<p>Hitler’s Terrible <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#Tariffs</a></p><p><a href="/tags/hitler/" rel="tag">#Hitler</a> used tariffs seeking to “liberate” Germans from a *globalized* world order, the <a href="/tags/nazi/" rel="tag">#Nazi</a> government sent the national <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> careening backwards.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/trumptariffs/" rel="tag">#TrumpTariffs</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/nazi-germany-tariffs-trade/682521/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/nazi-germany-tariffs-trade/682521/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arch</span><span class="invisible">ive/2025/04/nazi-germany-tariffs-trade/682521/</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="https://nebula.tv/videos/legaleagle-circuit-judges-are-fed-up-with-scotus" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="nebula.tv/videos/legaleagle-circuit-judges-are-fed-up-with-scotus"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nebula.tv/videos/legaleagle-ci</span><span class="invisible">rcuit-judges-are-fed-up-with-scotus</span></a></p><p>AF. Welkom in <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> se <a href="/tags/pisangrepubliek/" rel="tag">#pisangrepubliek</a><br>NL. Welkom in Trumps <a href="/tags/bananenrepubliek/" rel="tag">#bananenrepubliek</a><br>EN. Welcome in Trump's <a href="/tags/bananarepublic/" rel="tag">#bananarepublic</a><br><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/vs/" rel="tag">#VS</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/amerika/" rel="tag">#Amerika</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a></p>
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<p>Education Department “Lifting the Pause” on Some Civil Rights Probes, but Not for Race or Gender Cases<br>—</p><p>A memo to the department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” cases to proceed. Thousands of outstanding complaints will continue to sit idle.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-education-civil-rights-investigations-disability-gender-race-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-education-civil-rights-investigations-disability-gender-race-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-education-civil-rights-investigations-disability-gender-race-discrimination?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/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/race/" rel="tag">#Race</a> <a href="/tags/gender/" rel="tag">#Gender</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#Discrimination</a></p>
<p>Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.</p><p>Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-erased-prosecutions-second-term?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-erased-prosecutions-second-term?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-pardons-erased-prosecutions-second-term?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/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/pardons/" rel="tag">#Pardons</a></p>
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<p>If you'll pardon my brevity: 🖕🏼</p><p>Via Rupar:</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>: "We've been discussing with <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> land, and pieces of land that would be kept and lost and all of the other elements of a final agreement. There's a power plant involved ... they discussed NATO and being in NATO and everybody knows what the answer to that is."</p>
Looks like a timely read:<br><br>Predatory Data<br><p>Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future<br></p><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/predatory-data-eugenics-in-big-tech-and-our-fight-for-an-independent-future-anita-say-chan/21312207" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookshop.org/p/books/predatory-data-eugenics-in-big-tech-and-our-fight-for-an-independent-future-anita-say-chan/21312207"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookshop.org/p/books/predatory</span><span class="invisible">-data-eugenics-in-big-tech-and-our-fight-for-an-independent-future-anita-say-chan/21312207</span></a><br><br>There's a nearly straight line from 20th century eugenics to 21st century big data and data science. Google, the bastion of big data, was founded by two Stanford graduate students; Stanford was founded by a eugenicist and instituted eugenics principles. Francis Galton--inventor of the regression analysis that forms the backbone of data science--was "hot or notting" London with a counter hidden in his pocket long before Harvard-age Zuckerberg recuperated the same with the favorite quantification technology of our day, computers.<br><br>"The measured life" is a eugenics concept. All these doohickeys that collect data with the promise of making your body a bit more "fit"? Eugenicist in origin. Eugenics is about "optimizing" the physical "fitness" of people. Apps that help you learn, make you more mentally "fit"? Also have origins in eugenics. Eugenics is also about "optimizing" the mental "fitness" of people. Hence the obsession with IQ.<br><br>This isn't to say you shouldn't take care of your body and mind in whichever ways you want. I do think it's important, though, to periodically reflect on, and ask yourself hard questions about, what's driving those efforts and what the goals really are. Part of understanding why eugenics thinking is resurging so hard and fast in the US is understanding its roots, where that type of thinking comes from. It's also important to reflect on where the apps and devices you use to achieve these goals come from. How many come directly or indirectly from Stanford, which was built by eugenicists to achieve eugenic goals, and its offshoots?<br><br>Trump and Musk are literally repeating themes from Francis Galton's eugenics out in the open now. They're confident they can get away with it without pushback because the ground was laid long ago. But eugenics didn't suddenly become bad again because coarse people started saying the quiet part out loud. It's always been bad thinking, bad science, and bad morality.<br><br><a href="/tags/datascience/" rel="tag">#DataScience</a> <a href="/tags/eugenics/" rel="tag">#eugenics</a> <a href="/tags/bigdata/" rel="tag">#BigData</a> <a href="/tags/fitness/" rel="tag">#fitness</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/iq/" rel="tag">#IQ</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a><br>
