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“Trump is an old school eugenicist nativist. He actually is fine with immigrants as long as they have the right ‘genes,’”
David J. Bier, director of immigration for the Cato Institute, wrote on X.
“This argument was the basis of the creation of the restrictive US immigration system 100 years ago.”
“He’s a white supremacist. He doesn’t hide it,” Zeteo’s Mehdi Hasan wrote on X. 
This isn’t the first time Trump’s fearmongering about immigrants has crossed the line into ta…

'Mass obstruction' — Draft officers injured in Odesa following confrontation with 'civilian group': https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/16/mass-obstruction-draft-officers-injured.html

Insanity rules in Texas.
#texas

Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport
The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Jamaica Celebrates 40% Drop in Murders Driven by 94% Increase in Police Tip-Offs https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/jamaica-celebrates-40-drop-in-murders-driven-by-94-increase-in-police-tip-offs/

Jamaica Celebrates 40% Drop in Murders Driven by 94% Increase in Police Tip-Offs
Jamaica is famously violent, but the 2025 total of 673 is the first time since 1993 that total annual murders came in at below 700. 

Raiders getting calls inquiring about No. 1 pick https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48488757/raiders-spytek-says-teams-inquired-no-1-draft-pick

"Study finds PV plants reshape land surface conditions, reducing wind speed and increasing soil moisture"
#SolarPower #Energy #Environment

Study finds PV plants reshape land surface conditions, reducing wind speed and increasing soil moisture
A China-based research team conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 147 studies on how solar PV systems alter land surface processes, covering 609 installations worldwide and 11 key climate variables. The results show mixed but mostly significant environmental effects, including reduced wind speed, albedo, and land surface or soil temperatures, alongside increased soil moisture, while air temperature changes remained largely non-significant.

Agnès Delahaye, historienne : « Les mobilisations de Minneapolis s’inscrivent dans l’histoire des grandes luttes sociales aux Etats-Unis »
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/artic…

Agnès Delahaye, historienne : « Les mobilisations de Minneapolis s’inscrivent dans l’histoire des grandes luttes sociales aux Etats-Unis »
Le récit promu par Donald Trump d’une Amérique blanche rayonnant sur le monde vise à effacer la complexité d’une histoire multiculturelle faite de violences et de luttes d’émancipation, explique l’historienne, dans un entretien au « Monde », à l’occasion de la parution de son ouvrage « A qui appartient le 4 juillet ? ».

Social Security COLA Increases Suddenly Look a Whole Lot Higher
“March’s 3.3% year-over-year inflation rate, up from 2.4% in February, could translate into a
Cost Of Living Adjustment of
3.2% for 2026,
according to Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security and Medicare policy analyst who calculates the projection.
Back in January, she had pegged the increase at just 1.2%.”

Social Security COLA Increases Suddenly Look a Whole Lot Higher — Barron’s
Higher gas prices drove the uptick in the projected cost-of-living adjustment.

Bellingcat about the destruction in Lebanon.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05/14/satellite-imagery-shows-ongoing-demolitions-across-southern-lebanon/

Satellite Imagery Shows Ongoing Demolitions Across Southern Lebanon - bellingcat
Dozens of towns and villages within the IDF's “Yellow Line” in southern Lebanon have been heavily damaged or destroyed in recent months.

The failure of a hospital chain that provided its own malpractice insurance threatens to leave injured patients with no recourse.  
Absent Oversight: States give little scrutiny to “self-insuring” health care companies. Agency officials say laws allow them to dodge normal safeguards.
Physician, Pay for Thyself: Doctors promised malpractice insurance have discovered they have no coverage for defense expenses and claims. One met with a bankruptcy lawyer.

For-Profit Hospital Chain Never Put Aside Money for Malpractice Insurance to Compensate Injured Patients
Eager to save money, Prospect Medical promised to “self-insure” malpractice claims brought against its doctors and hospitals. The chain’s bankruptcy now threatens to leave hundreds of patients whose claims are pending with no recourse.