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How the geography of climate damage could make the politics less polarizing

How the geography of climate damage could make the politics less polarizing


Via: don-overton  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

WHAT THE DATA SHOW To get this kind of granular look at the politics of climate impacts we turned to the county-based assessments emerging from the  Climate Impact Lab . These...
Elizabeth Warren Apologizes to Cherokee Nation for DNA Test

Elizabeth Warren Apologizes to Cherokee Nation for DNA Test


Via: jasper2529  •  News & Politics  •  15 Comments  •  7 years ago

Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who is running for her party’s presidential nomination, has apologized to the Cherokee Nation for   her decision to take a DNA test to prove...
Lindsey Graham Calls on FBI to Explain Highly Aggressive Arrest of Roger Stone

Lindsey Graham Calls on FBI to Explain Highly Aggressive Arrest of Roger Stone


Via: vic-eldred  •  News & Politics  •  133 Comments  •  7 years ago

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sent a letter on Wednesday calling on FBI leaders to explain the very aggressive way in which Roger Stone was arrested. President...
Sen. Murkowski keeps promise to Heidi Heitkamp, reintroduces Savanna’s Act

Sen. Murkowski keeps promise to Heidi Heitkamp, reintroduces Savanna’s Act


Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  3 Comments  •  7 years ago

Keeping her promise to Senator Heidi Heitkamp, the former North Dakota Senator that was not re-elected in 2018, Senator Lisa Murkowski, the Republican senator from Alaska, has kept her promise to...
Texas Woman Dovie Nickels Arrested For Public Masturbation, Allegedly Continued While Handcuffed In Police Car

Texas Woman Dovie Nickels Arrested For Public Masturbation, Allegedly Continued While Handcuffed In Police Car


Via: badfish-hd-h-u  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  7 years ago

Texas police arrested 26-year-old Dovie Nickels for allegedly masturbating on a patio on a public street, and police said it didn’t end there. The Austin woman allegedly continued pleasuring...
GM plant closings will hit parts suppliers far and wide

GM plant closings will hit parts suppliers far and wide


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  7 years ago

FILE-This Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo shows Mari Keels transferring a front end of a General Motors Chevrolet Cruze during assembly at Jamestown Industries, in Youngstown, Ohio....
NYT’s Trump Interview: Money for Nothing and Clicks for Free

NYT’s Trump Interview: Money for Nothing and Clicks for Free


Via: dulay  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

The NYT has an article this morning it purports to be from an interview with the President. Here’s what it says about the Russian investigation: Addressing a wide range of subjects, Mr. Trump...
New report implicates a Republican senator in a potential criminal cover-up as his shady campaign dealings are probed

New report implicates a Republican senator in a potential criminal cover-up as his shady campaign dealings are probed


Via: don-overton  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has been   under investigation   by the Missouri Secretary of State for allegations that he illegally used taxpayer resources while he was state attorney general to...
Trump Makes Misleading (= Lies) Border Wall Claims Before and After Meeting With Democrats

Trump Makes Misleading (= Lies) Border Wall Claims Before and After Meeting With Democrats


Via: don-overton  •  News & Politics  •  7 Comments  •  7 years ago

Both before and after a   meeting on Tuesday with Representative Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer , the Democratic leaders in Congress, President Trump pushed a false narrative about the...
U.S. moves ahead with oil leases near sacred park

U.S. moves ahead with oil leases near sacred park


Via: perrie-halpern  •  News & Politics  •  192 Comments  •  7 years ago

By   Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. land managers will move forward in March with the sale of oil and gas leases that include land near Chaco Culture National Historical Park and...
The Threat of Threat Assessments

The Threat of Threat Assessments


By: it-is-me  •  News & Politics  •  12 Comments  •  7 years ago

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-threat-of-threat-assessments/ar-BBSZVEU?OCID=HPDHP On Tuesday, the intelligence community published its “Worldwide Threat Assessment,” which...
"WE GOT HIM" ! THANK GOD !

"WE GOT HIM" ! THANK GOD !


By: it-is-me  •  News & Politics  •  139 Comments  •  7 years ago

Today we have learned that Roger Stone has been arrested based on a warrant placed by Mr. Special Council Mueller. This is not about the fact that Mr. Stone broke the law as we know it , but...
Biographer Michael D’Antonio: Trump's Reaction To Nancy Pelosi Proves He's 'Scared'

Biographer Michael D’Antonio: Trump's Reaction To Nancy Pelosi Proves He's 'Scared'


