Study: Religious beliefs linked to poor understanding of physical world

But of course we knew that:

https://ascienceenthusiast.com/study-religious-beliefs-linked-poor-understanding-physical-world/

Like old pals, Trump, Putin make light of election meddling

How is this not treason?

https://www.apnews.com/60b877521eec4667b64190b77bbf9136

What the world will look like 4°C warmer

I've posted this before, but I'm posting it again because of how serious the ramifications are:

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/what-the-world-will-look-like-4degc-warmer

U.S. in Top 10 of most dangerous countries for women

I'm dubious that other countries wouldn't bump the US off the list, but it does highlight the US has some serious problems for women:

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/worst-countries-for-women

Supreme Court OKs Excessive Partisan Gerrymandering

How is this NOT clearly wrong?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-partisan-gerrymandering-constitutional_n_5cf1907ee4b0e8085e3a0fe1

Robots could take 20 million manufacturing jobs by 2030

One reason for a universal basic income:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/25/economy/robot-jobs-manufacturing-automation/index.html

Please Tax Us More, 19 U.S. Billionaires Plead In Letter To Presidential Candidates

This is good evidence to use against those who think the super-wealthy shouldn't be taxed more:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/billionaires-wealth-tax-letter_n_5d118736e4b07ae90da25162

Jay Inslee Declares War On Fossil Fuels With Plan To Make Industry Pay For Climate Change

He won't win, but I DO like his platform:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jay-inslee-climate_n_5d103fece4b07ae90d9f72df

Agriculture Department buries studies showing dangers of climate change

Surely this is a criminal offense!

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/23/agriculture-department-climate-change-1376413

Mike Pence Claims Trump Administration ‘Will Always Follow The Science’ On Climate Change

Vice liar in chief:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-climate-change_n_5d0fd732e4b0a394186463d8

More and More Countries Agree on This Climate Change Goal. But Will It Work?

Still too little effort:

https://time.com/5609309/net-zero-emissions-new-york-european-union/

How “tribalism” miscasts left/right conflict

An interesting comparison of left vs. right values and conflict:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tippling/2019/06/16/how-tribalism-miscasts-left-right-conflict/

These 11 Mueller Report Myths Just Won’t Die. Here’s Why They’re Wrong

The Mueller Report is a lot more damning to Trump than commonly believed:

https://time.com/5610317/mueller-report-myths-breakdown/

Trump Is Repeating Obama’s Mistakes On Trade

An interesting lesson in the trade mistakes the US has made with China:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trade-trump-obama-mistakes_n_5d0417c8e4b0985c419db313

Fight Over Oregon Climate Change Bill Erupts In Chaos After GOP Walks Out

I really despise Republicans....

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oregon-senate-walk-out_n_5d0be589e4b07ae90d9a5259

First-ever noninvasive mind-controlled robotic arm

https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2019/06/20-he-sci-robotics.html

"Donald Trump assaulted me in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room 23 years ago"

Rapist in Chief:

http://www.thecut.com/2019/06/donald-trump-assault-e-jean-carroll-other-hideous-men.html#_ga=2.59188717.1348679756.1561146783-98110751.1561146783

Fact check: Trump's Orlando rally featured more than 15 false claims over 76 minutes

Liar in Chief:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/19/politics/fact-check-trump-orlando-rally/index.html

A.G. Sulzberger Torches Trump ‘Treason’ Claim: It ‘Crosses A Dangerous Line’

What the ultimate projector Trump accuses of others, he is guilty of himself:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-york-times-donald-trump-treason-response_n_5d0b2433e4b06ad4d25b1ab6

One day of employment a week is all we need for mental health benefits

If and when we get a universal basic income, we'll still need some work for personal happiness and satisfaction:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190618192030.htm

Trump Deals Final Blow To Clean Power Plan, Obama’s Signature Climate Policy

Considering how critical it is that we fight climate change, this is criminal:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-coal-epa-energy-plan_n_5d095fa5e4b0f7b74428a1f9

Democratic Voters Don’t Actually Understand ‘Medicare For All,’ New Report Says

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/medicare-for-all-poll-democrats_n_5d08264de4b0886dd15db364

Arctic Permafrost Is Going Through a Rapid Meltdown — 70 Years Early

This is REALLY bad news:

https://www.livescience.com/65709-arctic-permafrost-melts-decades-early.html

Propaganda, persuasion and the Mueller report: On impeachment, can we learn to think for ourselves?

