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#Mexico sends another planeload of dangerous drug suspects northbound to #US authorities for #prosecution in a so-called "sovereign decision", while President Sheinbaum rids her country of

129 Pressekonferenzen in den ersten 100 Tagen – Trump inszeniert Politik als Reality-TV-Show. Mit systematischer Wissenslöschung, eigener Propagandaplattform und "Flooding the zone with shit" durch seine absurden Statements greift er die Demokratie an. #Trump #USA

Great Television statt Demokratie: Wie Trump die US-Politik TV-isisiert
129 Pressekonferenzen in den ersten 100 Tagen – Trump inszeniert Politik als Reality-TV-Show. Mit systematischer Wissenslöschung, eigener Propagandaplattform und Zone-Flooding durch seine absurden …

📉 Fears that falling birth rates in the US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-falling-birth-population-collapse-based.html

Fears that falling birth rates in the US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions
Pronatalism—the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed—is having a moment in the U.S.

"Jump in US greenhouse gas pollution pushed global emissions higher – report"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

Father Larry Dowling's account of leading a Eucharistic Procession to offer Holy Communion to those held by ice in Broadview, IL (near Chicago) and being barred from doing so.
"No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ."

Trump allowed Israel to almost completely destroy Gaza, kill tens of thousands innocent civilians, now we should praise him for making "peace" on the rubble that is left. Meanwhile in his own country, democracy and the rule of law are in fast decline. The breakdown of the values the USA once stood for is almost complete. Next will be the further destruction of US economy and society, it will not be a pretty sight I am afraid.

How the US democracy is designed to avoid representation
Right now in the US, a system which proclaims to give each citizen representation, my interests are not represented very well by most of my so-called representatives at any level of government. This is true for a majority of Americans across the political spectrum, and it happens by design. The "founding fathers" were explicit about wanting a system of government that would appear Democratic but which would keep power in the hands of rich white landowners, and they successfully designed exactly that. But how does disenfranchisement work in this system?
First, a two-party system locked in by first-post-the-post winner-takes-all elections immediately destroys representation for everyone who didn't vote for the winner, including those who didn't vote or weren't eligible to vote. Single-day non-holiday elections and prisoner disenfranchisement go a long way towards ensuring working-class people get no say, but much larger is the winner-takes all system. In fact, even people who vote for the winning candidate don't get effective representation if they're really just voting against the opponent as the greater of two evils. In a 51/49 election with 50% turnout, you've immediately ensured that ~75% of eligible voters don't get represented, and with lesser-of-two-evils voting, you create an even wider gap to wedge corporate interests into. Politicians need money to saturate their lesser-of-two-evils message far more than they need to convince any individual voter to support their policies. It's even okay if they get caught lying, cheating, or worse (cough Epstein cough) as long as the other side is also doing those things and you can freeze out new parties.
Second, by design the Senate ensures uneven representation, allowing control of the least-populous half of states to control or at least shut down the legislative process. A rough count suggests 284.6 million live in the 25 most-populous states, while only 54.8 million live in the rest. Currently, counting states with divided representation as two half-states with half as much population, 157.8 million people are represented by 53 Republican sensors, while 180.5 million people get only 45 seats of Democratic representation. This isn't an anti-Democrat bias, it's a bias towards less-populous states, whose residents get more than their share it political power.
I haven't even talked about gerrymandering yet, or family/faith-based "party loyalty," etc. Overall, the effect is that the number of people whose elected representatives meaningfully represent their interests on any given issue is vanishingly small (like, 10% of people tops), unless you happen to be rich enough to purchase lobbying power or direct access.
If we look at polls, we can see how lack of representation lets congress & the president enact many policies that go against what a majority of the population wants. Things like abortion restrictions, the current ICE raids, and Medicare cuts are deeply unpopular, but they benefit the political class and those who can buy access. These are possible because the system ensures at every step of the way that ordinary people do NOT get the one thing the system promises them: representation in the halls of power.
Okay, but is this a feature of all democracies, inherent in the nature of a majority-decides system? Not exactly...
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#uspol #democracy

Klingt ja hart nach Mafia: #Trump #USA

Imagine working in your country’s cybersecurity center or CERT, and suddenly being reassigned to border control and deportation duties. Something is clearly broken and dangerously so.
What will you do as a cybersecurity professional?
#us #cybersecurity

Homeland Security reassigns 'hundreds' of CISA cyber staffers to support Trump's deportation crackdown | TechCrunch
News of the reassignments comes at a time when the U.S. is facing a wave of hacks targeting private industry and the federal government.

