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