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America’s endangered rivers
Erin Doherty, - Axios
_Stephan: When I look at the polls and surveys what stands out for me is how ignorant and uninterested most Americans are about climate change unless it is immediately impacting their personal lives. And it is all going to get worse, much worse. Yet when do you see these kinds of stories on the news channels or discussed on the floor of either house of Congress? We are sleepwalking into catastrophe._
_Stephan: More guns, more murders. A child can figure that out. But apparently, it is beyond the intellectual capacity of American politicians._
_One of the several dozen shooting murders in the L.A. area las ... ⌘ Read more_
Right-Wing Populist Parties Are Bad for Climate Action, Study Finds
Olivia Rosane, - EcoWatch
_Stephan: If you vote Republican you are voting against the well-being of your future and your children's future and grandchildren's future. I know that sounds terribly partisan, but it is not. SR doesn't do partisanship, SR does facts. And here are the facts._
_Stephan: As I said in my comment before the previous article sea level rise plus coastal subsidence, are happening all over the world, the America Carolinas, for instance. I could pull up a dozen of these stories. It is happening and it is not, in my opinion, being given enough attention._
. But that said this, in contrast to Elizabeth Warren in the proceeding piece is how ... ⌘ Read more_
What In the Ever-Loving Gay Fever Dream: Tucker Is Worried About the End of (Mostly Naked) Men
ABBY ZIMET, - April 16, 2022
_Stephan: If you don't look at MAGAt world media, and I don't know why any rational person would, unless like me for research, you may not know how truly weird it has become, and how obsessed it is with a perverted version of manhood. These Republican White men are really frightened of women with a strong se ... ⌘ Read more_
Documents Show How Polluting Industries Mobilized to Block Climate Action
Amy Westervelt, - The Intercept
_Stephan: This is what corruption looks like. To protect their profit the individuals who control these companies were readily willing to degrade the wellbeing of billions of people, and every other living being on the planet. How's that for greed?_
_Stephan: There are so many mass shootings in the United States now it is hard to keep track of them all. This and the next story are just one day's worth._
_Stephan: Every single Republican in congress plus the despicable Joe Manchin opposed extending the Child Tax Credit, which act condemned millions of American children back to poverty and food stress. I don't know how these congress members live with themselves, or how it is any person with a child could vote Republic ... ⌘ Read more_
Alabama Governor Signs Ban on Transition Care for Transgender Youth
Rick Rojas, - The New York Times
_Stephan: Every gay or lesbian friend I have known, or who has worked for me has told me the same thing. They knew their sexual orientation while still children. And every one of them said that this realization made their childhood more difficult because they had to hide what they really felt. Why Republicans have this obsessive need to make the lives of ... ⌘ Read more_
As Climate Fears Mount, Some in U.S. Are Deciding to Relocate
Jon Hurdle, - Yale Environment 360
_Stephan: I have been telling my readers since the early 1990s that we are going to have three big internal migrations, away from the coasts because of sea rise, out of the Southwest because of too little water and higher temperatures, and out of heavily forested and the central states because of violent events like forest fires or tornadoes. Well, folks, it is happ ... ⌘ Read more_
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
Jonathan Haidt, Faculty Social Psychology at the New York University Stern School of Business. - The Atlantic
_Stephan: Anyone who reads me knows about my concern over what I call the Great Schism Trend. I urge you to read this article by Jonathan Haidt. He lays out the current cultural situation very well. He accurately presents little discussed or even recognized issues explaining what is go ... ⌘ Read more_
What Should America Do With Its Nuclear Waste?**
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, - The Washington Post
_Stephan: I became interested in nuclear power in 1969 when I became editor at Seapower Magazine because I got interested in nuclear-powered ships and submarines and the visionary Admiral Hymen Rickover who created the modern nuclear fleet. The waste issue became immediately apparent to me, and since then I believe until there is a solution to spent fuel rods, and the other waste nucle ... ⌘ Read more_
