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In states with laws targeting LGBTQ issues, school hate crimes quadrupled
Laura Meckler, Hannah Natanson, John D. Harden, Reporters - Microsoft Start
_Stephan: When you breed hate you get hate crimes, and that is exactly what is happening to LGBTQ kids where the Trump christofascist Party (TCP) controls the state government. This is the exact opposite of government designed to foster wellbeing. This is part of the Great Schism Trend, and I believe w ... ⌘ Read more_
‘Like the Nazis Did’: Critic Slams Trump Plans to Remake US Education System
David Badash, Senior Editor - New Civil Rights Movement
_Stephan: Trump and his Trump christofascist Party (TCP) do not like public education, and are openly making it clear if Americans elect them they are going to gut the system that probably educated you. They don't want education. Like Hitler and the Nazis they want indoctrination not fact-based education. Don't say yo ... ⌘ Read more_
Nearly 50% of US parents financially supporting adult children, study finds
Erum Salaam, Reporter - The Guardian (UK.)
_Stephan: Adult children are still being supported in some way by their parents. And so many, 50 per cent as reported in this article. It is a major change in our culture._
_Adult_ _Children supported by their parents. Cre ... ⌘ Read more_
Losses Go Deep in the Fight for Better Health Care
LIZ THEOHARIS, Staff Writer - truthdig
_Stephan: I have been writing about the failure of America's illness profit system for over 30 years, and it has been getting worse and worse as the years have gone by. The United States has the worst healthcare amongst developed democracies as factually demonstrated by the worse factual outcome data. Highest maternal mortality, highest infant mortality, lowest rank in healthcare sy ... ⌘ Read more_
Spate of Mock News Sites With Russian Ties Pop Up in U.S.
Steven Lee Myers, Misinformation Reporter - The New York Times
_Stephan: It is becoming harder and harder for me to do SR because of the proliferation of misinformation sites put up by TCPs and Russians. I have actually visited some of the sites listed in this article, and I have to double and triple-check everything to make sure what I am publishing in SR is fact-based. Because most people don't make such ... ⌘ Read more_
Authoritarian Hungarian Prime Minister Meets With US Christian Right Leaders
Stephanie Mencimer , - Mother Jones
_Stephan: I realized tonight as I was doing the research and writing for SR something that I had not fully comprehended: The Great Schism Trend is reaching its crescendo, and we are in the midst of a civil war. One-third of Americans mostly low-income, low education resentful angry Whites, with some Blacks and Latinos financed by Whi ... ⌘ Read more_
Building Biden’s Gaza pier could take 60 days, Pentagon says
GIAN VOLPICELLI, Staff Writer - Politico
_Stephan: I think Biden keeps funding fascist Netanayou and his cabal of fascists who are obviously attempting a genocide of Palestinians or, at least, reducing Gaza to rubble and claiming control of the territory, because they fear if they stop backing Israel the Iranians and other Middle Eastern terrorists will attack Israel and disrupt the entire region and ta ... ⌘ Read more_
The Fundie Baby Voice
Jess Piper , - The View from Rural Missouri
_Stephan: Speaking of miscalculations, I think the TCP has also made a miscalculation. They put a Hand Maid up as their spokesperson, and the reviews have been, well you have probably read or seen some of them. It was not a success, which I see as good news. This is the best assessment of TCP Senator Katie Britt and her little Hand Maid act that I have read. Jess Piper has all the nuances. The TCP seems to think that the women voters ... ⌘ Read more_
Actually, Crime is Way Down–2023 Recorded Likely the Largest Single-Year Drop in Homicides Across US
Andy Corbley, Staff Writer - Good News Network
_Stephan: Like you, I hear the TCPs saying over and over again about how crime is so bad and on the rise in the United States. It's a lie, like almost everything else the TCPs say. Here are some facts. They all mimic criminal Trump their leader who seems incapable of telling th ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump Lavishes Praise on Orban During Fete at Mar-a-Lago
Zoltan Simon and Jennifer Jacobs, Staff Writers - Bloomberg
