President Donald Trump has declared war on the environment, science, and public health.
Trump is trying to allow industrial development and oil and gas leases on public lands, threatening not just the natural beauty of our national parks and other wilderness areas, but also violating the sacred lands of many indigenous tribes.
Trump is also undermining scientific research, through cancellation of grants for scientists, and denial of major research funds for many leading universities.
And Trump, through his diabolical Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is putting all Americans’ public health needs, including vaccines, in dire danger.
Already, the disease of Measles, which had been declared no longer a threat to public health decades ago, is showing up in hundreds of cases in many states, due to RFK Jr’s anti vaccine campaign, threatening many children, and already causing some tragic deaths.
The drain by firings and resignations of top environment experts, scientists, and doctors and nurses, is threatening long term damage to areas of public policy, that once were considered inviolable areas to undermine.
Elon Musk and the now ended DOGE (Department Of Government Efficiency) caused massive harm in its aim to cut federal spending, and has helped create the crisis that has developed in these crucial areas of the environment, science, and public health.
CIA director floated Trump-Putin-Zelensky summit during Moscow visit, sources say
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/29/cia-director-ratcliffe-putin-zelensky-summit-war
Ukraine Says Russia Planning Ground Offensive on Kyiv, Chernihiv
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-29/ukraine-says-russia-planning-ground-offensive-on-kyiv-chernihiv
Treasury Bars Some Reporters From G20 Finance Meeting
“Specific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to cover the meeting of financial leaders next week in Asheville, N.C. “
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/business/reporters-denied-g20-meeting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9FA.UmNf.hbtF0hudBtue&smid=url-share
Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/military-leaders-warn-hegseth-against-extending-iran-war-operations/
New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State
https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/new-maps-show-how-israel-has-thwarted-hopes-for-a-palestinian-state
UGH!
Far-Right Party Wins Closely Watched Western Australia Vote
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-29/far-right-party-wins-closely-watched-vote-in-western-australia
Iceland votes against restarting talks on joining EU
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70le8ed1plo
Appalling.
Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/us/afghans-deported-us-central-african-republic.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9FA.gqZZ.sYBntZQwJl_K&smid=url-share
Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits
Judge declares Rubio’s speech-based student deportations violate the Constitution
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086
El-Sayed apologizes to Jewish Democrats as he seeks to bridge party divides
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/29/politics/el-sayed-michigan-jewish-democrats-synagogue
This El Niño Will Be Unlike Any in the Past Eight Decades
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/08/el-nino-effects/688429/
China is concealing scale of flood disaster, say Tibet campaigners
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/31/china-concealing-scale-nepal-flood-disaster-say-tibet-campaigners
The world may have less time than it thinks on climate change
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/08/30/the-world-may-have-less-time-than-it-thinks-on-climate-change
Trump’s deals in Africa could cut U.S. health aid by more than half, analysis shows
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/trumps-deals-africa-could-cut-us-health-aid-by-more-than-half-analysis-shows/
Russia Torments Kyiv With New Tactic of Nonstop Waves of Drones
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/world/europe/ukraine-kyiv-drones-russia-sirens.html
Russia preparing ‘massive strikes’ on Ukraine’s energy sites after deadliest attack of the year
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/31/russia-massive-strikes-ukraine-energy-infrastructure.html
First US military attacks on Iran in a month prompt retaliation
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/30/us-strikes-iranian-launchers-on-larak-island-amid-strait-of-hormuz-tensions
Trump Says Iran’s Kharg Is Being ‘Blown To Smithereens,’ But Gives No Details
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-kharg-island-blown-smithereens_n_6a94ff0de4b0f75d1947d891?se
Trump posts AI video of Iran’s Kharg in ‘smithereens’, no evidence of attack
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-posts-ai-video-irans-kharg-smithereens-no-evidence-attack-2026-08-31/
Trump is completely insane.
G20 Finance Officials Gather in U.S. as Iran War Grips Global Economy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/business/g20-finance-iran-bessent.html
These Generals Fought for Israel. Now They See ‘Jewish Terrorism’ as the Threat.
