Weekend Report: Trump’s policies help scorch the planet with record heat

Plus: MAGA is furious over SCOTUS birthright citizenship decision. And: Trump celebrates America 250 by returning to Mount Rushmore, desperate to put his face on it.

As the Eastern U.S. broiled, I’ve been in Europe since the second of two scorching heatwaves, which caused thousands of deaths. It was intense and has been very instructive. Scientists warn more starkly than ever that it’s the impact of climate change. Paris would have never had a heatwave like the most recent ones, nor would New York. The U.S. is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and Donald Trump has propelled that. Now, Europe faces the dilemma of further relying on air conditioning and thus contributing to the problem or baking in the heat and experiencing economic chaos, suffering, and death.

MAGA is outraged at the Supreme Court birthright citizenship decision, even though four of the five justices on the court startlingly do not believe it is a constitutional right. The racists in Trump’s base did better than they could have expected, but it obviously wasn’t enough—for now—and they’re apoplectic. This should be a warning sign that they will turn it into a litmus test for Supreme Court justice nominees, just as they did with abortion. And we all saw what happened on that issue over a period of a few decades.

Trump celebrated the 250th anniversary of America by pardoning more of his criminal cronies and, on Friday, returning to Mount Rushmore, desperate to have his face carved in stone, while attacking Democrats as “communists” in a preview of his message for the midterms as he keeps sinking in the polls. It’s not going to work.

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