Janet Babin

While the corrupt, lying, felon in the White House is spending millions to suppress citizens' first amendment rights, his regime is clawing back resources to keep poisons out of our environment. Waste, fraud, and abuse

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Courtroom 1703 YouTube video by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

HAPPENING NOW: Trump’s New York criminal case is back in court.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing argument on Trump’s effort to move his appeal to federal court.

Listen: www.youtube.com/live/3nmOXwQ...

As the felon in the White House sends 2,000 National guards to violently suppress peaceful protesters in Los Angeles, the violent criminals he pardoned for storming the capital on January 6th are suing for a breach of their first amendment rights.
Irony much?
thehill.com/regulation/c...

Central Park. Came for the tennis, stayed for the wildlife! This guy was getting harassed by some song birds.

Wonder if it hurts

I can study all my life: Denmark pays students $1,000 a month to go to universities, with no tuition fees

My IT supervisor

Kent State University to close LGBTQ Center, Women's Center and Multicultural Center • Ohio Capital Journal Kent State University is closing its LGBTQ+ Center, Women’s Center and Student Multicultural Center because of a new state law banning diversity efforts that is set to take effect at the end of the mo...

More incredibly sad news from my home state of Ohio.
Kent State University to close LGBTQ Center, Women’s Center and Multicultural Center ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/kent-...

Boycott animal agriculture!

Censored Landscapes: The Hidden Reality of Farming Animals View the Exhibition: Censored Landscapes: The Hidden Reality of Farming Animals. Created by WEAD

Last chance to see the free online exhibition of selected works from Censored Landscapes. The show comes down Sunday so check it out soon! Knowledge is power. artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/node/14115562

The fight to see the horrors farm animals endure. observatory.wiki/The_Forgotte...

Shipment of thousands of chicks found abandoned in USPS truck now overwhelming an animal shelter More than 12,000 chicks at a Delaware distribution center were found left in a USPS truck for more than three days.

apnews.com/article/usps...

Stranded orcas, dolphins left in rotting tanks in closed French marine park | Globalnews.ca The two orcas, a mother and son named Wikie and Keijo. were born and raised in captivity, meaning they would not survive in the wild.

Killer whales and dolphins are left trapped in shut-down marine park. They need to get out asap. globalnews.ca/news/1118365...

NJ Transit Strike Live Updates: Engineer Walk-Out Leaves Commuters Searching for Rides A walkout by engineers was causing disruptions for tens of thousands in the New York metropolitan region. Commuters raced to find other ways into New York City and beyond, but alternatives were costly...

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
'"It is a slap in the face of every commuter and worker who relies on NJ Transit,” Mr. Murphy said at a news conference.' No. Slap in the face is not paying train engineers what they deserve.

The Aftermath of a Mass Slaughter at the Zoo Last year, a fox broke into a bird enclosure in D.C. and killed 25 flamingos. The zoo refused to let him strike again.

Killing a native wild animal because they don't protect the nonnative wild animals they kidnapped and imprisoned. Shut down zoos and relocate the animals to sanctuaries where they are not on display for human entertainment!!!
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

Awful

Why can't people properly say Qatar. So annoying.

At Supreme Court, a Once-Fringe Birthright Citizenship Theory Takes the Spotlight

This stunning, most remarkable paragraph: "By then, Mr. Eastman and Mr. Trump had a close association. Mr. Eastman was one of the architects of a plan to create fake slates of pro-Trump electors in states that Joseph R. Biden Jr. won...." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...

Treating journalism as consumer fraud, Trump claims coverage of a presidential poll was not 'news reporting' Shortly before last year's presidential election, The Des Moines Register reported the results of a poll that gave Kamala Harris, the Democratic

Trump's revenge lawsuit over the Des Moines Register's Ann Selzer poll has now reached the briefing stage, and his arguments to try to get around the First Amendment are as slipshod as one might expect [Jacob Sullum]

Crimea isn't Trump's to give away.

Why Did a Charity Tied to Casey DeSantis Suddenly Get a $10 Million Boost? The Hope Florida Foundation quietly gave the money to two nonprofit political committees that helped Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies defeat a ballot measure.

A charity tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s wife, Casey DeSantis, gave $10 million to nonprofit political committees that helped the governor defeat a ballot measure.

New analysis casts doubt on 'biosignatures' found on planet K2-18b Researchers using data from the James Webb Space Telescope recently announced they had detected biosignature gases on planet K2-18b. A new analysis of the same data casts doubt on the earlier findings

Researchers using data from the James Webb Space Telescope recently announced they had detected biosignature gases on planet K2-18b. A new analysis of the same data casts doubt on the earlier findings.

China Says Trump’s Order on Seabed Mining Violates International Law

"With the notable exception of the United States, nearly every country in the world is party to a treaty on marine and maritime activities." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the US to El Salvador

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

If I were Judge Xinis, I would order the government to produce, in her courtroom, officials who were in a position to answer her questions and to do so under oath.

Letting DOJ continue to prevaricate and deflect responsibility in written submissions seems ... insufficient at this point.

Someone hire this guy. He's one of the best. Hire him before someone else does.

NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.

NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance.

By @lisalsong.bsky.social

Trump admin planning PR blitz to convince Greenlanders to ask to be part of U.S. Aides have discussed possible advertising and social media campaigns to change public opinion among 57,000 Greenlanders

So the plan is to cut Medicaid, but use taxpayer $$$ for a PR campaign for Greenlanders??wtf www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...