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Updated
#SavingOurselves
book tour info w/new dates in Oxford, Copenhagen, Philadelphia, and at the 92nd Street Y in NYC!
For details:
@SDonziger
@dharnanoor
@EJinAction
@mattwinning
@fabianholt
@DrKWilkinson
@queerbrownvegan
@schipper_lisa
@IngoldKarin
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Filling up here at the
#climatestrike
in
#WashingtonDC
. Definitely more women than men and the Adults have showed up!
#FridaysForFuture
@GretaThunberg
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Anyone at University of Maryland needing an in person class, I AM AVAILABLE to do an independent study.
If you are at University of Arizona and need an in-person class to handle this ICE rule, we can do an in-person (outside and while at least 6 feet away from each other) independent study if that helps the situation. I hope my colleagues who can do so join me in this offer.
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A beautiful image of the
#NationalGuard
at the
#USCapitol
Taking a photo with the statue of Rosa Parks in Statuary Hall.
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A 🧵about the
#ProudBoys
in DC last night. Without counterprotesters to bait or anyone to beat up, they apparently turned on one another (and here's the video).
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Dear
@AOC
, I've gotten so many inane and idiotic tweets since mentioning you and your efforts re
#ClimateChange
today. I can only imagine what you face--i have developed a new level of
#respect
. Keep up the good work!
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The transcript does not do the clip justice. Note that Fauci was prepared with the specific paper in hand and a clear understanding of the review process.
RAND PAUL: Knowing it's a crime to lie to Congress, do you wish to retract your statement where you said the NIH never funded gain of function research in Wuhan?
FAUCI: I've never lied before Congress & I don't retract that statement ... you don't know what you're talking about
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Happy to see this action from
@indivisibleHOU
make the front page of today's style section of the
@washingtonpost
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Why haven't we heard more about
#Trump
canceling his rallies? Seems very newsworthy given
#Election2020
and the whole
#COVID19
pandemic...🤔
Trump quietly canceled the rest of his campaign rallies yesterday. He’ll cancel the debates as well. In both, he would just embarrass himself, and he knows it. Until then, he’ll hide in the bunker while Americans are sick and dying, watching cable tv and tweeting crap. 124 days.
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Short thread of Capitol police 'response' to the violence outside the
#USCapitol
yesterday. I've studied
#protest
for over 20 years and have NEVER seen such a bland and accommodating police response inside or outside the US.
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Quite a statement in support of
@aoc
and her efforts on
#climatechange
here.
ICYMI:
@JohnKerry
praises Rep
@AOC
efforts to combat
#climatechange
as opposed to
#PresidentTrump
who refuses to lead on this issue. “Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez has in fact offered more leadership in one day or in one week than
#PresidentTrump
has in his lifetime on this. "
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"Elect a Congress that will restrain him and hold him accountable." wise words from
@VanJones68
#BlueWave2018
Treat the mid-terms like a presidential election. Everyone: work your tails off to elect a Congress that will restrain him and hold him accountable. That’s the only viable solution that we have any control over.
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A terrifying and (sadly) realistic view of how the next 98 days until
#Election2020
might play out care of
@donwinslow
👇
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Anyone who isn't paying attention to how the young people involved in the
#youth
#climate
#movement
are getting attacked, watch this exchange on
#FoxNews
. I've got nothing but
#Respect
for
@ChristopherHahn
🙌
Trump humper Michael Knowles just called Greta Thunberg a "mentally ill Swedish child" and
@ChristopherHahn
tore him a new asshole.
"Maybe on your podcast you get away with saying whatever you want because no one is listening." 🤣
#HowDareYou
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Anyone wondering why
#antivaxxers
are mobilizing to
#protest
at school board meetings, it's because it is an effective tactic (at least so far). They are taking a page right out of the
#TeaParty
playbook here.
@ThePlumLineGS
@KevinMKruse
@ThePlumLineGS
@KevinMKruse
My school district was making masks mandatory... then the crazy crazies showd up at a school board meeting and did what they do. Now the district has reversed course and masks are no longer mandatory.
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YES. Keeping the
#Senate
from voting on bills that have passed the House and have a chance of passing is a clear ACT of collaboration with
@realDonaldTrump
#Shutdown
We need to make this clearer.
