Robert Mueller's Legacy Will Haunt Donald Trump

Some encouraging thoughts:

http://time.com/5598470/robert-mueller-investigation-haunt-donald-trump/

Worry About Facebook. Rip Your Hair Out in Screaming Terror About Fox News.

Indeed, Faux News is one of the worst disasters of our time:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/opinion/fox-news-facebook-pelosi.html

Mitch McConnell Has Always Been Unusually Open About His Playbook

He always said he does politics and doesn't give a shit about policy:

http://time.com/5597911/mcconnell-playbook-supreme-court/

Big Oil Operative Gets Busted Secretly Undermining Electric Cars

Of course they would, the bastards:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/chevron-undermining-electric-cars

Police in Turkey blast pride parade with water cannons, 'accidentally create rainbow'

Just because this is amusing:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/police-in-turkey-blast-pride-parade-with-water-cannons-accidentally-create-rainbow-10353695.html

Greenpeace Gives Joe Biden a D- on Climate Change Report Card

This influences which candidates I prefer:

http://time.com/5598313/jo-biden-climate-change-report-card/

But I'd still be happy with Biden over Trump. Any. Day. Of. The. Week.

GOP Tax Law Doing Little For The Economy, Even Less For Workers: Congressional Study

Well, we all knew this was true:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-tax-law-bonuses_n_5ced9ad0e4b0ae6710585605

Mitch McConnell Says He’d Go After Supreme Court Vacancy In 2020: ‘We’d Fill It’

More massive Republican hypocrisy:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court-2020_n_5cedc377e4b0ae671058a60d

The Onion put it another way:

https://politics.theonion.com/report-massive-hypocrisy-just-flat-out-gets-the-job-do-1835099717

To Spite Gay Couples, AL Legislators Vote to Remove State from All Weddings

"Ironically, it wasn’t the godless liberals who destroyed marriage in Alabama. The conservatives did it all on their own."

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/05/27/to-spite-gay-couples-al-legislators-vote-to-remove-state-from-all-weddings/

The man who predicted Trump's victory says Democrats may have to impeach him to have a chance in 2020

Ugh. The possibility that Trump could win again is sickening. Impeach the asshole or not, as long as he doesn't get a second term:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/28/politics/allan-lichtman-donald-trump-2020/index.html

We Do Not Come Empty-Handed: The Economic Case for Immigrants

Something to consider:

http://time.com/5594365/america-immigration-future-economic-growth/

Maine Officially Eliminates All Religious Exemptions for Vaccines

Well done:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/nosacredcows/2019/05/maine-officially-eliminates-all-religious-exemptions-for-vaccines/

Ark Encounter Sues Insurers for Not Covering $1,000,000 Worth of… Rain Damage

I just LOVE the irony....

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/05/24/ark-encounter-sues-insurers-for-not-covering-1000000-worth-of-rain-damage/

The abdication of King Trump

Probably an accurate perspective:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/27/opinions/pelosi-gave-trump-what-he-wants-gup/index.html

Evidence ‘Staggering’ Trump Would Have Lost Election Without Russian Help, Ex-Intelligence Boss Writes In Book

If this is confirmed, then Trump's whole presidency should be overturned!

https://www.inquisitr.com/5454479/evidence-staggering-trump-would-have-lost-election-without-russian-help/

Trump’s Formidable 2020 Tailwind

"It’s worth noting that the Fair model is hardly alone in its forecast. Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, has looked at 12 models, and Mr. Trump wins in all of them. Donald Luskin of Trend Macrolytics has reached the same conclusion in his examination of the Electoral College."

Please, no!

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/opinion/trumps-formidable-2020-tailwind.html

HUD Chief Ben Carson Needs Congress To Explain Basic Housing Terms

So much for Trump promising to hire only the "best people" to his administration:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ben-carson-house-finance-services-committee_n_5ce44115e4b06f64624be926

The Democrats' 100-year flood

Fingers crossed....

https://www.axios.com/2020-presidential-election-turnout-predictions-democrats-143cced4-cda7-4665-9fc3-911387416119.html

Inside the Controversial Company Helping China Control the Future of the Internet

Another reason to be suspicious of China:

http://time.com/5594366/5g-internet-race-huawei/

The Iranian Law on Abortion is Less Restrictive than the One in Alabama

So the people most freaked out about Muslims imposing Sharia law on the US just imposed Sharia law on the US....

