Important and/or interesting political articles that often don't make the headlines but are worth a look.
This is likely the unfortunate reality:
"New research suggests the answer can be found in stories, not statistics. People respect those they disagree with more when their position comes from a place of personal experience, not facts and figures."
https://www.livescience.com/facts-dont-win-political-arguments.html
More nutbaggery from Greene. She HAS to go:
And yet many just double down. I get the same thing with fundies and creationists on my YouTube channel:
https://apnews.com/article/qanon-conspiracy-theory-recovery-4ea47c2966a41b30ae678e5f471f6070
These false "prophets" should have their words thrown in their faces over and over again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8BNNTueyN8&feature=emb_logo
And these idiots are essentially saying don't hold Donald accountable for his treason:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/impeachment-trial-mitch-mcconnell_n_60107ab3c5b67848ee7c0d9b
Nutbags like this should be required to be removed from Congress:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-facebook-posts_n_6010f257c5b6b8719d885347
This is highly disappointing:
"Oil, natural gas and coal accounted for 81% of the world's energy consumption in 1990. Thirty years later — in 2020 — that figure dropped to 80%, mainly because of the pandemic, according to the International Energy Agency."
As the Republicans enjoyed saying, elections have consequences:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-unity-biden-agenda_n_600b11e6c5b6f401aea41f08
In case it's not clear that those were Christian terrorists who stormed the Capitol:
This is just delicious! These same people who cosplay being military men who love their guns may end up not being allowed to own guns:
https://mobile.twitter.com/asharangappa_/status/1352356610736234496
I had a serious case of Schadenfreude reading this:
The good news is that the GOP may be dying. The bad news is that they're mostly MAGAts now. We need a HEALTHY second party, not a freakshow:
Some really good insight into the chaotic mess of motivations exhibited by the rioters:
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-the-capitol-riot-what-the-parler-videos-reveal
It's worth remembering all Donald's failures:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/16/politics/fact-check-dale-top-15-donald-trump-lies/index.html
This is a good series on the details of Donald's meltdowns after the election:
https://www.axios.com/trump-election-premeditated-lie-ebaf4a1f-46bf-4c37-ba0d-3ed5536ef537.html
Climate change really is the #1 challenge we face, and it's stunning that so many people deny or ignore it:
This is a pretty horrific story. Another reason I'm not a fan of China:
An excellent perspective on Republican whiny little bitches:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/conservatism-reaches-dead-end/617629/
More examples of Fox News hypocrisy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvtvLZ8U3TM&feature=youtu.be
Good, lots of options for prosecuting the terrorists:
And 2016 was an El Niño year, making it unusually warm. The 2010s were the hottest decade. It's only going to keep getting worse....
I once made a video detailing how Trump fits virtually all the criteria for a fascist. He hasn't proved me wrong:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-mob-violence-fascist-playbook_n_5ff64f8cc5b6ef6b158317d5
The other side of the coin, so to speak:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m25YLByFVRw&feature=youtu.be
I strongly agree with this issue:
This is a good way to reduce meat consumption and the damage it does to the environment:
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/food-price-greenhouse-gas
Today's insurrection was bad enough...but it gets worse:
That'll help a lot of environmental and health issues:
This thread predicts the end of the Republican Party as it splits into its autocratic and democratic factions. The Democrats need to team up with the democratic Republicans and delete the autocrats:
https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1345533164102541315
Although long, this transcript of Donald's attempt to commit election fraud by coercing the GA Secretary of State to alter votes is something everyone should read. Very revealing: