Scientists: Total Transition to Clean Energy Possible by 2050

https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-total-transition-clean-energy-possible-2050

The March For LGBTQ Rights Is Storming Through Trump Country

Interesting:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lgbt-nondiscrimination-laws-red-states-kentucky_n_5df7fcfbe4b047e888a2be31

Judge stymies Trump's border wall by invoking GOP law targeting Obama

Hah!

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/14/judge-trump-border-wall-obama-084540

Politics Editor at Evangelical Publication The Christian Post Resigns Over Pro-Trump Editorial

More evangelical defection from Trump. Nice!

https://time.com/5755137/christian-post-editor-trump/

Trump and Evangelical Christianity

This is great to hear. The videos are worth watching too. Half the military disapproves of him--that's huge!

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tippling/2019/12/22/trump-and-evangelical-christianity/

From arctic blasts to heat waves, this year's weather broke more than 120,000 records in the US

The evidence keeps piling on:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/23/us/2019-us-weather-records-trnd/index.html

Trump Blasts Christian Magazine That Called for His Removal Over 'Profoundly Immoral' Behavior

But of course he does:

https://time.com/5753720/trump-tweets-christianity-today-magazine-removal/

Why One Conservative Texas City Went 100% Renewable

Republicans can learn! You just need to phrase progressive causes in conservative terms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XcRl2_IIwU&feature=youtu.be

Fox News Legal Analyst: I ‘Certainly Would’ Vote To Impeach Donald Trump

Since Napolitano is a respected former judge on Fox News, I hope his position impacts more than a few Trump supporters:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-andrew-napolitano-trump-impeachment_n_5de8aca6e4b00149f73b77cd?ncid=engmodushpmg00000006

I'm a forensic psychiatrist at Yale. I took a look at Trump's letter to Nancy Pelosi — and it left me very worried

More reasons why Trump is psychologically unfit to be president:

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-pelosi-letter-impeachment-mental-health-republicans-a9252431.html

Trump Is Benefiting From The Network Roger Ailes Couldn’t Invent In Time For Nixon

Unfortunately, Trump has the support of Fox News. Free speech is well and good, but propaganda should be illegal:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-nixon-ailes_n_5dfbee89e4b01834791dfcd4

We Are Republicans, and We Want Trump Defeated

And here's another group of Republicans who don't think Trump is fit for duty:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/opinion/lincoln-project.html

Trump Should Be Removed from Office

Evangelicals turning on Trump. This could be--should be--the crack in his support:

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/december-web-only/trump-should-be-removed-from-office.html

Putting Pressure on the Finance World Could Be One of the Most Effective Ways to Fight Climate Change

Worth a try:

https://time.com/5752188/financial-world-pressure-climate-change/

America After Climate Change, Mapped

It looks like Michigan may be the safest state:

https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/12/green-new-deal-atlas-climate-change-mcharg-center-maps-model/603415/

Trump conservative critics launch PAC to fight reelection

Yes! Old-school Republicans fighting against Trump. I LIKE it:

https://apnews.com/513cab63a1b3317f6342daf888a10763

With Second Warmest November, 2019 is Likely to Be Second Warmest Year Ever Recorded

Yet another reminder of what we face:

https://time.com/5750852/temperature-record-2019-climate-change/

Trump's Anti-Abortion and Anti-Immigration Policies May Share a Goal

It's all about keeping America white:

https://time.com/5748503/trump-abortion-immigration-replacement-theory/

With 2 Weeks to Go, Builders Brace for California’s 2020 Home Solar Mandate

Yes! California leading the way:

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/new-year-new-mandate-california-preps-for-home-solar-requirement

The Generals Tried to Keep Trump in Check. What Happens to Foreign Policy Now That They've Left?

The view of Trump's incompetence from the perspective of the generals:

https://time.com/5744414/trump-generals-military-experience/

Methane ‘super emitters’ releasing massive plumes after Trump rolled back environmental regulations

Fucking insanity. Utterly criminal:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/14/1905639/-Methane-super-emitters-releasing-massive-plumes-after-Trump-rolled-back-environmental-regulations?detail=emaildkre

Disappointment as Marathon U.N. Climate Talks End With a Slim Compromise

More depressing news:

https://time.com/5750532/u-n-climate-talks-compromise-madrid/

What Are High Crimes and Misdemeanors? Here’s the History

This is important to know:

"Only 19 people have been impeached in the U.S. since 1788: Two Presidents, one Senator, one Secretary of War and 15 federal judges. “These tend to be things about a violation of public trust, acting for personal gain and obstructing the process of impeachment itself,” explains Tom Ginsburg."

https://time.com/5745616/high-crimes-and-misdemeanors/

Trump Has Already Lost His Pricey China Trade War, Paul Krugman Warns

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paul-krugman-trump-china-trade-war-lost_n_5df6bde5e4b03aed50f043d0

Focus group's Obama/Trump voters are now Trump voters

This is alarming and depressing:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-0e73beec-ee76-4c67-8004-3a20a1a09b57.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Is America the Greatest Country in the World? A Rant.

The problem with proclaiming yourself the best is that there's nowhere to go but down:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2019/12/is-america-the-greatest-country-in-the-world-a-rant-2/

Is Trump Immune From Investigation? The Supreme Court Will Soon Decide.

This is some serious and seriously scary shit:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-supreme-court-unitary-executive_n_5df2adb5e4b0ca713e5b394a

Greenland’s Ice Sheet Is Melting at Rate That Surpasses Scientists' Expectations, Study Shows

"In the 90s, Greenland lost an average of 25 billions of ice per year. That number has picked up to an annual average loss of 234 billion tons per year."

Holy crap....

https://www.ecowatch.com/greeland-melting-study-2641570363.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

This Isn’t What Progressives Wanted From Impeachment

Yeah, I'm disappointed. I really think Trump should have been written up for ALL his crimes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/12/progressives-trump-impeachment-usmca/603475/

Experts stunned as Mitch McConnell brags he’s handing control of impeachment trial to Trump

WTF. Talk about abdicating one's responsibility:

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/experts-stunned-as-mitch-mcconnell-brags-hes-handing-control-of-impeachment-trial-to-trump/

Trump’s children must undergo mandatory training to learn how to avoid defrauding charities

Oh sweet:

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/trumps-children-must-undergo-mandatory-training-to-learn-how-to-avoid-defrauding-charities/

Ivanka Trump Was Once Friends With The Man Behind The Trump Dossier: Reports

Yet another Republican talking point undermined:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-christopher-steele-friendship_n_5deed075e4b05d1e8a56adfa

Trump's War on Coal

At least he's failing in the right direction this time:

https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/trumps-war-on-coal

Trump vs. the world, again

Great, add the WTO to Trump's careless destruction:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-bac3264f-3d4e-4142-a0c3-055e2677617e.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Trump’s Approval Rating Collapses In Red State Kansas

Encouraging:

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/12/07/trump-poll-kansas.htmlhttps://www.politicususa.com/2019/12/07/trump-poll-kansas.html

Trump Slammed For Insisting ‘Killer’ Real Estate Jews Will Back Him To Save Their Wealth

He just can't help himself:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jews-denounce-iac-wealth-stereotypes_n_5ded7f16e4b07f6835b4c534

'We do not reach this conclusion lightly': 500 law professors say Trump's actions are impeachable

This should be clear to everyone:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/6/1903932/--We-do-not-reach-this-conclusion-lightly-500-law-professors-say-Trump-s-actions-are-impeachable

Court refuses to block North Carolina GOP's new House gerrymander in a setback for fair elections

How is gerrymandering even at all legal?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/2/1903028/-Court-refuses-to-block-North-Carolina-GOP-s-new-House-gerrymander-in-a-setback-for-fair-elections

Plants 'Scream' in the Face of Stress

Clearly vegans and vegetarians are sick bastards:

https://www.livescience.com/plants-squeal-when-stressed.html

Nancy Pelosi is bungling the impeachment inquiry into Trump

Anything impeachable that isn't in the impeachment signals that that impeachable offense isn't impeachable:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/06/nancy-pelosi-impeachment-inquiry-trump

Republicans Confirm Lifetime Federal Judge Opposed To Fertility Treatments

Incompetents put incompetents into power:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sarah-pitlyk-trump-judge-fertility-treatment_n_5de7fd1ee4b0913e6f89d850

668,000 will lose food stamp benefits under new work rules

SUCH a dick move from a supposed billionaire:

https://apnews.com/46cda2574cbad2a31d52c33d07d7c77d

What If The World Treated The U.S. Like a Rogue State

A long sad read:

https://www.huffpost.com/highline/article/sanctions/

An election day disaster in Pennsylvania raises still more concerns for 2020

Just yikes:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/3/1903041/-An-election-day-disaster-in-Pennsylvania-raises-still-more-concerns-for-2020

