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I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS

Trump-branded industrial parks...

Built on federal lands...

And owned by the federal government?

Yikes. www.wsj.com/tech/trump-s...

IBM Buys Confluent For $11 Billion Deal The legacy tech giant said it will use the data streaming platform Confluent to expand its generative and agentic AI businesses.

The legacy tech giant said it will use the data streaming platform Confluent to expand its generative and agentic AI businesses.

something I've been acutely aware of for over a decade, but which the past couple of years have really brought into relief, is that neurodiversity and trans rights are so deeply intertwined they could rightly be considered facets of the same cause. Certainly, our enemies understand them that way

crooksandliars.com EXCLUSIVE: Hegseth/Navy Delete Boat Attack Survivor Video | Crooks and Liars

EXCLUSIVE: Hegseth/Navy Delete Boat Attack Survivor Video

Kevin Hassett on Trump's economic message: "There's a lot of positive news that positive for people's jobs, for people's incomes, and for inflation, and President Trump is just going to go out there and remind people of that."

Global Warming At 3 °C By 2050? What's Behind The New German Climate Warning German scientists warn global warming is accelerating faster than expected, raising the risk of a 3 °C rise by 2050 and forcing Europe to confront unthinkable adaptation plans. German scientists warn ...

3C By 2050?

German scientists warn global warming is accelerating faster than expected, raising the risk of a 3 °C rise by 2050 and forcing Europe to confront unthinkable adaptation plans.

worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...

You’re Not Worried Enough About Sea Level Rise - New research shows sea level rise could accelerate far faster than cities can adapt to - EUROPE SAYS You’re Not Worried Enough About Sea Level Rise - New research shows sea level rise could accelerate far faster than cities can adapt to

If you're Not Worried Enough About Sea Level Rise - New research shows sea level rise could accelerate far faster than you think 🌊👀

You’re Not Worried Enough About Sea Level Rise..

www.europesays.com/2616181/

This is still far less than the percentage of cops who admit they've beaten their spouse and kids

it’s just remarkable how thoroughly the media has normalized all of this; how clearly the media will normalize absolutely anything provided it endures longer than a handful of news cycles.

Paramount Skydance makes $108.4bn bid for Warner Bros Discovery, challenging Netflix’s offer – business live Paramount says its offer “provides superior value, and a more certain and quicker path to completion to WBD shareholders” Back in China, car sales have fallen for the second month running. Retail vehicle sales fell about 8% to 2.1 million units in November, according to data published by the China Passenger Car Association today. This shows a 22% slump in sales of gasoline cars, with new-energy vehicle sales rising 4.2% for the month. “Usually the trend at the end of the year is that the car market should get stronger and stronger from October. But the retail sales in November compared to previous years is unusual.” “Mortgage rates continue on the downward trend and November was particularly fruitful for fixed rate cuts. The re-pricing by lenders led to the average five-year fixed rate dropping below 5% for the first time in over two years and sits at its lowest point since before the ‘mini-Budget’ in September 2022, alongside its two-year counterpart. Continue reading...

Paramount Skydance makes $108.4bn bid for Warner Bros Discovery, challenging Netflix’s offer – business live

Shackles, holding cells and outbound flights: Inside an ICE deportation center in Florida Immigrants deemed eligible for an expedited order of removal are processed at an ICE facility in Tampa before boarding air transport out of the country.

Shackles, holding cells and outbound flights: Inside an ICE deportation center in Florida: Immigrants deemed eligible for an expedited order of removal are processed at an ICE facility in Tampa before boarding air transport out of the country. www.reuters.com/pictures/sha...

As article notes, they're saying explicitly that the President is on their side so the merger the companies want is doomed. The guy in the picture, Ellison's failson typifies the corrupt crony capitalism of the age.

Google’s ‘TPU’ chip puts OpenAI on alert and shakes Nvidia investors AI advances made through group’s custom processor hits Nvidia’s stock and prompts ChatGPT maker to declare ‘code red’

Google’s ‘TPU’ chip puts OpenAI on alert and shakes Nvidia investors on.ft.com/3MvCHPr

www.dworkinsubstack.com Duckworth Blasts Trump's Abuse Of Power As AOC Battles His Greedy Tariffs and Somalia Rises Against His Racist Garbage Remarks

Duckworth Blasts Trump's Abuse Of Power As AOC Battles His Greedy Tariffs and Somalia Rises Against His Racist Garbage Remarks

196. Justice Kagan's Texas Redistricting Dissent As unsurprising as the Supreme Court's intervention in the Texas redistricting case may have been, Justice Kagan's dissent is still a telling indictment of another emergency ruling that lost its way.

Today’s “One First” tackles the grant of certiorari in one of the birthright citizenship cases, and then Justice Kagan’s TX redistricting dissent—“yet another warning about the majority’s seeming willingness to do … whatever it wants, at least where rulings on emergency applications are concerned.”

How Trump Pushed US Park Rangers to the Breaking Point—and a Union Drive Galvanized by cuts to the federal workforce, park workers are organizing to protect their jobs and some of America’s most iconic places.

Galvanized by Trump’s cuts to the federal workforce, park workers across the US are organizing to protect their jobs and some of America’s most iconic places.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani tells New Yorkers, ‘We can all stand up to ICE’ Mamdani vowed to protect the city’s residents amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. “New York will always welcome immigrants,” he said.

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani encouraged city residents to know their rights when dealing with ICE agents in a video message posted to his social media accounts.

The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is one of the closest analogues for modern global warming. A new study of plants response through migration and evolution sheds light on future adaptation and carbon cycling.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #PETM #Paleoclimate #carboncycle

120K views · 6.4K reactions | Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to Trump’s ballroom project? Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. |... Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to Trump’s ballroom project? Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch.

Many corporations have lined up to donate to Trump’s ballroom project - the ones who need favors.

In Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building. The donors: Google, Amazon have antitrust suits. Apple is worried about selective tariffs & has its own legal problems. ETC

Watch:

Trump flies into a rage against CBS because it aired an interview with MTG. Not the writings of a person in good mental health.

This is bad for my mental health!

The sick joke called the Trump administration took the @EPA Climate Indicators website offline on October 10, 'World Mental Health Day'...

I backed up the 800,000 year greenhouse gas graphs and data in the link below, please share!

First Amendment.

"The Kremlin has heaped praise on Donald Trump’s latest national security strategy, calling it an encouraging change of policy that largely aligns with Russian thinking."

(The Guardian)

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Impeachable Act of the Day

Here's an idea: Any Democrat who wants to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate in 2028 must pledge to rip this cabal of anti-democracy tech fascists out of our government.

Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.

December Cold Sends New England Natural Gas Forwards Flying Discover how December cold weather in New England is driving natural gas forwards higher, with January prices surging across hubs and Northeast premiums widening sharply. Stay informed with NGI's Forw...

The shortsightedness of giving up green energy. Leaders think gas is infinite

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"717 US large companies have gone bankrupt year-to-date, the most in 15 years.

This is now higher than every full-year total since 2010.

This also marks the 3rd consecutive annual increase and a +93% jump since 2022."

(The Kobeoissi Letter)

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