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It starts with disinformation.
It progresses to bludgeoning the press into silence.
It moves on to denying election results and fighting like hell to overturn an election they squarely lost ...
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/urgent-maga-trying-to-steal-supreme
URGENT: MAGA Trying to Steal Supreme Court Seat in NC
The MAGA attack on 65,000 votes — and the judge fighting back.Ben Meiselas (Meidas+)
Our top story: If the voucher bill were to pass, select private companies could soon be reeling in tens and even hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars per year. We took a closer look at who stands to gain the most. https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-vendors-millions-legislature/
#education #politics #USpol #vouchers #news #schools #TXlege #Texas #GregAbbott
How Voucher Vendors Could Make Millions from ‘School Choice’ in Texas
The Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat. Other states have already seen problems.Justin Miller (The Texas Observer)
- Michael E. Webber https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/opinion/clean-energy-tax-credits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wU4.HzEu.4VSk4GjyY-iS&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #energy #climate #politics
"Meta and X are going rogue:" European Digital Rights group (EDRi) urges EU to invest in infrastructure "like Mastodon, Peertube and other key pieces of the Fediverse" to secure Europe's independence
https://edri.org/our-work/meta-and-x-are-going-rogue-here-is-what-europe-should-do-now
#news #tech #technology #socialmedia #twitter #fediverse #politics #europe
Meta and X are going rogue. Here is what Europe should do now. - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
To solve the core problem, we have to curb the immense grip Big Tech has on our institutions and invest in independent digital alternatives.European Digital Rights (EDRi)
For the first time since 2006, there will be no women leading House committees. 🤔 #politics #uspol
No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades
The committees will be dominated by white men when the new Congress is seated.Lauren Peller (ABC News)
Latest comic: Experts explain why America voted for plague
#cartoon #comic #politics #uspol #media #journalism #election #authoritarianism
“When you think of the incentive structure [in #politics] right now to get your name out, it’s about people who want to throw rocks & create controversy… People who work & toil away to pass common sense, good, bipartisan legislation that actually helps people’s lives? That doesn’t get press.” https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/13/gary-peters-senate-map-00183541
- Senator Gary Peters, who isn’t always in the news, but scores as the most effective Senator in Congress https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2023/03/20/center-for-effective-lawmaking-identifies-most-successful-lawmakers-in-117th-congress/
Center for Effective Lawmaking identifies most successful lawmakers in 117th Congress
Reps. Gerald Connolly, D-VA, and Don Bacon, R-NE, and Sens. Gary Peters, D-MI, and John Cornyn, R-TX, top their respective lists of the most effective Democratic and Republican lawmakers in the recently completed 117th Congress (2021–23), according t…Kara Furlong (Vanderbilt University)
April Kirkman, 67, traveled to Plains from California w/her guitar & a song she wrote for the fmr POTUS. The song is titled, “I Wanna Be a Jimmy Carter Kinda Christian.” She said it is meant to praise a past era when #politics & #religion were less divisive.
“Faith, hope, love are what I choose,” the lyrics read. “Yea, yea, a Jimmy Carter kinda Christian. No, no, I ain’t talking ’bout religion. Just wanna walk a mile in those size 11 shoes.”
A team of scientists from the University of Bristol recently released research that pushed the date of our Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) back to about 4.2 billion years ago.
This suggests that the life that is in each of us, and in each of the organisms that make up our very large extended family, runs in an unbroken chain backward for 4.2 billion years.
That’s a pretty considerable investment by the universe in every living thing.
Perhaps we should reflect on that a little more as we continue to muck around on this planet.
It might be time to start fitting in.
#sustainability #philosophy #ClimateChange #biodiversity #nature #politics #economics #religion #Science
Shifting the Paradigm | Aspen Proposal
The Aspen Proposal provides a description of a sustainable human civilization 200 - 500 years in the future. This is a goal that will focus our efforts, allow us to backcast and provide hope for those working for change.Aspen Proposal
Where do your candidates stand on critical science and technology issues?
https://www.scipolnetwork.org/scienceontheballot #science #politics
A teacher, veteran & coach from the Midwest with decades of leadership experience in government.
