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- “Lies, Gaslighting and Maligning”: Rep. Adelita Grijalva Boycotts Trump's Speech
“I couldn’t in good conscience sit there and listen to Trump go on and on with what we knew was going to be hours of lies, gaslighting and maligning the very people that I represent,” says Congressmember Adelita Grijalva on her decision to skip Tuesday’s State of the Union address. “There was no attempt to bring the country together.”
- Jailed for “Standing Up”: DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address
We speak with Minneapolis resident Aliya Rahman, who attended Tuesday’s State of the Union address as a guest of Congressmember Ilhan Omar. Rahman was removed from the chamber Tuesday and spent several hours in jail following what she describes as an aggressive arrest by Capitol Police — all for silently challenging Trump during the speech. “There are only two things you can do at the State of the Union, and they are sit down and stand up,” says Rahman. “I was arrested for standing up.” Rahman, a U.S. citizen, was violently dragged out of her car and detained by federal immigration officers last month and later released without charge.
- Rep. Summer Lee on Boycotting Trump Speech, Jesse Jackson, Voting Rights, “Endless Wars” & More
Many Democratic lawmakers boycotted Tuesday’s State of the Union address to attend alternative events, including our guest Congressmember Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, who gave the Working Families Party response to President Trump. “The president is disgraceful, and I don’t think it’s worth our time to give him an audience,” says Lee, who encourages opponents to keep challenging his falsehoods. “When you take away the lie, there is no foundation for President Trump.” Lee also challenges Trump’s claims about non-citizen voting, which experts say is exceedingly rare, and the decision by Republican House leadership to deny honors to the late Reverend Jesse Jackson at the Capitol following the civil rights icon’s death.
- Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz Slams Trump’s Myths About Tariffs, Affordability
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz responds to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, when the president repeatedly touted his tariffs as saving the country money and boosting the economy. Stiglitz says Trump’s “lies” about tariffs can’t erase the truth about how they have raised costs for most U.S. residents. “It is estimated the average family is paying somewhere between $1,000 and $1,700 in extra money because of the tariffs,” says Stiglitz. “His policies have failed.”
- “You Have Killed Americans," "Black People Aren't Apes": Democrats Protest Trump's State of the Union
President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered the longest State of the Union address in modern history, speaking for nearly two hours as he claimed the United States is entering a “golden age” under his leadership. Trump spent much of his speech touting his economic policies and his administration’s immigration crackdown. We play excerpts from Trump’s address as well as responses to it from different Democratic lawmakers, many of whom skipped the speech to attend alternative events.
Anthropocene
- Rainforests are rain-making machines worth tens of billions of dollars to farmers.
A new study puts a price tag on forest-generated rainfall, making the economic case for protecting tropical forests as deforestation rises.
- Less air pollution means more warming. Could marine cloud brightening offset the paradox?
Computer simulations reveal that spraying sea salt aerosols may keep global temperatures near 2020 levels as air pollution falls—but may also redraw regional weather patterns.
The Guardian
- Hillary Clinton says she answered every question in Epstein testimony and confirms Republican asked about UFOs and Pizzagate – live
Former state secretary says she wants to see ‘the truth come out’ and voices confidence that her husband Bill Clinton didn’t know of Epstein’s crimesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxCindy McCain announced today that she will step down from her role as executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme to focus on her health.McCain, the widow of the late US senator John McCain, suffered a mild stroke last October and had returned to Italy to resume her work after that, but the demands of the job were affecting her recovery, the organization said. She started the role in April 2023. She will step down in three months. Continue reading...
- Hillary Clinton accuses Republicans of ‘fishing expedition’ in Epstein testimony
Clinton delivers withering rebuke and says hearing is an attempt to deflect attention from Trump’s actionsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxHillary Clinton delivered a withering rebuke to a congressional committee investigating her supposed links to Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, accusing its Republican members of embarking on a “fishing expedition” intended to cover up and deflect attention from the actions of Donald Trump.In a furious opening statement, the former secretary of state suggested the event was “partisan political theatre” and “an insult to the American people” while repeating her insistence that she had never met Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex […]
- Epstein files contain explicit but unsubstantiated claim that Trump abused minor
Department of Justice did not release FBI memos when it uploaded millions of pages of files beginning in DecemberThree memos that describe four interviews conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2019 contain explicit but unsubstantiated claims that Donald Trump sexually abused a woman when she was a minor in the early 1980s with the assistance of Jeffrey Epstein, according to a Guardian review of those documents.The Department of Justice did not release those records when it uploaded millions of pages of files related to Epstein beginning in December. The existence of the missing documents was first reported by independent journalist Roger Sollenberger and subsequently confirmed by NPR, causing outrage in Washington and […]
- Kristi Noem blames Democrats for shutdown holding up $625m in World Cup funding
Shutdown affecting Fema has caused delay in deliveryHost city officials concerned about ability to stage eventsRepresentative Nellie Pou: ‘Time for DHS to do its job’Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, replied forcefully on Thursday to concerns about a holdup of federal funding for this summer’s World Cup, confirming that “no funds have been awarded yet” in a post on X. About $625m in grants administered by the Federal Emergency Management Authority (Fema) were authorized last summer and set to be distributed to US host cities to aid with security and planning for the tournament, which will be co-hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico.Noem’s comments follow congressional testimony earlier this week by host city […]
- How Trump shifted from opposing foreign wars to threatening war in Iran
The rationale to justify the US striking first has shifted from the country killing protesters to its developing weaponsAs senior Democrats emerged from a classified briefing on Iran with the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, earlier this week, the leaders of the opposition delivered reserved, cryptic warnings of what may become the US’s largest military intervention since the Iraq war.This was not a line in the sand against a new war in the Middle East. Instead, Democrats targeted the opaque decision-making around Donald Trump – as well as his own unpredictable whims – that could guide the weightiest foreign-policy decision of his two terms in office. Continue reading...
