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Manchin Got Huge Donation From GOP Megadonor After Tanking Build Back Better
Julia Conley, Staff writer - truthout
_Stephan: 333 million Americans, men, women, and children, had their lives degraded because of this single corrupt man, and a single woman, Sinema from Arizona._
_Sen. Joe Manchin on a phone call ... ⌘ Read more_
America’s hottest city is nearly unlivable in summer. Can cooling technologies save it?**
Nina Lakhani , Climate justice reporter - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: I predicted 10 years ago, having lived in Arizona, and having studied the climate data, that climate change was going to make Phoenix unlivable. I was sneered at in print, and to my face. Well, 10 years later we have come to this, and we are only at the beginning of what is coming ... ⌘ Read more_
The Great Lakes are Higher Than They’ve Ever Been, and We’re Not Sure What Will Happen Next
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_Stephan: When someone thinks about the rise of the water level in coastal areas, most think of ocean coastal. Few, but locals, think about the Great Lakes. They should. This article explains why._
_A s ... ⌘ Read more_
In blow to Biden administration, judge halts oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico
Mark Armao , - Grist
_Stephan: One of the weaknesses of the Biden administration is their poor handling of leases in the Gulf of Mexico. In my view although the judge blocked oil leases in the already damaged Gulf of Mexico. It is my opinion that this entire situation should be seen as an example of just how corrupt the American government is, and how much adm ... ⌘ Read more_
Oxford study detects cognitive deficits months after mild COVID
Rich Haridy, - New Atlas
_Stephan: Another article based on actual research showing that Covid has long term effects that are only slowly being understood. We are far from through this pandemic.
Citation for the paper upon which this report was based: https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/article/4/1/fcab295/6511053_
_Stephan: Human activity based on the exploitation of resources and profit as the only social priority is destroying the balance of the earth's matrix of life, and we just don't seem to get that this destruction will destroy our civilization as well. Bees are dying at an alarming rate, butterflies are disappearing, the oce ... ⌘ Read more_
The cost of childcare has risen by 41% during the pandemic with families spending up to 20% of their salaries
Jane Thier, - Fortune
_Stephan: According to the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, "The United States ranks 30th out of 33 member nations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in public spending on families and children, which includes policies such as child payments and allow ... ⌘ Read more_
The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon
Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti, - MSN
_Stephan: It clearly is genetically programmed into the nature of humans to anticipate and defend against attack by others, and it plays out at every level. No sooner does a new technology come along but it is put into play as a weapon, defense or offense. Here is the latest from the arcane world of cyberwarfare._
_Credit: CNN_
President Biden has not named his choice to fill Stephen Breyer’s vacancy on the Supreme Court, but th ... ⌘ Read more
Book Banning Fever Heats Up in Red states
Jon Skolnik, Salon Staff Writer - Salon/Commentary/Raw Story
_Stephan: There is about a third of the U.S. population who are completely freaked out by what is happening to old prejudices, like assumed White privilege, male dominance, and anything but heterosexual relationships and sex. Equality terrifies them, and they see it only as a loss to themselves.
Their fear and resentment have gotten to a point that book burning seems a good and ... ⌘ Read more_
Donald Trump calls for racial violence: White supremacists are listening, but the media laughs
Chauncey DeVega, Senior Politics Writer - Salon
_Stephan: As I said in my commentary on the previous report, about a third of the U.S. population is completely freaked out by the cultural changes they see around them. Corporate news media, as this article describes, doesn't know how to deal with this, but the advertising world certainl ... ⌘ Read more_
The U.S. Military Emits More Carbon Dioxide Into the Atmosphere Than Entire Countries Like Denmark or Portugal
Sonner Kehrt, - Inside Climate News
_Stephan: First Commanding General, then President, Dwight Eisenhower, warned us. The military industrial complex is out of control. Nearly 4% of the American GDP is consumed by this complex, and climate change is hardly, you will pardon the expression, on their radar ... ⌘ Read more_
Army of Millionaires Fuel Senate Primary Spending Spree
Natalie Allison, - Politico
_Stephan: The corruption in the United States political system as a result of the legalized bribery made possible by the Citizens United decision has reached a level unseen in any other developed democracy. Basically, varying combinations of the 724 billionaires, the 28 million millionaires, and the corporations they control, rent the Congress to get what they want and the other 305 ... ⌘ Read more_
Which Drugs Will Survive Climate Change? We investigated.
