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