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We filed an FTC complaint against Casey Means for not consistently disclosing that she has received payments for promoting WeNatal.

Sen. Murphy brought this conflict of interest to light.

Congress must not confirm this wellness influencer as Surgeon General.

if they charge you for tossing a damn snowball, I will represent you pro bono.

holding a press conference to announce an illegal shakedown intended to punish a state who has refused to bow to them

i think they lose this, and probably quickly, fwiw

YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show Our Worst Nightmare Has Come True, Trump Threatens Total Authoritarianism - Sarah Kendzior

New interview! On American autocracy, Epstein, and more: youtu.be/uNZse9zTSXo?...

As I say in the interview, look at the oligarchs and the criminal networks more than at Trump. He'll die eventually. They're planning for that. Where will the money he stole go? Who are they planning to install in his place? Who does that person work for? What's the point of leverage? Start there.

Germany’s 2024 emissions lead to damages to health, economy totalling €647 bln - env agency Climate & CO2 Clean Energy Wire Germany’s 2024 greenhouse gas emissions alone are set to lead to global welfare losses reaching 647 billion euros during their lifetime in the atmosphere, the country's Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has said in a report. Taking into account the damage to current and future generations, the emissions are set to drive losses such as crop failures due to droughts or destroyed buildings after floods, according to UBA’s Handbook on Environmental Value Factors. Every tonne of greenhouse gas that is not emitted pays off in avoided damages to health, prosperity, infrastructure and economic performance, said UBA head Dirk Messner. “If we take the impacts on current and future generations seriously, we must regard climate protection as a key economic and social precautionary measure,” he added. The agency modelled the cost of Germany’s emissions to better assess the extent of damages they cause, as well as the benefits of preventive measures. Putting a monetary value on emissions means the government and private companies can better assess the impact of new laws or infrastructure investments, UBA said, adding that results could be incorporated into political and economic decision-making. Germany aims to become greenhouse gas-neutral by 2045, five years earlier than the EU. It aims to achieve this by a combination of phasing out fossil fuels, expanding renewable energy sources, improving energy efficiency, and storing remaining emissions underground. According to the latest emissions projections data from early 2025, Germany would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 63 percent by 2030, compared to 1990 levels, if all current policies are fully implemented. However, experts consider this outcome questionable. The government must present a raft of proposals by 25 March showing how it aims to close the gap towards reaching a 65 percent reduction by the end of the decade.

It has been weirdly forgotten but: fossil fuel use causes harm that we all pay for, worsening the costs of our day to day lives while also killing and hurting us.

www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany...

I grew older and realized it's actually much cooler to love as much as you can. Says Skeletor loving as much as he can.

Important thread and article by Greg Sargent about ICE and CBP stockpiling military-style weaponry. They claim they‘re targeting the “worst of the worst” undocumented immigrants, but it looks more and more like the target is any American who refuses to submit to the regime.

Donald Trump wants you to think he’s brought back the Expanded Child Tax Credit.

He hasn’t. Under his plan, 19M children will be left out of the full credit — meaning hungry kids, struggling parents, and families falling behind.

We will no longer import corruption an lawlessness; my administration will produce unprecedented amounts of totally domestic corruption and lawlessness.

The National Guard soldier pissed about Trump’s DC takeover “This is an encroachment on everything we signed up for, and it feels like a violation.”

“They just see us as little toy soldiers to put on the street to show some muscle.”

-What one National Guard soldier had to say about Trump's DC takeover:

A very low energy performance by Trump. His basic message for the 2026 midterm elections is to make it harder for you to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat.

CNN follows NPR and Politico in finding that DOJ scrubbed the Epstein files of evidence related to a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was 13 years old.

"more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice"

In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.

trump is calling for banning congressional stock trading, but he leaves out the key detail: the reason there's a standstill right now is democrats want it to apply to trump and the white house, but trump issued a veto threat over that.

ICE violence is fueled by misogyny and white nationalism How the Trump administration has mobilized state-sponsored terror in Minneapolis and beyond.

Trump's blatantly racist State of the Union rant against Somali-Americans in Minnesota proves what Cynthia Miller Idriss wrote last month:

The Trump administration has mobilized state-sponsored terror in Minneapolis and beyond.

OH MY G-D HE SAID "SOMALI PIRATES" IN MINNESOTA ARE WHY WE DON'T HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.

HE SERIOUSLY SAID WE'LL BALANCE THE BUDGET BY DEPORTING SOMALI IMMIGRANTS.

I'M GOING TO COMBUST.

Almost an hour in. Trump is leaning heavily against the lectern and holding onto the sides. He’s starting to slur a bit more and his breathing is louder than it was initially.

Thanks to Trump's massive tax cuts for billionaires: 700 rural hospitals and 600 nursing homes are at risk of closure.

I'm in the House chamber for Trump's SOTU and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) is doing a Democratic rebuttal in real time from the floor, saying stuff like, "lies," "what's he talking about," while Trump rambles on... not sure he can hear her but I'm about the same distance as he is from her seat

President Trump says he wants Wall Street and private equity out of housing.

Democrats have a bill to do exactly that – and boost affordable housing and homeownership. Will he support it?

Trump is bragging about working to eliminate fraud. Most of his presidential pardons have been for people convicted of money laundering and fraud to the tune of over $1 billion.

Here comes the Stephen Miller Nazi portion of the speech. Trump is talking about immigrants.

I’m getting a little sick of saying this, but I think it’s worth repeating, that this speech sounds no different than your average white nationalist website.

When I heard this, I drafted a skeet about it, then thought "naaah, there's no way his speechwriters would allow him to contradict himself within one sentence." But they really and truly did.

Once again, Trump makes a mathematically impossible claim about drug prices.

"I took prescription drugs, a very big part of health care, from the highest price in the entire world to the lowest. That’s a big achievement. The result is price differences of 300, 400, 500, 600% and more."

"Corporations are doing just fine." - Donald Trump

Dow 50,000...

But look around, and the real question is why isn't it 60,000?