Ironweeds

We’re back baby! Some millionaires went on a weak sauce sub. There’s a PMC rebellion in Russia. Marjorie Taylor Green has strong words for Lauren Boebert. The Hill has a dumb article with dumb opinions. The Cop City Prosecutor quits over an unlawful arrest and charge. City Council President candidate Emily Menn hasn’t been paying her taxes. And Blue Whales are getting frisky off the coast of California. 

Tiny Tims Grim Prediction from 1968: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAqhKKvlZmM

MTG goes after Boebert: https://www.salon.com/2023/06/21/youve-been-nothing-but-a-little-bh-to-me-mtg-says-to-boebert-during-a-floor-squabble/

The Hill is dumb: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4057045-catch-22-scientific-communication-failures-linked-to-faster-rising-seas/

Wagner Insurrection Explained: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/25/europe/russia-prigozhin-wagner-insurrection-belarus-explainer-intl-hnk

Cop City Prosecutor Quits: https://apnews.com/article/cop-city-domestic-terrorism-charges-atlanta-bae860067e0a90472bc05b55c5cfc123 

Blue Whales Making a Comeback: https://ktla.com/news/california/blue-whales-are-thriving-in-california-waters-the-story-of-their-amazing-comeback/

As migrants move to upstate New York, counties lose their damn minds. The Medicaid purge is set to begin as the Covid state of emergency ends. Cop City activists have been arrested for operating a bail fund. And Biden has ordered a 20 year ban on federal oil and gas drilling around a tribal site in New Mexico. 

‘Give us an opportunity’: At Newburgh hotel, migrants hope for a better life: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/migrants-seeking-better-life-in-upstate-new-york-18127689.php 

New York’s post-COVID Medicaid purge begins in June. Could state’s Essential Plan buffer losses? https://www.timesunion.com/health/article/new-york-s-medicaid-purge-begins-month-18127765.php 

Cop City: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/us/cop-city-atlanta-protests.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 

20 year ban on oil and gas drilling in New Mexico: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/biden-orders-20-year-ban-on-oil-gas-drilling-around-tribal-site-in-new-mexico 

Atlanta Solidarity Fund: https://atlsolidarity.org/#why

Thank the gods, we’ve averted the crisis of our own making once again. Diane Feinstein wants you to tell her one thing: where the hell is she? Police deprive a heart transplant recipient of a life saving medication, killing him. Orcas are leading up the class war and butterflies are thriving in English gardens. 

Debt ceiling: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/us/politics/debt-ceiling-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare also https://twitter.com/quigleyaidan/status/1662644377317982209?s=46&t=H0xYNG-blXU-d-zkx5SJeA 

Feinstein: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/us/politics/feinstein-senate-staff.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 

Police kill heart transplant recipient through negligence: https://jaxtrib.org/2023/05/23/i-cant-miss-those-doses-jacksonville-man-died-after-jail-denied-him-heart-transplant-medicine/

Butterfly populations explode in gardens: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/butterfly-populations-grew-by-200-higher-in-peoples-gardens-than-in-other-habitats/

Orca class war: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/orcas-attacking-boats-gladis-killer-whale-b2346615.html

This week we’re talking about Florida having lost its mind, passing several anti-LGBTQ bills in a single day. The US is on the hunt for electric vehicle battery minerals and is suddenly very concerned about labor practices abroad. Capital Roots has withdrawn recognition of their employees’ union. And Rhode Island is feeding its youngins for free! 

Minerals for EVs: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/business/economy/the-us-needs-minerals-for-electric-cars-everyone-else-wants-them-too.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 

Florida bathroom bill: https://www.reckon.news/lgbtq/2023/05/florida-is-set-to-arrest-people-in-restrooms-regardless-of-legal-gender-status-in-sweeping-bill.html

Florida kidnapping bill: https://newrepublic.com/post/172748/ron-desantis-signs-law-allowing-trans-kids-taken-families

Florida anti-drag bill: https://newrepublic.com/post/172750/ron-desantis-signs-drag-ban-extreme-cancel-pride-parades

Capital Roots withdraws union recognition: https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/troy-s-capital-roots-workers-leave-seiu-union-18106387.php

Free lunch in Rhode Island: https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/ri-senate-passes-bill-making-lunch-free-at-all-public-schools/ 

The Excelsior Pass has risen to $64 million, but good luck finding it in your phone. Asylum seekers have been sent to the Hudson Valley as county legislators guard their purses. George Santos has turned himself in on fraud charges. And Cohoes isn’t letting renewable energy drift past!

