Mastodawn

David Letterman criticizes CBS for cancelling the Late Show with his successor, Stephen Colbert, calling it "pure cowardice" and gutless. https://youtu.be/kYpwujMwCSg?si=OHwEpwaZowYXUe0u

Dave On Stephen Colbert And CBS | David Letterman

YouTube

T2R Jul 21

Peter Gleick Jul 20

Take a long hard look at this graphic, the longest continuous direct measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide. This is the famous Keeling Curve from the station atop Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
Trump and the GOP are closing the observatory.

https://scripps.ucsd.edu/bluemoon/co2_400/mlo_full_record.png

T2R Jul 20

AkaSci 🛰️Jul 20

The trump regime's latest FDA schemes are not about healthy eating or healthy living. It's all about spreading disinformation and marketing junk food as less junky.

Jake Scott - "It’s performative, hollow, and entirely industry-serving. Meanwhile, actual public health crises - obesity, diabetes, food insecurity - go unaddressed."

#Politics #Health
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T2R Jul 19

Steve Herman Jul 19

“Once a symbol of journalistic excellence and cultural leadership, CBS now appears determined to dismantle its own legacy in pursuit of short-term political favor and corporate consolidation.” https://www.status.news/p/colbert-cancellation-paramount-skydance-deal

Colbert and Capitulation

The end of "The Late Show" isn’t ultimately about budgets, it’s a sign of the ideological shift at CBS that will take place under David Ellison's Skydance Media.

Status

T2R Jul 19

Charlotte Clymer Jul 19

I'm not watching CBS News. I'm not reading CBS News articles. I'm not watching Paramount movies or TV shows. I am done with Paramount and CBS. They have sided with fascism, and we must side against them to preserve democracy. It's that simple.

T2R Jul 19

ProPublica Jul 15

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE
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ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Data #Privacy #ICE #Deportation #Immigration #IRS #Tax #Trump

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

ProPublica

T2R Jul 19