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Right-wing push to dismantle the EU: Heritage Foundation’s private workshop After seizing control of the US government, the Heritage Foundation turns its attention to the EU

Right-wing push to dismantle the EU: Heritage Foundation’s private workshop

After seizing control of the US government, the Heritage Foundation turns its attention to the EU

By Ann Moody via @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

there's lots of distractions, I know, but please do not look away from this. this is the ballgame right now. if this is allowed to stand, there's no turning back. it needs to be opposed with every fiber. speak up. tell friends and colleagues who may be unaware.

International students are being hunted on their campuses. For raising their voices for justice. This is pure evil.

Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted

FEMA built a climate mapping tool to help communities plan for extreme risks. Trump dumped it. The Guardian recreated the searchable maps and put them online. Check it out. And consider supporting the Guardian for its creativity and commitment! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump blocks pipeline of EPA funds to Hawaiʻi environmental justice efforts Funding freezes across Environmental Protection Agency programs are complicating climate and environmental justice efforts. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote looks into how local programs are affected.

#FuckTrump #FuckMusk

www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...

Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.

The Washington Post pulled an ad that was set to run in some editions on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in government, a group that ordered the ad said. It would have covered the front and back pages of editions delivered to the White House, the Pentagon and Congress.

Emergency crews responding to Delta landing ‘incident’ at Toronto airport A Delta flight has crashed at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.

A Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport landed upside down at a Toronto airport Monday afternoon.

Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool.

The $400 Million Armored Tesla Story Is a Fake Scandal In a Sea of Real Graft and Horror The State Department does a lot of business with a lot of different companies and has bought Tesla's before. But freaking out and editing a spreadsheet when it’s pointed out is weird.

It's going to be a long four years, especially if we make ourselves insane misreading budget documents.

This is a story where multiple things are true at the same time and it's a warning about how we consume information going forward

gizmodo.com/the-400-mill...

Don't forget the "ur not the president" crack either.

USAID's inspector general—apparently from a remote location—reports that $489 million of U.S. food aid (Food For Peace) is now stuck in ports, ships, and warehouses all over the world and is at risk of rotting and/or falling into the wrong hands.

Public health fiasco.

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I know this is off message at a time when Elon is trying to shred the public sector but the fact that <1% of NPR’s budget is federal subsidies is a good argument for NPR to stop accepting federal subsidies!

January Was Hottest January on Record, Scientists Report (Gift Article) Earth’s prolonged streak of abnormal heat continued into 2025 despite the arrival of La Niña ocean conditions, which typically bring cooler temperatures.

The Earth had its warmest January on record, despite La Niña conditions in the Pacific Ocean that tend to lower the global temperature. 🧐

Tsunami warning issued for Okinawa after strong quake hits near Taiwan Officials urged those in affected areas to evacuate to higher ground immediately, with waves of up to 3 meters possible under the warning.

Tsunami warning issued for Okinawa after strong quake hits near Taiwan www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04...

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook Taiwan, marking the strongest tremor to strike the nation in at least 25 years. The earthquake claimed seven lives and triggered a tsunami warning for Japan and the Philippines, which was later lifted.

#news #taiwan #earthquake #HurriyatPakistan

New podcast episode is up on the Bees and Revery Radio podcast. This episode is about how to start your own pollinator garden. Let me know what you think!

First Cracks Appear: Some Conservatives Admit We’re In A Constitutional Crisis When even the Wall Street Journal’s reliably pro-Trump opinion page starts sounding alarm bells about the administration’s policies, something significant has shifted. When even the “th…

When even the Wall Street Journal has misgivings...

Hundreds of USAID workers are suspended as turmoil deepens The sweeping nature of the announcement exacerbated fears that most, if not all, of USAID’s humanitarian and development operations might soon be shuttered.

Hundreds of people who work at the U.S. Agency for International Development in Washington were put on leave Tuesday evening and told that their offices would be closed for the rest of the week. | via @nytimes

Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point Scientists say unusually mild temperatures linked to low-pressure system over Iceland directing strong flow of warm air towards north pole

Ice is melting at the North Pole in midwinter.

👇🏻👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏿

Elon Musk's mother moved to South Africa in the year Apartheid was created, and she and Elon left the year it ended. The last Apartheid Prime Minister, a man who refused to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, was a family friend who stayed at their home. This is not a crazy theory.

Horrible news for so many communities, the energy transition in general, and also early career researchers who just want to do a project they spent years planning bc they hoped it would help people 🙁

A lot of people want to blame Schumer, and I'm not here to defend. He could whip more votes. But Schumer largely reflects what his caucus wants. If you want stronger Dem leadership, one good thing you can do is get your own backbencher Dem on the right side of history.

YOU SWORE AN OATH TO US, NOT ELON GET THE TOOLKIT TO TAKE ACTION: INDIVISI.ORG/CHOOSETOFIGHT

This week, we’re asking you to plan a visit to your closest US Senate office to push senators to stand up against Trump’s lawless overreach. The ask will be slightly different if your senator is a Democrat or Republican. We put together a toolkit with everything you need: indivisi.org/choosetofight

A company using IRA funding to provide energy services to save apple farmers and rural grocers millions in refrigeration costs had to furlough its workers and halt the projects because the Trump admin abruptly cut off funding and won't provide any clear answers. www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

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I love that a white guy was flying the plane, a white guy was flying the helicopter, and a white guy gutted the FAA last week but somehow the blame is too much diversity.