Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
Elizabeth Grisham 💙🗳🗽
@elizabethgrisham.bsky.social
Science communicator. Historian. Journalist. I have studied epidemics & public health policy for 25 years. Not here for dates or arguments. Resist. 💉💉💉💉💉💉 💉💉😷🧷 🇺🇦
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Jeff Merkley are introducing the Ban Flock Act. This bill would effectively put an end to AI surveillance cameras that track Americans. /1
"Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ in central London. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services." via Global Justice Now
My phone is terrible with distance photos, but always fun to see a bald eagle. We have lots here but seeing one never gets old.
JUST IN: A federal judge has denied DOJ's effort to obtain Georgia's complete, unredacted voter list, the latest in a string of more than two dozen defeats for the Trump administration in efforts to obtain state voter rolls. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#146 in United States v. Raffensperger (N.D. Ga., 1:26-cv-00485) – CourtListener.com
ORDER. It is ORDERED that Defendant Raffensperger and Intervenor-Defendant's BVMF's Motions to Dismiss (Docs. 16, 23 ) are GRANTED IN PART as set forth in this Order. Intervenor-Defendants' Common Cau...
storage.courtlistener.com
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
propublica.org
“Local newspapers are dying, and I don’t think we’re prepared for a world without them…” tulsaflyer.org/2026/09/29/c...
Battle in McCurtain County at the center of new Peacock documentary
McCurtain County Sheriff’s officials wanted a family-run newspaper dead — literally. A new Peacock documentary explores the years-long battle and what it means for press freedoms.
tulsaflyer.org
In 1985, Carl Sagan told Congress that continuing to burn fossil fuels will increase global temperature, cause climate change, melt glaciers and ice sheets, and cause sea level rise. Imagine if we had listened to him them.😒😒😒😪
Mike Johnson already stated his intention to cut Entitlement Programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security if the GOP retains the House after the Midterms. Meanwhile, Johnson and his cronies will receive medical coverage FOR LIFE... Time to hold them accountable! #GOPWarOnHealthcare
wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor
A more mature approach to credibility is needed to build trust in science www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
A More Mature Approach to Credibility Is Needed to Build Trust in Science
In this interview, Brian Nosek touches on big takeaways from the SCORE program, how evidence from the program contradicts the 2025 executive order, and his vision for a more trustworthy scientific lan...
psychologicalscience.org
🎉 More than half a million people registered or updated their registration on National Voter Registration Day! Drop a 🗳️ in the replies if you’re also registered and ready to vote in the midterms.
Exclusive: Over half a million voters registered in a single day last week
At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy…
democracydocket.com
Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline theintercept.com/2026/09/24/h...
Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline
A new map shows Flock has more cameras in the U.S. than was previously known. The company wants the map taken down.
theintercept.com
‘Living in Kyiv now,’ Ukrainian shares on socials, ‘means not remembering a day when you haven’t been woken up by explosions’.
The US and the EU rejected a declaration by member countries of the UN that pledged international collaboration and solidarity in preparing for and responding to pandemics. Yes, you read that right. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
U.S. Rejects U.N. Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics (Gift Article)
Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.
nytimes.com
"Too often, we get stuck in this 30,000-foot conversation about believing in climate change.” — Will Hackman
We need to rethink how we talk about climate change » Yale Climate Connections
Author Will Hackman wants to connect with readers who aren’t already concerned about climate change.
yaleclimateconnections.org
BREAKING!!! Judge Kelly rules against Trump and orders three news outlets reinstated! Another win for the First Amendment and another LOSS for Trump.
This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how? Great news – I’ve written just the book for you! It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...
Ebola outbreak in DRC approaches 7,800 cases Only 85% of identified case contacts are under follow-up. Read more: https://bit.ly/4AoMMCh 📷: UNMEER / Flickr cc
🇺🇸🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: I honored the memory of the victims in New York at the site of the horrific terrorist attack that took place 25 years ago. A tragedy that had a profound impact on everyone around the world. Nearly 3,000 people were ki||ed in the terrorists’ attack.
How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
theguardian.com
Do you think democracy is at stake? What are you going to do about it? Curl up in a ball while our neighbors are being brutalized & subjected to savage #ICELawlessness? Put your head in the sand while children are being put in detention camps? 44 days until the midterm elections! Volunteer!🧵
"The price of heating oil, a fuel that is very similar to diesel, is up roughly 60% since the start of the war in Iran on Feb. 28. "Many Americans are heading into a 'much more expensive' winter..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...
Why the Iran War Will Make Heating Oil More Expensive for Some This Winter
The cost of heating oil, which is similar to diesel and used extensively in Northeastern states, has climbed sharply because of the war in Iran.
nytimes.com
God bless the Daily Show. Do you really want tech bros who don’t understand basic chemistry to try to solve climate change?
The Daily Show@thedailyshow.com · 2w agoMake Sunsets founder Luke Iseman explains how he plans to solve the climate crisis with... balloons?