Greg Walters and Jamie Leventhal, Staff Writers - Vice News
_Stephan: Here is yet another little consider effect of climate change. The world of recreational drugs, legal and illegal is going to change radically._
_Climate change will unleash havoc on the world of drugs. Il ... ⌘ Read more_
Plans to Quadruple Logging in US’s Most Popular Forest – Months After Biden’s Cop26 Reforestation Pledge
Louise Boyle, Senior Climate Correspondent, New York - The Independent (U.K.)
_Stephan: The British press is covering events occurring in the United States that American mainstream media can't be bothered with. I have backpacked through much of the Appalachian Trail that winds its way through the forest discussed in th ... ⌘ Read more_
Why should we worry that the U.S. could become an ‘anocracy’ again? Because of the threat of civil war.
Barbara F. Walter, Rohr Professor of International Relations at the School of Global Policy & Strategy at the University of California at San Diego - The Washington Post
_Stephan: This is a brilliant fact-based assessment of what is really going on in the United States, and reflects my own views as regular read ... ⌘ Read more_
Denmark, New Zealand and Finland Top List of Least Corrupt Nations While South Sudan is the Worst and US Drops Out of Top 25 Amid ‘Continuous Attacks on Free and Fair Elections’**
Rachel Bunyan, - Daily Mail (U.K)
_Stephan: By this or any social outcome data you choose America is not the leader, or the most exceptional country, we are in fact -- li ... ⌘ Read more_
Florida School District Cancels Real History as Anti-CRT Censorship Spreads
Kathryn Joyce, - Salon
_Stephan: This is a sign of America being an an anocracy, as described in the first article in today's edition. CRT is not taught in K-12 schools. It is a subject taken up only at the university level. What this is really about is making a lie about America's racial history the official and only version of history taught, just as we are becoming a ... ⌘ Read more_
Black Texas farmers were finally on track to get federal aid. The state’s agriculture commissioner is helping stop that.
Editorial Staff Texas Tribune, - Raw Story / Texas Tribune
_Stephan: The White supremacy male dominant christofascists that control Texas, just as it stands on the border of becoming a majority-minority state, is doing everything they can think of to keep the future White minority in p ... ⌘ Read more_
A growing share of Americans say affordable housing is a major problem where they live
Katherine Schaeffer, - Pew Research Center
_Stephan: The increase of housing costs is having a significant effect on the communities where it is happening. Here on my island it is becoming almost impossible for younger singles, or young couples to find a place to live they can afford and this, in turn, is making it hard for restaurants to get staff, ... ⌘ Read more_
The Curse of Financial Entrepreneurship
Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center. - Robert Reich Blog
_Stephan: Robert Reich, in my opinion is correct in his assessment of what has happened to our economy, and the fact that it has only one social priority, the gratification of greed through greater profits, regardless of the effects on societal wellbeing._
_Stephan: This is how bizarre wealth inequality has become in the United States. As I have been telling my readers for several years nowthis inequality has become so great that, as this report describes, the rich, the middle class, and the poor live in different worlds and find it hard to even conceptualize what those other ... ⌘ Read more_
Companies Are Desperate for Workers. Why Aren’t They Doing the One Thing That Will Attract Them?**
Alison Green, - Slate
_Stephan: Very few seem to connect what employers are saying about their need to hire new people, and what those applying for those jobs report. I see this as yet another example of the wealth inequality trend._
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-1 ... ⌘ Read more
We’ve Breached Earth’s Threshold for Chemical Pollution, Study Says
Elizabeth Claire Alberts , Staff Writer - Mongabay
_Stephan: No nation in the world, and certainly not the United States, is taking the human pollution of the earth seriously enough. We need to undergo a massive change in the technologies we employ. Now humans treat the earth as an exploitable bank account left to us by a rich uncle. As this report spells out it is literally destroying the ... ⌘ Read more_
A Health System That Works for All
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, - Politico
_Stephan: The American Illness Profit System that passes for healthcare in the United States is in grievous trouble, as virtually every authority in the healthcare field is saying in speeches, academic papers, and general readership articles. We need universal birthright publicly funded healthcare, like the rest of the developed world. It will be vastly cheaper, and much more effective and fair. Can we ge ... ⌘ Read more_
If You’re Wondering Who’s Paying for All That Ivermectin—You Are
