<p>Hydroelectric Dams on Oregon’s Willamette River Kill Salmon. Congress Says It’s Time to Consider Shutting Them Down.<br>—</p><p>The newly signed legislation follows reporting from Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that underscored the risks and costs associated with a plan to migrate salmon past hydroelectric dams using a giant fish collector and tanker trucks.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-willamette-river-dams-shutdown?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-willamette-river-dams-shutdown?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-willamette-river-dams-shutdown?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#Wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/fish/" rel="tag">#Fish</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a></p>
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<p>This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.<br>—</p><p>Donald Trump has said he will overturn a law that helps communities better weather the effects of climate change. If he follows through, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited areas that make up his base.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-biden-ira-climate-red-states?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-biden-ira-climate-red-states?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-biden-ira-climate-red-states?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a></p>
<p>Following a Series of Government Hacks, Biden Closes Out His Administration With New Cybersecurity Order<br>—</p><p>The executive order follows a ProPublica investigation that found Microsoft prioritized profit over security, leaving the federal government vulnerable to the largest hack in U.S. history. Vendors must now demonstrate that their products are secure.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-executive-order-cybersecurity-microsoft-solarwinds-hack?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/biden-executive-order-cybersecurity-microsoft-solarwinds-hack?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/bid</span><span class="invisible">en-executive-order-cybersecurity-microsoft-solarwinds-hack?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/hacking/" rel="tag">#Hacking</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trumpcrash/" rel="tag">#TrumpCrash</a> <a href="/tags/trumpnomics/" rel="tag">#Trumpnomics</a> <a href="/tags/trumptax/" rel="tag">#TrumpTax</a> </p><p>Via Phil Bump:</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> v. <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> v. Trump </p><p><a href="https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596b02b6ade4e24119ac1a18&s=67d173be56d03c13e5d750ce&utm_campaign=wp_follow_philip_bump&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl-philipbump&linknum=1&linktot=25" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596b02b6ade4e24119ac1a18&s=67d173be56d03c13e5d750ce&utm_campaign=wp_follow_philip_bump&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl-philipbump&linknum=1&linktot=25"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/</span><span class="invisible">?trackId=596b02b6ade4e24119ac1a18&s=67d173be56d03c13e5d750ce&utm_campaign=wp_follow_philip_bump&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl-philipbump&linknum=1&linktot=25</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s <a href="/tags/onebigbeautifulbill/" rel="tag">#OneBigBeautifulBill</a> cuts federal <a href="/tags/spending/" rel="tag">#spending</a> on <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> & <a href="/tags/affordablecareact/" rel="tag">#AffordableCareAct</a> marketplaces by ~$1 trillion over a decade, acc/to the <a href="/tags/nonpartisan/" rel="tag">#nonpartisan</a> <a href="/tags/cbo/" rel="tag">#CBO</a>, threatening the physical & financial <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> of tens of millions of <a href="/tags/americans/" rel="tag">#Americans</a>.</p><p>The bill, which the <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> passed Tues, would reverse many of the health coverage gains of <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> & <a href="/tags/obama/" rel="tag">#Obama</a>, whose policies made it easier for millions of people to access <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> & reduced the US <a href="/tags/uninsured/" rel="tag">#uninsured</a> rate to record lows.</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5453870/senate-republicans-tax-bill-medicaid-health-care" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5453870/senate-republicans-tax-bill-medicaid-health-care"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/sections/shots-hea</span><span class="invisible">lth-news/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5453870/senate-republicans-tax-bill-medicaid-health-care</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a></p>
<p>Under <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> US national labs found themselves hamstrung by micromanagement, demands from the administration that resources be diverted away from <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> while regulators repeatedly shut down programs much to the chagrin of our International partners.</p><p>It's been a breath of fresh air that the new administration has allowed us to actually get back to work. I don't even care if they know what they are doing, at least they are no longer interfering. Science is getting back on track now. </p><p>Regardless of everything else that <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> might be getting into, and maybe it's just because he's just that incompetent, at least the US is getting back on track with its scientific endeavors. Our experiments are getting back up to speed after years of crippling bureaucracy, and we can start making progress again.</p><p>There's a lot to complain about with Trump, but I am very glad to see that the expectations for science are living up to what I'd hoped. </p><p><a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>I'm at the end of my Biden bourbon.<br>I will not buy Trump bourbon.</p><p><a href="/tags/bourbon/" rel="tag">#bourbon</a> <a href="/tags/boycott/" rel="tag">#boycott</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#biden</a></p>
<p>The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully denying coverage. And Congress cut funding to the agency that enforces insurers’ equal treatment of mental and physical health.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-insurance-trump-rules?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-insurance-trump-rules?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/men</span><span class="invisible">tal-health-insurance-trump-rules?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>RE: <a href="https://mas.to/@Gustodon/116335079017953616" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mas.to/@Gustodon/116335079017953616"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mas.to/@Gustodon/1163350790179</span><span class="invisible">53616</span></a></p><p>I mean c’mon people. The racist 1994 Clinton <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> Bill co-authored by <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a>, HRC calling Black teens “superpredators,” <a href="/tags/obama/" rel="tag">#Obama</a> droning more people than any <a href="/tags/potus/" rel="tag">#POTUS</a> in <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> including an American teenager and Arabs innocently attending a wedding, HRC endorsing the illegal coup in <a href="/tags/honduras/" rel="tag">#Honduras</a> (supporting murder exactly like Kissinger himself would have), Obama vacationing while Black Missourians in Ferguson were being gassed by militarized <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a>, Biden deporting more Haitians than any POTUS in history and smearing our college students who opposed his <a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#genocide</a> in <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> “antisemitic.” Vichy <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> hardly repaired any of the damage of fascist <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a>.</p>