Robin Stanton

Live-posting this hearing was quite challenging. Things moved fast, there were references to materials that aren’t public, and I don’t have a transcript yet. But here’s a 🧵with some additional details we learned today (with the caveat that i’ll need to confirm some things w/ the transcript later):

Each 1% increase in fossil PM2.5 pollution would likely lead to between 1,000 and 5,000 additional American deaths per year. For reference, just under 3,000 Americans died on 9/11. So, very roughly, 1% more fossil fuel use corresponds to about a 9/11 worth of US death per year, indefinitely.

fine particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter. That 100k+ estimate includes only death, not non-lethal suffering, and only PM2.5, not other air pollutants or any water pollutants. By accelerating buildout of pollutng fossil fuel infrastructure, BAAJA would worsen health/mortality risks.

for vulnerable people in communities near the polluting infrastructure that BAAJA would make it easier to build. This is not hyperbole: Scientists attribute somewhere between 100,000 and 500,000 excess deaths per year to air pollution from fossil fuels. And not even all air pollution, just PM2.5,

There's a grim undercurrent to discourse about BAAJA, the permitting bill the Senate will likely vote on in a few weeks. Writing about this makes me kinda queasy, but I think it's important so here goes. What good stuff the bill might do would come at the cost of increased risk of illness and death

Sometimes, when you're working in a broken system, your heart gets broken again and again To those going through it, we see you It's ok to take a break, eat something nourishing, or find small bits of joy When we can heal ourselves, we can keep going to heal the system Rest well, friends 💚

Louisianans know there is no such thing as a permanently red state! Thanks to everyone who came out this morning in New Orleans to support Jamie Davis and Rep. Troy Carter.

Andrea Chalupa on “Unreasonable Women,” Ukraine, and How to Stand Up to Trump: www.youtube.com/live/cb3GgQq...

BONUS... ...from today's newsletter I also voiced my outrage and disgust that most of the media is ignoring the shocking violent rape allegation against the president of the United States

this is the facility that ICE recently purchased from CoreCivic (who still operate the facility) in order to exempt it from being subject to County health inspections

It's important to refute a couple of the lousy arguments presented in this article, in addition to the one refuted here: bsky.app/profile/wa-a.... 1st: Gregoire "cited efforts to put AI to work on...an AI permitting pilot in Everett [...and the] protein design work of Nobel laureate David Baker."

A serious scoop here, and a serious blow to the permitting reform deal--Podesta, the ultimate Dem insider, says it would hand Trump a 'loaded howitzer.' heatmap.news/politics/joh...

“For anybody who’s upset with data centers, I hope that when you email me, don’t email me...Print it off & walk it to my office.” Gonna post more from this article after the @troublemakers.bsky.social rally, but this quote shows why we need to educate electeds on AI: LLM DC's are not email DC's...

Joe Nguyen biggest heel turn in WA politics exhibit 3742

Meta suspended @nokingscoalition.bsky.social’s account for over an hour during one of the largest protests in U.S. history. Democratic AGs are demanding answers.

Trump II as very specifically an effort to erase JFK seems like an underdiscussed angle. Bulldozed Jackie's rose garden, threatening to bulldoze the Kennedy Center, stripped the Kennedy blue off Air Force One, shuttered USAID, put JFK's animal torturing nephew in charge of reviving polio, now this

These rapist scumbags were Ivanka and Jared’s real estate brokers and were invited to a White House party during Trump’s first term. #EpsteinClass www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

So Trump is kicking out the gardeners and construction workers and welcoming the corrupt insurrectionists. ON BRAND.

FWIW, it's good to see everyone on BlueSky and on Substack both discussing it and appropriately livid:

Jeremy Lewin killed hundreds of thousands without a signed employment agreement.

just heartbreaking stuff Alex Pretti's mother calls out ICE and the Trump administration for killing her son and smearing his name, and calls for justice to be done.

NEW: The DOGE operative who gutted USAID -- firing thousands of employees and canceling lifesaving programs -- never actually signed the paperwork that's legally required for him to be employed by the agency.

