Seems to me like the party has a little less than 3 weeks to do a fire house primary, which would be the right thing to do and energizing in the wake of the nonsense

Assimilation has never been a problem for any immigrant group. Seriously - it is not a problem, it has never been a problem, it's never going to be a problem. What he means is "I see them around, and they're still Black! Blatantly! They're obviously unwilling to become American!"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."

Like many of the things Alanis Morissette sang about in her biggest hit, I would say the week's events are the opposite of ironic, actually. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/c...

A ‘Deeply Ironic’ Climate Disruption

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Looking for a meaningful way to celebrate July 4? Take a brief nonpartisan Harvard online course on the U.S. Constitution: bit.ly/FreeCourseHa... (click “audit” for free version)

HarvardX: American Government: Constitutional Foundations | edX

Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.

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Shady and stupid.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2mo ago

Trump admin plowing tens of millions of dollars into a shady company led a QAnon freak promising to build a giant coal plant that no one needs. This is a far bigger deal than Solyndra, I wonder if the press will hahahaha of course they won't.

NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger strongly spoke out against media "capitulation" in a speech last night >>> cnn.it/4tUxLns

WATCH: “The Supreme Court tore that apart — and the fact that Republicans came for MEMPHIS first feels deeply personal because of that city’s Civil Rights history.” @channel4news.bsky.social puts the racist Republican redistricting in historical context.

I knew it would be fast, but this...

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3mo ago

“‘What’s happening right now is probably the swiftest disenfranchisement of Black folks since Reconstruction, due to disenfranchisement by racist gerrymandering. And they will lie and say that it’s for political purposes,’ said Democratic state representative Justin Pearson of Tennessee…”

Climate scientists are particularly concerned about this year’s anticipated El Niño event, as its release of heat stored in the Pacific Ocean may boost global temperatures — which are already sky high due to human-caused climate change.

El Niño is coming and may be the strongest in a century

How ENSO influences global weather patterns

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$170,000 a minute: Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on? #COP30 #climatecrisis Story by me 1/7 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action

Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?

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They want us to think concern about climate change is a radical, fringe view. They want us to feel isolated. The truth is that we are the majority.

Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · 9mo ago

A writer in Ohio calls the existential threat of climate change “a no-brainer.” A radiologist in Scotland describes it as “the greatest hazard to human health in history.” A finance worker, who lost their home in a California wildfire, says, “We have to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable.” 🧵

It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...

Climate Gates

Maybe we don't need billionaire opinions on everything

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@jdickerson.bsky.social explains the joy and value in journalism, with his usual grace, in a sign off broadcast at CBS www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMV7LeJm/

Reporter’s Notebook: Why journalism? @John Dickerson signs off from CBS Evening News Plus with a look back on a career of asking the hard questions, listening to people’s stories and showing why a fre...

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Story Idea: Study after study has shown that the vast majority of people, 80-89%, want governments to “do more” to address climate change. Understanding who these people are and why gov't action doesn’t align with the overwhelming public interest are all rich territory for reporting. #the89percent

Covering Public Support for Government Climate Action

Explore how the global majority not only cares about climate change, but wants their governments to “do more” to address it.

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I skipped those sessions this year. I dig the woo woo stuff, but I wanted to hear about the action in the states, in Europe, etc. and I'm glad I did. There 100% needs to be more storytelling about how climate solutions (like heat pumps) are improving the lives (and livelihoods) of real people.

Kate Marvel@drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 10mo ago

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

I would like to buy this judge a 🍺... It's worth reading the whole thing... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge rejects Trump’s New York Times lawsuit for being ‘decidedly improper and impermissible’ | CNN Business

In a ruling dripping with derision, a federal judge has rejected President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Times. Trump has a month to refile.

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🥁 Drumroll please... An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws; A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds; And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...

The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now

Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...

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Journalists, when was the last time you scrolled TikTok? Check out this story from ‪@emorwee.bsky.social‬ about a micro-influencer engaging his followers to take climate action with videos from his summer backpacking trip to #ANWR.

Emily Atkin@emorwee.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This guy got 700,000+ views on TikTok begging media to cover Trump’s push to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He asked, we obliged. Read @leahgarden.bsky.social on the great lengths it can take to engage people on one of America’s most remote ecosystems:

Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”

Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship

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Stop humblebragging! Just kidding… welp! Love you, Canada!

regcalgary.bsky.social@regcalgary.bsky.social · last yr.

#HappyCanadaDay! Let's celebrate this great country, and also remember that we have much work left to do as we seek reconciliation with Indigenous nations and greater understanding among us all!

Bill Moyers died on June 26 at the age of 91. He was giant in the world of journalism—he was also a climate champion, write Mark Hertsgaard and @kylepope01.bsky.social of @coveringclimatenow.org.‬ www.thenation.com/article/envi...

Bill Moyers Helped Break the Media’s Climate Silence

When Bill Moyers helped launch the Covering Climate Now media collaboration, he urged fellow journalists to “tell the story so people get it.”

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New Yorkers: What is the best explanation of ranked choice voting that you've read? I need clarity on this. #NYCmayor

Commentary: You Sure You’re In The Mood For Another Wes Anderson Film With Everything That’s Going On? theonion.com/you-sur...

Was at NYC Penn Station in early '90s waiting for a train back to Boston. Saw Ric Ocasek walking towards me and I audibly gasped with my mouth agape. He gave me a stunning, knowing smile. It was just what I needed. :)

Blunderbolt@bolt451.bsky.social · last yr.

Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

stop trying to make curtis yarvin happen

I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · last yr.

I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.

@frediotto.bsky.social is a leading practitioner of arguably the most important development in climate science in many years: attribution science. Like police officers dusting a crime scene for fingerprints, attribution science reveals what role climate change played in a given weather disaster.

As @parkermolloy.com (h/t) commented on this piece, I found myself nodding along all through. So much has been lost in the commodification of journalism. I miss the 90s so much. And @marthabayne.bsky.social, I am definitely going to buy your book! marthabayne.substack.com/p/journalism...

Journalism Dreams

I wrote about the "Heat Index" scandal and why it may not matter

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A growing number of communities across the US are suing fossil fuel companies for climate damages caused by their products. Their core argument? Oil companies knew fossil fuels were driving climate change and lied about it. coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...

Taking Big Oil to Court

Communities across the US are suing to make fossil fuel companies pay up for climate damages

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