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/marginoferr/2019/05/19/the-iranian-law-on-abortion-is-less-restrictive-than-the-one-in-alabama/

Chinese factories are using banned ozone-depleting chemicals

Another reason I don't like China:

https://www.axios.com/china-factories-ozone-destroying-chemical-8cb763f1-ffc0-4ce5-a998-fe0027fd23c4.html

Oklahoma Republican Declares That Rape Is The ‘Will Of God’

The idiocy of parts of this country are just disheartening and disgusting:

http://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/04/oklahoma-republican-declares-that-rape-is-the-will-of-god/

Global Sea Levels Could Rise by Much More Than Previously Predicted, According to New Study

Just fucking great....

"Global sea levels could rise by over 6 feet by 2100––twice as much as had previously been predicted––threatening major cities and potentially flooding hundreds of millions of people."

http://time.com/5592583/sea-levels-rise-higher-study/

Trump Appeal Now Goes To Court Headed By Merrick Garland

Karma! This is too beautiful: :-)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-appeal-merrick-garland_n_5ce37e84e4b075a35a2c285d

GOP Senator Says Trump’s Trade War Has Farmers On ‘Verge Of Financial Collapse’

This HAS to bleed off a good chunk of his base, since they're not benefiting from the good economy:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jerry-moran-trump-trade-war-farmers_n_5ce3125be4b075a35a2be586

Trump on defense now that Democrats score court win

Good, this is an important precedent to set:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/21/politics/donald-trump-court-documents-release-democrats/index.html

Australia's Conservative Coalition Wins Surprise Third Term After Close Election

The dangerous conservative populists continue to rack up wins worldwide:

http://time.com/5591378/vote-count-australia-election-close/

GOP Rep. Justin Amash Breaks With Party, Says Trump Engaged in 'Impeachable Conduct'

I'm not optimistic this will start the tidal shift, but it would likely start with one person:

http://time.com/5591535/justin-amash-trump-impeachable-conduct/

"Ridiculous scenarios" possible under new abortion laws

Some of the stupid consequences of declaring a fetus a person:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-776ed677-01c5-4bfd-ba18-a89e01839f27.html?chunk=4&utm_term=emshare#story4

The Difference Between Socialism, Communism, and Marxism Explained by a Marxist

This is a helpful way to understand the differences between these political systems:

https://youtu.be/vyl2DeKT-Vs

Trump Administration Orders the Removal of 30 Species from the Endangered Species List

More Trump administration sheer stupidity:

https://www.ucsusa.org/center-science-and-democracy/attacks-on-science/trump-administration-orders-removal-30-species

Trump Administration to LGBT Couples: Your ‘Out of Wedlock’ Kids Aren’t Citizens

The Trump administration is all about figuring out the best way to do something, then doing the exact opposite:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/state-department-to-lgbt-married-couples-your-out-of-wedlock-kids-arent-citizens

Abortion law fallout: Where each state stands if Roe v. Wade is overturned

https://www.axios.com/abortion-laws-united-states-roe-wade-93bccc3c-fea7-4746-851e-10579b32ee4e.html

Trump’s Other Impeachable Offense

There are multiple reasons why Trump SHOULD be impeached, although impeaching comes with risks:

https://nyti.ms/2ZVizK5

Non-Religious Americans Are More Reliably Democratic Than Almost Every Group

Yeah, we deserve some good old-fashioned pandering!

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/05/15/non-religious-americans-are-more-reliably-democratic-than-almost-every-group/

Trump claims he’s seen piles of dead bald eagles underneath windmills: ‘You see them all over the place’

Lie #10,221:

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/trump-claims-hes-seen-piles-of-dead-bald-eagles-underneath-windmills-you-see-them-all-over-the-place/

Trump's Trade War With China Could Cost the Average Family Up to $2,300 a Year, Report Estimates

If this would actually HELP the world, that would be one thing. But this is pointless:

http://time.com/5587197/trump-china-trade-war-cost-families/

A Self-Described Evangelical Pastor Publicly Left His Faith and His Tweets Are Going Viral

Fundies hate stories like this and are quick to note he had an affair...but they never mention that almost half of their own congregations are divorced and remarried, something the Bible is VERY much against:

https://ascienceenthusiast.com/a-self-described-evangelical-pastor-publicly-left-his-faith-and-his-tweets-are-going-viral/

Carbon Dioxide Levels In The Atmosphere Hit Highest Mark In Human History

Let's not be the frog being slowly boiled to death, okay?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/co2-levels-hit-new-high_n_5cd9882ae4b0c388e584eb09

Washington is flirting with a debt crisis. No one has a plan to stop it

Another scary disaster looming:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/11/politics/congress-debt-ceiling/index.html

There is more CO2 in the atmosphere today than any point since the evolution of humans

Come on, folks, this is existential tragedy in the making:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/13/health/carbon-dioxide-world-intl/index.html