Governor Tim Walz will be a fantastic VP. #HarrisWalz2024 #politics #Walz
I hear he also likes cats. 🐈
Latest comic: Lowering the temperature
#uspol #cartoon #2024election #authoritarianism #fascism #media #politics
Communicating science | Sheril Kirshenbaum | TEDxCongressAve
Sheril Kirshenbaum is the Director of The Energy Poll at The University of Texas at Austin and the author of two books, Unscientific America (with Chris Moon...YouTube
Financial constraints to living & working in Washington, D.C. likely define & reinforce the community of people able to stay long enough to achieve senior positions, leading to a policy-making community distinct from the American public.
https://sheril.substack.com/p/left-out-of-the-room-where-it-happens #politics
So what? "Misperceptions & blind spots among decision makers may occur, in part, because their lived experiences primarily reflect those from communities with the resources required to maintain influential roles."
Left out of the Room Where it Happens
Barriers to Serving in Senior Congressional Staff Roles May Limit “Representative” Science PolicymakingSheril Kirshenbaum (Unelected Representative)
In My Defense
It’s been a few months since I posted here. In that time, I’ve been able to give several talks about how our “unelected representatives” - the senior staffers shaping policy behind the scenes in Congress - make decisions.Sheril Kirshenbaum (Unelected Representative)
#politics #USPol #MApoli
https://whdh.com/news/healey-pardoning-all-convictions-for-simple-marijuana-possession/
Want to hang out next Thursday night (or Friday depending on where you live)?
I'm joining the one & only @bschillace for a live conversation about #science #politics & culture.
We may discuss why so many people believe things that aren't true. Or explore how we got into this predicament. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieOEPE92MBE
The Pecular Book Club is "a safe haven of nerdery for all peculiar people w bizarre interests." https://brandyschillace.com/peculiar/
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/a3ev1p20acc?si=H8Q35vWytgmC9m9K
This should be fun!
14-MAR: SHERIL KIRSHENBAUM, UNSCIENTIFIC AMERICA
The earth is not flat. Vaccines work and they don’t make you magnetic. Global warming is real. Covid is airborne. But you will hear a great deal to the contr...YouTube
The world's business and finance sectors can do much more to reverse deforestation—here's the data to prove it
Big corporations could drive a worldwide shift towards more sustainable supply chains that limit damage caused by deforestation.Mary Gagen (Phys.org)
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Latest comic on pundits still making excuses for Trump
#fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #journalism #media #insurrection #election #politics #cartoon #comic
A 2023 survey by the Pew Research Center found that 65% of Americans “always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics.” 63% have low or no confidence in the future of the U.S. political system. And 86% believe “Republicans & Democrats are more focused on fighting each other than on solving problems.”
But are the people within the U.S. government really that bad?
https://sheril.substack.com/p/the-terrible-10-get-the-most-airtime #politics #blog #news
The "Terrible" 10% Get the Most Airtime
Much of what happens on Capitol Hill doesn’t make the news.Sheril Kirshenbaum (Unelected Representative)
Reading an otherwise excellent book, “Polarized America,” published in 2006. But this line strikes me as a bit naive through the lens of December 2023:
“there is simply no question to us that the United States is a far more tolerant place [than] it was fifty years ago.”
The authors couldn’t have imagined what - and who - was coming. #politics
“Following the #science” is not quite as simple or straightforward as it sounds.
https://sheril.substack.com/p/follow-the-science?r=1j872&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #politics
"Follow the Science?"
Data isn't enough to achieve the best possible evidence-based policy outcomes.Sheril Kirshenbaum (Unelected Representative)
My research focuses on how senior congressional staffers in the U.S. make decisions on #science policy.
For over a year, I’ve been sifting through hours & hours & hours of transcripts from my interviews while analyzing the data & writing.
Now, it's time to begin sharing what I've learned... https://sheril.substack.com/p/lets-begin #politics
Let's Begin.
Within hundreds of pages of text from my interviews with senior congressional staffers are hours of insightful commentary.Sheril Kirshenbaum (Unelected Representative)
