In order to have a healthy planet, you must have healthy oceans. Oceans create almost half of our oxygen and act as a natural sponge that can remove human-made emissions. That is where Benjamin Slotnick, a climate person who has dedicated his life to protecting our oceans comes into the picture. (1/4) Benjamin began his career working in carbon capture, but concerns over the scalability of this climate solution led him to a new calling: using phytoplankton to bring the ocean’s “dead zones” back to life. Dead zones are created with an excess of nutrients, but when things like factory or agricultural runoff flow into these areas algal blooms flourish, sucking oxygen from the water and killing wildlife. (2/4)

Donald Trump likes to pretend that the economy is in great shape. But here’s the thing, it’s not. #RealSOTU The numbers he will tout tonight only tell a story of an economy that’s working for the wealthy, while most Americans’ wages have remained virtually flat for 30 years. #RealSOTU

We are building a movement of people who are ready to retake Washington, state houses, and city halls. I believe in 2018 we will win. #NN18 We’ve registered 80,000 people to vote. We have tens of thousands of young people across the country carrying our message door-to-door, phone-to-phone, and online.

So happy to be at @Netroots_Nation today. Grassroots activists are the heart of the progressive movement #NN18 I’ve learned the most by doing. I’ve knocked on doors in Orange County, California to help convince voters to throw Republicans out of Congress.

Mr. Bannon got his hands on Mr. Trump’s electoral strategy again. Since the interview ran three times this weekend, we can expect more racism, nationalism, and chicanery than ever. They won’t stop until every minority has been demonized. Mr. Bannon made it clear—Impeachment will motivate base voters. This is inevitable. The question is whether Congressional Democrats will have the courage to stand up with their base.

My response to Mr. Trump's budget:

If you follow the money to understand priorities and values, Donald Trump’s irresponsible budget plan will make your hair stand on end. (/1) First, his infrastructure scam neglects crucial environmental protections for our air, water, and wildlife, while allowing the billionaires in his cabinet and his corporate allies to build dirty fossil fuel pipelines and toxic waste dumps that harm our communities. (/2)

If you didn’t think that speech reflected the real state of the union under Trump, you’re not alone. 59 percent of Americans believe this is the “lowest point in our nation’s history that they can remember.”
apa.org/news/press/rel… Trump conveniently forgot a few things from the past year:

Like you, I was disappointed with the Democratic leadership's choice to end the shutdown without securing protection for Dreamers. We ask the American people to trust that Democrats have their best interests at heart, but it's just empty words if we cave when it matters the most. It's not enough to just be a little better than Donald Trump and the GOP. We have to be principled and trustworthy. We have to do what's right and not just what's convenient.

Well then, allow me to reintroduce myself 1/

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