Ironweeds

259 - Mordechai, Why?

Elon ignores his children. An Israeli mistakes other Israelis for Palestinians and opens fire. Latest executive order gives Trump sweeping new powers. Judge attacks transgender military ban. Temporary protected status for Haitian immigrants set to expire this year. And Tesla sales tumble across Europe.

 

https://x.com/lionel_trolling/status/1892705650544664916?s=46

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/17/miami-shooting-israeli-men 

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1isvzgu/the_full_executive_order_is_out_this_is_the/

 

https://www.advocate.com/news/judge-slams-trans-military-ban 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy839m7xd1zo

 

https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1891922058415603980?s=46

 

https://www.salon.com/2025/02/11/tesla-sales-tumble-across-europe/

258 - Stay Strawpped

Meta pirated books for its AI. Trump is sending immigrants to Guantanamo. The Justice Department orders prosecutors to drop their case against Eric Adams. Trump bans plastic straws. RFK is coming for your SSRIs. And Worcester becomes a sanctuary city for trans people. 

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/worcester-massachusetts-becomes-sanctuary-city-trans-people-council-vo-rcna192022

 

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/02/13/nazi-flags-can-fly-utah-school-not/

 

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/

 

https://grist.org/accountability/exxon-plastics-plant-point-comfort-texas/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/trump-guantanamo-bay-migrants

 

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-us-attorney-0395055315864924a3a5cc9a808f76fd

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/economy/plastic-paper-straws-trump?cid=ios_app

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/climate/nuclear-nnsa-firings-trump?cid=ios_app 

 

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rfk-jr-goes-after-antidepressants-claiming-threat-to-americans?srsltid=AfmBOopisPR5DYWZ8ZT9TsGOQEapK1rOVqm3OjuTcnpU0LyiGueLoHFI

 

https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/02/heres-whos-running-new-york-city-mayor-2025/401994/ 

257 - And That’s Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

Kanye’s Twitter rant. Stories from the Trump Administration. The gleam in Netanyahu’s eye. A Petersburgh judge who knows you’re guilty. And Japanese micro forests.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/politics/us-government-agencies-order-employees-to-remove-gender-pronouns-from-email-signatures?cid=ios_app

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/netanyahu-trump-golden-pager-lebanon-hezbollah-attack 

 

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-judge-petersburgh-resigns-1634b59d392c834f561d9f992864395f

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/02/07/kanye-west-goes-on-antisemetic-rant-online-says-hitler-was-so-fresh/

 

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/12/29/the-japanese-micro-forest-method-is-transforming-cities

256 - One Week

The first week of the Trump administration is over. Let’s see what they’re up to. And Cuba is helping fight illiteracy in Honduras. 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-cancels-sanctions-far-right-israeli-settlers-occupied-west-bank-2025-01-21/

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-world-health-organization.html

 

https://insiderpaper.com/china-vows-to-support-world-health-organization-after-us-withdrawal/

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-executive-orders-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

https://www.404media.co/tiktok-free-palestine-comments-removed/

 

https://www.ft.com/content/fcaf50dc-6779-44d2-a7fa-264df798a4c1

 

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring

 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-transgender-passports-prisons-eggs-sperm-da1d1d280658a8c85c57cfec2f30cefb

 

https://www.plenglish.com/news/2024/10/29/honduras-highlights-cubas-role-in-literacy-program/ 

255 - Logging Off

Fires are raging, Meta is giving users the keys to the castle, Israel is obstructing the UN, and goose poop has cancer fighting compunds. 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/07/business/meta-fact-checking?open-in-app=logged-out-regiwall&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare#meta-fact-checking-facebook

 

https://x.com/esaagar/status/1876612227807236310?s=46

 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-10/former-incarcerated-firefighters-create-private-fire-crew-to-battle-california-wildfires

 

https://www.forestryfirerp.org/

 

https://newrepublic.com/article/190048/california-insurance-los-angeles-fires?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=SF_TNR

 

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-obstructs-un-probe-7-october-sex-crimes

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/middleeast/gaza-death-toll-underreported-study-intl?cid=ios_app

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/politics/takeaways-trump-hush-money-sentencing?cid=ios_app

 

https://archive.ph/2024.12.22-140237/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/12/22/middle-school-stem-goose-poop/

254 - 10 Ton Sex Machine

A series of violent attacks from troops and veterans. Super sexy bullet trains in China. Congestion pricing takes effect in NYC. Paid prenatal leave for NYers. 

