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isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-6624712445143920842</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-16T23:23:00.120-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">behavior</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Donald Trump</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Iran</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pope Leo</category><title>He is Seriously, Frighteningly, Utterly, and Completely Losing His Mind</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;We are in great danger&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://substack.com/@robertreich&quot;&gt;Robert Reich&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxl_ug6g9mC_nyS3e6cjCGqXGDFbZR8kLV9pNEbW1qt0tGHCzWMFOlaJlBUm3bO9LJ3Mvy7_4ZPbDHxsprlx8rtnBIgECYx5NhT7fDXsBs9gvOpwcAKlsLH5obfi92w63hA8JqA5oi23ql4xaazoiKczn3iwBlXyaiW2iweemkv6uA2TxJKGtUe0bQEo/s861/uHDZPiS.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;738&quot; data-original-width=&quot;861&quot; height=&quot;343&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxl_ug6g9mC_nyS3e6cjCGqXGDFbZR8kLV9pNEbW1qt0tGHCzWMFOlaJlBUm3bO9LJ3Mvy7_4ZPbDHxsprlx8rtnBIgECYx5NhT7fDXsBs9gvOpwcAKlsLH5obfi92w63hA8JqA5oi23ql4xaazoiKczn3iwBlXyaiW2iweemkv6uA2TxJKGtUe0bQEo/w400-h343/uHDZPiS.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;It’s a catastrophe on the way to becoming a cataclysm.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Trump is rapidly going stark-raving mad. He’s a clear and
present danger to the United States and the world.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;He lashed out at &lt;i&gt;The New York Times&lt;/i&gt; after
its chief White House correspondent questioned his &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/trump-mental-fitness-25th-amendment.html&quot;&gt;mental
health and stability&lt;/a&gt; and pointed to his “erratic behavior and extreme
comments.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;“HAVE THEY NO SHAME? HAVE THEY NO SENSE OF DECENCY?” Trump
posted in CAPITAL LETTERS about the &lt;i&gt;Times&lt;/i&gt;, inadvertently echoing
the famous words of Joseph Welch when standing up to Joseph McCarthy during the
Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954. Trump went on to take issue with the &lt;i&gt;Times&lt;/i&gt;’s
coverage of his war in Iran rather than his mental state, as if to prove
the &lt;i&gt;Times&lt;/i&gt;’s point.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;He keeps saying he’s “won” the war with Iran, although he’s
never said what “winning” means. At one moment his goal is to free Iran’s
people. At another, it’s to end Iran’s capacity to produce a nuclear weapon. At
another, to destroy Iran’s missiles. At another, to achieve “regime change.” At
another, to open the Strait of Hormuz (which was open before Trump started his
war). At another, he says he’ll know the U.S. military operation in Iran is
over when he feels it &amp;quot;[in] my bones.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;He can’t even stay on the same subject for more than a few
minutes. In the middle of a high-level Cabinet meeting about the war, he spends
five minutes talking about his preference for Sharpie pens. He interrupts
another Iran war update to praise the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/politics/trump-war-remarks.html&quot;&gt;White
House drapes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;He threatens that if Iran doesn’t reopen the strait, “a
whole civilization will die tonight.” Then he says America doesn’t &lt;i&gt;need&lt;/i&gt; the
strait reopened. Then he says: “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or
you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J.
TRUMP.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;He calls the Pope “&lt;a href=&quot;https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116394704213456431&quot;&gt;WEAK
on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy&lt;/a&gt;” because the Pope wants peace. He
posts an AI-generated picture of himself as Jesus, then says he was only
depicting himself as a physician.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;He won’t give up on his illegal and dangerous (for the
economy) criminal investigation of Fed Chief Jerome Powell, claiming it’s not
just about Powell’s renovations at the Fed but also a “probe on incompetence,”
adding he’ll fire Powell if he doesn’t resign after his term as chair ends.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;He claims that the United States “needs” Greenland. He
confuses Greenland with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/politics/trump-greenland-iceland-confusion.html&quot;&gt;Iceland&lt;/a&gt;.
He says whales are being killed by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/26/trump-whale-wind-turbine-renewable-energy-misinformation&quot;&gt;windmills&lt;/a&gt;.
He claims that he won &lt;a href=&quot;https://news.yahoo.com/trump-claims-won-50-states-152719454.html&quot;&gt;all 50
states&lt;/a&gt; in 2020. That &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBhCe4MKuTg&quot;&gt;he defeated Barack Obama in
2016&lt;/a&gt;. He says the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/trump-milley-execution-incitement-violence/675435/&quot;&gt;executed&lt;/a&gt;.
He goes on an eight-minute ramble about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/user-clip-peruvian-snakes/5185075&quot;&gt;poisonous
snakes in Peru&lt;/a&gt;. He boasts of ending a fictional war between &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-79-so-desperate-to-win-nobel-prize-he-makes-up-a-war-hes-solved/&quot;&gt;Cambodia
and Armenia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;After Robert Mueller’s death, he says, “Good, I’m glad he’s
dead.” He blames the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle on “the anger
[Rob Reiner] caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable
affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”
After Joe Biden is diagnosed with an aggressive form of Stage 4 prostate
cancer, Trump says, “I’m surprised that the public wasn’t notified a long time
ago because to get to Stage 9, that’s a long time” (there is no Stage 9
cancer).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;He’s been losing it for a while now, but in the last few
months it’s become far worse.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/he-is-seriously-frighteningly-utterly.html#more&quot;&gt;Click Here to Read More &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/he-is-seriously-frighteningly-utterly.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxl_ug6g9mC_nyS3e6cjCGqXGDFbZR8kLV9pNEbW1qt0tGHCzWMFOlaJlBUm3bO9LJ3Mvy7_4ZPbDHxsprlx8rtnBIgECYx5NhT7fDXsBs9gvOpwcAKlsLH5obfi92w63hA8JqA5oi23ql4xaazoiKczn3iwBlXyaiW2iweemkv6uA2TxJKGtUe0bQEo/s72-w400-h343-c/uHDZPiS.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-2813182677567477614</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-16T20:03:00.125-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">behavior</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Donald Trump</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Humor</category><title>United States of Anxiety</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHg9gUXGL02P5kfJWGeecRG8HSdffGNgbB1qtd5CLqCn928sz9xkZVVnsPWOTjTR2KrjOSMt5ZkcqKc40mnMbEPr_kaCxxFsqNZpxz8cbf9TocraMgraPdJeIttvczR3qQSYWVNUc3rnA9o1rXQjHIZyPkF5OAjD7JXp8mQwTCrULWzvayWy6BKDB8AQ/s915/TomTomorrow_4.13.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;873&quot; data-original-width=&quot;915&quot; height=&quot;610&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHg9gUXGL02P5kfJWGeecRG8HSdffGNgbB1qtd5CLqCn928sz9xkZVVnsPWOTjTR2KrjOSMt5ZkcqKc40mnMbEPr_kaCxxFsqNZpxz8cbf9TocraMgraPdJeIttvczR3qQSYWVNUc3rnA9o1rXQjHIZyPkF5OAjD7JXp8mQwTCrULWzvayWy6BKDB8AQ/w640-h610/TomTomorrow_4.13.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/united-states-of-anxiety.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHg9gUXGL02P5kfJWGeecRG8HSdffGNgbB1qtd5CLqCn928sz9xkZVVnsPWOTjTR2KrjOSMt5ZkcqKc40mnMbEPr_kaCxxFsqNZpxz8cbf9TocraMgraPdJeIttvczR3qQSYWVNUc3rnA9o1rXQjHIZyPkF5OAjD7JXp8mQwTCrULWzvayWy6BKDB8AQ/s72-w640-h610-c/TomTomorrow_4.13.