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Z #NowPlaying In 20 minutes it's time for some #news from Democracy Now. www.democracynow.org hosted daily by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. https://theglobalvoice.info:8443/broadband #TGVRadio #democracy 
The ED Dept says it will release $Bs in grants to schools for adult literacy, English language instruction & other programs.
Trump’s admin
had withheld more than $6B in funding on July 1, as part of a review to ensure spending aligned with the WH’s priorities.
The funding freeze had been challenged by several lawsuits as educators, Congress members from both parties...
We're thankful for the judges who uphold the #Constitution & #Democracy.
#Courts #Education #USPol https://apnews.com/article/trump-education-freeze-school-grants-released-gop-f9ac79dd44595fc9d8a3c72609cb5574
AP News · Trump administration releases $6B in school grants after freezeThe Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in grants to schools for adult literacy, English language instruction and other programs, the Education Department said Friday. President Donald Trump’s administration had withheld $6 billion in funding on July 1 as part of a review to ensure spending aligned with the White House’s priorities. Officials later said the department would release $1.3 billion of the money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states.
Plot twist: The organization famous for the Wayback Machine is now officially backing up Uncle Sam's homework! Internet Archive joins 1,100+ federal depository libraries, making Democracy's Library officially government-certified 
yro.slashdot.orgInternet Archive Designated as a Federal Depository Library - SlashdotThe Internet Archive has received federal depository library status from California Sen. Alex Padilla, joining a network of over 1,100 libraries that archive government documents and make them accessible to the public. Padilla made the designation in a letter to the Government Publishing Office, whi...
I am surprised my beloved #mastodon isn't at the head of sharing Southpark's "Pro-Trump" message - so,
Here:
“Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/florida-teen-immigration-arrest
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The correct total can be obtained from the annual results for the whole period from 1970, as per the figures in the supplementary information file. This gives a sum total of 38 million #deaths.
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I had assumed that the annual average reported in the paper (564k #deaths) applied to the whole period 1970-2021. Summing this would give 28 million. But the reported figure applies only to the period 2012-2021.
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The underlying paper is here: https://thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00189-5/fulltext
During the period 1971 to 2021 that’s a total of 28 million #deaths associated with #sanctions imposed by the #capitalist core.
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Sorry, I made a mistake.
The correct figure is 38 million #deaths associated with unilateral #sanctions imposed by the #US & #EU during the period 1970-2021.
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What is our dependence on Russian fossil oligarchs compared to our dependence on tech oligarchs from the Silicon Valley?
The real meaning of "USA Freedom Act" is the total freedom to control and to monetarize all data.
#democracy in danger
#surveillancecapitalism
House Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement passed an 8–2 vote demanding #DOJ release the complete, #unredacted #JeffreyEpstein files - will this happen - unlikely - includes #subpoena power, pushed through by #Democrats as Speaker #MikeJohnson tried to shut Congress down early to stop the vote. Three #Republicans join Democrats. #Victims #justice won #congress #maga #trump #corruption #FOIA #governmentdocuments #congress #democracy #criminal #sexualassault #law #politics
#FYI #us #usa #trump #musk #ICE #hostiletakeover #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #boycott #protest #resist #democracy #takeaction #AdamConover
Adam, being on point again.
"ICE is being turned into an army, and everyone will suffer for it."
“The directive signed by #Trump calling up the California National Guard, for example, cited “10 U.S.C. 12406,” a provision … that allows the federal deployment of #NationalGuard forces if “there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.”
There was, however, no rebellion. Vice President #JDVance even recently vacationed at Disneyland in Anaheim, about 25 miles from LA.”
authoritarian
#democracy
#PosseComitatus
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/22/military-troops-deployed-border-ice/
The Intercept · The Pentagon Won’t Track Troops Deployed on U.S. Soil. So We Will.
Complementing an English-speaking president's #English is not the worst thing about Trump's relations with #African countries.
https://soundcloud.com/user-92939733/trump-africa-policy-resource-extraction-and-deportations
#Canada isn't so much different from the U.S. listen to Black Agenda Report radio.
“At the outset, we estimated that Long-term #CarbonDioxide Removal could cost $950 billion a year to capture an amount of #carbon equivalent to 25% of the world’s 2024 #emissions (9.5 gigatons), assuming $100 per captured ton of carbon”
NatureThe social costs of solar radiation management - npj Climate ActionIn this essay, we argue that the all-things-considered “price” of Solar Radiation Management (SRM) is much higher than its modest technical costs would indicate. First, we estimate that Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI) will generate between $0 and $809 billion annually in side-effect harms, while the number is likely to be considerably higher for Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB). Second, SRM would depend on unprecedented international cooperation and, therefore, risk global instability. Third, politicians may hesitate to support SRM since they may be held politically accountable for everyday “bad” weather as well as extreme weather events. Fourth, SRM poses “termination risks.” Finally, we observe that when the holistic, “true” cost of SRM is fully accounted for, the comparison between SRM and what we term “large-scale” Carbon Dioxide Removal becomes complex.
Let's call our reps! Find even more reasons to call here: https://www.5calls.org/
* Oppose sharing Medicaid and IRS data with ICE.
* Demand the release of ALL the Epstein case files.
* (Governor) Make sure Trump doesn't interfere in our elections by accessing our voter data.
* Denounce politiciation at the DOJ, from their investigations to firing an Epstein investigator.
* Protect FEMA - Trump wants to destroy it.
* Oppose Bove for a federal judgeship.
Find your rep here: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
For your Senators:
Senator Schiff: 202-224-3841
Senator Padilla: 202-224-3553 (Fresno 559-497-5109 and Sacramento 916-448-2787)
Governor Newsom: 916-445-2841
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