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Trump Amplifies Calls to Jail Top Elected Officials, Invokes Military Tribunals
  • Liz Cheney is not an enemy combatant. If this is Trump's definition of one, that as an authoritarian any dissent to his will is considered treason, then he'll still need to change the rules of military tribunals to allow prosecution of non-combatant civilians. In case anyone hasn't read it, Wikipedia has a page on Military tribunals in the United States - Wikipedia

    It's curious Trump seems to believe that mere political dissent equates to enemy combat and physical violence. Imagine what he must think about Jan 6 that he has been keeping to himself. Can anyone say "project"?

    He's saying he must be given a military tribunal as an enemy combatant?

  • Democrats say Trump is an existential threat. They’re not acting like it.
  • I think the immunity ruling of yesterday ended the U.S.'s checks and balances against a King, Monarch, or in more modern terms, the Unitary Executive. Overturning Roe Vs. Wade was the Judicial Branch warning shot.

    I predict that in the future the U.S. will have a new revolution, but it'll probably be at least a century away. "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

  • Christian Nationalists Accelerate Their Plan to Dismantle Public Education
  • ...“The ACLU believes that if St. Isidore’s was a private school, it would have been able to impose its own rules on students and staff, but public schools can’t and must obey anti-discrimination laws covering hiring and admissions.”

    It's too bad that private schools can legally supply a curriculum to kids which fulfills compulsory requirements. So much harm has been done to some kids in those schools.

  • China’s online ultranationalists feel the heat over Japanese school bus attack
  • Hu Youping, 54, was stabbed multiple times while trying to restrain an attacker at a school bus stop in China’s eastern city of Suzhou on Monday. She died in hospital two days later.

    I don't pretend to understand the politics of the extremists, but Hu Youping is a hero. RIP.

  • Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife
    knowablemagazine.org Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife

    Scientists on both sides of the border are working to understand how the barrier is affecting the area’s biodiversity. Meanwhile, communities try to save animals left without access to water.

    Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife

    The wall has been devastating to wildlife, it has effectively stopped them from accessing water, but it has not stopped humans.

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    Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license
  • ... religious right leaning conservative democrat ...

    Um, no. Biden is pretty solidly in the center, his record is a mix of left and right positions, and his positions have evolved as he's aged. I do believe he's religious, but he is not trying to force his religious beliefs on us like some states are currently doing with the 10 commandments bullshit.

  • Colorado oil and gas wells can’t fund their own cleanup. Taxpayers may foot the bill | A Carbon Tracker report shows the cost to safely shut down low-producing wells is $3bn more than what they earn
  • Ultimately, the Carbon Tracker analysts conclude, policymakers must decide between developing new, rigorous alternatives, or sending the bill to taxpayers by default. That will likely involve compelling resource-rich firms to start setting aside savings from their profits now.

    Workers have taxes withheld from their paychecks. Seems fair a similar mechanism should exist for oil profits to fund orphaned-well cleanups. But -- we really need to transition away from fossil fuel entirely! Does this create a motive for the government to insure a company or two are profitable enough to subsidize all the poorer companies cleanup costs, therefore motivating increased use of fossil fuels?

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