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The Trump administration is breaking up a research center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research after accusing it of spreading “alarmism” about climate change.
From our friends at @theguardian.com:
From our friends at @theguardian.com:
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis warns that breaking up Boulder’s NCAR puts "public safety at risk."
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The Trump administration is breaking up a research center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research after accusing it of spreading “alarmism” about climate change.
From our friends at @theguardian.com:
From our friends at @theguardian.com:
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A Rutgers University history professor who teaches about antifascism is moving out of the U.S. just a month into the fall semester after facing a stream of death threats and a petition demanding his firing from a conservative student group.
Professor who teaches about antifascism moves to Europe after death threats
A Rutgers University professor who wrote a book about antifa received the threats after he commented on President Donald Trump designating the movement a “domestic terrorist organization.”
wapo.st
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A Rutgers University history professor who teaches about antifascism is moving out of the U.S. just a month into the fall semester after facing a stream of death threats and a petition demanding his firing from a conservative student group.
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So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
China expands Argentina soybean buying to 20 cargoes, traders say
Chinese importers kept up a hectic pace of Argentine soybean purchases after the South American supplier's move to abolish export taxes temporarily made its prices competitive, traders said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called an unusually large gathering of senior military leaders in Washington for next week, with reports suggesting it could involve hundreds of officers. The reason for the meeting has not yet been revealed.
Hegseth calls military leaders to meet next week in sudden order
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will meet with top military leaders next week, the Pentagon confirmed Thursday, following a report that the rare gathering will include hundreds of generals and admir…
thehill.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called an unusually large gathering of senior military leaders in Washington for next week, with reports suggesting it could involve hundreds of officers. The reason for the meeting has not yet been revealed.
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Evangelicals have become Israel’s most important American allies.
God's "blank check": Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism
Evangelicals have become Israel's most important American allies.
www.motherjones.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Evangelicals have become Israel’s most important American allies.
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Israeli forces continue to carry out attacks on Gaza’s main urban centre, with two children killed in a strike on tent.
Israel ramps up Gaza City assault, kills children in strike on school
Israeli forces continue to carry out attacks on Gaza’s main urban centre, with two children killed in a strike on tent.
bit.ly
September 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Israeli forces continue to carry out attacks on Gaza’s main urban centre, with two children killed in a strike on tent.
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Experts tell @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is being weaponized to serve the interests of MAGA.
That means dismissing cases about trans and nonbinary people—while transforming the agency into a “grievance apparatus for white, straight, Christian people.”
That means dismissing cases about trans and nonbinary people—while transforming the agency into a “grievance apparatus for white, straight, Christian people.”
Right-wing fanatics are weaponizing America's anti-discrimination agency
How the White House made the EEOC a "grievance apparatus for white, straight, Christian people."
www.motherjones.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Experts tell @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is being weaponized to serve the interests of MAGA.
That means dismissing cases about trans and nonbinary people—while transforming the agency into a “grievance apparatus for white, straight, Christian people.”
That means dismissing cases about trans and nonbinary people—while transforming the agency into a “grievance apparatus for white, straight, Christian people.”
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"Where is the world? Where are the Arab nations?"
This Palestinian girl broke down as she described an Israeli attack that targeted her family’s shelter in Gaza City.
This Palestinian girl broke down as she described an Israeli attack that targeted her family’s shelter in Gaza City.
September 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Where is the world? Where are the Arab nations?"
This Palestinian girl broke down as she described an Israeli attack that targeted her family’s shelter in Gaza City.
This Palestinian girl broke down as she described an Israeli attack that targeted her family’s shelter in Gaza City.
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We are now witnessing the start of what might be seen as Phase 2 of Trump’s efforts to eradicate political opposition. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-phase-2-now-begins
September 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We are now witnessing the start of what might be seen as Phase 2 of Trump’s efforts to eradicate political opposition. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-phase-2-now-begins
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Kash Patel knows he’s drowning.
They sat on the video of the culprit for six hours, delaying the joint press conference just so he could fly in and stand there like a misplaced prop. All this after they axed the seasoned SLC FBI bureau chief and gutted the domestic-terror unit.
Total incompetence.