Heute vor 63 Jahren: Am 12. Oktober 1962 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Storax die Atombombe "Wolverine". Storax war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 62/63 insgesamt 47 Bomben im Testgebiet in

Endlich eine sinnvolle Verwendung: US Air Force bestellt Cybertrucks zur Zieldarstellung #tesla #cybertruck #USAirForce

Raketentests: US Air Force bestellt Cybertrucks zur Zieldarstellung - Golem.de
Die US-Luftwaffe will zwei Tesla-Cybertrucks kaufen, um sie bei Raketentests in der Wüste zu zerstören.

Ok, yeah, I'm not done processing my anger over liberals doing shit like this. So this historian sees a rise in right wing violence, sees the US government carrying out ethnic cleansing, sees a rise in white supremacist terrorism, and then says, "oh yeah... this reminds me of a time right around the 1920s. Hum... yeah, ANARCHISTS fighting the government! Yeah, that's the same thing."
FFS, IT'S THE RED SUMMER! If you want a parallel between today and some horrible time in US history, TALK ABOUT THE RED SUMMER. The point of the language of dehumanization that the right uses, the point of all the anti-black and anti-emigrant rhetoric, is that it leads to genocide. Trump already carried out an act of genocide (#USPol

The Trump administration sure is good at leaking their own plans for things.
"A senior White House official accidentally leaked details of plans to send an elite army unit to Portland, in the latest intelligence leak by the Trump administration."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

"Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

"Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/29/us-authoritarian-donald-trump-national-guard

#USA #US #CharlieKirk #Kirk

1. There is no “transgender ideology”. Just people trying to be themselves.
2. Antifascist ideology is what most of us learned in school as “being a good citizen”
#CharlieKirk #uspol #bullet

More on CBP treatment of Canadians at the US border, this time with CBP’s own statistics, which are interesting: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/us-canada-device-searches-1.7619944?cmp=rss

Surge in U.S. customs searches of electronic devices raises concerns about harsh treatment of Canadians | CBC News
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reports a sharp rise in electronic device searches at crossings, raising concerns about privacy, discrimination and harsher scrutiny of Canadians. "There's a lot of fear going into the United States," a Toronto-based immigration lawyer says.

"I have made [PM Mark Carney] very popular”
"We're going to be talking about Gaza”
"We could have peace in the Middle East”
he jokes “The Merger of Canada and USA”
Carney: ‘that's not where I was going”
Carney looks bemused as The American Fascist talks about the ‘hell hole' that DC was.
he's talking about "zero" people coming through the south border.
... Carney doing his best to keep a straight face... the things that must be going through his mind as the Fascist rambles about Canada benefiting from Venezuelan boats being blown up.
#canPoli #CdnPoli #US

Carole Cadwalladr , new platform, read, and if possible, join.
#Russia, #UK, #USA, #Ukraine

Heute vor 63 Jahren: Am 12. Oktober 1962 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Storax die Atombombe "Roanoke". Storax war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 62/63 insgesamt 47 Bomben im Testgebiet in

The harsh reality is that the Rule of Law is dead in the USA.
#usa

The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US
The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.

US buys Argentine pesos, finalizes $20 billion currency swap
https://apnews.com/article/trump-bessent-argentina-milei-currency-swap-7432a188e57264f0e5f6c753ddc40879

Nice overview of the role of #Nurse Scientists employed in #US #hospitals...

Fallujah, Iraq is ~15sq mi (~25sq km) & had ~4,000 fighters US military and allies faced in 2nd Battle of Fallujah, one of fiercest fought by US this century.
Caracas Venezuela is ~300sq mi (~433sq km) & Venezuela has ~4.5 million militia now activated.
potus & kegseth must be stopped.
#USpol

So #Trump shut down trade with the rest of the world, then deported or otherwise forced out almost all of the people who harvest things grown in the US, and I'm just wondering if anyone else is trying to figure out where the food is going to come from.
#USPol

"Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower

Want to complain about #Rx requirements for a #COVID booster in the US? #uspol
You have until September 13 to submit a written comment to the

The #US got #democracy wrong. It's not one vote per dollar, it's one vote per person.
http://talkwards.c…

»Frühere Beraterin Bidens — Trump fordert Entlassung von Microsoft-Managerin:
#US-Präsident #Trump geht weiter gegen politische Gegner vor. Nun fordert er den Rausschmiss von #Microsoft-Managerin Monaco. Sie war…

Trump fordert Entlassung von Microsoft-Managerin Monaco
US-Präsident Trump geht weiter gegen politische Gegner vor. Nun fordert er den Rausschmiss von Microsoft-Managerin Monaco. Sie war unter anderem stellvertretende Justizministerin unter dem Demokraten Biden.

