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Retired COO/CFO Intl manf, problem solver, USAF Vet, ⬆️🌎Climate Crisis ⬆️Science ⬆️ The Commons | 🚫MAGA25 🚫1% “The idea that we can enjoy the benefits of society while owing nothing in return is literally infantile. Only children owe nothing"

One key point @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social makes here is that if Dems win the midterms (and win in 2028), deploying congressional power creatively to unwind Elon Musk's sway over the government (contracts, etc) will be essential to any reconstruction: www.ms.now/opinion/elon...

Opinion | Oligarchs like Elon Musk are tightening their grip on the Pentagon

A new initiative named Project Meridian is just one way GOP donors’ influence over defense policy is increasing.

ms.now

This year's El Niño continues its climb into uncharted waters; Niño3.4 region anomalies are now at a 3.4C above normal (how fitting!), higher than any prior El Niño event on record. September monthly Niño3.4 anomalies also set a record at 2.9C (beating 2015 and 1877's 2.75C).

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Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.

"In the United States, Congress must exercise fully its oversight authority to end misappropriation of migration and refugee resettlement funds to finance arbitrary detention and chain refoulement – and, in effect, to reward torturers." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump is disappearing refugees into the hands of torturers – and rewarding them handsomely | Tutu Alicante and Uzra Zeya

Refugees from third countries are being sent to Equatorial Guinea, where they are often sent back to the very countries they fled

theguardian.com

1. Tonight at Gillette Stadium, Zach Bryan, one of the biggest country music artists in the world, wore a Free Palestine shirt onstage. Gillette Stadium is owned by Robert Kraft, who pushed Ed Sheeran and his promoter to drop Macklemore from his tour. Bryan isn’t just a major country artist.