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Gov. Rick Scott’s anti-science purge begins: State employee banned for uttering ‘climate change’ A Florida state employee has been reprimanded and told not to come to work after Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) administration banned the use of the terms “climate change” and “global warming.” Earlier this month, reports said that officials in the Scott administration ordered Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administrators not to use the terms in documents or meetings because they asserted that the climate science behind global warming was not a “true fact.” More
Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
Newest GOP funding bill includes health extenders, but not PMB reform: Guthrie The latest government funding proposal being assembled by GOP leaders likely will include some must-pass short-term extensions of health policies, even as the legislation drops much of the ... 12/20/2024 - 7:18 am | View Link
Luigi Mangione murdered United Healthcare CEO. He didn't change the system. | Opinion We could work for better health care, but for many on the internet, it was easier to Luigi Mangione's murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. 12/18/2024 - 10:14 pm | View Link
Congress Wants to Give Themselves a Raise, Better Health Care Lawmakers in Congress included raises and better healthcare options for themselves in a stopgap funding bill that would avoid a government shutdown. 12/18/2024 - 10:03 am | View Link
Three major health care policy issues to watch in 2025 WASHINGTON — Health care did not play a big role in the election that’s sending President Trump back to the White House and giving Republicans control of Congress. That doesn’t mean Congress will ... 12/18/2024 - 6:55 am | View Link
How Trump’s Second Term Could Shape the Future of Health in America We asked a health law expert about what to expect in the coming years: "It is critical that people exercise good judgment in the sources of their information to protect themselves." ... 12/1/2024 - 10:41 am | View Link
Jumping Jesus Christ on a Pogo, after the incoming Vice President sent out a Merry Christmas to all post on his Truth Social platform, he unleashed another one to the "Radical Left Lunatics." Hey, that's us! We are radical for wanting a viable healthcare plan in this country and not wanting our children buried in crippling student debt for a lifetime.
“Russian companies are using bitcoin to evade Western sanctions, thanks to a new law, the country’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov confirmed in a television interview,” Axios reports.
“Russia’s economy has been hampered by difficulties in making and receiving international payments, even with countries like China that don’t use the U. S.
Charlie Sykes: “America’s politicians have an age problem, and the issue seems especially acute among congressional Democrats. The prevalence of older politicians can arguably make the elected class less relevant to younger voters and make it more difficult for new voices to rise in politics. But at its core, this is an issue of honesty: Didn’t the American people have a right to know that Biden was struggling?
The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. Importantly, this is a completely non-exhaustive and subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy or discontent. Enjoy.
For those of us who would be described in HR packets at progressive workplaces as “gender nonconforming” or “of non-normative gender presentation,” it can sometimes be really hard to get a haircut.
The places where one might get one are usually gender-segregated zones, where cisgender people go for what one might call gender-affirming care—that is, cosmetic care toward redeclaring their man- or womanhood. Still, enough gender studies papers have been written about the barbershop as a masculine space and the hair salon as the center of an all-women’s social world.
The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. Importantly, this is a completely non-exhaustive and subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy or discontent. Enjoy.
When was the 2024 presidential election really lost?
Maybe you’d argue (though I would not) that it was the rubber-stamp nominating process for Vice President Kamala Harris.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Dozens of rare animals including tigers, lions, and cheetahs are dying as bird flu infiltrates zoos, with potentially “grave implications” for endangered species, researchers have warned.
As a growing number of zoos report animal deaths, scientists are concerned that infected wild birds landing in enclosures could be spreading it among captive animals.