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I'm not sure why it took them this long to stand up against the administration. His attacks against churches, hospitals, and schools isn't new.
"'We are troubled by threats against the sanctity of houses of worship and the special nature of hospitals and schools,' the bishops said in a special message, the first of its kind in 12 years."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

People keep trying to point to an event where the "right/left" political violence thing got out of hand. You cannot point to anywhere in US history where the right hasn't been murdering leftists. It has never happened.
They've been talking about civil war since they lost the last one, and most of US politics before that was just trying to prevent the first one.
There isn't a wave of right/left violence. Right wing violence has just gone unchecked for so long, and been so accepted, that now they're killing each other regularly. The Trump assassination attempts were all from the right. #CharlieKirk was killed by another fascist for not being fascist enough.
Fascists have so completely taken over that they see each other as legitimate targets because they've run out of "leftists" worth murdering. That's the story. That's what people can't wrap their heads around.
Everyone is worried about the right wing response, worries about right wing escalation, but they called for civil war over the cracker barrel logo. They're already maxing out their base. All the proud boys and other Nazis are already hired by ICE. They're also already going as hard as they can. They don't need any excuses. They have total control of everything. This bumbling mess is *the best they can do.* They call for civil war every few days.
We're not seeing a war between the left and the right. We're seeing a war between the right and the far right, where both side opportunistically punch left when they can and liberals help them justify their actions.
#USPol

Richard #Grenell (#USA, former ambassador to Germany) is a conceited macho, not particularly intelligent, but obsessed with power. These fifth-rate types, who suddenly see their political opportunities, prove to be particularly perfidious.
Grenell should be declared persona non grata by the EU.
People l…

Elmar Theveßen: Früherer US-Botschafter fordert Visaentzug für ZDF-Journalist Theveßen
Richard Grenell, früherer US-Botschafter in Deutschland, verlangt, dass ZDF-Studioleiter Elmar Theveßen sein Visum für die USA verliert. Theveßen sei ein "Aufwiegler".

"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."

Heute vor 59 Jahren: Am 15. Oktober 1966 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Khaki". Die Operation #Latchkey war eine Serie von 38 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1966/67 auf der Nevad…

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.

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.

Website with news stories about how our US Gov't is being attacked, and what's happening and being planned to fight that.
https://unbreaking.org/
This is very readable. And it's VITAL reading for those who love humanity and persisting despite great odds.

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

I keep coming back to the mirror dualities of the oppressed and oppressor under authoritarianism.
The oppressed is portrayed as both weak and godlike. The stereotypes are always some variation on sloth and incompetence, but yet somehow also a menace capable of destroying the "pure" society. To use the most relevant current example, Antifa being both little femme soy boys who would always get beat up by "real men" while also being an international terrorist organization on the brink of overthrowing the US government, the unarmed presence of whom makes the heavily armed agents of ICE flee for their lives. Antifa is both having absolutely no impact on ICE, and also having such an impact on ICE that the military needs to come in to protect them. The contradiction is obvious but never seems to occur to those who hold both to be true at the same time.
But few talk about the duality of the oppressor. The sovereign throughout history has always been both a ruler above the law, sometimes even the representative or incarnation of a divine force. Yet, this same superhuman/god-man is also a baby who needs constant care. This is absolutely a through line from the very earliest records of sovereign cults to modern cult leaders, CEOs, and Trump today. Power, for these people, is expressed both as the ability to force others to enact their will and in the ability to compel others to care for them. Can any of these "men" cook? Can they fix anything themselves? They are driven everywhere, cooked for all the time, constantly protected from danger. Kings are still dressed, at least for rituals. I could dissect masculinity here, but that's a whole thing.
It is as though the drive to care for our children, who must be taught to behave within acceptable norms, is hijacked by "leaders" who demand our care and attention... even at the expense of our literal children. And recently we've seen some of those very CEOs, with LLMs and return to office demands, show that their judgment is also little better than children, making decisions while pretending to understand a subject.
The oppressed are portrayed as both god-like and impotent and are, in fact, neither. Meanwhile the rulers portray themselves only as invulnerable and are, in fact, childish in their ability to survive without constant support. Their greatest fear from the collapse of society is figuring out how to make sure people keep taking care of them.
It just keeps rattling around in my head.
#USPol

"AI data centers projected to strain US energy and water resources by 2030"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #US #USA

AI data centers projected to strain US energy and water resources by 2030
As the everyday use of AI has exploded in recent years, so have the energy demands of the computing infrastructure that supports it. But the environmental toll of these large data centers, which suck up gigawatts of power and require vast amounts of water for cooling, has been too diffuse and difficult to quantify.

"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 #Politics #Meme

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

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

»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.

