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"We have known since the calculations of Nobel prize-winning physical chemist Svante Arrhenius in the 1890s of the impact increasing CO2 would have on temperature," Hayhoe said, citing scientific literature from 1896. YES - 1896. That's how long we've known. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Originalism is often a tool to cloak conservative policy choices in historical and legal jargon, so we've created a guide on how to beat originalists at their own game. Stay informed by subscribing to The Briefing, our free weekly newsletter: bit.ly/3Yrz5jM

"But the bottom line is, if we lose the House, he’s going to get impeached.” I can’t wait to actually have truth have come out of Lindsay Graham’s mouth

Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families. But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes. With @theassemblync.bsky.social

At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians. By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social (Published Oct. 2024)

Now updated: The 'Presumption of Regularity' study. 1. Noncompliance with judicial orders: 20 cases 2. Courts’ distrust of DOJ information: 43+ cases 3. Courts’ findings of “arbitrary and capricious” conduct: 58 cases www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...

What’s at stake in Louisiana v. Callais? The Court could weaken — or eliminate — the last nationwide protection against racially discriminatory voting maps. bit.ly/42LuCLV

How did Trump’s “shadow president” Russ Vought execute his vision of dismantling the government and putting bureaucrats “in trauma”? On Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. ET, join our reporter @andykroll.bsky.social for a Reddit AMA about Vought’s playbook: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

Just when you think you can’t feel more sickened by the actions of your “country,” the calendar flips to a new day and you find you can. I’m so disgusted, so morally offended and outraged right now to call myself an American

“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers. By @davidmcswane.bsky.social

Hidden in the Big Beautiful Bill 👇 No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued ... www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Trades by government officials informed by nonpublic information learned through work could violate the law. But cases against government officials are legally challenging, and in recent years judges have largely narrowed what constitutes illegal insider trading.

- Translation: Officials can violate court orders and face no consequences. - Even if a judge tries to hold them in contempt, they’ll be blocked from enforcing it.

Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal. Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration. See how this works?

The first 100 days of Trump’s presidency have been marked by power grabs. Now another strategy has come into view: an unprecedented drive to undermine elections. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Ed Martin, Trump's pick for D.C. U.S. District Attorney, ghostwrote online attacks against an Illinois judge with whom he was in a legal dispute. We obtained emails that show Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts and coached her on how to make them look organic: propub.li/4d1aut5

. It starts local. SC needs to flood school boards, city councils, and state races with young, bold progressives. You can’t flip a red state top-down you flip it from the ground up. Build the bench. Own the future. Get Lindsey Graham the fuck out. .

This isn’t just about Pete Hegseth. 🔴 Trump nominated him. 🔴 Republicans backed him. 🔴 JD Vance broke the tie to confirm him. He’s not an outlier—he’s exactly what you get with this corruption-coddling, chaos-driven administration.

Hegseth is such a pitiful excuse of a man. He has no honor whatsoever. He’s not qualified to shine a recruit’s boots. #FireHegseth

500 million acres of public land, including national parks and wildlife areas, and regulates drilling on public lands and waters. If Doug Burgum doesn’t actually want to lead the Interior Department, he should step aside because right now, he’s letting Elon Musk’s team run it for him.

including oversight of IT, human resources, financial management, training, international affairs, communications, and more. This move is highly unusual and significantly reshapes how the Interior Department functions. The agency manages more than

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has handed over control of the Department of the Interior to Tyler Hassen, a former oil executive and Musk staffer. Hassen, who came to the agency through the so-called DOGE, now has broad authority to cut costs and consolidate operations across the department,

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Here’s a nice Ted Talk! 😂

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

Meanwhile, the administration has quietly slashed DOGE’s so-called “savings target” from $2 trillion to just $150 billion. Because it was never about savings. It was always about control. Your data. Your life. Their weapon. We see it now for what it is.

DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance. Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.

🚨NEW: The NC Supreme Court's GOP majority will retroactively nullify 2,000 to 7,000 ballots from military and overseas voters unless they quickly prove their identity—but only those who voted in a few Democratic counties. Could overturn Justice Riggs' victory. appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t...

This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

Hell yes!! Soldier becomes first woman to compete in Best Ranger Competition www.armytimes.com/news/your-ar...

THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole. Why? Because an algorithm said so. 1/

The president’s bid to overhaul major parts of our election systems threatens to disenfranchise millions of Americans, compromise sensitive voter data, and disrupt elections nationwide. Here’s what you need to know:

In the debate over the administration’s worldwide tariffs, one thing is clear: using emergency powers to impose them is a clear presidential overreach.

Today's US EO orders the Attorney General to identify + take expeditious action to stop enforcement of "all State & local laws... purporting to address “climate change” or involving “environmental, social, and governance” initiatives, “environmental justice,” carbon or “greenhouse gas” emissions."

Terrific explainer on the Aliens Act deportation sCOTUS ruling

The majority opinion literally does not mention this fact. But it does say that notice is required and “must be afforded within a reasonable time and in such a manner as will allow [people targeted for deportation] to actually seek habeas relief . . . before such removal occurs.” 8/20

Of course, a habeas remedy is meaningful only if immigrants have a chance to pursue it. The people Trump deported previously had no chance to file habeas petitions, because they were given no notice before being put on a plane to El Salvador. 7/20

Instead of a lawsuit challenging the policy, a five-justice majority held that individual targets of the policy must file habeas petitions challenging the lawfulness of their own deportation, and they must do so in the districts where they are being detained. 6/20

Instead, it ruled that the lawsuit brought by the detained immigrants was filed in the wrong jurisdiction (Washington, D.C.) when it should have been filed in Texas, where the detainees were being held.

Trump used an emergency powers law to impose tariffs — but that law contains no reference to tariffs and no president has ever used it for this purpose.

The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency.

From Parable of the Sower (pub. 1993) by Octavia Butler.

The SAVE Act won’t save our elections. By requiring Americans to produce a passport or birth certificate to register to vote, the bill could disenfranchise the 21 million citizens who do not have these documents readily available. Call your representatives to demand that they block this bill:

Bait and Switch.

Honestly, I don’t know the end game here. This administration wants more Americans broke, homeless, jobless, uneducated, sick or dead.