Ars TechnicaSCOTUS kills Chevron deference, giving courts more power to block federal rules
EPA rules and FCC net neutrality order at risk: "No consumer protection is safe."
PatrickFromFW
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Banning renewable energy projects is one of the stupidest, most self-destructive things I can imagine, but it’s happening all over the US. While I expected some red states and counties, Vermont and Connecticut have also effectively banned new wind projects. It’s madness. Shame on them, especially states that claim to be green and do that. https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/02/27/renewable-energy-sources-ban-map/72630315007/
Ukraine remains critically short of artillery shells and other supplies as Russia advances. Why? The US Republican Party. https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/17/europe/avdiivka-ukraine-russia-intl/index.html
Heidi Li FeldmanNow that Trump has moved for an emergency stay of the criminal trial of the election interference criminal charges against him, we are quickly going to find out which Supreme Court Justices are in the tank for Trump. Reporting on Trump’s emergency motion from The Hill at https://thehill.com/homenews/4463356-trump-supreme-court-jan-6-immunity-appeal/ 1/ #LawFedi
Trump urges Supreme Court to delay Jan. 6 case amid immunity appeal
Former President Trump on Monday urged the Supreme Court to keep his federal election subversion criminal trial on hold as he appeals a ruling that he doesn’t have immunity from the charges. Trump’s appeal sets up a potentially landmark case at the high court over the bounds of presidential immunity, and it also places the…
Ukraine is running out of artillery and antiaircraft ammo because the of Republicans, and they’re desperately substituting hordes of two pound drones. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/02/12/if-it-kills-you-then-so-be-it-there-are-some-many-ukrainian-drones-over-avdiivka-some-russians-dont-even-try-dodging/
Qasim Rashid, Esq.In 1963 Gallup asked white Americans if they believed Black Americans received equal treatment in education, employment, & housing?
In 1963 Jim Crow Segregation was legal. Redlining was legal. Racial discrimination in employment was legal.
Yet—67% of White Americans said YES😳
Celeste PewterIn random nature news: we now have a possum who regularly likes to stroll through the backyard at night, and drink from the water bowls I leave out for the squirrels.
It's been a good excuse to read up on possums, and I've definitely developed a newfound appreciation for them.
https://www.latimes.com/style/la-hm-opossum28jun28-story.html
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Sean KleefeldGaiman: " If you really can't figure out which political party or which politician to vote for, just ask if they're on the side of libraries. Are they voting to fund their libraries? Are they voting to keep them free? Then vote for those guys. They're probably the good guys. And by the same token, the book burners, the book banners, they're probably the bad guys."
https://ilovelibraries.org/article/i-will-always-be-on-the-side-of-the-libraries-a-conversation-with-neil-gaiman/
https://ilovelibraries.org/article/i-will-always-be-on-the-side-of-the-libraries-a-conversation-with-neil-gaiman/
“I will always be on the side of the libraries”: A Conversation with Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a fierce supporter of libraries. The author of American Gods, Neverwhere, Good Omens, The Sandman, Coraline, and so many more has had a lifelong love affair with reading. And he credits librarians for fostering his curiosity about books and learning at a young age. Gaiman spoke with I Love Libraries recently about libraries, comic books, book banning in the U.S., movies, and more.