“Former Israeli generals and intelligence officials are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/world/middleeast/west-bank-israel.html
Netanyahu son evacuated from US over threat
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/30/netanyahu-son-evacuate-israel-01056597
Morocco not to blame for Ceuta border breach, says Spanish PM
“Pedro Sánchez says two countries are cooperating after mass incursion by 70,000 people into north African enclave”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/31/morocco-ceuta-border-breach-spanish-pm-migration-pedro-sanchez
Trump’s Venezuela Oil Grab Reprises Industry’s Neocolonial Past
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-30/trump-s-venezuela-oil-grab-reprises-industry-s-neocolonial-past?srnd=homepage-americas
Indonesian activists hail ruling to strike down ban on insulting government, but question impact
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesian-activists-hail-ruling-strike-down-ban-insulting-government-question-2026-08-31/
Trump Says Venezuelan Oil Will Refill U.S. Stockpiles, but It’s Not So Simple
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/us/politics/trump-venezuela-oil-us-reserves.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9VA.Q5V3.MGCQbij8ALIi&smid=url-share
Canada erects giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign as spat with Trump over name escalates
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/30/canada-trump-lake-ontario-name
Google Maps switches to “Lake America” as Canada compares change to “SNL” skit
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/30/lake-america-lake-ontario-maps-trump
House Democrat to launch challenge to Trump’s ‘Lake America’ order
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/aug/31/donald-trump-lake-america-ontario-canada-trade-war-tariffs-jd-vance-g20-latest-news-updates
Election Officials Brace for Chaos Over Trump’s Mail-in Ballot Rule
https://www.notus.org/courts/election-officials-chaos-mail
Rep. Jim Clyburn says impeaching Trump shouldn’t be Democrats’ priority if they win back the House
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jim-clyburn-impeaching-trump-shouldnt-democrats-priority-win-house-rcna595118
APPALLING!
Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
“The Pentagon has secretly installed several conservative military veterans with large online followings in government roles, declining to disclose their assignments as they amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s viewpoints”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/
Authoritarianism!
Trump calls for NBC’s Kristen Welker to face ‘rebuke or punishment’ from the FCC
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/30/politics/trump-kristen-welker-fcc-nbc
Airman’s ‘contemptuous’ words for Trump lead to high-stakes military charges
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/08/31/airmans-contemptuous-words-trump-lead-high-stakes-military-charges/
Nepal-Tibet floods: warning signs visible before glacier collapse, report says, as death toll passes 1,000
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/sep/01/nepal-tibet-floods-death-toll-rescue-hydropower-tunnels-china-latest-updates
Global Bond Selloff Sends Yields to the Highest Level Since 2008
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-01/australian-benchmark-bond-yield-jumps-to-level-last-seen-in-2011?srnd=homepage-americas
Russian attack hits rail workers in new deadly strikes on Kyiv
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2zmdgry3do
Trump welcomes Russia back to the G20. Europe isn’t having it.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/31/bessent-welcomes-russia-back-to-g20-as-europe-pushes-back-01058296
It’s utterly inexcusable for Russia to be “welcomed back” to anything at this point.
Lindsey Graham’s legacy bill is poised to get shuffled aside in the House
“Less than a month ago, a huge bipartisan Senate majority voted to honor the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and pass legislation he pushed aimed at sanctioning Russia’s trading partners.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/31/russia-sanctions-bill-house-01058380
Tehran urges return to June deal, oil prices rise as Trump vows to hit Iran ‘hard’
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/01/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-tanker-attack-shipping-sanctions-.html
Thai resort prepares to host USS Abraham Lincoln sailors after more than 270 days at sea
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/01/thailand-pattaya-uss-abraham-lincoln-sailors-marines
Mine Warfare With Iran Hampers U.S. Efforts to Win Control of Hormuz
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/mine-warfare-with-iran-hampers-u-s-efforts-to-win-control-of-hormuz-45abc6b0?mod=hp_lead_pos1
Trump suggests he is reviewing US support for UK over Falkland Islands
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/trump-uk-sovereignty-falkland-islands
Iceland’s close ties with EU mean no vote is not a Brexit-style rejection
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/01/iceland-ties-eu-no-vote-not-brexit-style-rejection
‘I’ve never been to Afghanistan’: Six million deportees forced to start over under the Taliban
“As of August, the number forced to return this year from Pakistan and Iran had reached another million.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e074nn8eko
Trump’s Venezuela oil deal is even sleazier than you think
https://www.salon.com/2026/09/01/trumps-venezuela-oil-deal-is-even-sleazier-than-you-think/
Canada’s ruling Liberals sweep special elections in boost to Mark Carney
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/01/canada-liberals-special-elections-mark-carney
Majority of Americans oppose Trump’s new Canada tariffs, renaming Lake Ontario, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/majority-americans-oppose-trumps-new-canada-tariffs-renaming-lake-ontario-2026-09-01/
Insane.
