Water firms made £340m+ from it. Works can’t remove most chemicals in contaminated Heathrow wastewater. PFAS anyone? It ends up in rivers, seas, farmland. With River Action I built a database of 26,000 consents to show the scale. And mapped it: watershedinvestigations.com

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Water companies made £340mn last year accepting industrial wastewater they don't have the facilities to adequately treat. “Industrial pollution must not become a lucrative business for water companies" says Amy Fairman of @riveractionuk.bsky.social. Our report: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies

Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants

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We used to make shit, build shit in this country. Now we put our hand in the next guy's pocket. Or so I was once told. This shit is going to make the mortgage-backed securities scandal look like a time of modulated economic growth and sober investment opportunity.

The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · yesterday

Kalshi has reportedly launched an investigation into a series of bets on Trump’s startling new selection for White House press secretary.

WH press corp pool coverage has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Sherman Act. But the NYT makes sure to be stenographers first and reporters last--the 4 byline piece (4 reporters to do stenography?), frames this as a both-sides dispute, instead of the totalitarian action that it is.

BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.

Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage

Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.

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How long until they cave and put money in his pocket? Or at least hold a black tie dinner in his honor?

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17h ago

BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.

🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory

“Christian” pastors cheering on public executions when the whole Christian faith is based on the abhorrence of the gruesomeness of a public execution shows how far Christian Nationalism is off the rails.

Andy Burnham first PM to confirm Kremlin role in Brexit vote The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

From Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...

The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum

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BREAKING: In responding to one of two lawsuits challenging the legality of the Trump-praising DHS propaganda ads, DOJ tonight does not defend the ads on the merits — instead arguing that the ads are set to end on Sunday, so there will be no irreparable harm. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

🧐 this is the most 90's action movie bullshit I have ever seen. These people do not exist in reality

I Scare You Like Sound Dog@chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d ago

"The proposed training would take place at the FBI Academy in Quantico and cover techniques including striking, grappling, takedowns, weapon defense and ground control." lmfaoo

It would be great if the U.S. media did some investigative reporting on our own President, who dozes off constantly in public, has bruised hands, swollen ankles, and saw no less than *22* doctors at his last visit to Walter Reed.

"If Congress doesn’t fund a president’s pet project, how does he get taxpayer money for it? Answer: by stealing it from other programs." ICYMI @amandacarpenter.bsky.social on why Trump's ballroom matters:

Why You Must Care About the Ballroom

Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.

lnk.thebulwark.com

You're supposed to report the news, not translate it for the reading/listening audience. If you want to be an interpreter, go get a job at the UN.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 6d ago

This is being passed around as a total misrepresentation of what he said. Trump was saying - as he often does - that costs for Americans are a small price to pay for preventing Iran from getting nuclear missiles. He was saying ‘let them take out LA or SD’ as an example of what could happen then…

"A failing, 80-year-old sociopath, surrounded by loyalists and bitter-enders, facing the end of his rule, while the world burns. The period of maximum danger may still lie ahead of us."

The Forces of Trumpism Are in Disarray

This is what it looks like when a movement begins to come apart.

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new wolfenstein looks like shit

Congratulations, fake Christians.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: "We've gonna shove it up their ass ... They are a bunch of dumb son of a bitches" Remember when presidents had dignity? Here's a lowlight supercut from Trump's rally tonight in Ohio:

My investigators have confirmed the Trump administration is hiding interview documents it conducted with some of Epstein’s banks, and there could be more. There’s no limit to how far Scott Bessent, Kash Patel and Todd Blanche will go to continue this cover up.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w ago

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.

If this reads like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails, it’s because it’s exactly like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: My Administration will, immediately, begin sending 'Checks' of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premium ... This money will come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, a pointless 'Slush Fund' that has only been used by Dumocrats ... "

In the age of technology, we all expect that every conversation will be recorded. But that isn’t true. A lot of records come from the recollections of someone in a position of power. And we know that investigators—including police and Title IX—severely overestimate the amount of false allegations.

All of this. I also want to add that, in my research, I found that a lot of “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story actually came from gender bias affecting investigators’ record keeping and interview methods.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · last wk.

Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist

It’s weird to see so many higher education leaders beat their chests about “the decline of trust” from the public while refusing to acknowledge the conservative movement organizing to destroy it. Imagine someone stabbing you repeatedly while you complain about not having enough blood to bleed out.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last wk.

I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

“Jared Kushner is literally a war profiteer. That’s what we should refer to him as. Peace would be bad for business.” @timmiller.bsky.social & Tommy Vietor react to the CNN story about Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner’s obvious conflicts of interest with 🇮🇱 companies

I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: "I take an aspirin a day. I don't know if it works but psychologically I need it. It thins the hell out of your blood I guess ... They want me to go down to the 80. I take the 386. I don't know what the hell it is. It's a monster. They said, 'Sir, you don't need that!'"

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WaPo: Campaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security and slain officers' funerals

The Washington Post reports the money for President Trump's campaign-style ads were meant to be used for border security and slain officers' funerals. MS NOW Reporter Alex Tabet, MS NOW Political Cont...

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The NY Times says it’s “not clear“ why Trump is using taxpayer funds and not money from his super PAC for his self-glorifying ads. But it’s clear to me. It’s because HE‘S A CROOK.

These hideous Trump ads are outright theft from the taxpayers and election misconduct at the same time. $20 million in OUR MONEY spent on Illegal ads glorifying the would-be king. And his co-conspirators told him it was OK.

Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)

The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.

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We can talk about re-engineering government <after> we: - Restore all the NIH/NSF funds - Restore at the Dept. of Education Title VI/FLAS funds - Rebuild USAID - Hire back as many of the fired federal workers as possible & replace those we can't with new talent as fast as possible - Etc. - Etc.

If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦‍♂️

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com · last wk.

DOGE overhauled the federal workforce and slashed government spending — moves that inspired nationwide protests and lawsuits. The backlash has given Democrats nationally an opportunity to reclaim the government efficiency mantle.

Mostly, what the article describes is a good idea - and if it can be done legally already, do it as part of rebuilding. It will only be bad if we skip the “investigate and prosecute DOGE” part. This part is worrying. Musk’s biggest “aircover” was that he broke the law!!