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-5155289125741881094</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-16T18:02:00.115-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Charlestown</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Things To Do</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">trash</category><title>Pick up Charlestown trash on Saturday</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwqa5yo3ly8lscovu1NdZ0rtxnCi-OfjHUVSThG8Bertor1ZNTIjPx5XDHVLzN0B0CSyj-iFgi2Y1ilCgXz-kSeU8hpzTmwQYus_iwV9h_SZXfTVHgOTvjSno91mppxhV24iMtYau5t9892BXP8fPS5IshiceNFslqXnZV7tdPivIY8jOxIKuQ9j4mDs/s681/61c72b6ef9886a2b630cf7f11aa98e07.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;681&quot; data-original-width=&quot;526&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwqa5yo3ly8lscovu1NdZ0rtxnCi-OfjHUVSThG8Bertor1ZNTIjPx5XDHVLzN0B0CSyj-iFgi2Y1ilCgXz-kSeU8hpzTmwQYus_iwV9h_SZXfTVHgOTvjSno91mppxhV24iMtYau5t9892BXP8fPS5IshiceNFslqXnZV7tdPivIY8jOxIKuQ9j4mDs/w494-h640/61c72b6ef9886a2b630cf7f11aa98e07.jpg&quot; width=&quot;494&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/pick-up-charlestown-trash-on-saturday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwqa5yo3ly8lscovu1NdZ0rtxnCi-OfjHUVSThG8Bertor1ZNTIjPx5XDHVLzN0B0CSyj-iFgi2Y1ilCgXz-kSeU8hpzTmwQYus_iwV9h_SZXfTVHgOTvjSno91mppxhV24iMtYau5t9892BXP8fPS5IshiceNFslqXnZV7tdPivIY8jOxIKuQ9j4mDs/s72-w494-h640-c/61c72b6ef9886a2b630cf7f11aa98e07.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-5889413426448862216</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-16T16:06:00.125-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">agriculture/farming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Charlestown</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Things To Do</category><title>Want help with your garden?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;URI Master Gardeners awaiting your call (or email)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:kristen.curry@uri.edu&quot;&gt;Kristen Curry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8gMMUc6gfHSUtIZ71TaSokde3_etGVFnOcphevmEiJ-H2kH67-hbBFe0FsuBw1Lr3SROO7rBu1zkOWIo5-Exn5v0129YWRMlNkluNIP7utfwRahQIcUgwmRoxtDDtLvOwKK3YJqSxOIIwEABb3zrKqr5DmNvtGRVVkeQHAkdQzbwI9y1sFml2HmjM8fk=w636-h640&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; v:shapes=&quot;Picture_x0020_30&quot; width=&quot;636&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;The URI Gardening &amp;amp; Environmental Hotline is now open and in full operation through Nov. 1. (URI Photos / Cooperative Extension)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Have a garden quandary or
need some advice before you start planting your 2026 garden? Ready to celebrate
spring but don’t know where to start?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The University of Rhode Island &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.uri.edu/coopext/services/ge-hotline/&quot;&gt;Gardening &amp;amp;
Environmental Hotline&lt;/a&gt; is now open and in full operation through Nov.
1.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Southern New Englanders are welcome to send an email and
photos to the University’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.uri.edu/coopext/programs/mgp/&quot;&gt;Master Gardener&lt;/a&gt; volunteer
educators or call for science based-answers to their gardening and
environmental questions. In-person visits are also available by appointment at
URI’s Mallon Outreach Center on the Kingston Campus. Just call 401-874-4836 or
email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:gardener@uri.edu&quot;&gt;gardener@uri.edu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/want-help-with-your-garden.html#more&quot;&gt;Click Here to Read More &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/want-help-with-your-garden.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8gMMUc6gfHSUtIZ71TaSokde3_etGVFnOcphevmEiJ-H2kH67-hbBFe0FsuBw1Lr3SROO7rBu1zkOWIo5-Exn5v0129YWRMlNkluNIP7utfwRahQIcUgwmRoxtDDtLvOwKK3YJqSxOIIwEABb3zrKqr5DmNvtGRVVkeQHAkdQzbwI9y1sFml2HmjM8fk=s72-w636-h640-c" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-8371623230792444461</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-16T12:45:00.138-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Business</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pesticides</category><title> Food Companies Backslide on Promises to Reduce Pesticides</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Raise your hand if you are surprised&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;By &lt;a href=&quot;https://civileats.com/author/lheld/&quot; title=&quot;Posts by Lisa Held&quot;&gt;Lisa Held&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLNBr0gzakgJFU3fFIKSLb25Psogw6pJB444BmDSrGUZiI7cPFO_hBzwBOyZOyVl_mV0LHAMj0KKLlmO8whOf3lzEXySfCMwYLpw2_cE-dbT5JX_9bSl1P98q4qIuRrTuw7wseH-cnc87Tkto3X838902T3eq2hfQrnXOKD7QsvMhMXbBxaGt6RLhfbM/s971/AsYouSow2026_PesticidesScorecard2026_cvr_med_20260114.webp&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;971&quot; data-original-width=&quot;750&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLNBr0gzakgJFU3fFIKSLb25Psogw6pJB444BmDSrGUZiI7cPFO_hBzwBOyZOyVl_mV0LHAMj0KKLlmO8whOf3lzEXySfCMwYLpw2_cE-dbT5JX_9bSl1P98q4qIuRrTuw7wseH-cnc87Tkto3X838902T3eq2hfQrnXOKD7QsvMhMXbBxaGt6RLhfbM/w309-h400/AsYouSow2026_PesticidesScorecard2026_cvr_med_20260114.webp&quot; width=&quot;309&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Article Summary&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;• In an annual report, As You Sow awarded lower scores to 10
out of 17 major food companies on their approach to mitigating pesticide risks.&lt;br&gt;
• Companies are making little progress in reducing the volume of pesticides
used in the U.S. food system, despite the increase in public awareness.&lt;br&gt;
• An increase in consumer pressure could push companies to improve; many
companies that scored poorly in the report are also seeing their stock prices
decrease.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;In 2019, food giant General Mills &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20190822142616/https:/www.generalmills.com/en/Responsibility/Sustainability/Pesticides&quot;&gt;debuted&lt;/a&gt; a
three-point strategy to reduce synthetic pesticide use within its supply
chains. The plan was to implement regenerative agriculture practices on 1
million acres of farmland by 2030, increase the use of integrated pest
management (IPM) on farms, and expand organic acreage.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;More than six years later, the webpage that outlined that
plan redirects visitors to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.generalmills.com/how-we-make-it/healthier-planet/environmental-impact/regenerative-agriculture&quot;&gt;a
page&lt;/a&gt; on regenerative agriculture, where the word “pesticide” does not
appear.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;“They are no longer aligning their regenerative agriculture
program with pesticide reduction at all, which is obviously concerning, because
what the soil science points to is that regenerative without significant
pesticide reduction is not regenerating soil health,” said Cailin Dendas, the
senior coordinator of As You Sow’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.asyousow.org/our-work/environmental-health&quot;&gt;Environmental
Health Program&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Dendas is the author of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.asyousow.org/reports/2026-pesticides-in-the-pantry-transparency-risk-in-food-supply-chains&quot;&gt;new
report&lt;/a&gt; that found General Mills is not alone: It’s one of several food
companies moving away from earlier promises to reduce pesticide use.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/food-companies-backslide-on-promises-to.html#more&quot;&gt;Click Here to Read More &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/food-companies-backslide-on-promises-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLNBr0gzakgJFU3fFIKSLb25Psogw6pJB444BmDSrGUZiI7cPFO_hBzwBOyZOyVl_mV0LHAMj0KKLlmO8whOf3lzEXySfCMwYLpw2_cE-dbT5JX_9bSl1P98q4qIuRrTuw7wseH-cnc87Tkto3X838902T3eq2hfQrnXOKD7QsvMhMXbBxaGt6RLhfbM/s72-w309-h400-c/AsYouSow2026_PesticidesScorecard2026_cvr_med_20260114.webp" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-2740060194764971719</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-16T09:00:00.126-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Donald Trump</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fossil fuel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Iran</category><title>Thanks to Trump’s Iran War, Big Oil Raking in $30 Million Per Hour in Windfall Profits</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Making Trump&amp;#39;s friends richer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/author/brad-reed&quot;&gt;Brad
