I blame Fox News for starting the schism:
Important and/or interesting political articles that often don't make the headlines but are worth a look.
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Data Disappeared--This is an Accounting of the Damage
Lots of detail on Trump's putting politics above science, corrupting both:
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
How Joe Biden Is Positioning Himself as a Modern FDR
If so, Biden could make some powerful positive changes:
Sunday, October 25, 2020
China Suddenly Pledges to Become Completely Carbon Neutral
Letting China get ahead of us on climate change technology is foolish:
https://futurism.com/the-byte/china-pledges-become-completely-carbon-neutral
A Greenhouse Mega-Catastrophe Killed Nearly All Life on Earth – Here’s What Happened
A critical warning:
"Hana Jurikova adds: “Ancient volcanic eruptions of this kind are not directly comparable to anthropogenic carbon emissions, and in fact all modern fossil fuel reserves are far too insufficient to release as much CO2 over hundreds of years, let alone thousands of years as was released 252 million years ago. But it is astonishing that humanity’s CO2 emission rate is currently fourteen times higher than the annual emission rate at the time that marked the greatest biological catastrophe in Earth’s history.""
US signs anti-abortion declaration with group of largely authoritarian governments
Deplorable and against the rights granted to US citizens:
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
The Evangelical Movement’s Bad Bargain
The evangenitals have really screwed the pooch by supporting Trump:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/the-evangelical-movements-bad-bargain/616760/
Friday, October 16, 2020
Thursday, October 15, 2020
COVID cases since June
Impressive dynamic chart. Notice how it starts out with a lot of blue states but ends up almost entirely red states?
The Stock Market Does Better When Democrats Are In The White House
Reinforcing the point that Democrats are better for the economy than Republicans:
Monday, October 12, 2020
Who’s the Tax Cheat: The Lady in Jail or the Man in the White House?
An interesting assessment of the inequalities in financial justice between the rich and poor:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/10/opinion/sunday/trump-taxes.html
Will America’s disregard for science be the end of its reign?
It's just depressing to think this may just be an unavoidable consequence of our culture:
https://bigthink.com/videos/anti-science-pro-conspiracy-america
Who is Donald Trump's base? Why is he popular? Why are people voting for him? Why do people like and support him?
This is probably the best explanation for the irrational behavior of Trump supporters:
Friday, October 9, 2020
Here's Why Trump Has Lost So Much Support in the Active Duty Military
Wow, he's done a LOT to alienate the military:
Covid drug given to Trump developed using cells derived from an abortion
Trump likely didn't know about it when he got the treatment, but he surely does now. Will he be a hypocrite or change his recommendation for everyone to get it?
How a Road Trip Through America's Battlegrounds Revealed a Nation Plagued by Misinformation
I've encountered this level of ignorance on my YouTube channel and the Nextdoor app. One wonders how to get through to them:
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Job Growth By President
This must REALLY irk Trump, but look a little closer. Even though there have been more Republican presidents since WWII, Democratic presidents have created more than DOUBLE the number of jobs (D=70 million vs. R=31 million). So much for Republicans being the job creators....
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1313856721497083905?s=20
Monday, October 5, 2020
How the pandemic and politics gave us a golden age of conspiracy theories
This is a good explanation for why so many fall for conspiracy theories, especially in times of crisis:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/03/us/conspiracy-theories-why-origins-pandemic-politics-trnd/index.html
Sunday, October 4, 2020
The media’s 2020 moment
The media is underfunded and understaffed, but it's the reason why so many things the Trump administration has tried to hide have been exposed: