🎯 The military was testing GPS jamming. Air traffic control requested the Air Force pause its tests so that they could help Medevac pilots who didn't have visuals and needed GPS. The pilots tried to land at a nearby runway, but crashed, killing all onboard and sparking a wildfire. #Pentagon

Pentagon Seemingly Caused a Medevac Plane to Crash, Killing Everyone Onboard

The Trump administration has racked up a number of unusual air safety-related incidents.

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🎯 Like AI data centers and crypto-mines, floating nukes may be the next big thing no one knows about until it happens. That’s the kind of thing that riles up citizens when they’re not made a part of the process, as shown by recent AI data center protests across the U.S. #nuclear

A New Threat to the Seas

Floating nukes may be the next big thing no one knows about until it’s too late to stop.

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🎯 Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is "No." Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) haven't said how they will vote, though Murkowski's state has seen a recent windfall in settlements with Blanche's DOJ. #ToddBlanche

Todd Blanche confirmation in peril as key senator comes out against him

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's chance of securing his role permanently is hanging on by a thread after a GOP senator came out against him.On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to ad...

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📌 WTF?⁉ It was not concern over human rights abuses that has paused the plan. Judge Rubin issued his temporary injunction because “the expected harm to the crocodiles merit[s] investigation and justif[ies] issuing an order prohibiting the transfer.” #Palestine #Israel #crocodiles

Only Animal Welfare Raised in Israeli Debate on Crocodile Moat for Palestinian Prisoners

A judge temporarily blocked the plan over concerns about “the expected harm to the crocodiles.”…

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🙄 Jeez. The new definition of “victim” in the Epstein case now includes people who “self-identified” as victims, which led Allison Gill, host of “The Breakdown,” to worry that abusers who hung out with Epstein may self-identify and therefore be protected from disclosure. #EpsteinFiles #victims

Red flags fly after Todd Blanche reveals dubious Epstein files scheme: 'A serious problem'

Experts sounded the alarm on Sunday after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed a dubious new scheme to protect some of the people mentioned in the Epstein files.In a court filing last week, B...

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🎯 It turns out you can do things much faster if you don’t have to consider the implications and adverse effects of your actions. And if you headline your actions under the emergency banner, the system allows you to bulldoze through almost anything. #PublicLands #environment #StopThisSteal

Writing the Public Out of Public Lands, and the Billion-Dollar Dinner Behind It

Five departments gutted their environmental review rules in one day, without taking comment on the rules that shrink your comment. More than a million Americans have objected since. Nothing has change

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🎯 Experts say DHS’s failure to seek the tribe’s consent fits into a long history of the United States failing to honor tribal sovereignty, especially when that sovereignty conflicts with the US’s own plans. #Indigenous #TreatyRights #sovereignty

DHS Wants To Build A Border Wall Through Tohono O’odham Land. It’s Another Instance of The US Undermining Tribal Sovereignty.

The nation says the wall would be "devastating" to its lands and people.

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📌 Trump biographer David Cay Johnston: Trump has always been this corrupt! David also noted that Trump’s cognitive loss is so acute that it makes him question who is running our government on a daily basis. #corruption #Trump #cognitivedecline

Trump biographer David Cay Johnston: Trump has always been this corrupt!

"The Greatest Conman Ever"

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🎯 If you read any article today, make it this one. You won't be disappointed. Frightened for this country, yes, but not disappointed. Thank you @propublica.org for such an in-depth report. #militias #AP3 #OathKeepers #ProudBoys

ProPublica@propublica.org · 4d ago

Three years ago, our reporter received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams. (Published Jan. 2025)

📌 Too bad for the GOP. What happens when Dems run ads targeting GOP voters re: Miller abusing the daughter & granddaughter of a pro-Trump MAGA senator? What does that do to GOP turnout? How does that affect candidates at the top of the ticket who are already in tough races? #GOP #violence

'Tough races': GOP terrified Max Miller violent abuse claims could lose them the House

The GOP is quietly hoping voters will soon forget allegations that Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) poured hot water on his wife, held her at gunpoint and broke their daughter's collarbone — and it'll keep its ...

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🎯 We found this on Facebook at the Voter Participation Center. Follow them here on Bluesky: @votercenter.bsky.social ... and make sure you're still registered! #register #vote

✅ TAKE ACTION: Tell GOP leaders, “Hold hearings on climate-driven health threats.” Click on the image below for more information and to send your emails. Follow us, “Like,” & share. #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth

TAKE ACTION: Tell GOP leaders to act on the climate/public health crisis.

Tell GOP leaders to recognize the danger climate change poses to public health.

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🎯 Public lands are for the public. Period. A company wants to dig a hole four hundred feet deep into the Bear Lodge Mountains of northeastern Wyoming, on national forest ground that belongs to you, and haul rock out of it for seventeen years. #PublicLand #mining #USDA

BREAKING: USDA Pushes Forward on a Radioactive Open Pit Mine Miles From Devils Tower

The Forest Service won’t publish a draft study and won’t let anybody object. Michael Boren signs the decision himself. You have until August 28.

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From artist/cartoonist Clay Jones. Follow him here: @claytoonz.bsky.social and support his work on his Substack page (@claytoonz) #COVID

📌 We’re firm believers that fights over public land are won and lost on whether people can picture what’s at stake. Nobody drove to Yosemite because they read a policy memo – they went because of Ansel Adams photos. #Alaska #wilderness #AmblerRoadCorridor

We're Headed to Alaska to Document the Ambler Road Corridor

Very little imagery exists from one of the most critical public lands fights in America. We aim to change that.

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📌 An interesting take from Tara Dublin. Follow her here: @taradublinrocks.com “You were conned, MAGA. You were hurt and lied to and grifted, and I’m sorry that all happened to you. You hurt others because you didn’t realize you were mad at Trump for hurting you.” #MAGA

Frothing MAGA will implode once it sees the true source of its hate

[Writer’s Note: This is an open letter to MAGA, which in and of itself might be a fool’s errand since they don’t usually read anything longer than social media posts. But maybe someone who loves someo...

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📌 The vote was along party lines. Why would anyone confirm someone who didn't even meet the statutory qualifications for the position? Oh, yeah ... the midterm elections. #midterms #elections #JayClayton

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · last wk.

ICYMI: Jay Clayton is now the head of the U.S. intelligence community — a position that’s become central to Trump’s efforts to undermine U.S. elections. Clayton has no known intelligence background and has repeatedly declined to clearly state who won the 2020 election. https://demdock.com/3RhY8Xi

📌 Georgia is home to its first UNESCO World Heritage Site But the Trump administration told UNESCO the USA was leaving. White House deputy spokeswoman Anna Kelly said the organization backs “woke, divisive cultural and social causes.” The withdrawal takes effect Dec. 31st. #Okefenokee #UNESCO

Okefenokee Becomes America's 27th UNESCO World Heritage Site Months Before US Is Dragged Out by Trump

The designation is the first for a national wildlife refuge and the first American natural site added in more than thirty years.

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📌 This Global Tiger Day highlights the effective, locally led solutions that enable coexistence while celebrating the communities, conservation practitioners, and partners working every day to secure a future for both people and tigers. #tiger #coexistence

Global Tiger Day 2026: Coexistence in action – Scaling solutions for people and tigers

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From artist/cartoonist Steve Sack / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc. “Mitch McConnell your-guess-is-as-good-as-mine cards” Follow Steve here: stevesack.bsky.social #MitchMcConnell

🎯 Coal is “beautiful.” Oil is “liquid gold.” America’s forests are full of “great lumber.” And mountains are cool things you blast and mine for minerals and marble floors. This is how he sees the natural world. It’s a vast reservoir for raw materials waiting to be ripped out and used. #nature

Understanding How Donald Trump Sees Public Lands

A guide to the mind steering the fate of America's public lands. It's not pretty.

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. 📌 Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with the vehicles they already have (that a good mechanic can't fix)? And why do they need 250 of them? That's not a motorcade, it's a friggin' parade! #mechanics #Escalade #parade

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · last wk.

Hey I know inflation is out of control and a lot of folks can’t afford basic necessities, but at least we’re tackling waste fraud and abuse by buying… *checks notes* 250 Escalades for the government.

📌 When you sell investments, you can’t hide things people would want to know about the company. A foreign spy chief owning half the company is something they would want to know. #fraud #EricTrump

Eric Trump Just Publicly Engaged in Another $250 Million of Money Laundering. Why Isn’t New York Charging Him?

Six months of public documents, four New York felony statutes, and the two prosecutors best positioned to act.

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. 🎯 As the links between disasters and fossil fuel emissions become clearer, lobbyists scramble to shield the oil & gas industry from lawsuits and state laws seeking to hold profiteers accountable for the damage that burning fossil fuels causes to communities and public health. #climatecrisis

Republicans Are Trying to Give Big Oil Immunity for Causing Climate Chaos

A new report further links fossil fuel emissions to extreme weather events. States are trying to make polluters pay.

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. 📌 When T levels are too high, men get stupid. Medical research shows that the relationship between T and IQ is shaped like an inverted U: cognitive performance is strongest when #testosterone is in a moderate range, and declines dramatically at both low and high ends of the spectrum. #Hegseth

A high T, low IQ military is the last thing we need

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🎯 Imagine that! The fossil fuel industry lied to us. </sarcasm off> Methane, the primary component of natural gas fuel, is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. But the myth persists due to a savvy, decades-long branding campaign by oil & gas corporations. #ClimateChange #FossilFuel

How fossil fuel companies made us believe gas was clean

A new report from the Center for Climate Integrity exposes "decades of deception."

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. 📌 The continuing war on Palestinians Firas Market has heaps of mixed garbage as medical waste accumulates alongside household trash, commercial trash, and rubble remnants. Children navigate through the piles of garbage, searching for reusable scraps. #Israel #Palestine #genocide

Medical Waste dumped in Gaza’s Streets and Markets

By Eman Abu Zayed This article was originally published by

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. ✅ TAKE ACTION: Tell your Senators, “A man who wants to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shouldn’t be confirmed to lead the agency.” Click on the image below for more information and to send your emails. Follow us, “Like,” & share. #BrianJohnson #CFPB #ConsumerProtections

TAKE ACTION: Reject Brian Johnson’s nomination and protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Johnson supports weakened protections and weakened enforcement.

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#Voting #Elections

🎯 Those are particularly disastrous parts of the law ... which is saying something for the National Defense Authorization Act. Congress could have just extended the current law to negotiate a better bill. #defense #SAVE_Act #Israel

Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · 2w ago

6 Dems voted with MAGA to pass the NDAA. This does 2 horrifying things. Hands over a portion of the US military to Netanyahu. & includes Trump’s fascist SAVE Act, gutting voting rights for millions. Tomorrow, we start a 1K mile march through the South to register 100K voters. We need you with us.