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Using this account to gift and share articles, mostly about climate change and the ongoing disassembly of American democracy, while keeping everything that brings me joy in life over at @erininkentucky
"You feel some confidence in your instincts when it comes to your child’s health, and you’ve grown skeptical of medical interventions. It’s why you and your husband decided to wait to vaccinate your kids, though you’re a little conflicted about it. [...] You can always change your mind, you reason."
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:23 AM
"You feel some confidence in your instincts when it comes to your child’s health, and you’ve grown skeptical of medical interventions. It’s why you and your husband decided to wait to vaccinate your kids, though you’re a little conflicted about it. [...] You can always change your mind, you reason."
Gift article: “This rule doesn’t change the reality of climate change — it just denies it,” said Zealan Hoover, a former senior adviser to the EPA administrator under President Joe Biden.
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Trump repeals U.S. government’s power to regulate climate
The Environmental Protection Agency finishes the repeal of the “endangerment finding,” a landmark legal opinion underpinning policies regulating climate change.
wapo.st
February 13, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Gift article: “This rule doesn’t change the reality of climate change — it just denies it,” said Zealan Hoover, a former senior adviser to the EPA administrator under President Joe Biden.
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Gift article: "We won’t get anything resembling democracy until we clear that widespread debris, and that means sending a bunch of these liars to prison, because they are the real criminals. America desperately needs truth and consequences."
The lying is out of control. People need to go to prison. | Will Bunch
The outrageous lies of the Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a commerce secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished.
share.inquirer.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Gift article: "We won’t get anything resembling democracy until we clear that widespread debris, and that means sending a bunch of these liars to prison, because they are the real criminals. America desperately needs truth and consequences."
Gift link:“We’re used to seeing posts about things like apprenticeships, benefits and unions,” said Helen Luryi, who was on the communications team for the department’s Women’s Bureau until she left in April.“Then,” she continued in an interview, “all of a sudden, we get white-nationalist rhetoric.”
Homeland Security Hires Labor Dept. Aide Whose Posts Raised Alarms
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Gift link:“We’re used to seeing posts about things like apprenticeships, benefits and unions,” said Helen Luryi, who was on the communications team for the department’s Women’s Bureau until she left in April.“Then,” she continued in an interview, “all of a sudden, we get white-nationalist rhetoric.”
Gift article: “We’re not continuing on the same path we had before,” said Robert Rohde, chief scientist at Berkeley Earth. “Something has changed.”
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Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.
The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.
wapo.st
February 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Gift article: “We’re not continuing on the same path we had before,” said Robert Rohde, chief scientist at Berkeley Earth. “Something has changed.”
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"In recent weeks,Congress rejected Lake’s requests to cut funding to a bare minimum & allotted USAGM something approaching previous levels of funding. Lake will retain the ability to undermine the broadcasters, but her expensive, monthslong, legally dubious attempt to destroy them has so far failed"
What Is Kari Lake Trying to Achieve?
The Arizona politician has wasted millions of dollars while blocking U.S. efforts to bring reliable news to repressive countries.
www.theatlantic.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:38 PM
"In recent weeks,Congress rejected Lake’s requests to cut funding to a bare minimum & allotted USAGM something approaching previous levels of funding. Lake will retain the ability to undermine the broadcasters, but her expensive, monthslong, legally dubious attempt to destroy them has so far failed"
"State Rep. Vincent Perez, D-El Paso, on Friday warned about potential fires at the planned mega center, citing the lack of water pressure and infrastructure as dangerous."
DHS buys El Paso warehouses for $123 million ICE mega detention center as deportation capacity expands nationwide
El Paso is a strategic location for the Trump administration because of Biggs Army Airfield, from which deportation flights have increasingly taken place. The mega facility is among several nationwide...
elpasomatters.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM
"State Rep. Vincent Perez, D-El Paso, on Friday warned about potential fires at the planned mega center, citing the lack of water pressure and infrastructure as dangerous."
"[...] faced with whole communities being upended and strong-armed into hosting concentration camps, many will begin to see this mass deportation movement for what it is. Something abhorrent, something truly vile, and something we have to stop."
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
"[...] faced with whole communities being upended and strong-armed into hosting concentration camps, many will begin to see this mass deportation movement for what it is. Something abhorrent, something truly vile, and something we have to stop."
"If Hegseth gets his way, he won’t just be punishing Kelly; he will succeed in dramatically curbing the First Amendment rights of all military retirees, some of the very people who have fought to defend such freedoms."
The Mark Kelly Case Is Bigger Than It Seems
A decision against the senator could affect all military retirees.
www.theatlantic.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"If Hegseth gets his way, he won’t just be punishing Kelly; he will succeed in dramatically curbing the First Amendment rights of all military retirees, some of the very people who have fought to defend such freedoms."
Gift article:"The Trump administration’s rush to declare Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti at fault for instigating violence was quickly undercut by a barrage of viral videos. But a [NYT] review of the other shootings found that similar claims by officials fell apart more quietly when the cases went to court"
When Trump Officials’ Claims About Shootings Unravel in Court
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Gift article:"The Trump administration’s rush to declare Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti at fault for instigating violence was quickly undercut by a barrage of viral videos. But a [NYT] review of the other shootings found that similar claims by officials fell apart more quietly when the cases went to court"
"Duffy’s presence is an important reminder to onlookers that art is a powerful form of resistance–especially when the artist is willing to speak out against enablers of a violent regime by eclipsing the sound of police sirens with the blaring lament of a bagpipe."
