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· Jan 13
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The Navigator aims to support the everyday quest for enduring liberty and wellbeing, giving you both clear and complex truths, and helping readers steer toward a better future for everyone.
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We are living in a time of multiple intersecting crises, from local to planetary scales. The Navigator aims to support the everyday quest for enduring liberty & wellbeing, giving readers both the clear & complex truths needed on our way to a better future. navigatornews.substack.com/p/coming-soon
Food systems are under threat & can be a leading climate solution; Trump admin cutting access to weather data; extreme heat in Arctic waters; Congress aims to protect National Weather Service. navigatornews.substack.com/p/food-secur...
Food security, lives & overall prosperity are at risk, as climate disruption worsens
Food systems are under threat & can be a leading climate solution; Trump admin cutting access to weather data; extreme heat in Arctic waters; Congress aims to protect National Weather Service.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Food systems are under threat & can be a leading climate solution; Trump admin cutting access to weather data; extreme heat in Arctic waters; Congress aims to protect National Weather Service. navigatornews.substack.com/p/food-secur...
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Trump may want to "supersize" the Development Finance Corporation—apparently to make it into a kind of sovereign wealth fund. Congress should require 100% restoration of USAID & immediate resumption of suspended aid, in exchange for starting such an experiment. www.devex.com/news/trump-h...
Trump has big plans for DFC as reauthorization deadline looms
More investments, more countries, more equity, less oversight are all part of the administration's proposal for the agency, which needs the U.S. Congress to act before Oct. 6 to continue.
www.devex.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Trump may want to "supersize" the Development Finance Corporation—apparently to make it into a kind of sovereign wealth fund. Congress should require 100% restoration of USAID & immediate resumption of suspended aid, in exchange for starting such an experiment. www.devex.com/news/trump-h...
We live inside Earth’s climate system. Not understanding it precisely is costly and unwise, and could lead to major legal liability. The ICJ finding that all governments have a legal duty to act on climate & to reduce climate pollution reinforces this. navigatornews.substack.com/p/eliminatin...
Eliminating climate data increases liability
The ICJ finds governments must regulate climate pollution & combat climate disruption & related risks; not having reliable, detailed climate data is not an escape from liability.
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July 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We live inside Earth’s climate system. Not understanding it precisely is costly and unwise, and could lead to major legal liability. The ICJ finding that all governments have a legal duty to act on climate & to reduce climate pollution reinforces this. navigatornews.substack.com/p/eliminatin...
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Durbin Demands Tapes of Ghislaine Maxwell Interviews www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Durbin Demands Tapes of Ghislaine Maxwell Interviews
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July 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Durbin Demands Tapes of Ghislaine Maxwell Interviews www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
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"Blue states will need to defeat more of Trump’s frivolous legal actions and block his impermissible executive edicts that attempt to bully them into carrying out his cruel, ineffective, and often illegal initiatives." @jenrubin.bsky.social
Trump Waging War Against Blue States and Cities
So much for "states’ rights"
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July 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Blue states will need to defeat more of Trump’s frivolous legal actions and block his impermissible executive edicts that attempt to bully them into carrying out his cruel, ineffective, and often illegal initiatives." @jenrubin.bsky.social
The International Court of Justice has issued a landmark Advisory Opinion, finding that all nations are obligated under customary international law, including human rights law, to act to prevent harm from industrial climate disruption. #ClimateJustice #ICJ navigatornews.substack.com/p/icj-finds-...
ICJ finds nations have legal duty to act on climate
International Court of Justice at the Hague finds all nations have legal obligations, both under specific treaties and under customary international law to take action to prevent climate disruption.
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July 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The International Court of Justice has issued a landmark Advisory Opinion, finding that all nations are obligated under customary international law, including human rights law, to act to prevent harm from industrial climate disruption. #ClimateJustice #ICJ navigatornews.substack.com/p/icj-finds-...
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🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
June 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
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Class-action suit filed at Court of Federal Claims on behalf of USAID Payne fellows, who contend Trump admin voided their contracts without any provision allowing for that. Effort to get waivers also seems a bit dubious. Doc:
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June 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Class-action suit filed at Court of Federal Claims on behalf of USAID Payne fellows, who contend Trump admin voided their contracts without any provision allowing for that. Effort to get waivers also seems a bit dubious. Doc:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Our #SB62 policy brief urges all nations to support local climate solutions, welcome citizens into policy processes, incentivize healthy, regenerative #FoodSystems & work to make #ClimateAction part of the everyday economy. Everyday #ClimateRescue is the future. climatecivics.org/2025/06/06/s...
