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- by Oliver MilmanThis story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When officials in Wyoming conducted a routine test on the water that was being discharged from a massive under-construction Meta data center, it was a shock to find it contained a rare and potentially hazardous bacterium. While the wastewater flushed into sewers in […]
- by RevealLast month, Duane “Keffe D” Davis was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of rapper Tupac Shakur. The verdict came 30 years after Tupac was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas that for decades remained cloaked in conspiracy theory and mystery. Subscribe to Mother Jones podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your […]
- by E.J. GraffSince 2020, President Donald Trump and his allies have been hinting that they might send federal forces to “protect” polling places—hints that have come more frequently as Trump’s approval ratings crater and the midterms draw closer. In mid-May, Trump made a Mob-boss-like threat: “I would do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections.” […]
- by Pippa NeillThis story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found. Using publicly available data from 2006-2023, the study, which was commissioned by Pesticide Action Network, found there to be an estimated 402 million to 433 million cases […]
- by Anna MerlanRepublican politicians are heading to Texas next week—some of them, anyway. At Donald Trump’s behest, the party is holding a special midterm convention in Dallas to celebrate what the president calls “our Tremendous Victories and Success.” On Saturday, he once again hyped the event, writing on Truth Social: “The Greatest RALLY of them all! I’ll […]
- by Daniel CusickThis story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. George Wolff offered a cautious greeting through the window of my rented F-150. He was fresh from tending livestock, which explained the dried mud on his forehead and shirt. His boots and jeans were soiled with barnyard muck, his ballcap tipped back […]
- by Sophie HurwitzOn Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Jackson, Mississippi, which alleged the city knowingly let residents drink lead-contaminated water. The lawsuit, first filed in 2022, says the contamination violated Jacksonians’ constitutional right to bodily integrity. Donald Trump-appointed judge Kurt Engelhardt disagreed. “The Constitution does […]
- by Liza GrossThis story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Most people decide if it’s safe to eat an old tub of yogurt in the fridge or canned tuna in the back of the cupboard by checking its sell-by date. But no label indicates that pesticides, phthalates, PFAS, or other […]
- by RevealWhen Mia Farina got seriously ill in 2014, she thought she had a bad case of pneumonia. But it turned out to be far worse: It was the start of chronic lung disease related to the months she spent working in and around ground zero after 9/11. Subscribe to Mother Jones podcasts on Apple Podcasts […]
- by Sophie HurwitzAs of September 3, the official White House website features a page titled “arcade,” where users can play games like Rio Run, in which the player—a pixelated, white, and balding Border Patrol agent—collects “border crossers” and adds them to a line of orange-jumpsuited figures trailing behind him. It’s a retro-cutesy version of the nightmarish and […]
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- by Steve GreenbergOpen thread below… read more
- by Conover KennardCorey Lewandowski, one of Donald J. Trump's longtime allies and Kristi Noem’s side piece, wielded extraordinary power inside the Department of Homeland Security despite holding no official leadership position there. According to The Wall Street Journal, Lewandowski pretty much operated as a shadow secretary alongside then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, becoming deeply involved in the department's […]
- by Ed ScarceThis is one of those times when the less you know what to expect, the more staggering the experience will be should you choose to watch this. Source: Wikipedia You Can See Everything is a 2026 American documentary film directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. It follows Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the defunct […]
- by David EdwardsRight-wing broadcaster Pete Santilli interrupted his live coverage of a New York City news conference on 9/11 health records with a racist rant against the city's first Muslim mayor. Santilli was streaming Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Tuesday morning event at City Hall on The Pete Santilli Show when he talked over the mayor's remarks. Mamdani […]
- by Conover KennardBefore Roger Marshall became a U.S. senator, he spent decades practicing medicine as an obstetrician-gynecologist in Kansas. During that time, his medical practice took an unusually aggressive approach to collecting unpaid bills, according to a New York Times examination of Kansas court records. Marshall and his medical practice filed lawsuits against more than 700 patients […]
- by Chris capper LiebenthalRep Drunken Van Orden has some seriously misplaced priorities. He's facing a lot of problems at home, where rural hospitals are closing, people are losing their health care coverage, farms are going bankrupt, and people are going hungry, all because he voted for the One Big Bullshit Bill and supported Trump's tariffs. But don't waste […]
- by John AmatoEarlier Tuesday Trump spoke at the Steel Across America event at the Ellipse where he recounted another one of his bogus stories of him being a hero during the 9/11 attacks. Trump did his best reading the prepared remarks about 9/11 and then wandered into another one of his lies that he first told in […]
- by Andrea ThompsonPresident Donald Trump managed to once again put his own hypocrisy and projection on full display when he took to his Truth Social echo chamber with a montage video that attempted to compare his behavior to that of other notable political figures in America and around the world, with particular focus on incidents in which […]
- by David EdwardsPresident Donald Trump's homeland security secretary said 9/11 "isn't a day that I love to celebrate," three days before the 25th anniversary of the attacks that created his department. Markwayne Mullin, who was confirmed in March to lead the Department of Homeland Security, made the comment Tuesday during an interview on Fox News. The department […]
- by Andrea ThompsonOne would hope a sitting United States president would be obsessed with affordability for the American people, diplomacy with our allies, and representing our nation on the global stage with dignity and respect. Instead, we've managed to get a guy obsessed with building statues of himself, rebranding every crack, corner, and crevice of this nation […]
- by Jason EasleyNearly 300 current and former members of Congress from both parties filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to block Trump’s attack on mail-in voting.
- by Jason EasleyOn Tuesday, Donald Trump held an event in Washington, DC, where he claimed he was at or near Ground Zero on 9/11, but his story is a total lie.
- by Jason EasleyRep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) clarified the urgency of the midterms by pointing out that Trump isn’t waiting to steal the midterm election. He is trying to do it right now.
- by Jason EasleyTrump made the upcoming Republican midterm convention in Dallas free for endangered GOP candidates to attend, and Republicans are still refusing to show up.
- by Jason EasleyAt an Oval Office event, Trump got called out by a reporter for calling the Iran war small potatoes, and the president blew up.
- by Jason EasleyRepublicans in swing districts and states are telling Trump that they don’t want to campaign with him or have him in their state.
- by Jason EasleyMaria Bartiromo was fired from Fox News because she betrayed her employer for Donald Trump, which sounds a lot like a cult.
- by Jason EasleyDuring the White House press briefing, Vice President JD Vance was asked when gas prices would come down, and his answer was a rambling disaster.
- by Jason EasleyHouse Republicans look like they are giving up on their majority by shutting down the House for the last two weeks of September and fleeing the Capitol.
- by Jason EasleyTrump is claiming that Alaska, which hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964, has crooked elections because they use ranked choice voting.
- by Left WisdomfoThe picture of the clown trump found on the internet. Don’t remember where but it is showed up when I put “open course” in the google label. It is my current take on the many crimes that trump has been part of including the pedophile issue which is still being covered up by he and […]
- by Left Wisdom(the “man of peace” causing paid and misery)“Obama, admittedly got the Nobel Peace Prize a bit early. It would have looked far better if they had waited a year and see what things he did. The Peace is usually submitted with a particular deed that recommends him. Now, Obama was my very familar President in the […]
- by Left Wisdomescape from the vicious right wing AmericaNow I have to admit that I doubt that New York will ever be affordable for me. It has always been a horrible expensive city to live where rent control existed, but it was always still very highly priced to live there. As I mentioned in the prior article about […]
- by Left WisdomHarrison Ford made a good solid statement about American Enemy Number 1. The only thing I disagree about is that trump has a plan, I just know that the plan he has is not FOR the American People. In fact, I call him American Enemy Number 1 because his plan seems to be to make […]
- by Left Wisdom**horrible things will happen if the SC continues to reject his playing with tariffs**Everybody by now knows that trump has been playing with tarrifs; as far as anybody observing can tell, getting up in the morning and suddenly yelling with great enthusiasm that he hopes will convince the nation that THIS is the salvation for […]
- by Left WisdomImagine you are in the Jungle. The night is far advanced and the Jungle is nice and calm. The lions have had a good meal and are settled in. The villagers have made sure that the lions have enough. They even went out and killed some smaller animals and left them in a central part […]
- by Left WisdomMamdani ran for mayor on the promise to make sure rent control in the city takes account of the finincial straits of young people just starting out. As we have heard frequently, especially since trump got into the White Houise, while promising to bring costs down and immedately caused most prices to go speedily in […]
- by Left WisdomQuestion: what is the difference bet Fuentes and Maga? And yes, I am happy about the Mayor of New YorkMAs we all know, or should, the same die hard MAGATS didn’t learn a damn think about the rebuke they got in New Jersey, Virginia and New York City. I would say that this outcome may have […]
- by Left WisdomThe right wing lunatics are out in force. The last time these types of lunatics were hot and bothered was in 1957 or so, when John F Kennedy was running for President. What was the upset? Well, he was a Catholic by faith. He was born and raised in that Church and still attended and […]
- by Left WisdomMan in White House with forked tongue throws fit because Doug Ford tops him with Reagan’s free trade policy because ultimately tariffs hurt the consumer most (I DON’T HOLD BACK)Since this disasterly tempermental unstable POS has been in office, lets look at the evil he has wrecked on the American population. He said he was America […]
- by Josh Blackman9/9/1806: Justice William Paterson dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 9, 1806 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
- by Charles OliverSven Hüber, the deputy chairman of Germany's largest police union and a high-ranking government official with the Federal Police, has… The post Brickbat: Mein Gott appeared first on Reason Magazine.