If We Can Farm Metal From Plants, What Else Can We Learn From Life?**
James Bridle, - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: I am running this piece to make a point about something I have been emphasizing in SR for years, consciousness is not restricted to humans; we live in a matrix of consciousness. Until we learn that and accept it, we are not going to be able to fully address the challenges of climate change or understand why we created the problem in the first ... ⌘ Read more_
Failed GOP culture war bills, “fraudits” cost taxpayers hundreds of millions to defend in court
Tom Boggioni, Staff Writer - Salon
_Stephan: I have been looking for an article on this subject for several weeks because it became obvious that the culture wars stirred up by the Republicans are costing millions of dollars to litigate, and you and I are paying for that. All I can think about is how many children could be fed for that ... ⌘ Read more_
Republicans say they’re quitting the ‘biased’ Commission on Presidential Debates**
Eric McDaniel, Editor NPR Political Podcast - KPCC 89.3 FM
_Stephan: The presidential campaign of 2024 has just radically changed because the Republican Party has withdrawn from the Presidential debates. I see this as just another example of the Republican disdain for, indeed opposition to, democracy._
, 7.82 billion of us breathe unhealthy air. Yet humanity cannot seem to develop the will to make improving the air a major priority. As a result, it becomes clearer by the day that climate change is not being addressed properly or adequately_
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Space balloon company offers first look at luxury cabins
, \\- Agence France-Presse
_Stephan: As I have written about the obscene wealth inequality in the United States what has struck me, again and again, is that this wealth differential is so great that most Americans can not even conceive of it. If you make $35,000 a year, how do you even conceptualize buying a $150 million yacht? But this story which I discovered yesterday really brought it home to me. A whole ... ⌘ Read more_
Democrats Bail On Promise To Shed Light On Corporate Political Spending
Walker Bragman, - The Lever
_Stephan: I keep telling you that the United States, particularly the Congress is now as corrupt as the banana republics of South America at their worst. And, although the Republicans are the worst offenders, the Democrats aren't that much better, as this article lays out. The Citizens United Supreme Court decision must be reversed, and the Democrats ... ⌘ Read more_
Tennessee’s Anti-Gay Marriage Bill Sparks Bipartisan Criticism
, \\- Associated Press / NBC News
_Stephan: The Republican obsession with male-dominant heterosexuality as the only "normal" religiously correct sexuality has been one of the hallmarks of the party for several decades. This prejudice is partly expressed by the anti-choice movement, partly by the christofascist attempt to stop the legality of same-sex marriages, and partly their pedophilia charges a ... ⌘ Read more_
Why Republicans are Smearing Everyone as Pedophiles Now – Conspiracy Theories Work on Different Levels
Jonathan Chait, - New York Magazine
_Stephan: I first really took aboard the Republican conspiracy tactic of using Pedophilia as a smear on Democrats when I was told, "Of course, you know that a group of Democrats led by Hillary Clinton is running a pedophilia operation out of the basement of a pizza parlor in D.C." In ... ⌘ Read more_
Putin bares the flaws of autocracy for world to see
Peter Grier and Noah Robertson, Staff Writers - Christian science Monitor
_Stephan: Tonight I watched PBS Frontline's production: Putin's Road to War I urge you to go to: pbs.org/Frontline and watch it if you did not see it tonight. It is absolutely the best presentation on how the world got to where it is with Russia's genocidal invasion of Ukraine. It makes clear what I said at the time, that the Obama administration ... ⌘ Read more_
GOP Kansas legislator: The pay gap exists because women just don’t work as hard
TIM CARPENTER and SHERMAN SMITH, Reporters - Kansas Reflector
_Stephan: When I read this two things occurred to me. First, I am surprised this man's wife hasn't killed him. Any woman who has a job and is married with children knows that women work twice as hard as men. She works her job, and then goes home and works her second job. Second, how does any woman vote fo ... ⌘ Read more_
The Supreme Court’s Attack on the Clean Water Act Was Too Extreme for John Roberts
MARK JOSEPH STERN, - Slate