SB62 brief: Everyday climate rescue is the future
A ‘Blue Note’ policy brief from Climate Civics and the Climate Value Exchange for negotiators at the SB62 round of United Nations Climate Change negotiations, in Bonn, Germany. As negot…
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June 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our #SB62 policy brief urges all nations to support local climate solutions, welcome citizens into policy processes, incentivize healthy, regenerative #FoodSystems & work to make #ClimateAction part of the everyday economy. Everyday #ClimateRescue is the future. climatecivics.org/2025/06/06/s...
The new Pope, Leo XIV, is offering a new tone for our troubled times, saying "Evil will not prevail" & reminding the faithful that "we are the times". Our choices can determine whether we live in a world of wisdom, dignity & justice. navigatornews.substack.com/p/a-new-tone...
A new tone for our time: ‘evil will not prevail’
New Pope calls for solidarity, care for the vulnerable & reciprocity with Nature; millions mark 80 years since defeat of fascism in Europe; court blocks dismantling of U.S. agencies.
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May 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The new Pope, Leo XIV, is offering a new tone for our troubled times, saying "Evil will not prevail" & reminding the faithful that "we are the times". Our choices can determine whether we live in a world of wisdom, dignity & justice. navigatornews.substack.com/p/a-new-tone...
Unsustainable land use interferes with Nature, disrupts the carbon and water cycles, and weaves hidden costs through the entire fabric of the everyday economy. Regenerative practices build value. navigatornews.substack.com/p/land-use-p...
Land use practices shape the whole economy
Unsustainable land use interferes with Nature, disrupts the carbon and water cycles, and weaves hidden costs through the entire fabric of the everyday economy. Regenerative practices build value.
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May 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Unsustainable land use interferes with Nature, disrupts the carbon and water cycles, and weaves hidden costs through the entire fabric of the everyday economy. Regenerative practices build value. navigatornews.substack.com/p/land-use-p...
There are five things that everyone needs to know about the climate, whatever their perspective or focus. navigatornews.substack.com/p/five-thing...
Five things everyone needs to know about the climate
Safety, nourishment, opportunity & wellbeing are all on the line. Costs are already becoming unmanageable. Your unique circumstances matter. Old assumptions no longer apply. Impacts are everywhere.
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May 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
There are five things that everyone needs to know about the climate, whatever their perspective or focus. navigatornews.substack.com/p/five-thing...
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In 2020, during the first Trump admin, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission found that climate change poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. financial system and to its ability to sustain the American economy. climatevalue.exchange/2024/04/02/c...
CFTC finds climate change puts US financial system at risk
This report was published September 9, 2020, by Geoversiv and Resilience Intel. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a new report, outlining the serious climate risk facing the …
climatevalue.exchange
May 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In 2020, during the first Trump admin, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission found that climate change poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. financial system and to its ability to sustain the American economy. climatevalue.exchange/2024/04/02/c...
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Latest: Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts after they lost the confidence of other administration officials and found themselves without allies at the White House, per two people familiar www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz to leave post
Waltz’s deputy will also be leaving after losing confidence of officials, according to two people familiar with the matter
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Latest: Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts after they lost the confidence of other administration officials and found themselves without allies at the White House, per two people familiar www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Federal Court DISMISSES right wing lawsuit brought to force voter purges in Georgia. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
Quinn v. Raffensperger
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Federal Court DISMISSES right wing lawsuit brought to force voter purges in Georgia. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
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Today, UCS delivered a letter signed by over 3,300 scientific experts calling on Congress and Commerce Secretary Lutnick to stop the dismantling of & illegal attacks on #NOAA. www.ucs.org/about/news/o...
Over 3,300 Scientists Sound Alarm on Attacks Against NOAA in Open Letter Sent to Congress, Trump Administration
UCS today delivered an open letter—with more than 3,300 signatory scientists and experts—to congressional leaders and Secretary Lutnick urging them to halt the ongoing assault on NOAA and restore staf...
www.ucs.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Today, UCS delivered a letter signed by over 3,300 scientific experts calling on Congress and Commerce Secretary Lutnick to stop the dismantling of & illegal attacks on #NOAA. www.ucs.org/about/news/o...
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Intergovernmental meetings often take place in the midst of crisis. In 2025, this is a constant. Cooperation among allies is the bedrock of security & progress. Climate-smart trade, finance & food systems can free all nations from chaos & secure a livable future. climatecivics.org/2025/04/25/w...
We can free ourselves from chaos
Briefing note for the 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund From Climate Civics and the Climate Value Exchange What are we doing? 2025 has been so fa…
climatecivics.org
May 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Intergovernmental meetings often take place in the midst of crisis. In 2025, this is a constant. Cooperation among allies is the bedrock of security & progress. Climate-smart trade, finance & food systems can free all nations from chaos & secure a livable future. climatecivics.org/2025/04/25/w...
