week’s Reveal investigation with @themarshallproject.org

Texas just opened Pandora’s box, and voters everywhere could pay the price - The Boston Globe Tit-for-tat redistricting escalation is exactly what our democratic system cannot afford.

Texas legislators are openly using a special session to redraw voting maps in their favor at the expense of voters of color, instead of getting disaster relief to flood victims.

This race to the bottom erodes our democracy, regardless of which party benefits.

Location info for local cooling centers:
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You can also call the 211 number or text your zip code to 898211 (TXT211) for cooling center locations. However, these services are limited to weekdays from 8 AM to 6 PM for phone services and 9 AM to 5 PM for text services.

Heat alerts are in effect for the Willamette Valley, coast range valleys, and foothills Sunday afternoon through Monday night for hot afternoons and warm nights. Highs 93 to 105 are expected along with lows 60 to 70, making for a dangerous situation, especially for those lacking cooling resources.

“It’s abhorrent”: A whistleblower contractor speaks out as Gaza's famine spreads Retired US Army officer Anthony Aguilar recounts violence and chaos at food sites run by the American group Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in this special France 24–Mother Jones report.

“It’s Abhorrent”: A whistleblower contractor speaks out as Gaza’s famine spreads

“Palestinians are getting hurt,” Retired US Army officer Anthony Aguilar says, recounting episodes in which he claims his fellow personnel were “utilizing nonlethal munitions and lethal munitions in unauthorized ways.”

Life is a precious thing. These are people lives that are being impacted or cut by extremely cruel means. There is no justification. Why does Netanyahu control the fate of the Palestinian people? Why is the world order so broken? The genocide needs to end NOW!

Netanyahu and his government must be properly held accountable for this crime against humanity. All who funded and armed the Israeli govt. effort to bomb and starve the Palestinian people, including the United States, should face proper penalties as well. This is a purposefully man-made crisis.

A Nagasaki Survivor And Physician Recounts His Life's Work Dr. Masao Tomonaga was 2 years old when the US bombed Nagasaki. Eighty years later, he reflects on a lifetime of treating other survivors.

“When I became a doctor, I decided to enter hematology to study and treat leukemia patients,” says Dr. Masao Tomonaga, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki bombing. “This continued over my entire life, because the diseases which developed from atomic bomb survivors continue even now.”

He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared. Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.

Calling from a Texas detention center, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas told his wife to hit record:

“They detained me simply because of my tattoos. I am not a criminal.”

“Just in case something happens to me, so you can be aware.”

A month later, he was gone.

Should be a hard NO if people care about our natural resources and wildlife. Stop exploiting the environment for short term profits. Preserve and protect our natural areas.

Misinformation kills in so many ways 💔

Oregonians have only a month to max out EV incentives The state will temporarily suspend standard EV rebates on Sept. 9, and federal tax credits end Sept. 30.

Oregon is set to suspend one of its popular electric vehicle rebates next month due to lack of funds, weeks before federal EV incentives also expire.

Tonight, please spare a thought to all our scientists and public health workers who have dedicated their careers to saving millions of lives.

Despite their amazing work they are constantly threatened due to politicization and the unfettered spread of misinformation.

It should not be like this 💔

mRNA vaccines can be modified and produced cheaply and quickly. This doesn't only help us respond to pandemics better, it enables researchers to rapidly test different treatment strategies for many diseases such as cancer. Cutting mRNA funding slows all of health research and makes us all sicker.

As California burns, new research shows smoke is wildfire’s silent killer The official death count from the Palisades and Eaton fires was 30 — the real number may be 15 times higher.

As California burns, new research shows smoke is wildfire’s silent killer.

The official death count from the Palisades and Eaton fires was 30 — the real number may be 15 times higher.

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#CA #California #Wildfire #Fires #Smoke #Climate #LA #LosAngeles

Combat Antisemitism, Not Free Speech Congress is pushing a bill that threatens free expression and academic freedom under the guise of combating antisemitism. Tell Congress: defend free speech and academic freedom by voting NO on the Antisemitism Awareness Act.

Congress is pushing a bill that threatens free expression and academic freedom under the guise of combating antisemitism.

Tell your members of Congress to defend free speech by voting No.