They sat on the video of the culprit for six hours, delaying the joint press conference just so he could fly in and stand there like a misplaced prop. All this after they axed the seasoned SLC FBI bureau chief and gutted the domestic-terror unit.
Total incompetence.
September 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Kash Patel knows he’s drowning.
They sat on the video of the culprit for six hours, delaying the joint press conference just so he could fly in and stand there like a misplaced prop. All this after they axed the seasoned SLC FBI bureau chief and gutted the domestic-terror unit.
Total incompetence.
They sat on the video of the culprit for six hours, delaying the joint press conference just so he could fly in and stand there like a misplaced prop. All this after they axed the seasoned SLC FBI bureau chief and gutted the domestic-terror unit.
Total incompetence.
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Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!
September 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!
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This isn't a surprise, but it's still grim to see these charts.
Chart: Trump is slowing climate progress. Here’s how much.
After Trump’s budget law and regulatory rollbacks, the country’s carbon emissions are set to fall much slower than they
www.canarymedia.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This isn't a surprise, but it's still grim to see these charts.
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RFK Jr. and the Trump administration are preparing to do exactly what many of us feared they would.
Next week, they are planning to present data that have been misused or manipulated to make it *appear* that COVID19 vaccines caused the deaths of 25 children.
Next week, they are planning to present data that have been misused or manipulated to make it *appear* that COVID19 vaccines caused the deaths of 25 children.
Trump officials to link covid shots to child deaths, alarming career scientists
The move to link coronavirus vaccines to 25 child deaths alarms career scientists who say the shots have been extensively studied.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
RFK Jr. and the Trump administration are preparing to do exactly what many of us feared they would.
Next week, they are planning to present data that have been misused or manipulated to make it *appear* that COVID19 vaccines caused the deaths of 25 children.
Next week, they are planning to present data that have been misused or manipulated to make it *appear* that COVID19 vaccines caused the deaths of 25 children.
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After gutting the funding for PBS, the White House is now partnering with PragerU, the right-wing YouTube empire spreading conservative misinformation.
As Mark Oppenheimer wrote in 2018, at PragerU, police are not biased against black men, and man-made climate change is debatable.
As Mark Oppenheimer wrote in 2018, at PragerU, police are not biased against black men, and man-made climate change is debatable.
Inside the right-wing YouTube empire that's quietly turning millennials into conservatives
The viral videos from Dennis Prager's "university" have clocked more than 1 billion views.
www.motherjones.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
After gutting the funding for PBS, the White House is now partnering with PragerU, the right-wing YouTube empire spreading conservative misinformation.
As Mark Oppenheimer wrote in 2018, at PragerU, police are not biased against black men, and man-made climate change is debatable.
As Mark Oppenheimer wrote in 2018, at PragerU, police are not biased against black men, and man-made climate change is debatable.
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Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitution—which limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpus—have disappeared from Congress’s website. They claim a coding error is to blame.
Sections of the U.S. Constitution Missing from Government Website
Articles I, Sections 9 and 10 are inaccessible on Congress-run portal, raising concerns over transparency and public access.
meidasnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitution—which limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpus—have disappeared from Congress’s website. They claim a coding error is to blame.
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Reuters found that major US law firms, fearing political backlash, have pulled back or hidden pro-bono and civil-rights work that could conflict with the Trump administration reut.rs/4l8V7kE
August 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Reuters found that major US law firms, fearing political backlash, have pulled back or hidden pro-bono and civil-rights work that could conflict with the Trump administration reut.rs/4l8V7kE
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Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.
July 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.
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Oh I have been waiting on this one.
Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma schools chief who wants bibles in the classroom and Christianity taught to kids, just got caught watching adult content.
On his work computer.
During a Board of Education meeting.
Read that again.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/ryan-walte...
On his work computer.
During a Board of Education meeting.
Read that again.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/ryan-walte...
Ryan Walters' TV displayed "nude women" during a meeting. Now he's blaming the media.
The Oklahoma schools chief who crusades against smut now faces an investigation into his own explicit screen time
www.friendlyatheist.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Oh I have been waiting on this one.
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But we “can’t afford” pediatric cancer research.
July 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
But we “can’t afford” pediatric cancer research.