Schumer sent a tough letter to the White House. That’s pointless and ineffective. I doubt they will even respond to it. Schumer must go as Minority Leader.
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Climate posts on BlueSky
Pope Francis spoke often about the importance of environmental stewardship in a way none of his predecessors had, connecting climate change to social inequities: cnn.it/4jnHRbX
— CNN (@cnn.com) 2025-04-27T15:40:35.315Z
#ResistanceEarth#BlueEarthUsually, when NOAA releases its annual report on CO2 levels, it publishes a web page with detailed analysis. Not this time. NOAA quietly put the data on social media without even mentioning the fact that CO2 levels jumped dramatically.www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/c…
— Shooti (@bambooshooti.bsky.social) 2025-04-23T23:39:12.304Z
The Trump administration is rolling back landmark environmental protections that date to the early 1970s. Among the changes, Trump signed an order requiring the EPA and other agencies to eliminate, or “sunset,” an array of environmental rules. @hayleysmith.bsky.social http://www.latimes.com/environment/…
— Ian James (@ianjames.bsky.social) 2025-04-23T00:12:56.448Z
Climate change poses major security threat and armies must adapt, experts warnground.news/article/how-…
— LaResistance47 (@laresistance47.bsky.social) 2025-04-22T23:38:43.954Z
These actions also carry a heavy economic cost. Extreme weather events caused by climate change cost us over $180B in 2024 alone. And it drives up home insurance rates for Americans across the country.earth.org/costliest-cl…
— Congressman Don Beyer (@beyer.house.gov) 2025-04-22T23:08:19.521Z
Tens of thousands of homes in the New York City area could be lost to floods over the next 15 years, a new report warns.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-04-12T04:03:14.436Z
This is outrageous: Trump’s EPA plans to stop tracking greenhouse gas emissions from major polluters. It’s like ripping out the monitors on a critically ill patient—reckless, dangerous, and a direct threat to our future.
— Mike Levin (@mikelevin.org) 2025-04-11T22:42:30.601Z
Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate":"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time…"www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c…
— Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) 2025-04-11T20:02:29.078Z
Trump’s disasterous policies are crushing consumer expectations
But… but… “trade wars are good and easy to win.”
— Jon Cryer (@mrjoncryer.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T21:03:15.530Z
Consumer expectations crater to three-decade low amid Trump tariff chaos
Trump is implementing much of Project 2025
A Project 2025 author recently said its implementation is going “way beyond my wildest dreams.”Their governing document is now a reality.8 things Trump’s done 🧵👇🏼
— Congressman Greg Landsman (@repgreglandsman.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T20:52:22.636Z
Trump’s poll rating is declining
Breaking News: A majority of voters believe President Trump is overreaching with his aggressive efforts to expand executive power, and they have deep doubts about some of the signature pieces of his agenda, a New York Times/Siena College poll found.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-04-25T19:32:34.111Z
AP-NORC and NYT polls out today just brutal for Trump. Negative on every issue. 60%+ say his first 100 days have been chaotic and scary. Net immigration opinion underwater by 25 points with independents, plurality saying he has "gone too far" with deportations… Not a popular POTUS
— G Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris.com) 2025-04-25T20:43:07.289Z
Reuters poll: Trump approval37% approve57% disapproveU.S. adults
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T21:35:38.086Z
Trump's job approval is 11 points underwater (44% approve, 55% disapprove) in a new Fox poll.On the issues: -15 on taxes (38% approve, 53% disapprove)-18 on the economy (38% to 56%)-25 on tariffs (33% to 58%)-26 on inflation (33% to 59%)
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T20:40:33.524Z
Last place. Loser.
— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-04-23T22:28:00.878Z
New CNN Poll: Trump's 41% approval rating is the lowest for any newly elected president at 100 days dating back at least to Eisenhower
— CNN (@cnn.com) 2025-04-27T12:16:26.648Z
New poll shows what voters think of Trump’s first 100 days in office
New polling on Trump's handling of inflation: 35% approve, 64% disapprove (CNN)38% approve, 62% disapprove (CBS)
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-04-28T14:15:08.376Z
Trump's approval rating hits a low of 39% in a new poll. That's down 6 points from a similar survey released mid-February.The lowest approval rating for any president at their 100-day mark going back to F.D. Roosevelt's 3rd. term.#MomSky#Voices4Victorywww.usatoday.com/story/news/p…
— Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 (@zen4ever2us.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T19:44:43.001Z
Terrible DOGE-related situation
I don’t recall where I saw this on BlueSky. Administrative leave is when the government pays you but you are not actually working. Trump has used this a lot in the purge.