Aeon
- Love immortal
In pursuit of defeating death, Alan has dedicated his life to cryonics. He hopes to be defrosted together with his wife- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The Conversation
- Will AI accelerate or undermine the way humans have always innovated?
An anthropologist’s new book lays out the formula for human innovation, from stone tools to supercomputers. Depending on developments in the next few years, AI could hit the gas or the brakes.
- Fewer new moms are dying in Colorado – naloxone might be one reason why
The opioid reversal drug is distributed directly to new moms at many of Colorado’s birthing hospitals.
- How natural hydrogen, hiding deep in the Earth, could serve as a new energy source
Hydrogen demand around the world is projected to grow significantly by 2050. Some of that supply could come from nature itself.
- The apocrypha, Christianity’s ‘hidden’ texts, may not be in the Bible – but they have shaped tradition for centuries
‘Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.
- Minneapolis united when federal immigration operations surged – reflecting a long tradition of mutual aid
Minnesotans from all walks of life, including suburban moms, veterans and protest novices, have bucked their ‘nice’ stereotype to speak out.
Inter Press Service
- International Women’s Day & 70th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
International Women’s Day 2026 comes at a defining moment: Women and girls have never been closer to equality, and never closer to losing it. Legal protection against domestic violence has expanded in many countries. Yet, the rights of women and girls are being rolled back in plain sight, and across the world, women still do
- Will Palestine Preside Over the Next UN General Assembly?
The 193-member General Assembly, the highest-ranking policy-making body at the United Nations, is most likely to elect Palestine as its next President in an unprecedented move voting for a “non-member observer state”—a state deprived of a country to represent. The Secretariat has received three nominations for the position of President of the General Assembly beginning
- Why Tenure Reform Is Key to Curbing Land Degradation
Máximo Torero is chief economist of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome
Sludge
- AIPAC Donor-Tied Group Drops Six Figures for Foushee
A mysterious super PAC, Article One PAC, has spent $600,000 supporting Rep. Valerie Foushee in the NC-04 Democratic primary against challenger Nida Allam.
Grist
- Ski resorts are increasingly reliant on snowmaking. But at what cost?
As the climate changes, mountains and nordic facilities have begun relying more on energy and water-intensive machine-made snow.
- A hotter, wetter South is becoming a breeding ground for mold
In Asheville, North Carolina, a housing crisis is colliding with a poorly understood health threat.
- A tough Supreme Court hearing brings little clarity on Line 5 pipeline’s fate
Michigan has been trying to shut down the controversial pipeline since 2019. A technical question before the court could seal its fate.
Truthout
- Draft Order to Declare National Emergency on Elections Circulating Trump Allies
The draft is written to allow Trump to label mail-in ballots and voting machines as agents of foreign influence.
- Judge Rules ICE’s “Third-Country” Deportations Are Unconstitutional
A lawyer for migrants in the case called the ruling “a forceful statement” that the White House has ignored the law.
- Organizers Celebrate Palantir Headquarters’ Move From Denver After Protests
Meanwhile, Miami immigrant communities organize their own pushback as the company relocates its headquarters to Florida.
Labor Notes
- How We Organized a Union at Whole Foods
There were six of us at the first meeting to form a union at Whole Foods in Philadelphia: too many to fit around the coffee shop table, a good sign, so we moved to a restaurant around the corner. We talked about disrespectful managers, low pay, and the loss of paid breaks and health care for part-timers. “I’ve seen many wonderful people come and go” in a decade at the store, said produce worker Ed Dupree. “So many of them worked hard and weren’t always treated well, especially after the Amazon acquisition.”
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