The anti-data center movement isn’t just about limiting local development—it represents a new front in the fight against tech-enabled authoritarianism. Where else can people push back on job-eating algorithms, distorting deep fakes, and autonomous drone strikes? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

NEW: The Trump administration has granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. All they had to do was send an email.

@jordanhaedtler.bsky.social and I wrote about this very topic a couple of years ago. "Democrats have not really formed a policy on the insurance crisis, even though their counterparts’ approach is unpopular and ripe for political pushback."

Last July, then-Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson told House lawmakers that "the vast majority of phone calls were answered" in the aftermath of deadly flooding in Texas. New reporting provides further evidence that Richardson lied to Congress. ⬇️ www.eenews.net/articles/fem...

This is the same guy who said, "I can't see anything that we did wrong" in reference to the Trump administration's horribly bungled response to the Texas flooding disaster. See our earlier thread on the subject. ⬇️

Trump's FEMA Review Council is currently explaining the proposed reforms in its final report. Among other things, the panel is recommending the privatization of the National Flood Insurance Program. We described the problems with that approach last year in @thelever.bsky.social.

The cost of food will keep going up. Americans will be priced out of buying it. Trump and his death-cult GOP have already kicked millions of people off food stamps. People will die because you need food to live.

Much gratitude to @costsofwar.bsky.social for publishing my newest paper, highlighting how legal tools that started as post-9/11 counterterrorism abuses are now being weaponized further for Trump's anti-immigrant agenda:

Today @theguardian.com has a big profile on @cplusc.bsky.social and our Stop Greed, Build Green working class climate agenda. The piece does a great job of capturing where we've been, what we're trying to accomplish, and why green economic populism beats fossil fueled fascism.

Republicans passed the largest food stamps cut in history and millions of people are losing their benefits. It's no coincidence Republicans are now yelling about fraud: they're going to try to sell people who no longer get SNAP on the idea that fraudsters are to blame, not lawmakers.

Union members in many states and cities are holding pension boards accountable and advocating for investments that insure worker protections, climate resiliency, and decent retirement benefits. 1/2 labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...

To understand what the Supreme Court is doing, you have to recognize that this is how authoritarians in Hungary, Turkey, and Venezuela consolidated power. Scholars call it autocratic legalism. The Court isn’t complicit. It’s an active participant. Roberts is following a script.

The Court has played this role before—defending hierarchy in Dred Scott, Plessy, Korematsu—and the problem of “rotten boroughs” is not new. The Warren era was the exception, not the rule. My read on where Callais fits:

The Roberts Court finally achieved its years-long goal of killing the Voting Rights Act Wednesday, publishing a ruling that, the liberal justices say, will make proving racial discrimination in redistricting virtually impossible.

Russ Vought is changing federal worker performance reviews to limit who can get the best ratings. Then he wants to base layoffs on those reviews, while exempting political appointees from the process. The result: more MAGA embeds in government. Our friends at @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social explain.

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

Bloomberg has a new piece on 'climateflation'—how climate change is driving up the cost of food, utilities, insurance, and housing. We connected these dots in Stop Greed, Build Green (stopgreedbuildgreen.org), and in a number of pieces over the past year 🧵

One year ago, @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social and @publiccitizen.bsky.social released a series of interactive maps and tables showing how home insurance premiums and non-renewals have increased across the U.S. over time. Check it out!

arguably Not Good that Democrats have opted to ignore climate and environmental politics, which are structural components of the right's long-running crusade against democracy newrepublic.com/article/2093...

NEW: For 50 years, the federal government waged the War on Cancer. For the last year it has instead fought a war on cancer's victims. Our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social makes the case: revolvingdoorproject.substack.com/p/the-pro-ca...

The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Last week's hearings were just one step in holding Russell Vought accountable. The opposition needs to build on the most notable moments and ensure the constituents most harmed by Vought's actions hear his damning testimony.

The coming global food crisis ft.trib.al/hZg0yxi

I wrote about AMOC newrepublic.com/article/2091...

Very grateful to Senator Bernie Sanders for bringing U.S. unions together to create a common front in the face of the threat AI poses to workers and much else. Sometimes it takes an 84-year-old to do the high tech stuff! www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Today @cplusc.bsky.social launches a working class strategy for tackling the affordability & climate crises. The climate‑cost nexus is already costing billions every year, and it will get worse the longer we don’t act on climate; we also must address working peoples’ immediate economic problems

Happy Tax Day folks. As I pointed out here, the technical arguments about having free tax filing is over. Direct File proved it. What we are seeing now is just rent-seekers bribing policymakers to be allowed to keep extracting money from you. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-the-d...

