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Gov. Rick Scott’s anti-science purge begins: State employee banned for uttering ‘climate change’ A Florida state employee has been reprimanded and told not to come to work after Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) administration banned the use of the terms “climate change” and “global warming.” Earlier this month, reports said that officials in the Scott administration ordered Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administrators not to use the terms in documents or meetings because they asserted that the climate science behind global warming was not a “true fact.” More
Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
They say ‘democracy might end’ if Trump wins. They said the same about Romney In 2012, when Mitt Romney was the Republican presidential nominee and John Boehner was the Republican House speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) closing message on the Democrats’ behalf was, “Democracy ... 05/28/2024 - 12:32 am | View Link
Opinion: On Trump’s indictment, Mitt Romney retains a moral compass. Mike Lee disrespects the rule of law. Utah Sen. Mitt Romney is frequently on the right side of history. He courageously opposed President Donald J. Trump’s alleged criminality; Trump’s violations of his presidential oath while in office; ... 05/25/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
Romney, other U.S. senators want Canada to boost defense spending as NATO faces a ‘severe threat’ What Utah Sen. MItt Romney and other senators told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about military spending as NATO faces severe threats ... 05/24/2024 - 10:22 am | View Link
‘We are a resilient nation’: Mitt Romney’s commencement speech at Johns Hopkins briefly interrupted by protesters In his commencement address at Johns Hopkins University Thursday, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney urged graduates to “have faith in America and in the future. We are a resilient nation,” during a speech ... 05/23/2024 - 8:06 am | View Link
Rand Paul endorses GOP Utah Senate candidate to replace Romney, says he's the 'type of Republican' needed A Utah Senate candidate who vowed to fight against the establishment has received support from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in his bid to replace Mitt Romney in the upper chamber. 05/23/2024 - 7:22 am | View Link
Sen. Mitt Romney says he won't run for a second term Romney is known in the Senate as a frequent bipartisan negotiator and was the only Senate Republican to vote twice to convict former President Trump following separate impeachment trials.... 05/25/2024 - 6:19 am | View Link
Mitt Romney Says He Won’t Seek Re-election in 2024 Sept. 13, 2023. Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee who made a historic break with his party when he voted to remove former President Donald J. Trump from... 05/24/2024 - 5:26 pm | View Link
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What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate. In an exclusive excerpt from my biography of the senator, Romney: A Reckoning, he reveals what drove him to retire. By McKay Coppins. Photographs by Yael... 05/23/2024 - 10:28 pm | View Link
Attorneys for the prosecution and defense are delivering closing arguments Tuesday in Donald Trump's historic criminal hush money trial in New York. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s campaign on Tuesday showed up outside former President Donald Trump’s New York City criminal hush money trial with actor Robert De Niro and a pair of former police officers in an effort to refocus the presidential race on the Jan. 6, 2021, U. S. Capitol insurrection.
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It was a sharp about-face for Biden’s team, which had largely ignored the trial since it began six weeks ago and is now looking to capitalize on its drama-filled closing moments, sending the “Goodfellas” actor and the first responders who were at the Capitol on Jan.
The mission of a new 60,000-square-foot, 136-bed shelter for homeless youth in south Denver is evident in its layout, which on two floors features dormitory-style transitional housing divided into six “neighborhoods.”
Young people with shared experiences and needs will live together in clusters at Urban Peak’s shelter on South Acoma Street — including residents who have left foster care, who are in recovery for addictions, or who are either pregnant or already parenting children of their own. Christina Carlson, the organization’s CEO, and city housing officials say the building sets a new standard for spaces built to serve homeless youth, with a design aimed at meeting the needs of people dealing with trauma.
“Youth are different — and they need something different,” Carlson said of the shelter, dubbed the Mothership, which is set to begin opening in July.
The building is the result of eight years of planning and financial scrounging.
Sorry to see Bill Walton pass from the earth.
Sky Dancing w/ links & excerpts.
Further links & excerpts, from the Weekly Sift.
Troop-loving Republicans voting against America's service members, chronicled at everyone is entitled to my own opinion.
The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz takes up the old All the Fun People Will Be in Hell joke.
Fox News medical commentator Dr. Marc Siegel pushed back against a right-wing conspiracy theory claiming NFL player Billy Price got a blood clot because he was vaccinated for COVID-19.
During a Monday Fox News segment on Price's blood clot, Siegel addressed the theory.
"COVID definitely has increased the risk of blood clots directly, especially early in the pandemic," the doctor explained.