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Sources: Ilhan Omar investigation seeks to denaturalize member: Report ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program - The American Prospect Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Species are declining at an accelerating rate. Here, a glimpse into some of them: ‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record | Birds | The Guardian Populations of wild species fell by an average of 73% from 1970 to 2022, WWF says - The Japan Times World's largest penguin colony hit by climate-driven decline Puffin island Lundy on cusp of closure as it runs out of water Redwoods are iconic ecosystems. But now they’re overheating. | Vox Vegetables are now half as nutritious than 60 years ago. Experts have worked out why | The Independent Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just because we don't talk about it often doesn't mean it isn't happening... Methan emission are growing and aren't accounted for in the models: Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian US will rescind policy targeting oil and gas industry methane leaks | Reuters Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet Decadal doubling of Siberian methane emissions due to warming-induced fires and methanogenesis | Science Siberian methane emissions have doubled in a decade, study co-led by UK scientists finds | EurekAlert! Siberia's growing methane threat could offset 20% of global methane reduction targets by 2050 Extreme weather likely to increase methane emissions from landfills | Research | Chemistry World Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As pressure builds on the nations first (and most severely) impacted by Climate Change and collapse, a Substack article considers the force that will be used against migrants fleeing the chaos. Comments - The Massacres are Coming - by Sarah Connor Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the Super El Nino continues to grow, local governments are taking pre-emptive actions: We're gonna need a bigger chart : r/collapse We have a bigger chart : r/collapse The clocks are changing and so is the season - get ready for a summer of weather surprises Auckland - OurAuckland ‘Like an earthquake’: El Niño is coming for California – is the state ready? | California | The Guardian How California is bracing for a winter of floods, fires and extreme storms all at once | Environment | The Guardian El Niño high tides will batter California Thanksgiving, Christmas Ten things to do right now to prepare for predicted severe El Niño impacts | ANR News Releases The Godzilla El Niño Is a Rehearsal for the Rest of Our Lives - Bloomberg Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sources: This time, take Trump literally 'Should Concern All Americans': Records Show ICE Has Gathered 50 Million Voter Records Ahead of Midterms | Common Dreams Trump plan to send 1,000 DOJ monitors to the polls could ‘jeopardize the election,’ NAACP lawsuit warns | The Independent DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms - Democracy Docket ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls - Democracy Docket Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says - Democracy Docket GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal - Democracy Docket Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to regulate voting machines - Democracy Docket New Jersey GOP operative, pardoned by Trump, accused of scheming to purge Democratic voters ahead of midterms - Democracy Docket Can Trump really pay for campaign ads with your tax dollars? Trump Calls for Media Outlets to Be Arrested Over Rally Coverage ABC to federal judge: Trump’s FCC is holding our head on a ‘guillotine’ | CNN Business FBI Whistleblower: Trump Ordered Probe of Protesters Over a TikTok | The New Republic Pete Hegseth's New Religious Affairs Office Sparks a Legal Church-State Fight Veterans at NYC Homeless Shelter Could Lose Funding; City Clashes With VA Over Trump Orders Congress’ Watchdog Finds Trump Illegally Withheld More Than $1 Billion in Federal Funds - The Washington Sun Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies by suicide - The Banker Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Revisiting Episode 63: Why we're wrong or so they say - Resource Scarcity Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Revisiting Episode 51: A conversation with Tom Murphy Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Revisiting Episode 32: Overconsumption vs Overpopulation Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm taking a brief break this week, so we'll revisit some old classics! Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sources: Federal appeals court rejects Donald Trump's challenge to collusion finding tied to IRS settlement Trump to Cut Nearly $1 Billion in Pocket Rescission Package (1) DOJ Prepares to Investigate Nearly Every Federal Judge in Blue State | The New Republic Former Bush Ethics Lawyer: Trump's Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Ad 'Could Be An Impeachable Offense' - Above the Law Trump Has Officially Out-Kinged The King We Fought A Revolution To Get Rid Of - Above the Law WATCH: Jack Smith says he would prosecute Trump again for 'serious crimes against our nation' | PBS News California Authorizes People To Sue ICE, Border Patrol For Constitutional Violations Under New Law By Senator Wiener | Senator Scott Wiener January 6 Rioters Claim They Were “Punished,” Demand Restitution | The New Republic Nearly 200 people wrongly identified on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens | US voting rights | The Guardian Supreme Court Hands Trump Huge Win in Quest to Make Voting Harder | The New Republic DHS failed to provide records supporting Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says - Democracy Docket Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines - Democracy Docket Trump admin violating VRA with armed feds at polls: Lawsuit Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The climate keeps spinning out of control. Are we really going to allow private companies to make a profit off sketchy attempts to "fix" it? ‘Our house was under water’: Bangkok floods force thousands into shelters as disaster declared | Thailand | The Guardian 'New reality': Calif. scientists uncover why rivers are turning orange The company with a $10 billion a year plan to cool the planet | CNN Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glacier collapse is accelerating. In this episode we discuss the rate of change, as well as the impacts it will have on people and ecosystems. Europe's earliest glacier loss day in years signals a reckoning for the Alps Glacier Collapse Threatens Southeastern Tibetan River Basin : r/collapse Microbial communities and ecological functions shift with glacier retreat in the Canadian High Arctic | Scientific Reports Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Going deeper into last weeks' episode on the potential impacts of an extended oil shock: Armed group shuts pipeline from Libya's largest oil field, jeopardising exports | Euronews Macron Calls for Another Emergency Oil Release as Europe Loses Supply | OilPrice.com ‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car now’: diesel crisis ripples across Britain | Petrol prices | The Guardian How record diesel prices will rip through the U.S. economy Global Food Shock is Imminent: Stock Up on Your Favorites Now - The New Sentinel People dont realize how dependent most of the world is on oil and how quickly the economy/society will collapse without it : r/collapse Silver Lining to the Oil Shortages : r/collapse Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do governments suspect about collapse that won't share with us? UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer | Climate crisis | The Guardian ‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn | Climate crisis | The Guardian Opinion | Climate Catastrophe Is Still on the Table - The New York Times Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.