Breaking Down: Collapse

The billionaires are heading towards becoming trillionaires, and the masses are struggling to get by. Why, and what are the mechanisms?

Sources:

Why Bezos and other oligarchs/kleptocrats and interest groups are trying to bankrupt the US federal government : r/collapse
Bezos defends billionaires, hypes AI, praises Trump on CNBC
What Are ‘Freedom Cities’? Billionaire CEOs’ Plan Could Reshape America - Newsweek

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Sources:

Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll | CNN Politics
Hawaii just found a way around Citizens United.
Trump's midterm plot rejected as court blocks Alabama's new congressional map - The Mirror US
California will impose a 100% tax on payments distributed from Trump’s Jan. 6th “slush fund.” : r/law
gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.312.0_2.pdf
Jan. 6 officers sue over $1.8B pot they call ‘slush fund’ for ‘insurrectionists’
gov.uscourts.flsd.706172.63.0.pdf
Woman fired by Indiana university over Charlie Kirk post to receive $225,000 legal settlement
Florida biologist fired over Charlie Kirk post after his death wins $485K settlement - ABC News
Congressman Cohen Introduces Six Articles of Impeachment Against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts | Congressman Steve Cohen
Hawaii Governor Enacts 13% Tax Bracket on Million-Dollar Earners

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A list of climate woes and research from the week:

Something startling is happening in the Gulf of Mexico » Yale Climate Connections
The next era of Atlantic hurricanes could be far more destructive » Yale Climate Connections
Why an immense marine heatwave off the US west coast has alarmed scientists | West Coast | The Guardian
Some seas may soon be trapped in near-permanent heatwaves - Earth.com
The world’s enclosed seas highlight the need for urgent emission reductions and societal adaptation | Communications Earth & Environment
In shock decision, National Security Council stops work on climate change | The Times of Israel
Chesapeake blue crab population drops 50%. The question is: Why? | Fisheries | bayjournal.com
Antarctic ice-shelf basal melt shaped by competing feedbacks | Nature Geoscience
The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away | New Scientist
Prof. Eliot Jacobson on X
Extreme Temperatures Around The World on X
Extreme Temperatures Around The World on X
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As the title describes, we walk through the question: What will collapse first in a slow collapse?

What infrastructure systems would realistically fail first in a slow maintenance collapse? : collapse
Spirit Airlines collapse to benefit these airlines
Another airline files for bankruptcy protection and cancels all flights
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A new outbreak of Ebola in DRC and Uganda is growing rapidly. Even from the time of recording this article to the day of releasing it, the death count has nearly doubled and known cases continue to climb, with some articles claiming that it's continually breaking containment. We take a look here at how catabolic collapse played a part in this outbreak and will likely continue to do in other disease outbreaks to come.

Ebola outbreak live updates: WHO says deadly virus is spreading faster than they can stop it
As WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency, Did USAID Cuts Worsen the Crisis? | Democracy Now!
Former CDC Director Robert Redfield warns Ebola outbreak could become pandemic
Ebola epidemic spreading rapidly and outpacing containment efforts | UN News
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