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Suffer the Children
By Michael Jochum
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Did you know nearly 3 in 4 Americans are concerned about climate change? It's time to make our majority visible. Visit electionearth.org to get started today! → electionearth.org/verify-voter-registration #ElectionEarth2026 #ClimateVoter #VoteReady
Election Earth
Empower Climate Action Through Your Ballot
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No new data centers until we have federal guardrails.
Protecting the midterms will require a trained citizenry dedicated to defending our sacred right to vote and ensuring every vote is counted. Join the nearly 35,000 Americans who are building the nationwide infrastructure we need to respond to attacks on voting rights in every community.
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Absense of proof; not absence of evidence Wouldn’t we want better security regardless? thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-jo...
She Won: The 2024 Election Hack & How to Protect the Midterms
Mark your calendars! This Sunday, we’re hosting another nationwide Zoom to walk folks through how the ballot travels through the election system, explain the post-tabulation 2024 attack vector, and sh...
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Whoa. Sherrod Brown’s new ad is devastating for Jon Husted. Sarah Bloom Anderson trusted Husted when he looked her in the eye and promised he wouldn’t cut Medicaid, the program that saves her daughter. One week later, Husted voted to cut Medicaid.
Are your thoughts data? Who owns them? calmatters.org/economy/tech...
Would you trust your boss with data about your brain? California moves to regulate neurotech
Neurotechnology is advancing, and California companies, lawmakers and unions are jockeying to shape how the resulting data can be used.
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Corporate think tank Third Way says it will spend $15M to wage "war" against the progressive movement in the Democratic Party. I've watched this centrist playbook fail repeatedly over the years. Democrats should fight for the people, not the donor class.
The Failures of “Centrism”
By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening ine
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Insurance companies might just have some insight on this: Insurance group Allianz reckons that this combination will lead to cumulative GDP losses of up to 7 percent between 2026 and 2030, ….. www.politico.eu/article/econ...
The economic toll of Europe’s infernal summer
Global warming, not climate policy, is bad for business, experts warn.
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Attacks on voting rights don’t just restrict a ballot—they weaken the public’s power to hold government accountable. When participation becomes harder and political power becomes less answerable to the people, democracy itself is placed at risk.
Talarico’s voting rights agenda shouldn’t be controversial. 📌 Expand access to the ballot box 📌 Protect voting rights 📌 End partisan gerrymandering Politicians drawing themselves safe districts and then making it harder for people to vote isn’t democracy.
Uruguay, with 3.5 million people, generates 98% of its electricity from renewable sources. The architect of that transformation, Ramón Méndez Galain, put it simply: "The key is not technology; it is institutions. Once the rules are fair and predictable, the system builds itself."
Our solar power model isn't working — there's a fairer way
Solar lease-to-own could unlock Ireland's energy future — Uruguay, the Netherlands and Germany have all made this work with straightforward rules, writes Mary Teehan
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Once the rules are fair and predictable, the system builds itself." Say it again, Say it again, Say it again . . . . .
The essential Bill McKibben. Tried to pull out one quote to post, but impossible. Too much priceless reporting , analysis and inspiration. Read the whole thing. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Take Five
The Crucial Years at the halfway point
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@jamestalarico.bsky.social for Texas US Senate gets it - under his opponent Ken Paxton and Gov. Abbott, data centers are running amok in TX. Talarico has a sensible plan to regulate data centers. Texas, he is the right choice for your next senator, not the corrupt, 15 home owning Paxton.
I’ve always lives Hawaii. Here’s one more reason.
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 2mo agoHawaii Democrats are showing us how to get money out of politics.
Wow. 1200 jobs for a product that we want and need In contrast to data centers… h/t @jesscraven101.bsky.social www.courier-journal.com/story/money/...
New Indiana solar plant opens, bringing 1,200 jobs to region
A new $1 billion solar facility has opened at River Ridge Commerce Center, bringing 1,200 jobs to Southern Indiana.
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It's not about one US Senate seat. It's about all of us together. It's about a belief that we can take our government back from the very people who want to monetize us at every turn. The fomentors of inequality. The drivers of war and genocide and apartheid. We get to decide.
Reading this article brought up so many thoughts and feelings. Is it time to name, shame and charge the villain? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist | Aaron Regunberg
Some have called for Nuremberg-style trials against big oil. But there are laws already on the books to describe companies’ conduct
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I'm so proud to work with health professionals who stand up for their patients and communities by speaking out to connect the dots between climate, health, democracy and civic action. @docsforclimate.bsky.social
California just became the first major grid system on the planet to generate more than 50% of its electricity from solar across an entire month.
The Trump Administration needs to understand that it can’t unilaterally rewrite the law.
The legacy media has failed us on vital issues from climate change to choosing candidates. How about "alternatives like Heather Cox Richardson ask candidates about their vision of American democracy or Paul Krugman discuss economic inequality ..." Helpful? @democrats.org
How To Choose a Nominee
Democrats cannot blow it in 2028.
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The Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law 16 years ago today. Though it included some key reforms, it failed to include the most important way to prevent future crashes: reinstate the Glass-Stegall Act and separate Wall Street from Main Street.
How Can We Stop Bank Failures? Make Banking Boring | Robert Reich
Silicon Valley BankSignature BankFirst Republic BankTogether, these three failed banks held more assets than the 25 bank
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I’m headed to the Senate Floor to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this simple truth: climate change portends a cascade of financial market collapses that would destabilize the national and global economies.