Reducing services is not savings
DOGE's firings, and the ways they did it, will cost the federal government $135 billion this fiscal year, http://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u…
— Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T03:55:37.580Z
What DOGE did is not savings, it’s a reduction in services. Savings would be if you figured out a way to do something in 30 minutes that used to take an hour.
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T03:59:40.462Z
For example, I don’t think of this as savings bsky.app/profile/cram…
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T15:26:46.685Z
another post and my reply
Elon backtracked on DOGE savings goals from $1 trillion to $150 billion.But watchdogs report only $12.6 billion in verifiable savings.That represents just 0.173% of the U.S. federal budget for 2025.We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T19:30:08.936700Z
Are any of those real savings or are they just reductions in services to people?
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T02:53:42.392Z
more “savings”
This is profoundly illegal.“The administration is seeking to pull back money that is already out the door — cash that President Joe Biden’s agencies had awarded, and placed in accounts for the recipients at Citibank, before Trump took office.”www.politico.com/news/2025/04…
— Bobby Kogan (@bbkogan.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T01:51:29.195Z
Student loan servicers are notorious for making mistakes, but Trump still eliminated the watchdog team that oversaw them. I think we need to do more – not less – to protect borrowers, which is why I introduced the Student Loan Servicers Accountability Act.
— Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (@sarajacobs.house.gov) 2025-04-23T01:55:14.646Z
For the nearly 7 million Americans afflicted with Alzheimer’s and their loved ones, federally-funded medical research represents hope that cherished memories will not fade and a family member will have many more years to celebrate birthdays, marriages & more.GOP funding cuts are ripping hope away.
— Rep. Lloyd Doggett (@doggett.house.gov) 2025-04-23T01:12:26.715Z
@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx
— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer.com) 2025-04-22T21:43:00.990Z
“This disappearance of data undermines evidence-based assessments and policymaking and increases the authoritarian regime’s control as the public lacks facts to hold them accountable.” @markjacob.bsky.social http://www.americaamerica.news/p/trumps-dan…
— Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) 2025-04-22T22:29:49.500Z
Last Friday, Trump's EPA shut down a Biden-era website mapping locations of dangerous chemical plants. The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-04-22T22:01:07.261241Z
they want to crash the economy, cause bank runs and leave you destitute news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/…
— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) 2025-04-22T15:16:51.654Z
Exposing dangers is part of the CDC Closing departments hides problems that could be fixed or preventedYes, they found tesla-selfdriving problems That's why dodgy boys want them gone!
— Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 (@lonsj.bsky.social) 2025-04-22T00:26:58.828Z
The Trump administration is set to cancel tens of millions of dollars in grants to scientists studying environmental hazards faced by children in rural America, among other health issues, according to internal emails written by senior officials at the EPA.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-04-21T22:43:49.550Z
Among the impacts: The cuts will halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases. propub.li/3GeQOWv
— Dan Petty (@danielpetty.bsky.social) 2025-04-21T22:00:38.418Z
Trump just fired the HHS team responsible for calculating the Federal Poverty Line, which determines eligibility for programs like Medicaid, food assistance, and child care.Trump & DOGE are blocking hardworking Americans from getting the basic assistance they deserve.
— Rep. Kevin Mullin (@kevinmullin.house.gov) 2025-04-25T16:52:32.469Z
Trump Administration cuts national database tracking domestic terrorism
Much of the staff responsible for distributing information about foodborne illnesses has been terminated by the Trump administration as part of its efforts to shrink the government’s size.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2025-04-25T18:35:41.014Z
US Justice Department unit for drug and food safety cases being disbanded reut.rs/3EFhW0c
— Reuters (@reuters.com) 2025-04-25T21:00:19.980Z
From @nytopinion.nytimes.com: Elon Musk “apparently did not anticipate that it would be bad PR for the world’s richest man to take food and medicine from the world’s poorest children,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-05-30T14:12:54.971Z
I wouldn’t call what DOGE did “savings”. They have cut costs by reducing services. Savings would be, for example, taking a process that takes an hour and modifying it so that it takes a half hour.
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-05-30T17:22:26.605Z
Trump keeps talking about running in 2028 – it’s illegal
It would be illegal for Trump to run in 2028 but who would stop him? The Republican Party is completely afraid of him and won’t stop him. If Republicans still control Congress, they won’t do anything. Individual blue states may keep him off the ballot but he wouldn’t win them anyway or need them to win the electoral college. The Supreme Court? I don’t know what they would do. Trump may try to declare an emergency and they may fall for it.