Reed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-leXfj7L_gjWBXa9kDCLRJTFfzkd8Pu7cxPPwQeI_d-x5AuUqQlKrLOLtjz3xxiB0dsSVcPFXm9R-XxykIMS-lQmLTtl2FKjBRJA04M6zKe9jz2bxCoi8Q18vBd37O1c7hN7nORXwl79xX3VlZuH9mRu-LBk_RA0ZJxu-eRqv_fIqk73WC3BCj-hg86g/s1000/bafkreievmcx4pdoh2ot7ykpqd53la5xumpawpa7wyg6qxhonb56jrfncc4.webp&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;647&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-leXfj7L_gjWBXa9kDCLRJTFfzkd8Pu7cxPPwQeI_d-x5AuUqQlKrLOLtjz3xxiB0dsSVcPFXm9R-XxykIMS-lQmLTtl2FKjBRJA04M6zKe9jz2bxCoi8Q18vBd37O1c7hN7nORXwl79xX3VlZuH9mRu-LBk_RA0ZJxu-eRqv_fIqk73WC3BCj-hg86g/w259-h400/bafkreievmcx4pdoh2ot7ykpqd53la5xumpawpa7wyg6qxhonb56jrfncc4.webp&quot; width=&quot;259&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Donald Trump’s unprovoked war of choice in Iran
has been a goldmine for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/fossil-fuels&quot;&gt;fossil fuels&lt;/a&gt; industry,
which is earning massive windfall profits thanks to the rise in the price of
petroleum.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;An analysis published by The Guardian &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/big-oil-huge-war-windfall-consumers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;estimated&lt;/a&gt; that the 100 biggest &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/oil&quot;&gt;oil&lt;/a&gt; and gas companies have
collectively raked in an extra $30 million per hour since Trump launched his
war with Iran without any congressional authorization in late February.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;In just the first month of the conflict, The Guardian
reported, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/big-oil&quot;&gt;Big Oil&lt;/a&gt; made
$23 billion in windfall profits, and the industry is projected to haul in an
additional $234 billion in windfall profits by the end of the year if the price
of oil stays in the $100 range.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The top beneficiaries of the Iran conflict are Saudi Aramco,
which is projected to earn $25.5 billion in windfall profits by the end of the
year; Kuwait Petroleum Corp., which is projected to earn $12.1 billion;
and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/exxonmobil&quot;&gt;ExxonMobil&lt;/a&gt;,
which is projected to earn $11 billion.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/thanks-to-trumps-iran-war-big-oil.html#more&quot;&gt;Click Here to Read More &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/thanks-to-trumps-iran-war-big-oil.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-leXfj7L_gjWBXa9kDCLRJTFfzkd8Pu7cxPPwQeI_d-x5AuUqQlKrLOLtjz3xxiB0dsSVcPFXm9R-XxykIMS-lQmLTtl2FKjBRJA04M6zKe9jz2bxCoi8Q18vBd37O1c7hN7nORXwl79xX3VlZuH9mRu-LBk_RA0ZJxu-eRqv_fIqk73WC3BCj-hg86g/s72-w259-h400-c/bafkreievmcx4pdoh2ot7ykpqd53la5xumpawpa7wyg6qxhonb56jrfncc4.webp" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-3598976089893574045</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-15T23:57:00.173-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">behavior</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Donald Trump</category><title>Five top psychiatric specialists warn Congress about Trump’s instability and danger</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;They cite the “Dark Triad” of personality traits: narcissism,
Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/author/jeffrey-d-sachs&quot;&gt;Jeffrey
D. Sach, s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/author/bandy-x-lee&quot;&gt;Bandy X.
Lee&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/author/james-gilligan&quot;&gt;James
Gilligan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/author/prudencel-gourguechon&quot;&gt;Prudence
L. Gourguechon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/author/jamesr-merikangas&quot;&gt;James R.
Merikangas&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/&quot;&gt;Common
Dreams&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4F6jletw49KPesS8c3-4M0AtPaFxG6SFiuIBg2mr0p7E_uILUc2OwQOH0DKW3685x0FZk9amADhbXZE_7JNCMIzN9FVu5PFim_hlLDD7IcqS69TJ88uWfJ0Atp9S4OMHnGM0R7tF06LMrY0QqcIRlKVXVbi42Fq2KakO8aSY_mErpg5tVINrbl0QpeOg/s640/bafkreidginsvjn33dja33zz7m4ynqv3hbm6quqhxma6locekvkj75gfwsu.webp&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;640&quot; data-original-width=&quot;512&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4F6jletw49KPesS8c3-4M0AtPaFxG6SFiuIBg2mr0p7E_uILUc2OwQOH0DKW3685x0FZk9amADhbXZE_7JNCMIzN9FVu5PFim_hlLDD7IcqS69TJ88uWfJ0Atp9S4OMHnGM0R7tF06LMrY0QqcIRlKVXVbi42Fq2KakO8aSY_mErpg5tVINrbl0QpeOg/w320-h400/bafkreidginsvjn33dja33zz7m4ynqv3hbm6quqhxma6locekvkj75gfwsu.webp&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to the
bipartisan leadership of Congress on Monday, April 13, 2026 in regard to recent
rhetoric and actions taken by US President Donald J. Trump.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Senator John Thune&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Senate Majority Leader, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/us-senate&quot;&gt;US Senate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Senator Charles E. Schumer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Senate Minority Leader, US Senate&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Representative &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/mike-johnson&quot;&gt;Mike
Johnson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Speaker of the House, US House of Representatives&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Representative &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/hakeem-jeffries&quot;&gt;Hakeem Jeffries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
House Minority Leader, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/us-house&quot;&gt;US
House&lt;/a&gt; of Representatives&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Dear Senate Majority Leader Thune, Senate Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker
Johnson, and House Minority Leader Jeffries:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
We write to you today with a sense of urgency that we do not use lightly. The
behavior and rhetoric of President &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/donald-trump&quot;&gt;Donald Trump&lt;/a&gt; have
crossed a threshold that demands the immediate and bipartisan attention of
Congress. This is not a partisan assessment. It is a judgment grounded in
observable fact, consistent professional assessment, and the constitutional
responsibilities that your offices carry.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiFqfUm-LnB7cren6nUOChS0RZRol9nDQgLaHUVY3saCF3AhV0bvs9ekJAznP3mjtqmui2OsgOwAyyvxzGywU_3IXOHiG0WyCv0MjKwjjTg4WvbOZ_FvvMkroZswe7_2wqId3jTm4Jgwp5dEQ29YzoanPBwrZYmztGaxB6gJT2z3tyUzGmtkyycWJZ_w/s320/20260412edcbc-a%20(1).jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;215&quot; data-original-width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;269&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiFqfUm-LnB7cren6nUOChS0RZRol9nDQgLaHUVY3saCF3AhV0bvs9ekJAznP3mjtqmui2OsgOwAyyvxzGywU_3IXOHiG0WyCv0MjKwjjTg4WvbOZ_FvvMkroZswe7_2wqId3jTm4Jgwp5dEQ29YzoanPBwrZYmztGaxB6gJT2z3tyUzGmtkyycWJZ_w/w400-h269/20260412edcbc-a%20(1).jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;President Trump exhibits what forensic mental health experts have, across
dozens of independent assessments, identified as the “Dark Triad” of
personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. Rather than
constituting a clinical diagnosis, this trait-based assessment is grounded in
behavioral observation and is particularly useful for assessing the level of
danger an individual poses in a political leadership position. We do not offer
this as a clinical verdict. We offer it as the considered judgment of a
substantial body of professional opinion, based on well-researched evidence
that is consistent, accumulating, and impossible to dismiss.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;What makes this more than an academic matter is what
predictably happens when this personality structure collides with immovable
obstacles. The clinical literature is clear: individuals with Dark Triad
profiles, when confronted with situations they cannot control or escape, do not
recalibrate. They escalate. The psychological imperative to relieve
narcissistic collapse overrides strategic calculation, concern for
consequences, and ordinary self-restraint. Rage surges to domination.