_Stephan: Criminal Trump openly proclaims his fascism, and members of the TCP applaud. The corporate media is not covering the rise of fascism in the United States properly. It ought to be a major story all media are focusing on, but it is not, and it is putting the entire nation in danger._
. I am going to call it the Trump christofascist Party (TCP), since it has liter ... ⌘ Read more_
We Need to Talk About This Republican Candidate’s Antisemitism
Michelle Goldberg, Columnist - The New York Times
_Stephan: I spent an hour or so today examining the candidates being put forward by the TCP, and they have nothing to do with fostering wellbeing and advancing democracy. No one makes this clearer than Mark Robinson, the TCP nominee for governor of North Carolina. That such a person would even be considered by a political party as their candidate te ... ⌘ Read more_
‘Trump is beholden to someone’: Here’s who’s behind company footing E. Jean Carroll bond
Sarah K. Burris, Contributing Writer - Raw Story
_Stephan: This is what has concerned me from the start of all the criminal Trump trials. Trump is not a billionaire or anything close. When you get to the fundamentals he may no longer even be a millionaire because he is so heavily mortgaged and in debt. This article raises these issues about the E. Jean ... ⌘ Read more_
‘Put It Between Your Knees’: Republican Suggests Aspirin Is All the Contraception Women Need
David Badash, - New Civil Rights Movement
_Stephan: Yet another report about the TCP's obsession with controlling and subordinating women. These men are like characters out of The Handmaid's Tale, and so are the women who vote for them. There seem to be millions of American women who want to be controlled and subordinate to me because that ... ⌘ Read more_
Coastal US cities are sinking as sea levels continue to rise, new research shows
Julia Jacobo, - ABC News
_Stephan: The submergence of coastal cities, as this article describes, is occurring not just because of sea rise. The subsidence of the land is also a major issue. The United States is not doing enough fast enough to protect these cities and towns, so we are going to see a massive real estate crisis. It has already started in Florida w ... ⌘ Read more_
Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power
Evan Halper, Business Reporter - The Washington Post
_Stephan: What most Americans don't seem to realize and politicians rarely talk about is that what most of us think of as America was created in the forty years from 1920 to 1960. That's when the roads, bridges, dams, electrical systems, and middle-class families came into being. But, beginning with the Reagan administration, we shifted from being a nation that ... ⌘ Read more_
Missouri Advances Bill Targeting Abortion-Specific Training in Medical Schools
Zane McNeill, Staff Writer - truthout
_Stephan: Wake up Americans. This is where the Republican Party is headed. This is what they are trying to do. How much clearer do they have to make it before the country realizes what the Republicans intend?_
_The Missou ... ⌘ Read more
Orbán meeting offers preview of Trump’s 2nd-term strongman idealizations
Stephen Collinson, Reporter - CNN
_Stephan: The Republicans and criminal Trump aren't even trying to hide what they want to do in America. If you vote for any Republican you have no one to blame for what happens to the ending of American democracy but yourself._
_Criminal ... ⌘ Read more_
Three Philanthropy Scholars Discuss Several Trends In Giving By The Wealthiest Americans
David Campbell, Angela R. Logan, and Michael Moody, Binghamton University \\| State University of New York \\| University of Notre Dame \\| Indiana University - digg
_Stephan: My fundamental problem with money coming from the wealthy is the political donations. It is my view we should have publicly funded elections; it should be illegal, and seriou ... ⌘ Read more_
Emergency Surgery Rates Higher in Primary Care Shortage Areas, Study Suggests
Shannon Firth, Health Policy Reporter - Medpage Today
_Stephan: Our healthcare system based on profit not wellbeing, and further complicated by the Republican attempt to control women, has left us with medical deserts, and limited medical care, particularly in Red states, and this has all kinds of implications as this medical report details. If you vote Republican you ... ⌘ Read more_
Spate of Mock News Sites With Russian Ties Pop Up in U.S.
