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Another travel day today but here we go:

We covered yesterday the current CBS scandal, after Bari Weiss pulled a “6o Minutes” segment on CECOT torture etc. at the last minute largely because there wasn’t enough appearances by Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem. But, big whoopsie, it turns out the program had already been sent to some outlets in Canada, which aired it, and some eagle-eyed viewers taped it off the TV. A full and clear version here at the Internet Archive. 

Heather Cox Richardson:

https://gregmitchell.substack.com/p/a-bari-bari-flub-goes-viral

We begin our definitive investigation of the economics of the Diablo Canyon nuke with JOHN GEESMAN.

This great California attorney cites corruption and Diablo's scam of hundreds of millions of above market costs that are destroying the economy of California.

Geesman confirms that using PG&E’s own numbers, Diablo will cost California $5 billion over the next 5 years in over-market charges.

From the Mothers for Peace we hear from LINDA SEELEY emphasizes the safety aspects of this unregulated, uninsured radioactive nightmare.

Mothers stalwart LINDA PARKS warns that tritium emissions from Diablo exceed those still pouring out of Fukushima.

From Beyond Nuclear KEVIN KAMPS dismantles the insane attempt to re-open Michigan’s ancient, decrepit reactor at Palisades.

Safe Energy legend KARL GROSSMAN does the numbers of Long Island’s Shoreham, which he helped shut.

Karl reminds us of CRAC-2, the devastating Sandia Labs report on the apocalyptic damage that could come with the next reactor disaster.

He also reports on the massive network of seismic faults around and under the Diablo reactors.

Anne Frank wrote about people stolen in the night and their homes left gutted, and that warning feels painfully current in a country that insists it learned its lessons. Today’s immigration raids leave a disturbingly similar wake, with homes abandoned mid-life, belongings scattered where they fell, and pets staring at the door as if their owners might still walk in and rescue them from the silence.

ICE does not simply take people; it leaves behind the wreckage of entire worlds. Toys stay where children last played, food spoils unfinished, cars idle in driveways, and phones, wallets, and IDs vanish into agency custody and often never return. ICE policy even requires officers to hold a person’s original identification documents, adding another blow to families already torn apart.

This investigation lays bare what happens to everything left behind when someone is taken. Cars are dragged to impound lots and auctioned before families can react, homes slide toward foreclosure or are snapped up by landlords, and pets are dropped at packed shelters with no one left to claim them.

Almost two years ago, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik made a fool of herself while questioning the presidents of three Ivy League universities, MIT, Harvard University and University of Pennsylvania. She demanded a yes or no answer, in an immature and juvenile way, while trying to paint these institutions and their presidents as supporters of antisemitism for “allowing” the constitutionally protected speech by students supporting the Palestinian plight and condemning the genocide happening in realtime in Gaza.

Stefanik, a Trump loyalist, a MAGA warrior, a supporter of overturning 2020 presidential elections, a promoter of “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory, and whose top contributor is AIPAC, all of the above was not enough. Still, President Trump dumped her.