NEW: At least 88 corporations paid $0 in federal income tax in 2025. That's despite collectively earning more than $105 billion in U.S. income. The list includes Tesla, Palantir, Live Nation Entertainment, Coinbase, United Airlines, Walt Disney, and more. itep.org/88-profitabl...

🎧LEVER TIME: The secret 40-year plot to bury you in tax paperwork & force you to pay accountants - rather than letting the IRS send you your completed tax returns like other countries do. This story is enraging - it's a GOP plot to enrich tax prep companies & make you hate taxes.

OMB Director Russell Vought, an unelected official, is unilaterally blocking funds that we need to better understand how the climate crisis is accelerating. This is a life-threatening attack on the public good by our shadow dictator.

Trump's mistreatment of disaster victims in blue states continues. In the past week, he: -denied an appeal from IL even though the damage-to-wealth ratio was 3x higher than what had historically triggered aid -denied two appeals from CO even though both disasters exceeded the threshold for aid

This is the future the Trump administration wants for us.

Budgets are moral documents www.stephensemler.com/p/trumps-bud...

“Be at peace my child - you just lost your Medicaid coverage because of my new work requirements. They’re gonna pull the plug in a minute.”

OMB Director Russell Vought it set to testify before the House and Senate Budget Committees this week. For far too long, Vought has operated in the shadows as the chief architect of Trump's destruction of the federal government. It's time to shine a light on Vampire Vought.🧵

Cybercriminals have used AI and crypto to supercharge fraud and scams, stealing a record $16 billion from Americans last year. Between weakened cybersecurity agencies and sensitive personal information being uprooted from secure databases, those losses will only grow.

Altman made this declaration at an infrastructure summit hosted by BlackRock. It’s the latest in a long line of outrageous statements he’s made to try to justify the rollout of generative AI and the massive cost to power it. disconnect.blog/make-em-dumb...

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it could collect roughly $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it could collect $26. Wondering why the Trump regime has cut 25,000 IRS employees in the last year? It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

I have never seen a politician take such a consistent and active interest in workers.

What are we really talking about when we talk about NEPA? For @prospect.org today, @hannahstoryb.bsky.social spoke with several experts about what the ongoing political debate about reforming the National Environmental Policy Act is missing. They had plenty of illuminating ideas.

Russell Vought has once again proposed eliminating lifesaving utility assistance for our most vulnerable neighbors. This, at a time when dangerous, fossil fuel-intensified heat has already arrived and bills are skyrocketing due to AI data centers and Trump's devastating war on Iran.

Congress last year rebuffed Vought's attempt to abolish LIHEAP. It's imperative that federal lawmakers do so again. The Trump regime's unrelenting attacks on that program are just one part of its lethal war on democracy, working people, and a livable climate. More on that here:

Russell Vought is trying to dismantle two agencies created by the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill because when the next big financial crash comes bankers don’t want to spoil the surprise. newrepublic.com/article/2085...

Hell isn't hot enough for Donald Trump and the cruel sycophants in his administration.

"While ordinary people are suffering amid the war and resulting fuel price shocks, fossil fuel companies – such as those who furnished Trump with record donations on the campaign trail – are seeing handsome windfall profits, said Bigger." Me in @dharna.bsky.social 's latest in @theguardian.com

Top Republicans have already floated the idea of federal health care cuts to offset the Pentagon’s massive Iran War price tag. trib.al/qQAN4JK Doing so would drastically increase out-of-pocket premium costs and could cause some 300,000 people to lose their health insurance by 2034.

On March 24, Kristi Noem officially exited her role as Secretary of Homeland Security. During her reign atop DHS, Noem made people around the United States less safe. The material impacts of her short-lived tenure will continue to be felt for years to come.

Many haven't heard of "Shadow President" Vought. That's how he wants it. Out of the public's view, Vought is abusing his role as OMB director to impose his far-right agenda, which he spelled out in Project 2025. It's time to get Vought out. Take a minute on his birthday to demand his impeachment.

Today is Russell Vought's 50th birthday. This obscure official is leading Trump's anti-democratic and lethal effort to concentrate federal spending power in the executive branch and selectively sabotage government capacity. With much less fanfare than Musk, he's continuing DOGE's assault. 🧵⬇️