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THE HIGHEST COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS ON WHETHER ENERGY COMPANIES CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE CLIMATE CRISIS, THE PRESIDENT SAID “LET THEM TAKE OUT” TWO AMERICAN CITIES TO JUSTIFY THE CONFLICT, FEDERAL AGENCIES PULLED PERMITS FOR WATER STATIONS THAT KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE IN THE DESERT — AND TWO NEW COUNTRIES ARE SENDING TROOPS INTO THE REGION

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The Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday by hearing oral arguments in a case that could determine whether fossil fuel companies can be held liable for their role in causing the climate crisis and covering it up.

The case was brought by officials in Boulder, Colorado, who sued ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy in state court. They are seeking damages for the cost of droughts, fires, floods, and other effects of global heating. Democracy Now reported on the oral arguments in its Tuesday headlines.

During arguments, several justices appeared skeptical of claims that federal law prevents states from suing energy companies. Climate justice groups rallied outside the court. Several young people signed a brief highlighting how children are especially vulnerable to the crisis.

This is the same government that repealed carbon pollution standards for power plants, slashed fuel economy rules for vehicles, and let a data center run unpermitted gas generators for nearly a year. The same government that is building the largest gas plant in the country to power AI. And now the highest court will decide whether the companies that created the crisis can be held accountable.

The machine repeals the rules and then asks the court whether the companies that broke the climate can be sued. The answer to that question will decide whether anyone ever pays.

DROUGHTS. FIRES. FLOODS. THE COMPANIES THAT CAUSED THEM. THE COURT WILL DECIDE IF ANYONE EVER PAYS.

BREAKING

The President Said “Let Them Take Out” Los Angeles and San Diego to Justify the Conflict with Iran

The president defended the conflict with Iran by saying: “Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.” Democracy Now reported the statement in its Tuesday headlines. He was arguing that the conflict was necessary to prevent Iran from striking American cities.

He named two American cities and used them as a reason to continue a conflict that has lasted eight months, cost more than $40 billion, closed the strait that carries 20 percent of the world’s oil, pushed gas above $4, and caused the Fed to raise rates for the first time in three years.

Two weeks ago he stood at the United Nations and said he might “annihilate” Iran. Last week his government held indirect peace talks. This week he named two American cities and said the alternative to the conflict is letting them be struck. The story changes depending on the audience.

The machine names American cities to justify the conflict. It threatens to destroy a country and then holds peace talks. The audience changes. The fear stays constant.

EXPOSED

Federal Agencies Declined to Renew Permits for Water Stations That Keep People Alive in the Desert

Federal agencies declined to renew the permits that allow humanitarian groups to operate water stations in the desert along the southern border. Democracy Now reported the decision in its Tuesday headlines.

The water stations are placed in areas where people crossing the desert are most likely to collapse from dehydration. Without the permits, the groups cannot legally maintain them. Without the stations, people will run out of water in one of the most dangerous landscapes on the continent.

One organizer told reporters: “Now it’s going to deny water, and more people will absolutely perish as a result of it.” The same week, federal agents raided a border wall protest camp in Arizona and uprooted a 200-year-old cottonwood tree.

The machine builds a wall through a national park, uproots a 200-year-old tree, and takes the water out of the desert. It does not stop people from crossing. It stops them from surviving.

“Now it’s going to deny water, and more people will absolutely perish as a result of it.”

— A humanitarian aid worker, after federal agencies pulled the permits for desert water stations

DEVELOPING

Two New Countries Are Sending Troops into the Region as the Conflict Expands Beyond Its Original Borders

Turkey and Pakistan announced they will send troops to Saudi Arabia as the Saudi-backed Yemeni government launched a major military operation against the Houthis. Democracy Now reported both developments in its Tuesday headlines.

The conflict that began as a seven-week operation between two countries now involves at least seven. The Houthis hold the Red Sea coast. Iran says the Strait of Hormuz stays closed. Three American carrier groups sit in the region. And now two additional countries are moving troops into position.

The president told a convention crowd the conflict would end “right after the election.” The election is 27 days away. More countries are arriving, not fewer. The conflict is growing, not ending.

The machine said it would be short. Eight months later, new countries are sending troops. The address keeps expanding. The exit keeps moving.

 Connecting the Dots 

▸ The Bigger Picture

Four stories from one Tuesday. The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether fossil fuel companies can be held liable for the climate crisis they helped create and then covered up. The president named two American cities and said the alternative to the conflict is letting them be struck. Federal agencies pulled the permits for water stations that keep people alive in the desert. And two more countries announced they are sending troops into a conflict the president said would end after the election… which is now 27 days away.

The press covers each on its own page. A “Supreme Court case.” A “presidential statement.” A “border policy.” A “military development.” But the thread is the same in every one.

The machine destroys, justifies, removes, and expands. It repeals the climate rules, lets the companies build without limits, and then watches the court decide if the companies that broke the climate owe anything. It names American cities to make the conflict sound necessary while holding peace talks the same month. It takes the water out of the desert to make the crossing more dangerous. And it promised the conflict would be short while more countries arrive every week. Every story has the same shape: the machine creates the problem, controls who pays for it, and grows while everyone else absorbs the cost.

When the court decides whether the companies pay and the president names cities to keep the conflict going and the water disappears from the desert… the machine is not governing. It is expanding. That’s the Seventh Floor.

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