Only to split it into smaller chunks, the reason: Pulling 8 #USB #cables one by one through one of those #LEGO

Heute vor 56 Jahren: Am 12. September 1969 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Minute Steak". Operation Mandrel war eine Serie von 53 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1969/70 hauptsächlich auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

Only in Trump's America: Trump's US Atty. nominee was rejected. So, DOJ made the same man a Special Atty to the US Atty. Because the US Atty position is vacant, that same rejected man is now the acting US Atty. 🤷🏼‍♂️
#uspol #shenanigans #NYT

While the #us is a #shitshow we also are letting the rich assholes get away with too much shit up here in #Canada
Axe! Axe! Axe!

Es gibt übrigens hunderte Menschen, mindestens in den #USA, die unter #Apple leiden könnten, obwohl sie gar nichts mit Apple zu tun haben.
Die virtuelle #Sprachassistentin

"The Energy Sector Has Spent Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Lobbying This Year. Watchdogs Say That’s Only Half The Story"
#US #USA #America

The Energy Sector Has Spent Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Lobbying This Year. Watchdogs Say That’s Only Half The Story - Inside Climate News
Critics say the Trump administration’s willingness to greenlight any of the fossil fuel industry’s requests allows it to spend less on lobbying.

Record-breaking heat wave scorches Southeast US #UnitedStates

Record-breaking heat wave scorches Southeast US
Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to heat in the summertime But this week's sweltering hot weather set at least one record and has forecasters urging residents to limit time outside on Tuesday if possible—and stay hydrated.

What are you going to do when the regime falls? After calling all your friends, after the great memes, after the parties, what are you going to do to make sure it never happens again? What world should we create?
Taxing billionaires is great and all, but we could build systems where billionaires are impossible. Is hoarding wealth and using it to control people even something we should consider part of a functional and humane system? Any system where one group of people doesn't have rights means that anyone can be stripped of their rights, like has happened with all the US citizens who've been illegally detained and deported by ICE. Does the concept of "rights" that must be defended with violence, that can be stripped away by people who can exercise more violence, even make sense? Or should the bedrock of a functional system be the obligations that we have to each other and to society, that cannot be severed or taken from us, that tell us we *must* defend regardless of whether systemic oppression will impact us or not?
Americans have been so restricted by the limitations of the two party system, only able to choose between options acceptable to different sections of the capitalist class. Would we even be able to imagine what we could do if those restrictions went away?
The fall of the Berlin wall was a surprise. The fall of Assad was faster than anyone expected. One day the government of Nepal was an unrepentant oligarchy, the next it was on fire. Everything can change in an instant, faster than anyone expects. No one can predict revolutionary change. Will you be ready if the opportunity presents itself?
The US cannot be fixed. The economic system is a ponzi scheme that has been patched again and again, but has finally run out of options. Racism, sexism, and Christian nationalism are baked into the system at every level. Trump gutted the system of soft power that held the US economy together, now there is only a slow decline. Even after he's gone, the damage is done. Once we let go of how to fix something that cannot be fixed, we can start to imagine something that cannot be achieved within the current system.
This is a time of opportunity. Do not burrow so deep in terror that you miss your chance to dream.
#USPol

Heute vor 51 Jahren: Am 14 August 1974 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Puye". Die Operation Bedrock war eine Serie von 27 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1974/75 auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

"Meat from Endangered Sharks Being Sold in U.S. Stores"
#US #USA #America #Sharks

Meat from Endangered Sharks Being Sold in U.S. Stores

Depending how you want to analyze it, an even split or a majority in this small poll believe the US send its military against Venezuela directly.
😔
#usa #venezuela #war
https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/115155459830582839

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
#PUTIN GOT LOST, LAVROV COMPLAINS, MEDVEDEV AGAINST THE #US Vlog 1120: War in Ukraine
Former President

Heute vor 56 Jahren: Am 14. August 1969 testen die #USA zwei Atombomben "Spider-1" und "Spider-2". Operation Mandrel war eine Serie von 53 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1969/70 hauptsächlich auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

"CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/27/cdc-director-susan-monarez-ousted
This is the way: resistance!