Kiera Butler, Senior Editor - Mother Jones
_Stephan: Yet another horror story about the anti-vaxxers. A generation from now, probably sooner, young researchers will be writing their doctoral dissertations on the anti-vaxxer death cult. How many hundreds of thousands of dead people this movement caused, how it almost collapsed an already dysfunctional healthcare system in America, the hundreds of ... ⌘ Read more_
Antarctica’s Doomed A68 Iceberg Dumped 1 Trillion Tons of Water Into the Ocean Over 3 Years
Brandon Specktor , - Live Science
_Stephan: Yet another warning about sea rise, and yet another example that the nations of the world, and particularly the United States, are not doing anywhere close to enough to deal with what climate change is doing to earth, as a result of human activity. According to the study covered in this report the ... ⌘ Read more_
GOP’s New Voter Suppression Tactic is Also an Old One: “Election Police”**
Thom Hartmann, - Salon
_Stephan: The Republican attempt to destroy American democracy is becoming ever more blatant, and seems to be coming out of the Nazis playbook, and how Hitler destroyed German democracy and rose to power. Here is the latest move._
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-22-at-4.05.07-PM.jpg?resize=800%2C33 ... ⌘ Read more
Politics is Making Us Sick: The Negative Impact of Political Engagement On Public Health During the Trump Administration
Kevin B. Smith, - PLOS ONE
_Stephan: The attack on democracy being mounted by the Republican Party is causing enormous widespread emotional and mental stress on the American population. Here is the actual research paper supporting this statement. You may be feeling stressed yourself. ... ⌘ Read more_
‘Time for Citizens United to Go’: US Oligarchs Poured $1.2 Billion Into 2020 Elections
Jake Johnson, Staff Writer - Common Dreams
_Stephan: One of the negative consequences of not taxing the uber-rich fairly when combined with Citizens United is that bribery of public officials is easy, and the uber-rich have lots of money to do it. It is my view that all elections should be publicly funded, and it should be illegal for any individual, cor ... ⌘ Read more_
New Study Shows an Overwhelming Correlation Between Weak Gun Laws and High Rates of Gun Deaths
Tod Perry, - Upworthy
_Stephan: Day after day, week after week, month after month, as I survey literally dozens of media sources, both academic and general audience, I see the results of America's gun psychosis, and it is horrifying. As this research study says explicitly: "states with weaker gun laws make it easier to access firearm ... ⌘ Read more_
The Reality is That Biden Has Done a Great Job — But the Pundits Can’t Admit It
Matt Robison, - Raw Story
_Stephan: I have been reading in both the liberal and MAGA media about how Biden is slow, his words stumble and slur, he was clearly aging and so forth, and wasn't able to get anything done. Then I watched his two-hour press conference in which he fielded questions in the moment, and was stunned at how much command he had over all the rele ... ⌘ Read more_
Just What is the Antiabortion Crowd’s Plan for Supporting Pregnant People?**
Monica Hesse, - The Washington Post
_Stephan: When I was in my early twenties I had two women friends my age who died as the result of kitchen table abortions (I was not the father, just a friend). Both women had made the pregnancy termination choice I learned from other women who were mutual friends because of the behavior of the men who were the fathers. Until that time I ... ⌘ Read more_
We Found the One Group of Americans Who Are Most Likely to Spread Fake News
HEMANT KAKKAR and ASHER LAWSON, assistant professor of management and organizations at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business \\| Asher Lawson is a Ph.D. student in management and organizations at Duke. - Politico Magazine
_Stephan: Over the past five years we have seen a pernicious and evil trend come to dominate our politics -- dis and mis information deliberately us ... ⌘ Read more_
How to Reuse N95, KN95, and Other Disposable Masks
Joanne Chen, - Wirecutter
_Stephan: Like most of you I expect N95, and KN5 masks have become part of my daily dress. But there is an enormous amount of misinformation about them, can you reuse them, can they be cleaned, so I thought this might be helpful for my readers._
_Credit: Sarah K ... ⌘ Read more_
A Growing List of GOP Lawmakers Are Taking Credit for the Same Infrastructure Funding They Fought Against
Meaghan Ellis, - AlterNet
_Stephan: There just is no integrity in the MAGAt Republican Party. Here is their latest scam._
_Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson_ _Credit:_ _Wi ... ⌘ Read more_
Slouching Towards Fascism With DeSantis’ Election Police
Abby Zimet, - Common Dreams
_Stephan: The Republican Party really should be renamed as the MAGAt Fascist Party. Every day now there are stories like this one that confirm this and make it explicit. All of it makes it clear that the 2022 election is really about one thing: Do Americans want to live in a democratic republic, or a White supremacy fascist autocracy? Personally, I am no longer clear as to the like ... ⌘ Read more_
