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Applebaum on Autocracy Anne Applebaum warns that Sudan’s descent into chaos shows what happens when institutions fail—and why a free press is essential to prevent America from following the same path.

Anne Applebaum: "If American media can’t convey how dangerous this behavior is—for our prosperity, for our health, for our democracy—then American media will eventually cease to exist."

More from our convo in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anne-apple...

The confederates are so funny. The rest of us are out here being normal, and they’re like “remember that time we came in second place in a war?”

I insist on our Star Trek future. I'm going to do everything in my power to make our Star Trek future happen, even if I won't be here to enjoy it.

Trump’s Former Jobs Data Chief Decries Firing of His Successor President Donald Trump’s firing of the chief labor statistician was criticized by her predecessor, who called it an unfounded move that will undermine confidence in a key data set on the US economy.

President Donald Trump’s firing of the chief labor statistician was criticized by her predecessor, who called it an unfounded move that will undermine confidence in a key data set

Smart Home Device Maker Renders Devices Dumb Unless A New Subscription Is Paid For

This isn't going to stop happening unless governments finally get involved to do their most basic job: protect their citizens. This habit among digital and tech companies of selling a thing only to claw back some of…

Will everyone quit and roll over? The law firms, media companies, universities, government employees. Will you all cling to what you have and hope you can just ride it out, Republic be damned? Shame on all of you who don’t stand up, just remember we will never forget.

Good grief. Coal is, according to the Trump administration, the happening thing.
Up next: US government bets big on traction engines.

Tariffs are a tax we all pay. Period. That’s why I’m suing to stop them. The president does not have the authority to unilaterally raise taxes on Americans.

Democrats offered an amendment to simply ensure that if taxpayers spend $1 billion retrofitting a Qatari jet, it doesn't transfer to Trump after his presidency for his personal use.

Republicans voted NO and blocked the amendment.

This is the most corrupt administration in history. Easily.

Emil Bove has been confirmed to a lifetime federal judgeship on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Trump's EPA is trying to destroy the Endangerment Finding -- the solid scientific conclusion that greenhouse gases are dangerously changing the climate. They've published fake, misleading claims from climate deniers. This will devastate efforts to stop climate change. The EPA comment period is open.

Drohnenaufnahme einer Lavabombe beim aktuellen Vulkanausbruch in Indonesien.

#Vulkan

Trump's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick just relaxed export restrictions on AI chip manufacturers AMD and Nvidia.

Lutnick's family business empire holds a combined $1.1B stake in both companies.

"Conflict of interest" is an understatement.

Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

This is not how we treat allies.
This is not justice.
This is cruel, nonsensical, and dangerous.

We promised protection to those who risked everything for the U.S. mission. Breaking that promise isn't just shameful- it puts future partnerships and lives at risk.

Penny Pritzker Warns Trump Cuts Threaten US in Global Tech Race President Donald Trump’s cuts to research funding are putting the US at risk of losing the technological race against other countries including China, said Penny Pritzker, former US commerce secretary and chair of Harvard University’s powerful governing body.

President Donald Trump’s cuts to research funding are putting the US at risk of losing the technological race against other countries including China, said former US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker

This Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but the Odds Are Still Against It After years of mismanagement and questionable product tie-ins, the 80s computer brand is back, now with a fan at the helm. But is the appetite for retro gaming still big enough for it to succeed?

'The new Commodore website pitches the company as a “digital detox brand [that’s] grounded in digital minimalism.” It rails against social media, glorifies the good old days of “techno optimism”...

https://www.wired.com/story/the-risky-business-of-bringing-commodore-back-to-life/

US House spending panel votes to rename Kennedy Center Opera House for Melania Trump Republicans on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted Tuesday to rename the Opera House at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., for first lady Melania Trump.

How about we don’t rename the Kennedy Center’s Opera House after Melania Trump? Just a thought. The amendment was approved in a 33–25 vote by the House Appropriations Committee and added to the fiscal year 2026 Interior funding legislation.

US Nuclear Weapons Agency Breached in Microsoft SharePoint Hack The US agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation’s cache of nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft Corp.’s SharePoint document management software, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

The US agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation’s cache of nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft’s SharePoint document management software

Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission "They could fix this problem. One of their talented software engineers could stop this fraudulent practice in its tracks, if they had the will to do so."

So AI-generated music is not only all over Spotify, spammers have figured out how to get AI songs onto the profiles of real artists, many of whom are dead. Reason #23723487849 to quit spotify and also a reminder we live in hell

www.404media.co/spotify-publ...

3. Leonel called me and told me that he was arrested. He said immigration officers went up to him at his ISAP check-in and told him he was under arrest. Leonel said he asked the officers why and informed them he had an order from the judge. The officers said something like ''judges' orders don't matter, only the president." 4. Leonel told me that he told the officers he had an attorney, but the officers said, ''that doesn't matter either.'' 5. Leonel later called me from jail in Santa Ana. He said that it was a small space, and he heard people there were being taken to San Diego or Texas. Then he had to hang up.

In a habeas corpus suit against DHS, Lionel Flores was arrested at his ISAP check-in. When he ask ICE agents why he was being arrested they, said "judges orders don't matter, only the President." After telling them he had a lawyer, they replied "that doesn't matter either."

Take a long hard look at this graphic, the longest continuous direct measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide. This is the famous Keeling Curve from the station atop Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
Trump and the GOP are closing the observatory.

scripps.ucsd.edu/bluemoon/co2...

Today is the fifty-sixth anniversary of the first crewed moon landing during the Apollo 11 mission.

Once upon a time, humanity did something remarkable.

ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.

“ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows”

“The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group.”

The Golden Age of Assholes.

Call ... write ... try to get through their aura of shamelessness. If Emil Bove gets a lifetime appointment, he'll be Trump's next SCOTUS nominee. And he's only 44.

A Trump-appointed judge overturned a Biden-era rule that removed medical debt from credit reports.

The ruling came days after Republicans voted to kick millions of Americans off healthcare – which will likely cause medical debt to skyrocket.

A perfect storm of cruelty.

A coalition of 20 states filed a lawsuit today against the Trump administration over its abrupt decision to terminate a multibillion-dollar federal grant program designed to help communities withstand floods, hurricanes, and other natural disasters.

Every single Republican member of Congress has turned their back on the values they campaigned on: voting to block the release of the Epstein files.