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/