Some risks of impeaching and not impeaching:

https://www.salon.com/2019/06/15/propaganda-persuasion-and-the-mueller-report-on-impeachment-can-we-learn-to-think-for-ourselves/

Scientists create a new guide for saving corals in a warming world

More dire climate change news:

"Earth temperature has already climbed 1.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. If the planet warms 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F), reefs could decline by 70 to 90 percent, the United Nations warned in a sobering report last year. That number could climb to 99 percent at 2 degrees C of warming."

https://grist.org/article/scientists-create-a-new-guide-for-saving-corals-in-a-warming-world/

BirthStrike: The people refusing to have kids, because of climate change

I usually drive people nuts by saying it would be unethical for me to reproduce because it wouldn't be fair to pass on my genes for nearsightedness to the next generation. Now I can add this:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/05/health/birthstrike-climate-change-scn-intl/index.html

The right-wing case for basic income

I'm pleasantly surprised to see this gaining traction:

https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/negative-income-tax

Trump is really unpopular in the most important 2020 battleground states

Hope!

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2019/6/5/18653800/trump-approval-rating-by-state-2020-election-odds

As Trump Suspends New Tariffs on Mexico, Experts Warn That His Threats Could Damage the U.S. Economy

Here's to hoping this bleeds off a few of his base:

https://time.com/5603489/tariffs-mexico-concern-threat-trump/

Official’s Climate Warning Blocked Because It Didn’t ‘Jibe’ With Trump’s View

Considering the stakes, this is truly criminal:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-catastrophic-climate-change-testimony_n_5cfb3eefe4b04e90f1c9b942

83 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump

Trump is the environmental disaster president:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html

Automakers Tell Trump His Pollution Rules Could Mean ‘Untenable’ Instability and Lower Profits

I love it when even those who cause the problem are for the solution:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/climate/trump-auto-emissions-rollback-letter.html

It's not just that Barr lied. He lied about *the most important thing* he could've lied about

This is just criminal:

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1135995346113273856

House Democrats To Make It Easier To Find Trump Aides In Contempt, Bring Them To Court

This would help:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-democrats-trump-aides-contempt-court_n_5cf94b31e4b0638bdfa65c01

How Trump's Mexico Tariffs Could Backfire and Increase Immigration

Incompetence is as incontinence does:

https://time.com/5600871/trump-mexico-tariffs-immigration-backfire/

The anti-deepfake playbook

I'm curious to see what the fallout from deep fakes will be:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-87149b7c-68cd-4130-84de-a1de316a8aad.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ Starting in 2050

There is a good chance we'll live to see the fall of civilization. Have a nice day!

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/597kpd/new-report-suggests-high-likelihood-of-human-civilization-coming-to-an-end-in-2050

The Coming G.O.P. Apocalypse

I deeply hope this is true:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/opinion/republicans-generation-gap.html

Americans must accept that none of these things ever happened

Whew! For a moment there I was worried:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/opinions-americans-must-accept-that-none-of-these-things-ever-happened/ar-AACld2C

Turns Out White Millennials Are Just As Conservative As Their Parents

Well I'm not a fan of that:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/turns-out-white-millennials-are-just-as-conservative-as-their-parents_n_5ce856fee4b0512156f16939

The Satanic Temple declares its members exempt from Indiana law regarding fetal remains

THIS is how you fight unjust laws based on religion:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/05/29/the-satanic-temple-says-its-members-can-ignore-indianas-fetal-burial-law/

Robert Mueller's Legacy Will Haunt Donald Trump

Some encouraging thoughts:

http://time.com/5598470/robert-mueller-investigation-haunt-donald-trump/

Worry About Facebook. Rip Your Hair Out in Screaming Terror About Fox News.

