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shadowkatAs 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. At the meeting, called COP16, nearly 200 countries agreed to commit $200 billion to save Earth’s biodiversity by 2030. The best part? The funding mechanism will be permanent and Indigenous communities and local leaders helped shape the discussions.
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. The study also noted that air quality had improved in 99% of the areas in London researchers have monitored since 2019. The program targets older, dirtier vehicles in an effort to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions, a toxic gas from car engines that has been linked to an increased risk of lung cancer.
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. (And by Robert Zemeckis' calculations, enough gigawattage to send about 42 DeLoreans back to the future.) Even though the current administration openly prefers oil and gas, their own Energy Information Administration says it’s expecting solar and batteries to be the leading sector for new energy capacity on the U.S. grid in 2025. [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. "For cryptocurrencies, market liquidity, even if it may seem ok at times, is especially during crises naturally called into question,” said SNB President Martin Schlegel at the bank’s General Assembly meeting Friday. [It's good news to me, but it might not be for you [I dislike bitcoin, agree with the Swiss Bank President and want it to go away] - as always, whether these things are good news depends on your mileage.]
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...]
11.The nation’s largest federation of unions has put together a pro bono legal network that aims to help federal employees whose jobs have been lost or threatened under the Trump administration. Go HERE
12. New York Senator Chuck Schumer has invoked the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition to block Trump’s appointees to serve as U.S. attorneys for two of the most prestigious districts in the country, the southern and eastern districts of New York. Go HERE. "The Senate’s blue slip tradition allows senators to withhold approval of judicial and prosecutorial nominees to U.S. district courts and U.S. attorneys’ offices in their home states."
13. Over 150 US university presidents sign letter decrying Trump administration. Go HERE
More than 150 presidents of US colleges and universities have signed a statement denouncing the Trump administration’s “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” with higher education – the strongest sign yet that US educational institutions are forming a unified front against the government’s extraordinary attack on their independence.
The statement, published early on Tuesday by the American Association of Colleges and Universities, comes weeks into the administration’s mounting campaign against higher education, and hours after Harvard University became the first school to sue the government over threats to its funding. Harvard is one of several institutions hit in recent weeks with huge funding cuts and demands they relinquish significant institutional autonomy.
And..Go HERE
13. Planned Parenthood Arizona has resumed gender-affirming care.
Go Here.
14.Three large foundations, McKnight, Freedom Together, and MacArthur, have announced that they will stand up against “illegitimate and illegal attempts to limit our rights and actions.” Go HERE
15.Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO announced the selection of Dr. Heather Shotton as the new president of the college. Shortly thereafter their City Council elected the new mayor, Gilda Yazzie. Both women represent the first Indigenous women in these leadership roles.
16. The Illinois Supreme Court denied a Republican challenge to Illinois state house districts. Go HERE
17.As of this week 200,229 people have raised their hands to say they’re interested in running for office with Run For Something; 39,700 of them have signed up since November! Go HERE.
18.New polling from Morning Consult shows that voters for the first time since 2021 trust Democrats more than Republicans to handle the economy. Go HERE
19.Over 230 interfaith leaders from across Colorado added their signatures to a beautiful and important statement on the truths of immigration. On April 16, they released the statement at a press conference held in Aurora, CO. Go HERE. "Honoring our scriptures and national and international accords, we proclaim these truths, standing in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors and against the dehumanizing falsehoods, inaccuracies, and mischaracterizations prevalent in the current local and nation discourse."
20.A United States District Judge blocked most of Trump’s executive order targeting Houston-based law firm Susman Godfrey. Go HERE
21.In a win for voters, a federal court ordered Mississippi to draw new state senate districts for Desoto County, finding that its new map does not fix violations of the Voting Rights Act. Go HERE.
22.The European Parliament and EU governments have agreed to rules designed to reduce the risk of accidental microplastic pollution. Go HERE
23.Chuck Grassley got raked over the coals at a Town Hall. Especially about Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
24.A federal judge ruled that Google illegally maintained a monopoly in online advertising, a space the company has dominated for years. The ruling could transform the $1.88 trillion company’s influence over the internet.
