This man is not in touch with reality.

Many states don’t report losses from data center tax breaks, study says - Maryland Matters Though public scrutiny of data centers is growing, 14 states do not disclose how much revenue they lose to data center tax breaks.That’s according to a new report from Good Jobs First, a watchdog grou...

Many states don’t report losses from data center tax breaks, study says marylandmatters.org/2026/04/19/r...

The Boundary Waters stand for human health & safety The Boundary Waters are a pristine wilderness on the border of Minnesota with Canada. Their conserved, clean, and natural state is one of the great achievements of American civics, democracy, and e…

The ability of a society to preserve, protect, and defend, such wild places—to keep water clean and ecosystems healthy and resilient—is a measure of that society’s ability to do the same for human health. earthcivics.org/2026/04/20/b...

“Economic Civil War”: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From Accountability Most of the 15 bills being considered are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.

The First Amendment clearly states “Congress shall make no law… abridging… the right of the people… to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

It is illegal to use Congressional office to grant immunity to oil companies. www.propublica.org/article/clim...

A Breakdown of Five Days of Secret Supreme Court Memos

It is beyond belief that the Chief Justice would think it remotely appropriate to complain that “investments in clean energy may be irreversible” & that this would cause “irreparable harm” to industries subsidized by all governments & militaries. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

The American people deserve a serious, thorough & politically independent investigation into whether some of the “conservative” justices abused their positions to aid commercial interests & greenlight unconstitutional authoritarian practices. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Republicans Pass Pollution Bill That Will Destroy Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park Senate greenlights forever-pollution in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park

The non-majority Senate vote to destroy the most pristine waters in the US, to allow a foreign company to profit by selling copper to China, is one of the most debased & pointless actions ever taken by Congress. It is an overt betrayal of the American people. open.substack.com/pub/ourpubli...

The messages these campaigns send are at times menacing, other times desperate, or begging for personal data to be handed over, to create a database of loyal Trump supporters. It is creepy, bizarre, counterintuitive as a campaign strategy & suggests something deeply inappropriate is going on.

The Trump campaign, GOP & connected PACs appear to be attempting to create a massive database of loyal supporters, which they could cross-reference against information gathered through the DOGE pirating of sensitive data. Could they be scheming to block non-supporters from voting?

Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year’s DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now—in government and beyond.

There is a lot about the “DOGE” effort that seemed like intentional sibversion of Constitutional government in the United States—for instance that it had not been created, funded, or tasked by Congress with any mandate & the reckless instigation of mass death. www.wired.com/story/where-...

Rights are universal & unalienable; they cannot be given up or taken away. Trump, again showing extreme disloyalty to the Constitution & the country, says we should give up our rights. The Constitution requires POTUS to honor that at all times, in word & deed, without exception.

Senate rejects 4th attempt to curb Trump's war powers in Iran — CBS News It was the fourth time Democrats in the Senate had forced a vote on the issue since the war began on Feb. 28.

Newsflash to all members of Congress: The Constitution DOES NOT grant you any authority to confer war powers on POTUS without actually declaring war. A vote not to limit war powers does not declare war. Illegal abuses of office cannot be made retroactively legal. apple.news/A442_UWHjQam...

Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll

The Treasury Secretary is lying about climate science & climate change, to help polluting industries hide the costs they impose on everyone else & to promote those industries, in violation of his oath to serve well & faithfully. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/b...

Vance Says Pope Leo Should Stay Out of U.S. Affairs

Pope Leo is reminding the faithful that it is wrong to take innocent life. Vance considers this an intrusion into “US affairs”. The Constitution prohibits killing of civilians. If Vance & Trump cannot honor that, always & without fail, they must resign. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Opinion | Here’s How to Defeat Trumpism

Here’s How to Defeat Trumpism www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...

Moon mission for all humanity On Thursday, the crew of the Artemis II mission executed a maneuver called the Translunar Injection burn. The TLI burn reoriented their Orion spacecraft, called Integrity, and added …

Pay attention to what it looks like when people work together, intentionally & steadfastly, to make a laudable uncertainty into living fact. activevalue.org/2026/04/04/m...

For Months, Pope Avoided Clash With Trump. Now He’s Clapping Back.

