Bessent Blames Ukraine for High Energy Prices
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named a new culprit this week for the high energy prices that are weighing on the world economy: Ukraine."
Source: New York Times, 09/04/2026
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Smart Toilets Are Already Using AI to Analyze Your Poop
"While companies promise they can help users monitor gut health, experts suggest that smart toilets provide little in th�e way of benefits to the average person."
Source: WIRED, 09/04/2026
Patagonia Joins Lawsuit Against Trump’s Utah National Monument Reduction
"The outdoor retailer Patagonia on Wednesday joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its executive orders to shrink the sizes of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah."
Source: The Hill, 09/04/2026
Inside The Failed Mission To Eliminate FEMA
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency is no longer in the Trump administration's crosshairs, according to its former leader."
Source: NPR, 09/04/2026
The Trump Admin Halted A Great Lakes Project. Then Whitmer Called Trump
"An unexplained Trump administration hold on construction of a state-federal project aimed at preventing invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes was abruptly lifted this week, hours after a call to President Donald Trump by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer."
Source: AP, 09/04/2026
US Forest Service Closing 23 Research Facilities Under Trump Cuts
"The U.S. Forest Service is closing 23 research and development stations in more than a dozen states as part of an organizational overhaul under President Donald Trump that is intended to trim costs and concentrate the agency’s resources in Western states, officials said Thursday."
Source: AP, 09/04/2026
Trump EPA Stalled A Survey Of PFAS In Wastewater, Former EPA Officials Say
"The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help regulators understand which industries dump harmful forever chemicals with their wastewater, according to two former agency officials who were involved in its development."
Source: AP, 09/04/2026
Trump Taps Army Engineering Official as Acting Secretary
"President Trump said on Thursday that he was appointing Adam R. Telle, the official overseeing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to take over as the acting Army secretary, following the resignation of Daniel P. Driscoll earlier this week."
Source: New York Times, 09/04/2026
Court Halts Trump Effort To Help Congress Overturn Calif. Clean Car Rules
"A federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration effort to overturn California’s clean car rules through Congress."
Source: The Hill, 09/04/2026
Gen Z Is Using ‘Polyester’ As An Insult. It’s Actually A Throwback.
"Here's how the fabric went from a "miracle" fiber to TikTok slang for fake."
"Even if you’re not wearing polyester now, it’s probably sitting somewhere in your closet — after all, it is the most ubiquitous fabric for textiles on Earth. Is that bad?
Judging by social media, the answer is solidly “yes.” Influencers want you to know it’s a form of plastic, fashioned from melted crude oil or PET bottles and extruded into threads. That disgust factor (“ugh, I’m wearing plastic?”) might help explain why “polyester” is now trending as an insult on TikTok.
Source: , 09/03/2026
