To the reader who sent me this meme, my answer: It depends on how we define “qualified.” Every single one of these people is uniquely qualified to do precisely what Trump appointed him/her to do: make the president wealthier and …
Author: craigshields
How Qualified Are Trump’s Appointees?
Tagged with: climate and human health, destroying public education, Ending NPR PBS and any other news institution that could be critical of Trump, extending the life of fossil fuels, killing public services that formerly benefitted the common American, making the electorate less capable of critical thinking, rejecting science as the core of policymaking, revoking support for renewables, rewarding wealthy donors with tax breaks, weaponizing the Justice Department against the president's enemies
The Trump Administration Is No Friend of Children’s Health–But That Doesn’t Seem to Matter at the Polls
Common Dreams report: “The Trump administration will stop at nothing to rip coverage away from American families, even kids they claim they want to protect.” One might think that the welfare of America’s children would be of at least some …
Senility in the White House
The world’s 200+ sovereign nations have that precise number of leaders, and it’s impossible to say how many of them are totally lucid–or completely senile–or anywhere in between. Is it possible that important decisions around the globe are being made …
The American South Has Its Own Values, and They Don’t Coincide with Yours
We need to accept that, in general, the people of the Deep South actually don’t care if their government isn’t helping them achieve healthier and more productive/affluent lives. As long as white people dominate their part of the world, socially …
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From Navy Admiral (Ret) William McRaven
Admiral McRaven’s words at left focus on Trump’s effect on America and our country’s effect on the rest of the world. All this started, of course, in 2015, when our national politics first embraced Donald Trump, a conman, pathological liar, …
The Attack on PBS and NPR
In Santa Barbara County, where 2GreenEnergy “headquarters” makes its home, PBS and NPR are hardly under threat. We at “2GE” make regular monthly contributions to the local affiliates of both, and those organizations have money coming out their ears from …
Tagged with: Attack on PBS and NPR
Is Destruction the New Beginning?
Let’s imagine that the assertion at left is true–even the most extreme version. There are astrophysicists who believe that the universe in which we live that began 13.7 billion years ago is just one of an endless number of universes …
What Does YOUR State Have?
I’m a Pennsylvanian, and I believe the answer is corn. Looking at the question at a broader level, though, I’m sickened to say that it’s Trump supporters. When I was growing up, Pennsylvania was decidedly a blue state. Lots of …
Tagged with: Trump Supporters
Destroying the Clean Energy Industry
The “Other 98%” reports: Trump is literally sabotaging America’s booming Clean Energy industry for his billionaire oil-tycoon donors. A couple of points: The 3.5 million American households that rely on paychecks that derive from the transformation to low-carbon energy and …
Tagged with: 3.5 million American households rely on paychecks that derive from the transformation to low-carbon energy and transportation, clean energy industry, the United States represents only 12.6% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, Trump can't last forever, Trump's influence in ruining the planet's capacity to support life will soon be at an end, Trump's treasonous actions here are a distinct setback to the country and to the world
Does “Democratic Backsliding” Only Happen to Others?
Dissenters against autocrats in Hungary, Serbia, and Turkey see the same “democratic backsliding” in the U.S. “Americans think this is something that also only happens to others,” said an opponent of Hungary’s Viktor Orban. “That mindset has to be fought.” …
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