<p>i posted a very long 🧵 on the birdbrain site about how <a href="/tags/chainalysis/" rel="tag">#Chainalysis</a> basically exists to provide "analysis" to the FBI/CIA/etc. that "proves" that there's actually not that much crime in crypto.</p><p>As someone with a long background in data work at a high level i usually just call this kind of thing <a href="/tags/scamalytics/" rel="tag">#scamalytics</a> but while everything about this this report is top grade scamalytics I also came up with a new name:</p><p>"Minimize and Legitimize"</p><p>Unlike most of the scamalytics companies¹ Chainalysis obviously does employ some real data scientists doing the right thing who repeatedly get overruled by the PR team & C-suite.</p><p>Anyways their new report on the state of <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> crime in 2024 takes minimize & legitimize to brave new heights. Posting 4 screenshots here but sadly you'll have to go there to read bc it's long. Sorry.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1829330368727744537" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1829330368727744537"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1829</span><span class="invisible">330368727744537</span></a></p><p>ps Chainalysis is yet another co. in the <a href="/tags/a16z/" rel="tag">#a16z</a> / <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> portfolio.</p><p>¹ I've seen these companies up close. The level of incompetence is breathtaking.</p>
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<p>ICE has canceled a $3.8 billion contract to build an immigrant detention camp in Fort Bliss, Texas, just days after issuing it. But sources say the Trump administration still intends to move ahead with its plan to build the tent camp.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-cancels-contract-immigrant-detention-camp-fort-bliss?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-cancels-contract-immigrant-detention-camp-fort-bliss?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-cancels-contract-immigrant-detention-camp-fort-bliss?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/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?</p><p>US-Verteidigungsminister Pete <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> steht im Verdacht, <a href="/tags/jemen/" rel="tag">#Jemen</a> - Militärpläne in einem weiteren Chat geteilt zu haben. <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> hält dennoch weiter an ihm fest.</p><p>Wer erinnert sich noch an die brutale & frauenfeindliche Kampagne wegen einiger Emails vom privaten Server gegen die Demokratin Hillary <a href="/tags/clinton/" rel="tag">#Clinton</a>? <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> 🇺🇸 <a href="/tags/sexismus/" rel="tag">#Sexismus</a> <a href="/tags/thymokratie/" rel="tag">#Thymokratie</a> <a href="https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-04/usa-praesident-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-verteidgungsminister-chats-militaerplaene" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-04/usa-praesident-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-verteidgungsminister-chats-militaerplaene"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/20</span><span class="invisible">25-04/usa-praesident-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-verteidgungsminister-chats-militaerplaene</span></a></p>
<p>Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.<br>—</p><p>Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. None has received a reply.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-immigration-detained-americans-congress-questions-unanswered?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-immigration-detained-americans-congress-questions-unanswered?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-ice-immigration-detained-americans-congress-questions-unanswered?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/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a></p>
<p>Promo'd my Substack yesterday w <a href="/tags/youtube/" rel="tag">#YouTube</a> link. Oops. Now Real One</p><p><a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> wants a military parade to feel adequate. Sorry, Don, no d*k measuring in democracy. David Shuster's fab video on Trumper Denialism. NYT Pitchbot on Maureen Dowd & Signalgate 2. READ (SUB!) to our NEW Blue Amp Substack! </p><p><a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-161966209" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="substack.com/home/post/p-161966209"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-16196</span><span class="invisible">6209</span></a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/poliltics/" rel="tag">#poliltics</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#musk</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a></p>
<p>The Trump Administration’s War on Children<br>—</p><p>The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/how</span><span class="invisible">-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse?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/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a></p>
<p>Court records show that interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin violated a judge’s order, ghostwrote online attacks on a judge and engaged in what experts called professional misconduct.</p><p>Such a track record might have derailed another lawyer’s career. Not so for this Trump prosecutor.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ed-martin-trump-interim-dc-us-attorney-secret-judge-attacks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ed-martin-trump-interim-dc-us-attorney-secret-judge-attacks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ed-</span><span class="invisible">martin-trump-interim-dc-us-attorney-secret-judge-attacks?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/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/dc/" rel="tag">#DC</a></p>