Go HERE
25. A three-judge panel for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals again unanimously rejected a Trump administration request to overturn a lower-court order requiring it to secure the freedom of Kilmar Abrego García.
Go HERE
26.Twelve Republican members of Congress signed a letter to Speaker Johnson opposing significant cuts to Medicaid. (Because their constituents kept calling.) Go HERE
27.Federal judges in Colorado and Nevada issued rulings blocking the administration from continuing other deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. Go HERE and HERE
28.Nearly three dozen immigrants have had their Social Security numbers reinstated after visiting field offices to prove that they are not, in fact, dead. Go HERE
29.A federal judge has once again blocked Department of Government Efficiency staffers who are operating inside the Social Security Administration (SSA) from accessing sensitive personal information of millions of Americans. Go HERE.
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. At the meeting, called COP16, nearly 200 countries agreed to commit $200 billion to save Earth’s biodiversity by 2030. The best part? The funding mechanism will be permanent and Indigenous communities and local leaders helped shape the discussions.
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. The study also noted that air quality had improved in 99% of the areas in London researchers have monitored since 2019. The program targets older, dirtier vehicles in an effort to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions, a toxic gas from car engines that has been linked to an increased risk of lung cancer.
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. (And by Robert Zemeckis' calculations, enough gigawattage to send about 42 DeLoreans back to the future.) Even though the current administration openly prefers oil and gas, their own Energy Information Administration says it’s expecting solar and batteries to be the leading sector for new energy capacity on the U.S. grid in 2025. [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. "For cryptocurrencies, market liquidity, even if it may seem ok at times, is especially during crises naturally called into question,” said SNB President Martin Schlegel at the bank’s General Assembly meeting Friday. [It's good news to me, but it might not be for you [I dislike bitcoin, agree with the Swiss Bank President and want it to go away] - as always, whether these things are good news depends on your mileage.]
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...]
11.The nation’s largest federation of unions has put together a pro bono legal network that aims to help federal employees whose jobs have been lost or threatened under the Trump administration. Go HERE
12. New York Senator Chuck Schumer has invoked the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition to block Trump’s appointees to serve as U.S. attorneys for two of the most prestigious districts in the country, the southern and eastern districts of New York. Go HERE. "The Senate’s blue slip tradition allows senators to withhold approval of judicial and prosecutorial nominees to U.S. district courts and U.S. attorneys’ offices in their home states."
13. Over 150 US university presidents sign letter decrying Trump administration. Go HERE
More than 150 presidents of US colleges and universities have signed a statement denouncing the Trump administration’s “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” with higher education – the strongest sign yet that US educational institutions are forming a unified front against the government’s extraordinary attack on their independence.
The statement, published early on Tuesday by the American Association of Colleges and Universities, comes weeks into the administration’s mounting campaign against higher education, and hours after Harvard University became the first school to sue the government over threats to its funding. Harvard is one of several institutions hit in recent weeks with huge funding cuts and demands they relinquish significant institutional autonomy.
And..Go HERE
13. Planned Parenthood Arizona has resumed gender-affirming care.
Go Here.
14.Three large foundations, McKnight, Freedom Together, and MacArthur, have announced that they will stand up against “illegitimate and illegal attempts to limit our rights and actions.” Go HERE
15.Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO announced the selection of Dr. Heather Shotton as the new president of the college. Shortly thereafter their City Council elected the new mayor, Gilda Yazzie. Both women represent the first Indigenous women in these leadership roles.
16. The Illinois Supreme Court denied a Republican challenge to Illinois state house districts. Go HERE
17.As of this week 200,229 people have raised their hands to say they’re interested in running for office with Run For Something; 39,700 of them have signed up since November! Go HERE.
18.New polling from Morning Consult shows that voters for the first time since 2021 trust Democrats more than Republicans to handle the economy. Go HERE
19.Over 230 interfaith leaders from across Colorado added their signatures to a beautiful and important statement on the truths of immigration. On April 16, they released the statement at a press conference held in Aurora, CO. Go HERE. "Honoring our scriptures and national and international accords, we proclaim these truths, standing in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors and against the dehumanizing falsehoods, inaccuracies, and mischaracterizations prevalent in the current local and nation discourse."