New Filings Reveal Another Billionaire Behind the Big Lie
Roger Sollenberger, - Daily Beast
_Stephan: Yet more evidence that the MAGAt Party is owned by a small group of corporations and uber-rich individuals who, thanks to Citizens United, bought the party and provide the dark money to accomplish the transformation of the United States from a democratic republic to a White supremacy fascist autocracy that will server the funders' interests, which have nothing to ... ⌘ Read more_
Small Gardens as Vital as Big Ones for Conserving Bees, Says Study
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi, - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: Every vegetable and fruit that you put on your table depends on bees. Without bees hundreds of millions of people would face starvation. This report lays out an important truth. Your garden, however big or small, can play and important role in supporting these little creatures.
Here are 15 plants that will do that, and I urge you to p ... ⌘ Read more_
The Supreme Court Breaks With Trump on January 6
Ian Millhiser, - Vox
_Stephan: The game has changed. Except for Clarence Thomas, whose wife is a MAGAt activist, the rest of the Supreme Court denied the nonsense of Trump's attempt to keep his archival records secret. So there will be all kinds of additional criminality coming out from the 6th January committee, over the next several months. That plus the New York Attorney General's work may finally result in Trump and his ... ⌘ Read more_
There is a Simple Reason Why Voters Are Not Blaming Republicans for the Capitol Riot
Amanda Marcotte, - Raw Story / Salon / Commentary
_Stephan: I find it astonishing that people whose lives are being made more difficult, in some cases more miserable, by the acts of MAGAt Republicans, are yet more inclined to vote for them. This article is an attempt by someone else who has been struck by this shift to explain it. A combination of low I ... ⌘ Read more_
Democrats Fail to Change Filibuster Rules as Republicans Block Action on Voting Rights
Carl Hulse, Reporter - The New York Times
_Stephan: Thanks to Manchin and Sinema and, of course, every single Republican, American democracy was kicked in the groin and there will be no voting rights bill. How any Black or Brown voter in the United States can vote Republican, that is vote for a party doing everything in its power to keep them from vo ... ⌘ Read more_
Ohio voters asked for fairness in redistricting. They didn’t get it.
Dan Balz, - The Washington Post
_Stephan: There can be no doubt that the MAGAt Republican Party is actively trying to rig elections. What amazes me is how absolutely blatant it all is, and how people in the Red states are so uninterested in what is happening to the most sacred aspects of democracy, fair elections and the ability to vote. Happily the judiciary in Ohio still has integrity. ... ⌘ Read more_
Texas Synagogue Hostage Taker Able to Get a Gun Shortly After Arriving in US
Mack Lamoureux, - Vice News
_Stephan: Here is a good explanation of what happened in the Texas synagogue terrorist act. Some of it you may already know. What stood out for me that I had not previously known was that a man with a terrorist record could fly into the U.S. from a foreign country, and essentially immediately purchase a weapon, a handgun with which to carry ... ⌘ Read more_
Wife of Justice Clarence Thomas signed off on letter saying Capitol attackers ‘have done nothing wrong’**
Sarah K. Burris, - Raw Story
_Stephan: I find this story both alarming and almost impossible to believe. How is it possible that a sitting Associate Justice of the Supreme Court can have a partner who is a MAGAt activist openly explicit and public in her advocacy for insurrectionists whose actions her husband may have ... ⌘ Read more_
What the Supreme Court’s Vaccine Case Was Really About
Linda Greenhouse, Contibuting Opinion Writer - The New York Times
_Stephan: Here is some interesting background on the bizarre anti-science recent court decision by the conservatives on the Supreme Court concerning Biden's vaccine policy._
_The Supreme Court in Washington. Credi ... ⌘ Read more_
U.S. Political Party Preferences Shifted Greatly During 2021
Jeffrey M. Jones, - The Gallup Organization
_Stephan: This survey by The Gallup Organization should be of grave concern to every person in America who supports democracy, and wants to see the United States continue as a democratic republic. Personally, I am appalled._
S ... ⌘ Read more
Newly Released Documents Show Just How Much Trump Officials Meddled With the Census
Russ Choma, - Mother Jones
_Stephan: Every day brings more criminal activity to light by Trump and his orcs seeking to destroy democracy to keep him in power. How is it possible that a man so obviously criminal and corrupt is actually increasing in popularity, as the Gallup survey in the previous article reports?
