Cathy Cowan Becker

We were there! Better photos here:
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I will never understand why the Western media has not been raising hell about Israel killing hundreds of journalists over the last two years. Journalism is supposed to be a protected activity in wartime.

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

Judge discontinues commercial fishing in Pacific monument Environmentalists and Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners claim the Trump administration violated procedure by opening the monument up to commercial fishing without allowing for a comment period or...

This spring, Donald Trump opened up an important marine protected area to industrial-scale fishing.

A judge just blocked that move and for now the area is once again protected.

www.courthousenews.com/judge-discon... 🧪🦑🌎🐠

DEI pushback affects LGBTQ+ marketing: Here’s what the numbers say Inclusive ads impact the purchasing behavior of 77% of LGBTQ+ consumers, according to data from Disqo and Do the Werq.

🏳️‍🌈 Despite increased political attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, 62% of consumers support brands speaking up on social issues.

"LGBTQ+ audiences have an annual global buying power of $3.9 trillion annually"

Vote with your wallet.

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I actually worked the census in the Republican state of Ohio in 2020, where JD Vance is from. This did not happen.

Without getting into an AI Data Center debate, I want to note that the cheapest & most efficient ways to increase energy production are solar and wind. Anybody telling you those aren’t cost effective or efficient is an idiot. Corporations don’t care cause they can pass the costs to consumers instead

The administration that’s restoring monuments to the Confederacy is rewarding Russia for territory it “earned” by invading Ukraine.

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She's right, you know.

Private Prisons Cash In on Trump’s Mass Deportations GEO Group and CoreCivic are boasting of ‘unprecedented growth opportunities’ as they partner with ICE to surveil and imprison immigrants.

Private prison firms are profiting from the detention of immigrants. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social reports on the lucrative industry behind ICE detentions:
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Ohio U.S. Senators Husted and Moreno keep putting Trump and billionaires over working Ohio families • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Republican U.S. Sens. Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted both swore to uphold the U.S. Constitution before taking their seats, but their loyalty to the rule of law was quickly supplanted by unyielding…

Commentary: Ohio U.S. Senators Husted and Moreno keep putting Trump and billionaires over working Ohio families ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/05/o...

I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible

DHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents show Communities across the region still need to be reimbursed for about a hundred projects including debris removal, waste water treatment repairs, roads and bridges, damaged buildings and parks, as well ...

Congress has got to get FEMA away from Noem. The destruction she has single handedly caused within FEMA is difficult to wrap your mind around, tbh.

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Instagram post by Donald Trump Jr. showing a digitally altered image of Donald Trump standing on the White House roof, looking down at a basketball court below. On the court, several women’s basketball players are in action, wearing dark uniforms with yellow trim. The basketball hoop, scoreboard, and court markings are visible, with the scoreboard showing “07” and “00:47” remaining. The image is watermarked with “@GRANDOLDMEMES” and “X/Albert.” Caption reads: “Posted without further comment.” followed by laughing emojis.

These are the bastards telling you they care about women's sports.

Tom Hanks respectfully comments on the passing of astronaut Jim Lovell

Federal records contradict what FEMA leader told Congress about Texas flood response Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.

Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.

Pfizer Covid vaccine for young children may not be renewed by FDA Email obtained by Guardian says Pfizer was told approval may not be granted, meaning Moderna may have to fill gap

NEW: The FDA may yank Pfizer's under-5 Covid vaccine this fall. Pfizer has the only pediatric vaccines for all kids over six months, not just those with health conditions. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

'Factually incorrect': Vaccine experts criticize RFK Jr. decision to cut mRNA vaccine funding A long list of medical experts are saying Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to cut mRNA research will set back the country’s vaccine science by a decade.

My comments with @fox9mn.bsky.social @corinhoggard.bsky.social

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A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.

This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

Combating Domestic Violent Extremism Is No Longer a FEMA Priority Documents obtained by WIRED show FEMA plans to direct states and tribes to halt activities intended to combat domestic violent extremism so as to align with "current administration priorities."

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is planning to direct states and tribes to immediately stop certain activities intended to combat domestic violent extremism, according to a draft of an information bulletin obtained by WIRED.

no more educational material for your children. just poisonous right wing slop.

Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe Williams The figures simply don’t add up for higher education in England and Wales. Yet delusional politicians from all parties seem intent on avoiding the issue, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Education is a public good which should be funded out of general taxation. Anyone who wants to defend our universities needs to firmly and repeatedly insist on this point, and not concede an inch to the facile Thatcherite logic that got us into this mess.

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Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts - Inside Climate News PJM Interconnection has overseen two record-breaking capacity auctions, leading to costs that get passed on to consumers.

@pjminterconnection.bsky.social's electric prices -- serving Ohio-- are soaring. Data centers and long connection times are to blame. @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/46PhU1G

In Ohio, let's blame a backward-- or corrupt?-- energy policy favoring natural gas over renewables.

@kentksmith.bsky.social

Every day

This seems important.

ICYMI: Lina Khan wrote at @nytopinion.nytimes.com about our campaign's connection to small businesses and why we need to fight the concentrated economic power that too often suffocates them.

It's not just good for a thriving local economy — it's good politics too.

This is insane. Yet it's on the most watched "news" program in the United States.

A $200 million ballroom, and now this. He doesn’t ever plan on leaving.

It’s funny how the woo woo people said for years that big pharma was holding back a cancer cure because treatment was more profitable, and then they went and created those conditions through their own death-drive idiocy