House of Representatives Tuesday (Postponed) H.R. 132: Arbuckle Project Maintenance Complex and District Office Conveyance Act of 2017 Authorizes the S.o.I to move land from Arbuckle Project (OK) to Arbuckle Master Conservancy District H.R. 267: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017 Replaces map size of park from before … Continue reading Congress Votes! – Week of 3/13/17

It was the first time a president has called for ending the endowments, which were created in 1965 under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Great. Next up, eliminate music lessons in school… and … Continue reading Trump Proposes Eliminating the Arts and Humanities Endowments

   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory worked for five years to digitize thousands of reels of film before they fell apart. Maybe by releasing these we might not be so hung-ho on starting … Continue reading Hundreds of films of nuclear bomb blasts films declassified, uploaded to YouTube

Throughout the campaign, polls showed Bernie would outperform Hillary in the fall. Still, the DNC cheated on her behalf. And they sleazily lined up the superdelegates for her. She never considered him … Continue reading The Splitting Up of the Democratic Party: Why It’s Probably Coming Sooner Than You Think

A lawsuit contends that the main ingredient in Roundup, the world’s most widely used weed killer, can cause cancer. As of recent, these stories of coverups at Monsanto … Continue reading Unsealed Documents Raise Questions on Monsanto Weed Killer – NYTimes.com

Revealing two less than revelatory leaked pages from Trump’s 2005 1040 Form, the MSNBC host admits, “It’s a start.” Big run up to a big “meh”… Source: Critic’s Notebook: Rachel Maddow Tortures … Continue reading Rachel Maddow Tortures Audience, Then Reveals Donald Trump, Gasp, Paid Some Taxes

We see health as a basic human right. Every society should provide medical care for its citizens at the level it can afford. And, while the United States has made some progress in improving access to care, the results do not justify the costs. So, while we agree with President Trump’s statement … Continue reading Countries with national health insurance spend less & have longer life expectancy than the US does

The Trump-normalizing going on now has long since passed the rationalizing that was happening mid-campaign. Are our words excusing Trump from his careless behavior? Source: The Words We Use About Donald Trump … Continue reading The Words We Use About Donald Trump – The New Yorker

The European Parliament has introduced a new procedural rule, which allows for the chair of a debate to interrupt the live broadcasting of a speaking MEP “in the case of defamatory, racist or xenophobic language or behavior by a Member”. Furthermore, the President of the European Parliament may even “decide to delete … Continue reading European Parliament Censors Its Own Free Speech

“Our job is to follow the law and uphold the constitution. Our job is not to serve the president,” the scientist said. After the Trump Administration silenced all of the various government … Continue reading Rogue Twitter Accounts Fight to Preserve the Voice of Government Science

The former CIA director says millennials view ” loyalty, secrecy and transparency” differently. And, according to him, that’s a bad thing. Source: Ex-CIA director Hayden says millennials leak secrets because they are … Continue reading Ex-CIA director Hayden says millennials leak secrets because they are ‘culturally’ different

Two terrible bills that Obama would have vetoed are back in play, and they stand a very good chance of becoming law under Trump. Why are we allowing ourselves to take steps … Continue reading War on Science Just Got Frighteningly Real