, \\- DNYUZ
_Stephan: Putin wants Trump to be elected President, and the Senate and House to be controlled by MAGAts. To achieve this goal, exactly as I and others have predicted, he is having his minions create disinformation websites, claiming to be American, and especially local journalism sites, in order to influence American voters, as this article describes. The bad news is that I suspect this is goin ... ⌘ Read more_
Millions of Americans Will Soon Lose Internet Access. That’s a Disaster for Rural Health.
JULIA MÉTRAUX, - Mother Jones
_Stephan: The Affordable Connectivity Program, an initiative that the Biden-Harris Administration began and which provided subsidies that made the internet more accessible to 23 million Americans, is about to expire as Republicans in Congress block further funding. As this article describes this is an issue that goe ... ⌘ Read more_
Nanoplastics linked to heart attack, stroke and early death, study finds
Sandee LaMotte, Reporter - CNN
_Stephan: Please read and study this article, I want my readers to stay alive. The evidence about nano plastics polluting our lives just keeps growing. Here is the latest report. As this article makes clear, NEVER, EVER drink water again out of a plastic bottle. You are literally killing yourself by doing so. Buy some kind of drinking vessel with a ... ⌘ Read more_
Poll: Just 3 in 10 Potential Biden Voters Aware of Trump’s Authoritarian Speak
Chris Walker, News Writer - truthout
_Stephan: I am increasingly concerned as this report describes that a large percentage of Americans simply don't understand the threat America is under from criminal Trump and his fascist Republican cohorts. They want to end democracy and make the United States a christofascist authoritarian state ruled by Trump. The House is in le ... ⌘ Read more_
Support for Christian Nationalism in All 50 States: Findings from PRRI’s 2023 American Values Atlas
, \\- PRRI
_Stephan: Here are the facts about Christian nationalism. (I dislike having to capitalize Christian in this context inasmuch as this movement has nothing to do with Jesus' teachings.) This is what we are up against. The only we democracy survives is if you, me, and everyone we know votes and we all vote only for Dem ... ⌘ Read more_
A fifth of people who plan to vote for Trump think he committed serious federal crimes: Poll
LAUREN SFORZA, Staff Writer - The Hill
_Stephan: How is it possible that millions of Americans are prepared to vote for a convicted rapist, and convicted fraudster, with dozens of indictments still to be adjudicated? I was thinking of that as I heard MSNBC say how well North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson was doing in today's e ... ⌘ Read more_
The Right-Wing Crusade to End Public Education
JEFF BRYANT, Staff Writer - truthdig
_Stephan: The Republican cult is trying to gut public education. This cult does now want children to be educated, they just want them to be indoctrinated. To give some context to what the MAGAts want realize this: 51% of Americans can't read above 6th-grade level, and 43% can't read above 5th-grade level. Examples: We played football. They walked to the park. Or put another way, readers at th ... ⌘ Read more_
Growing Racial Disparities in Voter Turnout, 2008–2022**
Kevin Morris and Coryn Grange, - Brennan Center for Justice
_Stephan: As I work and listen to a range of television channels report the elections, what increasingly worries me is what the Brennan Center for Justice reports, "If the United States wants to make good on its foundational claims of a democratic system of governance open to all citizens, it must find ways to close the racial turnout gap. Wider now than ... ⌘ Read more_
Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures
Dharna Noor and Oliver Milman, Reporters - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: In this article, you see what the petroleum industry really thinks about climate change, as quoted from Darren Woods the CEO of Exxon Mobil. I will let him speak for himself, and you see what you think about it._
_ ... ⌘ Read more_
Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain
, \\- Wired
_Stephan: Do you remember the article I ran in yesterday's edition, about new technologies that replace acrylics, nylon, rayon, and plastic water bottles? Well, here is one of the reasons I think the replacement of petroleum-based plastics is such a big deal. This is where we are today, its horrifying and it must end. We must developed new technologies that foster wellbeing at every level, and the time to do that is running out._
New Oklahoma bill could allow state to create database of women who had abortions
Carmen Forman, Reporter - The Oklahoman
_Stephan: Throughout the United States, in both Red and Blue states, Republican MAGAt state legislators are authoring legislation to further control women's bodies. They seek to outlaw contraception and, as this article describes, they want to compile databases of women who have had abortions. The Republican Party has b ... ⌘ Read more_
Republicans are taking aim on contraception — and they’d rather you didn’t know
Kelly Rissman, Reporter - Independent (U.K.)
