DAGR Weekly Reader W2-OCT
"Trump is an Eye-Watering, Credulity-Defying Grifter" No article for this one. ~ DAGR Comms Chair
"One Battle After Another" Is What Happens When Art Refuses to Kneel
Film Review: Conservatives call Anderson’s film “irresponsible” because it dares to show what happens when power turns its guns on the powerless. Is art to be a tool of the powerful? Or is its best use to challenge them?
Thom Hartmann, Substack, Oct 08, 2025
Scientists seek to turbocharge a natural process that cools the Earth
Terradot, a carbon removal company, is using “enhanced rock weathering” to sequester carbon by spreading crushed volcanic rock over farmland. This article looks at today’s scene. But researchers have been working on it for 30+ years.
Washington Post, Oct 8, 2025
Trump seeks to dismantle Arctic research (ARCUS)
Formed in 1988, ARCUS has coordinated Arctic research ever since. Seats at the table were added for indigenous stakeholders and others in the effort. Last month, ARCUS, its funding cut off, had to close its doors. The mayoral race on Oct 8 in Fairbanks went to a Dem for the first time in over a decade. Trump’s war against science and quid pro quo with fossil fuel $$ may already have shown the ill effects in the HQ’s home city.
Ian Rose, Sierra Club Magazine, Oct 8, 2025
Trump Literally Posted the Evidence!
Although mounted by former Republicans, this is the kind of discussion you like to hear. It’s casual but rooted in serious law. Here, they dip into the Letitia James case and others ordered by TrumpCo to harass the people Trump is annoyed at. A lawyer (George) explains. Let’s call TrumpCo targets "The Rule of Revenge." The cases are ridiculously weak. But, oh, yeah, they make headlines. Video, 41 minutes.
Sarah (Longwell) Asks George (Conway), The Bulwark, Oct 10, 2025
The Supreme Court Case That Could Change Voting Rights for Generations
Emory historian Dr. Carol Anderson and respected Substack columnist Joyce Vance, former US attorney, discuss the upcoming Voting Rights case at the SCOTUS. The case goes far beyond proving citizenship to vote in Louisiana and affects the Voting Rights Act, Section 2, that still protects. Video, 28 minutes. Worth watching!
Fair Fight's Rights & Insights, Substack, Oct 8, 2025