Impulsivity overrides caution. The urgent need to extinguish psychological pain
eclipses every other consideration.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;We are watching this dynamic unfold in real time.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The President’s recent public communications have been, by
any normal standard of political discourse, alarming. His posts demanding that
Iran “open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards” and his threat to bomb Iran
“back to the stone ages,” adding that “a whole civilization will die tonight,
never to be brought back again,” are not the rhetoric of calculated
geopolitical pressure. They are the expressions of a man in profound
psychological distress who is reaching for the most extreme retaliatory threats
available to him. That these statements were addressed to an adversary in the
context of an active military confrontation makes them not merely shocking but
profoundly dangerous.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;President Trump has now ordered a US naval blockade of Iran
— an action that has sent world &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/oil&quot;&gt;oil&lt;/a&gt; prices soaring and
placed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/united-states&quot;&gt;United
States&lt;/a&gt; in direct opposition to the international community. His
ongoing actions carry the potential to trigger a global economic catastrophe,
draw in regional and great powers, and ignite a wider conflict with
consequences that no one can bound. These orders are being issued without
adequate deliberation, without congressional authorization, and in a context in
which the President’s judgment is, by every visible measure, severely
compromised.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;We urge three specific actions.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trump, wrong again&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;By &lt;b&gt;Diana Resnik, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/11/two-new-studies-could-change-critics-opinions-about-how-many-birds-die-from-wind-turbines&quot;&gt;EuroNews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSPF0akHJrHGY7jrM34bOJ-xSqEN-JZWXyB56SjBt-ZkQYrXRuXJtROYrS1fKSNnRrVs5R72iM2_rNSkXrFuij9qXccbybEg48TNunJPvzpDAbYmWu0iTDNTnlEAStgUJkOZSYDZOe7RWgWkcuLtDKH3sttWs9MxdUNtuVAtyLGWVkxIM1A2HGM9rsxE/s360/200%20(1).webp&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;360&quot; height=&quot;223&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSPF0akHJrHGY7jrM34bOJ-xSqEN-JZWXyB56SjBt-ZkQYrXRuXJtROYrS1fKSNnRrVs5R72iM2_rNSkXrFuij9qXccbybEg48TNunJPvzpDAbYmWu0iTDNTnlEAStgUJkOZSYDZOe7RWgWkcuLtDKH3sttWs9MxdUNtuVAtyLGWVkxIM1A2HGM9rsxE/w400-h223/200%20(1).webp&quot; width=&quot;400&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Critics say wind turbines endanger birds but two new
studies have now analysed the risk in more detail. What they have found could
change the debate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The energy company Vattenfall and the tech company Spoor
have analyzed the extent to which wind turbines endanger birds at the offshore
wind farm in Aberdeen. Over a period of 19 months - from June 2023 to December
2024 - video recordings of a wind turbine were made with the help of
AI-supported analyses. A total of 2,007 bird flight paths near the monitored
turbine were examined.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;By combining AI-powered detection and detailed expert
analysis, we can replace assumptions with concrete observations and measure
actual behavior in the immediate vicinity of wind turbines,&amp;quot; says Ask
Helseth, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Spoor.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The study found that there was not a single collision,
&amp;quot;The results from Aberdeen Bay show that modern offshore wind farms can be
operated with low risk to wildlife,&amp;quot; says Dr Eva Julius-Philipp, Director
Environment and Sustainability BU Wind at Vattenfall.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;German Offshore Wind Energy Association (BWO) study: Over
99 per cent of migratory birds avoid wind turbines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/two-new-studies-could-change-critics.html#more&quot;&gt;Click Here to Read More &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/two-new-studies-could-change-critics.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSPF0akHJrHGY7jrM34bOJ-xSqEN-JZWXyB56SjBt-ZkQYrXRuXJtROYrS1fKSNnRrVs5R72iM2_rNSkXrFuij9qXccbybEg48TNunJPvzpDAbYmWu0iTDNTnlEAStgUJkOZSYDZOe7RWgWkcuLtDKH3sttWs9MxdUNtuVAtyLGWVkxIM1A2HGM9rsxE/s72-w400-h223-c/200%20(1).webp" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-3291529150148390704</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-15T11:59:00.117-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">behavior</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Class War</category><title>New Study Reveals a Simple Life Is the Real Secret to Happiness</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;You don’t need to be rich although poverty is not fun &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Not to mention, life in New Zealand is different than here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;By University of Otago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacgMwfEAPiHVkMgqXspSdT_oiqnYyFImVoLe5H1rrVGjEPc0EPKpxrb7mEnHZPlFeqqg9ZgtmltRESBS-AUpt0k6vCCtwa0zzTjHI7Bhcu5cg6hd_VaqzkEye_5lIrzi2ii29FSeUSCRyUWr2v6mefNN0nj79DMjVt4b8S9PgagpnwzKPmf3f0d7DkJY/s480/giphy.webp&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;480&quot; data-original-width=&quot;270&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacgMwfEAPiHVkMgqXspSdT_oiqnYyFImVoLe5H1rrVGjEPc0EPKpxrb7mEnHZPlFeqqg9ZgtmltRESBS-AUpt0k6vCCtwa0zzTjHI7Bhcu5cg6hd_VaqzkEye_5lIrzi2ii29FSeUSCRyUWr2v6mefNN0nj79DMjVt4b8S9PgagpnwzKPmf3f0d7DkJY/w225-h400/giphy.webp&quot; width=&quot;225&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;At a time when displays of extreme wealth dominate headlines
and social media feeds, a new study suggests that more consumption does not
necessarily translate into a better life.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Research from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://scitechdaily.com/tag/university-of-otago/&quot;&gt;University of Otago&lt;/a&gt; indicates
that stepping away from material excess may be linked to greater day-to-day
satisfaction and stronger social connections.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The team set out to examine how consumption relates to
well-being. Their findings indicate that people report higher levels of
happiness and life satisfaction when they adopt more sustainable lifestyles and
resist consumer-driven habits.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The researchers analyzed data from a representative sample
of more than 1,000 New Zealanders. The group included 51 percent men and 49
percent women, with a median age of 45 and a median annual household income of
$50,000.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;They found that embracing simple living, formally known as
‘voluntary simplicity,’ supports well-being by creating more opportunities for
social interaction and meaningful connection. These benefits often arise in
settings such as community gardens, shared resource systems, and peer-to-peer
