When Trump tells you he’s an authoritarian, believe him ( www.vox.com )
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Highlights: Last month, an environmental group sued the federal government for failing to protect turtles from cows....
Reminder that open enrollment is coming up, and that only a union can prevent insurance from being changed on a whim.
Sorry to the mods if this conflicts with the megathread!
Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do::The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.
America’s Trumpiest court handed down a shockingly dangerous decision. The Supreme Court is likely, but not certain, to fix it....
To receive government assistance in the US is to submit yourself to a whole host of requirements, some reasonable, some harsh. Each state, and each program within it, has their own requirements, which might be a test of income, of assets, or even of behavior. Some are reasonable — a millionaire probably doesn’t need food...
No matter how bad the Supreme Court gets, it can always get worse....
A recent spate of polling paints a bad picture of declining support for the president from voters of color. But just how worrisome is it?
Prosecutors are moving aggressively because the plea deal fell apart. But why did it fall apart?
My takeaways are that more news exposure is good (see the availability heuristic and mere-exposure effect) for putting climate change concern on the agenda, while information campaigns aren't very useful unless they're paired with avenues for action. Policy changes (incentives and disincentives, regulations, price changes,...