“By respecting the dignity of everyone and allowing yourselves to be moved by the pain of others, instead of multiplying misunderstandings and conflicts, you can surely become protagonists of a new chapter in history.” - Pope Leo www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Pope Leo XIV presides over the Prayer Vigil for Peace at St Peter's Basilica, on April 11, 2026 in Vatican City, Vatican. The text reads, “I have no fear of the Trump administration, said Pope Leo XIV, in response to President Trump’s criticism of him.” Photo by Antonio Masiello for Getty Images.

President Trump said that Pope Leo XIV, who has criticized the Iran war, was “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy.”

Leo dismissed his insults, saying: “I don’t ​think that the message of the Gospel is meant to be abused ​in the way that some people are doing.” https://wapo.st/4tMOppu

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against WSJ Over Report on Epstein Birthday Card The judge said President Trump had not “plausibly alleged” that The Journal published the article with actual malice.

Breaking News: A judge dismissed President Trump’s libel lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal’s publisher over a note to Jeffrey Epstein.

Quote from FPF Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern that reads: “We commend the film and television communities for their courage in speaking truth to power, and we hope that members of the press will follow their lead. “It’s been widely reported that the current administration is steering this transaction to its political allies, the Ellisons, to further suppress free expression and control the public discourse. There’s nothing biased or partisan about standing up for the First Amendment and the public’s right to know.”

FPF statement on film and television professionals speaking out against Paramount-Warner merger

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This is the accounting Trump doesn’t want you to see.

Two regimes he went to war with — or destabilized without Congressional authorization — are still standing.

A Christian reveres the teachings of Jesus that decency requires turning the other cheek, washing the feet of the vulnerable & downtrodden, loving your enemy, seeking no power for oneself. Pete Hegseth is NOT a Christian; he is a zealot who seeks absolute power & brags about mass murder constantly.

🗣️ CHRIS HALE: “Pope Leo sees this war as immoral, illegal… Hegseth’s Bible ends in the Old Testament, he never invokes the New Testament — the message of Peace/Jesus… There’s an evangelical vs. Catholic divide. The Catholic Church is under attack in this administration.”

Imagine if a coworker went around spewing these inane, often sadistic, detached-from-reality ramblings, unprompted, delusional, deflecting, inventing entire universes of fictional nonsense. How long before they were asked to take a leave of absence?

Prosperity vs. financial data: A struggle for the future Money is a proxy; it carries meaning, without being bound to any one purpose. When money changes hands, the exchange reflects what people involved in the exchange value, and implicitly, it reflects…

When money is too scarce for most people, that signals a societal failure to invest for shared prosperity. What follows is usually a structural adjustment, which can be painful for major institutions, for the wealthy & for the vulnerable. activevalue.org/2026/03/26/p...

Top 3 Takeaways from the National Low Income Housing Coalition Housing Policy Forum Climate justice and housing justice are inseparable.

UCS’s Alicia Race recently attended the Natl. Low Income Housing Coalition Policy Forum. The outcome is a deeply personal post on the intersection of climate & housing justice: “Whether people rent, buy, or seek shelter from the streets every night, all families deserve safe & affordable housing."

What are we building? Buckminster Fuller wrote that “The human brain is Nature’s most powerful anti-entropy engine.” Intelligence is not just information, or thought or the semblance of thought; it is the process of mak…

Buckminster Fuller wrote “The human brain is Nature’s most powerful anti-entropy engine.” Intelligence is not just information, or thought (or the semblance of); it is the process of making enough sense of what is happening to be able to come through it safely... activevalue.org/2025/10/21/w...

Orban's system was rigged to give plurality winners with widespread support in the countryside super-majorities in the parliament - so Peter Magyar generated widespread support in the countryside and has been rewarded with 69% of the parliamentary seats. Now he can undo Orban's constitution!

Hungarians deserve every congratulations for giving Peter Magyar a bigger margin than Orban has ever gotten in all of his rigged elections - and this within the system that Orban rigged. Magyar now has a constitutional majority to undo Orban's constitutional prison and govern as a democratic leader.

Donald Trump impeachment backed by most Americans: Poll Over half of Americans want Congress to impeach Trump now, according to a new poll. One in seven Republicans backs it.

Most Americans want Trump impeached & removed from office, as a threat to the Constitution, to their rights & freedoms & to the country’s security & prosperity. Republicans in Congress are blocking this, but face potential historic defeat if they ignore voters. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...