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As migrants move to upstate New York, counties lose their damn minds. The Medicaid purge is set to begin as the Covid state of emergency ends. Cop City activists have been arrested for operating a bail fund. And Biden has ordered a 20 year ban on federal oil and gas drilling around a tribal site in New Mexico.
‘Give us an opportunity’: At Newburgh hotel, migrants hope for a better life: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/migrants-seeking-better-life-in-upstate-new-york-18127689.php
New York’s post-COVID Medicaid purge begins in June. Could state’s Essential Plan buffer losses? https://www.timesunion.com/health/article/new-york-s-medicaid-purge-begins-month-18127765.php
20 year ban on oil and gas drilling in New Mexico: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/biden-orders-20-year-ban-on-oil-gas-drilling-around-tribal-site-in-new-mexico
Atlanta Solidarity Fund: https://atlsolidarity.org/#why
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
Thank the gods, we’ve averted the crisis of our own making once again. Diane Feinstein wants you to tell her one thing: where the hell is she? Police deprive a heart transplant recipient of a life saving medication, killing him. Orcas are leading up the class war and butterflies are thriving in English gardens.
Debt ceiling: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/us/politics/debt-ceiling-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare also https://twitter.com/quigleyaidan/status/1662644377317982209?s=46&t=H0xYNG-blXU-d-zkx5SJeA
Police kill heart transplant recipient through negligence: https://jaxtrib.org/2023/05/23/i-cant-miss-those-doses-jacksonville-man-died-after-jail-denied-him-heart-transplant-medicine/
Butterfly populations explode in gardens: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/butterfly-populations-grew-by-200-higher-in-peoples-gardens-than-in-other-habitats/
Orca class war: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/orcas-attacking-boats-gladis-killer-whale-b2346615.html
Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
This week we’re talking about Florida having lost its mind, passing several anti-LGBTQ bills in a single day. The US is on the hunt for electric vehicle battery minerals and is suddenly very concerned about labor practices abroad. Capital Roots has withdrawn recognition of their employees’ union. And Rhode Island is feeding its youngins for free!
Florida bathroom bill: https://www.reckon.news/lgbtq/2023/05/florida-is-set-to-arrest-people-in-restrooms-regardless-of-legal-gender-status-in-sweeping-bill.html
Florida kidnapping bill: https://newrepublic.com/post/172748/ron-desantis-signs-law-allowing-trans-kids-taken-families
Florida anti-drag bill: https://newrepublic.com/post/172750/ron-desantis-signs-drag-ban-extreme-cancel-pride-parades
Capital Roots withdraws union recognition: https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/troy-s-capital-roots-workers-leave-seiu-union-18106387.php
Free lunch in Rhode Island: https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/ri-senate-passes-bill-making-lunch-free-at-all-public-schools/
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
The Excelsior Pass has risen to $64 million, but good luck finding it in your phone. Asylum seekers have been sent to the Hudson Valley as county legislators guard their purses. George Santos has turned himself in on fraud charges. And Cohoes isn’t letting renewable energy drift past!
Trump sexual abuse lawsuit: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/09/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-lawsuit-battery-defamation-verdict/index.html
Patriot Front in DC: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12080939/White-supremacy-group-Patriot-march-Washington-D-C.html
Excelsior Pass costs ballooned to $64 million and keep rising: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/excelsior-pass-ballooned-64-million-keeps-rising-18091575.php
Migrants have arrived in the Hudson Valley. What happens next?: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/migrants-seeking-asylum-hudson-valley-faq-18096032.php
Floating Solar coming to Cohoes: https://apnews.com/article/floating-solar-ramping-up-climate-change-renewable-energy-7316dbfe9db23363aacadcd133cbd408
George Santos Arrest: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/george-santos-arrested-charges-new-york-b2336334.html
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Proud Boys are charged with Civil War era crimes. Rent control is under attack. Tucker Carlson is… being normal. Housing insurance is about to become a lot more important under climate change. Public funds yield private profits at Monument Square. And Hurray! A victory for Public Power!