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

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

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

Apparently Trump is Gay, and Clinton's initials are B.J.
#Gay #Politics #US #USA

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

„Wenn Faschisten sterben, jammern Demokraten nicht“ – dieser Satz kostet Mario Sixtus (ZDF) sein US-Visum. Das US-Außenministerium zeigt: Wer die falsche Meinung äußert, wird bestraft. Doch wo bleibt die Debatte über Meinungsfreiheit und politische Zensur? #USPolitik #Medien

Social Media: ZDF-Autor verliert US-Visum nach Kommentar zu Kirk - Golem.de
Das US-Außenministerium entzieht Ausländern das Visum, weil sie sich auf Social Media negativ über den ermordeten Charles Kirk geäußert haben.

Ah, good thing Ireland didn’t bet a major chunk of its economy on US Big Tech creating jobs or anything.
*phew!*
#BigTech #USA #AI

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.

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

Daylight Savings Time (DST) in the twenty-first century, yay or nay?
Please consider boosting for a more statistically significant result.
#daylightsavingstime #dst #us

"California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online"
#US #USA #America #California

California's first solar-covered canal is now fully online
The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.

A friend of mine, who I'm pretty sure is left-leaning (meaning, in the US at least, a Democrat) asked me:
"Isn't democratic socialism different from actual socialism?"
Ohhh, where do we begin! But the good thing is, people are asking these questions... Not just straight up condemning "socialism" because of the name.
#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.

What do you think? Did Venezuela just “thwart” a false flag?
“Venezuela says it has thwarted what it calls a CIA-linked plot to attack a US warship anchored in Trinidad.
It claims the US would have blamed Venezuela for the attack on the USS Gravely, a guided-missile destroyer, to justify aggression against it.”
Australia Broadcasting reporting: #usa #venezuela #war
Yup. Trump wants a confrontation.
No. Venezuela likely faking the false flag.

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

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

"Illinois farmers find that sheep and solar arrays go well together"
#US #USA #America #Energy

Illinois farmers find that sheep and solar arrays go well together
The agrivoltaics practice of raising sheep under solar panels is a win-win for Illinois farmers — but first the market for lamb meat needs to grow.

"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!

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

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

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.

"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.

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

Why Trump's ICE is kidnapping & disappearing so many legal US residents today: #UsPol

The US mainstream media is thoroughly broken: Bari Weiss, Who Thinks Everything Is Woke, Will Be CBS Editor-in-Chief
Anti-woke, anti-trans, pro-Israel Bari Weiss will soon lead one of the biggest media companies in the U.S.
#uspol #newsmedia

Bari Weiss, Who Thinks Everything Is Woke, Will Be CBS Editor-in-Chief
Anti-woke, anti-trans, pro-Israel Bari Weiss will soon lead one of the biggest media companies in the U.S.

this whole "shutdown government services because politics" is truly the most insane and ridiculous "feature" of the United States government.
#uspoli #shutdown #airlines
https://globalnews.ca/news/11513116/us-government-shutdown-airport-flight-reduction/

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

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

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

Das gehörte wohl mal in aller Deutlichkeit gesagt - ob ein Gericht allerdings dafür die richtige Bühne ist? Womöglich gerechtfertigt dadurch, dass die Politik das auszusprechen kläglich versagt und sich feige wegdeduckt.
#USA Kritik an Darth Trump Administration

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

US Catholic Bishops stand up for immigrants against the government
#uspol #usccb #immigration #catholic

Catholic Bishops Rebuke Trump’s Immigration Tactics in Rare Statement
In a rare statement, the bishops framed the immigration crisis in starkly moral terms. “We feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity,” they said.

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

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.«

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.

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

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

Dick Cheney is a good example of why rich people live so long. [ETA: Rich people in the US.]
If he'd just been a regular person, he likely would've died without a heart transplant, if not before from one of his many heart attacks.
#uspol

Dick Cheney's cause of death confirmed by family
The former vice president died at 84, a family statement said.

Thank goodness both Barack Obama and Joe Biden abolished ICE or there’s no knowing what state the US would be in right now.
#democrats #republicans #USA

#USA #US #CharlieKirk #Kirk

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

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…

Not good.
#USpol

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.