Trump sexual abuse lawsuit: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/09/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-lawsuit-battery-defamation-verdict/index.html

Patriot Front in DC: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12080939/White-supremacy-group-Patriot-march-Washington-D-C.html

Excelsior Pass costs ballooned to $64 million and keep rising: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/excelsior-pass-ballooned-64-million-keeps-rising-18091575.php 

Migrants have arrived in the Hudson Valley. What happens next?: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/migrants-seeking-asylum-hudson-valley-faq-18096032.php 

Floating Solar coming to Cohoes: https://apnews.com/article/floating-solar-ramping-up-climate-change-renewable-energy-7316dbfe9db23363aacadcd133cbd408

George Santos Arrest: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/george-santos-arrested-charges-new-york-b2336334.html

Proud Boys are charged with Civil War era crimes. Rent control is under attack. Tucker Carlson is… being normal. Housing insurance is about to become a lot more important under climate change. Public funds yield private profits at Monument Square. And Hurray! A victory for Public Power!

PB convicted of seditious conspiracy:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/us/politics/jan-6-proud-boys-sedition.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Hudson Valley landlord group appeals Kingston rent control decision https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/kingston-landlords-appeal-rent-control-18081670.php 

Tucker Carlson on how white men fight:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/business/media/tucker-carlson-text-message-white-men.html

Insurers hike prices or drop coverage of climate-doomed homes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/climate-change-homeowners-insurance-housing-market.html 

Reddit thread on public funds to private profits at 1MS:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Troy/comments/138ianx/monument_sq_gets_19m_in_state_budget_closing/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&utm_content=1&utm_term=15 

WF: Public Power!

https://publicpowerny.org/press-releases/new-yorkers-win-historic-victory-for-public-power/

Rensselaer County officials have been charged with federal crimes. Boston police filed fraudulent overtime claims, but don’t worry: it was policy! Tortuguita’s autopsy shows that they didn’t fire a gun and were shot 57 times. Noam Chomsky met with Jeffrey Epstein and it’s none of your business. And a possible treatment for PFAS in the water supply is being developed. 

Tortuguita’s autopsy: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/autopsy-cop-city-protester-manuel-teran-death

Richard Crist in FBI custody: https://wnyt.com/top-stories/rensselaer-county-gop-operative-in-fbi-custody/

Rensco officials charged: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/three-rensselaer-county-officials-charged-federal-17921006.php#photo-9442939

Chomsky met with Epstein: https://www.wsj.com/articles/jeffrey-epstein-calendar-cia-director-goldman-sachs-noam-chomsky-c9f6a3ff?reflink=integratedwebview_share

Boston Police get off from fraudulent overtime claims: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/27/metro/boston-police-officers-acquitted-ot-overtime-fraud/

Treatment for PFAS in water: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/04/16/pfas-water-treatment-filter/ 

Marianne Williamson is taking TikTok by storm, even as major news outlets ignore her campaign. Florida is threatening to kidnap trans kids and punish their parents. Schenectady is reinventing itself as a city with busy streets and in-demand restaurant reservations. Did you know that the air conditioning system at Empire Plaza was full of dead fish? Well, they’re trying to fix that!

'New Schenectady' campaign unveiled: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/new-schenectady-campaign-unveiled-17911492.php 

Marianne Williamson, TikTok Icon: https://theintercept.com/2023/04/14/marianne-williamson-tiktok/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=theintercept

Keeping fish from being sucked into Empire Plaza pipes: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/hudson-river-shad-herring-protected-sucked-pipes-17906134.php 

Anti-trans Florida bill threatens to kidnap children: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/2023/04/21/florida-bilbl-to-take-trans-teens-from-parents-is-unconstitutional/ff29246c-e030-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html

This week we’re talking about two men who died in police custody after being held in abhorrent conditions, tech workers who were hired to do nothing, Troy City floor being broken into by hooligans, and the hopeful plateau of Co2 emissions. 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/these-tech-workers-say-they-were-hired-to-do-nothing-762ff158 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/12/indiana-jail-schizophrenia-solitary-cell-joshua-mclemore-video

https://theappeal.org/alan-willison-clayton-county-jail-death/

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/troy-city-hall-hedley-building-offices-burglarized-17888287.php

www.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2023%2Fmar%2F02%2Fco2-emissions-may-be-starting-to-plateau-global-energy-watchdog-iea

Donald Trump is being arraigned, but will anything come of it? Nicki Clyne has left Keith Raniere after 18 years of being involved with NXIVM. Twitter sucks; is it on purpose? Our military is being destroyed by wokeness–will it ever end? And some baby cheetahs were born in India, on the way to bringing them back from the brink!

Military has woke-itus: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/military-dangerous-decline-reason-why

Nicki Clyne’s statement: https://frankreport.com/2023/03/27/nicki-clyne-leaves-keith-raniere-her-statement/ 

Baby cheetahs: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65113651