www.theatlantic.com
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
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1/ The US gov't is a sheer cosmos of information, in constellations of databases—IRS, Dep't of Labor, DHS, DEA, CFPB & more. Data like corporate trade secrets, credit reports, mortgage information, & other sensitive data, including lists of people who have fallen on financial hardship.
Gift link.
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Marcy Wheeler @emptywheel.bsky.social is keeping a running list of all the claims made by Musk & his team that have been shown to be false:
www.emptywheel.net
DOGE Debunking - emptywheel
MuskWatch’s DOGE tracker Running Xitter threads from Momentum Chaser January 30: Fact Check: No evidence US spent $50 million on condoms for Gaza January 30: FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million w...
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An unpopular president is less powerful. Enacting an authoritarian agenda is harder without public support. Other institutions—the GOP, universities, law firms—are less likely to bend the knee if they see weakness.
You can tell the polls have an effect, cuz 47 is furious about them!
Gift link.
www.theatlantic.com
The Irony of Trump’s Anger at the Polls
The president is eager to shoot the messenger. But his real problem is the numbers themselves.
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Indira Gandhi
Desmond Tutu
Patti Smith
Jimmy Carter
Peter Benchley
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Let's get specific about avoiding salmonella infection::
—don't touch your face while handling raw chicken, then thoroughly wash hands afterward
—use a food thermometer to ensure that chicken is cooked to an internal temperature of 165°F (74°C)
Jeras Ikehorn… 😎 🌊🐾🌴🌈✨@jerasikehorn.bsky.social
Remember, to throughly cook all meat products, for safety’s sake…👇 Enjoy. 😎✨
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It's not just measles on the rise! The US has had ~8500 cases of whooping cough (pertussis) so far this year—twice as many as the same period last year.
An interview with an epidemiologist on why pertussis has become so prevalent & how families can protect themselves from the disease. No pay wall.
theconversation.com
Whooping cough is making a comeback, but the vaccine provides powerful protection
Rates of the bacterial infection have gone up by 500% since last year, with babies and young children most at risk.
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My paper-&-glue collage titled "vowels of the miser"
#art #collage #collageart #analogart #paperart #analogcollage #blueskycollage
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My paper-&-glue collage titled "stretching tadpoles and upside dogs"
#art #collage #collageart #analogart #paperart #analogcollage #blueskycollage
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Multigenerational drudgery: such an attractive proposition!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com
Lutnick: "It's time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go overseas."
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Robert Reich offers 6 small morsels of hope:
1. Voters are furious
2. Bernie & AOC are drawing record crowds
3. April 5 protests are planned everywhere
4. Trump is fumbling on all fronts
5. Trump’s polls are plummeting
6. The courts continue to hold Trump & Musk in check (but for how long?)
robertreich.substack.com
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/six-small-morsels-of-hope?r=1grthu&triedRedirect=true
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The constitutional settlement that once governed the US has broken down. The world that we knew is gone. 47's 2nd admin is working their hardest to forge a new settlement: an ugly settlement, based on personal authoritarian power & MAGA culture war.
This piece is excellent!
www.liberalcurrents.com
The Present Crisis and the End of the Long '90s
The constitutional settlement that governed America from the end of the Volcker Shock in 1982 to the re-election of Donald Trump in 2024 encompassed three profound domains: politics, economics, and cu...
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Climate Brink: "In the name of saving 0.006% of the federal budget, we’re surrendering America’s tech leadership. But the true price of this penny-wise, pound-foolish policy can’t be measured in $$—it’s lost innovation, vanished industries, & diminished global standing."
#EarthDay #EarthDay2025
www.theclimatebrink.com
Make China great again!
another way the U.S. is giving away the 21st century
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The federal agency that delivers $1.5T a year in earned benefits to 73M retired workers, their survivors, & poor & disabled Americans is engulfed in crisis—further undermining the already struggling org’s ability to provide reliable & timely service to vulnerable customers.
It's a "cycle of doom."
wapo.st
Long waits, waves of calls, website crashes: Social Security is breaking down
A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.
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Green groups have sued 47's admin over removal of gov't webpages containing federal climate & environmental justice data that they described as “tantamount to theft."
www.theguardian.com
Green groups sue Trump administration over climate webpage removals
The White House has pulled federal webpages tracking climate and environmental justice data
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Just when you think tardigrades couldn't get any cooler...
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social
Oh hey, scientists have found a way to ‘tattoo’ tardigrades. www.acs.org/pressroom/pr...
www.acs.org
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1/ I'm noticing more evidence of 47's language skills breaking down.
They've never been great. But as many of us mental health workers noticed, in recent yrs he's developed a speech problem called phonemic paraphasia—where he gets the 1st syllable of a weird right, then garbles the rest,
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It's never too late to get involved, organize events, start a grassroots movement. This includes excellent tips for taking care of your mental health so you don't burn out.
activisthandbook.org
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47's efforts to wipe out federal subsidies for clean power created by Biden's admin are quickly having an impact on that industry. Since January, investments totalling $7.9B for 16 large-scale factories & other projects have been cancelled, closed or downsized.
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
#EarthDay #EarthDay2025
www.forbes.com
Trump’s Policy Pivot Kills $8 Billion Of Clean Energy Plans
In this week's Current Climate newsletter, Trump's policy changes kill $8 billion of clean energy projects; California sours on Tesla; better EV batteries with silicon anodes
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I'm reposting this cartoon by Garth German @garthtoons.bsky.social every day, separate from my usual thread.
Because this is the Number One story.
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1/ Originally collected to facilitate health care, eligibility for services & administration of public services, our data is now shared across gov't agencies & w/ private companies, reshaping the infrastructure of public services into a mechanism of control.
No pay wall.
theconversation.com
From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance
Under the guise of efficiency and fraud prevention, the federal government is breaking down data silos to collect and aggregate information on virtually everyone in the US.
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John Oliver explains how at this particular moment we need to be very aware of what ICE is doing, often illegally, in sending people into detention facilities in the US. Where people don't even know when they're allowed to leave!
I love how he leavens his information with a wicked sense of humor!
www.youtube.com
ICE Detention: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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The greatest threat to ocean biodiversity in the past 50 yrs—more than climate change or plastic pollution—is unsustainable fishing. So countries around the world have been creating marine protected areas.
But in the US, 47 is undoing marine protection.
A marine biologist explains, No pay wall.
theconversation.com
Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas – why that’s a problem for fishing’s future, and for whales, corals and other ocean life
America’s marine protected areas help fish populations thrive. Trump’s plan to open them to industrial fishing may ultimately harm the fishing industry itself.
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47‘s immigration crackdown deports US citizen children from families who've lived in the country for years & have ties to their communities.
Excellent reporting. Free link in next post.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-deport-child-cancer-us-citizen-1235325778/
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NOAA cuts are affecting scientific research critically needed to understand events like what's happening off the coast of Southern California right now: a toxic algal bloom that's killing marine mammals like seals & dolphins.
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Very interesting short video.
www.youtube.com
Marine mammals dying in record numbers amid NOAA cuts
YouTube video by MSNBC
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To serve his deportation agenda, 47 is warping an archaic, discredited law.
Katherine Yon Ebright & Elizabeth Goitein of the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice explain the legal challenges ahead.
Gift link.
www.theatlantic.com
Trump Is Attempting to Use Wartime Powers in the United States
To serve his deportation agenda, the president is warping an archaic, discredited law.
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