_Stephan: The other day I did a piece on the Supreme Court conservatives using their secret docket option so they are not identified, and no real opinion is written. Here is an example of exactly what I mean. The reality is that for the past 30 years the Republican Party has pursued a strategy to corrupt the court, and with Trump's ... ⌘ Read more_
Sanders’ Hearing on Corporate Greed Goes Unnoticed by Corporate Media
Ralph Nader, - Common Dreams
_Stephan: Bernie Sanders always has his eye on what is relevant, and the issue of corporate greed is certainly relevant today. Bravo Senator Sanders._
_U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Budget Comm ... ⌘ Read more_
Oligarch’s big loophole for stashing money
KATY O'DONNELL, - Politico
_Stephan: Here is another ethical senator -- there aren't that many -- Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. He and Senator Sanders are trying to get American corporations to clean up their act. Few Americans know that because of the way the laws have been written the United States is one of the best countries in the world to stash dirty money or the money of oligarchs, criminals, and autocrat ... ⌘ Read more_
The end of the COVID emergency could mean a huge loss of health insurance
ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, - Salon
_Stephan: In a few days unless Congress does something millions of low-income and lower middle-class Americans are going to be at risk of losing their health insurance. The United States is the only country in the developed world that doesn't seem to understand why universal healthcare focused on wellbeing not profit is important to maintain a su ... ⌘ Read more_
McCarthy’s Jan. 6 Committee Gamble Faces Big Test This Spring
Scott Wong, Senior Congressional Reporter - NBC News
_Stephan: We are coming to some kind of closure with Trump and January 6th, and because both the Republicans and the Democrats see this through the prism of politics for them above all else it's like a chess game of power. And like chess a bad move several moves back can suddenly come back to haunt you. As I said at the time, I had to wonder, if McC ... ⌘ Read more_
Jan. 6 Panel Has Evidence for Criminal Referral of Trump, but Splits on Sending
, \\- DNYUZ
_Stephan: The Democrats are so pusillanimous, over and over they fail to do what needs to be done. Let us hope this time they find the courage and do what is ethically required, just as was done in Watergate. The failure to hold Trump and his court accountable would haunt America for a century and severely damage our democracy._
 / Associated Press
_Stephan: This is what is going on in Texas and, I predict, we will see more of this in other Red states that are mimicking the anti-abortion laws passed in Texas. The Republicans are trying to create a legal environment where a young woman and anyone who helps her can be arrested, prosecuted, and sent to prison for years, or ... ⌘ Read more_
Why Is Merrick Garland Throttling the Trump Investigation**
William Rivers Pitt, - truthout
_Stephan: I was very glad to see this essay by William Rivers Pitt, because it means another voice speaking the objective facts. Merrick Garland is setting himself up as a historic figure. But whether as a hero or a villain is not clear._
Background
Changes to the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 raise the possibility that _Roe v. Wade_ could be severely undermi ... ⌘ Read more_
The Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’: What you need to know
Louis Jacobson, - Politifact
_Stephan: I had two readers write me and ask for information about what a Supreme Court shadow docket was about. Here is an excellent explanation, and why it has come to matter so much._
_The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Credit: Louis Jaco ... ⌘ Read more_
Millions of children will miss healthy school meals when pandemic relief expires
Allison Aubrey, - npr
_Stephan: Once again we see objective proof that America, as a society, does not like or care for, children. This reality just makes me crazy and angry. It is so obvious that children are a nation's future, and so this child neglect is so stupid, callous, and political. Republicans, particularly, by their voting make it clear they are indi ... ⌘ Read more_
‘Their Inflation Strategy Is Working’: Corporate Profits Soared to Record High in 2021**
JAKE JOHNSON, Staff Writer - Common Dreams
_Stephan: The social outcome data is coming out now about the period of the pandemic, and it reveals that the corporate oligarchs have used this period to enrich themselves, and their major shareholders. I see this as just another manifestation of America's central social value -- greed, and the profi ... ⌘ Read more_
‘We are at a crossroads’: New IPCC report says it’s fossil fuels or our future
Lina Tran & Joseph Winters, - Grist