Land of the Free, home of the brave:
«In der Annahme, es könnten nordkoreanische Sicherheitskräfte sein, eröffneten die US-Elitesoldaten mit ihren schallgedämpften Spezialwaffen das Feuer und töteten mehrere Zivilisten.»
Das war 2019 unter #Trump!
Können wir bitte den #USA nicht mehr in den Ar…

Wie eine streng geheime Mission des SEAL Team 6 in Nordkorea missglückte
Die vom damaligen US-Präsidenten Donald Trump genehmigte Operation zielte gemäss den Enthüllungen der «New York Times» darauf ab, ein Gerät zu platzieren, um Kim Jong Un auszuspionieren.

Thinking it's past time for more national protests in the US, with actual demands, and thinking of putting together a website to pick a date, likely September 1 for rallies and 3 for first-show walk-outs.
Anyone know of other stuff already being planned besides the #50501 protests on Sept. 1? Haven't heard from #NoKings since their big event, which is not great.
Who else is ready to stop pretending we can continue life as usual while the world burns and our neighbors are abducted? (Respect to those who reached that point long ago.) Who else is waiting for dune kind of signal that now is the time to act?
#uspol #trump

How Chicago Labor History Teaches Us To Fight Fascism Today | Kat Abughazaleh For Illinois by Kat Abughazaleh
#uspol

I am thinking about the discussion Trump will have with Qatar, "yes, sorry but you needed to be bombed and ofcourse we really want to keep the large US military base in your country..." 😂 , if Qatar just lets this go they will lose all credibility.
#qatar #usa

Heute vor 56 Jahren: Am 14. August 1969 testen die #USA simultan die Atombomben "Spider-1" u. "Spider-2". Operation Mandrel war eine Serie von 53 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1969/70 hauptsächlich auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

Six US Surgeons General, Democratic and Republican—including one appointed by Trump is his first term—spoke out with one voice to condemn anti-science HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
#uspol

Yeah, there seems no way to argue that the EU deal was bad. At a time when Trump was weakened, given the EU market size, there was really no excuse for this. The EU is normally good at trade deals, but this was bad.
Hopefully, someone is brave enough to block it.
#eu #us

"Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US by 2050, study warns"
#US #USA #America #Wildfires

Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US by 2050, study warns
When wildfire smoke from Canada turned New York City’s sky an eerie orange in June 2023, millions of Americans who’d never experienced such pollution got a glimpse of what has become routine for communities across the U.S. West. The smoke blanketed the Eastern Seaboard, closing schools and forcing residents indoors, a warning of what scientists […]

Es gibt übrigens tausende Menschen, mindestens in den #USA, die unter #Amazon leiden könnten, obwohl sie gar nichts mit Amazon zu tun haben.
Der virtuelle Sprachassistent Alexa wurde 2014 eingeführt.
Es dauerte anscheinend 2 Jahre, bis Eltern während der wieder aufkommenden Popularität des N…

The Maga Fascist Trump administration is stuffed with criminals from top to bottom. And they are freeing the criminals from prosecution while attacking law abiding citizens and putting them in concentration camps.
#GiftArticle #USPolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/tom-homan-fbi-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk8.zrma.wrzBK7wHnHtJ&smid=url-share

327 people are shot every day in the #2a #USA
117 of our #ShootingVictims die daily via #GunsUSA ...

327 people are shot every day in the US. Of those, 117 die.
We’re discussing the ongoing gun violence epidemic in this country. We planned this show before Charlie Kirk was shot and killed yesterday in Utah.

Heute vor 59 Jahren: Am 12. September 1966 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Derringer". Die Operation #Latchkey war eine Serie von 38 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1966/67 auf der…

I have no sympathy whatsoever for the Hamas people killed in Qatar. However it illustrates Trump doesn't really care about negotiations with Hamas or Qatar as the country where they take place. Also he confirms international law is meaningless for him.This will further hurt the US position in world politics.
#usa

Heute vor 63 Jahren: Am 14.07.1962 fand der "Small Boy" Test im Rahmen der Operation #Sunbeam auf dem Nevada Test Site statt. Getestet wurden taktische #Atomwaffen (Davy Crockett). Es war die letzte atmosphärische Testreihe der

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, vows to "restore public confidence in the US electoral process."
This sale could have major implications for #democracy. Not sure why this isn't more visible in the #news.
#USA #uspol #elections #voting

The US Virgin Islands have their own territorial court system, and any crimes committed there may be territorial crimes, not federal crimes.
The prosecution of such crimes would not need US DOJ nor White House permission to proceed.
Epstein Island is in the US Virgin Islands.
#USpol

"A cloud-seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods"
#US #USA #America #Texas

A cloud-seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods | TechCrunch
Despite conspiracy theories, there's no way that cloud seeding operations days before the storm could have influenced the floods, scientists say.

