Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

Why is the House not holding Bondi in contempt? Why is Oversight not holding Epstein hearings? Why is Oversight not doing more in this case?

Good Question! (1/3)

Martin Heinrich D-N.M.

“I can tell you, as somebody who has been a natural resources trustee, who has had to negotiate with copper companies in my own state, that this type of copper mining has never been done without polluting the water. Never, not once,” he said in a floor speech before the vote.

Our Afghan allies provided critical support to U.S. forces for over 20 years, but the Trump-Vance Administration has turned its back on them and their families, shutting down key resettlement programs. The idea that we’re now in talks to send as many as 1,100 Afghans, whom we have already evacuated, to the DRC—a country with severe political instability, violence, and a massive refugee and humanitarian crisis—is insane. [1/2]

We told these Afghans that we would help ensure their safety after they helped us. We have an obligation to follow through on our promise because it’s the right thing to do, and because going back on our word will only make it harder for us to build the kinds of partnerships we may need to advance our national security in the future. [2/2]

My statement on reports that the Trump-Vance Administration may send Afghans, including those who served with the U.S. military and more than 400 children, to the Congo:

1/x Here's a thread about the tariff refund scam, and how much the oligarchy cashed in on it.
The Supreme Court ruled that dipshit's schizophrenic tariffs were illegal, and the government must refund the money paid by businesses that imported goods while he was tossing darts at a map to

Big Oil Breaks Everything The planet, our democracy, our courts...

Brilliant evisceration by @billmckibben.bsky.social of the corruption caused by the fossil fuel companies over decades.

When historians write about this period, they will be aghast at the evil decisions made by those companies and their facilitators.
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A budget is a declaration of priorities. Trump has made clear that you and your family aren't one of his.

‘It’s just madness’: Trump administration to close three-quarters of Forest Service research stations Between funding cuts, facility closures, and the inevitable resignations that will follow, there’s virtually no way for the Forest Service to continue to do research at its current level or quality, w...

A thousand little cuts
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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@housegop.bsky.social

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One of the ways news media often fail us is by giving us the microscopic rather than the telescopic view. Everything I mention in this essay is well-documented, but the dots are mostly not connected to make visible this death by a thousand cuts our country is undergoing.

CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness.

Exclusive: The acting director of the CDC has delayed publication of a report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists.

The more I think about the 70,000 ICE incarcerated without due process the more I think we are underreacting. People are literally trapped inside for profit prisons. We need to do something.

Angry clouds over boulders flat irons beyond grassy fields.

My bicycle leaning against a roadside honey stand.

What I saw from my bicycle today:
Took the roundabout way home on my commute and stopped to pick up some honey from the local busy bees' roadside stand; good, unfiltered, whipped honey that tastes like sunshine on the taste buds.
#wisfmbt #therideabides

Unprecedented corruption

Billboard showing bikes with the message “These Machines FightTraffic.” In smaller letters it says “We fight for you.”

“These Machines Fight Traffic.”

Our own @tomflood.bsky.social did this great ad for @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth showing up in more and more places!

A reminder that last week, Pam Bondi accidentally released a Jack Smith memo revealing Trump’s motive for stealing and illegally retaining classified documents.

Raskin: "It doesn't give me a lot of comfort that Todd Blanche is now the acting AG. This is the guy who transferred Ghislaine Maxwell from the higher security prison to the low security prison camp in Texas."

'Babies in detention': Stacey Abrams sounds alarm on Texas ICE site holding children YouTube video by MS NOW

“What we're trying to do is help focus not only the mind, but the hearts. If Americans can't remember that children do not deserve to be incarcerated and tortured, then our democracy is already lost,” says Stacey Abrams on raising awareness of the ICE facility detaining children in Dilley, Texas.

Trump Is Doing Structural Damage to American Intelligence The issue isn’t just his disregard for facts. It’s that he’s reshaping the government in his image.

Tremendously important article by @johnsipher.bsky.social in The Bulwark. The damage that Trump is doing to the US IC is deeper and more profound than you might understand. He is changing its very structure. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-d...

Is there a master list, so to speak, of child sexual abusers in Trump's circle (including all the January 6th guys)?

Medical Examiner Rules That a Rohingya Refugee’s Death Was a Homicide

The medical examiner in Buffalo has ruled that the death of a nearly blind man left alone by Border Patrol agents on a frigid night was a homicide, a finding that could lead to criminal charges.

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.

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BLM Wants to Allow Drilling on Lands Directly Bordering Chaco Culture National Historical Park New proposal would revoke mineral withdrawal from a 10-mile buffer zone around Chaco Canyon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Alaskan Refuge, Big Bend wall, the Boundary Waters, the list goes on ...

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There’s a reason it takes FOIA requests (and being sued to comply) for ICE to release arrest data: The overwhelming majority of people detained have no criminal history.

And those so-called “immigration violations”? Often, it's people waiting years for court dates in a broken, backlogged system.

Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that they’re heating up their surroundings, according to new research. It’s an alarming finding given the number of data c...

Just wait until these eyesore monstrosities want to come to your neighborhood. Goodbye trees. Expect to hear a constant, electrical humming, warmer temperatures and higher energy bills. Fight like hell to keep data centers out of your area.

I said this in replies elsewhere, but I want to say it loudly here.

Anything other than a fullthroated affirmation of birthright citizenship in this country by SCOTUS is an act of treason. It is grounds for immediate impeachment. It is a violation of every oath they have made.