The wrecker's new Secretary of Transportation has canceled a coming strengthening of fuel efficiency standards. That will lead to transfer of more money to fossil fuel billionaires, and a shorter time for civilization to survive.

DeMentis is wiping out a second Florida state university that is liberal-leaning.

The first one still exists in name, but the old facilty and students left and what remains is an ideoloical right-wing propaganda mill.

Other right-wing states may imitate this.

*Experts suggest that replicating the conditions that saw neighborhoods burn to the ground may not be the best policy.*

Helping the people who have been rendered homeless is one issue and rebuilding in a similar way in the same place is another. It would be reasonable to change building codes; anyone building in fire-prone zones, whether perse lived there before, would thus be required to build a home that won't burn.

Israel is planning to shut down all UN aid to Palestinians, both in Gaza and in the West Bank.

A cease-fire condition that allows aid to be delivered to Palestinians would be pure bullshit if Israel can get away with disregarding it. I suppose the cease-fire would collapse at that point and Israel would start killing thousands more Palestinians.

*"It's a death sentence": US health insurance system is failing, say doctors. Firms including United [Hellthcare] have denied basic scans and taken months to reconsider, physicians say.*