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We've traveled 1000s of miles on a mission to meet the voters who could matter the most tomorrow.

Many feel alienated and want to be heard -- everything from climate change to an economy they say is struggling *no matter what Trump says.*

Watch more: on.today.com/2SJCGHz
Some of our stops:

#ME2: Mars Hill, Millenocket, Bangor, Stonington
#NY11: Staten Island, Bensonhurst
#FL26: Miami, Homestead, the Keys
#TX23: San Antonio, Crystal City, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Tornillo
#CA48, #CA45, #CA39: Newport, Irvine, Yorba Linda
#CO6: Aurora, Centennial
It's not over yet -- not even close.

@SavannahGuthrie is spot-on.

We really have no clue what's gonna happen.

It'll come down to who shows up, and it's looking like a *huge* wave of voters -- and real change -- could be coming.

Watch more: on.today.com/2SJCGHz
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8 year old boy who died Christmas Eve in Border Patrol custody held with dad in the field for 3 hours.

Then 2 days at a BP processing station.

Then 2 days at another station.

Then moved at 11:17PM to a third station.

That’s when CBP says he got sick.
dhs.gov/news/2018/12/2…
72 hours is *max* anyone is supposed to be held in Border Patrol stations.

This boy was held twice as long before he died.

Violations of this rule aren’t new and were happening during separations as my colleagues @JuliaEAinsley and @ckubeNBC reported. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/h…
The fact migrant kids are dying is horrific — but not surprising.

Deterrence has long resulted in adult deaths in the desert.

I pointed out to @JoyAnnReid in June kids dying would be an inevitable result of Trump targeting families and asylum seekers.
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BIG: Trump administration raises official count of migrant kids it separated from parents at border from 2,667 to 2,816.

Government said (in 12/12 report) it *miscategorized 149 kids* and released them to other sponsors like legal guardian, immediate relative or unrelated adult.
Trump administration also released latest number of *still-separated* kids: 161.

➡️ 10 kids are still separated from parents and awaiting reunification.
➡️ 151 kids are still separated but government claims parents aren't "in class," meaning they will not be reunited.
If the Trump administration just discovered and recategorized 149 kids it had previously said weren't separated, how many more will they find?

How many of the kids still in custody are in the wrong category?

Were there others released to the wrong sponsors?

So many questions.
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BREAKING: CBP official tells me Border Patrol agents transporting 7 year old Guatemalan girl who died were notified by her dad she was vomiting at 5AM.

She didn't get treated until bus arrived at a Border Patrol station at 6:30AM.

An hour an an half with no medical attention.
BIG QUESTION: Did CBP Commissioner McAleenan know the 7 year old died in custody when he testified on the Hill Tuesday?

He didn't address it, but said then "this is not a system that was designed for the arrival of kids and families and the numbers we're seeing.”

DHS won't say.
Important to note: no DHS or CBP official agreed to go on the record about what happened to this seven year old girl, despite *multiple* requests from reports including yours truly.

I'll have the latest on @MSNBC with @mitchellreports coming up in moments.
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Just returned from Bangkok, where nations made little progress towards finalising the Paris agreement on climate change that aims to limit global temperature rises over the next 80 years.

It was my first @UN #climate change rodeo and there were a few things I wasn't aware of
Under Paris, countries agreed to a fairly detailed set of promises to keep global temperature rises under 2C by 2100.

It was the first time all nations - both developed and developing economies - signed up to the same set of climate rules. But they weren't binding
Parties gave themselves in effect 3 years to come up with a text agreed by everyone, ratified, and translated into national law on a state-by-state basis. The idea is the accord isn't legally binding, but the rulebook it provides could be on a national level
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1. The arguments in this @newrepublic article by @emorwee that #climate is siloed in the press, that the press should tie every extreme weather/disaster event to #climate simply don't match up to the data. #envcomm #scicomm newrepublic.com/article/150124…
2. Staffers working at @mediamatters + @climateprogress (where @emorwee got her start) have long manufactured this claim + driving a self-serving narrative on the Left that the news media is failing in its coverage of climate change.
3. But this narrative & its embrace by those on the Left reflects a classic hostile media effect. As @lfeldman17 reviews the most partisan on an issue see news coverage as biased to their position even when it may actually be favorable. oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/o… #scicomm #envcomm
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Late last night veteran #climate journalist @Revkin asked some sharp questions about @Sierra_Magazine’s “The Case for Climate Reparations,” spurred by an appreciative post from NYC Chief Resilience Officer @dzarrilli. Here’s my response …
My essay is only concerned with climate change-related damages in the US spurred, as I argue, by US actors like the oil majors. I could’ve written about Peruvian villagers suing a German energy giant & melting glaciers in the Andes, but that’s beyond the scope of my article.
So I had to identify extreme weather events in the US. As NOAA has reported, 2017 was the most destructive year on record for “natural” disasters. See this tracker ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/summa…
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Good questions @RedsforNamesake. If confronting #climate change is your priority, it is imperative to ramp up carbon-free energy asap.

1. NJ will now ramp up renewable energy from 13% in 2017 and 20% by 2020 under old RPS to 35% by 2025 & 50% by 2030. Impressive leadership.
2. To ensure that this new clean energy replaces fossil fuels and contributes to #climate mitigation goals, NJ's new laws also make payments to ensure the continued operation of 3 South Jersey nuclear reactors that currently supply 31% of the state's electricity consumption.
2. Cont.: That measure is essential and ensures that nearly all of the new clean energy growth over the next 12 years builds on top of the fossil-free foundation provided by the state's existing nuclear plants.
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A thread: I see many folks reacting to this piece since @jack RT'd it. I've commented before (came out in Jan), but let me reiterate: if you are moderate/conservative/libertarian YOU NEED TO READ IT, don't just go "silly libs" and complain on Twitter. 1/
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Coming off week many people on right complained about left not hearing/understanding voices on the right, it should drive you to read a piece like this. It's a 4-part series (the "civil war" bit that is getting so much play is 4th installment). It's well written and lays out 2/
how progressive left, especially Silicon Valley-led left, views itself as benevolent crusaders of a righteous cause, not following political ideology. @peteleyden is telling you succintly what they believe, why they believe it, and what they intend to do about it. I strongly 3/
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Short thread.
1. I didn't realize how badly Trump has eviscerated access to federal #climate data, so I went and looked at the USGS site.
2. In December, there were 5,932 climate science items linked there (9 were just pictures). Today there are 416 and 292 are just pictures.
3. In December 2016, 320 of those items were links to #climate data. Today, 0 links to data. 5,271 were web links. Now, 0 web links.
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