Husband, father, views are my own. Sometimes they're Jack's. https://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mloai6clzc2qIt would of course be a terrible decision by the Collins campaign to let Vance anywhere near her. God, I hope they do. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5874079-maine-senate-collins-platner-vance/12 May 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloai6clzc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mlnuhl5wgs24Well, shit. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnuhl5wgs24https://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mlmednegl22aMAHA should be outraged by Trump’s mercury pollution surge https://open.substack.com/pub/alexformuzis/p/maha-should-be-outraged-by-trumps?r=euiz&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web11 May 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmednegl22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mllnpibu722uAnyone who aligns themselves with the #MAHA movement should be just as concerned with the surge of this neurotoxin into the air children breathe as they are with food dyes - maybe more. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/climate/as-coal-rebounds-more-mercury-a-potent-toxin-is-in-the-air.html?smid=bs-share11 May 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllnpibu722uhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mlbtfnefgc2wNo previous Administration has ever moved to roll back already finalized maximum contaminant limits for drinking water pollutants. And it's likely illegal, too. https://apnews.com/article/epa-pfas-trump-drinking-water-maha-b49abd7d0b8460b9a76d28dc4e49319c07 May 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbtfnefgc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mkv6yse4bk2vhttps://substack.com/@alexformuzis/note/c-252685401?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=euiz02 May 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv6yse4bk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mkkyeqbdss27Trump's promises to #MAHA was a scam to sway the movement's grassroots into supporting him in the last election. I and many others said it then and have continued to ever since. Now, MAHA Action has pledged to spend $100M to back Republican candidates in the mid-terms endorsed by Trump. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkyeqbdss27https://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mkisy66u522oTo anyone still clinging to hope the Trump administration will take the #MAHA agenda seriously, you should stop. It's embarrassing. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/climate/epa-science-trump-cuts.html?smid=bs-share27 Apr 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkisy66u522ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mkb5iuicyc2oYes. You don't go! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb5iuicyc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mkb3zs2wps2dNew poll shows Americans overwhelmingly reject Trump’s stupid and reckless pro-pesticide agenda https://open.substack.com/pub/alexformuzis/p/new-poll-shows-americans-overwhelmingly?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web24 Apr 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb3zs2wps2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mk6mfesmdk2jFollow the Money Behind the MAHA Brand https://open.substack.com/pub/robynobrien/p/follow-the-money?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web23 Apr 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6mfesmdk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mk6cf4omb22yI’ve tracked #pesticide industry influence at EPA for nearly two decades, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, and I can’t remember a moment when so many industry insiders were embedded inside the agency shaping pesticide policy as we’re seeing now under Administrator Zeldin. https://civileats.com/2026/04/20/epa-adds-more-pesticide-industry-reps-to-science-board/23 Apr 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6cf4omb22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mk64s6dsq224The Maximum Contaminant Limit, or MCL, for #nitrate levels in tap water EPA requires utilities to follow under the Safe Drinking Water Act has not been updated since 1962 - the same year as the Cuban missile crisis. https://www.ewg.org/research/drinking-water-almost-1-5-americans-contains-nitrates-linked-cancer-and-birth-defects?auHash=HdoShzUzpBwuImoItYBkKxNYBPhm353iy4k8EebzxHU23 Apr 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk64s6dsq224https://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mk45hjhfck2zCalifornia utility CEO pay surged in 2025 as customers fell behind on bills and power shutoffs climbed https://open.substack.com/pub/alexformuzis/p/california-utility-ceo-pay-surged?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web22 Apr 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk45hjhfck2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mk3xhhx4dc2jPG&E CEO Patricia Poppe made $19.8M in 2025. An average California worker would have to work for 210 years to make as much. PG&E disconnected customers 196,501 times in 2025 and had more than 1 million customers behind on their bills with a total balance of $697.5 million at the end of the year. https://energyandpolicy.org/utility-ceo-pay-2025/22 Apr 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3xhhx4dc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mjzqbix4tk2eEPA could lower the levels of #glyphosate in foods marketed to children, but has refused to act on EWG's petition to do so. It's languished at the agency for 7 years, while countless kids have been consuming foods contaminated with the weedkiller. https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2026/04/ewg-sues-epa-7-year-inaction-glyphosate-oats-citing-risks21 Apr 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzqbix4tk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mjpcur6gms2tThis is the best piece I've read yet on the #MAHA scam. https://substack.com/@alexformuzis/note/c-244963767?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=euiz17 Apr 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpcur6gms2thttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mjf2scc7is2oTo the #MAHA faithful still waiting for EPA's Lee Zeldin to deliver anything resembling the meaningful MAHA agenda he promised: it’s not coming. https://newrepublic.com/article/208970/lee-zeldin-epa-attorney-general-trump via @newrepublic.com13 Apr 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjf2scc7is2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mj5fe65s4s2jWill #MAHA fall once again for another snow job by Trump? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/trump-kennedy-maha-moms.html?smid=bs-share10 Apr 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5fe65s4s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3miehebktwc2k@nejm.org published a paper last week delivering a sweeping & scathing rebuke of the Trump admin. assault on bedrock public health & enviro programs. “The effect of ongoing environmental rollbacks could be immense and long-lasting – extending over years and even generations,” the authors wrote. https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2026/03/renowned-medical-journal-issues-scathing-report-trump-rollbacks31 Mar 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3miehebktwc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mi2ilonj7s2rNew reporting by the @theatlantic.bsky.social's @tombartlett.bsky.social depicts a full-blown recovery effort at CDC to quickly rebuild trust among the ranks inside the agency and with wobbly voters troubled by RFKJr's disastrous leadership & anti-vax messaging ahead of the mid-terms. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/03/cdc-director-hhs-kennedy-bhattacharya/686541/27 Mar 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2ilonj7s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mi2d36yuqk22Mr. Kennedy...falsely claimed in a podcast that aired on Monday that the GRAS provision had already been eliminated. “We’ve changed the GRAS loophole so that we’ve closed it,” Mr. Kennedy said in the episode. Of course he did. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/health/rfk-food-ingredients-fda.html?smid=bs-share27 Mar 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2d36yuqk22https://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mhtan4pxys2eThe perfect plan for nearly everything. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtan4pxys2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mhsol6and22bMy colleagues at EWG today published the 2026 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce that relies on annual USDA residue tests to compile the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists of fruits & veggies with the highest & lowest levels of pesticides. https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php24 Mar 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsol6and22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mhgqor67pk2pPresident Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth are asking Congress for another $200 billion to fuel their costly, reckless war with Iran. By comparison, covering a year of tuition at a four-year public college for every 2026 high school graduate would cost about $45 billion, according to estimates. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/world/middleeast/pentagon-200-billion-iran-war-funding-hegseth.html19 Mar 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgqor67pk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alexformuzis.bsky.social/post/3mh6o3mgxoc2iTrump sends in babysitter at HHS to rein in RFK Jr. and #MAHA https://open.substack.com/pub/alexformuzis/p/trump-sends-in-babysitter-at-hhs?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer16 Mar 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:ee5b6sjkeuutlhzevhfuo5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6o3mgxoc2i