_Stephan: As I said the other day, 25% of Americans either don't believe climate change is real or believe it is just a natural phenomenon, not involving humanity. That 25% and the people they vote into office where they are a majority are blocking the United States from appropriately preparing for climate change. All of this funded ... ⌘ Read more_
The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right: “This Is a Jesus Movement”**
Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham, Reporters - The New York Times
_Stephan: As far as I know, I coined the term christofascist about 15 or 20 years ago. I did this because I saw three trends coalescing: the growing size and political power of the evangelical movement; its increasing obsession with White Supremacy, male dominance, and militant heterosexualism. This emergin ... ⌘ Read more_
IPCC report: ‘now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster
Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: One last warning from the IPCC. Humanity is simply not doing enough to remediate climate change. This is an existential civilization-changing crisis and as I survey media and scientific publications every day what is see is another schism. Scientists with their hair on fire about what is coming, and politicians who ... ⌘ Read more_
More Republicans have died of COVID-19. Does that mean the polls are off?**
Jim Saksa, - Roll Call
_Stephan: The Republican death cult is having an unintended consequence. This article presents one aspect of it that may affect voting in November._
_A man dressed as Uncle Sam with a syringe through his head marches wi ... ⌘ Read more_
Over a Quarter of 12-to-19-Year-Olds Have Prediabetes, Research Shows
Linda Searing, Reporter - The Washington Post
_Stephan: Diabetes is becoming a national crisis disease because of two major issues, obesity, and poor diet. What is even worse is that, as this article describes, a quarter of American youth, particularly boys, are prediabetic, and on course to becoming Type II diabetics._
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/ ... ⌘ Read more
63 Republicans vote against House resolution affirming support for NATO and its ‘democratic principles’**
PETER WEBER, - The Week
_Stephan: The Republicans over and over during the Ukrainian crisis have demonstrated repeatedly that about a third of them prefer Putin to democracy. I just don't see how any ethical person can vote Republican. This is not a political party as that term has been understood in the United States ... ⌘ Read more_
QAnon goes mainstream
Radley Balko, Criminal Justice Report - The Washington Post
_Stephan: When I first heard about QAnon I thought, no one could possibly take this crap seriously. Little did I know QAnon would become the Republican Party and tens of millions of people would believe the QAnon nonsense as gospel. We are a very sick country, and we seem to be getting sicker by the day. It is a measure ofhow sick we have become that people like Josh Hawley were elected to be senators. What I can't ans ... ⌘ Read more_
Here’s why MAGA world loves lies that are too big and stupid to be believed
Amanda Marcotte, Senior Political Writer - Raw Story / Salon
_Stephan: This is one of several attempts I have seen trying to make sense and explain why the "Big Lie" and the other Trumpian MAGAt nonsense that is so widely believed has taken such a hold on the American mind. I see this discussion as good news because it assures me there is still hope of America;we have not ... ⌘ Read more_
America Has a Free Speech Problem
The Editorial Board, - The New York Times
_Stephan: Free speech is essential to a democracy. It is such a well-known affirmation it is a cliche´. But is it true? This is a subject taken as such a given that it does not get much discussion. The New York Times editorial board presents their view. My only issue with their view is that it does not address the issue of dis- and misinformation, which I consider one of the American culture's defining trends._
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Right-Wing Book Censorship is an Attack on the Minds of Children
Bill Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and a Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (retired) - Truthout
_Stephan: The sabotage of public education that occurred under Betsy DeVoss, was just the beginning. Authoritarians don't like or support public education, and now are banning or burning books for several reasons. If you teach people to think and respec ... ⌘ Read more_
Biden: Rupert Murdoch ‘most dangerous man in the world’**
DOMINICK MASTRANGELO, - The Hill
