“A hot ocean provides the energy hurricanes need to grow—and can limit the cooling that happens in their wake, making it likelier that the storms that follow will be powerful ones,” Dennis Mersereau writes.
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President Biden denounces absurd Supreme Court ruling conferring immunity on presidents
Watch President Biden’s remarks from the White House condemning the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States.
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Jon Stewart debunks Republicans’ city crime narrative
Jon Stewart digs into the right wing’s fearmongering obsession: crime in big cities.
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Trump loyalist pushes ‘post-Constitutional’ vision for second term
“Russ Vought, the former president’s budget director, is laying the groundwork for a broad expansion of presidential powers,” The Washington Post reports.
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Everyone you know will eventually be highly vulnerable to extreme heat
“Intense heat waves in recent years offer a stark warning of what’s at stake for humanity. The planet just endured its 12 hottest consecutive months on record, and this summer threatens to be hotter than ever. But those stakes are not experienced equally across age groups. Older adults are more at risk of experiencing dangerous health impacts during periods of intense heat.,” Bloomberg reports.
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Why right wing forces in California aren’t willing to fight to save Proposition 8
The fallout from Dobbs has convinced some on the religious right that opposing the freedom to marry is a losing battle, one not worth spending energy on.
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Conservatives tied to Trump want to limit insurance coverage for abortions
Via The Washington Post: “The proposal could make it more difficult for those with private-employer insurance to get out-of-state abortions, legal experts say.”
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Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers
“The rapid expansion of state voucher programs follows court decisions that have eroded the separation between church and state,” The Washington Post reports.
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Alaskan rivers are turning orange. Climate damage could be to blame.
Via The Washington Post: “Climate change is likely causing dozens of rivers in Alaska to flow orange, and it could be disastrous for the state, researchers say.”
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Bottled water is full of microplastics. Is it still ‘natural’?
“Recent lawsuits say Arrowhead, Evian, Poland Spring, and other water bottlers are deceiving customers,” Grist reports.
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The really grim part about gas stoves: they’re poisoning the poor
“Lower-income people living in smaller spaces are especially affected by the toxic gases these ranges leak,” Heather Souvaine Horn writes for The New Republic.
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A failure of imagination about Trump
“American minds are not ready to think about how fast democracy could disintegrate,” Tom Nichols writes.
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Abortion rights groups have never faced a state like Florida
“Voters in states across the political spectrum have backed abortion rights since the fall of Roe. But Florida’s November referendum will be tougher,” Kimberly Leonard and Arek Sarkissian write.
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The dangerous rise of GPS attacks
“Thousands of planes and ships are facing GPS jamming and spoofing. Experts warn these attacks could potentially impact critical infrastructure, communication networks, and more,” Wired reports.
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If Trump gets back into power, he plans to flout the Constitution and become a dictator
Time’s Eric Cortellessa was granted multiple audiences with Donald Trump and wrote a chilling report on what the wannabe autocrat has planned if he gets back into power.
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Donald Trump hoped to sidestep abortion in this year’s campaign – Arizona’s near-total ban shows why he can’t
“While court proceedings are likely to delay implementation of the ruling, the political impact was immediate, moving the abortion issue to the fore in a key battleground state, reminding voters of Trump’s role in overturning Roe vs. Wade and handing a gift to President Biden and fellow Democrats,” columnist Mark Z. Barabak writes.
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Caitlin Clark stops by Weekend Update, Kate McKinnon returns to SNL for cold open with Ryan Gosling
Watch highlights from the seventeenth episode of SNL’s forty-ninth season, hosted by Ryan Gosling, with Chris Stapleton as the musical guest, including the Close Encounter cold open.
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These billionaires abandoned Trump after January 6th – taxes are bringing them back in line
The Los Angeles Times’ David Lauter reports: “Many of the nation’s richest people said after the January 6th, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that they would never again back former President Trump. Now, they’re changing their minds.”
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Tesla’s sales drop, a sign that its grip on the electric vehicles market is slipping
“Sales of the company’s electric cars dropped in the first three months of the year, even as other automakers sold more battery-powered vehicles,” The New York Times reports.
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SNL recruits Scarlett Johansson to lampoon Katie Britt’s creepy State of the Union response
Watch highlights from the fourteenth episode of SNL’s forty-ninth season, hosted by Josh Brolin, with Ariana Grande as the musical guest, including the State of the Union cold open.
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‘He nailed it’: Republican strategist reacts to Biden’s 2024 SOTU speech
Republican strategist Sarah Longwell reacts to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, saying Biden “nailed it,” and explains the mistake some in the GOP made about the president.
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