<p>"Pirro, along with Pam Bondi, sought to crucify Mr. Dunn because he had the audacity to make their sacred uniformed enforcers look ridiculous</p><p>On Jan 6th, their feral disciples beat police officers w flagpoles, fire extinguishers & bear spray. On <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> ’s first day in office he pardoned every one of them" </p><p><a href="https://blueamp.substack.com/p/the-sandwich-rebellion-and-the-tin" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blueamp.substack.com/p/the-sandwich-rebellion-and-the-tin"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blueamp.substack.com/p/the-san</span><span class="invisible">dwich-rebellion-and-the-tin</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#alaska</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#substack</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/dc/" rel="tag">#dc</a></p>
<p>Defending Jan. 6 Rioters, Investigating Democrats: How Ed Martin Is Weaponizing the DOJ for Trump<br>—</p><p>Since becoming interim U.S. attorney, Ed Martin has launched controversial investigations, rushed to defend Elon Musk’s DOGE and vowed to change how his office prosecutes crime in D.C. These are some of his most contentious actions.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/who-is-ed-martin-career-dc-us-attorney?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/who-is-ed-martin-career-dc-us-attorney?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/who</span><span class="invisible">-is-ed-martin-career-dc-us-attorney?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/dc/" rel="tag">#DC</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a></p>
<p>Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material<br>—</p><p>The request, spelled out in an email obtained by ProPublica, comes amid concerns that DOGE has overstepped its bounds in seeking highly restricted private information about taxpayers, public employees or federal agencies.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-irs-treasury-tigta-inspector-general-probe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-irs-treasury-tigta-inspector-general-probe?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-doge-irs-treasury-tigta-inspector-general-probe?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/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/irs/" rel="tag">#IRS</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>What <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> is doing with the <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#Tariffs</a> is another grift, yeah, maybe the largest one in world history. It's the opposite of a <a href="/tags/pumpanddump/" rel="tag">#PumpAndDump</a>, they are wrecking the entire market and economy, top to bottom, so they can pick up every corporation, business, asset, property, farm, home in America at rockbottom prices, then lift the tarriffs and reap the profits. It's more like a giant <a href="/tags/pottersville/" rel="tag">#Pottersville</a>.<br>At that point they have no need for laws, just private armies to enforce their decrees.<br><a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a></p>
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<p>Days after issuing a $3.8B contract to build an immigrant tent detention camp in Fort Bliss, ICE canceled it.</p><p>The awarding and cancellation of such a large contract in such a short time is highly unusual in recent years, a ProPublica review found.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-cancels-contract-immigrant-detention-camp-fort-bliss?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-cancels-contract-immigrant-detention-camp-fort-bliss?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-cancels-contract-immigrant-detention-camp-fort-bliss?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/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a></p>
<p>The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research — a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?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-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?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/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> <a href="/tags/ocean/" rel="tag">#Ocean</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>"We know why millions of Americans eat a diet that’s far less healthy than they should, and we know what to do about it. But the things that help—programs that deserve to be expanded—either get ignored by <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> and <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> or actively attacked." My latest: <a href="https://48hills.org/2025/08/the-real-reason-so-many-people-in-the-us-have-unhealthy-diets/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="48hills.org/2025/08/the-real-reason-so-many-people-in-the-us-have-unhealthy-diets/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">48hills.org/2025/08/the-real-r</span><span class="invisible">eason-so-many-people-in-the-us-have-unhealthy-diets/</span></a></p>
<p>Trump Pick to Run DEA Could Challenge America’s Already Tense Relations With Mexico<br>—</p><p>In 22 years at the agency, Terry Cole never rose to its top ranks, but he is a vocal supporter of the president’s goal of going after Mexican officials who are complicit with drug cartels.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dea-nominee-terry-cole-mexico-drug-cartels?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-dea-nominee-terry-cole-mexico-drug-cartels?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-dea-nominee-terry-cole-mexico-drug-cartels?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/mexico/" rel="tag">#Mexico</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a></p>
<p>Is it just me or are the MAGAtwats being oddly quiet? <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a></p>
<p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/p/sit-abc-news-sit-good-dog?r=j0lyx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/p/sit-abc-news-sit-good-dog?r=j0lyx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/</span><span class="invisible">p/sit-abc-news-sit-good-dog?r=j0lyx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a><br>NEW SUBSTACK (Check it out/Subscribe!): A moment that defines our time. From Trump’s aggressive lying to the lack of pushback/weakness from Terry Moran & ABC’s corporate entanglements.</p><p>Also: David Shuster video (Hilarious!). NYT Pitchbot (Hilarious!). <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a></p>