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/

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

Psychiatrist Lance Dodes on the "panicked" state of the "most dangerous person on the planet"

A good psychological evaluation of the sociopathic toddler in chief:

https://www.salon.com/2019/10/29/psychiatrist-lance-dodes-on-the-panicked-state-of-the-most-dangerous-person-on-the-planet/

MASH-UP: Trump’s al-Baghdadi Speech & Obama’s Bin Laden Speech

Compare the eloquence of Obama vs. Trump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsBOWSjOLsE&feature=youtu.be

Global risks 2035 update: Decline or new renaissance?

A long but thoughtful analysis of how the future may play out:

https://atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/global-risks-2035-update/

President Trump has made 13,435 false or misleading claims over 993 days

An analysis of the Trump lies database:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/14/president-trump-has-made-false-or-misleading-claims-over-days/

In 993 days, President Trump has made 13,435 false or misleading claims

This is a good filterable list of Trump's lies and misinformation:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/

Victory over the worst gerrymander in modern history: Court blocks North Carolina GOP's House map

It's a relief that the Republicans aren't being allowed to get away with this:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/28/1895606/-Victory-over-the-worst-gerrymander-in-modern-history-Court-blocks-North-Carolina-GOP-s-House-map

Baghdadi raid succeeded ‘in spite of,' not thanks to, Donald Trump’s actions

Is there really any doubt?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/27/1895456/-Military-officials-admit-Trump-almost-ruined-the-raid

New Daily Kos/Civiqs poll finds Pence losing to Democrats, Americans feeling less safe under Trump

Good. We don't want to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/24/1894641/-New-Daily-Kos-Civiqs-poll-finds-Pence-losing-to-Democrats-Americans-feeling-less-safe-under-Trump

Putin's longterm aim: reverse America's Cold War win

Very plausible:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/23/1894519/-Putin-s-longterm-aim-reverse-America-s-Cold-War-win

Cyber memo warns of new risks to White House network

Isn't deliberately ignoring intelligence and making the country vulnerable to attacks regarded as treason?

https://www.axios.com/scoop-cyber-memo-warns-of-new-risks-to-white-house-network-9aa19c6c-77a3-485b-919b-1dd9bd691514.html

A New Generation of Activist Doctors Is Fighting for Medicare for All

Now even most doctors are on board for Medicare For All:

https://time.com/5709017/medicare-for-all-doctor-activists/

Republicans Are Criticizing the Current Impeachment Process. That Highlights a Bigger Problem

I like this quote:

“If the facts are not on your side, if the policy is not on your side, then you have to talk process,” said one former Republican member of Congress who requested anonymity to speak candidly. “If you’re talking process, if you’re talking procedure, you’re losing.”

https://time.com/5710206/republicans-impeachment-problem/

Cyber memo warns of new risks to White House network

More criminally negligent Trump behavior:

https://www.axios.com/scoop-cyber-memo-warns-of-new-risks-to-white-house-network-9aa19c6c-77a3-485b-919b-1dd9bd691514.html

Donald Trump's big short: Is the president profiting off the market chaos he creates?

Ugh, seriously?

https://www.salon.com/2019/10/22/donald-trumps-big-short-is-the-president-profiting-off-the-market-chaos-he-creates/

Mulvaney again fails to walk back his quid pro quo confession and makes Doral debacle worse

Just because it's fun watching evil morons flail:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/21/1893984/-Mulvaney-again-fails-to-walk-back-his-quid-pro-quo-confession-and-makes-Doral-debacle-worse

The coming end of Christian America

A Christian's perspective on the rapid decline in Christianity:

https://news.yahoo.com/coming-end-christian-america-103501666.html

Share of Americans with no religious affiliation growing

Christians have dropped from 77% of the US population in 2009 to just 65% in ten years, while the number of self-described atheists has doubled from 2% to 4% (although almost all self-described agnostics--which went from 3% to 5%--are actually atheists, since the term agnostic is misunderstood by most people). I'll take some (very) small credit for that!

https://www.apnews.com/35bd96fbeccc4cdeb191392a58ebdc2e

GOP Group Uses Trump’s Own Words On Corruption Against Him In Searing Fox News Ad

More schadenfreude watching Republicans turning on Trump:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-for-the-rule-of-law-trump-properties-ad_n_5da96ed3e4b0e0f0378998f3

Microplastics in the soil point to another potential ecosystem collapse

Another serious problem with microplastics:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/microplastics-soil

Why America’s Christian foundation is a myth

For those who think the US was founded as a Christian nation:

https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/why-americas-christian-foundation-is-a-myth

Congress Should Remove Trump from Office, But Let Him Run Again in 2020

I get the logic but I don't like it. If Trump is kicked out of office, that should be a permanent disgrace and serve as a warning to future presidents. And there should be the opportunity to prosecute him for his other crimes:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/25/congress-should-remove-trump-from-office-but-let-him-run-again-228228

This September Hit the Record for the Hottest Ever — and 2019 Is Shaping Up to Be the Second Hottest Year

This speaks for itself:

https://time.com/5702748/september-hottest-month-record-2019/

Trump "pro-life" evangelicals are now fiercely defending the murder of actual babies

The wonders of Evangelical hypocrisy:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/16/1892406/-Trump-pro-life-evangelicals-are-now-fiercely-defending-the-murder-of-actual-babies

Trump Admin Moves To Greenlight Logging In America’s Largest National Forest

More short-sighted, stupid destruction:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tongass-national-forest-alaska-logging_n_5da61884e4b062bdcb19dd04

Why Evangelical Christian Leaders Care So Deeply About Trump Abandoning The Kurds

If a sizable chunk of Evangelicals split from Don the Con, even if they just end up not voting at all, that would be terrific:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-evangelicals-syria-kurds_n_5da49dafe4b080c90e3cc0d2

Trump in a landslide? This historically accurate model predicts exactly that

Oh please no! But at least this assumes we still have a strong economy when the elections roll around, that there aren't any further scandals, and that Drumpf isn't already impeached:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-in-a-landslide-this-historically-accurate-model-predicts-exactly-that-2019-10-15

Basic Income Recipients Spent the Money on “Literal Necessities”

Encouraging support for a UBI:

https://futurism.com/basic-income-money-spent-necessities

The IMF thinks carbon taxes will stop the climate crisis. That's a terrible idea

It won't work if it adds to the financial burden of the poor:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/12/carbon-tax-imf-inequality-climate-change

Donald Trump: xenophobe in public, international mobster in private

Just a failure at being president and being a human being:

https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-xenophobe-public-international-050042832.html

Trump doc Hundreds Of ISIS Supporters Escape As Turkish Troops Near Kurdish-Held Syrian Town

Abandoning our allies to an attack by Turkey as well as causing the release of hundreds of ISIS prisoners HAS to lose Trump a lot of supporters, especially in the military:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/isis-supporters-escape-turkey-troops-kurds-syria-town_n_5da31621e4b087efdbafdbbd

The art of forsaking a deal—the real 'genius' of Donald Trump

In a word: betrayal:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/10/1891469/-The-art-of-forsaking-a-deal-the-real-genius-of-Donald-Trump

Trump accused of 26 new cases of ‘unwanted sexual contact’

Not the old ones. These are NEW sexual assault allegations:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-sexual-assault-allegations-harassment-groping-women-karen-johnson-book-a9149021.html

‘RIP GOP’: Polling expert predicts 2020 electoral wipeout will devastate Trump — and the Republican party

But this is encouraging:

https://www.alternet.org/2019/09/rip-gop-polling-expert-predicts-2020-electoral-wipeout-will-devastate-trump-and-the-republican-party/