lending platforms, which differ from traditional market exchanges.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/new-study-reveals-simple-life-is-real.html#more&quot;&gt;Click Here to Read More &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/new-study-reveals-simple-life-is-real.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacgMwfEAPiHVkMgqXspSdT_oiqnYyFImVoLe5H1rrVGjEPc0EPKpxrb7mEnHZPlFeqqg9ZgtmltRESBS-AUpt0k6vCCtwa0zzTjHI7Bhcu5cg6hd_VaqzkEye_5lIrzi2ii29FSeUSCRyUWr2v6mefNN0nj79DMjVt4b8S9PgagpnwzKPmf3f0d7DkJY/s72-w225-h400-c/giphy.webp" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-7935549173651606049</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-15T09:00:00.135-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Donald Trump</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fossil fuel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Iran</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">military</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">OtherWords.org</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Russia</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Taxes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ukraine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Venezuela</category><title>Tax the Corporations Cashing in on War</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The least war profiteers can do is pay taxes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;By &lt;a href=&quot;https://otherwords.org/authors/meghan-schneider/&quot;&gt;Meghan Schneider&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://otherwords.org/authors/cass-dipaola/&quot;&gt;Cass DiPaola&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiComdydQgTYkAbn2O-mMMruCFzbYng2K7wO6mSA52RQQwgADBYTWOLLSQcNQiALR99eHIsC1198iYdDw_OzT4zIp0uVWRBEaN4SfUw6aNJ9oCqy-3vVorzsHrucra0PZKnM39_j_s_7A_PQEnrOO1q74Yb6FWVDVtREFl_boNk5j-7m4y3xzEzy20XARU/s1000/bafkreiecu3cxke4jykslwsvgy34t6plvoihjwv76r3muaqosi4bvjyei5y.webp&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;802&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiComdydQgTYkAbn2O-mMMruCFzbYng2K7wO6mSA52RQQwgADBYTWOLLSQcNQiALR99eHIsC1198iYdDw_OzT4zIp0uVWRBEaN4SfUw6aNJ9oCqy-3vVorzsHrucra0PZKnM39_j_s_7A_PQEnrOO1q74Yb6FWVDVtREFl_boNk5j-7m4y3xzEzy20XARU/w321-h400/bafkreiecu3cxke4jykslwsvgy34t6plvoihjwv76r3muaqosi4bvjyei5y.webp&quot; width=&quot;321&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Our dependence on fossil fuels does more than pollute our
air. It destabilizes the world and empowers the ultra-wealthy to profit off of
that volatility, leaving working families to pay the price.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;This dynamic has been on full display since Donald Trump’s attack on Iran.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Trump’s invasion of one of the world’s most oil-rich regions
jolted energy markets, sending gas prices soaring to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newsweek.com/gas-prices-reach-highest-level-of-either-of-trumps-terms-in-office-11634618&quot;&gt;highest
level&lt;/a&gt; in either of his terms. In 2024 he campaigned on cutting them in
half. Instead, Americans are now on track to pay &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.trump-gas.com/&quot;&gt;roughly $720 more&lt;/a&gt; for gasoline this
year.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The full cost to working families will be much steeper as
high gas prices drive up prices on consumer goods across the board. We’re
already seeing that ripple effect take hold, as the U.S. Postal Service has
proposed a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/us-postal-fuel-surcharge-package-deliveries-iran-oil.html&quot;&gt;temporary
8 percent fuel surcharge&lt;/a&gt; on package deliveries to offset rising
transportation costs tied directly to the war-driven spike in oil prices.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;At the same time, the oil and gas companies that
invested &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/fossil-fuel-industry-donors-see-major-returns-trumps-policies&quot;&gt;at
least $75 million&lt;/a&gt; in Trump’s reelection are cashing in on this
instability. A recent &lt;i&gt;Financial Times&lt;/i&gt; analysis estimates that
U.S. oil companies could collect an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ft.com/content/37d49e35-8d0e-4ea6-9db8-74183101f204?syn-25a6b1a6=1&quot;&gt;additional
$63 billion in revenue&lt;/a&gt; this year if crude prices remain at these
wartime levels. In March alone, the industry is expected to generate &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/oil-rally-from-iran-war-could-deliver-60b-windfall-for-us-producers/ar-AA1YFbvt?ocid=chromentpnews&quot;&gt;$5
billion&lt;/a&gt; in extra cash flow.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;This type of windfall isn’t a fluke. We’ve seen this pattern
for decades.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Oil has a way of appearing in the background of every
chapter of U.S. military intervention in the Middle East and beyond. Iran
nationalized its oil industry in the 1950s and a CIA-backed coup followed.
Iraq, sitting on some of the world’s largest reserves, was invaded in 2003. And
earlier this year, the U.S. invaded Venezuela and immediately began plans for
a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/trump-us-taxpayers-oil-firms-venezuela-investment&quot;&gt;taxpayer-backed&lt;/a&gt; oil
industry takeover.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/tax-corporations-cashing-in-on-war.html#more&quot;&gt;Click Here to Read More &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/tax-corporations-cashing-in-on-war.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiComdydQgTYkAbn2O-mMMruCFzbYng2K7wO6mSA52RQQwgADBYTWOLLSQcNQiALR99eHIsC1198iYdDw_OzT4zIp0uVWRBEaN4SfUw6aNJ9oCqy-3vVorzsHrucra0PZKnM39_j_s_7A_PQEnrOO1q74Yb6FWVDVtREFl_boNk5j-7m4y3xzEzy20XARU/s72-w321-h400-c/bafkreiecu3cxke4jykslwsvgy34t6plvoihjwv76r3muaqosi4bvjyei5y.webp" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-361700002133204162</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-14T23:34:00.117-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Class War</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">history</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ronald Reagan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Taxes</category><title>Surprising truths about America’s tax history</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;quot;The Price of Democracy&amp;quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;By Gerald Scorse&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8r90pH3Exypi9IDOZ7U_pPyq3zV2dcGa4p2Iys9iUhQS8sHO-WUzKuSb3bed985M8fqgHYJTFJbf_eNbo6JZVc6ZjVfQWgPauLGIUJJCNx0MXRN0Sq_8OP2XY2ImZ8CPpQxzEXj0_nVu0YlikGRw0VuTWJfCoPlTqfJpSvO25of-j03yn7WhEzaH51wY/s220/vwilliamson-photo-book-cover-image.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;168&quot; data-original-width=&quot;220&quot; height=&quot;305&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8r90pH3Exypi9IDOZ7U_pPyq3zV2dcGa4p2Iys9iUhQS8sHO-WUzKuSb3bed985M8fqgHYJTFJbf_eNbo6JZVc6ZjVfQWgPauLGIUJJCNx0MXRN0Sq_8OP2XY2ImZ8CPpQxzEXj0_nVu0YlikGRw0VuTWJfCoPlTqfJpSvO25of-j03yn7WhEzaH51wY/w400-h305/vwilliamson-photo-book-cover-image.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The more things change, the more they stay the same. Taxes,
for instance, have been changing and staying the same ever since Reagan and the
1980s: They’ve been heaven for corporations and the rich, purgatory or worse
for everybody else.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Now comes a groundbreaking book that looks back not just
decades but centuries. It’s Vanessa A. Williamson’s The Price of Democracy: The
Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History. The surprises never stop
coming.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Surprise No. 1, the Boston Tea Party. We’ve been brainwashed
into believing that taxes were the cause. Not so; the Sons of Liberty were
actually opposing the bailout of the “too big to fail” East India Company. As
Samuel Adams warned, the bailout was “introductive to Monopolies.” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Williamson says the colonists never objected to paying
taxes. “To the extent the American Revolution was about taxation,” she writes,
“it was about the desire of Americans to &lt;i&gt;tax themselves&lt;/i&gt;…&amp;quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Come 1787, the new America had to decide what its own tax
policies would be. Next surprise, the framers of the Constitution agreed that
the wealthy few had to be protected from the masses. Listen to this from
Alexander Hamilton: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;“All communities divide themselves into the few and the
many. The first are the rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people.”
