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Kathy Hochul Has One Last Chance To Do the Right Thing on Climate

Ilana Cohen The New Republic
Instead of weakening New York’s landmark climate law, Gov. Hochul could choose to meet its targets. Hochul’s choice to roll back the law inevitably signals a concession to fossil fuel interests, which have spent millions seeking to lobby the governor

Tidbits-Apr 9-Reader Comments: Everything on Hold for Two Weeks-Time To Protest, Call on Congress: No More War With Iran: After 8 Million in the Streets — What Comes Next?; Abuse and Exploitation in the Restaurant Industry; May Day Rally, March NYC

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Reader Comments: Everything on Hold for Two Weeks-Time to Protest, Call on Congress: No More War With Iran: After 8 million in the Streets — What Comes Next?; Abuse and Exploitation in the Restaurant Industry; May Day Rally and March New York City;

US Refugee Policy … for White South Africans

John Broich The Conversation
The Afrikaner program treats whiteness as a refugee status and frames a former colonial ruling class as victims. It sits alongside a deportation campaign targeting people the president says are “poisoning the blood of our country.”

This Is No TACO: This Is Complete US Strategic Failure

Phillips P. OBrien Phillips’s Newsletter
Iran has basically proposed a detailed plan for its victory and Trump has accepted it as the basis of negotiations. And in the end, the people who will really suffer are those Iranians who want a different, better future.

“Give Me the Names of All Your Jews”

Daniel Spector Thoughts-letter Substack
Is this a prelude to asking for the names of all Black people on campus who could have experienced or witnessed racism in the workplace? Or all women, queers, or trans people? Probably not – that would be woke DEI and critical race theory stuff.

Is There a Way Out From Trump’s Iran Ultimatum?

Arron Reza Merat Convergence
Panicked, Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Iran’s energy infrastructure by 8 p.m. today unless concessions are made. But Iran’s position is stronger than the president is willing to admit.
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