_Stephan: It is clear, as the article makes clear, that journalists and publications outside of the United States understand that the White supremacy Republican christofascist Taliban want to outlaw contraception. Sadly, however, except for a few media commentators like Rachel Maddow American corporate media apparently does ... ⌘ Read more_
First on CNN: First over-the-counter birth control pill in US ships to retailers, costing about $20 for one-month pack
Jacqueline Howard, Health Reporter - CNN
_Stephan: This is going to drive the Republican Christian Taliban crazy. It completely changes the contraception reality in the U.S., and it will be interesting to see how they respond. I will keep you briefed._
_Stephan: In Elon Musk we have an American billionaire oligarch who is openly trying to support Russia in its invasion of Ukraine and to use his assets to shape American geopolitical policies to that end and in favor of Putin and his aims. I have always considered Elon Musk to be a particularly scummy person, b ... ⌘ Read more_
Florida House Republicans advance bill to ‘deny the legal existence’ of trans people
Brett Wilkins, Staff Writer - Raw Story / Common Dreams
_Stephan: As I listened to the reports come in about how Trump overwhelmingly won every primary held, I read a long list of stories about how the MAGAt christofascists are waging their culture wars. In Florida, as this article describes, "the Republican-controlled lower chamber of the state Legislatur ... ⌘ Read more_
Florida removes sociology from core courses, bans DEI funding at colleges and universities
Todd Wilson, Reporter - WPTV (West Palm Beach, Florida)
_Stephan: Here is yet another MAGAt culture war move in Florida. I track Florida because along with Texas it tends to lead the former Confederate states in trying to turn the United States into a White supremacy christofascist obsessively heterosexual nation. One part of their culture wa ... ⌘ Read more_
Decades after the US buried nuclear waste abroad, climate change could unearth it
Anita Hofschneider, Senior Staff Writer - Grist
_Stephan: This story describes why I have always been against nuclear-generated civilian electricity. It is the unexpected accidents and the waste. Nuclear waste lasts thousands of years and any number of causes can produce disastrous accidents. Remember Chernobyl, Fukushima, and as this report describes, now poss ... ⌘ Read more_
US to begin aid airdrops into Gaza but critics dismiss effort as inadequate
Julian Borger, Reporter - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: I am glad President Biden is finally doing something for the people of Gaza, but I think this is pretty pathetic. I think Biden is making a significant mistake, both nationally and internationally, harming both himself and the country as a whole. In my view what needs to be done is Biden should tell fascist Benjamin ... ⌘ Read more_
The Myth of the Migrant Crime Wave
FIONA HARRIGAN , - reason
_Stephan: The Republicans, and the MAGAt media, spend hours promoting the idea that immigrants are creating a terrible crime wave. It is a blatant lie, as anyone can ascertain in five minutes searching the internet. Here is what you find:_
_1. The Southern states demonstrate significantly higher murder rates than the rest of the country, with Mississippi leading at a rate of 23.7 homicides per 100,000 people, followed by Lou ... ⌘ Read more_
Bartiromo blasts Biden administration for encouraging Americans to register to vote
David Badash, Staff Writer - AlterNet
_Stephan: If you have ever spent half an hour watching and listening to Fox propaganda spokesperson, Maria Bartiromo, you learn quickly that she has no ethics, is a compulsive liar, and MAGAt ideologue. What makes her interesting to me is that she says out loud what Trump's MAGAt base believes and says amongst themsel ... ⌘ Read more_
Kremlin Nuclear Scare Tactics
Alexandra Sharp, Contributing Writer - Foreign Policy World Brief
_Stephan: As thuggish as Putin is -- I met him once in Moscow there is a reptilian quality about him -- I don't think he is crazy enough to use a nuclear weapon. I read this as an attempt to threaten Sweden and Finland who have just joined NATO, because those new members have made the Baltic Sea a NATO lake, and that has totally freaked out Putin and his political servants that make up the Russia ... ⌘ Read more_
Ultra-processed foods linked to 32 health problems in review: What to know
Rachel Pannett, Reporter - The Washington Post