Georgia City Councilman: Interracial Marriage Is Not How Christians Should Live

This is why religious exemption laws are unreasonable--they can be used to justify almost any unacceptable behavior:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2019/05/georgia-city-councilman-interracial-marriage-is-not-how-christians-should-live/

That Georgia Heartbeat Bill Is Worse Than You Think

More Republican stupidity. This is the mess they are rushing to cause:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2019/05/that-georgia-heartbeat-bill-is-worse-than-you-think.html

Stop eating fish. It’s the only way to save the life in our seas

Oh great...we're supposed to eat more fish because it's healthy, but we need to eat less fish because the fish stocks are being wiped out:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/09/seas-stop-eating-fish-fishing-industry-government

Three Major Production Companies Refuse to Film in Georgia Over New Abortion Law

An excellent way to strike back:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/david-simons-blown-deadline-productions-and-duplass-brothers-productions-boycott-georgia-over-abortion-law

Trump Keeps Alluding to Extending His Presidency. Does He Mean It?

I would NOT put it past him:

http://fortune.com/2019/05/06/donald-trump-presidential-term-limit/

Texas GOP Lawmaker Tells Pro-Vaccine Medical Expert to Stop Advocating “Sorcery”

Republicans, the party of stupid:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/05/08/texas-gop-lawmaker-tells-pro-vaccine-medical-expert-to-stop-advocating-sorcery/

Proposal to spend 25% of EU budget on climate change

THIS is how you address climate change:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48198646

Mitch McConnell Broke From Precedent Again To Confirm A Trump Judge

One of many reasons to despise that political animal:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-trump-judges-senate-precedent_n_5cd30f57e4b07ce6ef798268

Coke Funded Nutrition Research — and Killed Anti-Sugar Results

The importance of publicly-funded scientific research:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/coca-cola-killing-nutrition-research

China Stole NSA Cyberweapons and Used Them Against US Allies

Yet another reason to dislike China:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/china-cyberweapons-nsa-us-allies

Trump fixer Cohen says he helped Falwell handle racy photos

Conservative Christians once again deserve the award for biggest hypocrites:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-falwell-exclusive-idUSKCN1SD2JG

Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses

Much more detail on what we've always known: Trump is the worst businessman, his image is a facade, and he has conned all those who voted for him:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html

The U.N. Reports That 1 Million Species Could Go Extinct. It Shows How Hard It Will Be to Heal the Planet

And this is even more depressing:

http://time.com/5584017/species-extinction-one-million/

Congress Is Failing

This is really depressing:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/congress-trump-oversight_n_5ccb4df5e4b0d12395507c0d?guccounter=1

Former DOJ officials speak out against Trump

Signed by 467 people (so far):

"We are former federal prosecutors. We served under both Republican and Democratic administrations at different levels of the federal system: as line attorneys, supervisors, special prosecutors, United States Attorneys, and senior officials at the Department of Justice. The offices in which we served were small, medium, and large; urban, suburban, and rural; and located in all parts of our country.

Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice."

https://medium.com/@dojalumni/statement-by-former-federal-prosecutors-8ab7691c2aa1

What Happens Next with the Mueller Report? The Answer May Lie in the Footnotes

The Mueller report ain't done yet:

http://time.com/5581311/mueller-report-trump-steele-dossier-footnotes/

Europe May Use Trump's Favorite Economic Weapon to Punish His Inaction on Climate Change

Karmic justice!

http://time.com/5582034/carbon-tariff-tax-fee-europe-macron/

New Faith-Based Trump Rule Lets Doctors Refuse To Perform Abortions and Transitions

And reason #2 to hate Trump today:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-conscience-protection-rule-abortion_n_5ccba9a4e4b0d1239550cc3b

White House Rolls Back Regulations Meant To Avoid The Next Deepwater Horizon

Reason #1 to hate Trump today:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-offshore-driling-deepwater-horizon_n_5ccbb1f9e4b0e4d757302f3f

Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn

Wakey, wakey....

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/03/climate-crisis-is-about-to-put-humanity-at-risk-un-scientists-warn

Study: Jon Stewart leaving ‘Daily Show’ helped Trump win presidency

Damn it! I knew Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show was a bad idea!

https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/jon-stewart

Fox News’ Chris Wallace Calls Out His Own Network’s Opinion Hosts Over Barr Coverage

Another Fox News rebellion against their darling, Trumplings:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/laura-ingraham-chris-wallace-fox-news-mueller-barr_n_5cc9f3fee4b0913d078bf1ad

Trump’s World Still Faces 16 Known Criminal Probes

Even after the Mueller probe cleared out half of the 17 investigations against Trump, new ones brought the total back up again:

https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-world-faces-16-known-criminal-probes/