In refusing votes on Dem bills reopening govt, Mitch McConnell isn't merely sitting on sidelines.
He's *actively shielding* Trump from having to veto them once they pass.
This, even though he *knows* Trump has no endgame:
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My colleagues over at
@crowdcounting
tell me that 100,000 people marched in DC yesterday for
#WomensMarch2019
--that's BIGGER than last year! In terms of WHY they marched, there is remarkable consistency between this year's participants and last year
#THREAD
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More bad news The news today is not good for the
#oceans
, the
#climate
, or for all of us living on this delicate planet.
#ClimateCrisis
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We are proud to announce that
@Fisher_DanaR
is joining SIS as a professor and as the new director of
@AmericanU_CECE
on July 1. Welcome to SIS, Dana!
@ShannonHader
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Just got a notice that our newly accepted paper is embargoed for 36 months--yes, that's THREE YEARS--and we wonder why academic work doesn't get out into the world while it's relevant. SMH.
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Local activist groups (including
@ShutDown_DC
and
@DMVBlackLives
) worked tirelessly to encourage hotels to shut their doors to hate and it's great to see the results of their efforts play out in real(ish) time last night!
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@MollyJongFast
In contrast, EVERYONE at yesterday's
#JuneteenthDay
protests in
#DC
were wearing masks!
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I'm hiring a PostDoc to work with me at the Center for
#Environment
, Community, & Equity at American University. If you are interested in building interdisciplinary teams to study and solve environmental problems, have a PhD, and can work in DC, APPLY!
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Here's a map of the
#SealTheDeal
rallies taking place today
Today, voters are mobilizing at 75+ rallies across the country in support of bold climate action that will create millions of good-paying jobs and lower costs for middle-class families.
It’s time for Congress to pass
@POTUS
' Build Back Better Plan. It's time to
#SealTheDeal
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PASS IT ON 👇
The Republican Party is the greatest threat to American democracy
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Working for free arresting
#RogerStone
...that'll make quite a
#ShutdownStory
OMFG here's the video of the FBI going in to arrest Roger Stone. 🤣
(BTW: these FBI agents are furloughed d/t the government shutdown.)
#muellerFriday
#fridaymotivation
#wikileaks
#muellertime
#indictmentfriday
#fridaythoughts
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Welcome to
#TrumpsAmerica
"We've got young people tuning in for the first times in their lives...this is their first exposure to American politics. The president of the U.S. is such a raving bigot that he likes stuff that cannot be shown to them on television. There's something wrong with that."
@AC360
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Yes, but perhaps it's time to reconsider the role of the
#FLOTUS
. Such gendered roles are really outdated and need to be updated for modern families.
In a disappointing break with tradition, Melania Trump will become the first modern first lady not to invite the woman who will replace her to the White House for a walk-through of the private living quarters on the second and third floors.
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I never thought I'd see that day that pieces run in both the
@nytimes
and the
@washingtonpost
with conservatives calling for
#Republicans
to vote
#Democrat
. Here's the newest from
@MaxBoot
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My husband introduced me to a business colleague and mentioned I have written some books. The man responded: "oh, children's books?"
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Just submitted a full draft of
#SavingOurselves
: from
#Climate
Shocks to
#ClimateAction
to the publisher and I am SPENT. Heading out tonight to meet one of my academic heroes...
#Phew
#WritingLife
#AcademicChatter
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Birmingham, Ala., Mayor Randall Woodfin just pardoned past marijuana convictions for 15,000 people
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Inconsistency of messages is the name of the game...
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I mentioned the amazing daily efforts at the
#KremlinAnnex
in this post. Keep up the
#resistance
@AdamParkhomenko
et al!
There are no signs of
#protest
fatigue among
#TheResistance
in the lead up to the anniversary of Charlottesville and
#UniteTheRight2
in DC this weekend via
@wordpressdotcom
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Anyone who wants the 🎯
#CliffsNotes
version of the
#SCOTUS
hearings today, follow
@ElieNYC
and feel the 🔥!!
Senator Dick Durbin really wanted the job chairing this committee, and it's his biggest moment so far. I am rooting for him.
