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They're clearly at war with WVians and have no interest in helping anyone but themselves

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Climate Desk Newsletter
STORIES FROM MOTHER JONES AND ITS PARTNERS

As a veteran science reporter, I have long tracked how research can be distorted for profit. The tobacco industry may be the most famous practitioner, but efforts to besmirch independent evidence of a product’s potential harm as “junk science” have been financed by the chemical, fossil fuel, pharmaceutical, and sugar industries, among others.

 

Now Republican power players are taking things even further by censoring science they dislike. Notably, last month, the Federal Judicial Center—an educational agency Congress created in 1967 to serve the judicial branch—deleted a chapter on climate science from an influential reference manual federal judges have long used to parse complex science issues in the courtroom.

 

The deletion was orchestrated by 27 Republican attorneys general who called for the chapter’s immediate withdrawal in order to retain the “judiciary’s impartiality” in climate and energy cases.

Climate Desk Newsletter STORIES FROM MOTHER JONES AND ITS PARTNERS As a veteran science reporter, I have long tracked how research can be distorted for profit. The tobacco industry may be the most famous practitioner, but efforts to besmirch independent evidence of a product’s potential harm as “junk science” have been financed by the chemical, fossil fuel, pharmaceutical, and sugar industries, among others. Now Republican power players are taking things even further by censoring science they dislike. Notably, last month, the Federal Judicial Center—an educational agency Congress created in 1967 to serve the judicial branch—deleted a chapter on climate science from an influential reference manual federal judges have long used to parse complex science issues in the courtroom. The deletion was orchestrated by 27 Republican attorneys general who called for the chapter’s immediate withdrawal in order to retain the “judiciary’s impartiality” in climate and energy cases.

Our latest newsletter explores a type of censorship that may have gone under the radar. The federal government has erased climate change from the scientific manual judges reference.

From @lizagross.bsky.social at @insideclimatenews.org

10.03.2026 17:40 👍 47 🔁 28 💬 1 📌 2
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Tennessee Air National Guard deployed to Middle East as part of war in Iran  • Tennessee Lookout Gov. Bill Lee confirmed the Tennessee Air National Guard has been deployed to the Middle East as part of President Donald Trump’s Iran war.

Gov. Bill Lee: Tennessee Air National Guard deployed to Middle East as part of war in Iran  tennesseelookout.com/briefs/tenne... @tennesseelookout.com @friedmanadam5.bsky.social

10.03.2026 18:16 👍 1 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

Gift link

10.03.2026 18:48 👍 29 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 0

Never. The answer is "never"

10.03.2026 18:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The New York City Bar Association issued a December report on President Trump’s serious abuses of presidential power and has since continued monitoring the situation, issuing an update.

www.nycbar.org/wp-content/up...

10.03.2026 14:08 👍 87 🔁 43 💬 2 📌 1

Whytf was he confirmed? How many dem/ind senators voted yes?

10.03.2026 14:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New Report Finds States Have Deprived Schools of Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Since 2016 WASHINGTON—Forty-two states devote a smaller share of their economies to their K-12 public schools than they did 20 years ago.

States have drained K-12 funding and it is hurting students. This new report makes it clear that instead of diverting taxpayer funds to vouchers and privatization, states must redouble their effort and commit to investing in the schools that 90% of kids attend. www.aft.org/press-releas...

10.03.2026 14:33 👍 195 🔁 109 💬 8 📌 8
“Ellison and Oracle are deeply entwined with the Israeli government... Ellison is the biggest ever donor to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)... And Oracle’s technology plays a critical role in the Israeli military’s tech stack.”

“Ellison and Oracle are deeply entwined with the Israeli government... Ellison is the biggest ever donor to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)... And Oracle’s technology plays a critical role in the Israeli military’s tech stack.”

6/7

09.03.2026 21:14 👍 46 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 0
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Israel Denies Palestinians Access to Bomb Shelters as War on Iran Continues Public focus on Iran has allowed the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to continue unabated, says journalist Orly Noy.

In Israel, reports are growing of discrimination against non-Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel attempting to seek shelter from Iranian drone and missile attacks. While Jewish neighborhoods are “well protected” by bomb shelters, shelters are much rarer in Palestinian neighborhoods.

