What You May Have Missed
A roundup of the past seven days, plus recommended newsletters from across Substack
They’re Doing It in Broad Daylight—Because They Think No One Will Stop Them
Louise’s Daily Song: “Democracy Doesn’t Die in Darkness”
“Papers, Please”: The Road to Tyranny Is Paved With Bureaucratic Cruelty
Louise’s daily song today really touched me; let us know what you think in the comments:
Breathing Is Now a Political Act: The GOP Has Made Clean Air a Partisan Weapon
Louise’s Daily Song: Breathing is Now a Political Act
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Saturday Report 4/26/25 - Will scientists dim the sun? Will this plan shield the planet — or backfire catastrophically?
— The audience for Pam Bondi‘s performance yesterday — when federal agents swarm-raided a county judge — was not the general public. They don’t care if the story vanishes six or 12 or 24 hours into the news cycle, so long as vanishes. The real audience for their action was a very small number of people:
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Recommended Reading
Thom Hartmann also writes three additional separate Substack newsletters. Each has both a free and paid subscription option. Below are links to one free newsletter from each Substack from the past week, plus another Substack newsletter of note that I read and recommend:
A great summary of the past week .. and good reads … everyone one of them!