the Guardian
This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. Now, we must urgently target methane | Mia Mottley
The oil and gas industry must be legally bound to cut methane emissions. With climate tipping points approaching, time is running out, says the pri...
 On the urgent need to reduce methane emissions .
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the Guardian
‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it
People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-han...
 The bully's henchmen offered many unauthorized US residents a thousand dollars if they agreed to deportation. Many who agreed never received the money they were promised. It seems that this wrong was due more to incompetence and disorganization than to outright lying or cheating. They choose people for obedience rather than for competence, and then rush
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the Guardian
Belgian politicians and finance bosses targeted by Russian intelligence over seized assets
Exclusive: Key figures at frozen assets depository among targets of intimidation campaign, say European intelligence agencies
 *Belgian politicians and senior finance executives have been subject to a campaign of intimidation orchestrated by Russian intelligence aimed at persuading the country to block the use of €185bn [of frozen Russian] assets for Ukraine, according to European intelligence agencies.* The European spy agencies are not perfectly trustworthy, but I would not expect
The True Catastrophe of Trump, as seen from north of the border
A view from our neighbor
 Robert Reich: The wrecker's imperative is not just to keep displaying outrageous and vicious contempt for good government and justice, but to make it worse and worse at an accelerating rate.
the Guardian
‘Trojan horse moment’: anti-rights groups seize chance to fill void left by US aid cuts
Ultra-conservative Christian organisations look to reshape global health landscape as new aid agreements open door to demands restricting family pl...
 Right-wing Christian antiabortionists are replacing the medical aid funds that the persecutor has cut, and the replacement funds have dangerous strings attached.
Sign to support Rashida Tlaib’s Economic Dignity For All Agenda
As more Americans are struggling to pay their bills and stay in their homes, we need more Congressional support for transformative anti-poverty pro...
 US citizens: call on Congress to pass Rashida Tlaib's Economic Dignity For All agenda. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word.
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the Guardian
Trump’s $10bn attack on the BBC doesn’t have to make sense. In his absurd world, he has already won | Jane Martinson
The legal action has made news and it will do damage. A potential disaster for the corporation and the UK, but a good day’s work for this preside...
the Guardian
BBC to fight Trump’s $10bn lawsuit, saying it should be dismissed
Corporation will argue it did not have rights to air film in US and it did not cause serious reputational harm
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2025: January - April Political Notes
 The BBC is terrified of the bully's enormous Florida lawsuit which demands ten billion dollars for a questionable editing decision. But is going to fight the lawsuit. The edit
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 https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/us-military-boat-strikes-constitute-extrajudicial-killings Comparing the output of various bullshit generators when they are given the topic of global heating. The report says that Grok sometimes shows climate denial bias, while a couple of other bullshit generators did not. When I call them