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The Best of the Rest of the News. — Trump loyalist eyes new enemy list? — Hegseth basically declared war on Iran Thursday night with an unhinged X post — Collapsing bird numbers in North America prompt fears of ecological crisis. — Geeky Science: Now that we know gut microbiomes can regulate everything from obesity to depression, here's some good news: you don't need a fecal transplant, just a high-fiber, low-fat diet! — Courts, including one run by a judge Trump appointed, are standing firm against his unlawful and unconstitutional behavior — "Don't fly into Newark; it's not safe." Trump's and Musk's cuts are taking a toll on air traffic safety. — Bob Kennedy is screwing up an updated Covid vaccine. — Rightwingers being paid by the Kremlin are now claiming that Ukraine is selling American weapons to drug gangs in Central America.

Forty-four years of plunder, and now Trump wants to garnish your wages to finish the job… Big news from the Trump regime: Next week, 1.8 million student loan borrowers who are currently in default will be under attack by our own government, according to billionaire, former wrestling executive, and now Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and documented by the folks at How We Fight Back. They note that McMahon bragged about her plans to go after financially distressed Americans in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on April 21: "On May 5, we will begin the process of moving roughly 1.8 million borrowers into repayment plans and restart collections of loans in default. Borrowers who don't make payments on time will see their credit scores go down, and in some cases their wages automatically garnished," McMahon wrote. Which raises the vital question: Is it time to lay down a claim for reparations for student loan borrowers and health insurance payers?

Structural eugenics isn't science fiction — it's happening right now, and if you're not terrified yet, you should be… Wake up, America! While we've been distracted by the daily chaos of the Trump administration, something far more sinister has taken root in our country. It's called Structural Eugenics (and a hat-tip to Qasim Rashid for putting this on my radar), and if you're not furious about it yet, you damn well should be. This isn't some fringe conspiracy theory: it's a coordinated assault on our most vulnerable citizens happening in broad daylight with deadly consequences. Let's be brutally honest here: the MAGA movement isn't just pushing bad policy, they're implementing a modern form of eugenics through selective attention and neglect.

Most Americans, even today, would tell you that being in the middle class enhances their sense of freedom and liberty, even though they don’t realize that a middle class is not a normal thing for capitalist societies. But the simple reality is that middle classes must be created, and that requires government intervention in the marketplace and government guarantees of some services that otherwise aren’t available to average working people (like free roads, public schools, and the ability to join a union).