This is terrible. We will lose the ability to accurately track marine weather. #climate #uspol https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/climate/ocean-observatories-initiative.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nFA.60N6.hYFHv83kH_Ee&smid=nytcore-ios-share
uspol
“The president of the Utah State Senate, who championed a huge data center beside the Great Salt Lake, was defeated in his Republican primary on Tuesday night, one of the most high-profile signs of the voter backlash to data center projects.
The vote to oust the Senate president, J. Stuart Adams, was a stunner. Mr. Adams was one of the longest-serving and most powerful politicians in Utah, a solidly Republican state, and had won earlier re-elections with little opposition.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/us/j-stuart-adams-utah-senate-data-center.html
New from Josephine Lee: No state has taken over as many public school districts as #Texas. Since 2020, the Texas Education Agency has installed its own hand-picked leaders in eight districts. Four of those came just this spring. At least another 10 are at risk of takeover. https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-tea-school-takeovers-charter-austin-fort-worth-houston/
Co-published with our partners at @ProPublica.
RE: https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/116817066497457828
the reverse narcissus does exists, not with a pool but a protrait. the protagonist:
Dorian Gray
which explains why ―for decades now― whenever i think of Dorian Gray, who i see is Donald Trump.
According to research by Ben Johnson in Inequality By Design, the level of inequality in the US today matches that of France in the run up to the French Revolution. If you think things are bad for the vast majority of people, it's because they are.
#US #USPol #economics
#US #USPol #economics
National Guard, working within a federal task force, have now shot and killed a civilian in Tennessee.
Military under federal guidance killing Americans on the streets: where we now are in the democracy backslide/authoritarian takeover attempt we all now face.
The New York Times reviewed over a dozen hours of cabinet meeting footage to analyze how Trump’s administration spoke to him. On average, at least one of every six sentences either flattered #Trump, gave him credit or criticized his political opponents.
#POTUS #vanity #narcissism #gaslighting #propaganda #MentalHealth #dysfunctional #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #despotism #idolatry #tyranny #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/politics/trump-cabinet-meetings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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This is the new goverment of the United States;
"Epstein class crypto billionaires"
Those are the scumbags driving the US into the ground
"Trump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic Rally"
@donnydonny for @sludge
A federal judge strikes down Trump administration immigration policy affecting 39 countries ~
In a nutshell, US District Judge John McConnell Jr. said that the #trump admin ignored the law and did whatever it wanted, justifying its actions with bogus 'national security’ pretexts as a cover for anti-immigrant bias that it is not supposed to let influence its decision making.
#USA #US #USpol #immigration #law
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https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-asylum-citizenship-10591d120e5cb13da736d9eeb06757c8
"Maher said he would gladly vote for Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio, provided that Republicans lay off crying foul every time they lose an election."
Translation: Bill Maher is fine w/#fascism just not when the fascists talk about rigged elections. So that means he is ok voting for the people supporting concentration camps, legally-sanctioned transphobia, perpetual attacks on the #media, concealment of #Epstein files, #climate change denial, et al.
RE: https://disabled.social/@ahimsa_pdx/116744843684193974
🚨 Reminder for USA folks 🚨
Have you submitted a public comment on the new OMB rule? The deadline is Saturday, July 13.
This new rule could impact any research study, not just ME/CFS research!
Solve ME has instructions and a template to make writing a public comment easier, link in quoted post.
There's also a tool to help you call & email Congress.
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It’s not a “blow to #trump ” that he can’t unilaterally end a mandate of an amendment to the constitution. It’s absolute fucking obvious he can’t. The window of expectation has shifted so far to “we make the rules now” that “actually, water is wet” is seen as a win to rationally minded people.
Punch the Nazi. Grab a pitchfork. Eat the rich. Stop ceding ground. It’s boundaries.
Day 1 of any next admin should be capital gains tax, crypto divestment, and prosecution announcements. #uspol #scotus
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A Shocking Betrayal of #Black Americans
by Mara Gay
The dismantling of Black political #power in the South is a great betrayal, & its effects will ripple through our #democracy.