"Journalists often use the words 'unsubstantiated' or 'uncorroberated' when referring to the allegations victims have levied against powerful men, like Trump. Instead of saying these women’s accounts are not corroborated, maybe it’s time we say they were not investigated in spite of clear patterns."

So hard to pick a favorite part of this article. Pretending that sending unsolicited dick pics at 53 was a “youthful indiscretion” is good, but don’t sleep on the argument that his wife forgave him for subjecting other women to unwanted nude photos so everyone else should too

I really think everyone needs to pay attention to this coordinated campaign to delegitimize Muslim Americans - not just as citizens but as humans. These increasingly hysterical attacks are a prelude to Republicans bringing us to a very, very dark place after the election.

no amnesty

Kushner took a $50 mn bribe from the Emiratis to orchestrate the firing of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, according to Matt Cole's new book, Princes and Thieves, out today. To be clear, this is a serious felony, if true.

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Major press failure: treating Jared Kushner taking foreign bribes and shaping US foreign policy as less relevant than Hunter Biden not taking bribes nor influencing policy. Covering Kushner accurately was considered partisan, biased. Lies about Hunter or his minor actions treated as more important.

There are so many different credible allegations about Donald Trump being a rapist, you can almost understand how The New York Times missed the new charges here, but uh, this is supposed to be The New York Times.

this is just insanely damning stuff when you lay it all out democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

One of the most important financial stories out there if you want to know how and why the same five evil guys wind up owning everything.

This is what I meant when I said in 2024 that when I looked at the incoming administration, all I could see was rape. It’s the heinous act itself, yes, but also a mentality, as deftly explained here:

CBS deleted this post and reposted it admitting that their original one was misleading. And the misleading post from CBS was intentionally misleading, not an innocent mistake. CBS continues to lose credibility.

There was a brand new allegation that the president raped a woman in the 1990s yesterday and it appears to not be on the NYT homepage at all right now

691 words about Cheesecake. 434 words about rape.

1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets

The clocks in Vancouver do not go back on Sunday 1 November: British Columbia keeps UTC−7 all year, so sunset that evening is at 5:51 PM rather than 4:51 PM, and all winter Vancouver is an hour ahead of Seattle and Los Angeles. https://solocene.com/daylight/vancouver?via=bsky #Vancouver

🛬 TODAY, 1:30 PM: La Resistencia & Friends at the King County Council — 516 3rd Ave, Room 1001 (10th floor), sign-in at 1:15. Tell the council: safety rules must be enforced for Boeing Field's deportation flights. Wear your Halloween/Día de los Muertos best 👻

This is, by the way, spawned by the ABSOLUTE SHIT TURNOUT NUMBERS we're seeing in #Seattle and #KingCounty as of yesterday So for the love of the gods, VOTE and GET YOUR FRIENDS TO VOTE. And use a BALLOT DROP BOX, not the USPS. PLEASE. It's literally lives at stake.

Be ready for Election Protection protests- learn principles of non violence and de-escalation- Seattle Saturday Oct 31st at 1 pm - register for details- www.mobilize.us/seattleindiv...

jesus fucking christ my king county ballot has a measure in it regarding students who are trans. If passed, it would prevent SPECIFICALLY MTF teens from participating in female teams & REQUIRES A SEX CHECK FOR IT!! NO!!! THIS IS GROSS If you live in King County PLEASE VOTE!! Leave ALL kids alone!!

Nuclear power at sea: Seattle startup targets Norway for ships and floating power plants https://www.geekwire.com/2026/nuclear-power-at-sea-seattle-startup-targets-norway-for-ships-and-floating-power-plants/

"Hmm, lets check on my favorite white boy hubris poster." *solo trip to Alaska from Seattle via totaled jet ski* *goes several days basically eating nothing because he couldn't catch any fish* *somehow survives and makes the best travel film I've seen lately* That's my favorite adventure boy!

Since August, Home Depot parking lots around Seattle have become hotspots for immigration arrests. As arrests continue to rise, community groups have set up neighborhood watches to report ICE activity and to connect with workers and their families.