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I suspect there's something poisonous about money. That’s why I’m embracing a gift economy | Kelley Swain

Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in just two years, new data shows. Irreversible tipping points — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the collapse of coral reefs — are closer at hand than previously believed.

🚨Ready to crash Trump’s Birthday? Trump wants tanks, jets, and a $40M parade on his birthday. We're gonna remind him we don’t do kings in America. No Kings Day is June 14 across America. Our new episode breaks it all down: youtu.be/aje9Di7fYAs?...

Citing our reporting, senators are now pressing RealPage for answers on how the GOP's proposed ban on AI limits could help the company fleece renters. The Lever's original report is here: www.levernews.com/republicans-...

your regular reminder that authoritarian populism will make your country corrupt and poor. look at Hungary

And this is what I mean about backlash.

Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.

A budget bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives could impose significant financial and social challenges in Alabama. via @alabamareflector.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fede...

Letter: Trump bill’s provision to make court orders ineffective should terrify us all

Reminder: Joni Ernst is up for reelection

My Sunday morning read, a new book! #booksky📚#iamreading

#booksky 📚

American special forces trained with drone boats in Subic Bay during recent exercises with the Philippines, bringing what the U.S. Department of Defense previously described as “highly capable unmanned surface vessels” 🇺🇸🇵🇭 Story by @aaronmatthewil.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people

That would be awful. Don’t share this.

Jake Tapper's TV show ratings are tanking and his book isn't selling, proving that peddling irrelevant BS during a time of an actual national crisis isn't a winning formula.

I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.

China is stepping up espionage on Dutch semiconductors, the Netherlands' Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans has said.

Sen. Joni Ernst was repeatedly pressed on cuts to Medicaid in the House's budget bill at a town hall in her home state, pushing back on an attendee who said the cuts would lead to deaths. "People are not — well, we all are going to die, so, for heaven’s sakes," she said.

In San Antonio today, plainclothes ICE officers (not masked this time) arrested, handcuffed, and zip-tied a family of five (yes, ALL of them, including the little children) coming out of their immigration court hearing — which ICE had just had dismissed. www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...

Scott Jenkins was convicted of engaging in cartoonish levels of corruption. If the rule of law only applies to the little guy, then it isn't worth much.

“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.” Robert Frost

“This situation underscores the critical importance of vaccination." Coloradans’ potential exposure to measles grew rapidly in recent days with a confirmed traveler’s case coming through Denver International Airport. coloradosun.com/2025/05/22/d...

Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed as Israeli bombardment intensifies across Gaza, with starvation spreading and only limited aid allowed in under the ongoing blockade. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/bsus2e

As Republicans grow increasingly wary about political blowback from cuts to Medicaid, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates more than 8 million people could go uninsured under the House GOP's megabill

New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan asks DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to define habeas corpus, which grants anyone detained in the U.S. the right to see a judge.

"Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says. That’s incorrect,” a Democratic senator says in response.

Today, Republican doctrine is to bleed nonprofits to bail out a federal government rendered insolvent by 44 years of irresponsible tax cuts.

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Your weekly reminder that the highest court in the country does not agree with Donald Trump and his administration’s actions. “The justices found that the federal government violated the due process rights of detainees.”