"America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months"
#US #USA #America #WindTurbines

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months
Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

Demokratischer US-Gouverneur Newsom: »Null Zweifel«, dass Trump keine freie Wahl mehr zulässt
Der Demokrat Gavin Newsom gilt in den USA als eine Art Oppositionsführer. Er sagt: Es sei »schockierend«, dass nicht mehr Leute gegen Trump aufstünden. »Das ist ein höllischer Moment für unser Land.« #Spiegel #USA

Demokratischer US-Gouverneur Newsom: »Null Zweifel«, dass Trump keine freie Wahl mehr zulässt
Der Demokrat Gavin Newsom gilt in den USA als eine Art Oppositionsführer. Er sagt: Es sei »schockierend«, dass nicht mehr Leute gegen Trump aufstünden. »Das ist ein höllischer Moment für unser Land.«

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
AEROFLOT COLLAPSE & PANIC, #MEDVEDEV THREATENS #US Vlog 1119: War in

I’m so frustrated, I don’t want to wait another 4–6 months for his heart to fail. Someone please put an end to the orange fascist influencer already.
#USA #US #Trump

"Chicago River Follows the Seine to Become Biodynamic and Swimmable Once Again"
#US #USA #America #Chicago

Chicago River Follows the Seine to Become Biodynamic and Swimmable Once Again
From a low of 5 species of fish, there are now 77 recorded as living in the Chicago River, as well as snapping turtles and freshwater mussels

Yeah, there seems no way to argue that the EU deal was bad. At a time when Trump was weakened, given the EU market size, there was really no excuse for this. The EU is normally good at trade deals, but this was bad.
Hopefully, someone is brave enough to block it.
#eu #us

US ethnic cleansing and what to do about it
Reposting link to source article instead of screenshot of tweet that had no alt text:
Data on arrests shows that ICE was heavily engaged in racial profiling in LA, because their arrest numbers fell by ~66% after that were ordered to stop making arrests based just in factors like skin color, with place, or language spoken.
#ICE #USPol

Vor der angeblichen Pleitespekulation wurde gemeldet, #Windrose Technology habe einen Großauftrag aus den #USA im Wert von 60 Millionen US-Dollar.
Mehrere hundert E-Lkw des Typs R700 sollen bis 2026 an die kalifornische Spedition

Windrose liefert Hunderte E-Lkw in die USA und startet in Südamerika - electrive.net
Der chinesische Hersteller Windrose Technology hat einen Auftrag über die Lieferung von Elektro-Lkw im Wert von 60 Millionen US-Dollar aus den USA erhalten.

"After 40 Years and $84 Million, Lake Muskegon Flourishing Free from Pollution and Sawdust"
#US #USA #America #Michigan

After 40 Years and $84 Million, Lake Muskegon Flourishing Free from Pollution and Sawdust
190,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment—around 58 Olympic-sized swimming pools—and 110,000 tons of sawmill debris were removed.

"A former oil field in Fullerton, California, could become a rare sanctuary for wildlife"
#US #USA #America #California

A former oil field in Fullerton, California, could become a rare sanctuary for wildlife
In Southern California, a decades-long grassroots effort may soon convert a Chevron-owned oil site into a protected nature preserve — if federal support doesn't fall through.Amal Ahmed reports for High Country News.In short:West Coyote Hills in Fullerton, once slated for suburban housing, is now par...

"The president set a deadline for Russia, threatening trade consequences if no peace deal w Ukraine n 50 days."
So, 24 hrs == 50 days after the first 6 months?🤔
And, anyone offends him: Tariff NOW; but Russia gets mention of a slap on the wrist.
#uspol #Russia #Ukraine

It's worth remembering that the civil war was a slave revolt:
#USPol

"More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

Interesting, "How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us."
#trump

Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

Not good.
#USpol

Since leaving the US, things have gotten a lot better for me but it's still hard existing under capitalism. Just being a human is hard enough, but parenting is an order or magnitude harder.
Even here, with all the complexity of being an immigrant, it's somehow still less emotionally challenging than being in the US.
I wrote up a reflection on some of my feelings before leaving tangled up with some of the challenges I still have. I hope this helps some folks feel less alone, or makes it easier for other folks to understand why some parents are having a hard time.
CW: just.... Lots... Death, gun violence, trauma, etc
#USPol

"Bondi and prosecutors have reservations over charging Comey"
Trump only wants fodder for rants and distractions. An indictment suffices for that. Failed cases give him even more fodder. Win for him whichever way it goes. 😢
#uspol #Comey #justice

"Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells"
#US #USA #America

Texas Says It’s Strict on Oil Field Emissions. New Data Shows It’s Not.
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.

