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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
Do Your Overwhelming Emotions Cause You to Panic? If your emotions escalate to the level of panic, there are several tools you can use to weather the storm of intense emotions and anxiety. 12/18/2024 - 3:35 am | View Link
In online drone panic, conspiracy thinking has gone mainstream Authorities are urging calm. But with trust in media and other institutions at all-time lows, fringe theories are winning the day. 12/17/2024 - 1:54 am | View Link
NFL Panic Meter: How worried should Lions, Chiefs and Steelers be? Sando’s Pick Six When will injuries prove too much for the Lions to overcome? Can a hobbled Patrick Mahomes carry the Chiefs once again? 12/15/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
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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