As Hamilton saw it, the people “seldom judge or determine right.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Thomas Paine saw things the other way around.  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Everybody knows that Paine helped ignite the American
Revolution. Not many know that he wanted a tax revolution as well. Paine
worried about the “overgrown influence” of wealth, calling it “one of the
principal sources of corruption at elections.” He wanted marginal income tax
rates, topping out at 100%.  Echoing Paine, an early New York newspaper
proposed that “men should by every fair means be legally prevented from
becoming exorbitantly rich”.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Catch their last show of the season&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;By Paige Monopoli&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;389&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNyCZ6Smt0X7XKPycxPGYh_YCcWT0frSv_lPZEDHsr8navkjL35MQI7lJIKnBa8k2LmyLs5cPQdFiBBe1tr6Lmy7SdfsZypfPsTTn21xssovOAOiwIigJVg6GZo1gyJR-R012YfNdyW7dnp9quUBZ6mEZn4YH98gXULbT-O5dOHo_A8t64m-mJ0ruRMww=w640-h389&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; v:shapes=&quot;Picture_x0020_6&quot; width=&quot;640&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000;&quot;&gt;The URI Theatre Department will hold an eight-show production of the modern-day cult classic “Ride the Cyclone” beginning April 17 in the Will Theatre in the URI Fine Arts Center. (URI Photo/Seth Jacobson)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;We’re familiar with cult
classics, such as “The Rocky Horror Picture Show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;,” &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;which have
earned passionate fanbases for 50 years. Such unique artistic endeavors are
defined by their transgressive or strange nature, leading to a niche following
that keeps the story alive through rediscovery and admiration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;“Ride the Cyclone,” by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell,
entered the scene in 2009. It has emerged as the Gen Z musical theatre cult
classic of today. Originally available as a bootleg on YouTube and later on
TikTok, the musical earned millions of views. This online fame sparked strong
demand for productions in high schools, universities, and community theatres in
the United States, Canada, and Europe.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The University of Rhode Island &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.uri.edu/theatre/&quot;&gt;Theatre Department&lt;/a&gt;’s production of the
musical opens an eight-show run on &lt;b&gt;Friday, April 17&lt;/b&gt;, in the Robert
E. Will Theatre in the URI Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Road, on the
Kingston Campus. The play follows six teenagers from the St. Cassian High
School chamber choir in Uranium City, Saskatchewan, who died on a faulty roller
coaster called The Cyclone.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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with extreme precision&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Université de Genève&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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tissue? That question remains one of the biggest challenges in modern oncology.
Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have now developed a
&amp;quot;smart&amp;quot; system built from synthetic DNA strands that can identify
cancer cells with remarkable accuracy and release powerful drugs only where
they are needed. In addition to cancer treatment, this approach points toward a
future of programmable, responsive medicines. The findings appear in &lt;i&gt;Nature
Biotechnology&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Targeted therapies have already reshaped cancer care by
directing drugs straight to tumors, helping reduce damage to healthy cells and
easing harsh side effects linked to chemotherapy. One of the most successful
strategies involves antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), which use monoclonal
antibodies to carry treatments directly to cancer cells.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;However, ADCs still have drawbacks. Their relatively large
size can limit how well they penetrate tumors, and they can only carry a
limited amount of drug. These challenges have pushed scientists to explore new
ways to deliver therapies more effectively.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/another-potential-cancer-cure-for-bobby.html#more&quot;&gt;Click Here to Read More &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/another-potential-cancer-cure-for-bobby.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfkbMKfwuHsr9gcW1uESe2iwb0sBK9zNyVUU8jWsTvP9mORgCoRkMSuAWi6vmegzEHtiI7gAn9lt4LEPWWHrpWZBZMroqptkjzlX_08Ht9oYHRO6K23ChEN4MGUcVa6u0xQL89BEFpP399bLNS8ciOZdrfyEK70ZZ1r2433DVZK4Uu1Dm7D9VD47ohgY/s72-w400-h210-c/Header_V2-%E2%80%93-1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-6561143318734026884</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-14T09:00:00.116-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">insurance</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vaccination</category><title>Rhode Island comes in 2nd behind Massachusetts among &quot;best states for children&#39;s health&quot;</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congratulations to us for a great score&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;By WalletHub&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_INbY-RvBlULhhUKCHQYwVHjDEsewCUuz0Z2wJXpPpVsQuwgnIsyGsZV4uhDJ65qISGICsm0TQbGob0ezkB2tE03RHrCIAwTXOpfbneyOwp_npYReyfOGjZuRPNJx0VCcnaHtpPHFAqh0kl5E3U9LKtCHn3Dn8CRbQz4d4H65N0IIWQHyrRtTHQ7iXg/s700/best-worst-states-for-childrens-health-care.webp&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;638&quot; data-original-width=&quot;700&quot; height=&quot;584&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_INbY-RvBlULhhUKCHQYwVHjDEsewCUuz0Z2wJXpPpVsQuwgnIsyGsZV4uhDJ65qISGICsm0TQbGob0ezkB2tE03RHrCIAwTXOpfbneyOwp_npYReyfOGjZuRPNJx0VCcnaHtpPHFAqh0kl5E3U9LKtCHn3Dn8CRbQz4d4H65N0IIWQHyrRtTHQ7iXg/w640-h584/best-worst-states-for-childrens-health-care.webp&quot; width=&quot;640&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;Keeping children healthy is both essential and costly.
