With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules

“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…

“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”

"Just making s**t up" — David Roberts sounds off on the EPA "To say members of Congress didn’t anticipate a specific pollutant is just f**king comical."

"Just making s**t up" — David Roberts sounds off on the EPA www.publicnotice.co/p/david-robe...

"Just making s**t up" — David Roberts sounds off on the EPA "To say members of Congress didn’t anticipate a specific pollutant is just f**king comical."

This and the FDA's refusal to approve the new MRNA flu vaccine are the things that really scare me at the moment. The science deniers in the administration are going to damage our lives & health well beyond their own political half-lives.

image of the article headline and smokestacks

New in PN: "Just making s**t up" — @volts.wtf sounds off on EPA

“How the f**k are they gonna do it? If you can get the Court to rule carbon is not a public health danger, it'll mark the point at which they've abandoned all pretense, bc that’s just a flat out lie” www.publicnotice.co/p/david-robe...

Hungary holds elections in 2 months. And the US Secretary of State is in Hungary campaigning for Viktor Orban. And as you can see, Russian state media loves it.

Listening to Trump Admin officials, you'd never guess that the US stock market underperformed the rest of the world in 2025.

This flew under the radar, but it shouldn’t have.

When senator Alex Padilla was tackled by DHS, Kristi Noem’s side piece, Corey Lewandowski, was orchestrating the situation in the hall.

Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.

Ukrainian forces hit several 'important' Russian military targets in 3 regions, General Staff says The strikes targeted areas where Moscow had concentrated its troops, along with a Russian communications hub and a drone control center, the report read.

⚡️Ukrainian forces hit several 'important' Russian military targets in 3 regions, General Staff says.

The strikes targeted areas where Moscow had concentrated its troops, along with a Russian communications hub and a drone control center, the report read.

Munich, Kaufinger Straße, today.

P.S. Should be @aclu.org throughout. The attn reference should have been to @orinkerr.bsky.social

In southwest Idaho FBI raid, officials zip-tied teens and used aggressive force, lawsuit alleges • Idaho Capital Sun A lawsuit by ACLU of Idaho alleges law enforcement used aggressive tactics and unjustly detained hundreds of people, including children.

The search, in Wilder, ID, was covered in real time by local news last Oct. Here are a couple links.
8/8-end
idahocapitalsun.com/2026/02/10/i...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfU7...

The seven named plaintiffs are a US citizen mother; her US citizen 3-yr-old; a lawful permanent resident father; his 15-yo LPR son; a 40yo LPR; his 16yo US citizen son; & his 10yo US citizen daughter. ...
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Though federal officers can’t be sued under civil rights law, which only apply to state officers, @aclu sues them here as *conspirators* with state officers. (It was a joint task force.) Individ plaintiffs also sue under Federal Tort Claims Act.
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Govt’s apparent justification for the dragnet was that it had criminal arrest warrants for 5 individuals for unlicensed gambling, plus a property search warrant. Six were arrested on that charge, including property-owner. Attn: @orinkerr. (See FBI statement.) ...
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www.fbi.gov/contact-us/f...

Seventy percent of the 400 were ultimately released as either citizens or lawfully present. 105 were detained for alleged immigration issues. ...
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Zipties cut into wrists. When a 15yo said they were too tight, an agent allegedly tightened them further. Adults were searched & items from their pockets were put in plastic bags strung around their necks. ...
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Complaint alleges officers descended on the families, guns drawn, with a helicopter, 2 drones, 5 armed vehicles, rifles, tasers, pepper balls. They allegedly grouped the Latinos (mostly ethnically Mexican) by skin color as a proxy for presumptive citizenship. No water, few bathrooms.
2/7

#1 in Rodriguez v. Porter (D. Idaho, 1:26-cv-00075) – CourtListener.com COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number AIDDC-3055371.), filed by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: # 1 Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet Attachme...

The @ACLU has filed a class action damages suit against federal & state officers over an Idaho immigration raid last October. 200 armed officers raided a horse-race festival, detaining 400 Latinos for 4 hrs. All adults & many teens ziptied & searched.
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storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.

Investigation: European companies keep the motors of Russia's war machine running Key findings: * Since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has sought supplies of motor oil additives and lubricants from third countries to maintain its military-industrial capacity...

An address linked to a Russian intelligence agent in Berlin exposed a Russian business group that imports European chemicals potentially used in Russia's gunpowder production.

Also Rev. James Reeb UU minister of Boston, beaten to death in Selma, March 1965.

Viola Liuzzo was killed by the Klan in 1965. She was a worker in the civil rights movement. Read about her here before Trump and his racist staff remove it from the Web site.
www.nps.gov/people/viola...

Bluesky user says: This is what I am talking about, no one is pushing Newsom besides Newsom. The issue isnt that Ds are scared of a radical candidate, it is normies are scared of the left throwing a tantrum if the candidate isn’t a more radical leftist one Quote tweeting: ‪A.R. Moxon‬ ‪@juliusgoat.bsky.social‬ If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.

This is—ironically enough—what I am talking about.

RW voters who demand their bigotries be accommodated are never "radical" or "throwing a tantrum." No—those are "swing voters" to pursue, even as they fail to show up time & again. The goal here isn't a bigger tent, but to prevent movement leftward.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio giving a speech that is basically an extended version of the ethnonationalist Proud Boys oath: “I'm a proud Western chauvinist, I refuse to apologize for creating the modern world.”

U.S. Military Preparing For Potentially Weeks-Long Iran Operations: Reuters Report Trump, speaking on Friday after a military event at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, openly floated the possibility of changing the government in Iran.

Ah, yes, "Donald the Dove" at it again www.huffpost.com/entry/united...

The Mellon Foundation is run by a Black woman poet and has for years given no strings attached grants to programs like women’s and gender studies departments while Epstein, whose circles included the people in governance power right now, demanded performative fealty from those he might give $ to

2026 To date 2025 Full year Total Cases 910 2280 Age  Under 5 years 227 (25%) 582 (26%)  5-19 years 527 (58%) 1014 (44%)  20+ years 136 (15%) 671 (29%)  Age unknown 20 (2%) 13 (1%) Vaccination Status  Unvaccinated or Unknown 94% 93%

To my surprise, CDC is still tracking how many children RFK condemns to measles. Cases are getting younger and, of course, it is spreading faster.

www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

Trump recently suggested that he is getting ready to issue a new anti-voting executive order. Last time he issued one, we sued and won. If he does it again, we will sue and win. Trump knows this. It is why he and his allies hate and attack me.

I will never back down or stop fighting for democracy.

There’s also a progressive candidate running who HASN’T taken money from Palantir partners @mikesacks.bsky.social :

www.mikesacksforcongress.com