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Penguins in Antarctica could actually be helping cool the climate… with their poop In places like Antarctica, small things can make a difference. Scientists are finding that penguin waste is helping form clouds, which could be offsetting the effects of climate change.

In places like Antarctica, small things can make a difference. Scientists are finding that penguin waste is helping form clouds, which could be offsetting the effects of climate change.

Donald Trump finds his approval rating sinking once more Pollster G. Elliott Morris' tracker shows that on the issue of the economy, Trump's approval rating is underwater by 15.75 points.

January Trump approval on the economy:
plus +8.24 points

Today Trump approval on the economy:
minus -15.75

January Trump approval on inflation:
plus +1.99

Today Trump approval on inflation:
minus -22.24

So clearly it's time to deploy the Marines in L.A.?

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age" "They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control."

"When conservatives destroy these public goods, it doesn’t necessarily lead to a Democratic backlash at the ballot box, and they see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated."

Vance hearts Miller

Look how quickly the Vice President of the United States pivoted to portraying Stephen Miller(!) as a victim of the press.

All because a reporter stated the obvious truth about Miller’s hate-mongering.

MAGA = constant victimology and grievances.

When it's too late, all the establishment and corporate bootlickers will realize no matter how much you try to placate MAGA, it's never enough. It's a fascist movement that doesn't care about rules or reciprocity. It's about gaining power by any means necessary. It's all projection all the time.

After Winsome Earle-Sears Proposes Ending Car Tax, Fmr. VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, a Trump-Supporting Republican, Says This Is “nothing more than a cheap political ploy” I really hate it when I keep agreeing with former VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, a Republican and Trump supporters, but here we are...LOL. Today, it's Bolling's take on the idea of getting rid of the "hate

After Winsome Sears Proposes Ending Car Tax, Fmr. VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R) Says This Is “nothing more than a cheap political ploy”; Adds That it would be "devastating" to localities if the car tax "were simply eliminated" w/no "equivalent ongoing revenue stream" bluevirginia.us/2025/06/afte...

The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.."

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.

“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

True.

ICE shot a reporter...

"Nick Stern, a British news photographer based in Los Angeles, is set to undergo emergency surgery for a wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters in Los Angeles on Saturday."

WSJ: Business owner John Starr “said he is hunkering down — no hiring, no more capital spending — until he has clarity on tariffs.

“How am I supposed to pay this?” said Starr. “That could wipe out profits for a year.”

@nicktimiraos.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

I could give a half shit about ICE morale. They are committing crimes against Americans and lawful immigrants. They are Gestapo wannabes. I look forward to their trials. This is nazism, not Americanism, led by a traitor, a felon, and a cabal of incompetent fools, idiots and Russian agents.

Questions swirl over who's running the CDC Almost six months into Trump's administration, the agency has no public health official or designated point person at the helm.

"During a Senate hearing, Kennedy told Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester that Matthew Buzzelli is the CDC's acting director.

Kennedy called Buzzelli a public health expert.

Buzzelli's biography on the CDC website lists no public health experience..."

www.axios.com/2025/06/05/c...

If your top priority is maintaining access, as in the case of ABC (and CBS, NBC, etc.), you definitely shouldn't be in journalism...or be taken seriously by anyone. bluevirginia.us/2025/06/sund... h/t @denverr.bsky.social

to be clear, research shows “nonlethal” tools are not safe—and can be deadly

How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.

And while we’re at it, here’s our guide on how to best protect yourself at a protest.

Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (6/8/25)

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Recovery Failure: Why we struggle to rebuild for the next storm NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special interests that profit even when communities don't.

NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special interests that profit even when communities don't.

Protesting ICE risks escalation and Trump declaring martial law etc. We still need to do it. You don’t win a battle by giving up the high ground just cause it’s going to get bloody.

On the new Countdown podcast dropping at midnight: Call what Trump is doing in Los Angeles, what it is: This is Trump's terrorist attack on L.A. - the attempt to effect political change through violence. But Newsom has a solution: he proposes defunding Trump's dictatorship with a FEDERAL TAX STRIKE

What's the CBO? Meet the nonpartisan agency under fire from Republicans Top Republicans, including President Trump, are criticizing the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office over its assessment that GOP's signature policy bill could add $2.4 trillion to the deficit.

Top Republicans, including President Trump, are criticizing the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office over its assessment that GOP's signature policy bill could add $2.4 trillion to the deficit.

Tweet by James Surowiecki about dealing with MAGAs who insist on things like egg prices can come down by more than 100%, which of course is mathematically impossible.

So, to be a MAGA cultist, apparently you have to be ignorant about basic mathematics...also economics, English grammar, geography, science, pretty much everything, actually. bluevirginia.us/2025/06/sund... h/t James Surowiecki

Job growth held steady in May, but new signs of economic trouble emerge U.S. job growth over the first five months of 2025 is the worst since the Great Recession. When Donald Trump says the economy is “booming,” he’s wrong.

"U.S. job growth over the first five months of 2025 is the worst since the Great Recession. When Donald Trump says the economy is 'booming,' he’s wrong..."

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Virginians deserve real, thoughtful solutions from their next Governor — solutions that will deliver results they can see in their bank accounts.

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

Amen