_Stephan: Americans have a significantly shorter life span than people in other developed democracies and notably worse health, much greater obesity, heart disease, cancer and on and on. Why? Well, a large part of the answer is the crappy American diet. What can you do to live longer and be healthier? Stop eating processed foods ... ⌘ Read more_
$400,000 Per Missile? Sanders Rips War Profiteers ‘Fleecing’ US Taxpayers
Brett Wilkins, Staff Writer - Common Dreams
_Stephan: Senator Bernie Sanders is one the few people in Congress with any integrity, and he has been dedicated all his adult life to fostering wellbeing for all. What he is saying here is the truth, ""The United States remains the world's dominant military power," the senator continued. "Alone, we account for roughly 40% of global mili ... ⌘ Read more_
Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can’t Give Women Potential Lifesaving Care.
Kavitha Surana, Reporter - ProPublica
_Stephan: If you are a woman living in a Red state you are a second-class citizen, and you better get used to that. If you are a woman or girl and need gynecological care for any one of a host of reasons you may find you can't get it. If you are pregnant and something goes awry, your life is at risk ... ⌘ Read more_
Four state laws prevent divorce if a woman is pregnant with no domestic violence exception
FALYN STEMPLER, - Daily Express US
_Stephan: Did you know that if you are a pregnant woman in the Red states of Missouri, Texas, Arizona, or Arkansas and you are seeking a divorce the government will not allow you to get it until after the baby is born, and then there are a host of other problems. I see this as yet another aspect of the Rep ... ⌘ Read more_
Conservatives aren’t even hiding it anymore in call for an ‘end to democracy’**
Thom Hartmann, Contributing Writer - Raw Story
_Stephan: Thom Hartmann gets it. He lays out what the Republicans are doing at the state level in the states they control and it is appalling. This is a. measure of how far The Great Schism has progressed. We are becoming two very different countries with an increasingly dysfunctional federal government. I confess what surpr ... ⌘ Read more_
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son Tyler arrested on 22 criminal charges, Colorado police say
Kinsey Crowley, Reporter - USA Today
_Stephan: I picked this from half a dozen other stories of MAGAt family criminality. How in the world did the voters of Colorado elect someone like Lauren Boebert to represent them? Didn't someone do some research on her and her family Will they vote her into office again, I wonder? Is anyone noticing how many MAGAt pol ... ⌘ Read more_
Rivian Opening Its Own Charging Network to All EVs
, \\- CleanTechnica
_Stephan: Here is some good news for EV owners. Not a big deal, but it makes the EV charging network a little larger._
_Rivian charging station_
Rivian is following in Tesla’s footsteps with its decision to open its public charging network to all electric vehicles (EVs) later this year. The ... ⌘ Read more
Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI
ERIK HOEL, - The Intrinsic Perspective
_Stephan: I don't care for some of the language in this article, but the point it is making is correct and very alarming. Today I listened to interviews at a Trump rally and was appalled at the ignorance, hate, and resentment of the White men and women, mostly middle-aged or older. When asked what shaped their opinion they cited the Fox propaganda network, similar sources, and what I ... ⌘ Read more_
Beverly Hills middle schoolers circulate AI-generated nudes of classmates
The Midwesterner Staff, - The Midwesterner
_Stephan: Several times in the recent past I have told you about emails I have received from mothers who are SR readers, and who wrote to tell me their daughters, one 15, the other 16 had been the victims of AI-generated porn using their faces widely circulated by boys who hit on them and that they had rejected. I have a daughter an ... ⌘ Read more_
Childcare Crisis Grips US as IRS Chief Says Wealthy Tax Dodgers Cost $150 Billion a Year
Jon Queally, Managing editor - Common Dreams
_Stephan: America as a national society does not value or care about its children. Oh sure, individual families love their kids, but as a society we are a humiliating disaster. Am I exaggerating? What are the facts? Try this. The main cause of death for children is a bullet in their bodies, and the Repu ... ⌘ Read more_
The Mystery of White Rural Rage
Paul Krugman, Nobel Laureate, Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and Columnist - The New York Times