#ConfirmJudgeJackson
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Way to tie up 2017 with a book recommendation and a warning of what's to come,
@JoeNBC
keeps it classy.
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Remember that the term
#AlternativeFacts
(which has evolved into
#TheBigLie
) was first used by
#KellyannConway
2 days after Trump's Inauguration (in response to unflattering numbers of people attending the event)
Media who give a damn about truth after what Trump and his enablers have done to this country, should be ashamed of themselves to put Kellyanne Conway on the air, or to quote her in any way.
Giving her a platform makes YOU the problem.
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Anyone interested in claims that
#subnational
actors--states, cities, or towns--are going to lead the US to address
#ClimateChange
, check out our New Paper, which shows the opposite:
#subnational
actors played a big role in
#climate
#policy
#blockage
up through 2016
New paper with
@Fisher_DanaR
in Climatic Change: "The Polycentricity of Climate Policy Blockage".
#discoursenetworks
#polycentricity
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Final photo from last night before I get on the plane. Celebrating the opening of
#Hamilton
DC with
@Lin_Manuel
and
@chefjoseandres
Thanks again to
@Prizeo
!
#MoreOfUs
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@BuntyKritty
@Will_Bunch
This is what happens when folks assemble to be aggressive and there's no one but the police around to fight. I'm really impressed with how local activist groups have handled the situation. The city has provided a stage for everyone to watch the pro-Trump
#movement
self destruct
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For anyone interested, I'll be talking about what happened last night and today's
#DCProtests
with
@Nnamdikid
on the
@kojoshow
today at noon.
@ASAnews
@bsosumd
@WomenAlso
@ei_schwartz
@CydneyGrannan
Tune in here or through
@wamu885
:
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Worth a re-watch as all eyes turn to
#Georgia
Democrat Jon Ossoff's blistering attack on GOP Sen. David Perdue at the Georgia debate has been watched and devoured over 5 million times. Voters cannot get enough of Ossoff’s truth-talking takedown of that cocky old crook.
Vote your
@ossoff
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TODAY is the day for the
#SaveTheUSPS
day of action. Here's a map of events scheduled across the US. For details see below.
@MoveOn
@IndivisibleTeam
@WorkingFamilies
@NAACP
@vetsfortheppl
@AFTunion
Saturday, August 22 show up to
#savethepostoffice
. Pledge to join:
At 11 a.m. (local time), we will show up at local post offices across the country to save the post office from Trump and declare that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy must resign.
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Chilling video compilation of how
@realDonaldTrump
has incited
#Violence
in his public messaging via
@AynRandPaulRyan
Trump just now: "The safety of the American people is my highest and absolute priority, we have to unify & send a clear message that acts of political violence have no place in US."
Also, Trump:
#MAGABomber
#wednesdaywisdom
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Thanks to everyone at
@morning_joe
for the chat about the
#AmericanResistance
🇺🇸
.
@Fisher_DanaR
representing
@UofMaryland
on
@Morning_Joe
, talking about her new book “American Resistance: From the Women’s March to the Blue Wave.”
#GoTerps
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👏👏👏
Just got off a call of top Los Angeles Times editors, agreeing that we should not call those who stormed the U.S. Capitol “protesters.”
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Today's the day: it's
#PresidentsDay
and the rain has passed, so a good opportunity to join
#TheResistance
in the streets one more time...
Join
@MoveOn
& many others on President’s this MONDAY AT NOON LOCAL TIME for nationwide protests against Trump's illegal fake national emergency power grab to build his racist wall. Pledge to attend here: .
#FakeTrumpEmergency
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What an amazing day watching
@Lin_Manuel
all decked out with hair extensions (that's true) to shoot
#Ham3x
at
@kencen
.
@aarondpatton
and i had a ball! Thanks again to
@Prizeo
.
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CORRECTION:
@LindseyGrahamSC
and
@senatemajldr
back when the President was a
#Democrat
(and obstruction of justice was, therefore, impeachable)
#surprisesurprise
.
@LindseyGrahamSC
and
@senatemajldr
back in the 90's, when obstructing justice was still impeachable.
It doesn't matter if it's politically expedient or not.
Impeachment is a duty, not a campaign strategy.