I think the answer is the fear of lower I ... ⌘ Read more_
Report: World’s 10 Richest Men Doubled Their Wealth During COVID Pandemic
Daniel Politi, - Slate
_Stephan: America's wealth inequality is so great, I think, it is actually incomprehensible to most Americans, going both ways. If you are worried about whether you can pay your mortgage or your rent this month, or buy the new shoes you son needs, who is growing like a weed at 14, or the braces your pretty daughter needs to straighten her teeth, how can ... ⌘ Read more_
Some QAnon Believers Think JFK Disguised Himself As Trump At Arizona Rally
David Moye, - Huff Post
_Stephan: Just how credulous are the QAnon MAGAts? Read and weep for America._
Arizona Rally: Trump Claimed 'Babies Can Be Killed Even After Birth'_Many MAGAts apparently thought the speaker on the podium was John F. Kennedy morphed somehow into Trump. Credit: Business Inside ... ⌘ Read more_
America’s deepest and most dangerous divide isn’t between Democrats and Republicans
Richard Eckersley, - Salon
_Stephan: This is a very good exegetic essay on the Great Schism Trend and what is behind it. It explains so much about what is tearing America apart, and how none of our public institutions, political or media, seem to understand what is happening. I urge you to read it._
_Stephan: Yet another unanticipated negative consequence of climate change, and I am sure this is not the last one that will manifest._
_Researchers found women in ... ⌘ Read more_
Road to Jan. 6: How Portland Police Grew to Love the Proud Boys and Paved the Way for Trump’s Insurrection
Arun Gupta, - Raw Story / Commentary
_Stephan: When you stress a system, any system, it's weaknesses become apparent. The investigation of the January 6th Insurrection has revealed example after example of how law enforcement, and military units are infiltrated by MAGAts who supported the insurrection. Here is th ... ⌘ Read more_
Gov. Youngkin signs executive actions banning critical race theory, appointing new parole board, ending school mask mandate and vaccine mandate for state employees
Dean Mirshahi, Digital Content Producer - WRIC-TV
_Stephan: Virginians made a bad mistake in their last election, and I present this article as another example of the difference between Democratic and ... ⌘ Read more_
Why Isn’t Corporate America Behind the Pro-democracy Movement?**
Robert Reich, Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California - Robert Reich Blog
_Stephan: Robert Reich nails the same point I have been making in SR. Capitalism and democracy only work properly when democracy is the defining authority. In this excellent piece he lays out why this is true. The MAGAt Party is owned by corporations a ... ⌘ Read more_
The Radical Right’s Takeover of the Supreme Court is Complete
Heather Digby Parton, - AlterNet / Salon
_Stephan: One of the strangest things I have noticed about the Covid pandemic is that it has become a MAGAt disease, and not by chance but by design. The MAGAt Party is doing everything in its power, from the Supreme Court to the MAGATs in Congress, to Red state governors, to create the circumstances where the MAGAt rabble will contract the disease and die.