America's humiliation continues as Trump rants, rambles, and lies in London

Trump should be homeless and dying of ass herpes:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/3/1903276/-America-s-humiliation-continues-as-Trump-rants-rambles-and-lies-in-London

Ohio Bill Suggests Doctors Who Perform Abortions Could Face Jail, Unless They Perform a Non-Existent Treatment

And even more conservative nonsense:

https://time.com/5742053/ectopic-pregnancy-ohio-abortion-bill/

PA House Passes Bill That May Require Death Certificates for Fertilized Eggs

More conservative insanity:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/12/01/pa-house-passes-bill-that-may-require-death-certificates-for-fertilized-eggs/

Clean energy isn't enough for climate

Because fossil fuels are still growing in demand:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-46d77869-e9e6-407b-8e0a-21d9c16f7b89.html?chunk=5&utm_term=emshare#story5

Donald Trump was bailed out of bankruptcy by Russia crime bosses

If so, then yikes. We're talking treason here:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/9/1618540/-Was-Donald-Trump-bailed-out-of-bankruptcy-by-Russia-crime-bosses

Scientists Warn: Nine Climate Tipping Points Now ‘Active’ – Could Threaten the Existence of Human Civilization

The drum beats just get louder:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-warn-nine-climate-tipping-points-now-active-could-threaten-the-existence-of-human-civilization/

Withholding aid to Ukraine was illegal, but what Trump is doing in Lebanon could be even worse

At some point this constant undermining of our nation has to constitute treason:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/27/1902210/-Withholding-aid-to-Ukraine-was-illegal-but-what-Trump-is-doing-in-Lebanon-could-be-even-worse

What You Need To Know From The Recent Findings Of 7 Big Climate Reports

This is grim. Without rapid advances in nanotech, I don't know how we can reverse the problem:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/climate-change-reports-paris-agreement_n_5ddeef03e4b0d50f329be7bc

Tucker Carlson Calls Trump A ‘Full-Blown BS Artist’ And Admits He’s A Liar

But he concludes it's somehow okay that Trump constantly lies?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-fox-news-trump-liar_n_5ddf55d2e4b0913e6f790a3a

Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary

The title says it all:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-trips-millions-thanksgiving_n_5ddedbefe4b0913e6f7865cf

How The Interior Department Got Swamped

But of course, Trump is a swamp creature:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-interior-department-revolving-door_n_5ddbf08ee4b00149f720e179

Trump Actually Did Something To Help Native Americans. What?

Wow, I guess lightning can strike twice:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/missing-murdered-indigenous-women-trump-executive-order-savannas-act_n_5ddd61a4e4b0913e6f74dee4

Trump signs animal cruelty act into law

Amazingly, Trump actually did something good for once:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/26/politics/donald-trump-animal-cruelty-act-signed-trnd/index.html

Current Plans to Stem Climate Change Will Still Lead to Catastrophe, U.N. Warns

Here is the problem without any apparent exaggeration:

https://time.com/5738339/un-gap-report-climate/

Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong

The problem is serious enough that there's no need for exaggeration:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/11/25/why-everything-they-say-about-climate-change-is-wrong/

If Trump is acquitted, it will be necessary to impeach him again ... and again

I'm dubious it'll come to this...unless Drumpf wins re-election:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/23/1901400/-After-Trump-is-acquitted-it-will-be-necessary-to-impeach-him-again-and-again

Trump’s Actions in Ukraine Weren’t Just Wrong, They Were Dangerous

The damage Trump has done over the Ukraine issue is worse than it looks:

https://time.com/5732777/trumps-actions-ukraine-dangerous/

Trump Got His Wall, After All

No physical wall, but this bureaucratic wall is having a big effect:

https://www.huffpost.com/highline/article/invisible-wall/

Progressives, trust your gut: Elizabeth Warren is not one of us

I'm dubious this is true, but it's worth thinking about:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/24/elizabeth-warren-not-progressive

Fox News’ Andrew Napolitano Calls Evidence Of Impeachable Actions ‘Overwhelming’

Another Fucks News celebrity gives out some realness to its viewers:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/andrew-napolitano-donald-trump-impeachment-articles-bribery_n_5dd8679de4b0d50f328fd612

Nikki Haley deliberately put classified material into unclassified emails

For everything Trump says or does, there is an opposite tweet, video or action:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/20/1900716/--ButHerEmails-Nikki-Haley-deliberately-put-classified-material-into-unclassified-emails

When It Comes to Climate-Change Adaptation, As Goes California, So Goes…the World

CA has a better chance of getting it right than anywhere else in the US:

https://time.com/5730703/california-climate-change-adaptation/

We Are Wasting a Massive Amount of Food. Here Are 4 Concrete Ways to Change That

Such waste is criminal:

https://time.com/5722982/food-loss-waste-reduction/

“Terrifying” Climate Impacts 626% Worse Than Expected for Intact Forest Loss

Great, more news that we're screwed:

https://scitechdaily.com/terrifying-climate-impacts-626-worse-than-expected-for-intact-forest-loss/

Would the Founding Fathers Impeach Trump? with Robert Reich

Spoiler alert: YES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY10nWdhGaw&feature=youtu.be

Ohio Republicans pass bill that could let religious views trump scientific facts in the classroom

This CANNOT stand:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/15/1899664/-Ohio-Republicans-pass-bill-that-could-let-religious-views-trump-scientific-ones-in-the-classroom

The best way to fight it is to use the Satanist tactic of taking the ruling to its logical conclusion. In this case, have kids give absurd answers (like a 30 y.o. Earth) and then claim religious conviction.

California bans government purchases of most gas-powered cars under Newsom climate order

Another important step made by progressives, not conservatives:

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article237423024.html

Here's What Iowa Republicans Think of the Impeachment Inquiry in Washington

Life in the Republican bubble. It's loathsome:

https://time.com/5726968/impeachment-inquiry-iowa-republicans/

'This whole hearing turned on a dime': The Trump catastrophe even Fox News couldn't ignore

Happy to see Faux News viewers hearing this:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/16/1899819/--This-whole-hearing-turned-on-a-dime-The-Trump-catastrophe-even-Fox-News-couldn-t-ignore

Italian council chamber floods—just after council rejected climate change measures

Gotta love the irony....

https://www.good.is/italian-council-chamber-floods-just-after-council-rejected-climate-change-measures

It would only take 3 Republican senators to force a secret ballot on impeachment trial

Hmm, this could make all the difference:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/12/1898896/-It-would-only-take-3-Republican-senators-to-force-a-secret-ballot-on-impeachment-trial

Fuel tankering saves airlines money but costs the planet

What a waste of fuel!

https://qz.com/1746196/fuel-tankering-saves-airlines-money-but-costs-the-planet/

E.P.A. to Limit Science Used to Write Public Health Rules

And meanwhile the blind idiots in the White House administration...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/climate/epa-science-trump.html

Italy to require schools to teach climate change, in world first

We could definitely use this:

https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/italy-climate-change

We are not 'divided.' The truth is Republicans have lost their damn minds

This is also my take on the Democrat-Republican divide:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/10/1897820/-We-are-not-divided-The-truth-is-Republicans-have-lost-their-damn-minds

What if California seceded from the US?

And here is an interesting thought experiment of what would happen to the US without CA:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190221-what-if-california-seceded-from-the-us

For our California friends

For those who don't realize just how critically important California is to the US (looking at you, Drumpf!):

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/4/1897190/-For-our-California-friends

People who try to be environmentally-friendly by buying less stuff are happier, study claims

FF philosophy:

https://bigthink.com/personal-growth/buy-less-stuff?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

Arctic Shifts to Carbon Source – Stunning Reversal After Capturing Carbon for Tens of Thousands of Years

Another file for the "we're fucked" category:

https://scitechdaily.com/arctic-shifts-to-carbon-source-stunning-reversal-after-capturing-carbon-for-tens-of-thousands-of-years/

Green jobs now employ 10x more people than fossil fuel

The fossil fuel industry is shrinking and must die:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/rise-of-the-green-economy

Elizabeth Warren welcomes Michael Bloomberg to the race ... with a tax calculator for billionaires

No need for billionaires to panic:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/7/1897946/-Elizabeth-Warren-welcomes-Michael-Bloomberg-to-the-race-with-a-tax-calculator-for-billionaires

California’s Switch to Solar, Wind Energy Preserves Groundwater for Drought, Agriculture

The additional benefits to going solar/wind:

https://scitechdaily.com/californias-switch-to-solar-wind-energy-preserves-groundwater-for-drought-agriculture/

Former Republican congressman stuns with commentary on his party's lack of courage and morality

I always love seeing Republicans attack their own party:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/5/1897345/-Former-Republican-congressman-stuns-with-commentary-on-his-party-s-lack-of-courage-and-morality

Over 11,000 scientists from around the world declare a 'climate emergency'

This has to be THE most important and frightening story for our future:

https://mashable.com/article/scientists-declare-climate-emergency/

American Farm Bankruptcies Jump 24% Amid Trump Trade War, Weather Challenges

More of how Trump's trade war is hurting the US:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/farm-bankruptcies-up-china-trade-war_n_5dc0e879e4b0615b8a985a19

Another Term For Trump’s Quid Pro Quo? Extortion.

