If it was your mission to be a fear-monger and you were looking for some climate indicator to hang your hat on, and it was sometime 2010-2013 or so, and you were looking at this data, then forecasting the rapid decline of Arctic sea-ice and a near-term blue ocean event would look like a slam-dunk.

Oh yes the classic Republican let the states decide way of thinking, except when they control Federal power

The journalists that aren't corrupt are not on the news in mainstream media outlets. They are on alternative media outlets like substack and are funded by the people directly, or they died trying to tell us the truth. Chris Hedges is one of my favorites that I follow.

looking like this could be a bad year...
Daily CO2:
Jan. 19, 2025 = 428.37 ppm
Jan. 19, 2024 = 422.8 ppm