Breaking Down: Collapse

Sources:

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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