Exactly:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ukraine-extortion_n_5dc0a6dde4b0bedb2d5149ee

U.S. firms scramble to duck tariffs

More of an unfair mess from the stupid trade war:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-4de73d54-5aff-4786-a12d-a78eac4fc1a5.html

Appeals Court Rules Trump's Tax Returns Must Be Shared With New York Investigators

SO good:

https://time.com/5717564/trump-tax-returns-new-york-investigators/

Inside the Trump Administration's Fight to End Nationwide Injunctions

Nice to see courts constantly thwarting Trump, but it's unacceptable that he is stacking the courts with incompetent conservative judges:

https://time.com/5717541/nationwide-injunctions-trump-administration/

3 Months ago Trump offered Putin help w Fires in Siberia but not Cal - Trump's Russia First policy

Is it not treason to help the enemy and cripple your own country?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/3/1897018/-3-Months-ago-Trump-offered-Putin-help-w-Fires-in-Siberia-but-not-Cal-Trump-s-Russia-First-policy

7 years ago, Trump called 1.9% growth "trouble", today, it is the best economy ever.

Yet another example of our Hypocrite in Chief:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/30/1896064/-7-years-ago-Trump-called-1-9-growth-trouble-today-it-is-the-best-economy-ever

Trump’s ‘Impenetrable’ Border Wall Being Breached With Power Tool, Officials Report

The wall must be Trump's biggest failed promise:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/border-wall-power-tool-breach-donald-trump_n_5dbe0163e4b0fffdb0f7bdef

Trump Keeps Picking Unqualified People To Be Lifetime Judges. Republicans Don’t Care.

This is more than a little treasonous:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-lifetime-judges-not-qualified-senate-republicans_n_5dbc7351e4b0fffdb0f674af

Another Veteran Fox News Reporter Departs: ‘Facts Matter’

The only negative about this exodus of serious news people from Faux News is that Fucks News gets stupider and more propaganda-ist:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/catherine-herridge-fox-news-cbs-news_n_5dbb117ae4b00d83f724989b

Shocking New Maps Show How Sea Level Rise Will Destroy Coastal Cities By 2050

Just to get an idea of how much will be lost:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobson/2019/10/30/shocking-new-maps-show-how-sea-level-rise-will-destroy-coastal-cities-by-2050/#77a486b8456c

Bush II ethics lawyer: Trump's offer of campaign cash to senators is tantamount to felony bribery

It's illegal to bribe one's own jury:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/31/1896482/-Bush-II-ethics-lawyer-Trump-s-offer-of-campaign-cash-to-senators-is-tantamount-to-felony-bribery

Psychiatrist Lance Dodes on the "panicked" state of the "most dangerous person on the planet"

A good psychological evaluation of the sociopathic toddler in chief:

https://www.salon.com/2019/10/29/psychiatrist-lance-dodes-on-the-panicked-state-of-the-most-dangerous-person-on-the-planet/

MASH-UP: Trump’s al-Baghdadi Speech & Obama’s Bin Laden Speech

Compare the eloquence of Obama vs. Trump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsBOWSjOLsE&feature=youtu.be

Global risks 2035 update: Decline or new renaissance?

A long but thoughtful analysis of how the future may play out:

https://atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/global-risks-2035-update/

President Trump has made 13,435 false or misleading claims over 993 days

An analysis of the Trump lies database:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/14/president-trump-has-made-false-or-misleading-claims-over-days/

In 993 days, President Trump has made 13,435 false or misleading claims

This is a good filterable list of Trump's lies and misinformation:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/

Victory over the worst gerrymander in modern history: Court blocks North Carolina GOP's House map

It's a relief that the Republicans aren't being allowed to get away with this:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/28/1895606/-Victory-over-the-worst-gerrymander-in-modern-history-Court-blocks-North-Carolina-GOP-s-House-map

Baghdadi raid succeeded ‘in spite of,' not thanks to, Donald Trump’s actions

Is there really any doubt?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/27/1895456/-Military-officials-admit-Trump-almost-ruined-the-raid

New Daily Kos/Civiqs poll finds Pence losing to Democrats, Americans feeling less safe under Trump

Good. We don't want to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/24/1894641/-New-Daily-Kos-Civiqs-poll-finds-Pence-losing-to-Democrats-Americans-feeling-less-safe-under-Trump

Putin's longterm aim: reverse America's Cold War win

Very plausible:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/23/1894519/-Putin-s-longterm-aim-reverse-America-s-Cold-War-win

Cyber memo warns of new risks to White House network

Isn't deliberately ignoring intelligence and making the country vulnerable to attacks regarded as treason?

https://www.axios.com/scoop-cyber-memo-warns-of-new-risks-to-white-house-network-9aa19c6c-77a3-485b-919b-1dd9bd691514.html

A New Generation of Activist Doctors Is Fighting for Medicare for All

Now even most doctors are on board for Medicare For All:

https://time.com/5709017/medicare-for-all-doctor-activists/

Republicans Are Criticizing the Current Impeachment Process. That Highlights a Bigger Problem

I like this quote:

“If the facts are not on your side, if the policy is not on your side, then you have to talk process,” said one former Republican member of Congress who requested anonymity to speak candidly. “If you’re talking process, if you’re talking procedure, you’re losing.”

https://time.com/5710206/republicans-impeachment-problem/

Cyber memo warns of new risks to White House network

More criminally negligent Trump behavior:

https://www.axios.com/scoop-cyber-memo-warns-of-new-risks-to-white-house-network-9aa19c6c-77a3-485b-919b-1dd9bd691514.html

Donald Trump's big short: Is the president profiting off the market chaos he creates?

Ugh, seriously?

https://www.salon.com/2019/10/22/donald-trumps-big-short-is-the-president-profiting-off-the-market-chaos-he-creates/

Mulvaney again fails to walk back his quid pro quo confession and makes Doral debacle worse

Just because it's fun watching evil morons flail:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/21/1893984/-Mulvaney-again-fails-to-walk-back-his-quid-pro-quo-confession-and-makes-Doral-debacle-worse

The coming end of Christian America

A Christian's perspective on the rapid decline in Christianity:

https://news.yahoo.com/coming-end-christian-america-103501666.html

Share of Americans with no religious affiliation growing

Christians have dropped from 77% of the US population in 2009 to just 65% in ten years, while the number of self-described atheists has doubled from 2% to 4% (although almost all self-described agnostics--which went from 3% to 5%--are actually atheists, since the term agnostic is misunderstood by most people). I'll take some (very) small credit for that!

https://www.apnews.com/35bd96fbeccc4cdeb191392a58ebdc2e

GOP Group Uses Trump’s Own Words On Corruption Against Him In Searing Fox News Ad

More schadenfreude watching Republicans turning on Trump:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-for-the-rule-of-law-trump-properties-ad_n_5da96ed3e4b0e0f0378998f3

Microplastics in the soil point to another potential ecosystem collapse

Another serious problem with microplastics:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/microplastics-soil

Why America’s Christian foundation is a myth

For those who think the US was founded as a Christian nation:

https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/why-americas-christian-foundation-is-a-myth

Congress Should Remove Trump from Office, But Let Him Run Again in 2020

I get the logic but I don't like it. If Trump is kicked out of office, that should be a permanent disgrace and serve as a warning to future presidents. And there should be the opportunity to prosecute him for his other crimes:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/25/congress-should-remove-trump-from-office-but-let-him-run-again-228228

This September Hit the Record for the Hottest Ever — and 2019 Is Shaping Up to Be the Second Hottest Year

This speaks for itself:

https://time.com/5702748/september-hottest-month-record-2019/

Trump "pro-life" evangelicals are now fiercely defending the murder of actual babies

The wonders of Evangelical hypocrisy:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/16/1892406/-Trump-pro-life-evangelicals-are-now-fiercely-defending-the-murder-of-actual-babies

Trump Admin Moves To Greenlight Logging In America’s Largest National Forest

More short-sighted, stupid destruction:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tongass-national-forest-alaska-logging_n_5da61884e4b062bdcb19dd04

Why Evangelical Christian Leaders Care So Deeply About Trump Abandoning The Kurds

