Question:  With the realm of greenhouse gas emissions, animal protection, water and air pollution, and extraction, how many total laws protecting our environment and health have been, or are in process to become eliminated by the Trump administration at this point?

Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.

Relevance: The numeric answer here is quite precise, but the resulting damage to the environment and human health is completely unknown at this point.

 

 

 

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To Dan Rather’s point here: Sadly, at this point it appears that it doesn’t matter where the “conscience of the nation” falls. We know that 72% of Americans want a trial with evidence and witnesses, and it’s not like McConnell isn’t aware of that. He knows that his conduct is abhorrent to the nation, but he simply doesn’t care. Unless something unexpected happens, and most of us pray it does, this looks like the end of the line on this, at least for now.

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From Wikipedia: Casandra Brené Brown, PhD spent her career studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of five #1 New York Times best sellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and her latest book, Dare to Lead, which is the culmination of a seven-year study on courage and leadership. Brown’s TED talk – The Power of Vulnerability – is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 35 million views. 

There were tears in my eyes when I first came across what she wrote above.  In the presence of compassion like this, nothing’s impossible.

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This piece on Canada’s viewpoint on the U.S. ends with, “The world is watching.” I’d like to believe that. At this point it’s probably more correct to say that the world was watching, but has long since given up, out of the sheer tedium of Trump’s repetitive antics. (more…)

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It is well established that 13,000+ Americans die annually and hundreds of thousands become ill due to the heavy metals and radioactive isotopes associated with coal-fired power plants.  Given that, it’s not clear why a study was required to conclude that coal plant closures save thousands of lives.  In any case, here you have it.

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From this article:

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched into a profanity-laced rant against an NPR reporter after an interview, the news organization says, apparently frustrated by questions he had been asked about Ukraine and former U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.

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Yes, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff really did say this, but it doesn’t mean what it appears to at first glance.

The rich haven’t stopped getting richer; they haven’t somehow lost control of the U.S. law-making process and a break-away redistribution of wealth hasn’t ensued.  The poor aren’t enjoying higher incomes and better social services, and they haven’t miraculously begun to live less miserable lives.  (more…)

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The climate isn’t changing?  The climate is always changing?  A while ago scientists were predicting an ice age?  There’s still snow?  The science isn’t clear?  (more…)

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Existentialism could be defined as the philosophic doctrine that we are all born into an icy-cold universe that is completely indifferent to our well-being, and that we come to be who we are by making life choices for which we and only we are responsible. (more…)

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I recall a barrage of such assessments from the mental health community when Trump first took office, though this is the first one in a while.

Nothing to be concerned about, of course.

Talmadge’s resume excerpt below. (more…)

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