... ⌘ Read more_
How the States Have Become “Laboratories of Autocracy” — and Why It’s Worse Than You Think
Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor for Random Lengths News - Salon
_Stephan: In this article you see a detailed exposition of how the Fascist corporate owners of the MAGAt Party are using their minions at the state level to transform democracy to autocracy. It is all quite explicit. So, I ask again, what are you doing to stop this? Citizen support for ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump Rally-goers Push Conspiracies: Gov. Newsom is a ‘Clone’ — and Vaccines Are ‘Aborted Children’**
John Wright, - Raw Story
_Stephan: Trump's rally gathered MAGAt rabble in one place, and the MAGAt media interviewed them. This allows us to see just how ignorant and crazy these people are. Click on the video. Now you can see why the red states are rewriting voting laws so that the White rural MAGA rabble can vote while the young, ... ⌘ Read more_
R.N.C. Signals a Pullout From Presidential Debates
Maggie Haberman, Reporter - The New York Times
_Stephan: Here is the latest sabotage by the MAGAt Party. No more presidential debates. Day by day democracy in American drains away._
_The intensity of Republican frustration with the debate commission has increased since former President D ... ⌘ Read more_
A Supreme Court Selected By Big Money Will Rule on Whether Big Money Is Corruptive
Charles P. Pierce, - Esquire
_Stephan: Part of the strategy of the corporations and uber-rich, who own the MAGAt Party, is to rig the American judiciary to legalize their goals, so they can make yet more profit and have less regulation. It is all part of their attempt to restructure the United States into a fascist authoritarian nation. Here is a good essay ... ⌘ Read more_
Civil War in the United States is Unlikely Because of One Simple Reason
Ore Koren, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Indiana University - Raw Story / The Conversation
_Stephan: In my entire life I have never before seen articles like this in the American media, and now I see variations almost every day. The Great Schism Trend is coming to a crescendo, and it comes down to each of us as to whether democracy survives._
The potential for violen ... ⌘ Read more
Could Cannabis Prevent COVID? To the Authors of a New Study, It Sure Looks Like It
Brett Bachman, Nights/Weekend Editor - Salon
_Stephan: I found this too amusing not to publish it; a kind of cosmic joke.
Citation for the research paper cited in this article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35007072/#affiliation-2_
_Stephan: The alarms keep ringing, and Manchin and Sinema keep blocking the desperately needed legislation to at least start to address what is happening. How two corrupt incompetents can so grossly negatively affect the wellbeing of 333 million people with no apparent consequ ... ⌘ Read more_
The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Efforts to Protect the Environment
Elizabeth Kolbert, Staff Writer - The New Yorker
_Stephan: Given what science has made very clear and definitive about what climate change is going to do. Trump and McConnell and the MAGAt Republicans in the Senate have placed your life and wellbeing in jeopardy. How do you think the three inadequately competent and deeply ideological justices put on the court by Trump wil ... ⌘ Read more_
Treasury Warns Taxpayers to Brace for a Turbulent Tax Filing Season
AARON LORENZO, - Politico
_Stephan: Here's a heads up from the IRS that I thought my readers would want to know about._
Americans can start filing their income tax returns Jan. 24, but existing backlogs and longstanding operational problems at the IR ... ⌘ Read more
Fish in the Driver’s Seat: Israeli Scientists Teach Goldfish to Operate Vehicle
Rachel Pannett, - The Washington Post
_Stephan: Slowly, very slowly, it is beginning to dawn on materialist scientists that Max Planck was correct, consciousness is causal and fundamental, and that beings we formerly thought of as "dumb" animals in fact have consciousness at a level not previously imagined._
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/ ... ⌘ Read more
What the Average Citizen Can Do About the Demise of US Democracy
Zachary B. Wolf, - CNN
_Stephan: Readers write me asking, "You write about each of us getting involved with defending democracy, what can I do?" Here is a first answer. I hope you will act on it._
Clinton County Polling Places | Clinton County New York
Afte ... ⌘ Read more
Canadians Panicked Americans Will ‘Mass at the Border’ to Escape Trump’s Return to Power: Foreign Policy Expert
Sarah K. Burris, - Raw Story