If a sizable chunk of Evangelicals split from Don the Con, even if they just end up not voting at all, that would be terrific:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-evangelicals-syria-kurds_n_5da49dafe4b080c90e3cc0d2

Trump in a landslide? This historically accurate model predicts exactly that

Oh please no! But at least this assumes we still have a strong economy when the elections roll around, that there aren't any further scandals, and that Drumpf isn't already impeached:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-in-a-landslide-this-historically-accurate-model-predicts-exactly-that-2019-10-15

Basic Income Recipients Spent the Money on “Literal Necessities”

Encouraging support for a UBI:

https://futurism.com/basic-income-money-spent-necessities

The IMF thinks carbon taxes will stop the climate crisis. That's a terrible idea

It won't work if it adds to the financial burden of the poor:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/12/carbon-tax-imf-inequality-climate-change

Donald Trump: xenophobe in public, international mobster in private

Just a failure at being president and being a human being:

https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-xenophobe-public-international-050042832.html

Trump doc Hundreds Of ISIS Supporters Escape As Turkish Troops Near Kurdish-Held Syrian Town

Abandoning our allies to an attack by Turkey as well as causing the release of hundreds of ISIS prisoners HAS to lose Trump a lot of supporters, especially in the military:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/isis-supporters-escape-turkey-troops-kurds-syria-town_n_5da31621e4b087efdbafdbbd

The art of forsaking a deal—the real 'genius' of Donald Trump

In a word: betrayal:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/10/1891469/-The-art-of-forsaking-a-deal-the-real-genius-of-Donald-Trump

Trump accused of 26 new cases of ‘unwanted sexual contact’

Not the old ones. These are NEW sexual assault allegations:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-sexual-assault-allegations-harassment-groping-women-karen-johnson-book-a9149021.html

‘RIP GOP’: Polling expert predicts 2020 electoral wipeout will devastate Trump — and the Republican party

But this is encouraging:

https://www.alternet.org/2019/09/rip-gop-polling-expert-predicts-2020-electoral-wipeout-will-devastate-trump-and-the-republican-party/

Military expert warns support for Trump in the US armed forces is ‘downright cult-like’ — and creating frightening divisions within the ranks

This is fucking scary:

https://www.alternet.org/2019/10/military-expert-warns-support-for-trump-in-the-us-armed-forces-is-downright-cult-like-and-creating-frightening-divisions-in-the-ranks/

Here's why California is experiencing massive power outages and why that should concern us all

Basically PG&E sucks. I'm SO glad I have solar and a battery system:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/10/1891492/-Here-s-why-California-is-experiencing-massive-power-outages-and-why-that-should-concern-us-all

Scientists Thought It Took Thousands of Years for Plastic to Decompose – It May Only Be Decades

Well, at least this is encouraging:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-thought-it-took-thousands-of-years-for-plastic-to-decompose-it-may-only-be-decades/

Russian Operative Said ‘We Made America Great’ After Trump’s Win

Of course they celebrated. Yet Trump continues to deny Russian involvement because he feels it de-legitimizes his presidency. For once, he's right:

https://news.yahoo.com/senate-intelligence-panel-warns-russian-181600297.html

Trump Escalates Attacks On Fox News After Impeachment Poll

I have to repeat that I LOVE it when Faux News and President Lardbucket fall out:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-attacks-fox-news-impeachment-poll_n_5d9f2f32e4b02c9da045814d

Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions

And just 12 companies are responsible for 20% of the world's emissions:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/revealed-20-firms-third-carbon-emissions

Trump boasts the economy is the best it's ever been. Here are 9 charts showing how it's fared compared to the Obama and Bush presidencies.

For all Trump's boasting about the economy, it's mostly just a continuation of the trends Obama handed him:

https://www.businessinsider.com/9-charts-comparing-trump-economy-to-obama-bush-administrations-2019-9

Senate Committee: Russian intelligence backed Trump and smeared his GOP opponents in 2016 primary

Even more evidence that Russians helped get Trump elected:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/8/1891070/-Senate-Committee-Russian-Intelligence-backed-Trump-smeared-his-GOP-opponents-in-2016-primary

I Oversaw DHS Refugee Affairs. Here Are 3 Ways the Trump Administration Is Trying to Mislead You

Trump is just plain evil:

https://time.com/5694866/refugee-resettlement-numbers/

Elizabeth Warren’s Climate Justice Plan Aims To Keep Water Public, Study Pollution More

Jay Inslee may no longer be in the presidential race, but Warren has adopted many of his climate change policies:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-environment-climate-justice-plan_n_5d9d02f1e4b06ddfc50ffb77

The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You

Not sure if this will play right on a cell phone, but it shows nicely how dramatically taxes have dropped for the wealthiest people in the US. We need to go back to the 1950 tax rate:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/06/opinion/income-tax-rate-wealthy.html

Elizabeth Warren Has A Plan For Brett Kavanaugh

Another reason to be pro Warren:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-plan-brett-kavanaugh_n_5d9aa9dfe4b03b475f9bb770

Diplomats angry and afraid as Ukraine controversy embroils Pompeo's State Department

Trump's administration is rotting our institutions from the inside:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/05/politics/pompeo-state-department-ukraine-controversy/index.html

A disease claims another victim; I lost my dad to FOX News.

There has to be some way to make purveyors of false news accountable:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/3/1888983/-A-disease-claims-another-victim-I-lost-my-dad-to-FOX-News

Spiro Agnew's Lawyer: Mike Pence Should Be Worried About Impeachment Too

Oh, this would be SUBLIME!

https://time.com/5692947/mike-pence-impeachment/

The video clip that's making liddle' Trumpy so cross and fussy

Starting at minute 4:00, Schiff makes it clear what Trump was effectively saying:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/2/1889647/-The-video-clip-that-s-making-liddle-Trumpy-so-cross-and-fussy

Humans Are Disturbing Earth's Carbon Cycle More Than the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Did

Just in case it hasn't sounded serious enough...

https://www.livescience.com/anthropogenic-warming-like-dinosaur-killing-asteroid.html

Elizabeth Warren Wants To Tax Corporate Lobbying

This is one of the main reasons Warren is my first choice: she has a plan for everything:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-lobbying-tax_n_5d93c202e4b0019647b05afc

What if the World Treated the US Like a Rogue State

This is our international embarrassment:

https://www.huffpost.com/highline/article/sanctions/

Trump's border ideas: Snakes, alligators, shoot 'em in the legs

Trump truly is a toddler with a gun:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-aea5703c-61dd-4b71-9e7d-cdf1f4893bce.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2

Trump's ruthless attacks may come back to haunt him

...or what goes around, comes around:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/28/opinions/trumps-ruthless-attacks-impeachment-dantonio/index.html

Why Did America Lose Its Religion? Thank the Internet.

This has been my conclusion for many years now: the Internet has been the downfall of religion:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/09/27/why-did-america-lose-its-religion-thank-the-internet/

Fox News Was Attacking Barack Obama For Using Dijon Mustard At This Point In His Presidency

Take anything Trump has done and ask, "How would conservatives have reacted if Obama had done the exact same thing?" They would have gone ape-shit:

https://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-donald-trump-russia-investigation-dijon-mustard-scandal-fox-fake-623643

Opinion: Thank You, Speaker Pelosi. You Played The Orange Occupant Well.

This was my thinking as well:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/25/1887900/-Opinion-Thank-You-Speaker-Pelosi-You-Played-The-Orange-Occupant-Well

World’s Ice And Oceans Under Dire Threat, Shocking UN Report Warns

Our oceans are going to be a disaster in our lifetimes:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-oceans-climate-change-un-ipcc_n_5d8acf1be4b0c6d0cef37225

These Charts Show How High Sea Levels Will Rise if Antarctica's Ice Continues to Melt

Not a good time to buy oceanside property:

https://time.com/5669021/antarctica-ice-melt-sea-level-rise/

Dictators and mass murders: Understanding 'malignant narcissism'

This explains Trump rather well:

https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/dictator-psychology

2019 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Tied for Second Lowest on Record

HINT:

https://scitechdaily.com/2019-arctic-sea-ice-minimum-tied-for-second-lowest-on-record-video/

Agog Over Gog and Magog

Just in case you miss George W. Bush...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2019/09/agog-over-gog-and-magog/

Donald Trump is a deeply stupid man who routinely gets his ass kicked on the world stage

Yeah, this is exactly how I see it. His supporters are either out of touch or in denial:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/15/1885047/-Donald-Trump-is-a-deeply-stupid-man-who-routinely-gets-his-ass-kicked-on-the-world-stage

Health Insurance That Doesn’t Cover the Bills Has Flooded the Market Under Trump

So we're back to people getting scammed into shitty insurance. Thanks Drumpf:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-09-17/under-trump-health-insurance-with-less-coverage-floods-market

'Materialism Will One Day Bring Change.' Why a Senior Defector Believes North Korea's Days Are Numbered

Most interesting from the perspective of the North Korean is how Kim Jong Un played Trump:

https://time.com/5680012/thae-yong-ho-north-korea-kim-jong-un-regime-change/

Trump Says Cutting Regulations Is Good for Business. But His New Battle on Car Emission Standards Could Hurt the Auto Industry

Cutting back on fuel standards is outright criminal, considering how quickly we're hurtling toward climate disaster:

https://time.com/5680692/auto-industry-cars-california-trump/

How do 80-year-old 'super-agers' have the brains of 20-somethings?

Rage, rage against the dying of the light:

https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/super-agers-brain

The Trump voters who 'just want to watch the world burn' (and all of us along with it)

This is why we'll never reach that small core of hateful Trump supporters:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/14/1885332/--The-Trump-voters-who-just-want-to-watch-the-world-burn-and-all-of-us-along-with-it

New Poll Shows Majority of Americans Disapprove of President Trump's Climate Change Views

This is encouraging:

https://time.com/5677474/americans-disapprove-trump-climate-change-views/

Russia Carried Out A ‘Stunning’ Breach Of FBI Communications System, Escalating The Spy Game On U.S. Soil

A long and detailed story of what we're up against:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/exclusive-russia-carried-out-a-stunning-breach-of-fbi-communications-system-escalating-the-spy-game-on-us-soil_n_5d7f73dee4b077dcbd6159b1

Good candidates learn from their mistakes and get better—as Elizabeth Warren has demonstrated

Warren is my favorite so far:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/7/1884064/-Good-candidates-learn-from-their-mistakes-and-get-better-as-Elizabeth-Warren-has-demonstrated

The U.S.'s handicap in the AI talent race

Trump is right to identify A.I. as critical for development, but per usual he's doing it all wrong:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-49777269-c37e-4c5d-8e04-756d72a01c6f.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1

Air Force says it sent crews to Trump’s Scottish resort up to 40 times

But of course:

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/12/air-force-trump-scottish-resort-1493624

Trump finally agrees to release military aid to Ukraine after apparent blackmail effort fails

Trump's strategy to avoid impeachment must be to overwhelm the system with his crimes:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/13/1885246/-Trump-finally-agrees-to-release-military-aid-to-Ukraine-after-apparent-blackmail-effort-fails

EPA removes the Clean Water Rule, creating chaos for water regulations—and paradise for polluters

Trump's actions are beyond criminal:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/13/1885294/-EPA-removes-the-Clean-Water-Rule-creating-chaos-for-water-regulations-and-paradise-for-polluters

Why Is the Amazon Rain Forest Disappearing?

This is deeply depressing and distressing, but important to know:

https://time.com/amazon-rainforest-disappearing/

China and the U.S Are Fighting a Major Battle Over Killer Robots and the Future of AI

Yet another reason to dislike China:

https://time.com/5673240/china-killer-robots-weapons/

Trump’s Going to Manipulate the Government to Stay in Power

Nobody would be surprised:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-going-to-manipulate-the-government-to-stay-in-power

'National tragedy': Trump begins border wall construction in Unesco reserve

Reason #5,492 to despise Trump:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/12/border-wall-organ-pipe-cactus-arizona

EPA Makes Rollback Of Clean Water Rules Official, Repealing 2015 Protections

More irresponsible and childish behavior:

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/12/760203456/epa-makes-rollback-of-clean-water-rules-official-repealing-2015-protections

Hello From the Year 2050. We Avoided the Worst of Climate Change — But Everything Is Different

But here's probably the best we can hope for if we get our shit together (not including any special advancing technologies):

https://time.com/5669022/climate-change-2050/

What It’s Like Living in One of the Hottest Cities on Earth—Where It May Soon Be Uninhabitable

This is scary. Out front of my house temperatures can hit 118 degrees F a few times during the summer. Fortunately it's much cooler out back:

https://time.com/longform/jacobabad-extreme-heat/

Study Finds Political Conservatives Make the Best Investors

Finally, something good about conservatives! Surprisingly, their investment strategies are not what you'd expect (although I have to say I'm both a progressive and a risky investor):

https://scitechdaily.com/study-finds-political-conservatives-make-the-best-investors/

Some State GOP Parties Are Canceling Their Primaries. Here's Why It May Not Protect President Trump

I had no idea canceling primaries was a regular thing--for both parties:

https://time.com/5672551/gop-canceling-primaries-trump/

Trump Admin Leading ‘Brazen’ Public Land Liquidation In Alaska, Analysis Finds

A politician who denies climate change needs to be kicked out:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/analysis-alaska-public-lands-trump_n_5d76bffde4b07521023154ce

CIA reportedly removed top spy from Russia over fear of retaliation — and maybe Trump

The CIA couldn't trust Trump not to be a traitor:

https://www.vox.com/2019/9/9/20856915/cnn-trump-russia-spy-putin-cia

Trump's New Math: Inside the Plan to Flip Blue States in 2020

But there IS still the possibility he'll get reelected. Here's his plan:

https://time.com/5669093/trump-election-campaign-democratic-states-2020/

Trump Family Is Building ‘Dynasty’ To Last ‘Decades,’ Says Campaign Manager

Unless Trump becomes a dictator, there's not a fart's chance in a hurricane this will happen:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-family-dynasty-decades-campaign-manager_n_5d75611be4b064513570273b

NOAA Warned Staffers Not To Contradict Trump On Hurricane Dorian

It appears NOAA was forced to support Trump's lie:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/noaa-contradicting-trump-dorian-alabama_n_5d753853e4b07521022e541a

Suicide Rates Soaring in America, Especially in Rural Areas

My take on this is that Republicans are already facing a serious demographic shrinkage, and this isn't going to help them:

https://scitechdaily.com/suicide-rates-soaring-in-america-especially-in-rural-areas/

Unqualified And Ideological: A Guide To Trump’s Worst Judges

Likely Trump's most destructive legacy:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-courts-judges-abortion-lgbtq-voting-rights_n_5d669025e4b063c341f8fdc9

Iceland Trolls Mike Pence With Rows Of Rainbow Pride Flags

Epic trolling:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2019/09/iceland-trolls-mike-pence-with-rows-of-rainbow-pride-flags/

NOAA Slammed For Backing Trump Over Scientists In Dorian-Alabama Feud

Good. NOAA is a respectable organization and should never have been forced to do this:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/noaa-trump-hurricane-dorian-alabama-backlash_n_5d741514e4b07521022d6347

Want to seem more authentic? Use politically incorrect language.

Right or left, people think assholes are authentic:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/political-correctness-study

'He's losing his s---': Trump's advisers are increasingly worried about his mental state following days of erratic behavior

Schadenfreude!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hes-losing-trumps-advisers-increasingly-202200411.html

Study links lower emotional intelligence to prejudiced, right-wing views

Surprise, surprise....

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/emotional-intelligence-conservative

Donald Trump isn't up to the job

I wholeheartedly agree:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/03/opinions/trump-dorian-golf-twitter-filipovic/index.html

Trump Holds Up Doctored Hurricane Map, Meteorologists Cringe

This is illegal...so I guess it's item #622 of what could take down Trump:

https://www.livescience.com/trump-sharpiegate-doctored-hurricane-map.html

Trump may have committed tax fraud by fabricating a loan to avoid paying income taxes on nearly $50 million

Item #621 for what could take down Trump:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-may-committed-tax-fraud-205751668.html

These states have the highest and lowest death rates

Notice that the states with the highest death rates are red states, while the states with the lowest death rates are blue states:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/05/health/highest-death-rates-states-cdc-study/index.html

Trump's Energy Department Swoops in to Save Us From the Tyranny of More Efficient Lightbulbs

Trump is SUCH an asshole:

https://earther.gizmodo.com/trumps-energy-department-swoops-in-to-save-us-from-tyra-1837889616

Media overcorrect for past flubs

To be honest, I won't mind if it's the media who leads us into recession. Whatever it takes to get rid of the most loathsome person to ever hold the office of the presidency:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-2afebae5-bfbd-4a4a-9c35-0bd7adf82d63.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Melania’s ‘Einstein Visa’ Was Based on Her Having a College Degree — Which She Lied About Having

Send her back! Send her back!

