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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
Governor Maura Healey defends her record on Steward Health Care crisis amid calls for greater state oversight Healey placed the blame for the hospital chain’s subpar care and massive financial losses on former Steward chief executive Ralph de la Torre, who resigned in October and is now a focus of a federal ... 12/17/2024 - 12:06 pm | View Link
Congress (and by that, we mean Republicans) quietly slashed $20 billion from the Internal Revenue Service in the last-minute chaos to avoid a government shutdown. Via the New Republic:
Republicans have long targeted the tax agency, and their cuts will hurt its efforts to go after rich tax evaders and improve the IRS’s functionality.
While normal Colorado politicians paid tribute to former president Jimmy Carter, at least one MAGA politician, state Rep Matt Soper (R-Delta) decided to beclown himself instead. Soper's late night tweet did not go over well and he deleted it, saying later, "While I am not a fan of former President Carter, expressing the sentiments I did, I am very sorry for and apologise to the people of Colorado."
Source: KUNC
“Opened a bottle of Champaigne [sic] tonight!” State Rep.