#whistleblower
h/t
@yruby10
#ThursdayThoughts
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🚨🚨Just signed the contract for my next book! Saving Ourselves: from
#Climate
Shock to
#ClimateAction
will be published by
@ColumbiaUP
. I'll be writing it this summer during my fellowship at the
@KlugeCtr
at the
@librarycongress
#CantWait
to get started!
@ei_schwartz
@socyumd
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Curious about how
#TheResistance
that emerged from outrage after Trump took office has been working towards
#Election2020
Some new data on the
#AmericanResistance
@bsosumd
@ASAnews
@WomenAlso
@ei_schwartz
@cmMcConnaughy
@Mlsif
@rtraister
@CharlotteAlter
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Yesterday, working with a team of 15 researchers, we collected data from the participants at the
#MarchOnWashington
. In the end, we collected data from 277 participants who were randomly sampled in the crowd a
#thread
🧵 (photo by
@stsumej
)
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To everyone who keep asking me how confrontational
#climate
#activism
can work if it's unpopular, here are
#DATA
from the civil rights movement to provide historical context (thanks to
@ToBeThatGuy_
for posting)! I discuss in detail in my new book,
#SavingOurselves
(out soon!)
@mbaram
@DecEmergency
Nothing new about that:
"Only 22% of Americans supported the Freedom Rides of the Civil Rights Movement, and only 28% Sit-ins at lunch counters. 60% had "uncomfortable" feelings during the March on Washington, in 1963 Martin Luther King was the most hated man in America."
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Tomorrow is the
#StopTheBans
day of action around the US--expect to see
#protest
like this one focused on
#ReproductiveRights
around the US coordinated by
@womensmarch
@aclu
@NARAL
and many others
The scene in Birmingham, Alabama this eve as protestors march against the recent anti-abortion law.
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Yes.
Dear
@realDonaldTrump
: As public servants, we help people because it is the right thing to do, not because we want to be praised for it. Also, the US President should never wish for Americans to be locked up in a foreign jail.
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Anyone who has been discussing how the
#insurgency
on
#January6th
will affect
#protest
in America generally, here's a start with
#climate
-related examples: as predicted, it is leading to more repression of all sorts. (ICYMI
@ryangrim
)
In the U.S., the oil industry is exploiting the Capitol riots to push draconian 10-year prison sentences for protesters who target oil production sites.
“Shock Doctrine” in action.
@NaomiAKlein
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The more things change... 🙃
Donald Trump is becoming increasingly delusional with each passing day.
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Hearing this is 🎶to my ears! To all of us who volunteered to cure ballots in Georgia (or other places during
#Election2020
)--our work MATTERED!!
Interesting point from Gabe Sterling of Ga. SoS: The reason GOP signatures were rejected at higher rates than Dem signatures is bc Dems had a cure program. They chased voters whose ballots were rejected and got them to fix as allowed under the law. GOP was slow to that game.
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Update: i tested negative for
#covid19
. It took less than 24 hours to get the result. Sadly, i still feel like my head is being cracked open. Hopefully the meds will work by tomorrow.
#StaySafe
Morning everyone (i just woke up). Thank you All for sending your kind messages. It has been amazing reading them -- Clearly supports the idea that tweeting in the middle of the night on morphine is NOT a terrible idea! I'll share news when I have it.
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Happy to hear such clear language on
@MorningEdition
👏
In an
@NPR
newscast just now,
@KorvaColemanNPR
gave a simple fact, in her calm newscaster's voice: "President Trump continues to lie, saying he won the election." Not a criticism; just a fact. Which is one thing you do in journalism. Just report what people are doing.
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Great to see a summary of my new paper on
#AnthroShift
in a Warming World in
@RealHotTake
by
@amywestervelt
Worth noting that we need 12 million
#climate
activists in the US alone (and so very many more elsewhere) to get to the level of transformational change that is needed.
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@MattGrossmann
The
#insurrection
at the
#USCapitol
on
#January6th
definitely halted the formation of a unified countermovement in response to the Biden Presidency (like the
#TeaParty
to Obama and
#TheResistance
to Trump). Had it not happened, we'd be seeing something very different.
