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the Guardian
Trump administration halts immigrant visa processing from 75 countries
The state department cites welfare use as it pauses visa processing for Brazil, Iran, Russia, Somalia and others
 The wrecker has halted immigration visa consideration for 75 countries, ostensibly because too large a fraction of immigrants from those countries end up needing some sort of public support. This is not a rational response to the problem. I was treated a couple of times by doctors that had immigrated from Albania - I am sure their income was adequate not to need welfare. By lumping everyone from each
civicshout.com
Tell DOI Sec Burgum: Don’t Let Big Oil Destroy Chaco Canyon
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum is reportedly considering reversing protections for Chaco Canyonβ€”a move that could reopen this sacred, irre...
 US citizens: Call on Interior Secretary Burgum not to let Big Oil destroy Chaco Canyon.
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You could be next
This is personal.
 Robert Reich: *If agents of the federal government can murder a 37-year-old woman in broad daylight who, as videotapes show, was merely trying to get out of their way, they can murder you. Even if Trump and his vice president and his secretary of homeland security all claim, contrary to the videotapes, that Renee Macklin Good was trying to kill an agent who acted in self-defense, they could make up the same about you. Even if
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/fossil-fuel-phaseout-urgent-as-1-50c-target-likely-to-be-passed-by-2030 *1.5Β°C target likely to be passed by 2030.*
The Intercept
Trump Bullies Flip-Flopping Senators Into Defeating Vote to Block Venezuela War
Five Republican senators had advanced a war powers resolution to block war with Venezuela. After Trump went berserk, the final vote failed.
 *Subject: Trump Bullies Flip-Flopping Senators Into Defeating Vote to Block Venezuela War.* That was just barely enough to defeat the resolution.
The Intercept
Danish Forces Are Mandated to Fire Back if U.S. Attacks Greenland
Trump says Greenland is defended by dog sleds (true). But under royal decree, Denmark’s small military presence must put up a fight if attacked.
 Denmark has ordered its soldiers to fight any armed attack on Danish territory, including in Greenland. Denmark's army cannot militarily stop the US army from seizing Greenland. The point of this order seems to be to prevent the imperialist from sending his troops to seize Greenland and then pretending that the attack didn't start a war.
Glossary
the Guardian
Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests
Exclusive: US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies feel ever more distant, results show
 *[the bully] is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests.*
the Guardian
EPA to stop calculating money and lives saved by curbs on air pollution
Agency to focus rules for fine particulate matter and ozone only on cost to industry, aligning with Trump approach
 The EPA been ordered to give weight to the cost of pollution control but not to the cost of the human damage done by pollution, as a basis for relaxing the limits on soot pollution. The economic cost of a person's death is a callous way to judge the importance of saving a person's life. But ignoring it, as an excuse for allowing more toxic pollution, is even worse.
the Guardian
An ecosystem of smuggled tech holds Iran’s last link to the outside world
Despite internet blackout, a small number of Iranians are risking their lives to share messages as protests continue
 Iran is hunting down the Starlink connections that are still running, trying to eliminate all external communication. People think that Iran is planning to sever its domestic internet entirely from the rest of the world.
the Guardian
Horses can smell fear in humans, researchers say
Tests showed horses that smelled body odour from people watching scary films startled more easily
 An experiment demonstrates that horses respond to odor of human sweat differently depending on whether the human was feeling fear at the time of collection.