Sources:

Supreme Court Sides With Trump for Now on Mail Ballot Curbs - Bloomberg

Half the Country Sues to Stop Trump’s Dangerous USPS Mail Ballot Rule | The New Republic

Trump Pardons of Fraudsters Cost Victims Nearly $2 Billion | The New Republic

Trump Administration Ends Corporate Ownership Reporting Rule, Orders U.S. Records Deleted

Texas Secretly Started Torturing Trans Prisoners By Forcibly Detransitioning Them ‘a Few Weeks Ago’

Federal judge strikes down Rubio's immigrant visa freeze on 75 nations | Fox News

20260814175803632_TRUMP_Petition for a Writ of Certiorari.pdf (PDF)

Trump admin says Kennedy Center 'cannot be saved' without his name

Trump administration is preparing to revoke visas of up to 200,000 foreigners | AP News

Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’

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A Substack breaks down the troubles that Europe may experience this winter due to the effects of catabolic collapse:

Blackout Europe: The Coming Winter Energy Crisis

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Two new pieces of research highlight the earth is potentially warming much faster than previously thought, and that the models are wrong (imagine that):

World may warm by 25 per cent more than current projections suggest | New Scientist

Hothouse Earth: arriving sooner than you think…

planetary-solvency.pdf (PDF)

Global warming acceleration in satellite observed lower-tropospheric temperature | Research Square

The world inches closer to catastrophic climate events | AP News

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An episode to focus on various aspects of collapse showing up in the UK in recent days:

Network Rail says heat poses ‘exceptional challenges’ after two trains derail in 24 hours | Rail transport | The Guardian

Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ during drought | Water industry | The Guardian

England’s ancient oak trees dying in extreme hot and dry weather | Trees and forests | The Guardian

‘Our new normal’: how marine heatwaves affect life in British seas | Marine life | The Guardian

Just received UK, people still think this is normal? : r/collapse

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New research suggests that the global population will peak much earlier than expected, and that's without considering major collapse forces:

Economists Say World Population May Have Already Crossed into Below Replacement Fertility, Faster Than U.N. Estimates

New mathematical model suggests global population crash by 2064

Opinion | The Population Bust Is Coming Sooner Than Anyone Is Prepared For - The New York Times

Demographics.pdf (PDF FILE)

Which countries have already passed peak population, and when will the rest do so? | Our World in Data

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Sources:

New evidence suggests White House took steps to punish Colorado over Tina Peters case

Former DOJ Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer breaks down Todd Blanche’s 21-page memo expanding executive privilege.

Blanche declines to pledge independence from the White House | CNN Politics

Court allows Trump administration to access trans patients' records - LGBTQ Nation

A Journalist Approaches 300 Days in ICE Detention With a Gunshot Wound

ICE Refused to Give Detainees Medical Treatment After Gas Leak | The New Republic

GEO ICE detention officials call inmate complaints about a gas leak was a 'hoax' after complaints of illness - Sentinel Colorado

ICE is releasing people who are dying in order to avoid reporting their death

Justice Department deploys tactic to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship | PBS News Hour : r/law

Idaho must allow abortions to preserve women’s health, US judge rules | 1470 & 100.3 WMBD

Trump Seeks Immediate Halt to Judge’s Penalties in IRS Case

Trump’s DOJ could be held in contempt over unredacted Epstein files, judge says: ‘It’s not a threat. It’s a promise’ | The Independent

Trump won't necessarily avoid financial discovery in lawsuit

South Carolina Vote-by-Mail Restrictions Deemed Unconstitutional

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Billionaires are making their plans for safe haven during the perils of our current and future world. Will they sleep well in those beds, knowing they're largely to blame for the situation? (the answer is probably yes)

The Argentine ranch where tech CEOs plan to ride out the apocalypse

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A look at various articles highlighting the ways in which we have doomed our waterways:

Fears of ‘catastrophic’ decline of giant Australian cuttlefish after only 44 counted in dive survey | Marine life | The Guardian

Romania shuts down nuclear reactor as Danube hits record lows – POLITICO

Gulf oil spill fast becoming one of world’s worst in years, agencies warn | The Straits Times

'Environmental disaster' as one billion plastic pellets enter River Tyne - Geographical

El Niño may peak at the worst time for the Amazon – and it should worry us all | Amazon rainforest | The Guardian

Rate of climate change affects stability of the AMOC | EurekAlert!

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