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Supreme Court decides Congress has no power to put restrictions on positions Congress creates (once again reversing precedent). Building an imperial presidency and stripping power from the people’s representatives is a hell of a way to celebrate the 250th. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
link:https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/supreme-court-blocks-trumps-fed-firing-but-allows-removals-at-other-agencies-350c8cf4
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When Moody’s is posting trillion-dollar flood loss warnings, might it be time to start paying attention? Insurance markets are already staggering. Mortgage and real estate markets follow. The warnings are real and many.
link:https://www.moodys.com/web/en/us/insights/physical-transition-risk/us-flood-risk-a-country-level-analysis.html
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You can’t claim to “appreciate things” as you sacrifice them.
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Trump is having tourists arrested over imaginary vandalism.
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Another unprepared and unqualified Trump nominee.
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If he was out to deliberately poke a stick in Leader Thune’s eye, he could hardly have done better. Add the Pulte/702 fiasco. Add the Blanche vote, after his Trump/Epstein Files disaster and his slush fund mess. Add Reflecting Poll and JFK disasters. It’s piling up.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/24/trump-abruptly-cancels-signing-bipartisan-bill-affordable-housing/
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I’m headed to the Senate Floor to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this one, simple truth: climate change poses a threat to home values and the mortgage market.
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link:https://aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/exxon-ceo-lee-raymond-is-dead-his
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The orange Dear Leader can’t abide that he blew it (blue it?) at the Reflecting Pool, so he invented a fake “vandalism” narrative, and now Park Police are having to arrest harmless tourists to puff up the phony narrative, Soviet-style.
link:https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/reflecting-pool-iran-impotence-trump/
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The next generation has cause for complaint.
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That didn’t last long. Iran first won the negotiations and then broke the deal. This “no respect” administration is pathetic.
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Still laughing at the celebrity roster at Obama Presidential Library, as Trump gets Kid Rock. Cracks me up.
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Another telling “slush fund” pleading by MAGA DOJ: they refuse to commit in court to Blanche’s promise not to pursue it. Funny how often in Trumpland stuff they say vanishes once they’re under oath. Lying is fine and dandy until then. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
link:https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.596617/gov.uscourts.vaed.596617.93.0.pdf
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Late yesterday, the court posted the attached reply of the challenger judges on Trump and MAGA DOJ committing “fraud on the court” in their rotten slush fund/tax amnesty “settlement.” 🧵 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
link:https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172.94.0.pdf
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Blanche vote will test the poodles. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/19/trump-iran-deal-reveals-flailing-terminal-presidency/
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This is not okay. I don’t think this has happened in the history of our U.S. Attorney’s Office. www.wpri.com/target-12/ju...
link:https://www.wpri.com/target-12/judge-asst-u-s-attorney-violated-duty-of-candor-in-ice-detainee-release-case/
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Marking Juneteenth with the opening of the Newport Historical Society’s Edward W. Kane & Martha J. Wallace Center for Black History. The new Center puts a spotlight on an important, under-told part of Newport’s history.
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It’s simpler: blocking low-cost clean energy diverts electric grids to more expensive fossil plants, raising costs but driving billions of dollars from consumers’ pockets to Trump’s big corrupt fossil fuel donors. www.sanluisobispo.com/opinion/edit...
link:https://www.sanluisobispo.com/opinion/editorials/article316176245.html
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As his presidency fails, Trump would rather pull Republicans down with him than fail alone. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/18/trumps-spat-with-senate-republicans-once-again-disrupts-their-agenda/
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Not just beer, but local Narragansett Lager. Providence is loving the kilt invasion!
link:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BtGcE1YLBsg
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Today’s simple truth: climate change is driving up homeowners’ insurance costs. We should all be able to agree on that.
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Now where do I know that signature from? 🤔
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Senator Lummis objected.
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I’m headed to the Senate Floor to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this one, simple truth: climate change is driving up homeowners’ insurance costs.
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This is just part of Trump’s crooked scheme.
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The corruption runs deep when the polluters run the government.
link:https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-methane-jeffery-hildebrand-hilcorp-oil-regulations
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Here’s what’s interesting. The judge in her order invited a response into (a) whether DOJ policies were violated; (b) whether the parties colluded and deceived the court; and (c) the client (IRS’s) defense memo. DOJ’s silence is really deafening here, in the wake of that.
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That could be US exports if the Orange Doofus wasn’t destroying US EV capacity so his corrupt fossil fuel donors can sell more gasoline.
link:https://apnews.com/article/china-autos-evs-exports-cars-53fab0e0f9f5f87a90b419727e1f294d
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Scum, it’s sometimes called. Just sayin’.
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Greed leads people down evil paths.
link:https://ecori.org/big-oil-makes-bank-on-dirty-dozen/
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Over again, Trump’s cases go to smithereens.
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A lotta my stuff in here — the bombs, the zettajoules — but they torched me on graphics. Bravo, NatGeo!!
link:https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/graphics/ocean-temperature-changes
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There’s a good and just fight to be had — and we better have it now, while there’s still time.
link:https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/06/16/climate-change-global-warming-democratic-party-trump-sheldon-whitehouse
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I was glad to join @wrwcri.bsky.social at today’s Woonasquatucket River Greenway ribbon cutting! Urban green infrastructure projects like these connect neighborhoods while strengthening our local economies and environment.
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If they’re spinning the Iran deal without showing any text, pretty good sign it’s worse than Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal.
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We’re all paying for climate change.
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Wow. Giving Trump credit for Ukraine’s victories after all he did for Putin. That’s some serious FOXing up.
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Now allegations of gross mismanagement and financial malfeasance at the Kennedy Center, on top of the failures of due diligence by the Center's Trump board already found in court. When does it stop?
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And yes, the spoilsports put up tarps to ruin the fun for everyone of seeing the name come down. Orange Snowflake needed protecting.
link:https://ew.com/donald-trump-name-removed-kennedy-center-livestream-11997461
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Bye-bye coal — solar tops coal in U.S., and more to come. Clean costs less.
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As America celebrates 250, we’re marking 254 years since bold RI colonists burned the dreaded HMS Gaspee and sparked America’s path to independence. Happy celebrating, RI!
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Bye-Bye 👋🏼
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Yesterday went by, and the MAGA DOJ/IRS filed nothing to defend the Trump slush fund/tax amnesty “settlement” in the Trump versus Trump case, hiding behind Trump lawyers’ bare-bones denial. Now on to further proceedings. Next filing in a week by the retired judges.
quote:at://did:plc:qqixzm5pwprzdnkbh2hglpax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3uw6wzhs2l
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Stay also denied by DC Circuit. Name comes off tonight. Watch here:
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We have a President who is petrified of the truth getting out about his long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Many questions remain. 🧵
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/magazine/trump-epstein-files-white-house-vance-doj.html
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Countdown: Today’s the day! Let’s see what the corrupt and misbehaving MAGA DOJ has to say under oath about its “fraud on the court.” Who will sign the pleadings? What will they say? Will the investigation continue? We’ll keep watch.
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Rhode Islanders know the therapeutic feeling of being out on the water. Great to see Gnome Surf Therapy helping more people experience that for themselves. Bravo!
link:https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2025/10/31/surf-therapy-mental-health-gnome-surf-sara-shukla