Indeed, Faux News is one of the worst disasters of our time:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/opinion/fox-news-facebook-pelosi.html

Mitch McConnell Has Always Been Unusually Open About His Playbook

He always said he does politics and doesn't give a shit about policy:

http://time.com/5597911/mcconnell-playbook-supreme-court/

Big Oil Operative Gets Busted Secretly Undermining Electric Cars

Of course they would, the bastards:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/chevron-undermining-electric-cars

Police in Turkey blast pride parade with water cannons, 'accidentally create rainbow'

Just because this is amusing:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/police-in-turkey-blast-pride-parade-with-water-cannons-accidentally-create-rainbow-10353695.html

Greenpeace Gives Joe Biden a D- on Climate Change Report Card

This influences which candidates I prefer:

http://time.com/5598313/jo-biden-climate-change-report-card/

But I'd still be happy with Biden over Trump. Any. Day. Of. The. Week.

GOP Tax Law Doing Little For The Economy, Even Less For Workers: Congressional Study

Well, we all knew this was true:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-tax-law-bonuses_n_5ced9ad0e4b0ae6710585605

Mitch McConnell Says He’d Go After Supreme Court Vacancy In 2020: ‘We’d Fill It’

More massive Republican hypocrisy:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court-2020_n_5cedc377e4b0ae671058a60d

The Onion put it another way:

https://politics.theonion.com/report-massive-hypocrisy-just-flat-out-gets-the-job-do-1835099717

To Spite Gay Couples, AL Legislators Vote to Remove State from All Weddings

"Ironically, it wasn’t the godless liberals who destroyed marriage in Alabama. The conservatives did it all on their own."

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/05/27/to-spite-gay-couples-al-legislators-vote-to-remove-state-from-all-weddings/

The man who predicted Trump's victory says Democrats may have to impeach him to have a chance in 2020

Ugh. The possibility that Trump could win again is sickening. Impeach the asshole or not, as long as he doesn't get a second term:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/28/politics/allan-lichtman-donald-trump-2020/index.html

We Do Not Come Empty-Handed: The Economic Case for Immigrants

Something to consider:

http://time.com/5594365/america-immigration-future-economic-growth/

Maine Officially Eliminates All Religious Exemptions for Vaccines

Well done:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/nosacredcows/2019/05/maine-officially-eliminates-all-religious-exemptions-for-vaccines/

Ark Encounter Sues Insurers for Not Covering $1,000,000 Worth of… Rain Damage

I just LOVE the irony....

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/05/24/ark-encounter-sues-insurers-for-not-covering-1000000-worth-of-rain-damage/

The abdication of King Trump

Probably an accurate perspective:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/27/opinions/pelosi-gave-trump-what-he-wants-gup/index.html

Evidence ‘Staggering’ Trump Would Have Lost Election Without Russian Help, Ex-Intelligence Boss Writes In Book

If this is confirmed, then Trump's whole presidency should be overturned!

https://www.inquisitr.com/5454479/evidence-staggering-trump-would-have-lost-election-without-russian-help/

Trump’s Formidable 2020 Tailwind

"It’s worth noting that the Fair model is hardly alone in its forecast. Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, has looked at 12 models, and Mr. Trump wins in all of them. Donald Luskin of Trend Macrolytics has reached the same conclusion in his examination of the Electoral College."

Please, no!

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/opinion/trumps-formidable-2020-tailwind.html

HUD Chief Ben Carson Needs Congress To Explain Basic Housing Terms

So much for Trump promising to hire only the "best people" to his administration:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ben-carson-house-finance-services-committee_n_5ce44115e4b06f64624be926

The Democrats' 100-year flood

Fingers crossed....

https://www.axios.com/2020-presidential-election-turnout-predictions-democrats-143cced4-cda7-4665-9fc3-911387416119.html

Inside the Controversial Company Helping China Control the Future of the Internet

Another reason to be suspicious of China:

http://time.com/5594366/5g-internet-race-huawei/

The Iranian Law on Abortion is Less Restrictive than the One in Alabama

So the people most freaked out about Muslims imposing Sharia law on the US just imposed Sharia law on the US....

