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Trump Has Turned the National Guard Into Mall Cops. Cost? $1 Million a Day.

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When I went out to fetch lunch last Wednesday, three Louisiana Guard members were lounging outside the Mother Jones building, enjoying the perfect weather and watching dialysis patients spilling out of Metro access vans. The soldiers wore handcuffs on their belts and handguns strapped to their thighs, unaware that they were protecting some enemies of […]

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We Can Remove Toxic Forever Chemicals From Drinking Water. Why Aren’t We?

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This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A new study finds that technologies installed to remove “forever chemicals” from drinking water are also doing double-duty by removing harmful other materials—including some substances that have been linked to certain types of cancer. The study, published Thursday in the journal ACS ES&T Water, […]

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Let’s Review Trump’s Week of Massive Legal Losses, Shall We?

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It was a week of so much losing. Over the past week, President Donald Trump and his authoritarian agenda have sustained one loss after another in the courts. Putting all of them together reveals a stunning legal rebuke, and unsurprisingly, Trump World has been erupting with anger and petulance. Let’s review: On top of all […]

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Florida Surgeon General Admits He Banned Vaccine Mandates Based on Vibes

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After his announcement this week that he would seek to eliminate “all vaccine mandates,” Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, made one thing clear: This decision was based on no science, just vibes. In an interview on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning, Ladapo told host Jake Tapper that officials did not undertake […]

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Americans Continue to Really Dislike Trump and the Things He Does

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NBC is out with a new poll this morning showing Americans continue to dislike Trump and the things he’s doing—including the things he said he was really good at, like fixing the economy. Respondents to the NBC News Decision Desk Poll reported weak approval across a range of signature issues, including tariffs, and mass deportations, […]

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This Rock Bassist Is Remixing Climate Activism

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Imagine if every climate policy rollback was met with the same unshakable loyalty Swifties show when Taylor drops a breakup song. What if climate action had the same unstoppable energy as Beyoncé’s BeyHive, marching full speed ahead toward a […]

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Washington, DC Turns Out to Protest Trump’s Occupation

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Thousands of people took to the streets of Washington, DC on Saturday to voice opposition to Donald Trump’s armed federal intervention in the city. The demonstration, organized by a coalition of local activist groups and unions, demands the “immediate withdrawal” of federal troops from Washington and an end to Trump’s federalization of the city’s own […]

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Trump’s Mortgage Fraud Smears Backfire on His Administration

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When New York Attorney General Letitia James accused Donald Trump of committing fraud by lying to banks and insurance companies about the value of his properties, he never really denied it. Everyone does things like this, his lawyers argued, and no bank ever lost money—so what’s the big deal? All three Trump cabinet members denied […]

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Trump Invites World Leaders to Put Money in His Pocket

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Donald Trump famously doesn’t pay much attention to critics who complain about his many conflicts of interests and attempts to use the presidency to enrich himself. But in 2019, his attempt to host the G-7 summit at his Doral golf course outside of Miami was a rare example of the critics winning out. Asking a […]

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Trump Plans to Deport Millions. Here’s How ICE Is Making it Happen.

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A young woman clings to a tree as masked men try to peel her off. The men wrench one of the woman’s arms behind her back, then stuff her into the back of an unmarked SUV as bystanders film and shout. She was selling food outside a Home Depot in West Los Angeles when federal […]

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A Tornado Destroyed Their Home. Then the “Vultures” Showed Up.

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a mile-wide tornado hit St. Louis on May 16, DeAmon White hopped in his car and rushed home. As he navigated downed trees and power lines, turning his 10-minute commute into a three-hour slog, he worried whether his family, neighbors, and […]

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Baltimore’s Mayor Slams Trump Troop Threat: “What We Want From the President Is Very Simple.”

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President Trump is planning to ramp up his federal reach into local enforcement after first flooding the streets of DC with National Guard troops, and this week he promised to send troops to more cities—including Baltimore. Despite a federal judge ruling that Trump broke the law when deploying the National Guard in Los Angeles earlier […]

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