Washington Grinds To A Halt, Leaving Americans’ Mounting Problems Unsolved

“I just want to share what I have discovered about my son’s circumstances that led him to this horrific, indescribable crime. I hope that my hindsight will be your foresight.” I’ve been thinking about Chin Rodger’s words a lot lately. Chin is the subject of Mark Follman’s wrenching Mother Jones cover story about the massacre that her son, Elliot, perpetrated in the California college town of Isla Vista in 2014.

As Colorado’s rivers shrink and its soils dry out, state lawmakers this year passed a slew of water bills that advocates say will help reduce water use and protect the critical natural resource. Nine major bills aim to reduce water use in cities, replace nixed federal protections of wetlands and minimize the amount of toxic “forever chemicals” leaching into water supplies.

Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed into law a measure that aims to provide relief to those living in the shadows of Colorado’s airports, which have been blamed for exposing people beneath flight paths to noise pollution and lead contamination. But as the governor was putting pen to paper, an airplane’s engine buzzed overhead — an irony that prompted laughter in the crowd attending the bill signing at Wildflower Park in Superior.

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Fox News' Outnumbered program reacted very strongly to the congressional outbursts instigated by Marjorie Taylor Greene's mendacity which resulted in Emily Campagno blaming the disintegration of the Republican led House on President Biden. "This is supposed to be the most noble, the most sacred, or among them, serving and representing the people," Compagno said." "If I want to see someone cussing out someone else, I walk outside my door.

That may be a bridge too far.