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Today, students around the US
#WalkOut
to oppose
#GunViolence
. Tomorrow, they will participate in the international
#ClimateStrike
. Can't wait to see what the future holds
#TheKidsAreAlright
#NeverAgain
#MarchforOurLives
@womensmarch
@WomensMarchY
Last year, we participated in the biggest student led walkout this country as ever seen. While senate debates on whether to pass life saving legislation, we walk out again.
Join us, March 14 in DC. This is not a moment. This is a movement.
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TfW your in-laws bring COVID into your house for Christmas 🎄
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My writing highlight of 2023 was publishing this piece in
@Nature
with
@berglund_oscar
&
@ProfColinDavis
. Being able to write about
#climate
#activism
and
#protest
in this journal & getting to summarize what we know and what we still need to know was an amazing opportunity!
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The US military is trending today: there's this article in
@theAtlantic
; then there's the decision to cut
#StarsandStripes
; finally (and I think the most interesting) are the amazing responses by individual
#Veterans
#CheckThemOut
@RedTRaccoon
@davidmweissman
@kleykamp
New, from
@TheAtlantic
: Trump skipped a visit to an American military cemetery in France after calling the dead "losers" for getting killed: Full story here:
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My newest in
@thenation
with
@V_Williamson
looks at the asymmetry in tactics on the Left vs the Right--From
#GunViolence
to
#ReproductiveRights
to
#Climate
, it's time to Stop Clapping for Tinkerbell
@bsosumd
@essnet
@WomenAlso
@shesource
@joanwalsh
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Being politically engaged looks good on you
@taylorswift13
#Election2020
Trump’s calculated dismantling of USPS proves one thing clearly: He is WELL AWARE that we do not want him as our president. He’s chosen to blatantly cheat and put millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort to hold on to power.
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It's official--With all the news coming out of
#SCOTUS
, there's no better time to be focusing my work on
#environment
,
#community
, &
#Equity
!
#NewJob
#LetsGo
!
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Today's
#DCProtest
starts early (in like 50 minutes) 👇
Saturday, August 15, 8:00 am. Protect the US Postal Service!
@ShutDown_DC
will wake up Postmaster General (and Trump donor) Louis DeJoy at his Kalorama condo.
Washington, DC
#DCprotest
#DCprotests
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Anyone wondering why many
#climate
#activists
are engaging in confrontational and
#DirectAction
tactics today (including
#ShutDownDC
), here's the answer right here 👇👇👇
"The report, launched as leaders gather at a UN climate action summit in NYC on Monday, says current plans would lead to a rise in average global temperatures of between 2.9C and 3.4C by 2100, a shift likely to bring catastrophic change across the globe."
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In other words, it's the
#socialscience
that's unknown at this point.
In its new statement on climate change, the American Physical Society indicates that the greatest remaining uncertainties in the science pertain to solutions.
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Nice glossary of
#euphemism
!
Conservative election conspiracies explained…
"illegal voters" = people of color voting
"bussing people in" = carpooling
"there are reports of" = I made this up
"dead voters" = turnout higher than expected
"it was rigged" = I can't get over that we lost
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Just look at this angry mob of Democrats!!!
Oh, wait.
These are people who literally camped out overnight to vote in Florida.
And there wasn't even a Beyonce concert or an iPhone! release And it wasn't Black Friday, either.
#WeAreTheMob
and
#WeWillVote
.
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@sandibachom
Of course they did, it was all over social. The only surprise was the weak response by law enforcement (in terms of
#s
deployed, preparedness, and backup)
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Seeing
@DebraMessing
join forces with
@WalshFreedom
during
#Election2020
was NOT on my 2020 BINGO card🤯
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My reseach backs up the claims made by
@LeonSimons8
in this piece:
#climate
shocks and the disasters that they cause will motivate more
#socialchange
and
#climateaction
than any one new paper (or a bigger scientific assessment for that matter).
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THIS 👇
Your democracy should never be so tenuous that it must depend on the integrity of Brian Kemp.
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Classic case of
#activism
and
#civildisobedience
working (especially when the whole world is watching thanks to
@GretaThunberg
). 9-day
#protest
ends with a ruling for the Sami and an apology from the Norwegian Government.
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