Evidently, it won’t take long for the climate to prove last month’s report by UN Scientists correct.  As Texas was hit early this week by an unseasonable run of tornadoes and increased wildfire risk, temperatures at both the North and South Poles hit all time highs, deeply worrying scientists who study temperature extremes at the …

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It’s a rallying cry being heard (and repeated) across the Right-Wing Propagandasphere:  Ah, yes. Remember the Alamo. Remember the Maine. Remember, Remember the Fifth of November. And, now, Remember the Supreme Court Nominee who was credibly accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women.  Confirmation hearings for Biden nominee to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, …

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For the first time since 2018, the Federal Reserve moved to increase its key interest rate Wednesday, (3/16/22), by a quarter of a percentage point. “The economy no longer needs — or wants — these, this very highly accommodative stance,” said Fed Chair Jerome Powell, as he signaled the Reserve’s intent to make six more …

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Kyrie Irving is a hard guy to feel sorry for. He’s a former NBA Champion, (alongside Lebron James in his days with the Cleveland Cavaliers), has starred in his own feature film, has a net worth upwards of 90 million, and is famous for claiming to believe the world is flat.  More recently, he’s missed …

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It’s hard to even look at the research, let alone grapple with how it must feel to be so bullied, isolated, rejected. And yet, across the country, Republican lawmakers proudly and publicly congratulate themselves for every new act of repression against their states’ most marginalized children. This, even as 52% of transgender young people countrywide …

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Last night, on the March 9th edition of her Fox News program The Ingraham Angle, Laura Ingraham decisively pushed into gaslighting territory with her defense of Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, claiming that schools are now “essentially grooming centers for gender identity radicals.” 

It’s a primary function of their inflation argument, so it’s been going on for a while. And it has the feel of the kind of idea a bunch of Good Ol’ Boys dreamed up, to a lot of guffaws and backslapping, in some cigar smokey country club lounge in North Carolina. Ha HAW, Billy! You …

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 In a stark warning released Monday (2/28/22) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN convened panel of 270 scientists for the first time painted not only a terrifying future, but an alarmingly dire present as well. Without drastic intervention, the report makes clear that global warming may have already outpaced the world’s ability …

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Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert hit a new low in a (short) career marked by lows and lower lows Tuesday, heckling President Biden during his State of the Union address. The Congresswoman repeatedly interrupted Biden during the speech, most notably as the President remembered his son, Beau, who served honorably in the U.S. military in Iraq …

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It’s worth asking: why are Donald Trump and his enablers at Fox News so insistent on carrying water for Putin and this Russian invasion of Ukraine? Trump went on conservative radio Tuesday to describe Putin as a “Genius” and “Very savvy.” Bloviating traitor Tucker Carlson spent an entire 14 minutes Tuesday defending Putin against America’s …

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