Turnabout is fair play:

https://www.politicalflare.com/2019/09/melania-trumps-einstein-visa-was-based-on-her-having-a-college-degree-which-she-lied-about-having/

The U.S. can slash health-care costs 75% with 2 fundamental changes — and without ‘Medicare for All’

This at least sounds quite effective:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-us-can-slash-health-care-costs-75-with-2-fundamental-changes-and-without-medicare-for-all-2019-08-15

Trump's trade deficits are only growing

Another Trump failure. He promised to reduce the trade deficit; instead, it has increased massively:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-cfd6c9e8-91c9-469c-a553-95e1162d4639.html?chunk=3&utm_term=emshare#story3

Chasing The Methane Dragon That Lurks In The Deep Sea

The melting of frozen methane hydrates in the oceans could lead to a massive increase in global warming:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/methane-hydrate-atlantic-samantha-joye_n_5d681737e4b0488c0d117841

Evangelical Leader Claims Teaching Kids Basic Science Causes Mass Shootings

Evangelicals are among the greatest idiots on the planet:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tony-perkins-mass-shootings-080832225.html

Trump suggests he should have extra time as president, in rant over ‘dishonest fool’ Comey’s leaks

The dictator wannabe wants more time as president:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-suggests-could-serve-more-123946429.html

McConnell to Supreme Court: We won’t let Dems 'pack the court'

McConnell's hypocrisy never ceases to amaze me:

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/29/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court-1477947

AOC says ad attacking her climate change warning actually helps spread her message

Yeah, this is more like an ad FOR AOC, not against her (except for the word "shallow"):

https://www.indy100.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-climate-change-ad-republican-own-aoc-9085126

UN draft climate report warns oceans rising, warming

It's looking bleak....

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/draft-climate-report-warns-oceans-rising-warming-190829132723704.html

Outlook For The Great Barrier Reef Is Now ‘Very Poor,’ Australian Government Says

This is heartbreaking. I remember spending a couple weeks on the Great Barrier Reef as a kid:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/great-barrier-reef-outlook-very-poor_n_5d68a900e4b02bc6bb372c4a

California joins a handful of other states that provide community college tuition-free

Now this is smart:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/28/us/california-free-community-college-tuition-trnd/index.html

Political Polarization Driven by Chance, Not Ideology

Hmm, not sure I buy this, but here it is anyway:

https://scitechdaily.com/political-polarization-driven-by-chance-not-ideology/

Trump Tweets ‘Fox Isn’t Working For Us’ After Amicable Interview With DNC Staffer

I guess it's true that Trump eventually turns on everyone, even his closest allies:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tweets-fox-isnt-working-for-us-after-its-amicable-interview-with-dnc-staffer_n_5d66939ee4b01fcc690d2f5d

Trump suggests pardons for wall action

Trump said "Take the land." That'll go over well with Republicans and Libertarians:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-a0c3e931-4e23-4e15-953c-b5e5bab6c381.html?chunk=5&utm_term=emshare#story5

Climate Change Is Warming Europe Faster Than Expected

Looks like the safest places to be are Ireland, Scotland, Portugal, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, and a few parts of France, Spain and Germany. Stay away from most of France and Spain:

https://scitechdaily.com/climate-change-is-warming-europe-faster-than-expected/

Amazon Wildfires Are Horrifying, But They're Not Destroying Earth's Oxygen Supply

The fires in the Amazon are destroying biodiversity and producing carbon dioxide, but they are not reducing the oxygen content of our atmosphere:

https://www.livescience.com/amazon-fires-are-not-depleting-earth-oxygen.html

After Losing Ten Commandments Battle, NM City Tries Crowdfunding Legal Bills

It's expensive to be stupid:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/08/25/after-losing-ten-commandments-battle-nm-city-tries-crowdfunding-legal-bills/

Trump Reportedly Discussed Nuking Hurricanes Headed To The United States

I can't keep up with the crazy:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-nuking-hurricanes-axios_n_5d632362e4b02cc97c8fbf9b

More on America’s Fading Faith

I don't have much problem with more liberal strains of Christianity or other religions than literalist zealots like evangelicals. And this shows that my position is well founded:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2019/08/more-on-americas-fading-faith/

Trump Administration Revives Clause That Kept Nazi-Era Refugees From the US

From our Dictator in Chief:

https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-revives-clause-that-kept-nazi-era-refugees-from-the-us/

These Fascists Inadvertently Raised Over $35,000 For A Cause They Hate

This is how it's done!

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/portland-fascists-donations-latino-immigrants_n_5d624b7fe4b0dfcbd48eae54

Don’t look now, but the U.S. Labor Dept. is privileging Christians

This is why separation of church and state are so important:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/godzooks/2019/08/religious-freedom-government-trump-atheism/

The Don who would be King

I'm SO glad government and society aren't letting him do what he wants:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/22/opinions/trump-reality-show-president-danger-avlon/index.html

Bernie Sanders Releases $16 Trillion Climate Plan That Declares Issue a National Emergency

Finally candidates are beginning to take climate change seriously:

https://time.com/5659372/bernie-sanders-climate-plan/

Trump tells Republicans he may begin cutting social security and Medicare if he wins in 2020

Oh this should go down REALLY well with seniors:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tells-republicans-may-begin-162457862.html

Democrats Cite ‘Evidence Of Possible Misconduct’ With Trump Tax Returns

This is good reason to go after his tax returns:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tax-returns-whistleblower_n_5d5d9d27e4b0d043dd74965f

Trump's contradictions hit a fever pitch

Even a stupid person isn't this stupid:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/22/politics/donald-trump-economy-guns-republicans-foreign-policy/index.html

Russian interference, 2020

Of course Russian interference had to have handed Trump the presidency, and he's incapable of doing what's best for the country, only himself:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-ee11316b-0a82-438c-b29c-ab91fa6bb950.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Yes, Donald Trump really believes he is 'the chosen one'

The Narcissist in Chief (watch the video):

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/21/politics/donald-trump-chosen-one/index.html

Republican Group Urges GOP Senators To Stand Up To Mitch McConnell In Damning New Ads

I love seeing Republicans attack Republicans, and I REALLY hope this sinks Mitch:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-mitch-mcconnell-election-ads_n_5d5cce2ae4b0d1e11369ce03

Trump, the promise-maker

The promises he's kept are almost all the awful ones:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-d97f5ef2-1026-4ef8-b53c-af5b01f98138.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Cruz: President Trump would nuke Denmark

Wow, who knew Ted Cruz was Nostrafuckingdamus back in 2016?

"I don’t know anyone who would be comfortable with someone who behaves this way having his finger on the button,” Cruz continued. “I mean, we’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark."

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/ted-cruz-donald-trump-denmark-218694

Fake News Can Lead to False Memories

One has to keep vigilant for one's own biases:

https://scitechdaily.com/fake-news-can-lead-to-false-memories/

Here’s what new tariffs will cost the average American household

Thanks a pant-load, Drumpf:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/19/heres-what-new-tariffs-will-cost-an-average-american-household.html

Why Some White Liberals Will Probably Vote For Donald Trump

Not all assholes are conservatives:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-liberals-racism-trump_n_5d5aaec5e4b056fafd0f07e1

European wind farms could meet global energy demand, researchers now say

"A new study found that maximizing onshore wind potential could enable Europe to generate 100 times more electricity than it currently does. That's enough to cover energy demand for the entire world from now until 2050, according to the researchers."

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/europe-wind-potential

The new threat to capitalism

Capitalism may have to change:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-489aac29-de2c-4b91-bb92-dd90f2e6f68c.html?chunk=0&utm_term=twsocialshare#story0

Record-Breaking Temperatures Around the World Are 'Almost Entirely' Due to Climate Change

And there will be many more record-breaking Julys in the future:

https://time.com/5652972/july-2019-hottest-month/

Fracking boom tied to methane spike in Earth’s atmosphere

A good reason to phase out natural gas, too:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2019/08/fracking-boom-tied-methane-spike-earths-atmosphere

This Land Is the Only Land There Is

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/how-think-about-dire-new-ipcc-climate-report/595705/

Climate change: German MPs want higher meat tax

Well, this is the first of four climate change articles I'm posting (it's also the least depressing of them). Taxing climate-damaging products makes a lot of sense:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49281111

The Biggest News of the 21st Century

I am SO happy to see this and to be a part of it:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2019/08/the-biggest-news-of-the-21st-century/

The Coming Secular Era, Continued

This warms my heart. :-)

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2019/08/the-coming-secular-era-continued/

July 2019 Was the Earth's Hottest Month Ever Recorded, NOAA Says

This just keeps getting scarier:

https://time.com/5652972/july-2019-hottest-month/

Conspiracy Theories Can Have Dangerous Consequences. Here’s Why Experts Say We Can No Longer Ignore Them

About damn time:

https://time.com/5541411/conspiracy-theories-domestic-terrorism/

Everyone will eventually turn on Trump. Even Steve Doocy.

The feel good story of the day:

https://theweek.com/articles/858707/everyone-eventually-turn-trump-even-steve-doocy-

Except that isn't it supposed to be the other way around?