Via: tessylo  •  News & Politics  •  43 Comments  •  7 years ago

Politics Biographer Michael D’Antonio: Trump's Reaction To Nancy Pelosi Proves He's 'Scared'   David Barden, HuffPost   3 hours ago   Donald Trump biographer Michael...
https://www.alternet.org/2019/01/a-psychiatrist-explains-why-trumps-egocentricity-and-narcissism-are-indicative-of-right-wing-values-the-only-concern-is-to-benefit-themselves/

https://www.alternet.org/2019/01/a-psychiatrist-explains-why-trumps-egocentricity-and-narcissism-are-indicative-of-right-wing-values-the-only-concern-is-to-benefit-themselves/


Via: don-overton  •  News & Politics  •  3 Comments  •  7 years ago

Donald Trump held the American people hostage for 35 days in a vain attempt to extort billions of dollars from Congress for his pointless wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. This is the longest...
The Rebellion In Slow Motion: Trump vs. His National Security Team

The Rebellion In Slow Motion: Trump vs. His National Security Team


By: docphil  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  7 years ago

The President has fallen off his wall, and all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty Trumpy together again. The great left wing conspiracy has sucked up the President's...
"It's a great time to be a con man in America" - Fyre Fraud

"It's a great time to be a con man in America" - Fyre Fraud


By: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  12 Comments  •  7 years ago

Everyone who follows the daily news, even if you are not a millennial or immersed in social media, likely heard of the debacle of the Fyre Festival in the spring of 2017. Briefly, a social...
Why Starbucks' Howard Schultz Couldn't Run As A Democrat

Why Starbucks' Howard Schultz Couldn't Run As A Democrat


Via: 96ws6  •  News & Politics  •  13 Comments  •  7 years ago

Politics:  Democrats are worrying about former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz running as an independent for president in 2020. They say it will only help President Trump. But the only reason this...
Trump backs down in US intelligence chiefs row after claiming he hadn't read 'complete' testimony on Iran and North Korea

Trump backs down in US intelligence chiefs row after claiming he hadn't read 'complete' testimony on Iran and North Korea


Via: tessylo  •  News & Politics  •  15 Comments  •  7 years ago

Politics Trump backs down in US intelligence chiefs row after claiming he hadn't read 'complete' testimony on Iran and North Korea   Clark Mindock, The Independent   22 hours ago...
Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax proposal is constitutional, experts say — and necessary

Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax proposal is constitutional, experts say — and necessary


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  206 Comments  •  7 years ago

Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax proposal is constitutional, experts say — and necessary MICHAEL HILTZIK JANUARY 25, 2019 Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax proposal is...
Trump says he’ll make ‘major announcement’ Saturday about partial shutdown, border ‘crisis’

Trump says he’ll make ‘major announcement’ Saturday about partial shutdown, border ‘crisis’


Via: donald-trump-fan1  •  News & Politics  •  221 Comments  •  7 years ago

President Trump on Friday tweeted that he’ll make “a major announcement” Saturday afternoon concerning the ongoing partial government shutdownand the “humanitarian crisis” on the southern...
Ranking the Trump Economy

Ranking the Trump Economy


Via: arkansashermit-too  •  News & Politics  •  17 Comments  •  7 years ago

Ranking the Trump Economy By Matthew A. Winkler January 28, 2019 The president brags about U.S. prosperity. But conditions improved more under his predecessors. (Even...
Will the Supreme Court Use a New York City Regulation to Strike Down Gun Laws?

Will the Supreme Court Use a New York City Regulation to Strike Down Gun Laws?


Via: ender  •  News & Politics  •  115 Comments  •  7 years ago

By  Amy Davidson Sorkin New York City is a strange and dangerous place, if the plaintiffs in a gun-control case that the Supreme Court has just agreed to hear are to be believed. The suit,...
Ocasio-Cortez: Why Don’t Billionaires Like Howard Schultz Have To ‘Work Their Way Up’ Before Running For POTUS

Ocasio-Cortez: Why Don’t Billionaires Like Howard Schultz Have To ‘Work Their Way Up’ Before Running For POTUS


Via: badfish-hd-h-u  •  News & Politics  •  57 Comments  •  7 years ago

Because both he and Trump achieved a lot more than you did as a bartender? These Democrats really are having a meltdown over him. Via   Twitchy Celebrity Democratic socialist Alexandria...
New Mexico ranchers frustrated with situation along U.S.-Mexico border

New Mexico ranchers frustrated with situation along U.S.-Mexico border


Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  44 Comments  •  7 years ago

HIDALGO COUNTY, N.M.- There are so many voices, all of them important, in the national debate about border funding.  Tribal politics has pitted the country into “us versus them.”...
Mitch McConnell Admits He’s Against High Voter Turnout Because He Suspects People Will Vote for Democrats

Mitch McConnell Admits He’s Against High Voter Turnout Because He Suspects People Will Vote for Democrats


Via: tessylo  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  7 years ago

Mitch McConnell Admits He’s Against High Voter Turnout Because He Suspects People Will Vote for Democrats   Luke Darby, GQ   21 hours ago He openly mocked the idea of an...
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