20.A United States District Judge blocked most of Trump’s executive order targeting Houston-based law firm Susman Godfrey. Go HERE
21.In a win for voters, a federal court ordered Mississippi to draw new state senate districts for Desoto County, finding that its new map does not fix violations of the Voting Rights Act. Go HERE.
22.The European Parliament and EU governments have agreed to rules designed to reduce the risk of accidental microplastic pollution. Go HERE
23.Chuck Grassley got raked over the coals at a Town Hall. Especially about Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
24.A federal judge ruled that Google illegally maintained a monopoly in online advertising, a space the company has dominated for years. The ruling could transform the $1.88 trillion company’s influence over the internet.
Go HERE
25. A three-judge panel for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals again unanimously rejected a Trump administration request to overturn a lower-court order requiring it to secure the freedom of Kilmar Abrego García.
Go HERE
26.Twelve Republican members of Congress signed a letter to Speaker Johnson opposing significant cuts to Medicaid. (Because their constituents kept calling.) Go HERE
27.Federal judges in Colorado and Nevada issued rulings blocking the administration from continuing other deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. Go HERE and HERE
28.Nearly three dozen immigrants have had their Social Security numbers reinstated after visiting field offices to prove that they are not, in fact, dead. Go HERE
29.A federal judge has once again blocked Department of Government Efficiency staffers who are operating inside the Social Security Administration (SSA) from accessing sensitive personal information of millions of Americans. Go HERE.
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.)
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Date: 2025-04-26 06:20 am (UTC)Yes, Pollywotsit, as my Dad calls him, still has his following in Canada, especially in Alberta OF COURSE, and there have been a lot of campaigns being mean about Carney, but hopefully now it looks like sanity will prevail. I definitely think Carney is capable. I think part of the reason it turned is because Pollywotsit is seen as pro Trump and obviously people in Canada totally HATE Trump now.
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Date: 2025-04-26 02:06 pm (UTC)I think Trump's actions towards Canada, such as *cough*wanting to annex it*cough* most likely turned the tide towards Carney. Also Carney has effectively "trumped" Trump in the economic battle. The last thing Canadians want is someone who would ally himself with Trump. Britain and Australia may be sliding in the same direction...
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Date: 2025-04-26 06:23 pm (UTC)Yes, Trump’s actions have certainly turned people against Pollievre who is seen as pro Trump.
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Date: 2025-04-26 12:12 pm (UTC)We're not quite there yet. One more week until the election and while various polls have Dickhead Dutton losing points and popularity, most of us won't believe it's real until the polls close and the votes are counted. A week is a long time in politics and anything could happen.
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Date: 2025-04-27 11:56 am (UTC)I forgot there's another election this weekend--being Canada. I'm kind of stuck on my own country, as Australia will enter head first into a bottomless pit of doom if Dickhead Dutton wins the election on the weekend.
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Date: 2025-04-26 01:56 pm (UTC)https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/briefing/donald-trump-international-relations.html
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Date: 2025-04-27 01:50 pm (UTC)I think Trump and the Heritage Foundation had a lot this planned but got blind-sighted by the pandemic, and Biden, so there's things in place now that weren't in place in 2020. Also the left isn't playing by the same rule-book they did in 2016-2020, they learned a few things. And their base isn't quite as big as they think it is. (Only 79 million voted for the Doofus, and of that number - quite a few did it because Fox News scared them regarding Harris, or they didn't like Harris and thought (for reasons that will always bewilder me) that Trump of all people was the lesser of two evils. Or they were transphobic, like JKR, and one issue voters, convinced Harris would lead us into War, or they were upset with how Biden/Harris were handling Palestine. That group is now royally pissed off and feels like they've been stabbed in the back or scammed. And it's that group that is marching in the Red States. They aren't quite the same as the group protesting in 2020 or 2016. In fact many of them were convinced that what would happen in 2025 would be what happened in 2017 - I know, because they said it on social media in November and December of 2024 - "oh, he won't do anything major, you are all over-reacting, it's not like anything that horrible happened last time..." Some still haven't woken up safe in their bubbles, but those bubbles will start popping eventually.
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Date: 2025-04-27 07:15 pm (UTC)