PB convicted of seditious conspiracy:
Hudson Valley landlord group appeals Kingston rent control decision https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/kingston-landlords-appeal-rent-control-18081670.php
Tucker Carlson on how white men fight:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/business/media/tucker-carlson-text-message-white-men.html
Insurers hike prices or drop coverage of climate-doomed homes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/climate-change-homeowners-insurance-housing-market.html
Reddit thread on public funds to private profits at 1MS:
WF: Public Power!
https://publicpowerny.org/press-releases/new-yorkers-win-historic-victory-for-public-power/
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Rensselaer County officials have been charged with federal crimes. Boston police filed fraudulent overtime claims, but don’t worry: it was policy! Tortuguita’s autopsy shows that they didn’t fire a gun and were shot 57 times. Noam Chomsky met with Jeffrey Epstein and it’s none of your business. And a possible treatment for PFAS in the water supply is being developed.
Tortuguita’s autopsy: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/autopsy-cop-city-protester-manuel-teran-death
Richard Crist in FBI custody: https://wnyt.com/top-stories/rensselaer-county-gop-operative-in-fbi-custody/
Rensco officials charged: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/three-rensselaer-county-officials-charged-federal-17921006.php#photo-9442939
Chomsky met with Epstein: https://www.wsj.com/articles/jeffrey-epstein-calendar-cia-director-goldman-sachs-noam-chomsky-c9f6a3ff?reflink=integratedwebview_share
Boston Police get off from fraudulent overtime claims: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/27/metro/boston-police-officers-acquitted-ot-overtime-fraud/
Treatment for PFAS in water: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/04/16/pfas-water-treatment-filter/
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Marianne Williamson is taking TikTok by storm, even as major news outlets ignore her campaign. Florida is threatening to kidnap trans kids and punish their parents. Schenectady is reinventing itself as a city with busy streets and in-demand restaurant reservations. Did you know that the air conditioning system at Empire Plaza was full of dead fish? Well, they’re trying to fix that!
'New Schenectady' campaign unveiled: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/new-schenectady-campaign-unveiled-17911492.php
Marianne Williamson, TikTok Icon: https://theintercept.com/2023/04/14/marianne-williamson-tiktok/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=theintercept
Keeping fish from being sucked into Empire Plaza pipes: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/hudson-river-shad-herring-protected-sucked-pipes-17906134.php
Anti-trans Florida bill threatens to kidnap children: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/2023/04/21/florida-bilbl-to-take-trans-teens-from-parents-is-unconstitutional/ff29246c-e030-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
This week we’re talking about two men who died in police custody after being held in abhorrent conditions, tech workers who were hired to do nothing, Troy City floor being broken into by hooligans, and the hopeful plateau of Co2 emissions.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/these-tech-workers-say-they-were-hired-to-do-nothing-762ff158
https://theappeal.org/alan-willison-clayton-county-jail-death/
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Donald Trump is being arraigned, but will anything come of it? Nicki Clyne has left Keith Raniere after 18 years of being involved with NXIVM. Twitter sucks; is it on purpose? Our military is being destroyed by wokeness–will it ever end? And some baby cheetahs were born in India, on the way to bringing them back from the brink!
Military has woke-itus: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/military-dangerous-decline-reason-why
Nicki Clyne’s statement: https://frankreport.com/2023/03/27/nicki-clyne-leaves-keith-raniere-her-statement/
Baby cheetahs: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65113651
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
You wake up one day to find your girlfriend distant, cold, rebuffing your advances. She seems to have been lobotomized. It could happen to you–if your girlfriend is an AI. The war in Ukraine has made the Watervliet Arsenal a hot spot for hiring. Nursing homes are leaving their patients destitute, and cheap soap and scratchy tissues are robbing the elderly of their dignity. In brighter news, Democrats sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis for the first time.