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Bill McKibben says cheap solar could topple Big Oil’s power

Bill McKibben says cheap solar could topple Big Oil’s power

Yale Climate Connections reports: Bill McKibben is like that old culture of yeast you revive when you want to start a new batch of sourdough. He makes movements rise. McKibben is a cofounder and senior adviser of climate activist group 350.org, the founder of Third Act – a climate and democracy group led by U.S. residents over the age of 60 – and the principal instigator behind Sun Day, a nationwide community celebration of solar energy on September 21. His…

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David Remnick: When Putin came to power, the first Russians he silenced were comedians

David Remnick: When Putin came to power, the first Russians he silenced were comedians

  Stephen Colbert talks to The New Yorker editor, David Remnick, about FCC chairman Brendan Carr and the assault on free speech and press freedom. As Moscow correspondent for the Washington Post, Remnick reported on the demise of the Soviet Union and Russia’s emergence as a fledgling democracy.

FCC chair’s actions ‘right out of Goodfellas,’ says Ted Cruz

FCC chair’s actions ‘right out of Goodfellas,’ says Ted Cruz

Politico reports: Sen. Ted Cruz on his podcast Friday admonished Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr for demanding ABC suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show over comments regarding Charlie Kirk — calling Carr’s actions “dangerous as hell” and “right out of ‘Goodfellas.’” “If the government gets in the business of saying, ‘We don’t like what you, the media, have said; we’re going to ban you from the airwaves if you don’t say what we like’ — that will end up…

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Big Law firms finally have to hold up their end of a Trumpian bargain

Big Law firms finally have to hold up their end of a Trumpian bargain

Matthew Wollin writes: Big Law firms have never before done free work for a sitting president, let alone “pro bono” work, which the American Bar Association generally defines to mean work that is “designed primarily to address the needs of persons of limited means.” Moreover, these are some of the most powerful and capable law firms in the country. Skadden Arps is ranked as the third-most prestigious firm in the US, while Kirkland & Ellis is the single largest firm…

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Russia ‘testing’ NATO with warplane incursion, Estonia warns

Russia ‘testing’ NATO with warplane incursion, Estonia warns

Politico reports: Estonia is calling on its Western allies to show unity in the face of growing aggression, the Baltic nation’s foreign minister said Friday after three Russian fighter jets entered its airspace. Speaking in an interview with POLITICO, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said that the incursion showed Russian leader Vladimir Putin has no interest in peace. “This was a heavy violation by Russia — three fighters, MiG-31s, entered NATO airspace for 12 minutes,” he said. “NATO acted very…

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Israel is waging a holocaust in Gaza. Denazification is our only remedy

Israel is waging a holocaust in Gaza. Denazification is our only remedy

Orly Noy writes: Gaza City is engulfed in flames, as the Israeli army embarks on its long-threatened ground offensive after weeks of relentless bombardment. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, already facing an international arrest warrant on suspicion of crimes against humanity, described this latest assault as an “intensified operation.” I urge you to watch the footage streaming out of Gaza, and see what this euphemism really means. Look into the eyes of people gripped by a terror unmatched even in the…

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Israel massacred 31 journalists as it destroyed newspaper offices in Yemen

Israel massacred 31 journalists as it destroyed newspaper offices in Yemen

Committee to Protect Journalists: Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10, signal that its deadly pattern of attacking reporters and newsrooms on the grounds that they publish “terrorist” propaganda has spread firmly across the Middle East. Yemen’s September 26 newspaper was the first to name the 31 killed by multiple strikes on its office and that of the Yemen newspaper, both in the government’s Moral…

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The math of climate change tipping points

The math of climate change tipping points

Gregory Barber writes: In the 1960s, the Soviet climatologist and mathematician Mikhail Budyko set out to investigate the potential future of a planet on the brink of nuclear Armageddon. He started by looking some 600 million years into the past. Back then, some scientists claimed, the ancient planet was an iced-over snowball. Most researchers considered that a crackpot theory. Ice over the equator? Please. But Budkyo developed a mathematical model to back it up. If sea ice had been able…

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FCC Commissioner Gomez speaks out on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and government censorship

FCC Commissioner Gomez speaks out on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and government censorship

FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez issued the following statement in response to ABC’s decision to capitulate to government pressure that violates the First Amendment and threatens free expression: “We cannot allow an inexcusable act of political violence to be twisted into a justification for government censorship and control. First, an ABC reporter was told that his coverage amounted to hate speech and that he should be prosecuted simply for doing his job. Then, the FCC threatened to go after this…

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MAGA civil war erupts over Charlie Kirk’s legacy

MAGA civil war erupts over Charlie Kirk’s legacy

Sam Stein and Will Sommer unpack the fight over Charlie Kirk’s legacy: Candace Owens vs. Bill Ackman, Tucker Carlson weighing in, Marjorie Taylor Greene stoking antisemitism, and pastors using AI to project Kirk from beyond the grave:   “FriendlyHoneyBadger” explores the fractures on the right:   Netanyahu condemns rumors tying Israel to Kirk’s assassination:  

Some Republicans warn against politicizing Charlie Kirk’s death

Some Republicans warn against politicizing Charlie Kirk’s death

Axios reports: While prominent MAGA voices cried “war” and blamed the “other side” for Charlie Kirk’s murder, another coalition is urging its peers to blame the shooter rather than their political rivals. The big picture: Administration officials’ rush to blame the left, coupled with a campaign to name and shame Kirk critics, sparked fears — even among some Republicans — that the government will seize this moment to suppress dissent and exact retribution. Immediately after Kirk’s assassination, MAGA coalesced around a shadowy foe: they. Driving the news: But…

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Netanyahu says that Israel must become Sparta, hardened against the world

Netanyahu says that Israel must become Sparta, hardened against the world

Ruth Margalit writes: On Monday afternoon, a few hours before the first ferocious attacks of Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza City made buildings tremble as far away as Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Jerusalem for an economics conference. With his far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, sitting in the front row, Netanyahu took the stage, looking a little peeved, and berated the event’s organizers for muddling his slide show. Then he turned to the audience: a group of…

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Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil deported to Syria or Algeria

Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil deported to Syria or Algeria

Politico reports: An immigration judge in Louisiana has ordered pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident of the U.S., deported to Syria or Algeria for failing to disclose certain information on his green card application, according to documents filed in federal court Wednesday by his lawyers. Khalil’s lawyers suggested in a filing that they intend to appeal the deportation order, but expressed concern that the appeal process will likely be swift and unfavorable. The order from the immigration judge,…

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Protester found not guilty of assault despite top Border Patrol official’s testimony

Protester found not guilty of assault despite top Border Patrol official’s testimony

The Los Angeles Times reports: A protester was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he assaulted a federal agent during widespread protests against immigration crackdowns in Los Angeles, just hours after one of the faces of President Trump’s enforcement policies took the stand to testify against him. U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino — the brash agent who led a phalanx of military personnel into MacArthur Park this summer — was called as a witness Wednesday in a federal misdemeanor…

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