Trump Administration Shuts Down Hundreds of Trucking Schools
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/trump-administration-trucker-schools-english
Total bullsh*t.
Exclusive: DHS plans to launch voter fraud investigation surge Tuesday
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/31/politics/homeland-security-voter-fraud-investigations
Federal judge delays a mifepristone lawsuit until after midterms
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6062042-judge-pauses-mifepristone-lawsuit/
New CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles data
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/08/31/new-cdc-director-delays-adding-pennsylvania-deaths-measles-data/
Uhhhhh…why???
The Trump EPA Is a Toothless Friend of Polluting Industries, Analysis Shows
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01092026/trump-epa-clean-air-water-retreat/
Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/31/nx-s1-5948057/department-commerce-census-bureau-scientific-integrity
Supreme Court lets White House continue construction on Trump’s $400 million ballroom
https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-ballroom-supreme-court-6b9434af0a2dbeffa0ca19f5cdf7d775
This court is completely and irremediably f***ed up!
Army Secretary Resigns After Months of Friction With Hegseth
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/army-secretary-resigns-after-months-of-friction-with-hegseth-9c124207?st=1YGLK1&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Socialism? LOL
Trump calls for federal tax incentives to benefit TV and movie industry
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-calls-federal-tax-incentives-benefit-tv-movie-industry-rcna595456
Trump Mocks Data-Center Opponents as Wanting to Stay ‘Backwards and Poor’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/politics/trump-data-centers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.91A.6r0n.U_JPs7h-ItHt&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/02/global-heating-warming-1-8c-best-case-scenario-un-united-nations-environment-programme-report
‘Pitiful’: experts condemn initial US aid contribution for Nepal flood victims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/02/nepal-flood-aid
Global bond sell-off intensifies as US-Iran tensions stoke inflation fears
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/02/global-bond-sell-off-us-iran-tensions-inflation-fears
Zelensky says airlines should avoid Russian airspace as Ukraine escalates drone operations
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9v9yydy2wvo
Xi visits Egypt as China seeks deeper influence across the Mideast
https://apnews.com/article/egypt-china-middle-east-iran-war-us-946c3b90b6251c08fdcb219e24a088a2
Status of Iran’s Nuclear Program Is Unclear, U.N. Watchdog Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-program-iaea.html
Trump’s Next War Is Already Underway in Latin America
“The administration has long targeted alleged drug-trafficking groups. Now it’s laying out its framework for direct military action across the region.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/214958/trump-new-war-latin-america
Apple joins Google in renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America”
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/01/apple-maps-google-lake-ontario-lake-america
These tech companies are NOT our friends!
MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/01/mapquest-lake-ontario-trump
Sheeple!
A record 38% of Republicans say Canada is unfriendly or an enemy of the U.S.
https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/55478-record-high-38-percent-republicans-canada-unfriendly-enemy-of-the-united-states-august-28-31-2026-economist-yougov-poll
Deported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/01/milo-yiannopoulos-deported-trump-support
The leopards came to eat his face, and now he’s shocked! shocked! that leopards act like this! LOL!
Horrifying
Springfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates say
https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/springfield-haitian-student-takes-his-own-life-after-being-fitted-with-ice-ankle-monitor-advocates/article_e19dbeef-3683-5477-a79c-c20df69de2e7.html
DeWine calls death of Springfield Haitian student ‘horrible tragedy’
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2026/09/01/haitian-students-death-horrible-tragedy-ohio-gov-mike-dewine-says/91561405007/
Yes, a horrible tragedy CAUSED BY REPUBLICANS!
Horrible!
ICE detainee dies just hours after he was admitted into detention
“The 51-year-old was found unresponsive during morning checks the next day by a corrections officer at the Saipan facility, run by the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Corrections. Wei was pronounced dead at approximately 7:30 a.m. local time on Aug. 23.”
