Almost Half of America’s Kids Are Breathing Toxic Air - Inside Climate News The American Lung Association’s annual report finds that climate change is making dirty air worse, especially for communities of color. The Trump administration keeps targeting rules meant to help.

"152 million people, or 44 percent of the U.S. population, live in areas with failing grades" for air pollution from ozone or fine particulates, largely from burning fossil fuels.

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“The report also found that people of color are more than twice as likely as white people to live in a community with failing grades for all three measures. Latinos are more than three times as likely to live in such communities, unchanged from last year’s report.”

A.B. Stoddard on Trump's Psyche—and Implications for 2028 On Trump’s Psyche—and Implications for 2028

Very interesting from A.B. Stoddard on the state of Trump’s psyche, its implications for war and peace, and if he’ll give up power willingly.

“He’s going to find a way to try to run for another term, or cancel the election, or pass it off to Don Jr.”
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Reuters: POPE, CRITIC OF US PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES, SAYS IMMIGRANTS ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND MUST BE TREATED HUMANELY

They didn’t just double tap. They hunted her like an animal. First they sent her death threats. They struck her, then followed her to where she tried to take shelter & struck her there. They struck the rescue workers who came for her & only after hours, after she died, did they allow retrieval

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“‘The unprecedented possibility of a searchable, ‘mega-database’ of tax returns…is a surveillance nightmare that raises a host of legal concerns, not least that it will make it significantly easier for Donald Trump's Admin to spy on & target his….list of enemies…,’ the lawmakers wrote.” 1/ #Palantir

it is important to emphasize that this was *the point*. this was *intentional*. elon musk is a vicious white supremacist who thinks poor african children ought to die, so that the world can be whiter

Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They're the Bad Guys Interviews with current and former Palantir employees, along with internal Slack messages obtained by WIRED, suggest a workforce in turmoil.

SCOOP: Palantir's 22-point manifesto is alarming even its own employees—but it's just the latest move by leadership that's incensed workers.

More on the internal dissent growing inside the company:
wired.com/story/palantir-employees-are-starting-to-wonder-if-theyre-the-bad-guys/

Senate Adopts G.O.P. Budget, Defeating Democrats’ Affordability Proposals

I just want to make sure everyone knows that the Republicans lost fight over ICE and CPB if they fund this through reconciliation. Why? If I was a fighting Dem, I would never fund ICE or CPB through regular order until reforms are made, or the agency is killed.
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USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.

Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.

Notes on Access Journalism Why are they so happy to see you?

Creating and protecting the power of journalism—the power that balances out the competing power of the powerful people we write about—is also a collective responsibility. — @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social

THE RED SCARE NEW "MAMDANI LAW WOULD DENATURALIZE AND DEPORT ANY US CITIZEN WHO SUPPORTS SOCIALISM SOURCE: ROY.HOUSE.GOV @AWKWORDISTHIS

A new “Mamdani” law would deport any US *citizen* considered to be supporting socialism

The “Measures Against Marxism’s Dangerous Adherents and Noxious Islamists” Act — acronym “Mamdani” — specifically targets (not extremists but) the Democratic Socialists of America

roy.house.gov

ICE refuses to provide N.J. its alarming data. We won’t stop fighting for it. The agency has fought fiercely to conceal arrest data, abandoned its public dashboard and stonewalls FOIA requests

What are the secretive, masked, heavily armed agents of ICE up to in New Jersey and elsewhere across the country?

They don’t want us to know. Hell, they treat the public as if we don’t even have the right to ask.

ICE refuses to provide N.J. its alarming data. We won’t stop fighting for it. The agency has fought fiercely to conceal arrest data, abandoned its public dashboard and stonewalls FOIA requests

What are the secretive, masked, heavily armed agents of ICE up to in New Jersey and elsewhere across the country?

They don’t want us to know. Hell, they treat the public as if we don’t even have the right to ask.

The son of former governor Tom Kean, Kean is running for reelection and will be on the ballot for the Republican primary election in June.

Concerns over congressman’s health during lengthy absence | NJ Spotlight News Calls and text messages to a missing New Jersey congressman have gone unanswered

Colleagues of Tom Kean Jr., a Republican two-term New Jersey member of the House, say they are worried about his personal health and have not heard from him despite calls and text messages sent during his extended absence from Capitol Hill.

Warnings For Americans From A Historian of the Nazis The 12 "warning signs" of authoritarianism every American should be aware of, from Laurence Rees, author of 'The Nazi Mind.'

the good news is that Trump's presidency has become a political shambles as well as a governing catastrophe

the bad news, as a leading historian of the Nazis tells us, is that he's following the time-tested authoritarian playbook

my @zeteo_news column

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At 9 AM every day, 🇺🇦 pauses in silent remembrance. Everyone takes a moment to honor those who gave their lives defending their homeland. This simple act of remembrance connects the nation & serves as a reminder that the sacrifice of those who resisted 🇷🇺 invasion will never be forgotten.

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Why voters say the Democrats are "weak," in their own words New April Strength In Numbers/Verasight polling finds both parties underwater on favorability, but Republicans are much worse off

For the better part of two years, the story about the Democratic Party’s image has been simple and unflattering: voters don’t like it.

Jamie Sarkonak: I read 'The Camp of the Saints.' Here's why it's relevant The novel, which was temporarily removed from Amazon this week, has long been condemned for its harsh critiques of mass migration

Canada's most syndicated newspaper, the National Post, published an overwhelmingly positive review of the infamously racist novel Camp of the Saints today. The book is a standard in white nationalist book lists and is nearly only sold by white supremacist publishers. nationalpost.com/opinion/jami...

After weeks of doctors and hospitals trying to make sense of a series of concerning sudden onset symptoms, I'm pretty sure the final diagnosis is in.

"Bro, you old now. This is just what being old is like."

No Work, No School, No Shopping: May Day Training Call · Indivisible This May Day, we’re calling for a day of No Work, No School, No Shopping. We're flexing our economic power as workers, students, and everyday people to send a clear message to Trump: we will not do...

At this time tomorrow, we’re hosting a May Day training that will cover what “No Work, No School, No Shopping” means and the many ways you can tap into the day of economic disruption on May 1. We will also dig into the strategy behind economic noncooperation and why we’re taking action now.

playing heist expert for @jetjocko.bsky.social 's article is among my top most delighting professional experiences ever

Liberal arts fields like History English and the arts are becoming more relevant in the AI era not less

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Letter from an English Department on the Brink | Sarah Blackwood I write to you with news about the state of the English major at one nonelite, midsize, regional comprehensive private university in New York City. At

The "death" of English departments and other liberal arts fields is not about their obsolescence but about the fact that they're being actively *killed* by institutions that don't value them on principle, not because of any evidence. Glad ppl are catching up. www.nybooks.com/online/2023/...

Fox cub peeking out of a hole

I have three tiny wee fox cubs in a hole in the back garden. I'm hanging out the washing at this point...

Slippery floor projected laser sign

Beware!!! The slippery floor!

There has been a total collapse of trust in anything that comes out of this Pentagon. They have lied freely, frequently and without shame. It means that on serious matters - like civilian casualty disputes or US casualty figures - no-one can trust what they say.