“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/federal-agents-knock-down-elderly-couple-during-portland-protest.html

Apple cider vinegar weight loss study retracted https://www.npr.org/2025/10/05/nx-s1-5562526/apple-cider-vinegar-study-retracted-weight-loss

Decades of disinformation have built a rightwing propaganda empire—now it’s aimed at silencing dissent.

https://hartmannreport.com/p/radical-left-violence-is-the-new-c89

New in PN: Get ready for the next big bailout

"What this means is that the farmers will be insulated at least somewhat from the damage Trump’s foolish trade war did to them; in other words, they’ll get a bailout. The rest of us will pay for it. And the economy will get no benefit at all." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-farmer-bailout-tariffs

Handy glossary:

- Racially charged = Racist
- Politically charged = Fascist
- Criminally charged = Trump

Great overview of Epstein’s cryptocurrency network (Howard Lutnick, Brock Pierce, Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, etc) with acknowledgement to @NFTethics (on X) for a lot of the research

Article also nicely summarizes some of the shadiest folks in crypto today, by @cryptadamist

#Epstein #Crypto #HowardLutnick

https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/crypto-epstein

Sunday caption contest: climate change https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-caption-contest-climate-change?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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"The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been stripped down so much it can barely respond to emergencies, yet it’s funding detention centers such as 'Alligator Alcatraz' in the Florida Everglades."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #DOGE #NWS #NOAA #Texas #FEMA
/9

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-a-national-reckoning

Trump DHS links data for new citizenship tracking tool https://www.npr.org/2025/06/29/nx-s1-5409608/citizenship-trump-privacy-voting-database

Kate Bush's animated short 'Little Shrew' to premiere exclusively in cinemas - #katebush @katebushmusic
Read the full article here: https://ift.tt/v0a2fSC
More at Music-News.com

It seems like the main perk of being in Congress is that you get to commit flagrant insider trading with impunity--to serve yourself and not your country.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tariffs-congress-stock-trades-4610ff90?st=6KAA1F&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

🇦🇺 Australia: "Viruses that cause common infections such as COVID, RSV or the flu can also trigger heart attacks and strokes, new research warns."

"A team from the University of Melbourne and Murdoch Research Children’s Institute (MCRI) found the viral respiratory infections were linked to an increased risk of the potentially deadly heart events."

"Inflammation around the time of viral infections temporarily raises the risk of clots in vessels supplying the heart or brain."

Study: https://academic.oup.com/cardiovascres/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cvr/cvaf092/8164343?searchresult=1

Source: https://archive.md/Ku1Ow

@auscovid19

Peace Corps to undergo ‘significant’ cuts after Doge review
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/peace-corps-doge-elon-musk?CMP=share_btn_url

🙄 Amazon says it won’t post product’s tariff hikes after Trump call https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380935/amazon-tariffs

This is insane....

DOGE team gain accounts on classified systems with nuclear secrets https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5378684/doge-energy-department-nuclear-secrets-access

UNOCHA pins China to lead the world in a disaster response model for the challenges we face, especially the climate crisis, because It has lost so much funding mostly from the US. They have seen who will be the global lead in politics and soft power.

HUMANIFESTO
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/humanifesto-edition-13-tom-fletcher

Institute of Museum and Library Services staff put on administrative leave. This will have huge impacts on library and museum programs nationwide, especially in rural and poorer areas. IMLS staff put on administrative leave https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services

A major earthquake kills more than 150 in Myanmar and Thailand. Here's what we know https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5343417/myanmar-thailand-earthquake-bangkok-mandalay

Just a little Sunday #Humour #Humor! 👇😁

#RejoinEU 🇪🇺❤ #Briturn
#Brexit 🤬 #StopPutin #StopTrump