Fortunately, about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kff.org/state-health-policy-data/state-indicator/children-0-18/?currentTimeframe=0&amp;amp;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;94%&lt;/a&gt; of children ages 0 to 18 have health insurance
coverage to protect them when they become ill. However, high coverage rates
have not necessarily reduced health care expenses for families. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;On average,
workers contribute &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kff.org/health-costs/annual-family-premiums-for-employer-coverage-rise-6-in-2025-nearing-27000-with-workers-paying-6850-toward-premiums-out-of-their-paychecks/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;$6,850&lt;/a&gt; per year toward employer-sponsored family
health coverage. While some families receive assistance through Medicaid or
the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/childrens-health-insurance-program/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)&lt;/a&gt;, many who do not
qualify for government support continue to face financial strain especially
amid significant inflation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/rhode-island-comes-in-2nd-behind.html#more&quot;&gt;Click Here to Read More &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/rhode-island-comes-in-2nd-behind.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_INbY-RvBlULhhUKCHQYwVHjDEsewCUuz0Z2wJXpPpVsQuwgnIsyGsZV4uhDJ65qISGICsm0TQbGob0ezkB2tE03RHrCIAwTXOpfbneyOwp_npYReyfOGjZuRPNJx0VCcnaHtpPHFAqh0kl5E3U9LKtCHn3Dn8CRbQz4d4H65N0IIWQHyrRtTHQ7iXg/s72-w640-h584-c/best-worst-states-for-childrens-health-care.webp" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-7052216198388827863</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-13T23:57:00.117-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">behavior</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Donald Trump</category><title>White House Boasts of Trump’s Plan for Gold-Covered Arch</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Just what we need, right?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/author/brad-reed&quot;&gt;Brad
Reed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKL5p2mkXrLo4yrYsJjDhHer_72J6RpQu9p41zVS8WMFNAQ9X45YvXx6FVhyphenhyphennW76fIpWlDbSZRr3zYfZJJiQgD_keXB2JqBWXSKd4GtmYS7HBxjogQ7-vp_gUvqlrKLz0zFswOL2iCoOV6xqjaNfpRkq3m5g25zqBlbgOgY8p8ujkh8rxLc-_lq5w2kV8/s679/HFj4xSqXQAACwhc.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;453&quot; data-original-width=&quot;679&quot; height=&quot;426&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKL5p2mkXrLo4yrYsJjDhHer_72J6RpQu9p41zVS8WMFNAQ9X45YvXx6FVhyphenhyphennW76fIpWlDbSZRr3zYfZJJiQgD_keXB2JqBWXSKd4GtmYS7HBxjogQ7-vp_gUvqlrKLz0zFswOL2iCoOV6xqjaNfpRkq3m5g25zqBlbgOgY8p8ujkh8rxLc-_lq5w2kV8/w640-h426/HFj4xSqXQAACwhc.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;On the same day that the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
showed that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/inflation&quot;&gt;inflation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/news/march-inflation-iran-war&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;spiked&lt;/a&gt; at its fastest monthly rate in four years,
the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/trump-administration&quot;&gt;Trump
administration&lt;/a&gt; unveiled renderings of Donald Trump’s
proposed gold-covered 250-foot-tall arch to be built at Memorial Circle
in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/washington&quot;&gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt;,
DC.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The renderings, which were produced by architecture firm
Harrison Design and posted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/social-media&quot;&gt;social media&lt;/a&gt; by
the White House’s rapid response account, show a gigantic arch that would be
flanked on its corners by four gold lions and topped by a 60-foot-tall gold
statue of what appears to be an angel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;According to a Friday &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/10/trump-arch-designs/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;report&lt;/a&gt; in The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.commondreams.org/tag/washington-post&quot;&gt;Washington Post&lt;/a&gt;,
some preservationists have expressed concerns that the arch, which would be
more than twice the height of the Lincoln Monument, would disproportionately
tower over the DC skyline, and would block views of Arlington National
Cemetery.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;And then, Trump posted this image - not a joke - of himself:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZMr_yPxkV_mRDB0jGVOin_WB3qDDwaDKX1RbOUUmPs8TYDFo8dDJlzQK4l82ePNFSSdgREfEOQlR3bZSt7MAUXXMMsWB8NFkF3C87yFwUgOpF5jOb0iPKwTQ2EM4Z2zIYWfhyphenhyphenWY7Uv5DxG-cQpmLtydXuoPscRF5ojHdoxzQod-vyluUIpGd2cnGwNQ/s1000/Trump%20the%20saviour.webp&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;628&quot; height=&quot;927&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZMr_yPxkV_mRDB0jGVOin_WB3qDDwaDKX1RbOUUmPs8TYDFo8dDJlzQK4l82ePNFSSdgREfEOQlR3bZSt7MAUXXMMsWB8NFkF3C87yFwUgOpF5jOb0iPKwTQ2EM4Z2zIYWfhyphenhyphenWY7Uv5DxG-cQpmLtydXuoPscRF5ojHdoxzQod-vyluUIpGd2cnGwNQ/w582-h927/Trump%20the%20saviour.webp&quot; width=&quot;582&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Looks like Trump is trying to bring Jeffrey Epstein back to life. Trump later deleted this post. In response to the question &quot;Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ, &quot; Trump said &quot;I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with the Red Cross. Only the fake news could come up with that one.&quot; YOU BE THE JUDGE.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/donald-trump-attacks-pope-leo-while.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rNRgHjdL74a_9NHNWMnf_kx6FGFMVLaE90csm2AN_wnflluzTc1homPsfkmOVHHNBUswqmA3M-NZ7nWZoMDxVM3jQPKApANYUWWXA6FLq36Xvomg8Gfu0wEgbfOxPspilieTX-K-FVqmVm5GP_3VLlqH99jw_2ApHjXkpW5_afWJrYKp6kb44ueGb1w/s72-w616-h640-c/bafkreicjmijll23j4kqak4qzi774d4syifiki5mesgpgr4fjdrkflatcmy.webp" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-2923396827813637445</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-13T16:08:00.116-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">agriculture/farming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aquaculture</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Charlestown</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DEM</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fishing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sue Sosnowski</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Teresa Tanzi</category><title>Nearly Half a Million in Grants Awarded to Local Farmers, Fishers, and Food Producers</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Two went to Charlestown producers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwPZJdYZ5CrxYk1ij0sze3YkWs7pROGiwlj_oBIs57UwzHhgItiClJNrykq7Fyf1VLGxSe4QZIlhVmt6tQHXnrVrU1ah14H6rY3EScL0hLXhFYjn9Y6G9WJRQgY7N_B2bOodaytIHjr2FJDvgCW3t9kCypjA_sQcCrxl4jwddCjlP6_MoeuIxhxLxWnA/s730/rs=w_730,h_730,cg_true.webp&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;730&quot; data-original-width=&quot;730&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwPZJdYZ5CrxYk1ij0sze3YkWs7pROGiwlj_oBIs57UwzHhgItiClJNrykq7Fyf1VLGxSe4QZIlhVmt6tQHXnrVrU1ah14H6rY3EScL0hLXhFYjn9Y6G9WJRQgY7N_B2bOodaytIHjr2FJDvgCW3t9kCypjA_sQcCrxl4jwddCjlP6_MoeuIxhxLxWnA/w400-h400/rs=w_730,h_730,cg_true.webp&quot; width=&quot;400&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #134f5c;&quot;&gt;Blue Acres Aquaculture grows and harvests in Quonnie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Rhode Island Department of Environmental
Management (DEM) today announced the 2026 &lt;a href=&quot;https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/pvxtjxbbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IW5M0hWal3ku9gGX--hYWoY_YRUhH_VMaYGDhyK_ZrKh_DT4hi_bArp8aCfZGiRrDlvuIZyXP__nnvcwJSE4OUBu4GJh5AcnGEeaQQt1kn8X9eGIRR4QcJxKNp3BgXKoyFhtNw0TfvYqpOtuljd1skj37hyveyT5OReTar2A1gkaA2yz8KPTXw==&amp;amp;c=qIWMxY1prFMEmfTPOzyvbjgsDVNpJGUMcA72PadnCh3bjJXMH1Z7Nw==&amp;amp;ch=kFGKscE04ywjP1P_BOb8lIe5KVwWkjhY1WDQBhLUuezlepDOZ-lCKg==__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!OIxW35MDLyWbimDym9VkDAuydztNJdhqiJog8a1luiei4wOxlQKD36a_1XtXBTCTPRixqcWquqnZpZv5DHcSapv6SoHuuBx-J-uajA$&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;(opens in a new window)&quot;&gt;Local Agriculture and Seafood
