"The Trump admin🚨is asking Congress for $152M to begin rebuilding #Alcatraz as a "state-of-the-art secure prison fac."

The #TrumpRegime has a lot of gall,🚨the OMB reqs more taxpayer💰to #torture #immigrants despite the fact: most Americans are aghast at IMM offs'💔brutal tactics, #ICE's #DeathCamps, the #torture of #children & adults... & DHS's FIN #waste & #fraud, & #abuse... while Americans suffer w/o HC, adeq food...
#DHS #Detention #Evil #USPol
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-seeks-152-million-reopen-alcatraz-as-active-prison_n_69cfe3fee4b0d214cc7133d7?d_id=11744033&ncid_tag=tweetlnkushpmg00000016&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=us_politics
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/budget_fy2027.pdf

"The senators allege that Medicare Advantage is rife with waste, fraud and abuse, and CMS should focus on shoring up the program, rather than enrolling more individuals in it. They argue CMS should do so by adopting the congressional Medicare advisers’ recommendations to rein in the program."

https://rollcall.com/2026/04/02/senate-democrats-call-on-cms-to-rein-in-medicare-advantage-abuses/

#healthcare #UScongress #CMS #medicare #insurance #MedPAC #waste #fraud #abuse

Why are we burdening our #Earth with the cost (in resources, not dollars) of sending tech to the #Moon, when we have #wars and the ecological catastrophe to deal with?

The money and effort could've been used to protect the jungles where orangs could live, for example?

#ecocide #waste

Coffee #waste has the potential to be turned into a high-performance, biodegradable insulation material, a new study published in the journal Biochar has suggested. ☕

https://sustainabilityonline.net/research/new-study-explores-how-coffee-waste-can-be-turned-into-a-high-performance-building-material/

#icymi

"France Becomes First Country to Ban Supermarket Food Waste"

"The French senate has unanimously passed a law that stops grocery stores from throwing away and intentionally spoiling food that approaches best-buy dates.

Instead, they’ll have to give all of this food to charities and food banks, which will provide the hungry with millions of more meals. Just a 15% increase in donated food will mean 10 million more meals per year."

#waste #foodWaste

https://recycle.ab.ca/newsletterarticle/france-becomes-first-country-to-ban-supermarket-food-waste/

A good read about the #waste generated in the production of #ozempic like #drugs

#weightloss #wegovy #mounjaro #environment

https://scitechdaily.com/weight-loss-drugs-like-ozempic-are-creating-a-hidden-environmental-disaster/

“UK ARMS TRADE: A TRIFECTA OF EVERYTHING THAT’S WRONG”

by Anna Stavrianakis in Declassified UK

@Declassified_UK
@uk_politics
@palestine
@Palestine
@[email protected]
@iran
@UKLabour
@ZackPolanski

“Declassified’s latest investigation into UK arms exports to Israel left me shaking my head and shouting at the screen. Here’s why”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-arms-trade-a-trifecta-of-everything-thats-wrong/

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #MoD #ArmsExports #Israel #SaudiArabia #Waste #Profligacy #ForeignOffice #F35 #Cutout #US #Labour

Another multi-million dollar military plane crash. #Waste

...The 57th Wing confirmed in a statement to Air & Space Forces Magazine that the crash occurred north of Las Vegas & approximately 25 miles northeast of Indian Springs, Nev., where Creech AF Base, a major remotely piloted aircraft base, is located...“The pilot is safe and being treated for minor injuries...Air Force officials did not immediately provide a cause of the mishap...

#AirForce #Crash #Nevada #USPOL

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/f-35-nellis-air-force-base-crashes-in-nevada/