Emily Norton
@emnorton.bsky.social
Charles River Watershed Association Executive Director. Former Newton MA City Councilor. Mom of 3 boys & 2 cats. Opinions expressed on this platform are mine mine mine. #WaterIsLife
Excellent letter in today’s @bostonglobe.com. Fossil fuel companies impose billions of costs on the rest of us while they rake in the profits. Why are we expecting the taxpayers to pay for the damage inflicted on us by these multinational pollution factories? #MakePollutersPay #Mapoli
“Dr. Ben Edwards, a physician in Lubbock, Texas, who treated children while he was infected with measles …asked senior C.D.C. officials to look into cod liver oil as a treatment for measles, citing “historical references dating back to the 1700s” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Great points but not new for Democrats. Clinton-Gore “Reinventing Government” was exactly this and at the time was among the most popular things they did. @alfromdlc.bsky.social
Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · last wk.
EIon Musk’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $984B Jeff Bezos’s Wealth 2009: $6B 2026: $370B Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $256B Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Billionaire tax rate: 8.2% Worker tax rate: 13% Pay workers. Tax & Abolish Billionaires. Save our economy & country.
Trump may think climate change is a hoax yet he is providing the most visceral incentive to get off fossil fuels
gbhnews@gbhnews.bsky.social · last wk.Heating oil prices in Massachusetts are already up 74% from one year ago. https://bit.ly/4dSCxMO
This reporter toured Miami properties in high risk areas and the only agents willing to be honest about the flood risk were the ones at the luxury end bc their buyers can afford the exorbitant insurance. #ClimateChange heated.world/p/the-open-h...
The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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“If you will lie about how many Americans died in an illegal war you started, six weeks before an election, you will lie about anything.” open.substack.com/pub/endlessu...
They Are Lying About How Many Americans Died in Iran
The press ban is the shiny object. This is the story.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
Where the Natick dam was until 2 weeks ago. Still beautiful. But healthier and safer. 🌎🐟🌊
“‘O.K., enough about the ceasefire. We have this hotel we want to build.’ That’s the kind of foreign policy America has now.” open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Today in Politics, Bulletin 460. 9/15/26
… Two big hearings on Capitol Hill today as FBI Director Kash Patel testified before the Senate and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was in the House.
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Do we want to know why Trumps FBI needs a bestiality policy …? 🤮
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w agoFBI Director Kash Patel left Republican Sen. John Kennedy looking dumbfounded Tuesday as he offered a series of bizarre explanations for the bureau’s decision to eliminate bestiality as an automatic hiring disqualifier
“Democrats can win votes in every corner of the country if they promise their majority will block Trump’s use of the DOJ and EPA as a goon squad to crush local opposition to data centers” newrepublic.com/article/2154...
The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving
Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.
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We need more philosophy majors! “…the longer people study economics, the more selfish they become” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/o...
Opinion | They Could Afford to Stand Up to Trump. Why Didn’t They? (Gift Article)
The more the logic of capitalism pervades the rest of life, the less room there is for compassion, honor or heroism.
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ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines newrepublic.com/post/215393/... via @newrepublic.com
ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines
The ICE agents reportedly said they didn’t care after being told the two teenagers were citizens.
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“The United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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PRO PUBLICA: “Don JR’s wedding secretly bankrolled by Russian oligarch close to Putin” 🤔 So weird how this keeps happening 🤷🏼 www.propublica.org/article/dona...
Nice to be an EV driver about now (Tho of course I am aware lots of things we all rely on will be even pricier as a result of this)
Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3w agoThe shit is about to hit the fan.
We gotta turn this around - the livability of our planet is not up for debate. #NoPlanetB www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/m...
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World Is Now on the Table (Gift Article)
In a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise.
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In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
The President of the United States is a rapist and a traitor.
I enjoyed Mike Luckovich for years, and then he created this cartoon. I sat and cried for several minutes. Then I cut it out of the Los Angeles Times, and I've kept it ever since. Thank you, Mr. Luckovich.
Deported From the U.S., Some Haitians Are Left Broke and Stranded www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/w...
Deported From the U.S., Some Haitians Are Left Broke and Stranded
Hundreds have been deported to Haiti in recent weeks, and some say they have been left with no money, no protection from gangs and no place to go.
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This is yet another telling example of the Trump regime’s racism. There’s no pretense here of targeting criminals - the usual excuse for mass deportations. DHS is specifically encouraging Haitian “doctors, lawyers, scholars and engineers” to leave. Any decent society would value these people.
