Brad Johnson
@climatebrad.hillheat.com
Climate hawk. DC-based journalist. Registered Parliamentarian. FSP. Subscribe to my newsletter: https://Hillheat.news/subscribe
Thanks to fossil-fuel pollution relentlessly heating the planet, Spokane is burning. 10,000 acres have burned, 65,000 residents evacuated, more than 700 structures destroyed. #climatechanged
dead domain 🐐🏳️⚧️@domaindead.bsky.social · 4d agoThe city of Spokane is on fire.
One of the many reasons to be excited about @wewill2026.bsky.social's #MI07 race against Rep. Tom Barrett (R) is that Barrett has established himself as a skeptic of Trump's warmongering who nevertheless is loyal to Trump.
"Two innocent people were killed, shot in the back... we need reform to ICE." ffs
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 1h agoKlobuchar responds: "None of my opponents on this stage condemned what ICE did. Not a word. Two innocent people were killed, shot in the back. We had many people arrested when they weren't supposed to be arrested, and we need reform to ICE."
if Sen. Ashley Moody actually cared about DC schoolchildren, she'd make sure every DC school can have a school nurse #freedc
Donavan, @chrisrabb.com, @darializaforny.bsky.social are going to be such a force. Gonna be fun when @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and @repcasar.bsky.social and @summerlee.bsky.social are the old-timers
@sarahlanepdx.bsky.social · 3h agoDonavan McKinney ousts incumbent Shri Thanedar for Michigan's 13th! Donavan is a fierce climate justice champ and that's why JanePAC supported him in the state legislature and now for Congress. Go Donavan!
The @electdemocrats.bsky.social is strongly backing @wewill2026.bsky.social in #MI07: "Will Lawrence has spent his life siding with working families to stand up to corporate power and corruption that Barrett has enabled." - @repdelbene.bsky.social, DCCC chair
The Case Against Tom Barrett - DCCC
The Case Against Tom Barrett
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The real story of yesterday's elections: the fracking-paperclip maximizer data center backlash. Data center critics dominated their establishment-backed opponents, including @wewill2026.bsky.social in #MI07 and @cindyforkansas.bsky.social in #KSGOV
The Trump regime is a torture machine.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 6h agoThis plane landed in Myanmar about three hours ago. This is the third ICE flight to Myanmar this year. Burmese deportees in 2025 were immediately sent to a torture facility next to the airport, according to Myanmar Now. Weeks later, not all of them had emerged.
This is great for @wewill2026.bsky.social but man not great for the Senate
David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 13h agoNoting a bit from my piece today: Dem House campaign operatives were very impressed by Will Lawrence and all in on contesting that seat in November. Dem Senate campaign operatives never responded. prospect.org/2026/08/04/m...
If you believe in small-d democracy and small-r republicanism, there was only one candidate in the #MI07 race who exemplified those values in how he campaigned;
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC@progressivecaucus.bsky.social · 14h agoCongratulations @wewill2026.bsky.social on the #MI07 Democratic nomination! Will was the most deeply-rooted candidate in this race, having spent his entire life in the district organizing, fighting for neighbors, taking on powerful interests & refusing to take any corporate PAC contributions.
I'm pleasantly shocked at how great the @lcv.org social feed is
LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎@lcv.org · yesterdayArsonist Blames Fire for Destroying Homes
Tomorrow is the last day to submit!! We are looking forward to seeing all of the innovative ways scientists are communicating their research and science!
Unfortunately, the AIPAC loyalist @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social easily defeated the great Green New Dealer @coribush.bsky.social in #MO01
With an estimated 21% of the vote in, Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence is cruising with 40% while Bridget Brink and Matt Maasdam each have 30% #MI07 Lawrence and his supporters have spent months campaigning door to door in the district @wewill2026.bsky.social
Until we organize to bring fossil fuel criminals to justice, the infernos will continue...
Union of Concerned Scientists@ucs.org · yesterdayUnusually hot & dry conditions worldwide have fueled a deadly wildfire season, costing lives and destroying communities. “If these infernos don’t bring policymakers to their senses and force necessary changes to grapple with the fossil fueled climate crisis, what will?” writes UCS's Rachel Cleetus:
Fires are impacting air quality across the western U.S. This experimental NOAA GSL tool shows where the smoke will travel today and tomorrow. Explore surface smoke, air quality index (AQI), and more: sites.gsl.noaa.gov/desi/
“Today is August 4, 2026, the city of Allendale, California.”
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…
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"This was the epitome of the politicization of the criminal justice system. It's just the sort of the gut-wrenching reality of it. The guy just goes down to the Reflecting Pool and walks out with a misdemeanor and is fired from his job."
More Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool charges dropped by Pirro's office
Since Friday, D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office has dropped charges against three more people accused of vandalism.
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ooh lemme tell y'all what happens to folks who protest tar sands pipelines
Shablo Pleye@shablopligh.bsky.social · 2d ago“So far in the US, Futurism has counted at least 37 arrests stemming from protests related to data centers this year. There were an additional 12 cases where police intervened to prevent protestors or speakers from confronting civic leaders, though in reality that number is likely much higher, …”
day ending in Y so Trump is blaming a woman he hired
Pirro’s future in question amid break with Trump on Reflecting Pool
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s clash with President Trump over the handling of the Reflecting Pool case is raising questions about her standing with the president, with whom she has enjoye…
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Imagine thinking this is going to win votes back home
VIDEO: Senator Moody Fights to Bring Our Schools Back to Basics, Introduces PLEDGE Act to Instill Patriotism and the Pledge of Allegiance in D.C. Schools - Senator Moody
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Ashley Moody is fighting back against the anti-American indoctrination in schools. Currently, there are schools in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital, that do not display ...
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But think of all the people who were criminally persecuted for this
Joe Flood@joeflood.bsky.social · 3d agothe Reflecting Pool today is a sad sight