_Stephan: I agree with President Biden. Rupert Murdoch is an oligarch who has made his money running propaganda faux news operations that push christofascism. And he has been very successful at it. He plays on White fear, blatant racism, and the hysteria of the right over non-heterosexual relationships, and Fox is the most watched television cable channel in the U.S.. As a result, ... ⌘ Read more_
Russia Once Again Using Tucker Carlson in Its Propaganda
Jon Jackson, Staff Writer - Newsweek
_Stephan: Tucker Carlson, in my view, is a traitor to American democracy. I find it very revealing that Rupert Murdoch gives him the platform he does on the Fox propaganda. And it tells us something very depressing about the American public that Carlson is the most popular propagandist on Murdoch's propaganda operation. He has become so blatant in his support for christofa ... ⌘ Read more_
The manifold effects of partisan media on viewers’ beliefs and attitudes: A field experiment with Fox News viewers
David Broockman and Joshua Kalla, - OSF Preprints
_Stephan: Here is a well-designed research report showing that Fox viewers who were paid to watch CNN for 30 days ultimately became skeptical of Fox's fake news, and began to doubt its accuracy after just three days._
_Illustration by Nicholas Konrad / The New Yorker_
In late 20 ... ⌘ Read more
Blue states enact new laws to create abortion havens
, \\- Pew Research Center
_Stephan: The struggle over whether women have the right to control their own bodies has taken two very interesting turns that will significantly alter the effect of a negative Supreme Court decision. The first turn is the development of pharmaceuticals that can cause a safe abortion. The anti-choice movement recognizes this, which is why they are trying to pass legislation to eliminate the ... ⌘ Read more_
The Pending Death of the Supreme Court
Robert Reich, Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California and former Secretary of Labor - Reader Supported News
_Stephan: What strikes me about the corruption and unethical behavior of Clarence Thomas is that not only is Thomas destroying his own reputation for integrity, which was already severely compromised, he is also bringing the integrity of the entire court into ques ... ⌘ Read more_
The Thomas scandal exemplifies the rot spoiling our democracy
Jennifer Rubin, Columnist - The Washington Post
_Stephan: Jennifer Rubin makes the same point I made in my commentary on the previous post. The Thomases and their failure to act with integrity are damaging the Supreme Court's integrity and reputation, as well as American democracy itself, and yet it increasingly looks like they will face no consequences, just as Trump and those around him seem to be ... ⌘ Read more_
Congress Found An Easy Way To Fix Child Poverty. Then It Walked Away.
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Senior Writer - FiveThirtyEight
_Stephan: America as a society, and particularly Republican Americans do not like children. That cannot be disputed, the social outcome data proves it irrefutably. As I have said before, of course, they love their own children, but as a culture we do not seem to understand that children really are a country's future and that a dol ... ⌘ Read more_
Why So Many Middle-Aged Women Are on Antidepressants
Andrea Petersen, Reporter - The Wall Street Journal
_Stephan: For a while now I have been following a health trend that I find both sad and concerning, the depression of middle-aged women, and their use of medications to deal with it. Here is the latest on this trend._
_Illustration ... ⌘ Read more_
Voting Laws Roundup: February 2022
, \\- Brennan Center for Justice
_Stephan: Voting arrangements are handled at the state level and throughout the country, in preparation of the upcoming November election, as of January 2022 legislators, mostly Republicans, in at least 27 states have introduced, pre-filed, or carried over 250 bills with restrictive provisions. They are all defined by one thing, being expressions of White Supremacy. This is a growing threat to American democracy as ... ⌘ Read more_
Ivermectin Did Nothing To Help COVID-19 Patients, Large Study Finds
Nick Visser, - HuffPost
_Stephan: Okay, now we have the facts. Ivermectin is of no use whatever clinically in treating Covid. Sorry MAGAts, like most of your fantasies, this one was also crap._
Ivermectin, ... ⌘ Read more
Transition to Zero-Emission Vehicles Would Save 110,000 Lives, Report Finds
Andrea Germanos, Senior Editor and Staff Writer - truthout / Common Dreams
_Stephan: Here is an assessment of what moving out of the carbon era can mean. The one good thing to come out of the Russian invasion of Ukraine may be that it will speed up the transition. The benefits are enormous as this report lays out._
