Terri Roberts

A powerful ocean scene shows waves crashing against a row of buildings under a dark, stormy sky. Overlaid in bold white text: “How much would you pay to protect your coast?”

A square graphic with an aerial view of swirling ocean currents in teal and blue. Bold white text reads: “Only $21/year from the average taxpayer helps fund NOAA.”

A square infographic with a dark stormy ocean background. The white header text reads: “Your $21 funds these essential services.” Below are six dark blue boxes, each with a white icon and label: 1. Coastal Mapping – Detailed charts of shorelines, navigation hazards, and more 2. Weather Monitoring – Vital data for tracking storms, extreme heat, and drought 3. Marine Resource Management – Conservation of ocean life and sustainable fisheries 4. Coastal Resilience – Infrastructure that withstands storms and rising seas 5. Storm Research – Studies of severe weather patterns and impacts The graphic uses clean lines, oceanic tones, and emphasizes the small taxpayer cost for these vital environmental services.

Last one for Tax Day – NOAA 🌊

The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $21/year to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

💡 NOAA turns science into safety — for coasts, communities, & the climate. It helps safeguard lives, property, and ecosystems from rising seas and extreme weather.

Arson suspect in 'domestic terrorism' case said he would have attacked PA governor with hammer: DA An overnight fire at the governor's residence in Pennsylvania is being investigated as arson, the Pennsylvania State Police said Sunday.

"Investigators have not ruled out Shapiro's Jewish faith as a possible motivating factor, sources told ABC News." Uh, yeah.... Jewish Dem governor whose residence was attacked by an arsonist on Passover? Probably worth lookin into whether this was a hate crime. abc13.com/post/josh-sh...

‘Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont

"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action.

"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."

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Donold sends people with soccer tattoos to El Salvador and lets people with swastika tattoos go free.

An estimated 15,000 people are at the Fighting Oligarchy rally with AOC and Bernie Sanders in Los Angeles today.

Amazing!

Imagine being a small business with debt, that you used to import products you had manufactured in china. In the time it took to make the products, tariffs were added, that more than doubled your cost. They are crushed

Are there any states offering support for their businesses ?

Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2

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I would love everyone to take a look at this post. I'm extremely worried about my LGBTQ friends and family.

As we transition into a very uncertain time for America, I want every woman, every trans person, gay person, and person of color to know this:

I will always be on your side, and if I can do something to help, I absolutely will. So will millions of others.

We'll get through this together
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Two colossal stars send out waves of dust in an amazing JWST image WR 140 is a terrifying star system, but it sure is beautiful. Also, announcing a new rate for the newsletter.

Hoo boy, I bet you could use a distraction today!

So how about an intense JWST image of a pair of colossal stars whizzing past each other and blasting out wave after wave of dusty shells, expanding away at a soul-freezing NINE MILLION KPH?!

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This man and a small group of capitol police officers singlehandedly saved our democracy four years ago.

In November, 77 million Americans said "to hell with them" and voted for the insurrectionists.

Your "Back the Blue" flags are a pathetic disgrace and your patriotism is bullsh*t.

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Donald Trump can’t change history, we know what we saw on this day four years ago. It was domestic terrorism and treason, plain and simple. No number of pardons or lies will change that.

NEW: They’re already trying to cut social security. Dems in the senate saved it.

Posting this again. There are special elections in Virginia right now that need your help. Starting in February there are local and statewide elections in at least 31 states including Supreme Court justices in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Virginia and New Jersey have statewides. Let's go!

GOP lawmakers urge Trump to replace all US attorneys | Semafor The move would ensure Biden-era prosecutors don’t automatically rise in the ranks to fill the slots of outgoing US attorneys while new ones are considered.

Trump is going to use the Department of Justice and FBI to go after his political opponents. That should be the headline and framing of all of these stories. www.semafor.com/article/12/2...

This shift is in part because newer oligarchs like Musk and Thiel don't see the need for secrecy.

They grew up in apartheid - open and blatant minority rule.

Musk is not just cosplaying a populist to inflate his ego, it's a manipulative technique he is very familiar with.

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The traditional oligarchs operated in the shadows because they were always fearful of public backlash.

Emboldened by Citizens United, they quietly amassed their political power through PACs and lobbyists.

Now it's more out in the open.

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People who've never been dependent on a paycheck should not get to decide how long you can go without yours.

President Musk is literally the wealthiest individual on our planet.

If there is a government shutdown, he has the necessary resources to pay every government employees’ salary with ease.

He initiated this mess, so he’s responsible for the outcome, too.

“Back pay” doesn’t buy diapers or groceries. Or gas for your car. Or cover childcare. It doesn’t pay rent.

So any of you out here with your “the shutdown is covered by back pay so this isn’t at all a big deal, it’s just political posturing that doesn’t matter” hot takes can stop - right now.

GOP Tax Cuts Are Driving US Debt Ratio Higher: Analysis Although they are struggling to come up with a budget proposal of their own, Republicans are unified behind the idea that the federal deficit is the product of excess spending and therefore a problem ...

Republican tax cuts are the driving force behind the country’s worsening fiscal outlook, If not for the Bush tax cuts & their extensions. These tax cuts have added $10 tn. to the debt since their enactment & are responsible for 57% of the increase in the debt ratio

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RFK Jr supports ending vaccine requirements for attending public schools.

Tulsi Gabbard has regularly defended murderous dictators like Bashar al-Assad.

Pete Hegseth has promoted baseless theories about January 6th and joked that “women shouldn’t have the right to vote.”

Welcome to the idiocracy!

Evidently the GOP really doesn’t have a problem with foreigners taking over the country.

My husband @robertcooper and I just arrived at the White House for the holiday reception. 🎄 I’ll post a bunch of pics for you while we’re here! 💙

Why do so many Fox co-workers say Pete Hegseth had a problem with drinking on the job? I can’t imagine.

🚨We’re seeing Trump’s alarming plans for our military come to life—a push to sideline experienced Generals, reward loyalty over expertise, and potentially use our military to enforce his will.

This is serious. Watch this video to understand what’s happening and share widely to keep others informed.