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Democrats' David Hogg problem not over despite DNC's vote to remove him in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

The way you achieve more is typically showing up at your local Democratic Club meetings or county party meetings.

In This Knife’s Edge Authoritarian Moment, Say “No Kings” to President Trump in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I'll be at one near me. Hope everyone else is too

[Republican] Senator’s ‘Send In the Troops’ Op-Ed in The Times Draws Online Ire in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

He published a new one calling for the same thing now

The NYT article is old; the WSJ one new

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As Trump Unwinds Federal Oversight, States Become Battlegrounds for Environmental Data (www.desmog.com)
 

Under Louisiana’s 2024 CAMRA law, community groups now fear they could face fines of up to $32,500 per day – or even $1 million for ‘intentional’ violations – for talking publicly about evidence of airborne pollution, except under a narrow set of circumstances.

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Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference (www.nytimes.com)
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Rep. Moulton says many Marine junior officers are opposed to LA deployment (www.wbur.org)
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Climate change drives record-breaking heat in Iceland and Greenland challenging cold adapted ecosystems and societies (www.worldweatherattribution.org)
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There is somewhat less informative coverage of this from the Associated Press as well

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It’s Code Red for Vaccines in America (www.nytimes.com)
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Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired | Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content (www.theguardian.com)
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California’s massive dam removal hit a key milestone. Now, there’s a problem (www.sfchronicle.com)
 

TL;DR; there's still one dam, and it has a fish ladder, but it turns out fish can't actually use the fish ladder on it.

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The Protests Spread | In cities across the country, people are rebuking President Trump’s immigration policies. (www.nytimes.com)
 

In addition to the impromptu ones, the No Kings protests on Saturday June 14 have been in the works for weeks.

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Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the Republican Tax-Cut Bill (www.nytimes.com)
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Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the Republican Tax-Cut Bill (www.nytimes.com)
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Carbon Capture Comes Back Down to Earth | Billions have been invested in technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the sky in recent years. But Trump’s policies have clouded the outlook. (messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com)
 

Title comes from the article version of this newsletter which is otherwise identical.

Trump team plans to send thousands of migrants to Guantanamo starting as soon as this week | The use of the facility would send another signal of deterrence amid immigration crackdown. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

It's very efficient at funneling money to contractors.

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Newsom Says Trump Is Destroying U.S. Democracy in Speech on L.A. Protests (www.nytimes.com)
Trump team plans to send thousands of migrants to Guantanamo starting as soon as this week | The use of the facility would send another signal of deterrence amid immigration crackdown. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

The cruelty and harm is the point of these kinds of policy

Trump Says FEMA Phaseout to Begin After Hurricane Season in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Its when the Sharpies give you a bad trip

This Is What Autocracy Looks Like in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

More importantly, its about building public opinion in favor of impeachment in the here and now

DHS secretary seeks military arrests in Los Angeles in leaked letter in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Its who the US military was allowed to randomly kill in Vietnam.

LA Protests Live Updates: California Will Sue Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Newsom Says in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Mostly, an effort to shift public opinion against the federal attack on citizens, to in turn pressure Trump

Dr. Phil was embedded with ICE during controversial Los Angeles immigration raids in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

They were filming be-afraid-of-scary-brown-people propaganda

LA Protests Live Updates: California Will Sue Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Newsom Says in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (3 children)

They do. Slowly, imperfectly, and some of the time.

It's worth doing in parallel with other efforts.

Immigration Agents Clash Again With Protesters in Los Angeles | Federal agents carried out more workplace raids, squared off with protesters, using what appeared to be tear gas & flash-bang grenades in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

They used to. They don't on vehicles made in roughly the last 8-10 years depending on manufacturer.

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