09.03.2026 21:18 👍 43 🔁 37 💬 3 📌 5
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Thousands of people in Athens marched on the US embassy against the US and Israel’s illegal war of aggression on Iran.

09.03.2026 19:31 👍 1451 🔁 432 💬 38 📌 16
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Trump’s Sons Accused of Trying to Profit Off Iran War With Drone Investment Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are investing in a drone company that’s “vying to meet fresh demand from the Pentagon.”…

Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are investing in a Florida-based drone company called Powerus that “is vying to meet fresh demand from the Pentagon” for drones that started when the Trump administration banned foreign-made drones and drone components from the US in December.

09.03.2026 21:30 👍 43 🔁 26 💬 6 📌 11
On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Six male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear
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On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Six male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear UNCLASSIFIED

We’re still murdering people in “drug boats” even as we start a new war in Iran. Six people today.

09.03.2026 00:21 👍 2755 🔁 1259 💬 99 📌 66

"DHS insists they are targeting criminals. But all I see here are mothers, sisters, daughters, grandmothers...they are transferred from detention center to detention center. It is human trafficking, by another name...Listen to our words. Demand accountability."

08.03.2026 23:10 👍 614 🔁 182 💬 3 📌 0

They've been having a thermals party here. Mesmerizing

08.03.2026 23:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.

This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.

(🎥 Vahid Online)

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Glad to hear that ... and hope it won't

05.03.2026 19:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...

UPDATE: Another $5.6 million from ICE to Palantir, in part for its continued work on ELITE (Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement), which we revealed in January to be the Palantir tool ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid. Read about it:

05.03.2026 18:44 👍 158 🔁 92 💬 6 📌 6

Whytf are any dems voting to confirm? 🤬

05.03.2026 18:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

And the Peter Principle is still in effect

05.03.2026 18:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

WV legislature is on steroids for their donors, ALEC, the Heritage Foundation, etc this session. Meanwhile, WVians are brutalized and traumatized. 🤬

05.03.2026 01:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“Low-Wage 20” Report Calls Out Companies Paying Workers Below Medicaid, SNAP Thresholds None of the 20 companies provided median pay that allowed workers to afford a two-bedroom rental.

Some of the lowest-paying S&P 500 corporations that pay workers so little that many are dependent on public benefits to access food or health care include Amazon, Autozone, Best Buy, Dollar General, Lowe’s, FedEx, Home Depot, Kroger, Starbucks, Tyson Foods, Target, and Walmart.

04.03.2026 17:58 👍 141 🔁 95 💬 6 📌 11

Psychopaths, sociopaths, narcissists

04.03.2026 18:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anyone surprised?

04.03.2026 18:13 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The objective of the entire epstein class

03.03.2026 23:46 👍 22 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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In Cuba, relentless US pressure tells in human suffering Trump’s oil blockade has driven the island’s long-standing humanitarian crisis to a new level. Cubans are running short of coping strategies.

The US blockade on oil shipments to Cuba is collective punishment; creating a full-blown humanitarian collapse. Healthcare, food systems, electricity, and public services are deteriorating rapidly and simultaneously. It’s the elderly and children suffering. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...

03.03.2026 23:42 👍 574 🔁 294 💬 28 📌 14
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Live with Ruth Ben-Ghiat A recording from Anne Applebaum and Ruth Ben-Ghiat's live video

substack.com/@anneappleba...
Extraordinary global current events conversation between 2 notable experts on authoritarianism.

03.03.2026 23:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Constrained Budgets Lead States to Restrict HIV Drug Access Through Ryan White | KFF States are facing constrained budgets, putting pressure on HIV programs, including the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. This Policy Watch explores how state Ryan White AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) are responding to these budget pressures, including by restricting eligibility and reducing the scope of services offered, actions that could led to negative health outcomes for people with HIV and lead to new HIV infections.

In one of the richest countries, states are cutting access to HIV meds through Ryan White ADAPs: lower income limits, smaller formularies, and less insurance help. These shortages stem from federal funding that hasn’t kept pace.

@jenkatesdc.bsky.social @lindseydawson.bsky.social

03.03.2026 23:00 👍 88 🔁 43 💬 5 📌 3