This 21-Year-Old Bagpiper Plays Through Tear Gas to 'Fire Up' Anti-ICE Protesters ~ L.A. TACO
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
lataco.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
"Duffy’s presence is an important reminder to onlookers that art is a powerful form of resistance–especially when the artist is willing to speak out against enablers of a violent regime by eclipsing the sound of police sirens with the blaring lament of a bagpipe."
Gift article: "Ten years from now, a world shaped by Mr. Trump’s aid policies will be meaner and more opaque — one where hunger, preventable diseases and desperation spread. It will be a world in which America stands isolated and friendless."
Opinion | The Aftermath of Feeding America’s Credibility Into the Woodchipper
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Gift article: "Ten years from now, a world shaped by Mr. Trump’s aid policies will be meaner and more opaque — one where hunger, preventable diseases and desperation spread. It will be a world in which America stands isolated and friendless."
"His head injuries erased past experiences that for his daughter are unforgettable, including birthday parties and the day he left for the U.S. She’s been trying to revive his memory in daily calls."
Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.
apnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"His head injuries erased past experiences that for his daughter are unforgettable, including birthday parties and the day he left for the U.S. She’s been trying to revive his memory in daily calls."
"Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special."
The Murder of The Washington Post
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:12 AM
"Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special."
"If the murder of Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis cannot be called murder, an authoritarian regime has passed one of its crucial tests: it can reverse all meanings, turning the ultimate moral transgression upside down, making the victim the perpetrator, the perpetrator the victim."
The Crime of Witness | Fintan O’Toole
Renée Good and Alex Pretti were murdered for daring to interfere with the Trump administration’s efforts to normalize abductions and state violence.
www.nybooks.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:59 AM
"If the murder of Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis cannot be called murder, an authoritarian regime has passed one of its crucial tests: it can reverse all meanings, turning the ultimate moral transgression upside down, making the victim the perpetrator, the perpetrator the victim."
"Most of the wind & solar projects affected by the permitting slowdown were expected to come online in 2027 or later. Without them, companies say, the country could face a shortage of power & ratepayers could see even higher electric bills at a time when affordability has become a national concern."
A Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects Nationwide
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:50 AM
"Most of the wind & solar projects affected by the permitting slowdown were expected to come online in 2027 or later. Without them, companies say, the country could face a shortage of power & ratepayers could see even higher electric bills at a time when affordability has become a national concern."
"Voter suppression limits access. Voter depression discourages participation. Dehumanization makes exclusion feel justified. Together, they do more than tilt outcomes – they hollow democracy out from within."
What is happening in Fulton county is a warning to America | Jamil Smith
The FBI raid in Georgia is not an aberration. It fits a broader playbook, with troubling historic precedents
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
"Voter suppression limits access. Voter depression discourages participation. Dehumanization makes exclusion feel justified. Together, they do more than tilt outcomes – they hollow democracy out from within."
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
"When violating the Constitution on a daily basis a mask helps, because people who are assured that they won’t face consequences for abusing power almost inevitably do so. One wonders if this is actually the government’s purpose in masking them."
The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks
Face coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things.
www.theatlantic.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
"When violating the Constitution on a daily basis a mask helps, because people who are assured that they won’t face consequences for abusing power almost inevitably do so. One wonders if this is actually the government’s purpose in masking them."
Gift article: “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” he said. “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many — 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”
Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Gift article: “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” he said. “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many — 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”
Gift article: "For many Americans, the anonymous ICE officer, masked and armed, represents Homeland Security’s most intimidating instrument, but the agency often targets people in a far more secretive way."
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
wapo.st
February 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Gift article: "For many Americans, the anonymous ICE officer, masked and armed, represents Homeland Security’s most intimidating instrument, but the agency often targets people in a far more secretive way."
"The Constitution does not reserve the right to be secure in one’s home only for American citizens. The amendment’s protections exist precisely because unchecked government power has always posed the greatest danger to individual liberty, particularly for those least able to protect themselves."
Opinion | We Were Top Homeland Security Lawyers. You Can’t Wish Away the Fourth Amendment.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
"The Constitution does not reserve the right to be secure in one’s home only for American citizens. The amendment’s protections exist precisely because unchecked government power has always posed the greatest danger to individual liberty, particularly for those least able to protect themselves."
"This kind of geoengineering, meant to address the symptoms of climate change without slowing it down, was a bête noire in the glaciology community. Now more scientists are coming to see targeted interventions in our climate as inevitable."
#Climate
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The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Could Flood the Earth. Can a 50-Mile Wall Stop It?
Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary.
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"This kind of geoengineering, meant to address the symptoms of climate change without slowing it down, was a bête noire in the glaciology community. Now more scientists are coming to see targeted interventions in our climate as inevitable."
#Climate
#Climate
Gift article: "The rules of autocratic backfire are clear. Even if a struggling strongman manages to stay in power, once his carefully crafted image is tarnished, a collective reckoning can begin with the costs of his corruption and lying."
Opinion | History Shows Trump’s Worst Impulses May Backfire on Him
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Gift article: "The rules of autocratic backfire are clear. Even if a struggling strongman manages to stay in power, once his carefully crafted image is tarnished, a collective reckoning can begin with the costs of his corruption and lying."
'“The part that scares me the most is that the rules keep changing,” she told me. “It used to be very clear.” You knew what could get you deported, what could move your case forward, and how far the government would go to enforce the law. Now it’s unclear whether laws even matter.'
Fifteen Below Zero | Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Driving to St. Paul from the airport you pass under Fort Snelling, an enormous limestone structure from the early nineteenth century. In November 1862,
www.nybooks.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:16 PM
'“The part that scares me the most is that the rules keep changing,” she told me. “It used to be very clear.” You knew what could get you deported, what could move your case forward, and how far the government would go to enforce the law. Now it’s unclear whether laws even matter.'