Sources:

FBI raid of Ohio voting rights group stokes fear of pre-midterm crackdown | Ohio | The Guardian

The FBI’s raid on free and fair elections - Democracy Docket

Arizona advances voter ID ballot measure for November - Democracy Docket

Florida Reinstates Trump Lawyer Chesebro Despite Guilty Plea (2)

California sues county that just eliminated mail and early voting - Democracy Docket

In hopeful sign for mail-in voting, court fast tracks bid to block Trump order - Democracy Docket

Court tosses MAGA lawsuit seeking access to Georgia’s election operations center - Democracy Docket

Surveillance footage shows election equipment being wheeled out of a Maricopa County facility in Phoenix in March 2026

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Here we discuss a few examples of the impact of climate change on the natural world, according to recent research.

Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown | Polar regions | The Guardian

Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average | Antarctica | The Guardian

‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Hundreds of dolphins found dead in Amazon lake were in water hotter than a jacuzzi, study finds - CBS News

Earth has warmed 1.4°C since 1850. The first half took 148 years. The second took just 27. The coming years will be hell. : r/collapse

Four days of extreme rain in Indonesia killed 7% of world’s rarest great apes, study finds | Extreme weather | The Guardian

Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions - ScienceDirect

State of the world's plants and fungi report: 3 in 4 undescribed plant species already threatened with extinction

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Sea Level Rise numbers just got more intense for large coastal cities, thanks to the double whammy of rising oceans and sinking ground levels.

Subsidence more than doubles sea-level rise today along densely populated coasts | Nature Communications

Sea levels rising dramatically in some areas due to land subsidence

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This week I speak again with Juan Pablo Quinonez, nearly 4 years after our first interview. Juan Pablo has written and released a book about navigating collapse. Find it here

Books – Juan Pablo Quiñonez

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RCP 8.5 was removed as a potential emissions scenario. This is great news, right! Right? Right...

The climate apocalypse is canceled. The merely terrible is not. | Vox

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The billionaires are heading towards becoming trillionaires, and the masses are struggling to get by. Why, and what are the mechanisms?

Sources:

Why Bezos and other oligarchs/kleptocrats and interest groups are trying to bankrupt the US federal government : r/collapse

Bezos defends billionaires, hypes AI, praises Trump on CNBC

What Are ‘Freedom Cities’? Billionaire CEOs’ Plan Could Reshape America - Newsweek

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Sources:

Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll | CNN Politics

Hawaii just found a way around Citizens United.

Trump's midterm plot rejected as court blocks Alabama's new congressional map - The Mirror US

California will impose a 100% tax on payments distributed from Trump’s Jan. 6th “slush fund.” : r/law

gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.312.0_2.pdf

Jan. 6 officers sue over $1.8B pot they call ‘slush fund’ for ‘insurrectionists’

gov.uscourts.flsd.706172.63.0.pdf

Woman fired by Indiana university over Charlie Kirk post to receive $225,000 legal settlement

Florida biologist fired over Charlie Kirk post after his death wins $485K settlement - ABC News

Congressman Cohen Introduces Six Articles of Impeachment Against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts | Congressman Steve Cohen

Hawaii Governor Enacts 13% Tax Bracket on Million-Dollar Earners

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A list of climate woes and research from the week:

Something startling is happening in the Gulf of Mexico » Yale Climate Connections

The next era of Atlantic hurricanes could be far more destructive » Yale Climate Connections

Why an immense marine heatwave off the US west coast has alarmed scientists | West Coast | The Guardian

Some seas may soon be trapped in near-permanent heatwaves - Earth.com

The world’s enclosed seas highlight the need for urgent emission reductions and societal adaptation | Communications Earth & Environment

In shock decision, National Security Council stops work on climate change | The Times of Israel

Chesapeake blue crab population drops 50%. The question is: Why? | Fisheries | bayjournal.com

Antarctic ice-shelf basal melt shaped by competing feedbacks | Nature Geoscience

The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away | New Scientist

Prof. Eliot Jacobson on X

Extreme Temperatures Around The World on X

Extreme Temperatures Around The World on X

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