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/02/nx-s1-5953128/ice-detention-death-lianyong-wei
Not enough money, people or paper: Election officials say they can’t comply with Trump’s proposed mail ballot rules
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/02/politics/election-officials-trump-post-office-mail-ballot-voting
Data center backlash is panicking tech oligarchs ahead of midterms
https://www.salon.com/2026/09/02/data-center-backlash-is-panicking-tech-oligarchs-ahead-of-midterms/
This data has helped fight workplace discrimination for 60 years. The Trump administration plans to delete it
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/02/eeoc-workplace-discrimination-data-trump
Hegseth Targets 7 More Officers as His Frustrated Army Secretary Quits
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/hegseth-purge-army-officers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.91A.ZKgz.kWheuVRXeIBG&smid=bs-share
Hegseth is sabotaging the US military!
APPALLING.
Trump says he’s nominating acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao for the permanent job
https://apnews.com/article/navy-secretary-cao-trump-7590214964e4213615bb1780c6658785
Cao is completely unhinged.
House passes short-term funding bill to prevent a shutdown before the election
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-votes-pass-short-term-funding-bill-prevent-shutdown-election-rcna595350
Jeffries says Dems who saved GOP’s agenda deserve ‘serious response’
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/01/congress/dems-threaten-defector-discipline-01061088
Republicans aren’t exactly flocking to Trump’s midterm convention
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/02/gop-midterm-convention-attendance-01061286
How Jeff Bezos’s Surrender to Trump Freed Him to Dodge Labor Laws
https://newrepublic.com/article/215022/jeff-bezos-dodge-labor-laws
House censures Rep. Chuck Edwards for conduct toward former female staffers
https://apnews.com/article/congress-ethics-chuck-edwards-censure-inappropriate-conduct-7cd5aa1f9d249d2c59b5ae7a149c0e7d
Former President Joe Biden Will Attend Sept. 11 Ceremony in New York
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/biden-sept-11-ceremony.html
Charlie Kirk murder suspect pleads not guilty as judge clears way for death penalty trial
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4jn9q7evpo
He’s obviously guilty.
‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/el-nino-supersizing-before-our-eyes-united-nations
Putin floats ‘chance’ at peace with Ukraine as NATO chief warns Russia is becoming ‘increasingly reckless’
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/03/putin-peace-russia-ukraine-nato-defense.html
Finland runs Europe’s biggest civil defense exercise since the Cold War
https://apnews.com/article/finland-russia-civil-defense-cyberattack-sabotage-3ea6f75d826669c6be138a0496934b5b
Russia to close German cultural centers after Berlin blames Moscow for airport drone plot
https://apnews.com/article/russia-germany-goethe-institute-close-airport-drone-1e72ac4fd59f4a1f44859bd2e78dbde6
Hegseth Extends Mideast Deployments Into 2027, Escalating Strain on Troops
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-extends-mideast-deployments-into-2027-escalating-strain-on-troops-c10fc533?st=dAWAxa&reflink=article_copyURL_share
In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/video/iran-us-attack-wedding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-FA.xlpX.rMH8wUH4SvfL&smid=url-share
With diplomacy stalled, Trump returns to floating regime change in Iran
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/politics/trump-regime-change-iran
Israel ‘seeking Trump’s support for plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/02/israel-seeking-trumps-support-for-plan-to-expel-palestinians-from-gaza
That would be ethnic cleansing – hence a massive crime.
Ben-Gvir posts Palestinians on conveyor belts to detention camps.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/03/ben-gvir-palestinian-comments
Ben-Gvir is evil incarnate — also the antithesis of Jewish values.
The far-right leader pushing Germans to forget the Nazi past
https://www.politico.eu/article/hans-thomas-tillschneider-saxony-anhalt-election-erinnerungskultur-alternative-for-germany/
Trump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” Objections
https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-blocks-charges-ice-agent-minneapolis-julio-cesar-sosa-celis
US attorneys rally to free children held in immigration custody
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/03/attorneys-rally-children-immigration-custody
Justice department orders US states to expand how they report undocumented immigrants
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/02/justice-department-undocumented-immigrants-reports
ICE Whistle-Blower: Recruits Posed ‘Grave National Security Risks’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/us/ice-recruits-national-security-risk-whistleblower.html
Judge Blocks Trump’s Second Try to Restrict Birthright Citizenship
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/us/politics/judge-trump-birthright-citizenship.html
ICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/ice-detainee-medical-care-22384190.php