The Miami Herald tracked 16,569 flood complaints from over 12,000 locations in Miami-Dade and Broward over the last 11 years, and found 32% were outside the newly-expanded 500-year flood zones scheduled to go into effect as early as 2026: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...

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USA total outstanding public debt grew with $1.65 trillion in 90 days time since raising the debt ceiling on July 4th.

I’m going to a Hurricane Helene anniversary/ memorial at the Augusta riverwalk in a couple of hours.

Here’s our look back at the year: www.ngumc.org/newsdetail/o...

A letter from an emmy award-winning journalist who's been detained by ICE for 2+ months just went up via @bittersouth.bsky.social. He's in the US lawfully. "The government asserted that Guevara posed a danger to the community because of his reporting."

bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...

Thanks to your support of last year's UMCOR Sunday offering, which helps cover our administrative costs, 100% of additional donations made funded essential relief and recovery efforts like our immediate response to Hurricane Helene.

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As North Georgia Conference Disaster Response moves into the long-term recovery phase following Hurricane Helene, the conference has been welcoming volunteer teams from as far as Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and myself: Faith groups have claimed *two* legal victories against the Trump administration in as many days, securing at least temporary wins on refugees ICE raids at houses of worship religionnews.com/2025/02/25/f...

Chaos in the USDA gene banks. A new chief gets fired. Then reinstated. www.science.org/content/arti...

Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times.

“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

Big news in the #UMC today: United Methodists join suit against Trump policy. United Methodists are among the Christian and Jewish bodies suing to prevent ICE agents from intruding on their ministry with immigrants and their worship.

www.umnews.org/en/news/unit...

Schoolhouse Rock may need to consider a new version that’s actually a constitutional crisis circus including no checks & balances. youtu.be/-EISWIY9bG8?...

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