🎯 The line of succession is also a horror show . Trump right now is the only thing preventing a Vance/Thiel takeover. Mike Johnson is next in line after that. Underscores the necessity of building historic pro-democracy voter turnout in the Nov. 2026 midterm elections 🗳️ 🇺🇸

The fact that there’s barely a president is in fact a major national crisis, given who this (further) empowers www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...

After 99 years, Michigan clockmaker Howard Miller is shutting down. The culprit: Trump's tariffs. "If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos." By @annaleighclark.bsky.social

“The United States made this person into a child soldier, and now is experiencing what I think is one of the most horrifically bright-line cases of imperial blowback that we’ve seen throughout the 'war on terror.'"

It's over. Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut. www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...

Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department. One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone. When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?

The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen—and how fast—is anything but settled.

Grant PUD determined that one of the dam's turbine/generator sets was overfilled with mineral oil during maintenance. We now estimate 84 gallons of oil spilled into the Columbia River. Investigation and cleanup are ongoing for the next couple days. We are still seeing minimal to no oil on the river.

Accelerating the sixth mass extinction event

Trump has quietly gutted the endangered species act. He does not care about any animals that will now die off and become extinct.

The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers. Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers. With @highcountrynews.org

📣 NEW: 38 under 15: #ACA enrollment & looming premium hikes for every vulnerable GOP House member: acasignups.net/25/12/05/38-...

NEWS: Kristi Noem could be fired soon. ICE sends attack dogs to maul undocumented immigrant despite him posing no flight risk. Trump claims he is better than Kimmel at hosting. Subscribe to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Max Rose: The administration's decision to strike boats in the Caribbean, without congressional authorization for sustained offensive action, raises a serious question: have they committed unauthorized murder or a war crime?

An unconstitutional notion. We are witnessing in real time why the Constitution doesn’t entrust decisions over the use of military force to the whims of one man. apnews.com/article/hegs...

Plus keep in mind, Alabama has hired a team of executioners who have allegations of violence against them that would startle you even if you think you can guess: boltsmag.org/alabama-exec...

Indiana has rapidly become the latest flashpoint in the GOP’s national push to engineer aggressive mid-decade gerrymanders. Few states illustrate the immense costs to voters and how far lawmakers are willing to go to appease President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/ind...

After flash floods in Texas’ Hill Country killed more than 100 people, state lawmakers chastised Kerr County leaders for rejecting money to create a flood warning system. But other communities did the same, arguing the funds didn’t go far enough. With @texastribune.org: https://propub.li/4rFcHkH

"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."

New post by Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social: Iowa's AG and SOS hailed what they called a victory for "election integrity." But their official statements didn't mention that they agreed to provide Iowa driver's license data to the federal government. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/06/i...

Utah has had universal vote-by-mail since 2019, and a recent poll found that 87 percent of Utahns trust that their ballots are counted accurately. But Utah’s governor signed a law this spring that ends this system.

Main Topic: Senate GOP Sends Trump Bill Handing Over Arctic Refuge to Big Oil via @commondreams.org On The Extreme Temperature Diary SAT 12/06/2025 At: guyonclimate.com +#climate and record temp reports @michaelemann.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @bhensonweather.bsky.social @zacklabe.com

The final opportunity for Democrats to flip a legislative seat this year, on Tuesday:

After attaching new strings to counterterrorism and emergency management money for “sanctuary” states, the Trump administration went further by adding requirements that even Republican-majority areas find hard to meet.

Health experts are alarmed as Republicans degrade the country’s pivotal HIV programs—and break promises made during Trump’s first term. This story was originally published by @19thnews.org.

USGS now shows it as a M7.0 earthquake.

ICE should not be free to inflict this kind of pain and suffering on innocent immigrants. This doesn’t make anyone safer. Republicans must join Democrats in calling for oversight, accountability, and serious restraint.

You can hear Jose scream in excruciating pain as an ICE vehicle runs over his foot while he's being detained. His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing. He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.

Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.

Meiselas: The official Trump U.S. National Security Strategy document has been released. The document says a top priority of the U.S. is "cultivating resistance to Europe's current trajectory." In other words, to destroy the European Union.

Nothing would make Putin happier than having Trump destroy the US-EU relationship and having the US ditch NATO. That's his Christmas list of idea outcomes.

The Great Climate Insurance Collapse is coming. Silencing the fire alarms doesn’t save you from fire. Fossil fuel lies don’t change the truth. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...

Petroleum Institute: “We continue to believe that climate policy belongs in Congress,” where we can stop it with dark-money influence. insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...

This is the big story: 1) The President ordered a killing campaign outside of the law. 2) He got OLC to make up a fake war to justify killing real people. 3) And he got the military to carry out the killings. Purporting to justify those killings is aiding in covering up that plain reality 👇 2/2

They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.

CNN Finds Israel Killed Palestinian Aid Seekers and Bulldozed Bodies into Shallow, Unmarked Graves

Most increases in grocery prices have at least some root in extreme weather wiping out a harvest, changing weather patterns damaging crop yields, or pathogens that are easier to spread in hotter weather devastating plants or livestock. There's a cost to inaction! prospect.org/2025/12/04/c...

The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

Rep. Adelita Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed during a raid in Tucson, Arizona www.ms.now/news/grijalv...

📽️ WATCH: As her health declined during a high-risk pregnancy, Tierra Walker asked doctors for an abortion. They assured her she didn’t need to worry. Then she died of preeclampsia. Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L

After today’s AR dissipates over the Pacific Northwest, a stronger AR is forecast to move onshore Mon 8 Dec and remain over the region until early Thu 11 Dec. This long-duration AR is expected to result in multiple days of heavy rainfall leading to significant streamflow impacts over the region.

Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks. They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.

Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies. Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market. This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵

Americans are struggling to pay their bills and afford groceries, and we've got a President who is asleep at the wheel.

MAHA activists are urging President Trump to fire EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin over his decisions to loosen restrictions on harmful chemicals. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...

Strong heat wave incoming in New Zealand where a combination of a marine heat wave, an high pressure and hot air from Australia+local fohn will certainly bring high temperatures. Exceptional heat continues in New Caledonia with insane minimums up to 27.5C,a tied national record

Louisiana paroled nine prisoners to deport them. We found that at least two have been deported, while two others are being held at a new immigration detention facility. But neither ICE nor the Landry admin would answer questions about the other five. With @veritenews.org

"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."

Chornobyl disaster shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA