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Kristi Noem’s dog-killing embodies the cruel phonyness of today’s Republicans ( www.theguardian.com )

Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution ( www.theguardian.com )

The two tobacco companies Altria and Philip Morris International combined made up 2% of the branded plastic litter found, both Danone and Nestlé each produced 3% of it, PepsiCo was responsible for 5% of the discarded packaging, and 11% of branded plastic waste could be traced to the Coca-Cola company.

Republicans baffled by Katie Britt’s State of the Union response: ‘One of our biggest disasters’ ( www.theguardian.com )

Alec Baldwin indicted for involuntary manslaughter in fatal gunfire on film set ( www.theguardian.com )

Grand jury in New Mexico charged the actor for a shooting on Rust set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins...

Outrage as Oklahoma Republican’s bill labels Hispanic people ‘terrorists’ ( www.theguardian.com )

Racist dog whistle: the right wing has weaponized ‘DEI’ ( www.theguardian.com )

Companies paid top executives more than they paid in US taxes – report ( www.theguardian.com )

Compensation for senior bosses at firms from Tesla to T-Mobile US worth more than those companies’ net tax payments, study finds...

Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data shows ( www.theguardian.com )

Copernicus Climate Change Service says results a ‘large and continuing shift’ in the climate...

Trump is ‘unhinged’ and ‘diminished’, says Nikki Haley ( www.theguardian.com )

Ukrainians who have moved to the UK have highlighted the lack of dentists as among the most astonishing aspects of British life ( www.theguardian.com )

One woman in her 30s, Boyka, told the researchers: “We don’t have a dentist. It’s crazy. For us, it’s, like, impossible! In Ukraine the dentist industry is huge, you know, everywhere, and because it’s everywhere you just go and it’s like £10, £8, and you can clean it, whiten it like [a] Hollywood smile!...

Texas doctor who said nine-year-olds can safely give birth appointed to maternal mortality committee ( www.theguardian.com )

Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession – and most blame Biden ( www.theguardian.com )

Nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe the US is in an economic recession, and the majority blame the Biden administration, according to a Harris poll conducted exclusively for the Guardian. The survey found persistent pessimism about the economy as election day draws closer....

Conservative US lawmakers are pushing for an end to no-fault divorce ( www.theguardian.com )

‘Smoking gun proof’: fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show ( www.theguardian.com )

The fossil fuel industry funded some of the world’s most foundational climate science as early as 1954, newly unearthed documents have shown, including the early research of Charles Keeling, famous for the so-called ‘Keeling curve’ that has charted the upward march of the Earth’s carbon dioxide levels....

World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer ( www.theguardian.com )

French artists, DJs and musicians unite to fight threat of far-right government ( www.theguardian.com )

Human rights in decline globally as leaders fail to uphold laws, report warns ( www.theguardian.com )

Human rights across the world are in a parlous state as leaders shun their obligations to uphold international law, according to the annual report of Human Rights Watch (HRW)....

The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change ( www.theguardian.com )

Trump praises fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter during rally speech ( www.theguardian.com )

Ex-president calls Hopkins’ cannibalistic Lecter ‘late, great’ while condemning ‘people who are being released into our country’...

Wisconsin Republicans block PFAS cleanup until polluters are granted immunity ( www.theguardian.com )

University of Florida terminating all diversity, equity and inclusion positions ( www.theguardian.com )

Move is to comply with state law passed by Governor Ron DeSantis that prohibits public funding of DEI programs...

Marjorie Taylor Greene claims ‘bullshit’ as expert says Covid vaccine saved 14m lives ( www.theguardian.com )

Responding to an expert’s statement that “about 3.2 million” American lives have been saved by vaccines against Covid, with “over 14 million lives” saved globally, the far-right Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene said: “I’m not a doctor, but I have a PhD in recognising bullshit when I hear it.”...