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Dust in the Wind: “The five wind farms targeted on Monday had all obtained leases from the Biden administration. But citing unspecified national security concerns, the Trump administration said it would freeze those leases, effectively blocking construction or operations and jeopardizing billions of dollars that have already been invested.” 10,000 jobs and the powering of more than 2.5 million homes, poof. NYT (Gift Article): Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast.
+ Greenlandry: “Landry wrote in a post on social media that ‘it’s an honor to serve you in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the U.S.'” Trump’s appointment of envoy to Greenland sparks new tension with Denmark.
+ Deleterious Behavior: The Justice Department didn’t redact and remove all traces of Trump in the Epstein files. At least not at first. Epstein Files Photos Disappear From Government Website, Including One of Trump.
+ Trans America: “The astounding haul hints at a level of transactionalism for which it is difficult to find obvious comparisons in modern American history.” Big business has adapted to the new normal in DC. NYT (Gift Article): Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office.
+ Handle, The Truth: “As part of a broad investigation into the risks of electric door handles, Bloomberg attempted to quantify for the first time the number of fatal crashes in the US in which door functionality played a role. This reporting turned up at least 15 deaths in a dozen incidents over the past decade in which occupants or rescuers were unable to open the doors of a Tesla that had crashed and caught fire.”
+ Park and Parcel: “She was initially hired by the Air Force, which employed her believing she was a white woman … When she set the record straight and a lieutenant told her everyone at the base was still ‘willing’ to work with her, she quit, unwilling to be ‘merely tolerated’ … ‘I walked out on the U.S. government and told them to shove it.'” America’s oldest park ranger dies at 104 years old in Bay Area.