_Stephan: As usual, Paul Krugman has done an essay on a trend that is getting almost no attention from corporate media, electronic or print. If you watch or listen to interviews with White rural men and women, particularly middle-aged or older, but young as well, you hear the points Krugman is making. Rural America is c ... ⌘ Read more_
Europe Sees Natural Gas Demand Hit 10-Year Low
, \\- Yale 360
_Stephan: Here is some good news about Europe. While the Republican cult in the American Congress blocks laws and regulations that might reduce the profits of the carbon industries that rent them. Europe is leaving the carbon era behind, while Republicans are protecting its continuance and trying to dismantle our democracy._
_Stephan: You remember, I assume, the horrible fires in 2020 that did such damage to the redwood forest in California, trees as much as 1,500 years old were thought to be lost. If you have ever been in the Big Basin Redwoods State Park you know what I have experienced several times; you are in a sacred place of nature unlike anywhere else ... ⌘ Read more_
8 states move to ban utilities from using customer money for lobbying
Akielly Hu, News and Politics Fellow - Grist
_Stephan: Here is some good news about blocking the ability of utility companies to use your money to lobby state and federal legislators to protect their corporate profits. The states are Arizona, California, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Virginia. What I consider particularly good news in this report is that both Red ... ⌘ Read more_
The Americans Who Need Chaos
Derek Thompson , Contributing Writer - The Atlantic Magazine
_Stephan: The Americans who need chaos is the title of this article, and I chose it because finally I am beginning to see open discussion in the media about what is happening to our culture, as about a third of the Whites, particularly men, but women as well, have given themselves over to hate, resentment, anger, and fear fueled by misinformation. This is all correlated with the rise of social media and ... ⌘ Read more_
Outrage culture is a big, toxic problem. Why do we take part? And how can we stop?**
, \\- Study Finds
_Stephan: I spent part of the afternoon watching the CPAC meeting. I don't think I have ever heard a public political meeting like this that was essentially nothing but lies designed to provoke the audience into resentment, anger, and fear. Rapist criminal Trump has changed American culture into something I barely recognize, and you may feel th ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration
ALEXANDER WARD and HEIDI PRZYBYLA, Staff Writers - Politico
_Stephan: This is where the United States is headed if Trump is elected. If you listen to almost anyone in the Republican cult they make their intentions about this clear. And although I would like to say it won't happen as the christofascists wish, to be honest, I am not sure. Americans don't seem to be c ... ⌘ Read more_
Ticker shows climate inaction cost U.S. nearly $3,000 per second in 2023
Jessica Corbett, Staff Writer - Raw Story / Common Dreams
_Stephan: I keep looking for positive good news trends in the United States, but I don't see very many. Here, for instance, is the latest on climate change. Although President Biden is creating positive policies to deal with climate change, the truth is neither the Democrats nor the Republican cultists are doing anything li ... ⌘ Read more_
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a defense boom. It’s likely to outlast the war
Anna Cooban, Reporter - CNN
_Stephan: Here is something Americans don't seem to know, and that the Republican cult that does know. They demonstrate their indifference to the wellbeing of American workers by blocking support for Ukraine. What's the secret? The money given to support Ukraine actually goes to American and European defense companies which, in tur ... ⌘ Read more_
Justice Alito Renews Criticism of Landmark Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
, \\- DNYUZ
_Stephan: I am following what is happening in the Supreme Court closely because the corrupt christofascist cabal that controls the court is having a serious impact on the quality of healthcare for women and LGBTQ folk. As this article describes Alito is making it clear where he stands, and it is not good news._
