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Wildfires killed nearly 20% of the world’s giant sequoias. How crews are racing to save the rest

Fires in 2020 and 2021 killed nearly 20% of the world’s giant sequoias.

This Week in Tyranny: Excluded from His Own War Room, Food Stamps Cut, Tariffs Refunded to Corps YouTube video by Linsay Rousseau

This Week in Tyranny: Trump’s generals locked him out of a live military rescue mission because they didn’t trust him not to get troops killed. 2.5M Americans lost food stamps. $166B in tariff refunds go to corps not families. Hat tip to @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social

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Michigan gas station clerk saves teen from alleged kidnapper after she mouths ‘help’ In Hamtramck, Abdulrahman Abohatem placed himself between 16-year-old girl and man before police arrest

Where's Trump & MAGA when this happens? Arab, Yemeni immigrant saves teenage girl from kidnapping by registered sex offender.
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The Gilead Gazette: Planned Parenthood Arson, Georgia AG Lying, Jailing Abortion Patients YouTube video by Linsay Rousseau

Cincinnati Planned Parenthood set on fire, reopened the next morning. Georgia’s AG lying about women dying from the ban while running for governor. South Carolina wants to jail abortion patients and calls it a compromise. Follow @jessicavalenti.bsky.social for reporting.
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Senate Republicans voted 50-49 to hand the Boundary Waters wilderness to a Chilean mining company. They used a procedural trick to make it permanent, no future president can undo it. Attack number 40 on public lands in 15 months.
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Pete Hegseth read a Pulp Fiction monologue at a Pentagon prayer service & thought it was the Bible. Ezekiel 25:17. The same admin is attacking the Pope for being too political. Hat tip to @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social @briankaylor.bsky.social for catching this.

Trump’s DOJ just asked a court to erase the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders. Not reduce them. Erase them. Signed by Jeanine Pirro. In the interests of justice. Just from the law. Which is apparently the only place Trump needs it gone.

Honored to be invited to speak on this panel today at 11:30. Veterans have a long history of rising up to defend against fascism. In fact, we took an oath to do just that. We served with people from all walks of life & will fight to defend them.
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Trump’s DOJ released an 882-page report declaring that prosecuting people who chained themselves to clinic doors while women miscarried outside was religious persecution. Created by Pam Bondi’s working group. Bondi was fired last week. Not legally binding. Good use of everyone’s time.

A drug that could end AIDS costs less to make than your Netflix subscription. Gilead Sciences charges $28k a year for it. Told Doctors Without Borders they couldn’t have it because the paperwork was too much work. Meanwhile Trump gutted PEPFAR & dismantled USAID. @publiccitizen.bsky.social @msf.ca

This Week in Tyranny: Trump's Pardon Racket, Pentagon Threatened the Pope, Fish Cops Track Immigrant YouTube video by Linsay Rousseau

This Week in Tyranny: Trump floating pre-pardons for staff crimes not yet committed. The Pentagon threatened the Pope with the 14th century. His DOJ declared the records law that almost jailed him unconstitutional. Florida fish cops tracking immigrants through AI cameras.
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So excited to announce that I'm now a company of member of Theatre of Note. It's feels so amazing to be surrounded by a community of creatives in this long standing, democratic ensemble company collaborating to develop maverick theatre in the heart of Hollywood.

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The Gilead Gazette: Trump Shared a Snuff Film, Florida's Hiding Dead Mothers, Bucket Instead of Care YouTube video by Linsay Rousseau

The Gilead Gazette: Trump posted a woman’s murder and didn’t say her name. Her name was Nilufar Easmin. Florida buried maternal mortality data since the bans began. A CA Catholic hospital handed a hemorrhaging woman a bucket and called it care. They’re still open.

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Pete Hegseth told the country the missile that killed US troops was a “squirter” that got through air defenses. Survivors are telling CBS there were no defenses. They were left wide open. Benghazi got 8 investigations and a TV movie. Now troops are dead and the GOP outrage machine is on vacation.

