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silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump’s Tax Bill? Many Americans Haven’t Heard of It | Those who have disapprove by a wide margin.2·15 hours agoOf Americans who have a clue about it. Problem is that lot didn’t hear before it passed
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump’s Tax Bill? Many Americans Haven’t Heard of It | Those who have disapprove by a wide margin.6·15 hours agoThey tried. Problem is that most of the press is billionaire-owned and they’re literally settling frivolous lawsuits Trump has filed in order to bribe him.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•A Bill That’s Big for Fossil Fuels, Not So Beautiful for Clean Energy | Here’s a rundown on the winners and losers in the legislation muscled through Congress.2·15 hours agoI’d try a device reboot. It works fine on windows, Mac, and android
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•A Bill That’s Big for Fossil Fuels, Not So Beautiful for Clean Energy | Here’s a rundown on the winners and losers in the legislation muscled through Congress.2·17 hours agoThe youre doing something a bit unusual:
- turned off Javascritpt
- running a browser extension which strips off the access token from the URL
- desperately needing a reboot, causing Javascript to break
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•A Bill That’s Big for Fossil Fuels, Not So Beautiful for Clean Energy | Here’s a rundown on the winners and losers in the legislation muscled through Congress.2·18 hours agoIts a gift link, so already no paywall
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Republicans’ Megabill Will Put U.S. Climate Goals Out of Reach7·19 hours agoYes, the harm is the point




silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Trump’s climate research cuts are unpopular, even with Republicans2·23 hours agoOr they’re getting bribed and care more about that, or care more about the hate than anything else
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•On Pivotal Day for His Bill, Trump Leaves Washington for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’5·2 days agoThe fact that a LOT of people are doing this seems to be affecting at least some Republicans.. It only takes flipping a few votes to kill this bill.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•DOJ Opens Door To Stripping Citizenship Over Politics | It's the latest example of the Trump administration's assault on citizenship.12·2 days agoFor most US citizens, losing citizenship means being stateless. Nobody will advocate for us when we’re in CECOT
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•On Pivotal Day for His Bill, Trump Leaves Washington for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’6·2 days agoDon’t hope…call your congress critter
This bill is closed and likely to see a final vote within a couple hours
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•Flint finally replaced its lead pipes | The contamination in Flint, Michigan, sparked a national dialogue about the harms of lead pipes and the country’s aging water infrastructure.6·2 days agoYes, but the city officials had their boss replaced by state with one who had a mandate to cut spending. Wikipedia does a better job of getting that part right:
In April 2014, during a financial crisis, state-appointed emergency manager Darnell Earley changed Flint’s water source from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (sourced from Lake Huron and the Detroit River) to the Flint River.[7] Residents complained about the taste, smell, and appearance of the water. Officials failed to apply corrosion inhibitors to the water, which resulted in lead from aging pipes leaching into the water supply, exposing around 100,000 residents to elevated lead levels.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•Flint finally replaced its lead pipes | The contamination in Flint, Michigan, sparked a national dialogue about the harms of lead pipes and the country’s aging water infrastructure.24·2 days agoThe problem started in 2014, when a state-appointed administrator took over and stopped measures which had been used to limit corrosion, sharply increasing peoples’ exposure to lead from the old pipes.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•How Every Senator Voted on the G.O.P. Megabill4·3 days agoBe nice if she had made the flip before voting for the bill instead of after
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•They Didn’t Have to Do This | By passing Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into an incomprehensibly reckless plan.13·3 days agoOnly enough to get 3 out of 53 Republican Senators to vote against it. That’s a few percent. Not enough to stop it, which is what matters
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage2·3 days agoThey never really cared about that. The modern anti-abortion movement was dreamed up after pro-segregation churches lost that battle and needed something else to fixate on.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory14·3 days agoThey’re not doing anything like dismantling the telescopes; just stopping a tiny instrument that is mounted near them from being used.
Happens every day already. Just not organized