My latest: “I’ve never seen it this bad.”
The perfect storm of climate change, expanding oil and gas production, and costly homeowners insurance is devastating residents of coastal Louisiana.
via @capitalandmain.bsky.social
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My latest: “I’ve never seen it this bad.”
The perfect storm of climate change, expanding oil and gas production, and costly homeowners insurance is devastating residents of coastal Louisiana.
via @capitalandmain.bsky.social
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Climate change.
Expanding oil and gas production.
Costly homeowners insurance.
This perfect storm of inextricably linked factors is devastating residents of coastal Louisiana. The trend has only accelerated. Story by @marcusbaram.bsky.social
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NEW: Since DOGE was launched in early February, the cost-cutting initiative has had a major impact on Idaho — from federal job and service cuts to nonprofit funding freezes, via @idahostatesman.com
NEW in the DOGE Impact Tracker:
In the wake of the Social Security Administration slashing 12% of its workforce, the agency’s field offices have struggled to adjust to their new normal with overburdened workers + frustrated recipients, reports @nytimes
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NWS Plan to Hire Staff After Layoffs Will Be Too Late for #Wildfire Season
@marcusbaram.bsky.social reports for @capitalandmain.bsky.social
#news #environment #climatechange
EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list
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Must-read by @megduff.com on @capitalandmain.bsky.social:
“It comes down to how much is a life worth,” Wolfe said. “You want more coal, but you don’t care about the coal miners and what’s happening to them.”
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NEW: Due to staff cutbacks proposed by DOGE staffers at Social Security Administration, at least three dozen field offices lost more than a quarter of their staff, reports @nytimes. That resulted in long lines at offices overwhelmed by the public...
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NEW: A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.
If ABC News lawyers had guts (which they don’t), they would demand proof from the White House that Stephen Miller is NOT evil.
If Dems were smart and savvy (which they’re not), they would join in and make this a national debate over Stephen Miller’s soul.
My latest: Missing from the feud and the media reaction is any sense of the devastating impact Trump and Musk have had on the lives of millions of people -- veterans, children, the sick and hungry.
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Trump and Elon are fighting.
But missing from the feud and the media reaction was any sense of the massive impact that Trump and Musk have had on the lives of millions of people by slashing funding for essential federal agencies, writes @marcusbaram.bsky.social.
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NEW: The budget cuts to Job Corps–—which provides free education, job training and a place to live for low-income people—will hit Kentucky hard, shuttering three locations that serve over 500 students, reports the @courierjournal.bsky.social
NEW: DOGE cut more than 50 grants in Georgia’s 10th district – impacting programs that trained students in school counseling, outreach to historically underserved farmers + recruited more women into fields like computer science, reports Flagpole
NEW: Just miles from the White House, DOGE hits after-school program for low-income families, reports @washingtonpost
The parents “who send their children…are the nurses, day laborers + janitors who make this community function for everyone else”
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DOGE budget cuts are hurting the Hancock County Food Pantry in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, reports @wlox.com:
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Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
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NEW: DOGE budget cuts are hurting food banks in Mississippi, reports WLOX:
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‘Chilling and dangerous’: Grassroots groups sue over Louisiana law that censors air quality data.
A new state law threatens massive fines for releasing air quality data, inviting a First Amendment showdown with community organizations.
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#Law #Courts #Climate #Louisiana
Such a powerful piece, Michelle.
We’ve been tracking the human impacts of DOGE — how it affects childcare, veterans access to healthcare, food banks, learning-disabled students, working families, etc. here:
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Elon Musk led the dismantling of the federal government with absurd threats and actions; wreaked havoc at USAID; disrupted HIV programs; stayed up late to send harassing emails.
But what @inaeoh.bsky.social will remember most is his utter disdain for the workers he traumatized.
The NY Post had a big scoop about Trump’s pick to lead the DEA . . . then the political editor spiked the story.
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NEW in the DOGE Impact Tracker:
By cutting $1 billion in funding for U.S. Department of Agriculture programs that enabled schools and food banks to buy food directly from local farmers, DOGE is having an impact in South Florida, reports CBS News.
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A basic part of the American promise is a just day’s pay for a hard day’s work. For too many workers, that promise has been broken for too long as productivity gains have gone to profits for the rich instead of wages for workers, and people have had to work longer hours just to keep up.
NEW: Due to funding cuts by DOGE, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment lost a $1 million federal grant to address food insecurity in two counties with poverty rates above national and state averages, reports the Topeka Capital-Journal:
ICYMI: Trump touts ‘no tax on overtime.’
But he just made it harder for millions to earn overtime. via @capitalandmain.bsky.social
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“You can’t benefit from ‘no taxes on overtime’ if you’re not even paid overtime," former Secretary of Labor Julie Su told @capitalandmain.bsky.social.
@marcusbaram.bsky.social reports:
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My latest: “I know it’s hurting people and I know it’s affecting people,” says one of Elon Musk’s South Texas neighbors. “And I know it’s going to continue if they keep cutting the way they’re cutting. It’s very obvious. How can it not affect you?”
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