Trump: "I did it last time. And they undid it. That's why we have to stay president for a long time."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-04-17T20:37:43.047Z
Economist/YouGov Poll, April 5-870% of Democrats and 34% of Republicans think Trump will try to serve a third term3% and 36% think he should attempt to serve a third term2% and 16% think the Constitution allows Trump to serve a third termtoday.yougov.com/politics/art…
— YouGov America (@today.yougov.com) 2025-04-09T21:07:48.789Z
wrote about trump's third term threats, which are not a joke. they're yet another attack on the constitution. and yes, he will not leave office if he can help it. http://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-thir…
— Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat.bsky.social) 2025-04-03T14:02:27.373Z
56% of US adults believe President Trump will definitely or probably attempt to serve a third term; 20% overall—and 43% of Republicans—say he should definitely or probably be allowed to serve a third term.(@taylororth.bsky.social @dhmontgomery.com @today.yougov.com)today.yougov.com/politics/art…
— Opinion Today (@opiniontoday.bsky.social) 2025-04-03T00:57:45.455Z
A clean, straight shot at the facts: "Any attempt to seek a third term would run afoul of the 22nd Amendment, which begins, 'No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice.'” http://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u…
— John Schwartz (@jswatz.bsky.social) 2025-03-31T00:33:52.373Z
This is a very alarming constitutional gray area and Trump is floating it because he’s taking it seriously. Ignoring the ambiguities in the 12th and 22nd Amendments won’t make them go away! slate.com/news-and-pol…
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2025-03-30T21:45:25.596Z
Declare martial law, cancel elections, control power. That's one way.www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
— Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) 2025-03-30T20:46:38.654Z
President Donald Trump on Sunday declined to rule out seeking a third presidential term — an unconstitutional act explicitly barred under the 22nd Amendment — saying that “there are methods which you could do it.”
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2025-03-30T19:50:38.289Z
Your article cites Trump’s unsupported claims of popularity in polls. There are actual polls you should include that counter his claim. bsky.app/profile/bria…
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-03-30T19:58:28.122Z
Immigration Polls
Pollster: Take a look at Trump's net approval rating on immigration. A lot of focus on Gallup at -27. That's horrible. Quinnipiac University, -16. That's awful. Marist is bad at -9. Fox at -7. Bad to just downright terrible. The American people have turned against Trump on what was his best issue
— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2025-07-14T13:43:40.540Z
Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)news.gallup.com/poll/692522/…
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) 2025-07-11T12:09:45.691Z
Polls taken this week“Do you approve of the way Trump is handling deportation”YouGov/Economist:Approve-39Disapprove-50Quinnipiac:Approve-40Disapprove-56So is it that Margaret Brennan’s producers don’t read their emailsOr is another network news show capitulating to Trump
— Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) (@axidentaliberal.bsky.social) 2025-06-15T21:06:35.499Z
Economist/YouGov Poll% of U.S. adult citizens saying that in general, immigration makes the U.S. better off | worse off, in…Oct 19-22, 2024: 35% | 36%Apr 19-22, 2025: 40% | 29%today.yougov.com/politics/art…
— YouGov America (@today.yougov.com) 2025-04-23T21:23:02.167Z
"we shouldn't make immigration salient"
— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) 2025-04-23T15:13:44.321Z
I think a lot of people fail to appreciate how anti LEGAL immigrant the average Republican is now.
— Ryan Burge 📊 (@ryanburge) September 10, 2022
Among Republicans with a college degree, 60% want to cut LEGAL immigration in half. It's 70% of those w/a HS diploma only.
Among college educated Democrats it's 10%. pic.twitter.com/eJzUPA1Wbc
Other polls too suggest Trump's xenophobia and nativist policies are opposed by most Americans.
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) July 1, 2020
Majority have disapproved of Trump’s handling of immigration throughout his presidency, according to surveys from Gallup, CNN-SSRS and CBS News https://t.co/usaukzV41A pic.twitter.com/hZm8FKfEkC
Ceding an issue has never been a successful strategy. Immigration is not only good for America, it’s essential. Now that the rule of law and the Bill of Rights are in play, this is no time for timidity. It’s time to beat Trumpism on its own turf.
— T. J. Stiles (@tj-stiles.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T19:32:24.218Z
political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) 2025-06-15T20:58:54.048Z
political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) 2025-06-15T20:58:54.048Z
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/…
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer.com) 2025-07-11T20:19:34.235Z
Sad! 