We can never bring back lost lives, but through my REPO law and G-7 coordination a LOT of Russian money can go to rebuild Putin’s savage destruction in Ukraine.
cnn.com/2024/04/30/eur…

When Estonia joined the EU 1 May, 20 years ago, instead of shooting off fireworks, we planted 1 million trees: spruce and pine mainly; saplings at the time, really.

With friends and neighbors, I planted some 3000 that day.

On 2 May 2004, I planted a real park of larger trees.…

Conservative lawyer George Conway on Donald Trump:

'He's a deeply disturbed, a deeply morally bereft human being who has no conscience, has no morality, has no empathy, has no remorse. And is sadistic as we saw during the trial...That he has nothing but contempt for the woman he…

Earth is dying as a habitable planet

This is the way. Every new package of sanctions exposes how little was done before. It's a war. Isolate the warmakers and terrorists. Go after the middlemen and the 'neutral' profiteers. Close the loopholes and have penalties with teeth.

To everyone who’s still not quite sure what is happening in 🇬🇪 right now, and why the events unfolding on the ground are truly unprecedented, or why the struggles of the Georgian people should even matter to those in Western capitals, here’s a (belated) not-so-short recap 🧵

'Every single day, Americans celebrate their right to act stupid and do dangerous things. It's getting to be a real pathology over here.' Apparently, in psychology, this phenomenon has a name and it's called reactance:
okdoomer.io/why-so-many-pe…

Anti-intellectualism has reached its pinnacle in America.
It is now demonizing science while luxuriating in its rewards, idolizing charlatan shamans, reducing elections to a gladiator sport, and nonchalantly baking the planet.

— Monty Boa

In case you haven't had a chance to follow this, an enormous swath of Asia -- about 2 billion people --have for days suffered record heat above 100 F, and insane winds above 100 mph. No, this is not normal. Some of SE Asia is topping 120 degrees -- in Spring.
#ClimateCrisis

We took a day trip to explore Anna Maria Island today...Florida's Gulf Coast is paradise🏝
Also managed to remove 89 pieces of Litter & #JustOne toy shovel🏖

More info on the creepy-crawly dark-money operation through which far-right billionaires try to twist our country to their sordid liking.
motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Armed With Intelligence
Two-thirds of an Octopus’ neurons reside in its arms, not its head. As a result, some of the arms can figure out how to crack open a shellfish while the rest of the animal is busy doing something else, like checking out a cave for more edible goodies.…

House Republicans used today's hearing on US Department of the Interior's budget request to complain about maintenance delays and backlogs.

But last year, Republicans slashed the agency's funding—which puts more projects on hold and reduces staff.

You can’t have it both ways, House Committee on Natural Resources.

🐦Grey Pileated Finch - Males are mostly gray with a white throat and a black crown with a red center, which can be erected when the bird is excited.

#birds #birdwatching #photograghy #BirdsOfTwitter #GanJingWorld #GJW

This is Biden’s moment to cut Bibi adrift: “Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will proceed with an offensive on Rafa even if internationally brokered talks with Hamas result in the release of hostages and a ceasefire.”
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

1/🧵 You might not see this in mainstream media, but there’s a powerful movement happening in Ukraine. It’s not about chaos; it’s about self-mobilization. Ukrainians across the country are stepping up, training, and learning - preparing themselves to defend their nation. #Ukraine

BREAKING: Mitch McConnell has recruited a far-right candidate to jump into this race and defeat me. Now, a shady GOP billionaire just poured $2 MILLION behind him to buy this seat. Will you chip in now to help me fight back, win in Nevada, and keep the Senate blue?

Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ You know, they're not going to stop with just rounding up 'illegals'. They're going to round up ANYONE that fits the bill, even if they're U.S. Citizens, they'll be forced to grind through the legal red tape JUST to get back into the country, overseen of course, by Trump judges.

Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ same playbook ...

Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ TFG would never have been President, if we funded education according to the high level of importance it warrants. We are now seeing the millions of adults who cannot discern between what is true & what is not. When TFG is gone...his supporters will be waiting for the next one.