HOT EL NIÑO

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El Niño could amplify heat this summer, with forecasters warning of a strong chance the climate pattern will develop and persist through the end of the year.

The phenomenon, marked by unusually warm Pacific Ocean waters, can push global temperatures higher and influence weather patterns across the United States, including the Northeast.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center says there is a 62% chance El Niño will form between June and August and continue into winter.

AMERICAN EMERGENCY

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American Emergency: The Movement to Kill FEMA

WISE OR OTHERWEISS

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Is it Industry decline... Programming changes - Brand confusion - Political polarization - Trust erosion, or something else?
After the gutting of CBS News, it’s beginning to look like Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison and his father and financial backer, Larry Ellison, see press freedom as just another bargaining chip.

MIDTERM WARNINGS

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Will Americans continue a relationship with gaslighting, victim-blaming abusers? US Registered voters are: Economically frustrated, Skeptical of the current GOP leadership. They’re highly focused on food, gas, and housing prices, upcoming elections, and anti-incumbent voting.

COMICS SPEAK

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Another cartoonish type of First Amendment challenge is brewing between the administration and late-night TV comedians. Let US wait and see what the courts say about it… ABC: Federal regulators ordered a review of all station licenses owned by ABC, an extraordinary move to pressure a major television network whose programming has frequently angered President Trump. The Trumps have demanded that ABC pull the comedian Jimmy Kimmel from its airwaves.

ROBOTO

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My name is Roberto F. E. Soto, but some call me UB, GB, Roboto, or PoP. I am an island man; that’s who I am, therefore I can…
I do not chase validation; I generate it and do not wait to be chosen — I arrive already decided.

BOOMERS FIGHT

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Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. They're currently between 61 and 79 years old and approximately 73 million in the U.S. As the Supreme Court weighs Trump's immigration policy, senior citizens join the fierce fight.

THE KING LECTURES US

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Let's just say that King Charles tells it like it is.

US NEIGHBORHOODS

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Ex; New York’s Community Resilience Estimates & Statistical Differences (90% Confidence) with 3+ components of social vulnerability: 25.69 (+/-0.82) Significant difference vs. national rate: Higher # of individuals with 3+ components: 5,024,585 (+/-159,806)