 

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3292665/china-unveils-future-high-speed-rail-next-gen-prototype?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article 

 

https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/new-york-becomes-first-state-to-mandate-paid-perental-leave-for-employees 

 

https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/01/04/amazon_worker_health/ 

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/las-vegas-cybertruck-bomber-matthew-livelsberger-was-a-trump-supporter-source/ 

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/colorado-man-allegedly-attacked-reporter-yelling-trumps-america-now-rcna185768

 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/05/nyregion/congestion-pricing-nyc-new-jersey/nyc-congestion-pricing-tolls?smid=url-share 

253 - The Cool Zone

MAGA civil war. Miami is sinking. Hospitals are reporting birthing parents for testing positive for drugs they administered. Biden signs an anti-LGBTQ bill into law. A local inmate was beaten to death by prison guards. And a mayor is building utopia in Mexico City. 

 

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article296831519.html#m4r019girzakb51lfs 

 

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/11/pregnant-hospital-drug-test-medicine

 

https://dallasexpress.com/tarrant/exclusive-where-is-congresswoman-kay-granger/ 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/mexico-city-utopias-project-mayor

 

https://www.advocate.com/politics/biden-signs-anti-lgbtq-bill

 

https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/death-of-inmate-prompts-call-for-transparency-and-justice-at-marcy-correctional-facility-robert-brooks-prison-new-york-ny-attorney-general-officers-fatal-beating

 

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/post-luigi-the-extremist-threat-is

 

https://open.substack.com/pub/taylorlorenz/p/a-maga-civil-war-is-breaking-out?r=itmz&utm_medium=ios

252 - Official Liars

Drones are in the skies. Luigi Mangione has been accused of the UHC CEO killing. A woman from Florida has been arrested for making related terroristic threats. Manchin and Sinema allow a GOP majority on the NLRB. Israel continues to sow death and destruction. Biden commutes sentence for Kids for Cash judge. And Mexico adds animal rights to its constitution. 

 

https://jacobin.com/2024/12/nlrb-manchin-sinema-gop-majority

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/5037545-florida-woman-accused-of-threatening-insurance-company-saying-delay-deny-depose/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/11/death-feels-imminent-for-96-of-children-in-gaza-study-finds

 

https://www.citizensvoice.com/2024/12/12/biden-commutes-sentence-for-kids-for-cash-judge/

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/aaron-siri-rfk-jr-vaccines.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 

 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/amazon-workers-authorize-strike-companys-unionized-warehouse/story?id=116767350

 

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/390144/mexico-constitution-reform-animal-rights

251 - Deny Defend Depose

Someone shot a CEO. Spain is stopping weapons shipments to Israel. The Harris campaign dropped the ball on outreach to voters of color in Philadelphia. Upheavals in North Korea and Syria. And air pollution is down in China over the last decade. 

 

https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/ceo-of-unitedhealthcare-fatally-shot-outside-of-hilton-hotel-in-nyc-in-possible-targeted-attack-sources/ 

 

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/

 

https://apnews.com/article/us-spain-israel-weapons-shipping-7cb890af47716111445f7726ce19ddb4

 

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-12-07/football-college-ohio-michigan-fights

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/us/politics/harris-philadelphia-black-latino-voters.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

https://aqli.epic.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/China-FactSheet_2024.pdf

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/6/south-koreas-ruling-party-head-calls-for-suspension-of-yoons-powers 

 

https://jacobin.com/2024/12/south-korea-failed-coup-democracy/ 

250 - Ground Games

How did the dems manage to lose an election in which they outraised their opponents three to one? In part, ground game. Trump will be rolling back student debt relief. Musk calls to abolish the CFPB. EPA scientists faced retaliation for finding harm from chemicals. The President of Mexico has strong words for Trump. And a Whole Foods in Philadelphia is unionizing. 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/nov/25/democrats-organizing-get-out-the-vote 

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/26/trump-rollback-biden-student-debt-relief-00189841

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/28/elon-musk-cfpb-trump

 

https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-scientists-faced-retaliation-after-finding-harm-from-chemicals

 

https://inthesetimes.com/article/whole-foods-union-philadelphia 

 

https://x.com/davidrkadler/status/1861501962233225513?s=46