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/456997-scaramucci-fires-back-at-trump-he-will-turn-on-everyone-and-then

Extreme climate change is here

The East Coast and Southwest are in dire straights. Texas is schizophrenic:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-c5f11d78-b572-4f3b-9705-00b9b938948f.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1

Climate Change Threatens the World’s Food Supply, United Nations Warns

This is bleak. Really bleak:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/climate/climate-change-food-supply.html

21 States Sue Trump Administration Over Relaxed Coal Restrictions, Citing 'Climate Crisis'

Good!

https://time.com/5651229/states-sue-trump-climate-rule/

Even a Small Change in Earth’s Carbon Dioxide Makes a Big Difference – Here’s Why

Interesting. I had no idea CO2 was only a fraction of one percent of our atmosphere...nor how little it takes to massively change our climate:

https://scitechdaily.com/even-a-small-change-in-earths-carbon-dioxide-makes-a-big-difference-heres-why/

Trump's trade war could spark a recession, Goldman Sachs warns

The shitbird is his own worst enemy, although we get the blowback:

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-s-trade-war-could-spark-recession-warns-goldman-sachs-n1041501

'A brutal dinner': celebrities talk about meeting Donald Trump

No surprises here:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/aug/12/celebrities-meeting-trump-stories-woody-harrelson

Trump Administration Weakens Endangered Species Act Amid Global Extinction Crisis

Yet another reason to despise Trump:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-endangered-species-rule_n_5cf7b7b4e4b01713bed4df9b

The rural America death spiral

One good thing about this is that it means Trump supporters are a dying breed:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-ba4976ca-244a-4d4b-a7fc-e5860caebd34.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

SE Cupp makes plea to her fellow Republicans

One of the few Republicans (and she claims to be an atheist) coming out for gun control:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/08/10/se-cupp-monologue-we-must-do-something-about-guns-unfiltered-vpx.cnn

New UN Report Puts A Dagger Through Climate Deniers’ Favorite Argument

No, rising CO2 levels won't help the world's crops:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ipcc-climate-report-co2-crop-yields_n_5d4de3d9e4b0fd2733f06150

Evangelical Christians Are the Least Trusted Religious Group in New Zealand

Well this is a nice switch to see--it's almost the opposite of the US:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/08/09/evangelical-christians-are-the-least-trusted-religious-group-in-new-zealand/

Report: Trump Happily Employing Undocumented Workers While ICE Rounds Them Up

Just more Trump hypocrisy:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/trump-organization-undocumented-workers

How Trump Is Trying—And Failing—To Get Rich Off His Presidency

Old article but enjoyable:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/10/02/how-trump-is-tryingand-failingto-get-rich-off-his-presidency/#9cea063b1aa0

After Sandy Hook, we said never again. And then we let 2,179 mass shootings happen.

A very effective infographic:

https://www.vox.com/a/mass-shootings-america-sandy-hook-gun-violence

Nadler: ‘This is formal impeachment proceedings’

About damn time!

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/08/nadler-this-is-formal-impeachment-proceedings-1454360

Iraqi man dies after Trump administration deports him

This is just sad. How emblematic of the Trump administration:

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/07/iraqi-man-dies-deportation-trump-administration-1643512

‘We Are Being Eaten From Within.’ Why America Is Losing the Battle Against White Nationalist Terrorism

Yikes. US law enforcement is hobbled in its fight against white nationalist terrorists:

https://time.com/5647304/white-nationalist-terrorism-united-states/

If We Want to Stop Climate Change, Now is a Moment of Reckoning for How We Use the Planet, Warns U.N. Report

This is getting dire:

https://time.com/5646787/ipcc-climate-change-land-report/

It Might Be Time To Cut My Right-Wing, Trump-Loving In-Laws Out Of My Kids’ Lives

This hits close to home with my own experience with my father:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-cutting-off-relatives_n_5d448ed4e4b0ca604e31f5ba

'Good Guys With Guns' Can Rarely Stop Mass Shootings, and Texas and Ohio Show Why

Excellent point. I think banning semi-automatic weapons would make mass shootings much more difficult (revolvers and lever action rifles would be the fastest shooting weapons, with limited ammunition and relatively long reload times), while having essentially no negative impact on hunting or sport shooting.

https://time.com/5644578/good-guys-with-guns-el-paso-dayton/

Trump Sues California Over Law Requiring Candidates to Reveal Tax Returns

Of course Trump is suing. I REALLY hope he fails:

https://time.com/5645909/trump-sues-california-tax-returns/

These Countries Are the Most at Risk From a Water Crisis

Well, the US is reasonably safe, but a lot of Europe isn't. Neither is Chile, my birthplace. Canada, Brazil and parts of Africa look pretty safe:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-countries-facing-water-crisis/

Excellent explanation for why climatologists accept human-caused climate change as real

Most profound point: “In the past, when CO2 levels rose higher than they are today, it often happened over millions of years and the various forms of life on earth were able to evolve and adapt. But there were a number of times when CO2 levels and temperatures rose as quickly as they have risen in the last 100 years. These changes had profound consequences leading to mass extinctions. For example, 252 million years ago there was a rapid rise in CO2 due to a series of volcano eruptions, and global temperatures rose 11 deg. C wiping out 95% of all species on earth.”

https://www.quora.com/Considering-that-the-Earth-has-always-warmed-and-cooled-naturally-do-you-believe-that-human-actions-are-mainly-responsible-for-present-day-accelerated-global-warming-Why-why-not/answer/Roger-Fjellstad-Olsen?ch=99&share=294aec04&srid=uBhZO

Mitch McConnell's obstruction in the spotlight following massacres

Finally there is at least SOME blowback against Mitch the Bitch:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/06/politics/mitch-mcconnell-gun-control/index.html

Exxon's Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels' Role in Global Warming Decades Ago

Their assessment in the 1970s was pretty much on the mark:

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092015/Exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming

'Should Send Shockwaves Across the Nation': Grave Warnings as McConnell Accelerates Right-Wing Takeover of US Courts

Even if Mitch the Bitch is ousted in 2020, he's done SO MUCH damage to the courts already:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/01/should-send-shockwaves-across-nation-grave-warnings-mcconnell-accelerates-right-wing

Atmospheric carbon last year reached levels not seen in 800,000 years

Without technology to the rescue, we're screwed....

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/atmospheric-carbon-last-year-reached-levels-not-seen-800000-years

The Race to Zero Emissions: how the US lost its battery lead

Well, we won't get back in the lead with this president....

https://qz.com/emails/the-race-to-zero-emissions/1679337/

The Return of Doomsday

As if we don't have enough to worry about, nuclear war is back on the table:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-773cbba9-5fba-40cb-83a5-2a8643ef062d.html?chunk=3&utm_term=emshare#story3

Malaysian senator drops proposed anti-seduction law after backlash

Hard to believe there are still politicians in the world who think this way:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-harassement/malaysian-senator-drops-proposed-anti-seduction-law-after-backlash-idUSKCN1UR370?il=0

The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security

Have I mentioned how much I despise Drumpf?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/opinion/trump-climate-change.html

Mitch McConnell Lashes Out At Critics Who Called Him A ‘Russian Asset’

He was the one who prevented Obama from doing more to stop Russian interference in the 2016 elections, so yeah...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-russia-election-security_n_5d3f4edbe4b0db8affaca5fa

164 Environmental Activists Were Killed While Protecting Their Homes Last Year, Watchdog Says

Who knew environmental activism was deadly?

https://time.com/5638438/global-witness-environmental-activists-murdered/

GOP Lawmaker Who Wants Mandatory Church Attendance Warns Of ‘Browning Of America’

WTF? After all these whackjob beliefs and statements she was STILL voted into office:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2019/07/gop-lawmaker-who-wants-mandatory-church-attendance-warns-of-browning-of-america/

The new social movement on climate change

Nice to see youth getting into this:

https://www.axios.com/new-social-movement-climate-change-f510b35e-835e-4a29-97b7-98f372506ed8.html

After Scorching Europe, Heat Wave Is Poised to Melt Greenland

This is really bad news, because Greenland melting would add a significant amount to sea level rise:

https://www.livescience.com/66041-heatwave-europe-greenland.html

Why We’re Moving Forward With Impeachment

Nice, simple justification:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/why-were-moving-forward-impeachment/594931/

Civilization-Collapsing Megadroughts of Medieval Times Could Be in Store for a Warming Earth

This is seriously depressing and worrying. I live very close to this region:

https://www.livescience.com/66032-medieval-megadroughts-return-global-warming.html