Gray wolves were nearly extinct. Colorado voters brought them back. Now Trump’s Fish & Wildlife director is using the Endangered Species Act to destroy the program. Act now. Public comment open through June 5.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Conservative groups are using AI to mass-ban books from schools. The program defines “educational inappropriateness” as “content offensive to conservative values.” Then companies sell censorship tools to the districts they overwhelmed. One Texas district pulled 1,400 books. Shoutout to @404media.co

The president posted “a whole civilization will die tonight” on social media this morning. 88 million people. Every power plant. Every bridge. Iran is asking its young people to form human chains arou... TikTok video by Linsay Rousseau

Trump posted “a whole civilization will die tonight.” 88 million people. Iran is asking kids to form human chains around power plants. He’ll probably back down. But writing those words means he should never leave a prison cell.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 25th Amendment!
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Trump said “I don’t know” if he’s escalating the war. Threatened to destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran by tomorrow. Deadline has moved seven times. Claimed Iranians are begging to be bombed. War crimes experts say the threats alone are criminal.

This Week in Tyranny: Easter War Crimes, Native Americans Aren’t Citizens?, Alcatraz Reopening YouTube video by Linsay Rousseau

Trump’s budget: $1.5T for war, can’t afford day care. EPA cut in half. Heating assistance eliminated. $152M to reopen Alcatraz. TSA cut. His lawyer couldn’t say if Native Americans are citizens. Easter Sunday he threatened war crimes so foul CNN warned parents.
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The Gilead Gazette: Murder Charges, VA Betrayal, Abortion Websites Seized​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ YouTube video by Linsay Rousseau

The Gilead Gazette: Heartbeat Intl hosted abortion abolitionists who want the death penalty for patients. Trump funneling Title X birth control money to pro-life groups. A Texas CPC almost killed a woman & called it educational. Mississippi wants 10 years for abortion pills

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Mapping the Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service Every regional office, every research station, what they protect, and what you can do to stop it.

Mapping the Dismantling of the Forest Service. Every regional office, research stations, what they protect & what you can do to stop it. Thanks to @morethanjustparks.bsky.social for putting this together.

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Hegseth fired the Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George during a war because he refused to pull Black & female officers from the promotion list. Three generals fired in one afternoon. More than a dozen promotions blocked across all four branches. The replacement is Hegseth’s personal assistant.

The CDC stopped testing for rabies, smallpox, mpox, malaria & 2 dozen other diseases. One person left on the rabies team by July. Zero on the pox team. Rabies is 100% fatal. The World Cup and Olympics are coming. A public health expert said “God help us.” Welcome to the golden age of public health.

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So stoked about this! My Project Valkyrie pilot is a finalists for the Anarchists United Writers Discovery Fellowship via FilmFreeway.com! @anarchistsunited.bsky.social

Trump Just Gutted the Forest Service. NOT April Fools.
They’re moving the Forest Service to Utah. Closing all 10 regional offices. Destroying 50+ research labs. new Chief is a logging exec. 193 million acres. Call your senators: 202-224-3121.
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

What the actual F?! Trump orders dismantling of US Forest Service.
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Today Trump’s “God Squad” voted to exempt all Gulf oil drilling from the Endangered Species Act. 51 Rice’s whales left on Earth. Hegseth’s national security threat? Environmental lawsuits. All the industry had to do was slow their boats down. They said no.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Excited to be participating in this panel. Redefining Patriotism: Veterans' Progressive Activism in a Time of Crisis." This hybrid roundtable discussion will feature a diverse group of military veterans who are advancing a wide range of progressive causes.
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The Secretary of the Interior Just Told BlackRock Executives That Americans Who Love Public Lands Are Financially Illiterate The man in charge of 245 million acres of your land thinks protecting them is ignorance.

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