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/marginoferr/2019/05/19/the-iranian-law-on-abortion-is-less-restrictive-than-the-one-in-alabama/

Chinese factories are using banned ozone-depleting chemicals

Another reason I don't like China:

https://www.axios.com/china-factories-ozone-destroying-chemical-8cb763f1-ffc0-4ce5-a998-fe0027fd23c4.html

Oklahoma Republican Declares That Rape Is The ‘Will Of God’

The idiocy of parts of this country are just disheartening and disgusting:

http://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/04/oklahoma-republican-declares-that-rape-is-the-will-of-god/

Global Sea Levels Could Rise by Much More Than Previously Predicted, According to New Study

Just fucking great....

"Global sea levels could rise by over 6 feet by 2100––twice as much as had previously been predicted––threatening major cities and potentially flooding hundreds of millions of people."

http://time.com/5592583/sea-levels-rise-higher-study/

Trump Appeal Now Goes To Court Headed By Merrick Garland

Karma! This is too beautiful: :-)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-appeal-merrick-garland_n_5ce37e84e4b075a35a2c285d

GOP Senator Says Trump’s Trade War Has Farmers On ‘Verge Of Financial Collapse’

This HAS to bleed off a good chunk of his base, since they're not benefiting from the good economy:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jerry-moran-trump-trade-war-farmers_n_5ce3125be4b075a35a2be586

Trump on defense now that Democrats score court win

Good, this is an important precedent to set:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/21/politics/donald-trump-court-documents-release-democrats/index.html

Australia's Conservative Coalition Wins Surprise Third Term After Close Election

The dangerous conservative populists continue to rack up wins worldwide:

http://time.com/5591378/vote-count-australia-election-close/

GOP Rep. Justin Amash Breaks With Party, Says Trump Engaged in 'Impeachable Conduct'

I'm not optimistic this will start the tidal shift, but it would likely start with one person:

http://time.com/5591535/justin-amash-trump-impeachable-conduct/

"Ridiculous scenarios" possible under new abortion laws

Some of the stupid consequences of declaring a fetus a person:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-776ed677-01c5-4bfd-ba18-a89e01839f27.html?chunk=4&utm_term=emshare#story4

The Difference Between Socialism, Communism, and Marxism Explained by a Marxist

This is a helpful way to understand the differences between these political systems:

https://youtu.be/vyl2DeKT-Vs

Trump Administration Orders the Removal of 30 Species from the Endangered Species List

More Trump administration sheer stupidity:

https://www.ucsusa.org/center-science-and-democracy/attacks-on-science/trump-administration-orders-removal-30-species

Trump Administration to LGBT Couples: Your ‘Out of Wedlock’ Kids Aren’t Citizens

The Trump administration is all about figuring out the best way to do something, then doing the exact opposite:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/state-department-to-lgbt-married-couples-your-out-of-wedlock-kids-arent-citizens

Abortion law fallout: Where each state stands if Roe v. Wade is overturned

https://www.axios.com/abortion-laws-united-states-roe-wade-93bccc3c-fea7-4746-851e-10579b32ee4e.html

Trump’s Other Impeachable Offense

There are multiple reasons why Trump SHOULD be impeached, although impeaching comes with risks:

https://nyti.ms/2ZVizK5

Non-Religious Americans Are More Reliably Democratic Than Almost Every Group

Yeah, we deserve some good old-fashioned pandering!

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/05/15/non-religious-americans-are-more-reliably-democratic-than-almost-every-group/

Trump claims he’s seen piles of dead bald eagles underneath windmills: ‘You see them all over the place’

Lie #10,221:

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/trump-claims-hes-seen-piles-of-dead-bald-eagles-underneath-windmills-you-see-them-all-over-the-place/

Trump's Trade War With China Could Cost the Average Family Up to $2,300 a Year, Report Estimates

If this would actually HELP the world, that would be one thing. But this is pointless:

http://time.com/5587197/trump-china-trade-war-cost-families/

A Self-Described Evangelical Pastor Publicly Left His Faith and His Tweets Are Going Viral

Fundies hate stories like this and are quick to note he had an affair...but they never mention that almost half of their own congregations are divorced and remarried, something the Bible is VERY much against:

https://ascienceenthusiast.com/a-self-described-evangelical-pastor-publicly-left-his-faith-and-his-tweets-are-going-viral/

