Michelle Regalado Deatrick
@mdeatrick.bsky.social
🚜🌱💚🫏Chair/Founder, DNC Climate Council. VP, Huron Valley Area Labor Fed-AFL-CIO. UAW. Farmer. Dirt Road Dem. Battleground state organizer. National environmental leader. Former elected, flipped red seat blue.
The Western United States Faces Weekend of Record Heat The climate crisis is here. Safe, clean renewable energy and battery storage is cheap. The way to stop it getting worse is to get OFF fossil fuels. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...
The Western United States Is Facing a Weekend of Record Heat
Unusually hot temperatures, even for the depths of summer, are expected from Arizona to Montana.
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MICHIGAN: Join me tomorrow Thurs. 7/30 as I speak out at this peaceful protest. The fracking industry calls me "Mouthy Michelle." Damn right I am. I've been fighting in my home county and nationally against oil drilling, pipelines and now reckless, underregulated data centers. People > profit
I shared my thoughts with Barn Raiser on the importance of hyperscale data centers in the 2026 and 2028 elections. Democrats should be leading the way on ensuring data centers serve the people, not the other way around. @barnraiser.bsky.social barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Data Centers Divide Democrats in Michigan Primary
Michigan Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens offer conflicting visions over the role of A.I. and corporate power.
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We aren’t just dealing with “inflation”, we are facing a systemic fossil fuel dependence crisis, and that crisis has a name: #fossilflation. 🧵⤵️
Wildfires, like the climate crisis, know no boundaries. Filmed yesterday in our orchard in Michigan. Trump blames Canada-but he's closing the labs that study wildfire smoke. These are Climate Wildfires. Elect climate champions. Elect Democrats. @thedemocratsmv.bsky.social
I have told a lot of Democratic candidates, starting last summer that data centers were going to be the sleeper issue of this midterm cycle.
We won a delay! I spoke alongside many community members and leaders in my County, opposing Oracle's proposal for a 50% tax abatement on their AI data center. Mlive shared some of my testimony 👇 The vote is now set for July 14, so we keep the pressure on. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Vote on Oracle’s request for data center tax break postponed amid pushback near Ann Arbor
The Saline Township Board of Trustees delayed deciding on a 12-year, 50% tax abatement for the $43 billion AI facility amid legal questions and community opposition near Ann Arbor.
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I stepped away from the Texas Dems Convention in Corpus Christi to witness stunning shorelines devastated by environmental degradation from industries guzzling water, while families face water restrictions and possible rationing. Dems Elida Castillo, Daniel Ayala, Sylvia Campos are fighting back.
Wisconsin, my birth state, is dear to my heart. At the state Dem convention in Madison, I spoke to the Environmental Caucus and on the Politics of Place panel. Conversations kept coming back to land and water — wake boats, PFAS, data center, the Boundary Waters. And climate. Winning issues, all.
Climate is a winning issue for Democrats, despite what some pundits say. I talked with @peteraldhous.com at @insideclimatenews.org: walking away from climate demobilizes the base we need—younger, more diverse, lower-income voters. In GA, Dems won running on it. insideclimatenews.org/news/2406202...
Elected Democrats Have Embraced ‘Climate Hushing.’ Are They Making a Mistake as the Midterms Loom? - Inside Climate News
An Inside Climate News analysis of congressional press releases shows that Democrats have scaled back mentions of climate change and recently shifted the focus to energy affordability.
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Grinchy, terrible idea to put a data center right next to a zoo. Zoo officials warn the notorious data center noise could interfere with breeding efforts of endangered clouded leopards, which are sensitive to noise. More than 500,000 people have signed on in opposition.
DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council@dncclimate.bsky.social · last mo.We applaud Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell for moving to stop a data center next to the zoo's clouded leopards. 200,000+ sq ft. A 50 MW substation. Feet from endangered animals. This is leadership.
At the Texas Democratic Convention? Find me at the Environmental Caucus—Fri June 26, 8:00am, Room 225C. Honored to join Mayor Elida Castillo of chispatexas.bsky.social Climate is our strongest ground, and Texas is on the #ClimateFrontlines. Convention Info/RSVP: www.texasdemocraticconvention.com
Climate is a winning issue for Democrats, despite what some pundits say. I talked with @peteraldhous.com at @insideclimatenews.org: walking away from climate demobilizes the base we need—younger, more diverse, lower-income voters. In GA, Dems won running on it. insideclimatenews.org/news/2406202...
Elected Democrats Have Embraced ‘Climate Hushing.’ Are They Making a Mistake as the Midterms Loom? - Inside Climate News
An Inside Climate News analysis of congressional press releases shows that Democrats have scaled back mentions of climate change and recently shifted the focus to energy affordability.
insideclimatenews.org
STARTING NOW: Join me today 6/22 at 1pm ET to support Will Lawrence, my friend and ally, running to flip Michigan’s 7th Congressional District. This is one of the most competitive U.S. House races in the country - and could be the 218th Democratic vote we need. secure.actblue.com/donate/wl-vi...
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Not sure anyone except Trump is unaware that this isn't how to negotiate with anyone ever. He is a serious threat to our national security - and the security and peace of the world.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2mo ago"You won't even make it back to your fucking country." Trump's actual message to Iranian officials, per Fox News, as VP Vance tries to negotiate peace in Switzerland.
❌ $1.8 million estimate. Nearly $15 million spent. ❌ A no-bid contract to a firm that had never held a federal contract, but had reportedly worked at Trump's own golf club. ❌Result: peeling paint & a massive algae bloom within 24 hours of project completion. We the people paid for this mess.
Blue material peeling off bottom of Reflecting Pool, days after costly renovation | CNN Politics
Some blue material at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is peeling off, days after the pool was painted blue and refilled as part of a multi-million dollar renovation ordered by Presi...
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FERC Meeting in 15 minutes 6/18 10am ET. It's widely expected they will move forward on rules to fast track data center/large load connections to the grid. This after approving PJM's "Expedited Interconnection Track" on June 9. Watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/r7y-iDn... via @YouTube
FERC Commission Meeting | June 2026 Open Meeting
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6/17: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting starting soon online. 6pm ET/3pm PT. Focus is delegate selection rules for the 2028 Convention. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Owo...
DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting - June 17, 2026
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Energy, insurance, housing, health care: climate & pollution are driving up costs. Today 6/11 7pm ET, I join GA Public Service Commissioner Alicia Johnson to talk about it & how to connect the issues when talking with voters. 📎democratic-environmental-caucus-of-florida.solidarity.tech/affordability
This is the way. (An important of it!)
Ken Martin@kenmartin.bsky.social · 2mo agoAs 40% of adults under 30 rely on social media creators for their news, we have to build permanent infrastructure to carry the Democratic message beyond a single election cycle. The DNC is doing just that. Read our latest Substack:
My first boss in politics, Paul Wellstone, often said, “You can remake the world daily.” As I told my friends in Wyoming, the opportunity and responsibility to make our country a better place is why we must put in the hard work to elect Democrats across the country.
Big Oil has known since before the person writing this was born. They knew their industry was killing people; they knew they could curb their impact on communities. They chose their bottom line back then and they're choosing their bottom line now. Thank you for making it plain @jayapal.house.gov.
TONIGHT! Join @owdm.bsky.social to learn about the devastating impact the proposed Line 5 tunnel would cause to our #GreatLakes + how you can fight back. RSVP www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/monthly_camp... Can't make it? Submit a public comment today at cleanwater.org/ShutDownLine5 #ShutDownLine5
At the National AFL-CIO Convention in Minneapolis: Long standing applause for the labor resistors who stood up against ICE and for the people. #Solidarity #UnionStrong #MinnesotaBrave
Thanks for sharing this from the @netrootsnation.bsky.social panel I spoke on, Brad. The energy demand, the water use, the grid strain, the rate hikes—people feel all of it. Data centers are a kitchen-table issue now.
Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com · 2mo ago"Candidates all across the country want to talk about data centers. Because it's what they're hearing from voters." @mdeatrick.bsky.social
TONIGHT, 7pm ET — I'm joining Lake Worth Waterkeeper's Reinaldo Diaz and the Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida on why data centers are a defining election issue in FL. Water. Rates. Rural land. Wildlife. Register: Democratic-Environmental-Caucus-of-Florida.Solidarity.Tech/Data-Center
So proud to work with Howard Chou, who is now the Vice Chair of the @dncclimate.bsky.social - and who has and continues to lead with heart, hands and voice for our environment💚In 2023, he fought fracking. In 2026, he's still fighting for our waters - in Colorado and Minnesota and everywhere.
DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council@dncclimate.bsky.social · 3y agoAt a public hearing on the proposed 33,000-acre fracking project, Council AAPI Dir. and Colorado resident Howard Chou testified on the health and climate risks of fracking near the vital Aurora reservoir. We must transition off fossil fuels urgently.
