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Warmer weather is leading to vanishing winters in North America's Great Lakes #America

Warmer weather is leading to vanishing winters in North America's Great Lakes
Fifty years ago, winter didn't just visit the Great Lakes—it took up residence. If you blinked too slowly, your eyelashes froze together. Standing on the ice at the edge of Lake Superior, just after an early January snowstorm, everything was white and still, except for the lake. The wind had swept across it revealing ice cracked along thunderous fractures.

The state department has barred five Europeans from the US, accusing them of leading efforts to pressure tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints
“These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states – in each case targeting American speakers and American companies,” Rubio said in an announcement.
Neben Thierry Breton trifft das u.a. Josephine Ballon und Anna-Lena von Hodenberg von @…

Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent:
the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

Apple's Houston manufacturing facility, originally scheduled to open in 2026, is now shipping AI servers that power Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute (Brooke Singman/Fox Business)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/apple…

Apple building American-made AI servers ahead of schedule in new Houston facility, answering Trump call
EXCLUSIVE: Apple is now building and shipping American-made artificial intelligence servers in the United States — a move that has the technology giant answering President Donald Trump’s call to on shore manufacturing.

"…poll in April showed a majority of Americans suddenly wanted to restrict that presidency in ways they hadn’t before…percentage who said a president has 'too much' power rose from 32% last year (under Biden) all the way up to 54% (under Trump)."
"All of which suggests Americans-or at least a majority of them-see something extraordinary happening right now."
"Republicans…try to diminish… 'No Kings' rallies…something that’s very real to l…

Republicans are ridiculing ‘No Kings.’ A striking new poll shows Americans aren’t laughing
New polling reinforces how much the thrust of the “No Kings” message has resonated with much of the American public.

Majority of Americans say Trump needs to show evidence that boats US is blowing up are really carrying drugs | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-venezuela-drug-boats-americans-poll-b2870894.html

Pew: 57% of US adults ages 65 prefer to watch their news, while among adults under 30, 45% prefer to get news by reading, 31% by watching, and 23% by listening (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/20

More Americans prefer to watch the news than read or listen to it
A majority of Americans who prefer to watch the news (62%) say they prefer to get it from TV, rather than another platform.

National Diabetes Month: 65% Of Americans Open To Preventative Plant-Based Diets https://plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/health/diabetes-americanspreventative-plant-based-diets/

National Diabetes Month: 65% Of Americans Open To Preventative Plant-Based Diets
Sixty-five percent of Americans would be open to adopting low-fat, plant-based diets to help control blood sugar or prevent type 2 diabetes

MAGA holds its most loyal voters in contempt.
And the reality of this contempt is starting to show through
— not, at least so far, via the One Big Beautiful Bill’s savage cuts to health care,
which will be especially devastating to rural areas,
but via the Trump administration’s bizarre fixation on aiding President Javier Milei of Argentina.
The truth is that rural America is even more dependent than urban America on the programs now on the chopping block.

Argentina and Rural America’s Awakening
Suddenly, Trump’s contempt for his base is showing

Nearly 47 million Americans live near hidden fossil fuel sites #America

Nearly 47 million Americans live near hidden fossil fuel sites
A nationwide analysis has uncovered how sprawling fossil fuel infrastructure sits surprisingly close to millions of American homes. The research shows that 46.6 million people live within about a mile of wells, refineries, pipelines, storage sites, or transport facilities. Many of these locations release pollutants that may affect nearby communities, yet mid-supply-chain sites have rarely been studied. The findings reveal major gaps in understanding how this hidden network affects health.