_Stephan: Republican voters put Jeff Landry into office as governor. Now he is moving Louisiana, which is basically except for New Orleans a third-world country, further into christofascism. The state already has horrible social wellbeing stats, and they will now get worse. It amazes me to wa ... ⌘ Read more_
I’m the Mayor of Dearborn, Mich., and My City Feels Betrayed
Abdullah H. Hammoud, Mayor of Dearborn, Mich., and a Democrat. - The New York Times
_Stephan: This is bad news for the Democrats and I am not surprised. I think President Biden is making major mistakes in his policies about Israel. It was a mistake to keep sending to Netanyahu the bombs that were used to kill thousands of Palestinians, also a mistake to veto the U.N. attempt to end the violence. And his f ... ⌘ Read more_
The East Coast Is Sinking
Mira Rojanasakul and Marco Hernandez, - The New York Times
_Stephan: Two things are going on in the coastal states of the U.S. as this report describes. The seas are rising and, because of overpumping of ground water the land is siinking. The result is an ongoing disaster that will disrupt the wellbeing of milllions. It is another example of the failure of our corrupt government, particularly the MAGAt Republicans, but also the Democrats to develop the national policie ... ⌘ Read more_
Opinion: I’m an American doctor who went to Gaza. What I saw wasn’t war — it was annihilation
IRFAN GALARIA, Physician and Reconstructive Surgeon - Los Angeles Times
_Stephan: A little history. Israel exists because at the end of WWII with millions of Jews displaced and migrants and the European nations themselves deeply damaged the Christian Europeans did not want a large influx of Jews into their countries. At the same time, the Zio ... ⌘ Read more_
A reporter investigated neo-Nazis. Then they came to his house in masks.
Will Sommer , Reporter - Microsoft Start / The Washington Post
_Stephan: The United States is becoming an increasingly dangerous country, particularly for judges, prosecutors, election workers, and journalists, the White supremacy MAGAt neo-nazis become more violent. You would think that, as in the civil rights era, the President and Congress would respond to this growing violenc ... ⌘ Read more_
Right-wing extremism linked to all extremist murders in 2023: ADL
Russell Contreras, Contributing Writer - Axios
_Stephan: Here are the facts on the increasing White supremacy christofascist racist anti-semitic violence that is making America a very dangerous nation and one that is getting worse. And what is being done? Read the report and learn how dysfunctional our government has become._
_Stephan: Here is some good news and clear evidence of what we should be doing as a national program. The problem with the American government is that they are more interested in playing their political power games than actually governing. Look at what our yo-yo Speaker of the House and his MAGA gang are doing by blocking aid to U ... ⌘ Read more_
Alabama Supreme Court Cites the Bible in Terrifying Embryo Ruling
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, Staff Writer - The New Republic
_Stephan: One to two percent of women need in vitro fertilization in order to begin a family. But that help will no longer be available in Alabama. The state is controlled by Republicans because the people in Alabama who can and do vote, vote for what this state has become. By every fact-based social outcome study Alabama is essentia ... ⌘ Read more_
Will Egocentrism Destroy America?**
John B. Alexander, Contributing Writer - Daily Kos
_Stephan: I think John Alexander raises the central issue in our culture, and I am not sure how this is going to turn out and, apparently, neither is he. This is Alabama writ large. As he says, how can a woman vote for a man who is a convicted rapist, who was cheating on his wife with a porn actress as his wife lay at home with a just born baby? How can anyone, man or woman, vote for a convicted anti-cho ... ⌘ Read more_
Capital One to buy Discover for $35.3 billion
, \\- Raw Story / Agence France-Presse
_Stephan: Fewer and fewer people are owning more and more of our economy while 1.6 million people work for minimum wage, and 48 million workers (34%) are paid less than $20 per hour. Wealth inequality in the United States is a national obscenity and another indication of our corrupt Congress._
 to protect the privacy of its citizens. But the corrupt American Congress is incapable of passing such protection for us, and this is ... ⌘ Read more_
Some House members forgo program to boost their home security
Chris Marquette, - Roll Call
