FBI Director Kash Patel has asked to halt public tracking of government-owned jet after reportedly using it last week to fly out and watch his girlfriend perform at a wrestling event. In normal times the FBI would investigate its own Director but we live in Trump’s world now….

Kash fired the guy he thinks outed him for taking another private jet flight to see his girlfriend sing.

News Analysis: Trump channels past Latin American aggressions in new crusade: 'We're just gonna kill people'

By Alex Muir: If there’s one thing that we’ve seen in recent days, as Donald Trump plays an endless game of “deal or no deal” with countries around the world, it’s that the current administration is volatile. open.substack.com/pub/theline/...

That's the look right there.....that's the look that makes my hand tingle.

The Trump administration has warned the EU that its economy and energy supplies could suffer if legislators go through with tough new climate rules. By @jamiesmythft.bsky.social and @alicemhancock.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com

The US Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database, formerly maintained by NOAA, has a new home at @climatecentral.org, with the latest available data through June 2025. Explore the data:

The only two places in the world free of mosquitoes are Antarctica and Iceland — that is, until now. This month, three specimens were discovered in Iceland, which is warming four times faster than any other country in the Northern Hemisphere.

The burning of fossil fuels reached a new record last year. "Avoiding every fraction of a degree of warming is critically important." @williamripple.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @petergleick.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/... @coveringclimatenow.org @sejorg.bsky.social

They want us to think concern about climate change is a radical, fringe view. They want us to feel isolated. The truth is that we are the majority.

Saipan’s Hopwood Middle School is a haunting symbol of a super typhoon’s legacy from 2018 and how Pacific cyclones can plague communities years after. In this ongoing series, Honolulu's civilbeat.bsky.social is telling the stories of people living on the front lines of climate change #sharinglibrary

It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...

ABC News’ @gingerzee.bsky.social looks into the critical importance of climate data research has on the future of forecasting severe and potentially life-threatening storms.

Environmental heat stress has significantly increased in India, driving a ~10% decline in labor capacity, with much worse projected under future warming. This highlights the urgent need for targeted adaptation strategies + climate mitigation to protect the vulnerable. New from @science.nature.org:

Nevada just let property insurers exclude wildfire coverage. Homeowners won’t realize until it’s too late that fire isn't covered. Expect shock, underinsurance, and scrambling for expensive new policies. Plus: pressure for a federal wildfire safety net. open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...

Is this the future of #wildfire #insurance?

A postcard from a lost world.

"It’s difficult to get a man to understand something when his membership in a political cult depends on his not understanding it." True about many so things, including energy and climate. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means! Lots of fresh info in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2025...

Newsom: This is a national order. We’re talking about you and your state, your own backyard, all depending on the whim of a president who’s unhinged. Depending on how he’s feeling on a particular day, or who’s offended him because he didn’t like what they said on a Fox News clip.

Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs

Donald Trump and the Republicans that enable him are directly responsible for creating a culture of fear in our communities because of the cruel, lawless actions they’ve engaged in. Your voice matters. Keep making it heard.

LA RESIDENT: “The cruelty is staggering. People are hiding in their homes from the federal government like Anne Frank. If you’re a Christian and you’re still supporting this you’ve lost your mind. You’re not gonna get a job because of what they’re doing. Absolute brutality.”

Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions

“…Please stop repeating ‘The Epstein Ballroom’ because it is not called ‘The Epstein Ballroom!’…”

🚨BREAKING: Democrats won a major legal victory Friday as a federal district court permanently enjoined the U.S. Election Assistance Commission from implementing the provision in Donald Trump’s executive order demanding a proof-of-citizenship requirement on the federal voter registration form.

When you strip away humanity

This too

Holy shit. This legit gave me chills. Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote. WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.

Truth bomb‼️ This man should be the one speaking on college campuses… “They’re planning for us to turn on each other and make this culture war a civil war. I am begging you, please, for the love of God, for the love of our neighbors… do not take the bait.” Watch

This really is the point of right wing antzionism. All the silly claims about the Left using antizionism as a cloak for antisemitism are actually true of the right, and its very visible.

Once the cams go up in Oakland, only Flock can take them down. We're about to mortgage our streets to a corporation that in its most charitable iteration does not gaf about us.

Flock also reserves total rights over placement of the cameras, including vetoing a City decision. The City's Flock cameras will only go where Flock wants them to go.

Remove your Ring cameras,now owned by Flock!

The Mayor's new Privacy Advisory Commission appointment is a Google Marketing exec who has lived in Oakland for four years. This follows the appointment of an AI focused lawyer who provides services for OpenAI and YC

I'm the last reporter regularly reviewing Council agendas. With a Council committed to avoiding public scrutiny & participation, this is more important than ever, there's never been a more crucial time to support independent journalism, & Oakland Observer.

The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me. He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits… …while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.

Obama: "They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"

The greatest con the Republicans have ever done s convincing a large portion of the population that all their problems are caused by immigrants and poor people. Meanwhile, billionaires are robbing them blind.

Why would Trump provide evidence of his claims? Then you wouldn't be outraged and distracted enough to forget about the Epstein files.

Trump hates that people are calling it the “Epstein Ballroom”. We’re about to make him very upset. 🏴‍☠️

JD Vance was fed by the government as a child, and now he wants to pull that ladder up behind him.

Trump sent the military into a hurricane to distract from Epstein, and they had to turn around. Endangering troops for personal gain. Our military has never been so poorly managed.

Which is it, Mike?

Add to the list of things Trump is afraid of: -late-night comedians -the Star Wars theme -a Ronald Reagan speech www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Reagan absolutely did not love tariffs. His entire speech was about how reluctant he was to impose even highly targeted tariffs on Japan, because tariffs harm the U.S. economy.

🔥 🇨🇦 👇🏽The premier of Ontario responds to Trump’s claim the anti-tariffs ad is fake by posting the original Reagan speech showing it isn’t. Mic drop 🎤 🏆 The video: youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...

The Ronald Reagan speech that would really trigger the MAGA Christian Nationalists is the one where he wore a yarmulke and said the United States embraces no one religion, or religion at all, and that we must always keep a separation between church and state.

Here is the transcript of the speech President Reagan delivered on April 25th, 1987, on “free and fair trade”: