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Scoop: Giant Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast Is Getting Killed Leading Light can’t move forward, a legal counsel wrote to state regulators.

scoop: one of the largest renewable energy projects in the u.s. is quietly getting killed

say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind

(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)

what the hell, Senate Democrats? you got played. how do you not see this?

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Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters

barring some last-minute miracle, our government is headed for a shutdown at midnight tonight. Republicans are doing performative fuck-all to keep the government open — and Donny’s prancing about like an extremely racist toddler, because seriously, how else would you expect him to act? ‘racist fuckwit’ is his default setting.

DOUGHY DIAPERLOAD DONALD "STINKY" TRUMP IS TOO WEAK AND DEMENTED TO PREVENT A SHUTDOWN, BUT HE'S SUPER AWESOME AT POSTING RACIST VIDEOS, BECAUSE BEING A "RACIST ASSHOLE" IS KIND OF HIS "TRADEMARK." I EXPLAIN THIS VERY POWERFULLY IN TODAY'S MAGNIFICENT POST. READ IT HERE: bit.ly/4mDVnJ9 THANK YOU!

'I traveled 8K miles to hear this?' Retired general rips into Hegseth's 'canned' speech Retired Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson had nothing but scathing words on CNN Tuesday morning for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's all-hands speech to generals and admirals who had been called off their ass...

'I traveled 8K miles to hear this?' Retired general rips into Hegseth's 'canned' speech

www.rawstory.com/hegseth-2674...

Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile. It is unfathomable Senator Susan Collins voted in lockstep with her Republican colleagues to block the release of the Epstein files.

Not one Mainer—regardless of their party—has told me they want the files to remain sealed.

*80 percent* drop in mail to the US because Trump is taxing every single small package anyone might want to send someone here

Morning Joe, can we talk? are you on drugs right now? are you higher than a fucking kite? what’s this nonsense about how Pritzker should pick up the phone and say ‘please come to my state and do a fascism?’ do you live in the real world, Joe? how do you not understand that Donny’s police state isn’t about law and order? it’s about a naked show of force for the sake of it. Joe, what do you imagine is going to happen if JB is all ‘hey there, pardner — go ahead, invade the shit out of Chicago’? they’re going to become fast friends, as they fight imaginary crime together? and then what? Donny and JB go off into the fog, and have wonderful adventures together? what other great ideas have you got up that sleeve of yours, Morning Joe? should Gavin Newsom give Donny a ring and say ‘hey, prezzy baby, let’s you and me go up to Canada and open that big fucking faucet together, whattaya say, homey?’ Joe, could you please, at long last, fuck all the way off? we’ve got a county here in need of saving. we don’t have time for your pie-in-the-sky kumbaya bullshit. thank you for your attention to this matter, Joe.

STUPID MORNING JOE, WHO NOBODY WATCHES, SAYS JB PRITZKER SHOULD PARTNER UP WITH DONALD TRUMP TO DO FASCISM TOGETHER. SHUT THE FUCK UP, JOE! AND SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY HAS TIPS ON HOW TO GROW A THIRD EAR. ALL THAT AND MORE IN MY "THIS WEEK IN STUPID," THANK YOU FOR READING IT HERE: bit.ly/4g8yZ9b

4:45 Trump Administration Updates Tariff Tracker U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say 27 Federal Law En A recent pro-Palestinian demonstration in Dearborn, Mich. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have relatives in the United States. Jeff Kowalsky/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Trumn administration has enacted a 미 nytimes.com <

God this is so completely fucked.

Trump is a genius but you can't see his grades
Trump is healthy but you can't see his medical reports
Trump is honest but you can't see his tax returns
Trump is innocent but you can't see the Epstein Files

Another great post touching on the impacts of changing climate on the types and abundance of species we find in forests.

