"presidents won more votes in counties where the federal government spent more money on disaster relief. But disaster prevention had no relationship with election outcomes"
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A fair question.

The Chicago Water Tower and the horse carriages on this day eight years ago for Wayback Wednesday.

Flick this handy switch to defend against those obnoxious dunking dogpile types who refuse to reply in-line because they’re here to collect internet points not communicate collegially.

"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

It took these alleged men of the people a week or two to zero in on your Social Security check.

So are we going to start having a conversation about what may be about to happen to resourcing for USA libraries, archives, and museums, if the federal cuts go ahead...? And which ones are obviously most likely to be targeted? and what we can do in advance of January to support? data lifeboats?

Look I’m just a girl with a PhD and some data who testifies to legislative committees full of men who tell me CO2 is plant food and the climate’s always changing and now you want me to stand up for pasteurized milk, Darwin, and the germ theory of disease? Sure. But you’re gonna need more biologists.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not a “skeptic” of vaccines. He has said there are no safe or effective vaccines. He is a foe of vaccines.