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Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

seems fine

trump was the degrowth we needed all along

Jobs Report Live Updates: Employers Cut Jobs in Unexpectedly Weak Report A weaker-than-expected report for February showed a decline of 92,000 jobs, and a rise in the unemployment rate to 4.4 percent.

Job growth fizzled in February, with U.S. employers cutting 92,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticking higher.

NEW from me: Ketamine, Prostitution and Money: Here Are The Details of a Secret DEA Probe of Jeffrey Epstein

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[slaps the roof of this fund] the bad boy can fit so much 2008

For the court’s conservatives, the only consistency is their inconsistency. Still, things rather conspicuously keep going the GOP’s way.

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Kristi Noem Ran DHS Into the Ground. That’s Not Why She Got Fired. Kristi Noem just found Trump’s red line, becoming the first cabinet member to be fired in his second term. But it wasn’t for the reasons you’d think.

“Kristi Noem tried to upstage the President. And Trump would never stand for that. You can run an agency into the ground, and trample all over Americans’ constitutional rights, and use government funding like it’s your own personal slush fund. But you absolutely cannot steal Trump’s spotlight."

US and Venezuela agree to resume diplomatic ties after Maduro capture The US said the two sides would make joint efforts to promote stability after the US seized Maduro and his wife.

US and Venezuela agree to resume diplomatic ties after Maduro capture

Here's the Law Dork filing you can't access on PACER. All of this refugee case's filings should be online. A magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for online access to the docket in a significant refugee rights case in Minnesota. Law Dork's lawyers filed their objection on Tuesday.

NEW: Here's the Law Dork filing you can't access on PACER. All of this refugee case's filings should be online.

A magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for online access to the docket in a significant refugee rights case in Minnesota. Law Dork's lawyers filed their objection on Tuesday.

Hong Kong ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai will not appeal national security conviction, legal team says The legal team for Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai says he will not appeal the national security conviction for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

The legal team for Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai says he will not appeal the national security conviction for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

US asked Ukraine for help fighting Iranian drones, Zelensky says Ukraine's president says Kyiv will only help if doing so does not deplete its own air defences.

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Swiss company complies with Swiss court order, film at 11

Depleted oil reserve leaves US exposed as Iran war pushes up prices Donald Trump has not fulfilled a vow to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that was drained by Joe Biden

Depleted oil reserve leaves US exposed as Iran war pushes up prices ft.trib.al/vQLjYIK

Justin Sun and Tron // Benefit to entity: SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution, Criminal investigation likely ended, Justin Sun added to World Liberty Financial advisory board, Tron to go public in the US in a $100 million deal brokered via Dominari Securities (where Eric and Donald Trump Jr. are board members) // Benefit to Trump and family: $100 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins (announced but unconfirmed), $75 million to purchase $WLFI tokens from the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, $37.7 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins (via HTX), Listed USD1 for trading on HTX

Today the SEC filed a proposed final judgment to settle their lawsuit against Justin Sun and his businesses for $10 million and no admission of wrongdoing.

Sun has spent between $112 million and $233 million on contributions to Trump-linked crypto firms.

Finland plans to lift decades-old ban on hosting nuclear weapons The government says the nation's defence environment has "significantly changed" since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Finland plans to lift decades-old ban on hosting nuclear weapons

tapping the sign

The FCC Wants Your Next Customer Service Agent to Be in the U.S. The agency is floating a set of rules requiring companies to offer U.S.-based representatives and cap the volume of calls handled overseas.

The Federal Communications Commission wants to bring customer service back to the U.S. with new rules proposed Thursday on.wsj.com/4lfidYG

The Authors Guild v. National Endowment for the Humanities, 1:25-cv-03923 - CourtListener.com Docket for The Authors Guild v. National Endowment for the Humanities, 1:25-cv-03923 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

One annoying thing about the firehose of legal news is that you can't keep up with all the cases.

This one about DOGE canceling all the National Endowment for the Humanities grants is fascinating. Current dispute is over Signal spoliation.

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Claire says to post this without saying “I told you so.” So I won’t!

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Man tells of pride as newly emerged photo reveals Greek grandfather being led to Nazi execution Rare images showing the final moments of 200 Greek prisoners executed by the Nazis at a firing range in Athens have been acquired by Greece.

Rare images showing the final moments of 200 Greek prisoners executed by the Nazis at a firing range in Athens have been acquired by Greece.

U.A.E. Explores Freezing Iranian Assets to Punish Tehran for Attacks Any crackdown on Iran’s shadow financing networks in the Gulf state would strangle Tehran’s access to foreign currency and global trade.

Exclusive: The U.A.E. is weighing a freeze on Iranian assets, which would sever an economic lifeline and choke off Tehran’s access to global trade

Trump says Iran wants to ‘make a deal’ to end the war Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says the country is not asking for a ceasefire

Trump says Iran wants to ‘make a deal’ to end the war ft.trib.al/Cot1car

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

U.S. forces likely bombed an Iranian elementary school on Feb. 28 during an operation targeting a nearby military base, a New York Times analysis suggests. It is the deadliest known episode of civilian casualties since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran — and no side has yet taken responsibility.

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Why young women took up arms to fight Abiy Ahmed's government Female fighters recall how the conflict in the northern Tigray destroyed their lives, as fears grow that fighting could resume.

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Why young women took up arms to fight Abiy Ahmed's government

The US issued a general license to allow for some Russian oil sales to India, giving the nation more options to purchase fuel as the war on Iran leads to a spike in global prices. bloom.bg/40N0IFC

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