#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.qSCM.vEpY9cDXlL3Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/116817236375758293
"Go home. Get out!
We know our country's better than you... we worked hard to build it with all of our cultures and our values.
You being here only disgraces it for us, all of us who continue to build it and live in it.
And (more than) half of you MAGA won't ever stop being racist.
We don't want you.
We don't care if you're offended.
Get out! Go home!
Go back to f*cking obscurity!"
— Dolphin, a cetacean voice of non-MAGA america
~~~~~
Fixed it.
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"Bovino represents the MAGA soul — perhaps we should say the MAGA Geist — which is not just kinda-fascist but deeply and enthusiastically fascist, not just curious about the legacy of Nazism but achingly, passionately eager to revive it."
https://www.salon.com/2026/06/07/remember-greg-bovino-hes-now-an-international-fascist-hero/
#AkbarShahidAhmed's forthcoming book #CrossingTheRedLine sounds like it should be required reading for all the #BlueMAGA shitlibs on Masto & elsewhere who like trafficking lame "I told you so's" to the effect that if the left had just shut up about the genocide her boss was doggedly backing, Harris would've won. (the opposite is true actually v. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2025937379802988645.html)
#NoneSoBlind...
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324118190
#Gaza #Palestine #Biden #USpol #GenocideJoe #TheEvilOfTwoLessers #books @bookstodon
"What happened inside the White House after October 7, 2023 changed the course of #Israel’s #warOnGaza and reshaped the #DemocraticParty. After three primary elections that could indicate the future of the Democratic base, a new book by #AkbarShahidAhmed reveals the inside story of how the US administration never wavered on its support of Israel and planted roots for the return of Donald Trump."
https://omny.fm/shows/the-take/the-path-from-gaza-to-trumps-return
#CrossingTheRedLine #Gaza #Palestine #USpol #BlueMAGA #books @bookstodon
They kidnapped and terrorized Liam Ramos, a little boy in a blue bunny hat.
They’ve ripped newborns from their mother’s arms.
Today they forced a little girl with a pink backpack to watch her father die.
They shot him right in front of her.
Abolish ICE now.
I served with women in a combat zone. I’m friends with a Gold Star dad who’s daughter was KIA in Iraq 14 months after my son Ryan was KIA there in August, 2006. I hate this fucking regime. With a fucking passion.
#USpol
“Several military branches told organizers they could not participate due to a new Pentagon policy from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that blocks the military from using official resources to host cultural awareness events, Sykes said.”- Sabrina Eaton
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06/rep-emilia-sykes-decries-cancellation-of-arlington-cemetery-ceremony-to-honor-female-veterans.html?outputType=amp
@AmandaMarcotte with the facts. If only more #media would do the same.
"It’s worth remembering the context for what’s happening: Being undocumented in the U.S. is not a crime, no matter what hyperbolic language Republicans may use. It’s a civil offense, not even as bad as a speeding ticket. Observing federal agents doing their jobs is perfectly legal and, frankly, a duty of concerned citizens."
https://www.salon.com/2026/07/13/new-ice-boss-same-old-lies/
Texas #Democrats asserted themselves as a unified party of the working class against the all-powerful billionaires—veiling underlying tensions over diversity, progressivism, and Israel. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dems-corpus-convention-2026/
These people are shameless.🚨Does anyone believe they have the best interest of these #children at heart? They are💔locating them to deport them and their families to far worse sufferings than they experienced here.
“They are doing child labor here.”🚨They were doing WORSE #ChildLabor abroad!💔And of course the kids wouldn’t have come alone had we allowed their parents to travel legally.”
-D Bier
#Immigrants #DHS #ICE #Evil #Deportations #Lies #TrumpRegime #Racism #USPol
Live your life in a way that a large crowd doesn't gather at midnight to cheer your name being removed from a building. This feels like when they tore down the statue of Saddam. To make it sweeter, it was mostly Latinos on the scaffolds taking his name down. Keep eating those cheeseburgers because the biggest party in the history of the world waiting is on standby. - Bill Jubran
#USpol