Climate reporting provides clarity to reduce risks & harm. Having this information makes everyone smarter about investing to added value. Without that info, innovation will slow & the US will fall behind, saddled with devastating costs. navigatornews.substack.com/p/sec-climat...
SEC climate reporting rules make the U.S. safer & more prosperous
Securities & Exchange Commission to stop defending its climate reporting rules—creating likelihood of delayed innovation timelines & higher future costs.
navigatornews.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Climate reporting provides clarity to reduce risks & harm. Having this information makes everyone smarter about investing to added value. Without that info, innovation will slow & the US will fall behind, saddled with devastating costs. navigatornews.substack.com/p/sec-climat...
USAID has built real & lasting influence for the US, while saving millions of lives & helping to fund important work at home that improves lives & livelihoods. Its sudden defunding is conservatively estimated to have taken at least 150,000 lives already. navigatornews.substack.com/p/usaid-deli...
USAID delivered for the United States & for global security & wellbeing
Elimination of USAID funding and programs is estimated to have cost 150,000 lives, so far. Shutting down the agency will harm the U.S. and create widespread human suffering and destabilization.
navigatornews.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
USAID has built real & lasting influence for the US, while saving millions of lives & helping to fund important work at home that improves lives & livelihoods. Its sudden defunding is conservatively estimated to have taken at least 150,000 lives already. navigatornews.substack.com/p/usaid-deli...
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Thousands of the best experts at FDA, NIH, and all across HHS are being terminated right now.
These are the people who make sure the medications you and your children take are safe.
These are the people who perform and oversee research on cancer, infant health, and so so so much more.
These are the people who make sure the medications you and your children take are safe.
These are the people who perform and oversee research on cancer, infant health, and so so so much more.
April 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thousands of the best experts at FDA, NIH, and all across HHS are being terminated right now.
These are the people who make sure the medications you and your children take are safe.
These are the people who perform and oversee research on cancer, infant health, and so so so much more.
These are the people who make sure the medications you and your children take are safe.
These are the people who perform and oversee research on cancer, infant health, and so so so much more.
18 hours later, Sen. Booker is still standing. The New Jersey senator has stayed on message, providing detailed, poetic, historically rooted, and consequential messages, coming from fearful citizens, from veterans cut loose from jobs in public service, from core principles.
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
18 hours later, Sen. Booker is still standing. The New Jersey senator has stayed on message, providing detailed, poetic, historically rooted, and consequential messages, coming from fearful citizens, from veterans cut loose from jobs in public service, from core principles.
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I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.
February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.
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Parsing Trump's words outisde the White House... It is obvious to everyone that Putin cannot be trusted. When Trump suggests Zelenskyy's demand for security guarantees means he wants US support to continue an endless war, he is *admitting* Putin cannot be trusted.
February 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Parsing Trump's words outisde the White House... It is obvious to everyone that Putin cannot be trusted. When Trump suggests Zelenskyy's demand for security guarantees means he wants US support to continue an endless war, he is *admitting* Putin cannot be trusted.
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In what was supposed to be a press availability marking a breakthrough minerals deal btw US & Ukraine, VP Vance & then Pres Trump angrily berated Pres Zelenskyy of Ukraine with Kremlin falsehoods. Trump aided Putin, who followed w more atrocities. navigatornews.substack.com/p/breakthrou...
Breakthrough deal breaks down in Oval Office
In race to peace, dealmaker Trump falters at the starting gate. Serving US interests will require Trump to listen better, restore key agencies, and let Congress press him to defend Ukraine's freedom.
navigatornews.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In what was supposed to be a press availability marking a breakthrough minerals deal btw US & Ukraine, VP Vance & then Pres Trump angrily berated Pres Zelenskyy of Ukraine with Kremlin falsehoods. Trump aided Putin, who followed w more atrocities. navigatornews.substack.com/p/breakthrou...
In a shocking & historic breakdown in negotiations, US Pres Donald Trump & his VP accosted the Pres of Ukraine, using known Kremlin lies & shouting him down as he seeks to secure his nation’s freedom & sovereignty. Putin reacted by bombing civilians. navigatornews.substack.com/p/breakthrou...
Breakthrough deal breaks down in Oval Office
In race to peace, dealmaker Trump falters at the starting gate. Serving US interests will require Trump to listen better, restore key agencies, and let Congress press him to defend Ukraine's freedom.
navigatornews.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In a shocking & historic breakdown in negotiations, US Pres Donald Trump & his VP accosted the Pres of Ukraine, using known Kremlin lies & shouting him down as he seeks to secure his nation’s freedom & sovereignty. Putin reacted by bombing civilians. navigatornews.substack.com/p/breakthrou...