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Congress better not let this happen!
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Congress better not let this happen!
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the basic problem facing american democracy is that one party has decided it wants a king and will hand over as much authority as is necessary to make that happen
All but three House Republicans just voted for Trump's tariffs. The procedural measure, which preemptively surrenders congressional power to stop Trump's tariffs, passed with all Democrats voting no. This was the vote count:
April 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
the basic problem facing american democracy is that one party has decided it wants a king and will hand over as much authority as is necessary to make that happen
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April 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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The catch-22 is that states try to cap premiums to protect their residents. When they do so, they distort the economics that have changed as a result of climate change, leading to them no longer offering coverage.
This is an area the Dems can own by focusing on insurance destruction and inflation
This is an area the Dems can own by focusing on insurance destruction and inflation
So insurers talk publicly about the cost of climate change, the cost to them, and ultimately their customers; while our government will not. The customers of our government are its citizens. They deserve and should demand to be informed first and then protected.
January 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The catch-22 is that states try to cap premiums to protect their residents. When they do so, they distort the economics that have changed as a result of climate change, leading to them no longer offering coverage.
This is an area the Dems can own by focusing on insurance destruction and inflation
This is an area the Dems can own by focusing on insurance destruction and inflation
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This is what supporters of charter schools and vouchers don't tell you: because those schools aren't required to admit physically or learning disabled students, or ESL students, their "improved test scores" and whatnot are completely juiced—and it defunds the schools where disabled kids DO go.
WATCH: “Instead of giving money to private schools that don’t take kids like me, please help public schools get better and fund them.”
A 6th grader with cerebral palsy speaks out against the TEXAS voucher scam. (cc: @GovBillLee)
A 6th grader with cerebral palsy speaks out against the TEXAS voucher scam. (cc: @GovBillLee)
January 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is what supporters of charter schools and vouchers don't tell you: because those schools aren't required to admit physically or learning disabled students, or ESL students, their "improved test scores" and whatnot are completely juiced—and it defunds the schools where disabled kids DO go.
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Facebook is taking down posts from the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska sharing how off-reservation members can obtain tribal IDs to protect citizens from ICE. Facebook is marking it as “misinformation.”
January 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Facebook is taking down posts from the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska sharing how off-reservation members can obtain tribal IDs to protect citizens from ICE. Facebook is marking it as “misinformation.”
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Working 80 hours a week *for free* to help the richest guy in the world fire a bunch of people making like $70k/yr is a more antisocial behavioral trait than most of what you would see in the average American prison.
The plan is for a cohort of unpaid, unofficial volunteers to live within federal agencies for six months, working 80 hours per week on undefined tasks, conspire with one another on Signal, and get nearly everyone around them fired. It doesn’t sound fully baked to me. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...
January 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Working 80 hours a week *for free* to help the richest guy in the world fire a bunch of people making like $70k/yr is a more antisocial behavioral trait than most of what you would see in the average American prison.
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The issue isn’t whether Universal Healthcare can work. The issue is how do we get from where we are to UH. It took Canada decades and it has a ton of limits we might not like.
The point being we have to find a starting point that can grow it into what works here
www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
The point being we have to find a starting point that can grow it into what works here
www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
January 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The issue isn’t whether Universal Healthcare can work. The issue is how do we get from where we are to UH. It took Canada decades and it has a ton of limits we might not like.
The point being we have to find a starting point that can grow it into what works here
www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
The point being we have to find a starting point that can grow it into what works here
www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
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Pat Kelsey in 17 games as the Louisville Head Coach: 12 wins, 5 ACC wins
Kenny Payne in 64 games (2 full seasons) as the UofL Head Coach: 12 wins, 5 ACC wins
Kenny Payne in 64 games (2 full seasons) as the UofL Head Coach: 12 wins, 5 ACC wins
January 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pat Kelsey in 17 games as the Louisville Head Coach: 12 wins, 5 ACC wins
Kenny Payne in 64 games (2 full seasons) as the UofL Head Coach: 12 wins, 5 ACC wins
Kenny Payne in 64 games (2 full seasons) as the UofL Head Coach: 12 wins, 5 ACC wins
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Louisville tops Pitt in 82-78 thriller
Louisville tops Pitt in 82-78 thriller
Cards are back.
www.cardchronicle.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Louisville tops Pitt in 82-78 thriller
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Louisville just ended a 15-game home winning streak for Pitt. That was a battle. And for a sixth straight time, Pat Kelsey’s crew comes out on top. The Cardinals have crashed into the ACC contention picture. Full credit for a tough effort.
January 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Louisville just ended a 15-game home winning streak for Pitt. That was a battle. And for a sixth straight time, Pat Kelsey’s crew comes out on top. The Cardinals have crashed into the ACC contention picture. Full credit for a tough effort.
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Time will tell if the current catastrophe in California moves the needle, but the harsh reality is that Americans have become precipitously less concerned about climate change and the environment in recent years, per CivicScience.
January 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Time will tell if the current catastrophe in California moves the needle, but the harsh reality is that Americans have become precipitously less concerned about climate change and the environment in recent years, per CivicScience.