_Stephan: What is happening in the United States, and the fact that we have one party that is now openly committed to ending the great American democracy experiment, as it is often called, is having a effect on the world's entire geopolitical structure. Author ... ⌘ Read more_
Manchin’s Coal Corruption Is So Much Worse Than You Knew
Jeff Goodell, - Rollingstone
_Stephan: Here is a deep dive into the corruption of Joe Manchin who, I think, is a truly despicable human being. That one man could be this unconscious about what he is doing to the planet and the people of the United States is appalling. That he is doing it not from ignorance but because of corruption condemns him to history's septic tank._
_The terminal of the world’s first 35 ki ... ⌘ Read more_
Forsyth student: My Generation Lives in Daily Fear of a School Shooting
Maureen Downey, - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
_Stephan: This is high school in America today. I find this appalling. This is where America's gun psychosis has taken us._
_Credit: Atlanta – Constitution_
_Damian Galvan i ... ⌘ Read more_
How Christian nationalism drove the insurrection: A religious history of Jan. 6
Kathryn Joyce, Investigative Report - Salon
_Stephan: One of the most alarming social trends in America, in my opinion, is the transmutation of Christianity from a religious movement based on Jesus' teachings, to a White supremacy christofascist political cult that talks Jesus but lives Trump. It is distorting our culture injecting a nasty hateful pulse. T ... ⌘ Read more_
Californians Could Face $500 Fines for Wasting Water Under New Rules
Guardian staff and agencies, - The Guardian
_Stephan: This is a first click on a trend that is going to become a more and more prominent part of our lives. As I have been saying for years, water is destiny._
_One-third of California cont ... ⌘ Read more_
More Than 4 in 10 Americans Live in Counties Affected By Climate Disasters in 2021
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, - EcoWatch
_Stephan: Four in 10 Americans live in counties that had climate disasters in 2021. Do you think I am exxagerating when I tell you climate change isn't coming, it's here. And it is going to get worse, much worse._
 behind MAGAt world are a host of corporations, who don't want regulation, or taxation, and would live quite comfortably in a fascist system, and are happy to fund it coming into being. Here is a article that lays this out quite well, I think._
There’s a lo ... ⌘ Read more
The single most important — and powerful — line from Joe Biden’s 1/6 speech
Chris Cillizza , Editor-at-large - CNN
_Stephan: I have mentioned before the comparison of Donald Trump and Al Gore, and I think Chris Cillizza is spot on with his essay expanding on this. Patriotism is about more than yourself._
_President Biden speaks in the people’s hall in the Capital_ on 6 January.
_Without uttering former President Donald Trump’s name, [Presi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2022/01/07/president-bidens-jan-6-speech-in-full/)_
In an East Coast First, New Jersey Will Phase Out Diesel Trucks
María Paula Rubiano A. , Environmental Justice Fellow - Grist
_Stephan: Here is some good news from New Jersey laying out a commitment to eliminate diesel trucks from their highways in three years. Now if other states would just take note and move in this same direction._
_Stephan: If America is going to continue as a democracy, it is going to come down to what each of us does. The MAGAt Republicans want democracy to end; they want power, and will do whatever is required to destroy democrcy if it enables them to come into power and to retain it, regardless of what the majority of Americans want. History makes it ... ⌘ Read more_
Don’t Tell Anyone, but 2021 Was Pretty Amazing
Paul Krugman, Nobel Laureate, Professor of Economics, Columnist - The New York Times
_Stephan: In the midst of all the bad news about Covid and the collapse of democracy, Paul Krugman accurately points out some good news to keep in mind._
Grumpy New Year! There probably wer ... ⌘ Read more
Trump Endorses Hungary’s Orbán for Reelection
QUINT FORGEY, - Politico
_Stephan: How don't know how MAGAt "dear leader" Donald Trump could make it any clearer he is a fascist._
_Two fascists shake hands. Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán_
Former President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed Hungarian ... ⌘ Read more_
‘Please help me’: Kids with guns fueled a record number of school shootings in 2021
John Woodrow Cox and Steven Rich , Enterprise Reporter \\| Database Editor for Investigations - The Washington Post
_Stephan: We are destroying public education in the United States. Not just Covid, or funding, as bad as those trends are, The American gun psychosis has extended down to the Middle School level. Student are not only at risk becaus ... ⌘ Read more_
_Senator Bernie Sanders and voters_