It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk (newrepublic.com)
He’s telling us what he will do to his political enemies if he’s president again. Is anyone listening?
Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off the state's 2024 ballot for violating the U.S. Constitution (www.nbcnews.com)
The ruling marks the first time a 14th Amendment challenge to Trump's candidacy has been successful.
Conservative America has far more gun deaths than liberal America, study finds (www.salon.com)
A comprehensive new study breaks down how firearm deaths correlate to pro- or anti-gun control politics
US appeals court revives Mexico's $10bn lawsuit against gunmakers (www.bbc.com)
The $10bn lawsuit from Mexico alleges that US gun manufacturers knowingly fuel cartel violence.
The United States is producing more oil than any country in history (edition.cnn.com)
As the world grapples with the existential crisis of climate change, environmental activists want President Joe Biden to phase out the oil industry, and Republicans argue he’s already doing that. Meanwhile, the surprising reality is the United States is pumping oil at a blistering pace and is on track to produce more oil than...
The UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are starving because of war (apnews.com)
A report from the United Nations finds that more than half a million people in Gaza are starving because there's not enough food entering the territory since the outbreak of war more than 10 weeks ago.
Mike Johnson Is the Christian Nationalist We Should Have Seen Coming (newrepublic.com)
Those who track the Christian right told people to worry about this guy. Why didn’t we listen?
Meta Sues FTC, Says it Has No Constitutional Right to Stop Facebook From Profiting Off of Kids' Data (gizmodo.com)
The company claims the FTC is trying to change the terms of a $5 billion 2020 privacy settlement.
‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report (www.theguardian.com)
Plans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’
UK ‘in violation of international law’ over poverty levels, says UN envoy (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Special rapporteur Olivier De Schutter to urge ministers to increase welfare spending on visit to country this week
Pakistan starts mass deportation of undocumented Afghans (www.theguardian.com)
Authorities go ‘door to door’ to round up and return thousands – many who fled from the Taliban – on first day of nationwide crackdown
The Billionaire Secretly Funding Anti-Trans Advocacy Across The U.S. (www.huffpost.com)
Joseph Edelman isn't known for donating to conservative causes, but HuffPost uncovered major donations to groups opposing trans rights.
X, formerly Twitter, amplifies disinformation amid the Israel-Hamas conflict (www.cnbc.com)
Disinformation on X, formerly known as Twitter, has made it harder for users to assess what's going on in Israel.
The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation (www.wired.com)
People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen.
Lawsuit Accuses Twitter of Helping Saudi Arabia Pursue Online Dissidents (gizmodo.com)
An updated legal complaint alleges that the microblogging platform hasn't kept users data safe.
‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global predictions play out (www.theguardian.com)
As the northern hemisphere burns, experts feel deep sadness – and resentment – while dreading what lies ahead this Australian summer
The Trillion-Dollar Grift: Inside the Greatest Scam of All Time (www.rollingstone.com)
The pandemic relief was the biggest bailout in history, and it opened the door to wide-scale fraud the likes of which no one had ever seen — more than three years later, we still don’t know h…
Billionaires' investment pays off with final pair of US Supreme Court decisions (www.salon.com)
A pair of SCOTUS decisions make clear the corruption that conservatives on the court have worked hard to obfuscate
“We haven’t seen anything yet”: Despite tape, experts say it “only gets worse for Trump from here” (www.salon.com)
"It's almost like he wants to be convicted," legal expert says.
America's "systemic racism" isn't just domestic: Consider who dies around the world in our wars (www.salon.com)
Nearly all the people killed in U.S. wars since 9/11 have been people of color — and we almost don't notice
Inside the Feminist Revolution in Northern Syria (www.noemamag.com)
A ‘utopian’ society promoting gender equality continues to rise from the ashes of ISIS — despite ongoing Turkish attacks.
Supporters of Modi opponent Kejriwal protest his arrest ahead of Indian election (www.france24.com)
Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India's most consequential politicians of the past decade held protests Friday against his arrest, which opposition parties say is part of a crackdown…
Rights court condemns Peru over one of world's most polluted towns (www.rfi.fr)
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights said Friday that Peru had violated residents' "right to live in a healthy environment" in an Andean mining town that is considered one of the most polluted places…
Behind a Secretive Global Network of Non-Consensual Deepfake Pornography (www.bellingcat.com)
An online video game marketplace says it has referred user accounts to legal authorities after a Bellingcat investigation found nonconsensual pornographic deepfake tokens were being surreptitiously sold on the site.
How a Leaking Barge Became an Oil Spill Disaster Off the Tobago Coast (www.bellingcat.com)
Satellite images newly obtained by Bellingcat shed light on how a stranded barge at the centre of a major oil spill ended up aground and leaking oil off the Tobago coast.
