N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave

You don’t speak up inside a captured agency because it’s fun. You do it because the stakes are deadly serious.

Dr. Norton was placed on administrative leave for defending Americans’ health. She's a hero for saying what needs to be said. We stand with her.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém (Brazil), 12% up from last year’s talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.

What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Verdict of History Trump and his fascist glorification

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Great quick read from Robert Reich
Trump is a monster. He is an aspiring dictator who wants to wield the same power as a Stalin or Hitler, and he wants to be remembered through statues, stadiums and ballrooms.
He should be remembered as both a liar and traitor

Trump’s Pardon List: Here Are The Big-Time Donors And Allies He’s Sprung Free Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.

Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.

‘Existential threat to democracy’: Reagan-appointed judge resigns and condemns Trump “What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly,” Judge Mark L. Wolf wrote.

‘Existential threat to democracy’: Reagan-appointed judge resigns and condemns Trump.

What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.

What awful, selfish creatures to willfully deny science and destroy their own home planet's habitability. They don't deserve to live on Earth.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Trump asks supreme court to throw out jury’s finding in E Jean Carroll lawsuit Writer and author had testified, and won, at trial that the president had sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s Donald Trump asked the US supreme court on Monday to throw out a jury’s finding in a civil lawsuit that he sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her. Trump’s lawyers argued in a lengthy filing with the high court that allegations leading to the $5m verdict were “propped up” by a “series of indefensible evidentiary rulings” that allowed Carroll’s lawyers to present “highly inflammatory propensity evidence” against him. Continue reading...

Trump asks supreme court to throw out jury’s finding in E Jean Carroll lawsuit

A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found. Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.

He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.

(Published January)

YouTube video by The Daily Show Jon Stewart "Can't F**king Believe" Democrats Caved on the Shutdown | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart "Can't F**king Believe" Democrats Caved on the Shutdown

youtu.be/eFI6MwlLJ08

We cannot afford a divided and weak opposition party when an authoritarian is invading our cities, terrorizing our communities, and corruptly self-enriching at the expense of the rest of us. We want to celebrate a Democratic Party that fights back. But after this latest surrender, the next step is primaries and new leadership. We get the party we demand, and we intend to demand one that fights.

Well this is interesting in a “setup to bid for election” sort of way.

Trump Pardons Giuliani And Others Allegedly Involved In Bid To Overturn 2020 Elections The pardon covers 77 people, including members of the president’s former legal team, including John Eastman, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell.

The pardon covers 77 people, including members of the president’s former legal team, including John Eastman, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell.

‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30 Governments failing to shift to a low-carbon economy will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and will face stagnation and rising inflation at home, the UN’s climate chief warned on Monday at the start of the Cop30 climate talks. Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change, addressed the gathering of ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries, in a stark portrayal of the price of failure on the climate crisis. Continue reading...

‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster

EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’

EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/

Climate talks start with call for faster action and more togetherness, but without the US Leaders at the two-week Conference of Parties 30, or COP30, emphasize the need for collective action.

U.N. climate negotiations were expected to begin Monday at a meeting on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, with leaders pushing for urgency, cooperation and acceleration after more than 30 years fighting to curb global warming.
https://to.pbs.org/49c3ucZ

Trump ramps up the 'insider pardon' for those in his personal, political orbit This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says.

This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says. n.pr/3WQe563

“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...

NEW: A Fort Worth church is offering a $100 online academy that aims to train conservative Christians to run for office.

At the core of the program is the idea that there's no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.

w/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org

Democrats considering voting yes should take their cues from the crowd at the Commanders game who gave Trump what he deserved:

Brian Tyler Cohen

Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game. 😎💙😎🤬🍊💩

Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.

"For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com ⬇️

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions. Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica ...

Around 80% of the psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. that have violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in the past 15 years are owned by for-profit corporations.

Only a few have faced any repercussions from regulators.

By @emcahan.bsky.social

Absolutely, positively. And for the Caribbean boat strikes, too.

Cartoon by @rubenbolling.bsky.social.

Why I Am Resigning A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.

accusing him of weaponizing the legal system, using it to pursue political enemies while shielding allies and major donors from investigation or accountability. Read what he wrote here: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream How right‑wing influencers and Trump officials work in lockstep — targeting perceived adversaries, amplifying false claims and reshaping US media.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Trump nominates ex-New Mexico lawmaker to oversee public lands President names Steve Pearce to lead agency that manages a quarter-billion acres, about 10% of land in US

Trump's pick to oversee our public lands, former Rep. Steve Pearce, has a lifetime 4% LCV score thanks to an extensive anti-public lands and anti-environmental track record.

Public lands belong to us, not polluters.

A Big Oil ally has no business being in charge of our most treasured places.

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.

He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.

By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social

ICE is completely out of control

190. SNAP WTF? A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next

We wanted to share this to help people understand what’s going on. It was shared by Jay Kuo and written by Steve Vladeck a clear, straightforward breakdown of the SNAP situation.

FACT CHECK: Walmart's Thanksgiving meal is cheaper because it has 6 fewer items, no fresh products, & a greater percentage of the "Great Value" brand compared to last year.

Just another attempt by Trump to lie to the American people about how he's "Making America Great."