Image with a pathway of inputs and outputs describing the interrelationships between multiple uses and communities showing intertwined values of WATER WOOD FORAGE WILDLIFE RECREATION - COMMUNITY

MULTIPLE-USE SUSTAINED-YIELD ACT OF 1960 1 (Public Law 86-517; Approved June 12, 1960) AN ACT To authorize and direct that the national forests be managed under principles of multiple use and to produce a sustained yield of products and services, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That [16 U.S.C. 528] it is the policy of the Congress that the national forests are established and shall be administered for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fish purposes. The purposes of this Act are declared to be supplemental to, but not in derogation of, the purposes for which the national forests were established as set forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 (16 U.S.C. 475). Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the several States with respect to wildlife and fish on the national forests. Nothing herein shall be construed so as to affect the use of administration of the mineral resources of national forest lands or to affect the use or administration of Federal lands not within national forests. SEC. 2. [16 U.S.C. 529] The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to develop and administer the renewable surface resources of the national forests for multiple use and sustained yield of the several products and services obtained therefrom. In the administration of the national forests due consideration shall be given to the relative values of the various resources in particular areas. The establishment and maintenance of areas of wilderness are consistent with the purposes and provisions of this Act. SEC. 3. 116 U.S.C. 530J In the effectuation of this Act the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with interested State and local governmental agencies and others in the development and management of the national forests. SEC. 4. [16 U.S.C. 531] As used in this Act, the following terms shall have…

That said… it’d be great if our Chief, Secretary of Agriculture, members of Congress, and President all shared a common (and evolving) understanding of multiple use.

That is: the National Forest System holds greater value than just timber supply.

We knew that in the 1960s & codified it in law.

One thing I observed in the early months of this just 5 month regime is that, w/~ 2 exceptions, no one was gathering the farmers who'd been harmed by USAID cuts and climate change cuts to sue.

How about this attack on small business.

Well, well, well…

Third party contracts for fuel removal, who would have guessed…

Wonder if third party contracts are more, or less expensive than a fully staffed U.S. Forest Service 🤔

To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil Deen, the grief I feel being apart from you is one drop in a sea of sorrow Palestinian families have drowned in for generations

"Why do faceless politicians have the power to strip human beings of their divine moments?”

Mahmoud Khalil shares a public letter to his 3 week old son, who he hasn't been allowed to meet because ICE is keeping him detained for his speech in support of Palestinian rights.

Oh look, he doesn't care, what a surprise!

A photo of four protesters in front of a courthouse, all holding ACLU rally signs reading either “dissent is patriotic” or “stop the abuse of power” with a photo of the Statue of Liberty in a Rosie the Riveter pose.

The FBI arrested Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly instructing an immigrant man who appeared in court to walk into a public area when ICE agents showed up to her courtroom looking to apprehend him.

New.

Is everyone tired of Every. Single. Thing. Donald Trump and his Regime want to do being characterized as an “emergency” yet?

I sure am.

What’s a “National Defense Area?”

What’s meant by “transfer and acceptance?”

Coronado National Forest, Lincoln National Forest and the Pajarita Wilderness directly touch the U.S. - Mexico border.

www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coro...

How much, & what USFS land is the regime wanting to transfer to DoD?

The leaks under investigation include military operational plans for the Panama canal, a second carrier headed to the Red Sea, Elon Musk’s controversial visit to the Pentagon and pausing the collection of intelligence to Ukraine, the other official said.

Politico reports not just that a second Whiskey Pete Hegseth aide was put on leave as part of leak investigation, but describes scope of investigation, which includes but is not limited to, Elon's briefing on Chinese war plans.

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

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.

“Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.”

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Freudian slip or rare moment of honesty from the GOP?

They are openly plotting to cut Medicare, leaving aging Americans to fend for themselves.

Weak ineffective media strikes again.

As part of the #TeslaTakedown movement, people around the world are coming together today around noon for a Global Day of Action—with over 500 peaceful protests planned at Tesla facilities and public spaces. Our coalition is full of tree huggers, and we’ll be out there standing with you.

Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.

Amid Attacks on Endangered Species Act, Trump’s Pick to Lead Wildlife Conservation Faces Confirmation Hearing - Inside Climate News Brian Nesvik, the former director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, stands to oversee plant and wildlife management for the U.S.

Amid Attacks on Endangered Species Act, Trump’s Pick to Lead Wildlife Conservation Faces Confirmation Hearing.

“This bill is part of an extinction agenda.”

@altfws.altgov.info

insideclimatenews.org/news/2803202...

BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

This is a critical victory for trans rights.

In relation to the likely Appointments Clause violation, to maintain the status quo and prevent additional potential violations during the pendency of the case, the Court will enjoin Defendants from engaging in any actions relating to USAID without the express authorization of a USAID official with legal authority to take or approve the action. While this provision may cover activity not specifically subject to the Appointments Clause, its breadth is necessary to provide an objective standard that can be fairly understood and applied, and it creates no undue burden on Defendants in light of their steadfast position that their role is purely advisory.

Judge rules DOGE is likely Appointments Clause violation.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...