Evergreene Digest

12/06/2025

Robert Reich Serves Up Some Cold, Hard Truths About Thanksgiving Under Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-reich-donald-trump-thanksgiving_n_69286dffe4b00aca68d4846b

Lee Moran / Huff Post

Thursday, November 27, 2025 - The former labor secretary called out the president for breaking one of his biggest campaign promises.

The former labor secretary called out the president for breaking one of his biggest campaign promises.

12/06/2025

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12/06/2025

AI Will Only Intensify Climate Change. The Tech Moguls Don’t Care.
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/ai-climate-change-bill-gates/

Juan Cole / The Nation

Thursday, December 4, 2025 - The AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost.

Related: Don’t Believe the Hype — or Doom — About AI.
https://jacobin.com/2025/12/hype-artificial-intelligence-vc-capital

Hagen Blix and Ingeborg Glimmer / Jacobin

Thursday, December 4, 2025 - For America’s VC-dominated tech industry, AI hype isn’t just a crazy by-product — it’s a structural part of the US economy in which capital tries to write our destinies. We shouldn’t let it.

The AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost.

12/06/2025

No War on Venezuela! National Day of Action Saturday, Dec. 6.
https://www.answercoalition.org/venezuela

Answer Coalition

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 - Register your protest here
Endorse the day of action
22 years after the US went to war in Iraq based on lies, the Trump administration is preparing a major war against Venezuela. We must act now to stop this war before it starts.

Act Now to Stop War & End Racism

12/06/2025

Democrats, Pick a Side.
https://eleanorsquad.substack.com/p/democrats-pick-a-side?utm_medium=ios

Lisa Gonzalez / Substack

Saturday, December 6, 2025 - Democrats, pick a side. The fence is not a place to lead from.

The fence is not a place to lead from

12/05/2025

U.S. Judge Blocks Trump From Cutting Medicaid Funding For Planned Parenthood In 22 States.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-judge-blocks-trump-from-cutting-medicaid-funding-for-planned-parenthood-in-22-states_n_69306c0ae4b0cee44381f2e8

Nate Raymond / Reuters/Huff Post

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - A Planned Parenthood spokesperson said the judge "again recognized the 'defund' law for what it is: unconstitutional and dangerous."

A Planned Parenthood spokesperson said the judge "again recognized the 'defund' law for what it is: unconstitutional and dangerous."

12/05/2025

The Supreme Court Is About to Hand Trump Insidious New Powers.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/12/supreme-court-trump-dangerous-power-humphreys-preview.html

Mark Joseph Stern / Slate

Thursday, December 4, 2025 - On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, a case whose outcome feels preordained: The six-justice supermajority is almost certain to fulfill a decadeslong conservative goal to shift an immense amount of power from Congress to President Donald Trump.

Why are the Republican-appointed justices so eager to give the president dictatorial control over the government?

12/05/2025

12/04/2025

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12/04/2025

Layoffs so far in 2025 highest since 2020: research.
https://thehill.com/business/5633232-2025-layoffs-highs-report/

Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill

Thursday, December 4, 2025 - U.S.-based employers have cut more than 1.17 million jobs so far in 2025, the highest level since the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.

U.S.-based employers have cut more than 1.17 million jobs so far in 2025, the highest level since the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from outplacement firm Challenge…