“Under pressure from Congress, a network of ocean monitors that provides vital data to meteorologists, climate scientists, oceanographers and the fishing industry is being restored.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/c...

After Outcry, Monitors the Trump Administration Tried to Scrap Return to Sea

Under pressure from Congress, a network of ocean monitors that provides vital data to meteorologists, climate scientists, oceanographers and the fishing industry is being restored.

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Howard Lutnick ordered a new NOAA audit to target California’s coastal management system for defunding and decertification, despite prior high praise.

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Trump’s cuts to NOAA, which regulates fisheries, has left the agency slower to respond to the industry’s needs, fishermen said. Staff cutbacks also resulted in the agency reducing weather balloons used to gather data fishermen rely on. apnews.com/article/dona... @standupforscience.net 🧪

Trump tried to make allies of fishermen. Some are turning on him

Some commercial fishermen have come to question whether Trump is meeting the needs of an industry he has long leaned on for support.

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Now This Would Make America Great, Right Chumpster.......

Jared Kushner: My government work is not tied to my personal business. *The next day*

How much lower can they go?

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG AJC: Georgia's Republican-led State Election Board has sent a letter to top Trump officials (Blanche, Dhillon, Mullin) asking the admin to (1) force changes to the state's voting system before November and (2) investigate Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...

National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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“But one of Trump’s government cutback efforts, cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which regulates fisheries, has left the agency slower to respond to the industry’s needs, fishermen said.” apnews.com/article/dona...

Trump tried to make allies of fishermen. Some are turning on him

Some commercial fishermen have come to question whether Trump is meeting the needs of an industry he has long leaned on for support.

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“But that frozen ground is thawing because the Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the globe.” apnews.com/article/clim...

Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet

Scientists warn that thawing permafrost in the Arctic is releasing large amounts of methane and carbon dioxide, adding to global warming.

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Via @highcountrynews.org: “The Trump administration is pulling a ‘That’s a nice mountain you got there, it would be a shame if something happened to it’ routine.”

The Forest Service is Poised to Hand Off one of the West’s Most Visited Landscapes

by Zoë Rom for High Country News September 29, 2026 Update: After this story was published, the Forest Service released a map showing Pitkin County would manage roughly 1,300 acres....

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Take it from someone who has worked in the system for a long time. This BS needs to be erased from the process "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes

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Good morning ppl! Just a reminder that October started the enactments of the Big Shitty Bill. Today, SNAP benefits are cut across the nation. Next is the reduction in Medicare/ Medicaid benefits. I guess the October surprise is poverty…

Eric Cartman: From This Moment On, I Am Poor

Alt: Eric Cartman: From This Moment On, I Am Poor

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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.

EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s

Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively

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JUST IN: A federal judge just forced Trump’s DOJ to fast-track records involving Trump and the Epstein files, citing “possible questions about the government’s integrity that affect public confidence.” The records being sought are significant.

Judge Forces DOJ’s Hand in Explosive Trump-Epstein Records Fight

A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to fast-track records involving Trump and the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, finding the fight raises “possible questions about the gove...

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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism "Habeas corpus," what is it, exactly?

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.

🚨 TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE FURIOUS. Nearly $1.5M in taxpayer money funded pro-Trump ads weeks before the midterms. Former Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter called them “sheer propaganda” and what “authoritarian governments do to promote their leaders.” #USDemocracy apnews.com/article/trum...

Taxpayers have funded nearly $1.5M in pro-Trump ads. Criticism is mounting, including from the GOP

AdImpact says three taxpayer-funded ads promoting President Donald Trump are nearing a cost of at least $1.5 million.

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A man charged with rape and sexual assault casually joking about consent at an official event with Trump White House officials.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 5d ago

Oz: Russell Brand was backstage hugging the Secretary of Agriculture Brand: She initiated that contact. Oz: Ha!

Trump’s Pentagon is preparing to cut 20% of senior military posts as his top envoys discuss sanctions relief, energy deals, and economic cooperation with Putin’s team. The timing is raising serious questions.

Trump's Hegseth Plans 20% Cut to Senior Military Posts as Putin Envoy Courts U.S.

As the Pentagon prepares to downgrade or eliminate senior billets by January 1, 2027, Trump officials are discussing Russian energy and economic cooperation while Moscow's war on Ukraine continues.

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🆘FINAL CALL FOR COMMENTS...ENDS TOMORROW NIGHT! If you are a wildlife enthusiast or coastal visitor, here are comments you can copy & paste in the Federal Register to help end the seal hunt for good.🧵

Counting the days until Midterms. VOTE BLUE! Trump is banning stds majoring in degrees that don’t make enough $ from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. The policy will be implemented in 2027. trib.al/Y98uBJc

Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees

Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

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An unelected political appointee is disobeying the will of Congress & the rule of law by withholding funds for programs approved with bipartisan support. Blatantly unconstitutional. Flagrantly anti-science. The latest example of authoritarianism from the Trump admin.

What to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President Trump

President Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal.

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For months, I’ve been raising the alarm about the loss of staff at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and how it is imperiling their work protecting our wildlife and public lands. In December, 25% of the agency was gone. Now, it’s nearly 40%. But FWS still refuses to address the staffing crisis.

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 7d ago

Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1

GAO, the agency tasked under the Impoundment Control Act with adjudicating impoundments, says as explicitly as possible the Donald Trump and Russ Vought’s pocket rescission is illegal. “The President may not force the expiration of budget authority Congress has already enacted and did not rescind.”