Zelenskiy: Russia may be preparing to trigger nuclear plant explosion (www.theguardian.com)
President cites Ukraine intelligence that Moscow has mined Zaporizhzhia nuclear station and sent away staff
‘Yevgeny Prigozhin will never be discussed again’: Russian media to erase all traces of mutinous warlord (www.theguardian.com)
The Wagner mercenary group boss who marched on Moscow has had his internet outlets blocked and troll factory closed down
The king of dark money effectively controls the US supreme court now | Joel Warner (www.theguardian.com)
From its recent rulings to its billionaire donor scandals, this supreme court term has been defined by judicial activist Leonard Leo
‘People need to be riled up’: meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas giants (www.theguardian.com)
Guy Walton has christened two previous heatwaves this summer Amoco and BP in attempt to name and shame fossil fuel firms
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble (www.theguardian.com)
Teen dies in sawmill accident as US states aim to roll back child labor laws (www.theguardian.com)
Investigation underway after police were called to find unresponsive teenager last week at Florence Hardwoods sawmill
AOC leads call for federal ethics investigation into Clarence Thomas (www.theguardian.com)
Five House Democrats led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York wrote to the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, to demand a federal investigation of the conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas, over his acceptance of undeclared gifts from billionaire rightwing donors....
[The Guardian] There is no moral high ground for Reddit as it seeks to capitalise on user data (www.theguardian.com)
CEO Steve Huffman says tech giants should not be able to trawl Reddit’s huge store of data for free. But that information came from users, not the company...
Ex-meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas firms to shame them (www.theguardian.com)
Walton has devised his own criteria for named heatwaves in the US, based on duration and extremity, on a one to five scale similar to hurricanes. Heatwave Chevron is classed as a four and is “historic”, Walton said. The meteorologist said he has a list of 20 oil and gas companies – including Exxon and Shell – for...
Outrage as Republican says 1921 Tulsa massacre not motivated by race (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden lays out new student debt relief plan after supreme court ruling (www.theguardian.com)
President says ‘the court misinterpreted the constitution’ as he announces intention to use another law for debt forgiveness
Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke (www.theguardian.com)
"Mother of Gabriel Infante, 24, sues employer for $1m, saying construction workers had no protections from extreme heat....
Opinion: The Pentagon doesn’t need $886bn. I oppose this bloated defense budget | Bernie Sanders (www.theguardian.com)
As a nation, the time is long overdue for fundamental changes to our national priorities
Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1919280...
McCarthy says hard-right Republicans ‘want to burn whole place down’ (www.theguardian.com)
Conference fails to approve procedural motion to take up defense spending bill as government shutdown looms...
Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate crisis, scientists show (www.theguardian.com)
‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
It was a brave, if perhaps scientifically obvious, experiment – to convey messages about the unfolding climate crisis via the regular local TV weather forecasts seen by viewers in the conservative heartland of Iowa. It culminated in the meteorologist involved receiving death threats and exiting the state.
Donald Trump vows to lock up political enemies if he returns to White House (www.theguardian.com)
Former president tells Glenn Beck he would have ‘no choice’ but to lock up opponents ‘because they’re doing it to us’
Donald Trump vows to lock up political enemies if he returns to White House (www.theguardian.com)
Former president tells Glenn Beck he would have ‘no choice’ but to lock up opponents ‘because they’re doing it to us’
Robert F Kennedy Jr’s campaign bankrolled by Republican mega-donor (www.theguardian.com)
A few notable quotes from the article follow:...
Alito ‘stunningly wrong’ that Senate can’t impose supreme court ethics rules (www.theguardian.com)
Senator Chris Murphy has dismissed claims by the supreme court justice, Samuel Alito, that the Senate has “no authority” to create a code of conduct for the court as “stunningly wrong”....
The Pentagon doesn’t need $886bn. I oppose this bloated defense budget | Bernie Sanders (www.theguardian.com)
Teen dies in sawmill accident as US states aim to roll back child labor laws (www.theguardian.com)
Investigation underway after police were called to find unresponsive teenager last week at Florence Hardwoods sawmill
Twitter traffic sinks in wake of changes and launch of rival platform Threads (www.theguardian.com)
Data shows the micro-blogging website has been shedding users since early 2023, not long after Elon Musk’s takeover
US religious right at center of anti-LGBTQ+ message pushed around the world (www.theguardian.com)
American groups have helped to establish global web who share ideas and funding in bid to restrict gay and trans rights