Heute vor 61 Jahren: Am 11. September 1964 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Whetstone die Atombombe "Spoon". Whetstone war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1964/65 insgesamt 46 Bomben größtenteils im Testgebiet in

"How cutting US air pollution could save 6,000 lives a year by 2030"
#US #USA #America #AirPollution

Watching Australian Senator Nick McKim describe the US slide into fascism:
#USpol

October 18th, if I lived in the US I would join these demonstrations.
#usa #nokings

"Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world"
#US #USA #America #Energy…

October 18th, if I lived in the US I would join these demonstrations.
#usa #nokings

No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people.

"US solar set to surpass wind in 2025, overtake coal by 2028"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower

US solar set to surpass wind in 2025, overtake coal by 2028
US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) figures show solar developers adding 16 GW through July 2025, nearly three-quarters of new capacity, with solar and wind each near 12% of the mix versus coal’s 15%. It says forecasts see solar overtaking wind next year and coal within three years.

Heute vor 61 Jahren: Am 9. Oktober 1964 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Whetstone die Atombombe "Par". Whetstone war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1964/65 insgesamt 46 Bomben größtenteils im Testgebiet in

"Washington State Protects the Old-Growth Forests of Tomorrow, Creates 77,000 Acres of ‘Legacy Forests’"
#US #USA #America #Washington

Washington to Protect the Old-Growth Forests of Tomorrow, Creates 77,000 Acres of 'Legacy Forests'
The legacy forest announcement raises an interesting question for forest management and conservation to consider around the world over.

"After Trump cut the National Science Foundation by 56 percent, a venerable Arctic research center closes its doors"
#US #USA #America

After Trump cut the National Science Foundation by 56 percent, a venerable Arctic research center closes its doors
The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States funded programs that aided Indigenous communities and tracked melting sea ice, among dozens of initiatives.

Heute vor 54 Jahren: Am 08.10.1971 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Grommet die 16. Atombombe "Cathay". Grommet war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1971/72 insgesamt 39 Bomben größtenteils im Testgebiet in

Heute vor 56 Jahren: Am 8. Oktober 1969 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Pipkin". Operation Mandrel war eine Serie von 53 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1969/70 hauptsächlich auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

"Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states"
#US #USA #America #Energy

"Trump moves to kill $7 billion in solar panel grants"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower

Trump moves to kill $7 billion in solar panel grants
President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday moved to kill a $7 billion program designed to bring rooftop solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities across the United States.

"New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule"
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New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

"US is violating human rights laws by backing fossil fuels, say young activists in new petition"
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"Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history"
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"Smoke From Wildfires Caused by Climate Change Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in the U.S., a New Study Warns"
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Smoke From Wildfires Caused by Climate Change Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in the U.S., a New Study Warns - Inside Climate News
This would represent some of the country’s most costly consequences of a warming climate by mid-century, researchers say.

"Determined Scientists Created Only Puffin Colony in the US, and Continue to Protect it Decades Later"
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Determined Scientists Created Only Puffin Colony in the US, and Continue to Protect it Decades Later - Good News Network
For 50 years, the state of Maine has drawn worldwide attention for its efforts to restore a puffin colony, an effort that has brought controversy, hope, and a cottage industry you have to see to believe. Featured recently on the PBS News Hour, it’s a story that begins back in 1973 when a young ornithologist […]

"Smashing 6 Million Sea Urchins with Hammers Saved a California Kelp Paradise Thanks to Volunteer Divers"
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Smashing 6 Million Sea Urchins with Hammers Saved a California Kelp Paradise Thanks to Volunteer Divers
Armed with hammers, they smash the zombie urchins one by one, leaving the larger, healthier urchins intact.

"Study finds a 15% solar power boost could cut US CO₂ emissions by millions of metric tons annually"
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Study finds a 15% solar power boost could cut US CO₂ emissions by millions of metric tons annually
Increasing solar power generation in the U.S. by 15% could lead to an annual reduction of 8.54 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The researchers found that the climate benefits of solar power differ markedly across U.S. regions, pinpointing where clean energy investments return the greatest climate dividends.