- by Eugene VolokhWhat’s on your mind?
- by Jacob SullumRecent comments by Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis reflect a bipartisan backlash against warrantless surveillance.
- by Josh BlackmanThe order from the Justice is listed before the reply briefs.
- by Josh BlackmanLaw schools will still voluntarily follow the standard, and the Department of Education will still remove the ABA's accrediting authority
- by Eugene VolokhPart of a Knight First Amendment Institute Symposium on Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy, which the Journal is publishing.
- by Eugene VolokhMagistrate Judge rejects plaintiff's theory that, because President Trump has claimed he was the rightful winner in 2020, he was therefore ineligible in 2024.
- by Ilya SominIt seeks to usurp state and congressional power over election administration.
- by Matt WelchPlus: J.D. Vance wants to pay stay-at-home parents, what America got wrong after 9/11, and whether FDA cuts are putting food safety at risk
- Bob Hennelly, general manager of WBAI Pacifica Radio in New York, broadcast live during the September 11 attacks in 2001 and has been covering developments ever since. He says officials rushed to reopen the city after the disaster, despite the health risks from toxic air and debris around ground zero. “There was no Zoom back […]
- We speak with Sara Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, about how flight attendants were affected by the 9/11 attacks. Nelson was working in Chicago that day, but she lost five of her friends, who were fellow flight attendants, in the attacks. “My handbook is in the 9/11 Memorial Museum, that […]
- Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, many New York City residents are still grappling with complicated health conditions related to exposure to the toxic air and debris around ground zero. “We were digging through the pile and using rakes to spread out all the debris to look for anyone’s remains,” says retired New York City […]
- Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, more people are believed to have died from cancer, respiratory and other illnesses due to exposure to the airborne toxins than the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center. In the weeks and months that followed 9/11, former New York City Mayors Rudy Giuliani […]
- Houthi Forces from Yemen Strike Saudi Cities and Energy Sites, Injuring Over 70 People, U.S. Gov’t Investigators Administer Polygraph Exams to 50 People on the Military’s Joint Staff, Israeli Strikes Kill 11 People in Southern Lebanon, Israel Carries Out Deadly Strikes on the Gaza Strip, Killing Two Children, Palestinian Teenager Shot Dead in the Occupied […]
- A special broadcast: Highlights from Democracy Now!’s 30th anniversary celebration at the historic Riverside Church, featuring Angela Davis, Patti Smith, Mosab Abu Toha, Michael Stipe, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Amy Goodman, Juan González, Nermeen Shaikh and a surprise appearance by Bruce Springsteen.
- "Top of the World": Remembering the Restaurant Workers Killed Atop World Trade Center in 9/11 AttackA new documentary titled Top of the World tells the story of Windows on the World, the legendary restaurant atop the World Trade Center, through the eyes of its former employees. Windows on the World served guests for 25 years, until the morning of September 11, 2001, when it was destroyed in the attacks on […]
- We go to Danbury, Connecticut, where residents held a mass demonstration this week to protest recent immigration arrests and to support the city’s immigrant community. Danbury, like many other communities across the United States, has been the target of a spike in immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, including local reports of ICE arresting parents […]
- "They Got Zero Notice": 2,500 Workers Laid Off as Tyson Foods Shutters Meatpacking Plant in IllinoisTyson Foods, the United States’ largest meatpacking and processing company, shuttered a beef processing facility in Joslin, Illinois, last month, laying off more than 2,500 primarily immigrant workers “virtually overnight.” Although Tyson Foods CEO and President Donnie King made over $34 million last year, nearly 800 times more than the median Tyson worker, the company […]
- A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration violated the constitutional rights of international students in seeking to deport them for their pro-Palestinian activism and criticism of Israel. The ruling is the result of a lawsuit filed by The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper at Stanford University, which claimed that some of its writers […]