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As always this may depend on your point of view or your mileage may vary. I'm getting the news via verified social justice advocates on FB, I have several that I follow.
On a purely personal note? I wrenched my back last night struggling with IBS issues in the middle of the night. So was up for about two hours dealing with that. Went to work at 6:50 am, and for the most part was okay - outside of getting on and off the subway, on and off the toilet, and up and down from my chair. I had a heat pad on my back throughout most of the day. And alas, I'm working off of 4 hours of sleep. So suffice it to say? I am cranky. Proceed with caution. I'm not my best self when I'm cranky.
1. 12 states sue the Trump administration claiming tariffs cause illegal tax hikes. CNN and AP News Wire. Actually it's Thirteen, California is suing too. Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York and Vermont are the others. I have a feeling more will join. (I'm right: "Gov. Gavin Newsom and CA state Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Trump administration over Trump's sweeping tariffs, arguing that it was illegal for him to use emergency powers to impose them." Newsom gave everyone else the idea, and when New York found out, they jumped on board immediately. Go Here [This is probably what happened? Newsom came up with the idea, and the other State Governor's and Attorney Generals - thought, wait? We can do that? Yes, we can! Let's do that!]
2. A new satellite, launched in March 2025, will detect and monitor wildfires globally, providing near-real-time data to improve wildfire response and management. Go HERE
On the same link:
3. Last month, world leaders came together at a U.N. conference in Rome and finally opened their wallets. ( Read more... )
4. It may still be foggy in London Town, but that fog is now a lot cleaner. A study found that vehicle emissions in London have dropped 27% since a 2023 expansion of a clean air program that charges the most polluting vehicles. ( Read more... )
5. The U.S. power grid added 50 gigawatts of solar energy in 2024. That's more energy added in a single year from any source in more than two decades. ( Read more... ) [On a personal note - I switched to Clean Energy about ten years ago, as did many New Yorkers. We have both Wind and Solar available. Mine is 100% wind, although my building is equipped with Solar.]
6. A devastating Tesla earnings report came out Tuesday… Net income fell 71%. Total revenue slid 9% from $21.3 billion a year earlier.
Tesla stock down 41% so far in 2025, suffered their worst quarterly drop since 2022.[Although from what I've seen, the stock seems to go up and down as does Amazon's, but it's been mainly going down.]
7. Speaking of stocks? I figured out why the "Trump's" preferred Bitcoin went down yesterday. Go Here and HERE.The Swiss National Bank has rejected holding bitcoin reserves, citing concerns over cryptocurrency market liquidity and volatility. ( Read more... )
8.Yellowstone’s bison herds reunite into a single group for the first time in a century due to successful conservation efforts. Go HERE
9.In 2024, global renewable energy capacity grew by 50%, the fastest rate in two decades. Go HERE
10.At Marjorie Taylor Greene's town hall, a protestor with a “Jail 4 Insider Traders” sign was removed. [People are protesting her at least. Although whether this is good news or not...]
( the rest )
Okay off to bed.
There's some hope in all of this. Also talking to mother tonight, who is a news junkie, fascism has been pushed back in various countries because of Trump. Canada which was on the verge of electing an ultra-conservative leader, and fascist, flipped the other way. As has Australia, and Great Britain. Also, France.
China denies being in any negotiations with Trump and wishes he'd stop lying about it. Meanwhile other countries are beginning to do trade negotiations with China which hadn't previously.
Also ...in the wake of Judge Duggan fighting back on the immigration issue?
"An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door." Go HERE
And..for your weekend reading pleasure: Non-Violent Resistence Beats Violent Force in Effecting Social Political Change (I strongly believe this is true. Violence only results in more Violence. No good comes from it. All you are doing is giving the enemy what they want.)
On a purely personal note? I wrenched my back last night struggling with IBS issues in the middle of the night. So was up for about two hours dealing with that. Went to work at 6:50 am, and for the most part was okay - outside of getting on and off the subway, on and off the toilet, and up and down from my chair. I had a heat pad on my back throughout most of the day. And alas, I'm working off of 4 hours of sleep. So suffice it to say? I am cranky. Proceed with caution. I'm not my best self when I'm cranky.
1. 12 states sue the Trump administration claiming tariffs cause illegal tax hikes. CNN and AP News Wire. Actually it's Thirteen, California is suing too. Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York and Vermont are the others. I have a feeling more will join. (I'm right: "Gov. Gavin Newsom and CA state Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Trump administration over Trump's sweeping tariffs, arguing that it was illegal for him to use emergency powers to impose them." Newsom gave everyone else the idea, and when New York found out, they jumped on board immediately. Go Here [This is probably what happened? Newsom came up with the idea, and the other State Governor's and Attorney Generals - thought, wait? We can do that? Yes, we can! Let's do that!]
2. A new satellite, launched in March 2025, will detect and monitor wildfires globally, providing near-real-time data to improve wildfire response and management. Go HERE
On the same link:
3. Last month, world leaders came together at a U.N. conference in Rome and finally opened their wallets. ( Read more... )
4. It may still be foggy in London Town, but that fog is now a lot cleaner. A study found that vehicle emissions in London have dropped 27% since a 2023 expansion of a clean air program that charges the most polluting vehicles. ( Read more... )
5. The U.S. power grid added 50 gigawatts of solar energy in 2024. That's more energy added in a single year from any source in more than two decades. ( Read more... ) [On a personal note - I switched to Clean Energy about ten years ago, as did many New Yorkers. We have both Wind and Solar available. Mine is 100% wind, although my building is equipped with Solar.]
6. A devastating Tesla earnings report came out Tuesday… Net income fell 71%. Total revenue slid 9% from $21.3 billion a year earlier.
Tesla stock down 41% so far in 2025, suffered their worst quarterly drop since 2022.[Although from what I've seen, the stock seems to go up and down as does Amazon's, but it's been mainly going down.]
7. Speaking of stocks? I figured out why the "Trump's" preferred Bitcoin went down yesterday. Go Here and HERE.The Swiss National Bank has rejected holding bitcoin reserves, citing concerns over cryptocurrency market liquidity and volatility. ( Read more... )
8.Yellowstone’s bison herds reunite into a single group for the first time in a century due to successful conservation efforts. Go HERE
9.In 2024, global renewable energy capacity grew by 50%, the fastest rate in two decades. Go HERE
10.At Marjorie Taylor Greene's town hall, a protestor with a “Jail 4 Insider Traders” sign was removed. [People are protesting her at least. Although whether this is good news or not...]
( the rest )
Okay off to bed.
There's some hope in all of this. Also talking to mother tonight, who is a news junkie, fascism has been pushed back in various countries because of Trump. Canada which was on the verge of electing an ultra-conservative leader, and fascist, flipped the other way. As has Australia, and Great Britain. Also, France.
China denies being in any negotiations with Trump and wishes he'd stop lying about it. Meanwhile other countries are beginning to do trade negotiations with China which hadn't previously.
Also ...in the wake of Judge Duggan fighting back on the immigration issue?
"An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door." Go HERE
And..for your weekend reading pleasure: Non-Violent Resistence Beats Violent Force in Effecting Social Political Change (I strongly believe this is true. Violence only results in more Violence. No good comes from it. All you are doing is giving the enemy what they want.)