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An unexpected green roof benefit: purging urban rainfall of practically all microplastics In a laboratory-scale study, green roof mockups kept 97.5 percent of microplastic particles out of runoff

In a laboratory-scale study, green roofs captured 97.5% of microplastic particles in soil keeping them out of runoff, in addition to substantial heating and cooling benefits.

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“He’s not there.”

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com features yet another stunning example of Trump’s mental decline

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#WeThePeople

Hell YES! Y’all are flooding the Capitol Switchboard so hard it’s overwhelmed—this is people power in action! 💥

Here’s what to do next: Call your reps’ district offices instead. It’s easy—just Google their name + “district office number.”

Pass it on. Keep that pressure blazing.
#VoteHellNo

Jackson warns of ‘existential threat to law’ posed by court's nationwide injunctions ruling The Biden appointee said the Trump administration “wants to continue doing something that a court has determined violates the Constitution.”

Jackson warns of ‘existential threat to law’ posed by court's nationwide injunctions ruling
The Biden appointee said the Trump administration “wants to continue doing something that a court has determined violates the Constitution.”
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White House floats new funding trick — and GOP lawmakers grimace The Republicans in charge of funding the government don't like what they're hearing from President Donald Trump's budget chief.

Russ Vought, the unelected mastermind behind Project 2025, wants to cancel funding Congress already approved using shady budget tricks. His goal is simple: erase coequal branches and give Trump total control. Every member of Congress should be alarmed.
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Attention: @schumer.senate.gov @democrats.senate.gov ‼️

We shouldn't be surprised that two men who were such cowards that they refused to serve their countries are now destroying this country and denying honorable veterans the rights they Earned! Traitor tRump and Evil Elon need to go! #ProudBlueVets

Support Josh Weil in the Special Election! Show your support with a contribution.

Florida: I’m not a politician. I’m a single dad and a public school teacher. My life has been about supporting my community, not winning elections to feed my ego. But now I have to win an election in order to serve my community. Can you help me?

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So, what happens if the Department of Education is dismantled? X Less funding and support for your schools, teachers and students. X Discrimination against students based on gender, race and disability will go unchecked X Hundreds of thousands of teachers will lose their jobs X Specialized services and programs for students with disabilities will be rolled back X Federal student aid to pay for college will be cut X Federal data to track gaps in access to education will no longer exist

What kind of country do we want for our kids?

One where every child gets a quality education, or one where the wealthy hoard tax breaks while schools crumble, teachers leave, and kids lose vital support?

The rich don’t need more—our children do.

Don’t Defund Public Schools

Evil SOBs

My rural county will lose millions if Trump School Defunding goes through.

Rural, suburban, and urban communities will all suffer if Trump guts federal education funding.

Time to stand and fight for all of our kids' future!

Dont Defund Public Schools

Trump to auction off citizenship via his ‘gold cards’ for $5m ‘Wealthy people will be coming into our country by buying this card,’ Trump predicted

GLOBAL GRIFT: Serial bankrupting felon Trump to auction off citizenship via his shlocky ‘gold cards’ for $5m to foreigners who create jobs. Schemers, scammers & scumbags around the world celebrate this latest laughable idea.
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Lee Zeldin was on Fox today talking about clawing back money lawfully appropriated to organizations by legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act simply bc Trump doesn't like it. This is an especially egregious example of how Trumpers have redefined "fraud" to just mean "spending I disagree with."

Hey Vets and current Service Members: You cool w this?
Please make your voices heard in Congress's Halls,

their offices, elsewhere. Join @VoteVets

#StopMusksSteal
#DemVoice1
#DemsUnited

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Why Haven’t House Democrats Moved to Impeach Scott Bessent? There’s mounting evidence that Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary is not telling the truth about DOGE’s infiltration of the federal payments system.

Bessent has enabled Musk and his DOGE minions to interfere with Treasury infrastructure that’s needed to distribute roughly $6 trillion in public funds each year, including Social Security and Medicare benefits, tax refunds, payments to government workers and more!

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Just going to leave this here should it become useful to anyone…

Maddow: I think it is a bad mistake to let Joy Reid walk out the door. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. I do not defend it.

I am heartbroken.

This goes for anyone. No one will judge you for growing and changing your stance, however history will judge you for remaining complicit.

Democratic State Committeewoman Maria Corina Vegas: “Shame on every Republican official who’s complicit, especially in Florida—You’re turning your backs on a community that trusted you, that fled tyranny in search of freedom. You will be remembered for this betrayal.”

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Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

If you were in a science related field and were fired by Trump, Congress wants to hear from you.

democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

Infuriating!

Map of North America shows names and territories of First Nations peoples.

As long as we're renaming maps, let's go all the way back.

anti-Trump protest Monday, Feb 17, 12 noon at every state capitol bldg in every state.

Ran into a Black woman the other day, and we both looked at each other and then she proceeded to say my exact thoughts out loud:

"Why is everybody shocked? They told us they'd do this."

ATTENTION VOTERS: Important Upcoming Elections.
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The Trump Administration has fired the top government ethics official.

The independent agency is responsible for preventing ethics violations and conflicts of interest in the Executive Branch.

You can’t make this stuff up.