Mastodawn

Martin Wolf (FT) on how the world see the USA (right now):

'What is far clearer now... is that the US is no longer a credible world leader. If it can elect this man twice, it has lost the plot. Why would it not elect someone even worse? Such a country is incapable of providing reliable global hegemony. What it provides instead is an unpredictable wrecking ball'...

and hence, as I've remarked before, the slow but sure pivot away from the USA as an economic partner is well underway!

#politics

@herbiekerby 6h ago

PBS News 6h ago

Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/death-of-a-refugee-left-at-a-buffalo-doughnut-shop-by-border-patrol-is-ruled-a-homicide?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Headlines @headlines-PBSNewsHour

Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide

The Erie County Medical Examiner's Office didn't reach any conclusions about responsibility for Nurul Amin Shah Alam's death.

PBS News

@herbiekerby 13h ago

Coles Street Pothole 14h ago

The U.S. Forest Service has been eliminated. With the stroke of a pen.

"You cannot move a thirty-year watershed study. You cannot relocate a decades-long old-growth monitoring program. You cannot box up a forest and ship it to Colorado. When these facilities close, the experiments die."

https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-administration-orders

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

More Than Just Parks

@herbiekerby 13h ago

keyofG 14h ago

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/common-antidepressant-can-treat-long-covid-fatigue-symptoms-study/
#Longcovid

Common antidepressant can treat long COVID fatigue symptoms: study

A common and low-cost antidepressant can successfully treat fatigue associated with long COVID, according to a new study.

CTVNews

@herbiekerby 1d ago

The Japan Times 1d ago

The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran could wipe out nearly $200 billion worth of economic growth across the Middle East, a new United Nations study found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/01/economy/middle-east-war-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #persiangulf #un #us #donaldtrump #middleeast #iran

Arab nations may lose $200 billion from Iran war, U.N. says

Middle Eastern countries stand to lose between $120 billion and $194 billion from gross domestic product as a result of disruptions from the war, according to an analysis.

The Japan Times

@herbiekerby 1d ago

ProPublica 1d ago

Under AG Pam Bondi, the DOJ has dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-immigration-bondi-declinations-criminal-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DOJ #Law #Crime #Legal #Terrorism #Fraud #Drugs #PamBondi #Trump

Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration

Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term.

ProPublica

@herbiekerby 1d ago

Nonilex 1d ago

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#FDT

#US panel votes to exempt #GulfOfMexico #drilling from #EndangeredSpeciesAct
 The committee — nicknamed the “God Squad” for its ability to decide the fate of #species — voted to exempt #oil & #gas firms from federal #wildlife protections, citing the #IranWar.

#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science #conservation #habitats #ecosystems #MarineLife #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/03/31/trump-god-squad-rices-whales-endangered-species/

U.S. panel votes to exempt Gulf of Mexico drilling from Endangered Species Act

In its first meeting in three decades, the Endangered Species Committee voted to revoke protections for the endangered Rice’s whales and sea turtles.

The Washington Post

@herbiekerby 1d ago

Holly 1d ago

Pete Hegseth Blocked the promotions of four military officers because they were black or women, Sen, Ron Wyden is blocking the promotions of three military officers because they are war criminals or went on Neo-Nazi podcasts, They are not the same

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/senator-stalls-3-unfit-officer-promotions-in-retort-to-hegseth/ar-AA1ZJS1N?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=69c9ff84f20a4de7852644dc8ded798e&cvpid=69cab2b0f9224188a4be60e32f576e03&ei=123

#politics #interesting

MSN

@herbiekerby 2d ago

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Sean Casten 2d ago

Anyway, a SCOTUS that consistently tramples on the will of the people and the Constitution needs to be checked by the other branches while we still can, or else we are complicit in their destruction. And it's why I'll keep pushing back. /fin https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5785711-judicial-system-loses-trust/

@herbiekerby 3d ago

CaliCarol 3d ago

RE: https://front-end.social/@zeldman/116313548917232744

Oh this is funny.