curated news excerpts & citations
… trying to ‘unbury the lede’
Thom Hartmann:
… the fossil fuel industry’s last and best alibi
they drilled and sold us oil because we demanded they do it
The book’s premise is simple and echoes the movie: for most of humanity’s history we lived off “current sunlight” captured by plants and turned into food we ate (and food for the animals we ate) and the wood we used to build with and heat our homes.
Then about 900 years ago we found coal, and a century-and-a-half ago oil, and we started burning through sunlight that had been captured by plants literally millions of years ago, then turned by time and pressure into coal, oil, and methane. …
It turns out that the “cheap energy” Digger claims we all demanded was actually never cheap; it was an inheritance from our planet and instead of conserving or carefully using it we’ve been burning through it like there’s no tomorrow.
(Thom Hartmann more…)
Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros, Reyk Knuhtsen, Dylan Patel @ semianalysis:
Datacenters 2027: The Year of Acceleration, +50GW in a Single Year
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James Eagle:
US workers left behind in share of output
(James Eagle more…)
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Heather Cox Richardson:
Letters from an American – October 19, 2026… it was exactly ten years ago tonight that then–Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told the American people that Russian president Vladimir Putin hoped to have a “puppet” in the White House, and that Donald Trump was that puppet.
A scowling Trump responded: “No puppet. No puppet.”
Clinton continued: “It’s pretty clear.
Trump interjected: “You’re the puppet.”
Clinton continued: “It’s pretty clear you won’t admit…”
Trump interjected: “No, you’re the puppet.”
Clinton: “…that the Russians have engaged in cyberattacks against the United States of America, that you encouraged espionage against our people, that you are willing to spout the Putin line, sign up for his wish list, break up NATO, do whatever he wants to do, and that you continue to get help from him because he has a very clear favorite in this race.”
Trump shook his head disparagingly.
Ten years later, Trump is openly embracing Putin and is working to destroy the strongest and most successful alliance in human history to cement that partnership, apparently with an eye to enriching himself.
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)
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Sarah Jones, Jason Easley:
Michigan Republican US Senate candidate Mike Rogers says that he asked Trump’s RNC to put police officers at Detroit polling places
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Marlon Weems:
Ukraine’s Campaign Expands to Russia’s Social Media Infrastructure
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Closer to the Edge:
They’re sending sick men to Africa…
We don’t know which country these men are being sent to, whether they’ve ever set foot there, whether they speak the language, or whether they’ll have access to the medications and medical treatment they may need to survive.
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Jess Piper:
I Can’t Change Her StoryI Can Fight for My Daughter’s
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Miles Taylor:
Trump fired DOJ’s best. Congress should hire them to investigate the president.He purged the prosecutors and FBI agents most likely to open inquiries into his misconduct.
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Jan Hoffman @ NY Times:
At a Last-Hope Health Clinic, Desperation, Kindness and Fear for What’s NextThese doctors and community health workers are a safety net for patients losing coverage as premiums soar and Medicaid cuts mount, even as their clinic struggles to stay afloat.
(Jan Hoffman @ NY Times more…)
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Chris Geidner:
A day of arguments over Trump’s golf course plans show how far DOJ will go to back TrumpJudge Ana Reyes held arguments over the East Potomac Golf Course on Monday — but the takeaway was much bigger.
(Chris Geidner more…)Liz Dye:
DOJ Demands Judge Recuse Herself For Inappropriate Noticing They Broke The Law
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Christina Pagel:
The last two weeks in America: attacking enemies, corruption, and Rubio’s chilling speech
(Christina Pagel more…)
ICE Detention Expansion Tracker
A field guide to claims
Last Days in Two Nations
Climate.us
formerly Climate.gov
Climate Solutions Explorer
Have I Been Flocked?
Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting
resources tracking the “Andes” hantavirus outbreak
Apocalypse Early Warning System
Al Jazeera Death toll and injuries live tracker
Mike Ludwig @ truthout: ICE Says 51 People Died in Custody Under Trump. Experts Say That’s an Undercount.
ICE Accountability Project
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Ximena Bustillo, Jasmine Garsd @ NPR: Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump
- September 18: Carlos Josue Marchena Marchena
- August 31: Pierre Damas Bel
- August 1: Edwin Lopez-Cornejo
- July 19: Jose Chajon-Raxon
- July 14: Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran
- July 13: Joan Sebastian Guerrero
- July 7: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
- June 4: Mamuka Artmeladze
- April 16: Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt
- March 25: Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano
- March 16: Royer Perez-Jimenez
- March 14: Naseer Paktiawil
- February 25: Nurul Amin Shah Alam
April 1 – Jennifer Peltz and Jake Offenhartz @ AP: Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide - January 24: Alex Pretti
- January 14: Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
- January 14: Victor Manuel Diaz
- January 9: Parady La
- January 7: Renée Good
- January 6: Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
- January 5: Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
- January 3: Geraldo Lunas Campos
- December 31, 2025: Keith Porter
Suffering Under President Obama
NACDL Criminal Case Tracker
Texas Tribune: A Walk for Peace: photos of Fort Worth monks’ journey to Washington
Walk for Peace – Dhammacetiya – The Ancient Sacred Buddhist Scripture Stupas
Margaret Chase Smith: Declaration of Conscience
NPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive
Accountability Initiative ICE List
GriftMatrix
Trump Action Tracker
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Trump Pardons Database
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
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