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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 lawmakers urged to eliminate Dems' 'last tool' to obstruct Trump's America First agenda: 'Get behind' this Incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt urged Republicans to unite to eliminate the debt ceiling, an element notably absent from the stopgap funding bill signed into law. 12/22/2024 - 6:27 am | View Link
Tony Buzbee Sues Jay-Z’s Roc Nation for ‘Conspiracy’ to ‘Obstruct Justice’ Jay-Z’s war with Houston attorney Tony Buzbee escalated Wednesday when Buzbee brought a lawsuit alleging Roc Nation and lawyers associated with the rapper’s company used “shadowy operatives” and ... 12/18/2024 - 6:46 am | View Link
Feds Arrest Texas Advisor for Allegedly Making False Statements, Identity Theft Brooklynn Willy, who remains under investigation for potential investor fraud, was taken into custody for allegedly making false statements and attempting to obstruct a federal investigation. 12/16/2024 - 4:46 am | View Link
Iran: We will not obstruct IAEA inspections and access to our sites Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization says Iran will not obstruct the UN nuclear watchdog’s inspections and access to its sites: We operate within the framework of safeguards. 12/14/2024 - 3:01 pm | View Link
Obstruct Definition & Meaning The meaning of OBSTRUCT is to block or close up by an obstacle. How to use obstruct in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Obstruct. 12/21/2024 - 6:03 am | View Website
OBSTRUCT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary To obstruct someone or something means to block their path, making it difficult for them to move forward. 12/19/2024 - 9:43 pm | View Website
obstruct verb obstruct somebody/something to prevent somebody/something from doing something or making progress, especially when this is done deliberately synonym hinder. They were charged with obstructing the police in the course of their duty. He accused terrorists of attempting to obstruct the peace process. 12/19/2024 - 9:22 pm | View Website
OBSTRUCT | English meaning OBSTRUCT definition: 1. to block a road, passage, entrance, etc. so that nothing can go along it, or to prevent…. Learn more. 12/19/2024 - 5:58 am | View Website
OBSTRUCT Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words Some common synonyms of obstruct are block, hinder, and impede. While all these words mean "to interfere with the activity or progress of," obstruct implies interfering with something in motion or in progress by the sometimes intentional placing of obstacles in the way. 12/18/2024 - 6:31 pm | View Website
President Joe Biden has officially surpassed president-elect Donald Trump’s record of judicial appointed to federal courts—by one single judge.
On Friday, the Senate Judiciary Committee, tasked with carrying out the confirmations of Biden’s appointees, announced that it had confirmed Biden’s 235th judge—one more than Trump during his term in office, when he blitzed the courts with white, male, right-wing judicial activists.
Elections matter! Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced this week that nearly 23,000 Connecticut residents who have medical debt will have some or all of it wiped away under the first round of a major initiative through a partnership with the national nonprofit organization Undue Medical Debt.
The nonprofit contracts with state and local governments and leverages public investments to negotiate with hospitals and other providers on the elimination of large, bundled portfolios of qualifying medical debt owed by patients whose income is at or below four times (400%) the federal poverty level or who have medical debt that is 5% or more of their income.
Sahil Kapur of NBC News caught up with Rep. Drunken Van Orden (MAGA-Nearest corner bar) and asked him about the chaos and mayhem the Republicans are causing with passing a budget bill in order to comply with President Musk's and his puppet, Orange Felon's, demands. Needless to say, DVO was more than bit confused:
KAPUR: Congressman, do you think President-elect Trump should have made his demand earlier, earlier than one or two days before the deadline?
DVO: President Trump didn't make a demand, But to be very clear, President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party.
Constant Commoner - Sandy Hook and the promises we never kept;
emptywheel - NYT buries its own role in Trump's attacks on the rule of law;
First Draft - can a president also be House speaker?
Left Jabs - was Obamacare saved when we weren't looking?
Will Tell Stories for Food - gifts for people you hate.
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