Michelle Regalado Deatrick

More than one thing can be true, and generally is in the case of an election. This election was lost pretty narrowly. We did in fact fail to make our case about climate and it is a key turnout issue for a significant number of low- propensity voters.

I don't think the results last fall show that. We failed to make the case for the environment and climate, for clean air and safe water – people were largely unaware of the successes of the IRA and the stark differences between the candidates. In 2020, Joe Biden ran on climate (in part).

The explosion of AI and data centers-and the impact on energy & water is terrifying. In the battles I'm involved in, it results from the power of Billionaire/corporate money, spread of disinfo, lack of media coverage. People are often not aware of harms to energy costs, health, until too late.

Burning fossil fuels means more burning trees.
🔥Burning coal, oil and gas (including "natural" gas) ➡️
Higher temperatures in California ➡️
Earlier wildfire season 🔥

PETITION: Fix the Jackson Water Crisis — And Invest in a Sustainable Future for MS · Mississippi Democratic Party To: Mississippi State Leadership, U.S. Congress, and Federal Agencies Mississippi is in the midst of an environmental crisis — and the water emergency in Jackson is only the most urgent and visible sy...

Thank you Mississippi Democrats @msdems.bsky.social for calling attention to Jackson, Mississippi’s neglected water system. It is in desperate need of major overhaul. Sign the petition today.

Trump said he'd make IVF free. He's broken that promise.

Solar for All is a terrific program.
💚Increases energy security (a leading cause of housing insecurity) for low- and moderate-income familes
💚Creates good-paying green jobs
💚Promotes cleaner air
💚Combats #ClimateChange

So OF COURSE Trump hates it and wants to kill it.

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If you support what Texas Dems are doing to stop the fascists, please help fund them. These folks are part-time low paid legislators with day jobs risking their livelihoods to fight for us, and the TX state party is the key source of support.

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Plastics recycling is a scam, pure and simple.

All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.

Wow! Being named an Honorary Lifetime @youngdems.bsky.social Member means SO much to me. 🙏Young Dems. ❤️

YUUGE congratulations to @paulprez914.bsky.social on his well-deserved reelection as Chair of the @ydaenvirocaucus.bsky.social ! Looking forward to our continued partnership very much.

Shameful. Denying the link between climate change and burning fossil fuels is anti-science. Anti-youth. Anti-human health.

It is, however, pro-Billioniaire.

Shameful. Denying the link between climate change and burning fossil fuels is anti-science. Anti-youth. Anti-human health.

It is, however, pro-Billioniaire.

The right to a sustainable future is a fundamental human right, & we proudly endorse the Children Climate Rights legislation. Council members, FL Dems Envr. Caucus President Judy Freiberg & 50 High School Dems
gathered to rally & attend the press conference organized by @youthvgov.bsky.social

Trump’s big beautiful bill may force your local grocery store to close | CNN Business Large chains like Walmart, Kroger, and Dollar General can absorb the cuts to SNAP. It’s the small, independent grocers that depend heavily on the program that will be hit hardest.

There is NOTHING "Beautiful" about losing access to food.
More of the Big Heartless, Stupid Agenda from Trump.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/28/b...

Looking for a union printer to make a Braille version of my business cards. Would love a source!

87% of Californians are concerned home insurance will rise due to climate change A recent report from the Public Policy Institute of California found additionally that 60% were very concerned, a remarkable increase from 47% last year.

It's almost like a huge increase in the big, town-devouring wildfires being tied to insurance being more expensive and less available has sunk in.

www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/23/c...

Dear Representative Lofgren: We, the undersigned members of American Federation of Government Employees Local 3403 (AFGE 3403), who work at the National Science Foundation (NSF), write to you with deep concern over a series of politically motivated and legally questionable actions by the Administration that threaten the integrity of the NSF and undermine the civil service protections guaranteed under federal law. As civil servants, NSF employees are bound by their oath to uphold the Constitution. That oath now compels us to call attention to actions that jeopardize NSF's mission, its independence, and the foundational laws that protect the federal workforce from politicization and abuse. The sweeping and sudden termination of hundreds of NSF employees this year, including senior staff and those managing Congressionally mandated programs, was not only damaging to the agency's functioning but appears to violate the letter and spirit of title 5, the body of law establishing the professional, apolitical civil service, and is we would argue an unlawful impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress to advance American scientific research. The following categories of harm collectively amount to the systemic dismantling of a world-renowned scientific agency: 1. A Proposed Budget Cut That Would Cripple American Science The Administration's FY2026 request proposes a 56% cut to NSF's budget, more than 70% in biological sciences, engineering, and STEM education. If enacted, it would undermine U.S. leadership in science, eliminate funding for over 250,000 researchers and students, and break bipartisan commitments made under the CHIPS and Science Act.

