The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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Russell Vought, Trump's "Budget Director" says that the National Atmospheric Research Center is a source of "climate alarmism" so he and Trump are planning to shut it down. With record heat and wildfires worldwide, if you aren't alarmed you aren't paying attention.
Amidst worldwide heat, & wildfires, Trump plans to shutdown the National Atmospheric Research Center in Boulder. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
Spokane Wildfires Destroy Hundreds of Buildings as Thousands Evacuate (Gift Article)
Firefighters were hopeful that improving weather conditions in Washington state could help efforts to contain the blaze, which officials described as the largest natural disaster in the history of Spo...
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Under Trump: -There are 18,000 cyclospora cases across 45 states -Millions have lost ACA & Medicaid coverage -Measles cases are at a 35-year high -New "forever chemical" pesticides are in our food supply -Crucial public health agencies like the CDC & NIH are gutted "Make America Healthy Again."
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Trump threatens Canada with an air pollution tax because of Canadian wildfires. Instead, he could send U.S. firefighters to help just like Canadians did for us. The open circle brown dots are all uncontrolled wild fires in Canada. The map is from Airnow.gov
28 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration.
"the Big Three ... really, if they had just picked a path and stuck with it, and hadn’t jammed the rudder to one side, they would have been a whole lot better off. ”https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/magazine/electric-cars-american-evs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x1A.4B9h.5uz33qNFsBC2&smid=bs-share
They say frogs will remain in water that constantly heats up, even to the point of boiling and their final demise. It appears that frogs and humans have a lot in common, as I stare befuddingly at this sea-surface temperature graph.
MIT released their 2024 election performance data. Nevada finished second. Minnesota finished first. Cisco Aguilar, Nevada's Secretary of State, gets considerable credit for this performance. Check to see where your state ranks: elections.mit.edu#/data/rank
Elections Performance Index
A nonpartisan, objective measure of U.S. election administration.
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BREAKING: TRUMP WALKS BACK ENDING OUR OCEAN MONITORING SYSTEM!! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...
Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring
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NY Times article on the lower cost of driving an EV. Fuel costs (electricity) are significantly less for an EV than an Internal Combustion vehicle (gasoline) with less variability over time. The Iran war proved that. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/u...
Just How Much Are E.V. Drivers Saving With Gas Prices Still High?
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I don't like some of the things Graham Platner has done in the past but I wish more Democrats spoke like him. Democrats are characterized in opinion polls as "weak and feckless". I hope Platner beats Susan Collins in Maine. We need Democrats who are fearless. www.youtube.com/shorts/Yh0XU...
Donald Trump Said This About Me
YouTube video by Graham Platner
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The Trump administration is planning to axe an ocean monitoring system that provides critical early warning signs of major storms and weather. The entire globe is facing an historic El Nino year, with dangerous extreme weather expected. Trump is putting us all at risk.
Scientists warn Trump plan to axe US ocean monitoring system will leave world ‘flying blind’
Experts say dismantling the ocean observation system will ‘severely degrade’ the accuracy of weather predictions
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Elon Musk & DOGE cut USAID including a program that was monitoring the spread of screwworm from Central America northward. Screwworm had been eradicated in the U.S. since the 60's. Jamie Dimon says that Musk is this century's Thomas Edison. When will people learn? www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Screwworm Is Back In Texas Cattle—Is DOGE To Blame?
The government cut funding for the New World screwworm monitoring program and then reportedly ignored ranchers warning the parasite was working its way to the U.S.
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You see how little this administration cares about you, my fellow Americans….
The Trump administration is removing 900 critical ocean monitoring sensors at behest of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025. Trump & his cohorts are Climate Change deniers. It doesn't mean it isn't happening, they don't want you to know about it. Remember to vote! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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Messenger RNA technology vaccinations work to help the body's T cells identify the tumor and kill it. Of course, HHS secretary, a lawyer, RFK Jr is opposed to it and canceled $500 million in research funds. www.belfercenter.org/research-ana... www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
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As primary season continues, some Democrats claim the party needs to "move to the center" to win in November. Hogwash. Democrats can't repeat the same failed playbook of the last 50 years. It's time for them to grow a spine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQzG_TrhyrY
The Failures of “Centrism”
By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening ine
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“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” —James Madison
Pope Leo XIV: Jesus told us, blessed are the peacemakers. But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.
Clarence Thomas ruled in favor of Citizens United. Harlan Crow's political contributions then went up 862%. Then we later find out Thomas let Crow take him on lavish trips, buy his mom's house, and help fund his wife's conservative nonprofit. But go on about how "progressivism" is a problem...
GLORIOUS! WWSG+BESS! Let's retire fossil fuels and nuclear!
Mark Z. Jacobson@mzjacobson.bsky.social · 4mo agoU.S. grid-battery production has gone from 0 in 2024 to 145 GWh/year by the end of 2026, enough to provide batteries to support all wind and solar in the U.S. www.electronicdesign.com/technologies...