_Stephan: Thanks to criminal Trump, and the rise of the violent White christofascist movement that has become the Republican Party, this is the kind of nation the United States has degenerated into. Never before in over two centuries have Congressmembers, judges, prosecutors, election workers, and librarians had to fear for their lives. Now each Congressmember who choos ... ⌘ Read more_
Republican legislators push bills requiring government to collect reasons for abortion
Kelcie Moseley-Morris, - AlterNet / States Newsroom’s Reproductive Rights Today
_Stephan: Although vote result after vote result has shown that the majority of Americans do not want pregnancy termination bills to become law, the MAGAt community and the party it controls keep trying. Meanwhile, healthcare for women in the United States, especially in ... ⌘ Read more_
The EPA is Backing Down From Environmental Justice Cases Nationwide
Delaney Nolan, Staff Writer - The Intercept
_Stephan: I thought I was aware of all the negative effects arising from the bias of criminal Trump's Supreme Court but I did not realize just how wide the bias of that christofascist MAGAt cabal affected the wellbeing of America. I was so appalled when I read this report that I checked three other sources. It is an accurate account._
Trump Booed as He Drops $399 Official Gold Sneakers at Sneaker Con
Mike Roe, Staff Writer - The Wrap
_Stephan: The Republican Party is putting forward as their probable candidate a man who was the worst President in 240 years, has been found guilty of multiple crimes, owes hundreds of millions of dollars to multiple recipients as a result of court judgments against him, and still has multiple court cases to go, including criminal ones. And now he has begun ... ⌘ Read more_
Alarming levels of weed killer found in study of pregnant women
Johnathan Hettinger and Carey Gillam, - The New Lede
_Stephan: I have been following and warning you about the pollution of the bodies of Americans, particularly pregnant women, by chemicals used in both industrial chemical non-culture agriculture and home landscaping. It gets very little coverage in television media, and not much more in newspapers. Well, here is yet another study warning Amer ... ⌘ Read more_
Greenland is getting greener. That could have huge consequences for the world
Angela Dewan, - CNN
_Stephan: Greenland is becoming green and it should alarm all of us because it is another alarm warning us what climate change is doing. For one thing it tells us sealevels are going to rise, so if you live near a seacoast get yourself prepared, or move. Climate change is happening whether 15% of MAGAts believe it or not._
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Blaxit: Tired of Racism, Black Americans Try Life in Africa
Colette Coleman, Reporter - The New York Times
_Stephan: As White supremacy increases and democracy declines in the United States an increasing number of Black people are moving to Africa, Blaxit it is being called. I see it as yet another sign of what is happening in America in response to criminal Trump and the rise of MAGAtdom, and the Great Schism Trend they are causing._
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Oklahoma GOP Advances Bills That Would Ban Emergency Contraception
Zane McNeill, Staff Writer - truthout
_Stephan: They watch more porn, they have more out-of-wedlock children and a higher divorce rate, and they are in the top 10 states where women and girls are raped and Oklahoma MAGAt Republicans are clear about one thing: women should not have control of their own bodies, and the state should keep a database on those who try._
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Do People in Conservative States Really Watch More Porn? A Hierarchical Analysis
Samuel L. Perry and Andrew L. Whitehead, Assistant Professor of Sociology - University of Oklahoma \\| Associate Professor of Sociology - Clemson University - American Sociological Association
_Stephan: An ex-Mormon reader wrote to tell me that I was missing an important trend, the fact that conservative religious groups and Republicans are the biggest consumers o ... ⌘ Read more_
FBI informant at heart of GOP’s Biden bribery allegations indicted over false statements
REBECCA BEITSCH, Staff Writer - The Hill
_Stephan: The Republican attack on President Biden, claiming he had accepted a bribe was centered on the testimony to the FBI of Alexander Smirnov who has just been indicted for lying in his testimony. As a result, the whole Republican case against Biden falls apart, not that I think that will make any dif ... ⌘ Read more_