2. Termination of Active Research Awards Without Transparency or Lawful Justification Between April and May 2025, over 1,600 active NSF grants were canceled using undisclosed criteria devised by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). This action negates billions of dollars of past investments, violates Congressional intent in legislation such as the America COMPETES Act, and disregards NSF’s peer review process. 3. Political Review of Scientific Grants A covert and ideologically driven secondary review process by unqualified political appointees is now interfering with the scientific merit-based review system. This contradicts the founding vision of NSF as an apolitical agency that values intellectual independence and scientific rigor. 4. Withholding of Appropriated Funds As of July 2, 2025, some $2.2 billion of NSF’s $9 billion FY2025 appropriation remained illegally withheld by the Office of Management and Budget, despite being authorized by Public Law 119-4. This not only impairs the agency’s operations but violates public law requiring transparency in disbursements (P.L. 117-328). 5. Unlawful Terminations and Threatened Mass Reductions in Force In February, over 10% of NSF’s workforce was terminated. Many of these dismissals lacked due process or legal justification. A federal court ordered reinstatement of some employees, but many experts remain unemployed. Staff in the Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM were recently notified of their terminations despite their legally mandated role. 6. Coerced Resignations and Loss of Expertise Fear of retaliation, lack of job stability, and abrupt RTO orders have pushed hundreds of seasoned staff into early retirement or resignation. Rotating scholars (IPA employees) are being slashed from 330 to 70 and now face 90-day contracts and logistical chaos, severing vital ties to the broader research community. 7. Unannounced and Unplanned Eviction from Headquarters On June 25, 2025, NSF employees were informed that…

Petition for Action As provided under the Lloyd-La Follette Act (5 U.S.C. 7211), the signatories respectfully petition the Committee to: 1. Ensure that NSF employees are shielded from politically motivated firings and protected under merit-based personnel systems. 2. End illegal impoundments of monies appropriated to NSF. 3. Defend the agency from further interference in its peer review process. 4. Demand transparency from OMB, DOGE, and NSF leadership regarding internal employment policies and future agency relocations. 5. Reaffirm NSF’s scientific independence and support for world-class research that advances national prosperity and security. NSF employees are committed to serving the American people through research, education, and innovation. But they cannot do so under fear, censorship, and institutional sabotage. Without immediate oversight and corrective action from Congress, one of our nation’s greatest engines for scientific and technological advancement faces irreversible long-term damage. Put simply, America will forfeit its scientific leadership position to China and other rival nations.

National Science Foundation staff have sent a letter pleading with House Science ranking member @lofgren.house.gov to save the NSF. They are sufficiently scared of illegal retribution that they have done so anonymously democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...

almost like it's a cruel joke: www.nj.com/cape-may-cou...

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Due to a lack of air traffic controllers, my already delayed flight is still 30+ in line to leave Philadelphia.

Mr Trump, you just don't give a shit about anyone but yourself, do you? Not stressed air traffic controllers. Not flight attendants & passengers. And not immigrants. Planes in line ⬇️

Youth v. Trump: Rights to Life and a Stable Climate Resolution Press Conference and Rally! Youth are leading once again by taking on the Trump administration and its anti-clean energy and anti-climate science directives that attack our children, our scientific institutions, the rule of law,...

TOMORROW 7/16 in DC: Join the DNC Climate Council as we co-sponsor the Youth v. Trump Children’s Climate Rights Resolution Press Conference & Rally at Noon!

With @youthvgov.bsky.social, High School Democrats of America, allies and Council Chair ‪Michelle Deatrick
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100% agree. And we need to be doing our fair share to reduce emissions-taking account of our large legacy of contributions. I worked to get that into the Democratic Party platform and I will keep fighting.

An gray and black speckled Arctic ringed seal lays on a flume of ice in the water.

WIN 🎉: A court today upheld Endangered Species Act protection for Arctic ringed seals.

ESA listing offers ringed seals increased protection from oil and gas development, as well as against the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change.

More info: biodiv.us/40R9frt

What the DNC Climate Chair Told Me About The Battles Ahead I talked with Michelle Deatrick: Why Climate Isn’t Just Policy — It’s the Foundation of Our Future

Honored by this article and the chance to talk about why it's both right and electorally smart for Dems to BE the Party of Clean Air, Safe Water, Affordable Renewable Energy and Green Jobs. And about how I'm fighting to make it so.
Read at the link:
mrearthrebirth.substack.com/p/what-the-d...

How Mamdani connects climate policy to his affordability agenda as he runs for New York mayor Many of the democratic socialist’s policies aim to slash carbon emissions and boost environmental justice

Voters care about climate in overwhelming numbers.

Running on clean air, safe water, affordable energy and tackling the #ClimateCrisis is a commitment to our present and future - and a winning way forward. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Sierra Club Oklahoma Director Kara Joy McKee in a green dress, DNC Climate Council Chair Michelle Deatrick in a cream top with beige sweater, and DNC Climate Council Western Region Advisor Ron Meehan in a black suit jacket. They stand facing the camer and smiling.

Absolutely loved getting to speak at this Climate Conversation in Tulsa! I learned so much that will inform our work.

AND @dncclimate.bsky.social Western Region Advisor @ronmeehanak.bsky.social spoke on food security harms under this Administration. 🔥
💙 @okdemocrats.bsky.social & OK Sierra Club!

'Big Beautiful Bill' Set to Slash Through U.S. Climate and Justice Drive - Inside Climate News Trump’s legislation will hurt clean energy, boost fossil fuels and end investment in environmental justice. Climate advocates vow to continue the fight.

💚💙The Democratic Party is the Party of Clean Air, Safe Water, Green Jobs, Healthy Food & a Sustainable Future. We are fighting Trump-Vance's "Destroy People and Planet" agenda.

Join the DNC Climate Council's email list to fight with us. DNCClimate.org/updates

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The Black Wall Street Times reports: At the @okdemocrats.bsky.social Convention's Fight Back Panel, Council @mdeatrick.bsky.social spoke about the Trump Administration's reckless and cruel use of FEMA and other agencies as political tools.
theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/07/01/w...

Leavitt: Discussions about FEMA's fate ‘will continue’ Last month, President Donald Trump suggested weaning off FEMA.

Are we supposed to be grateful that Trump is *considering* doing the right and rational thing? thishttps://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/07/leavitt-discussions-about-phasing-out-fema-will-continue-00441478