Former President Donal ... ⌘ Read more
Trump Asks Putin to Release Dirt on Joe Biden
Jackson Richman, - MEDIAite
_Stephan: Considering also the previous story, can the collaboration and shared common interests be made any clearer._
_Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty_
Former President **Donald Trump called on Russian President **Vladimir Putin to release dirt on President **Joe Bid ... ⌘ Read more_
Jan. 6 White House logs given to House show 7-hour gap in Trump calls
Bob Woodward and Robert Costa , - The Washington Post
_Stephan: Trump's criminality just keeps piling up as millions of MAGAts look the other way. And where is Merritt Garland and the DOJ? He and it are so different from the DOJ of the Nixon era. Increasingly Americans question the obvious corruption that pervades the American government because no one close to Trump is ever held acc ... ⌘ Read more_
The Media Has Yet to Grasp the Full Enormity of Ginni Thomas’s Text Messages
Alex Shephard, Staff Writer - The New Republic
_Stephan: I am running this piece because I agree with it, and am surprised and disappointed that so few in the media seem to get that it is not just that Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia lack any sense of ethics or honor. That has been obvious for years. Equally important, but largely ap ... ⌘ Read more_
For red and blue America, a glaring divide in COVID-19 death rates persists 2 years later
Arielle Mitropoulos , - abc News
_Stephan: History, I think, is going to make much of the MAGAt world's death cult in which hundreds of thousands of Americans through willful ignorance chose to give up their lives in their allegiance to one of the greatest criminals in the centuries of America. Indeed, so great is their subservience to his will ... ⌘ Read more_
Making It Easy to Carry a Concealed Gun Is Absolute Madness
Michael A. Cohen, - The Daily Beast
_Stephan: The Republican Party is making America an increasingly dangerous country in which to live. There are already red states in which I would be hesitant to be in a large crowd where alcohol was freely present because drunkenness and gunfire strongly correlate. Why are they doing this? It's all debated through bogus analyses of the 2nd amendment, but what is rea ... ⌘ Read more_
GOP Is Setting the Stage for a Possible Coup in 2024 While Dems Ignore Threat
Yoav Litvin, - truthout
_Stephan: This is what concerns me. If you read SR regularly you will be familiar with these trends that move us towards anocracy. My disagreement with this piece is in the final paragraph. Litvin still doesn't get that it should be framed as creating equality and the democracy it expresses with wellbeing as the first societal priority._
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The Clarence Thomas Scandal Shows The Supreme Court Considers Itself Above Ethics
Paul Blumenthal, - Huff Post
_Stephan: I grow increasingly concerned that what we, the public, are being shown that in America today those at a high level in government are basically above the law. Merrick Garland does nothing. Trump, Bannon, Flynn, et al, continue trying to convert us to White supremacy christofascism. The Supreme Court imposes upon itself n ... ⌘ Read more_
How Joe Manchin Aided Coal, and Earned Millions
Christopher Flavelle and Julie Tate, Reporters - The New York Times Magazine
_Stephan: I don't know about you but I am both saddened and angry at the corruption of our Congress and Supreme Court. The Congressional corruption is certainly bipartisan although the Republicans are notably worse on this score, Mitch McConnell being a horrific example. However, there are some Democrats who also stand out, and none is worse than Joe M ... ⌘ Read more_
Cory Booker Says SCOTUS Needs to “Use This Thomas Affair” to Change Its Ethics Rules
Fernanda Echvarri, Reporter - Mother Jones
_Stephan: Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, a Democrat of course, and I think that is notable, is one of those who give me hope for Congress. His history of integrity is obvious, as is his commitment for fostering wellbeing. And what he is saying here, in my opinion, is exactly what needs to be done. It is absurd ... ⌘ Read more_
How Joe Manchin Aided Coal, and Earned Millions
Christopher Flavelle and Julie Tate, Reporters - The New York Times Magazine
_Stephan: I don't know about you but I am both saddened and angry at the corruption of our Congress and Supreme Court. The Congressional corruption is certainly bipartisan although the Republicans are notably worse on this score, Mitch McConnell being a horrific example. However, there are some Democrats who also stand out, and none is worse than Joe M ... ⌘ Read more_