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#10 Is New Plastic Too Good to be True? - TracyBeanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, UncoverDC, nammastock, Terri Nakamura, and Financian on X
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Unfortunately, that adage is generally held in today’s corrupt, greed-driven society. It makes one wonder if such is the case with a recent notification by researchers in Japan titled, “Bye-bye microplastics: new plastic is recyclable and fully ocean-degradable.” With contamination from microplastics (MPs) wreaking havoc on humans—and all forms of life—and reaching the furthest corners of the globe and the deepest points of our vast oceans, a solution to microplastics would be transformative. Undoubtedly, short of figuring out how to eliminate plastic use altogether, a plastic that can metabolize in oceans and overall generate zero microplastics sounds incredible...
#9 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Slams Elon Musk in Wisconsin Town Hall as He Keeps Up His National Profile - Briana Bierschbach for The Minnesota Star Tribune, AK Kamara, Libs of TikTok, Dustin Grage, and Ian Miles Cheong on X
Standing in front of a crowded theater, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz explained his new mood booster. Every day, he told the western Wisconsin audience, he checks the stock price of Tesla, the electric vehicle company owned by Trump adviser Elon Musk. “I’m not a vindictive person or anything, but I take great pleasure in the fact that this guy’s life is going to get very, very difficult,” Walz said of Musk, whose company has seen its stock price drop as he continues his effort to slash federal spending with the help of his Department of Government Efficiency...
#8 Attorney General Bondi Statement on Violent Attacks Against Tesla Property - Office of Public Affairs, US Dept of Justice, Robby Starbuck, Lynnwood Times, Wall Street Apes, Overton, Kevin Dalton, Jose del Corral
Attorney General Pamela Bondi released the following statement this evening regarding a spate of recent attacks on Tesla property:
“The swarm of violent attacks on Tesla property is nothing short of domestic terrorism. The Department of Justice has already charged several perpetrators with that in mind, including in cases that involve charges with five-year mandatory minimum sentences. We will continue investigations that impose severe consequences on those involved in these attacks, including those operating behind the scenes to coordinate and fund these crimes.”
#7 Trump Releases Classified Files on JFK Assassination Here’s What They Say - Josh Meyer for USA TODAY, Disclose.TV, DNI Tulsi Gabbard (community note), Collin Rugg, and Concerned Citizen on X
President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday released what it said were all of the government's classified files on the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, making tens of thousands of pages of unredacted records available to the public for the first time. The release of the files comes after Trump signed a day one executive order in January aimed at fully releasing government documents related to the assassinations of Kennedy, his brother and presidential candidate Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. The contents of the documents, and whether any previously unreleased information is in them, wasn't immediately clear. Historians quickly said they would need time to assess the flood of files to understand if they were significantly different from previous releases.
#6 HHS, FDA Announce Operation Stork Speed to Expand Options for Safe, Reliable, and Nutritious Infant Formula for American Families - US Dept of Health and Human Services, HHS.Gov, The White House, Calley Means, Holden Culotta, and Vani Hari on X
Today, under the leadership of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to enhance its efforts to ensure the ongoing quality, safety, nutritional adequacy, and resilience of the domestic infant formula supply.“The FDA will use all resources and authorities at its disposal to make sure infant formula products are safe and wholesome for the families and children who rely on them,” said HHS Secretary Kennedy. “Helping each family and child get off to the right start from birth is critical to our pursuit to Make America Healthy Again.”
#5 Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Executive Order Banning Transgender People From Military Service - Michael Kunzelman for AP News, End Wokeness, Libs of TikTok, and Andy Ngo on X
A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington, D.C., ruled that Trump’s order to exclude transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. She delayed her order by three days to give the administration time to appeal. The judge issued a preliminary injunction requested by attorneys for six transgender people who are active-duty service members and two others seeking to join the military...
#4 Lawsuit Over Deportation Flights Argues Trump’s Use of War Authority Could Be Limitless - Jacob Rosen for CBS News, News18, Reuters, Joe Pagliery, and Alf Beauman on X
Plaintiffs suing the Trump administration over use of a war authority to deport alleged gang members warned that failing to block the president from its use would mean anyone could be treated as an enemy alien. The lawyers for Venezuelan migrants suing the government said Tuesday in an appellate court filing: "The implications of the government's position are staggering. If the President can designate any group as enemy aliens under the Act, and that designation is unreviewable, then there is no limit on who can be sent to a Salvadoran prison, or any limit on how long they will remain there."
#3 Federal Judge Says Elon Musk Exceeded His Authority and That Dismantling Usaid Was ‘Likely’ Unconstitutional - Katelyn Polantz for CNN, Adam Klasfeld, Robert L. Tsai, Kyle Cheney, and NTD News on X
Billionaire Elon Musk appears to have overstepped his executive branch authority with his Department of Government Efficiency, a federal judge said Tuesday as he indefinitely blocked the dismantling of USAID.“The court finds that Defendants’ unilateral actions to shut down USAID likely violated the United States Constitution,” said Judge Theodore D. Chuang of the US District Court in Maryland. Chuang said that DOGE cannot terminate any more contracts or grants of USAID, nor can it fire or put on leave any more employees. He also cut off DOGE staffers from sharing sensitive personal data kept by the agency, in a major win for groups broadly challenging Musk’s role in the federal government...
#2 Trump, Putin Agree to Begin Ceasefire Negotiations in Middle East, White House Says - Greg Norman for Fox News, Dan Scavino, American Islandman, George, Glenn Greenwald/Alexander S. Vindman, and Charlie Kirk on X
President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for at least 90 minutes Tuesday about ending the war in Ukraine, the White House said, noting that the two leaders agreed that "negotiations will begin immediately in the Middle East."The two leaders also agreed to a ceasefire against energy infrastructure, both sides said. Trump described the call as "very good and productive" on Truth Social. "Many elements of a Contract for Peace were discussed, including the fact that thousands of soldiers are being killed, and both President Putin and President Zelenskyy would like to see it end," Trump wrote on social media. "That process is now in full force and effect, and we will, hopefully, for the sake of Humanity, get the job done!"
#1 Starliner Astronauts Return to Earth After Being Stuck in Space for 286 Days - William Harwood for CBS News, Space X, NASA, John Stossel, Collin Rugg, and DogeDesigner on X
Two long-delayed Starliner astronauts, Barry "Butch" Wilmore, and Sunita Williams, returned to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Tuesday, finally closing out a repeatedly extended 286-day odyssey in space. They shared the ride home with two outgoing space station crewmates, Crew-9 commander Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov. Seventeen hours after undocking from the International Space Station, the Crew Dragon settled to a gentle, on-target splashdown off Florida's Gulf Coast near Tallahassee at 5:57 p.m. EDT...