Act (LASA)&lt;/a&gt; grantees at Johnson &amp;amp; Wales’s Harborside Campus in
Cranston.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Twenty-five LASA grants totaling $450,000 were awarded for projects
across RI to support the growth, development, and marketing of local farms,
seafood harvesters, and food businesses, strengthening small businesses while
enhancing the state’s food security.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/pvxtjxbbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IW5M0hWal3ku9gGX--hYWoY_YRUhH_VMaYGDhyK_ZrKh_DT4hi_bAvCmCylxBNrs-IWU1p2ykLzXEeS3WzZe_zsfZ2OMjNmkZAPmTgOqg11fcAxc-sd5QD4Oez5Bwn4q9msjDfd6c0vn-C2Osf9rqGPpuju5XvLYwU1ox8gBMwS3PyNgWVL4NmHp9lJmaRbUEVV_jGOCxtN9Dg4yh00hHMn6nJfshLX-rVqLiN7m1Eh6IbtYv4W4DG0jTFHB4Hl7KXK5XCW29eUS9C6-Z-71Og==&amp;amp;c=qIWMxY1prFMEmfTPOzyvbjgsDVNpJGUMcA72PadnCh3bjJXMH1Z7Nw==&amp;amp;ch=kFGKscE04ywjP1P_BOb8lIe5KVwWkjhY1WDQBhLUuezlepDOZ-lCKg==__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!OIxW35MDLyWbimDym9VkDAuydztNJdhqiJog8a1luiei4wOxlQKD36a_1XtXBTCTPRixqcWquqnZpZv5DHcSapv6SoHuuBxQiGsQWg$&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;(opens in a new window)&quot;&gt;In this grant round&lt;/a&gt;, the
awards were distributed across various categories, including agriculture,
aquaculture, seafood or fishery-based projects, and food organizations. The
LASA committee conducted a thorough evaluation to ensure funding
recommendations were equitable and diverse, promote smart agricultural
practices, and support small business development.  The final grantee list
reflects the program’s commitment to expanding the scope and diversity of its
awardees. Over the last 12 years, LASA has provided $3,111,238 in grants of up
to $20,000 with no direct match required.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsFQyloxsEpb4j8td6K_kF4YoLvGVPwicYoptigbkwvyvEW9Del4lSq5IE1UhN_ay_A6nXqO_hX6e_RtPpP4zR3JQLPMnvRfaiVP-FgTMUMrdi6w4HoVnWkpPG0QmiqDwaEUoDeAyEDHuxeZ5h-AA2nefFuIsz2C54aa7S77V5IAjx6fRRurm86BXdJ8/s1440/532234906_1070385331951876_5576015551336252660_n.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1440&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1080&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsFQyloxsEpb4j8td6K_kF4YoLvGVPwicYoptigbkwvyvEW9Del4lSq5IE1UhN_ay_A6nXqO_hX6e_RtPpP4zR3JQLPMnvRfaiVP-FgTMUMrdi6w4HoVnWkpPG0QmiqDwaEUoDeAyEDHuxeZ5h-AA2nefFuIsz2C54aa7S77V5IAjx6fRRurm86BXdJ8/w300-h400/532234906_1070385331951876_5576015551336252660_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;Parcel of Paradise Farm on Shannock Road &lt;br&gt;in Charlestown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;“The LASA grant program taps into our state’s incredible
potential by building on our existing strengths,” said Senate
Environment &amp;amp; Agriculture Committee Chairwoman V. Susan Sosnowski (D-Dist.
37, South Kingstown). “These grants enhance food security, boost small
businesses and make Rhode Island more sustainable and resilient. They are an
investment in our people and our future, and in the agriculture and seafood
industries that mean so much to our state. I am grateful to the many supporters
and stakeholders who continue to make this program possible.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;“Since its inception, LASA has helped grow a robust,
resilient and sustainable local food industry right here in Rhode Island, a
mission that becomes more important every year as federal programs that support
our local food industry face budgets cuts and continued funding uncertainty on
the horizon,” said Representative Teresa A. Tanzi (D-Dist. 34,
South Kingstown, Narragansett). “Meanwhile, our local farms, shellfishing,
aquaculture, commercial fishing and other food businesses continue to provide
us with high quality and nutritious food sustainably produced in our own back
yard, thanks in part to support from LASA grants. I am excited to see the
continuing success stories of these grant recipients.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;“Today’s LASA awards will help Rhode Island’s farmers,
fishers, and food producers expand their operations, improve efficiency, and
implement sustainable practices,” said DEM Director Terry Gray&lt;b&gt;.&lt;/b&gt; “At
a time when federal programs that support local food systems face increasing
uncertainty and potential cuts, small business owners face incredible
challenges. Continued state investment for LASA is more important than
ever to strengthen the resilience and long-term viability of Rhode Island’s
local food system and the small businesses that are so vital to our economy.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;LASA 2026 grantees:&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/nearly-half-million-in-grants-awarded.html#more&quot;&gt;Click Here to Read More &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/04/nearly-half-million-in-grants-awarded.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwPZJdYZ5CrxYk1ij0sze3YkWs7pROGiwlj_oBIs57UwzHhgItiClJNrykq7Fyf1VLGxSe4QZIlhVmt6tQHXnrVrU1ah14H6rY3EScL0hLXhFYjn9Y6G9WJRQgY7N_B2bOodaytIHjr2FJDvgCW3t9kCypjA_sQcCrxl4jwddCjlP6_MoeuIxhxLxWnA/s72-w400-h400-c/rs=w_730,h_730,cg_true.webp" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-5012882609929232101</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-13T12:03:00.121-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aquaculture</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Charlestown</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ecoRI.org</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fishing</category><title>Roger Williams Research Program Sets Sights on Ocean State’s Iconic Quahogs</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Save our clamcakes!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;By Bonnie Phillips&lt;/b&gt; / ecoRI News staff&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqyphrKKStWxFUTFPFFnOj_91Eya6gnLK3RRf_6XtzdRmsFWIMX0yN28U5yvXDt0LQwWA1JHpG9hV5NeJnS0rNoM_IJmR4gZyycAjFP0ILf2dYuG_fHfKsE4BMDDWB2fN5l4yEbmSgJD0GkeSoW0PjMPV7v7hUCrLs5sXi31cgGzV0g03iR_v_NnYHis/s225/images%20(1).jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;225&quot; data-original-width=&quot;225&quot; height=&quot;338&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqyphrKKStWxFUTFPFFnOj_91Eya6gnLK3RRf_6XtzdRmsFWIMX0yN28U5yvXDt0LQwWA1JHpG9hV5NeJnS0rNoM_IJmR4gZyycAjFP0ILf2dYuG_fHfKsE4BMDDWB2fN5l4yEbmSgJD0GkeSoW0PjMPV7v7hUCrLs5sXi31cgGzV0g03iR_v_NnYHis/w338-h338/images%20(1).jpeg&quot; width=&quot;338&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Three wire bins containing roughly 20
quahogs each sit inside a giant tank burbling with rust-colored water in a
basement marine laboratory at Roger Williams University.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Although they may look like they aren’t doing anything
special besides existing, these quahogs are part of an innovative effort to
study and boost the population of the iconic, native hard clam in Narragansett
Bay.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Funded through a Partnership for Research Excellence in
Sustainable Seafood (PRESS) grant from the University of Rhode Island supported
by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the initiative will
help expand hatchery production, strengthen disease monitoring, and accelerate
quahog restoration in Rhode Island.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;“The aim of this work is to address commercial and
recreational harvester concerns about the declining clam population in
Narragansett Bay,” said Robert J. Holmberg, RWU assistant professor of marine
biology and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rwu.edu/ceed&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Center
for Economic and Environmental Development&lt;/a&gt;’s (CEED) shellfish aquaculture
and hatchery specialist.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;“Thanks to the support from this grant, we’re working with
the state to provide data on isolated populations and their ability to
reproduce, and also what diseases or pathogens they might face in these
specific areas,” said Malcolm Bowen, RWU’s aquaculture extension specialist and
manager of the university’s marine aquaculture farm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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