This Might Be the Most Important Exchange in the Mueller Testimony

https://time.com/5635276/mueller-testimony-obstruction-conspiracy-analysis/

Election Warnings Blare, But Action Stalls In Congress

This is dangerous and criminal. How is McConnell NOT putting our nation at risk?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/congress-election-mueller-interference_n_5d3a7663e4b0a6d6373d830d

Mueller's Testimony Didn't Move Us Toward Impeachment. But It Should Make Us Determined to Vote Trump Out

A good summary opinion piece:

https://time.com/5635599/mueller-testimony-trump-2020/

Climate change: 12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 months

By the end of next year we may be fucked:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48964736

A Republican has done the most damage to Trump at the Mueller hearing

Mueller may look the part, but his gravitas and delivery are weak at best. Still, something good came of his congressional grilling:

https://qz.com/1673937/republican-ken-buck-did-most-damage-to-trump-at-mueller-hearing/

Chances are, you’re not as open-minded as you think

This is why it always pays to exercise critical thinking and reevaluate your convictions:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chances-are-youre-not-as-open-minded-as-you-think/2019/07/20/0319d308-aa4f-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

Exposing the Truth: House Democrats Act to Safeguard Our Democracy and Protect Our National Security

This is worth taking the time to read:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6209547-House-Democrats-Mueller-memo.html

15,000 Americans Died So Republican Governors Could Stick It to Obama

Pro-life my ass:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/15-000-americans-died-republican-205000693.html

Implementing The One Viable Solution To Climate Change

The needed path to solving the climate change problem:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2019/07/21/implementing-the-one-viable-solution-to-climate-change/#f4c9acc11f5f

Former Texas judge writes a scathing Facebook post on why she’s leaving the GOP and voting Democrat in 2020

Nicely said:

https://www.good.is/articles/texas-judge-quits-gop-trump-racism

'The Numbers Are Just Horrendous.' Almost 30,000 Species Face Extinction Because of Human Activity

This is just painfully sad:

https://time.com/5629548/almost-30000-species-face-extinction-new-report/

A Fascist Trump Rally In Greenville

If there are any doubts that Trump is a fascist:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fascist-trump-rally-greenville-ilhan-omar-send-her-back_n_5d30529fe4b0419fd328b270

Republicans Want a White Republic. They'll Destroy America to Get It

This explains a lot of their behavior:

https://time.com/5628283/trump-tweets-racist-white-america/

What happens when parts of South Asia become unlivable? The climate crisis is already displacing millions

This is one of the many reasons why climate change should be THE #1 issue for the foreseeable future:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/17/asia/india-nepal-flooding-climate-refugees-intl-hnk/index.html

The GOP’s demographic decay

Very encouraging. No wonder Republicans are fans of gerrymandering and voter suppression:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-20a19a61-74df-4f39-9c75-627e59f287a7.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Trump Campaign Staffer Claims 'Twitter Is Lying,' Says President Never Tweeted 'Go Back' To House Democrats

Gaslighting:

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-go-back-staffer-twitter-lying-matt-wolking-native-countries-birther-1449167

Trump's most openly racist rhetoric yet is not at all surprising

When will his vileness finally bring him down?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/14/politics/trump-racist-tweets-progressive-democratic-congresswomen-aoc/index.html

Leaked cables show British ambassador saying Trump abandoned Iran deal in act of 'diplomatic vandalism' to spite Obama

Trump's pettiness vies with his racism, ignorance, narcissism, authoritarianism, sexism, etc. for worst attribute:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/13/politics/daily-mail-trump-iran-nuclear-deal-leaked-cables/index.html

Greenland’s Superfast ‘Ice Slides’ Could Be Bad News for Climate Change

More reason to be deeply concerned:

https://www.livescience.com/65930-greenland-ice-sheet-sliding.html

The future began 40 years ago

To those who claim industrialization and automation ends up creating more jobs for humans, keep in mind that A.I. will eventually supersede anything and everything human minds are capable of doing...so there is a jobs crisis looming:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-df4ad85b-918c-4e67-b5d9-388cd9a4ca94.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

MAGA Cultist Admits Lying: “It Doesn’t Have To Be True; It Just Has To Go Viral”

Yet another reason to despise Trump supporters:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/07/12/maga-cultist-admits-lying-it-doesnt-have-to-be-true-it-just-has-to-go-viral/

Trump's most openly racist rhetoric yet is not at all surprising

How does he get away with being so loathsome?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/14/politics/trump-racist-tweets-progressive-democratic-congresswomen-aoc/index.html

SCOTUS's Ruling on Gerrymandering Endangers U.S. Democracy

Damn straight it's dangerous!

https://time.com/5623638/scotuss-ruling-on-gerrymandering-endangers-us-democracy/

No, Mr. Putin, liberalism is not dead

Liberalism is actually rising:

https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/putin-liberalism-dead

Leave the US, Trump tells liberal Democratic congresswomen

Our Racist in Chief is back at it again:

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/07/14/leave-the-us-trump-tells-liberal-democratic-congresswomen/23769281/

Sen. Tina Smith: Mitch McConnell's leadership has been a big, fat waste

Mitch is a bitch:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/09/opinions/mcconnell-leadership-senate-waste-smith/index.html

When Does America Reckon with the Gravity of Donald Trump’s Alleged Rapes?

This SHOULD have sunk him two years ago....

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/does-america-reckon-gravity-donald-191337659.html

UK secularism on rise as more than half say they have no religion

Nice milestone:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/11/uk-secularism-on-rise-as-more-than-half-say-they-have-no-religion

A Glacier the Size of Florida Is Becoming Unstable. It Has Dire Implications for Global Sea Levels

More yikes:

https://time.com/5622632/thwaites-glacier-antarctica-melting/

By 2050, London's climate will be as warm as Barcelona's, says new study

Along with the droughts....

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/europe/climate-cities-report-intl-hnk/index.html

The Rise of Non-Religious Americans is Occurring All Over the Country

Very nice to see:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/07/09/the-rise-of-non-religious-americans-is-occurring-all-over-the-country/

White evangelicals are least likely to say U.S. should accept refugees

Christian hypocrisy at its finest:

https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/evangelicals-immigration

Trump dossier author Steele gets 16-hour DOJ grilling

His testimony was deemed credible:

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/christopher-steele-trump-dossier-doj-1403318

Whistleblower says he was pressured by Trump administration to reverse environmental decision

Because of course:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/08/politics/interior-department-arizona-development-bernhardt/index.html

Yet Trump boasts about his environmental record:

https://time.com/5622374/donald-trump-climate-change-hoax-event/

But even Fox News calls him out on that:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-fox-news-fact-check_n_5d23ef40e4b0cfb595faeac7

Epstein Arrest Is a Worry for Donald Trump

Bringing down Trump with that child rape allegation is what I have been hoping for for a long time:

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-07-08/jeffrey-epstein-arrest-is-a-worry-for-donald-trump

Why Do Liberals Hate The United States?

Excellent points:

https://www.thebipartisanpress.com/opinion/why-do-liberals-hate-the-united-states/

Seth Abramson on "The Scary Truth"

From https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1146569608691965953

THE SCARY TRUTH

If a POTUS a) has absolute control over his branch, b) is willing to defy the judicial branch, and c) knows the legislative branch won't stop him, he can do...

...*whatever the hell he wants*.

That's *always* been the case—we just never elected a madman before.

Scorching Temperatures Smash Records In U.S., Europe

And the tangerine dictator in the White House continues to fiddle while the world burns:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/record-heat-europe-france-alaska-climate-change_n_5d1cf9bbe4b04c48140e23fa

The U.S.-China long game

Seems like China is actually in big trouble and may not be able to continue its domination streak for long:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-274f0d5c-7354-4ef3-8122-5e172476a4ac.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Democrats Take Trump Tax Return Fight To Court

Finally!

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tax-returns-democrats-sue-court_n_5ce82d8fe4b0a839e8605b0c

The problem isn't mental health—it's access to guns, says a new study

Well, well...looks like a major conservative talking point is false:

https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/gun-violence?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3

Is Trump Toast? Data Model That Predicted 2018 Midterms Says He’ll Lose In 2020

Well this is encouraging:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-2020-prediction_n_5d1ae3fbe4b03d611640b0df

30% of Americans believe it's okay for businesses not to serve gay folks

...or atheists. 

This is NOT going in the right direction, but I am pretty sure it is part of the "two steps back" part after the "three steps forward" of social progress:

https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/discrimination

The American Medical Association is no Longer Neutral on Abortion

When laws are passed that say doctors are REQUIRED to lie to their patients, the AMA can no longer remain neutral:

https://time.com/5617960/ama-abortion-lawsuit/

The Sack Of Washington

Reason #4,598 to despise Drumpf:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/epa-trump-pollution-science_n_5d163910e4b082e5536893ee