Carbon Dioxide Levels In The Atmosphere Hit Highest Mark In Human History

Let's not be the frog being slowly boiled to death, okay?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/co2-levels-hit-new-high_n_5cd9882ae4b0c388e584eb09

Washington is flirting with a debt crisis. No one has a plan to stop it

Another scary disaster looming:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/11/politics/congress-debt-ceiling/index.html

There is more CO2 in the atmosphere today than any point since the evolution of humans

Come on, folks, this is existential tragedy in the making:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/13/health/carbon-dioxide-world-intl/index.html

Georgia City Councilman: Interracial Marriage Is Not How Christians Should Live

This is why religious exemption laws are unreasonable--they can be used to justify almost any unacceptable behavior:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2019/05/georgia-city-councilman-interracial-marriage-is-not-how-christians-should-live/

That Georgia Heartbeat Bill Is Worse Than You Think

More Republican stupidity. This is the mess they are rushing to cause:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2019/05/that-georgia-heartbeat-bill-is-worse-than-you-think.html

Stop eating fish. It’s the only way to save the life in our seas

Oh great...we're supposed to eat more fish because it's healthy, but we need to eat less fish because the fish stocks are being wiped out:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/09/seas-stop-eating-fish-fishing-industry-government

Three Major Production Companies Refuse to Film in Georgia Over New Abortion Law

An excellent way to strike back:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/david-simons-blown-deadline-productions-and-duplass-brothers-productions-boycott-georgia-over-abortion-law

Trump Keeps Alluding to Extending His Presidency. Does He Mean It?

I would NOT put it past him:

http://fortune.com/2019/05/06/donald-trump-presidential-term-limit/

Texas GOP Lawmaker Tells Pro-Vaccine Medical Expert to Stop Advocating “Sorcery”

Republicans, the party of stupid:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/05/08/texas-gop-lawmaker-tells-pro-vaccine-medical-expert-to-stop-advocating-sorcery/

Proposal to spend 25% of EU budget on climate change

THIS is how you address climate change:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48198646

Mitch McConnell Broke From Precedent Again To Confirm A Trump Judge

One of many reasons to despise that political animal:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-trump-judges-senate-precedent_n_5cd30f57e4b07ce6ef798268

Coke Funded Nutrition Research — and Killed Anti-Sugar Results

The importance of publicly-funded scientific research:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/coca-cola-killing-nutrition-research

China Stole NSA Cyberweapons and Used Them Against US Allies

Yet another reason to dislike China:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/china-cyberweapons-nsa-us-allies

Trump fixer Cohen says he helped Falwell handle racy photos

Conservative Christians once again deserve the award for biggest hypocrites:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-falwell-exclusive-idUSKCN1SD2JG

Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses

Much more detail on what we've always known: Trump is the worst businessman, his image is a facade, and he has conned all those who voted for him:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html

The U.N. Reports That 1 Million Species Could Go Extinct. It Shows How Hard It Will Be to Heal the Planet

And this is even more depressing:

http://time.com/5584017/species-extinction-one-million/

Congress Is Failing

This is really depressing:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/congress-trump-oversight_n_5ccb4df5e4b0d12395507c0d?guccounter=1

Former DOJ officials speak out against Trump

Signed by 467 people (so far):

"We are former federal prosecutors. We served under both Republican and Democratic administrations at different levels of the federal system: as line attorneys, supervisors, special prosecutors, United States Attorneys, and senior officials at the Department of Justice. The offices in which we served were small, medium, and large; urban, suburban, and rural; and located in all parts of our country.

Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice."

https://medium.com/@dojalumni/statement-by-former-federal-prosecutors-8ab7691c2aa1

What Happens Next with the Mueller Report? The Answer May Lie in the Footnotes

The Mueller report ain't done yet:

http://time.com/5581311/mueller-report-trump-steele-dossier-footnotes/

Europe May Use Trump's Favorite Economic Weapon to Punish His Inaction on Climate Change

Karmic justice!

http://time.com/5582034/carbon-tariff-tax-fee-europe-macron/

New Faith-Based Trump Rule Lets Doctors Refuse To Perform Abortions and Transitions

And reason #2 to hate Trump today:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-conscience-protection-rule-abortion_n_5ccba9a4e4b0d1239550cc3b