Trump Administration Live Updates: C.D.C. Canceled Publication of Covid Vaccine Study

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

New Research: Toxins From Great Salt Lake Dust Absorbed by Plants, Soils, Human Bodies Newly published research from USU documents the ways metal-laden dust from the drying lakebed may find its way into human bodies.

www.usu.edu/today/story/....

Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections

It wasn't just metaphorical.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I wonder how many in congress continue to go along with his lawlessness because he lets them in on his insider trading. As long as they continue rake in bundles, their re-election is not a big concern.

Investigating the Good Guys DOJ claims the Southern Poverty Law Center was "paying off" the Ku Klux Klan. The group's track record and common sense suggest otherwise.

A little background on who the Southern Poverty Law Center is and what kind of work they’ve been doing for decades makes it clear that DOJ’s indictment (which is of the center, not of any individuals) is vindictive & malicious, an attack on civil rights work itself. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Trump DOJ sends chills down observers' spines with 'outrageous' prosecution President Donald Trump's Department of Justice sent chills down the spines of political analysts and observers on Tuesday after it indicted a prominent advocacy group. Acting Attorney General Todd Bla...

Trump DOJ indicts the Southern Poverty Law Center, but can't manage to indict Epstein clients. www.rawstory.com/trump-doj-26...

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The height of the front grill obscures the drivers visibility of pedestrians and is above the head of driver in a small car. No side door reinforcement or side air bag can protect from that impact.

So predictable

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Key Military Unit: The 442nd Regimental Combat Team The 4,000 men, who initially came in April 1943, had to be replaced nearly 3.5 times. In total, about 14,000 men served, ultimately earning 9,486 Purple...

Most decorated military unit in US history.

14,000 Japanese American men served in the 442nd earning 9,486 Purple Hearts, 21 Medals of Honor and an unprecedented eight Presidential Unit Citations.

And then there are men like Trump and Hegseth.

www.army.mil/article/2837...

Utah’s school book ban list passes 30 titles with Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ The other three books added to the list are “Life is Funny” by E.R. Frank, “The Haters” by Jesse Andrews and “People Kill People” by Ellen Hopkins.

Utah banned 30 titles from school libraries including Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’

29 of the 30 titles banned came from complaints in one county. Davis.
www.kuer.org/education/20...

We probably got the leadership we deserved. 40% didn't bother to vote in an election where an idiot rapist & felon was running for president.

Everyone bitches about the Democratic party they but can't bother to show up to a neighborhood caucus or attend convention where candidates are selected.

Some truth to that. Mitch Mcconnell was able to block nearly all of Obama's first term while being in the minority party for the first two years.

I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business.

WE Pay for

Clarence Thomas ruled in favor of Citizens United.

Harlan Crow's political contributions then went up 862%.

Then we later find out Thomas let Crow take him on lavish trips, buy his mom's house, and help fund his wife's conservative nonprofit.

But go on about how "progressivism" is a problem...

It's all posing with these people. They have no principles beyond wealth accumulation.

Why I Support The California Billionaire Tax YouTube video by Robert Reich

How much is $1 billion.

If you spent $1,000/day it would take you 2,740 years to spend it all.

If you spent $1,000/hour it would take you 114 years to spend it all.

For Zuckerberg's wealth, spending $1,000/hour will take him 23,000 years.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUcg...

When you accidentally say the quiet part out loud.

Screenshotted excerpt from linked article reading as follows: "In public, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has cultivated a reputation for care and caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. At a critical moment for the country and the court, the papers show, he acted as a bulldozer in pushing to stop Mr. Obama’s plan to address the global climate crisis. When colleagues warned the chief justice that he was proposing an unprecedented move, he was dismissive. “I recognize that the posture of this stay request is not typical,” he wrote. But he argued that the Obama plan, which aimed to regulate coal-fired plants, was “the most expensive regulation ever imposed on the power sector,” and too big, costly and consequential for the court not to act immediately."

OOP

New York Times got receipts on John Roberts being like, 'I know this isn't how anything works, but a Democratic president is about to implement a policy!!'

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

I'm lucky to have a local shop who will help me find the books I want to read rather than insist I read only what they think I should read.

While as a retiree I had to pay $200 just to file a Standard Deduction tax return.

A convicted felon as President of the United States talking about removing criminals is the very definition of hypocrisy.

Supreme court sides with oil and gas firms in Louisiana coastal damage fight 8-0 ruling gives companies new day in federal court after firms including Chevron ordered to pay millions for cleanup

Corporations are citizens except when they're not I guess.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

25 years ago it was proposed that fossil fuels should be taxed at the level equal to the damage they cause then use the funds generated to pay for green alternatives.

Now fossil fuel companies keep the windfall profits along with tax subsidies and you pay the cost of green alternatives.

China Lifts Green Push With Plan to Double Clean Energy by 2035 China will seek to double its supply of non-fossil fuel energy by 2035, in a plan that analysts see as a boost to Beijing’s green targets.

If you are worried that China is beating us, then take a look at this. China is investing heavily in renewable energy. The USA is fighting all forms of green energy.

Reducing dependence on fossil fuels, and diversifying our energy sources could help us get ahead.

It could prevent wars over oil.