The fracturing of the Dutch far-right, after Wilder's reminded everyone that bigots are bad at compromise, is definitely a relief. Dutch folks I've talked to definitely see D66 as progressive, <strike>so there's no question this is a hard turn to the left (even if it's not a total flip to the far-left)</strike> a lot of folks don't agree. I'm going to let the comments speak rather than editorialize myself..
While this is a useful example of how a democracy can be far more resilient to fascism than the US, that is, perhaps, not the most interesting thing about Dutch politics. The most interesting thing is something Dutch folks take for granted and never think of as such: there are two "governments."
The election was for the Tweede Kamer. This is a house of representatives. The Dutch use proportional representation, so people can (more or less) vote for the parties they actually want. Parties <strike>rarely</strike> never actually get a ruling majority, so they have to form coalition governments. This forces compromise, which is something Wilders was extremely bad at. He was actually responsible for collapsing the coalition his party put together, which triggered this election... and a massive loss of seats for his party.
Dutch folks do still vote strategically, since a larger party has an easier time building the governing coalition and the PM tends to come from the largest party. This will likely be D66, which is really good for the EU. D66 has a pretty radical plan to solve the housing crisis, and it will be really interesting to see if they can pull it off. But that's not the government I want to talk about right now.
In the Netherlands, failure to control water can destroy entire towns. A good chunk of the country is below sea level. Both floods and land reclamation have been critical parts of Dutch history. So in the 1200's or so, the Dutch realized that some things are too important to mix with normal politics.
You see, if there's an incompetent government that isn't able to actually *do* anything (see Dick Schoof and the PVV/VVD/NSC/BBB coalition) you don't want your dikes to collapse and poulders to flood. So the Dutch created a parallel "government" that exists only to manage water: waterschap or heemraadschap (roughly "Water Board" in English). These are regional bureaucracies that exist only to manage water. They exist completely outside the thing we usually talk about as a "government" but they have some of the same properties as a government. They can, for example, levy taxes. The central government contributes funds to them, but lacks authority over them. Water boards are democratically elected and can operate more-or-less independent of the central government.
Controlling water is a common problem, so water boards were created to fulfill the role of commons management. Meanwhile, so many other things in politics run into the very same "Tragedy of the Commons" problems. The right wing solution to commons management is to let corporations ruin everything. The left-state solution is to move everything into the government so it can be undermined and destroyed by the right. The Dutch solution to this specific problem has been to move commons management out of the domain of the central government into something else.
And when I say "government" here, I'm speaking more to the liberal definition of the term than to an anarchist definition. A democratically controlled authority that facilitates resource management lacks the capacity for coercive violence that anarchists define as "government." (Though I assume they might leverage police or something if folks refuse to pay their taxes, but I can't imagine anyone choosing not to.)
As the US federal government destroys the social fabric of the US, as Trump guts programs critical to people's survival, it might be worth thinking about this model. These authorities weren't created by any central authority, they evolved from the people. Nothing stops Americans from building similar institutions that are both democratic and outside of the authority of a government that could choose to defund and abolish them... nothing but the realization that yes, you actually can.
#USPol #NLPol

"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 […]

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

"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.

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

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

"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.

As I head out the door to attend my local Remembrance Day ceremony, here is a story from the CBC about the USA and Canada in WWII.
““We each share a border. If something happened to Canada tomorrow, wouldn't I want the United States to defend them? If something happened to us, wouldn't we want Canada to help defend us? So I'm telling you, we need as countries to resolve these issues that we are having right now, today.””
#canada #usa #wwii #veteransday #remembranceDay
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canada-wwii-victoria-cross-9.6971182

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

"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

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

Trump is a vile, fascist caricature of corruption and arrogance, so repulsive that calling him disgusting would be a kindness he hasn’t earned.
#Trump #US #USA

As a security engineer, whenever anyone talks about a control it's always important to ask "by what mechanism?"
> "Oh, that can't happen because we have a system to stop it."
By what mechanism?
> "We have documentation that says...."
Yeah, that's not a mechanism.
People keep saying, "Trump can't do that!" But like... by what mechanism?
> "The constitution says..."
Yeah... a documented list of rules is not self-enforcing. What is the mechanism?
What makes this impossible? Oh, it's possible under certain conditions? Oh, it's always possible and you're completely relying on the idea that there will never be a malicious actor? Yeah, that's gonna get exploited. Oh shit, now you're owned.
What do you do with a system that's completely owned? Once it's compromised it can never be trusted again. What would you tell a client who told you, "Patching is really hard, so we're just gonna ban the attacker's IP."
What, you're not even gonna reinstall?
I assume we've all had the "burn everything down and start again" client. I wonder how many of us thought we would see the US government ask for them to hold it's beer.
#USPol

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

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

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.

Fascism disgusts me to my core, it corrupts everything it touches, it has no place on this earth, not now, not ever, and I will never stop rejecting it with every part of who I am.
#Fascism #Nazis #US

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

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

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

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.

"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.

"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.

"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.

"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.

"US is violating human rights laws by backing fossil fuels, say young activists in new petition"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

"Xcel doubles down on plan to swap coal for clean power in Minnesota"
#US #USA #America #Minnesota

Xcel doubles down on plan to swap coal for clean power in Minnesota
With demand rising and tax credits expiring, the utility wants to rapidly expand the batteries and solar it’s building near the shuttering Sherco coal…

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

"No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say"
#UN #UnitedNations #US #USA

"Smoke From Wildfires Caused by Climate Change Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in the U.S., a New Study Warns"
#US #USA #America

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"
#US #USA #America #Puffins

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 […]

"US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports"
#US #USA #America #EU

"Smashing 6 Million Sea Urchins with Hammers Saved a California Kelp Paradise Thanks to Volunteer Divers"
#US #USA #America #California

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.

"New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

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.