Posts by Craig O'Connor
Our analysis, shared exclusively with @theguardian.com, shows that the brutal assault on Iran released 5m tonnes of CO2 in the first two weeks.
The environmental consequences of this war will last for decades to come. Read the full article here:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Scary.
Top Dems Face Rising Pressure to ‘Bring the Iran War Powers Resolution to the Floor Right Now’
Dems may have the votes to pass a war powers resolution before the two-week recess. But leaders are hesitating, even as Trump readies for a ground invasion.
'Hell No': Pentagon Wants Over $200 Billion to Fund Trump's Illegal Iran War www.commondreams.org/news/hell-no...
Joe Kent, a Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official, Resigns Over the Iran War www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/w...
And, We Have Motive.
Even the conservative Wall Street Journal understands the havoc wealth inequality is wreaking on our economy and society.
It’s far past time to unrig the system. www.wsj.com/finance/billionaires-low...
We need to demand universal health coverage.
So dark. Kushner raises billions for his fund while the family of a soldier killed in Truml’s war gets help on Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/major-alex...
More suppression of the free press.
If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Priorities.
they start wars to use the weapons they bought for billions from billionaires and then say we need to spend more billions to buy more weapons.
Two great reasons to pass Bernie Sanders' 5% billionaire wealth tax:
1. $4.4 TRILLION in revenue for education, healthcare, childcare, and housing
2. Less money for the billionaires rigging our economy, warping our politics, and controlling our media
That's called a win-win.
The solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines exported from China in 2024 are set to cut annual CO2 emissions in the rest of the world by 1%, some 220m tonnes (MtCO2). www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Under Biden…
Introducing...Humanism 101! In the first episode, humanist leaders introduce what humanism means, what humanists believe, and why millions of people already live by humanist values without realizing there’s a name for it. Visit AmericanHumanist.org/Humanism101 to watch the full video!
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JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
'Most Vile Scumbags on Earth': Critics Appalled by Explosive Report on Kristi Noem's Corruption www.commondreams.org/news/kristi-...
Being against Trump isn’t enough. We need leaders.
Yes, I want Democrats to win the midterms. But I want Democrats who will tax the rich, work for universal public health insurance, end subsidies for coal and oil and instead support renewables, will abolish ICE and help immigrants live in peace, make unionizing easier, and so on.
@davidfrum.bsky.social
I don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down