I'm guessing money laundering:
Important and/or interesting political articles that often don't make the headlines but are worth a look.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
California Gov. Newsom calls for 100% zero-emission vehicles by 2035
THIS is what the whole world needs to get behind:
https://pluginamerica.org/california-gov-newsom-calls-for-100-zero-emission-vehicles-by-2035/
Trump Secretly Mocks His Christian Supporters
If they weren't so stupid and ignorant, they would realize they're being played:
Original article: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-secretly-mocks-his-christian-supporters/616522/
What If Trump Refuses to Concede?
This helps you get a good understanding of the risks we face...and it's really grim:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/what-if-trump-refuses-concede/616424/
Monday, September 28, 2020
Say it plainly: The president is a psychopath
In case it's not self-evident:
Friday, September 25, 2020
Devastating Forest Decline: Tree Rings Show Scale of Arctic Pollution Is Far Worse Than Previously Thought
I hope we get our shit together before it's too late:
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Monday, September 21, 2020
Trump Makes America More Like Russia Every Day
Authoritarians are anti-American, and thus Trump must go:
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-makes-america-more-russia-090242616.html
Democrats' Armageddon option
If Republicans won't fight fair, Democrats should bloody them to teach them a lesson:
The Nightmare Scenario That Keeps Election Lawyers Up At Night — And Could Hand Trump A Second Term
Trump and his brown-nosers have the power to totally fuck up our country:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/election-2020-nightmare_n_5f65163fc5b6de79b674a9d5
How scientists pin extreme weather on climate change
Just a lot of useful info on the topic:
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Top Pence staffer on Covid-19 speaks out against Trump, endorses Biden
So many people leave Trump's administration, and so many have relayed horrible experiences about him:
Donald Trump claimed he would be "the greatest jobs president God ever created."
The greatest at sucking, evidently:
Friday, September 18, 2020
Updates: Billionaire Wealth, U.S. Job Losses and Pandemic Profiteers
"The stock market in which billionaires have much of their money invested dropped sharply in the month before the pandemic lockdown. But the six months of gains that followed were not merely a reversal of those losses: billionaires are also $680 billion, or 22%, richer today than they were in February 2019, the release date of the most recent previous Forbes annual report (see table below)."
https://inequality.org/billionaire-bonanza-2020-updates/
Is being a billionaire ethical? At a minimum they should be heavily taxed.
Thursday, September 17, 2020
South Africa's Private Game Reserves Are Struggling to Survive Without Tourists. The Animals Are, Too
This is painfully sad:
https://time.com/5888730/south-africa-conservation-private-game-reserve/
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
The world set a 2020 deadline to save nature but not a single target was met, UN report says
This is a really sad milestone:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/world/un-biodiversity-report-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Trump Could Use the Huge Number of Mailed and Absentee Votes to His Advantage. Here's Why Democrats Should Consider Voting Early in Person
I really like mail-in ballots and have used them for years just fine. But this is no normal election:
Monday, September 14, 2020
Prosecutors could pounce when Trump leaves
Oh, to see Trump hauled off in an orange jumpsuit...
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Whistleblower accuses Trump appointees of downplaying Russian interference and White supremacist threat
More Trump administration corruption:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/dhs-whistleblower-white-supremacist-threat/index.html
The Senate Is Back To Work And Its First Order Of Business Is... More Judges
Mitch McConnell is the worst:
US report warns climate change could create economic chaos
This SHOULD be enough to get Republicans to also come on board:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/business/climate-change-economy-cftc-report/index.html
David Frum: What on earth did Trump expect to happen next?
This is a good insight into Trump's fecal brain:
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Cliodynamics: Russian Scientists Predicted Increased Unrest in the United States Back in 2010
And if the climate crisis isn't bad enough...
Global Temperature Could Exceed Limit Set By World Leaders In Next Decade: UN Report
“Worst-Case Climate Scenario” – Ice Sheets in Greenland and Antarctica Loss Rates Rapidly Increasing
This is getting bad:
Monday, September 7, 2020
Sunday, September 6, 2020
The Useful Idiot
A long but enlightening article on how the Republicans' useful idiot, Trump, became a problem for them:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-useful-idiot-book_n_5f4bf594c5b697186e379058
Trump's dishonest campaign is entirely on-brand
The lies are coming back to haunt him:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/06/politics/election-2020-donald-trump-dishonesty/index.html
Ex-US Army captain: Troops knew about Trump before article
Friday, September 4, 2020
Trump Is Trying To Rig The Census And Hopes You Won’t Notice, Key Senator Warns
Trump is SUCH a corrupt sleaze:
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
This should really hurt Trump. If Kelly confirms it, it should ruin Trump's chances. Just ONE person has a hell of a lot of influence:
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Can anything change Americans’ minds about Donald Trump?
Good post. It's all been baked in since the beginning:
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Christian Leaders Call On Fellow Believers To Take Science Seriously During The Pandemic
At least this is good to see. Even Christian leaders want Trump to pay attention to the science:
Congressional investigation finds over $1 billion in coronavirus aid fraud
Just to add to the incompetence of how the government has handled the pandemic:
What are some lesser known Trump administration scandals that everyone should know about?
Trump is such a low-life: