Breaking Down: Collapse

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DOJ aims to strip citizenship from hundreds of foreign-born Americans, sources say

Trump Administration Says Green Cards Could Be Denied Over Political Opinions

Canada Changes Law: Millions of Americans May Already Be Canadian Citizens — and Don't Know It Yet | IBTimes UK

As expected, Supreme Court officially greenlights Texas’ gerrymandered congressional map for midterms - Democracy Docket

Supreme Court limits key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act

Virginia court declines to block Democrats from using new voter-approved congressional map - Democracy Docket

Senate Republicans push for White House ballroom funding

Judge orders Trump, DOJ to justify why president's $10B IRS lawsuit should proceed - ABC News

Corporate donors are sounding the alarm about Trump’s presidential library fund - Alternet.org

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren | Warren, Blumenthal, Stans...

Trump Administration Wants Executions With Electric Chairs, Firing Squads | HuffPost Latest News

FCC orders review of ABC licenses after Jimmy Kimmel’s Melania Trump joke | Trump administration | The Guardian

Todd Blanche Sued Over Epstein Files Cover Up - Above the Law

Trump Sued Over Alarming Memo Allowing Officials to Delete Records | The New Republic

The Trump administration is withholding NY transportation funds, again. NY's suing, again. - Gothamist

Judge Says Maurene Comey Can Sue the Trump Administration for Firing Her - The New York Times

Atlantic writer sued by Kash Patel says she’s been ‘inundated’ with new sources corroborating her reporting

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Another weeks of climate news from around the world:

Experts warn climate change will make parts of Israel uninhabitable in decades

Antarctic emperor penguins on the brink of extinction due to climate change and disease - Kuriozitete

Wellington, New Zealand Just Shattered Its Rainfall Intensity Record — Over Half a Month’s Rain Fell in One Hour : r/collapse

An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?

Opinion | Extreme Weather Is Sending Home Insurance Rates Through the Roof; Big Oil Should Pay | Common Dreams

Too hot for solar and too much wind for turbines: Can renewables withstand our worsening climate? | Euronews

An intense marine heat wave has California in its crosshairs, with impacts set for land and sea | CNN

Climate change eroding nighttime breaks in wildfire activity

Ocean warming weakens the sea–land breeze in coastal megacities | Nature Climate Change

In climate change fight, doomerism is out. Laughter is in | AP News

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AI is either a bubble, or it's going to take all the jobs. Which is it? Today's article leans towards a resounding "pop" of the bubble.

The AI economy runs on helium. The Iran war just created a $650 billion problem | Fortune

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This episode highlights an example of how the wealthiest nations will leave impoverished nations to struggle.

More than six million Haitians need urgent humanitarian aid: ‘The population is at breaking point’ | International | EL PAÍS English

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Declining accessibility of food doesn't mean that one day it's here and one day it's gone; it means who gets access to it will shift. In this episode we discuss multiple articles highlighting the crisis currently facing the food system.

Food prices are rising again. Drought, war, and tariffs are to blame | Fortune

World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns | Global food crisis | The Guardian

2026 Super El Niño Threatens Global Crops

Already under pressure, Australia’s food system could now be in big trouble | SBS News

Florida is about to lose its most famous symbol forever. What happened?

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Southern Poverty Law Center indicted for fraud, money laundering - POLITICO

Trump admin coerced removal of ICE trackers, court says

ICE official behind warehouse detention camps quits after tense congressional hearing

Leaked Memos Reveal Just How Much the Supreme Court Has Betrayed the Constitution

Supreme Court Shadow Docket Tracker — Challenges to Trump Administration Actions | Brennan Center for Justice

FBI Director Patel sues Atlantic, says story about his drinking false

The Internet’s Favorite Lawyer Says We’re Living Through ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’ | WIRED

Resolution to block the sale of 12,000 bombs to Israel (119_SJRES_138)

Trump, IRS in talks to settle US president's $10 billion lawsuit | Reuters

Rep. Roy Introduces MAMDANI Act to Denaturalize and Deport Marxists and Islamic Fundamentalists | Representative Chip Roy

Supreme Court Is Poised to Gut Remaining Protections of the Voting Rights Act | Truthout

Exclusive: Trump administration blocking appointments to key panel overseeing voting machines, officials say - Democracy Docket

Trump DOJ loses again, now 0 for 5 on voter roll cases, as court rejects Rhode Island lawsuit - Democracy Docket

Viktor Orbán's defeat showed Democrats how to end Trump's rule.

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A roundup of this week's climate news:

Mosquitoes reach Iceland for the first time as the Arctic heats up

Projected warming will exceed the long-term thermal limits of rice cultivation | Communications Earth & Environment

Africa’s forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source | ScienceDaily

Cities are leaking far more methane than previously thought - Earth.com

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought | Oceans | The Guardian

Why people are working so hard?Does it makes sense : r/collapse

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A brief episode about beef. A beef brief, if you will.

New World Screwworm detected about 90 miles from the United States

Screwworm.gov | Unified Government Response To Protect the United States

Beef Prices: Your Expensive Cheeseburger Is a Taste of What’s to Come - Bloomberg

‘Nothing but tree skeletons’: record-breaking wildfires devastate US cattle country | US wildfires | The Guardian

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Let's hit again on some ways the models are a mess, but today in regards to Sea Level Rise...

One Wrong Variable in a Climate Formula Could Mean Sea Levels Rise 35% Faster Than Current Models Show

Saltwater is closing in on coastal groundwater, putting billions and food supplies at risk

Long-term adaptation pathways for Venice and its lagoon under sea-level rise | Scientific Reports

Venice is threatened by rising sea levels. Will the city be forced to relocate? | Euronews

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I discuss 3 articles highlighting new research on methane emissions, showing that the models are undercounting their impacts and severity.

Hidden ocean feedback loop could accelerate climate change

100 Times Worse? Thawing Permafrost May Be More Dangerous Than Previously Thought

Measurement of Gas Fraction and Gas Permeability of Thawing Permafrost Caused by Climate Change - Glover - 2026 - Earth's Future - Wiley Online Library

Non-producing oil and gas wells may emit microbial methane at rates 1,000 times higher than previously estimated

Why do we compare methane to carbon dioxide over a 100-year timeframe? Are we underrating the importance of methane emissions? | MIT Climate Portal

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