 At the end of the House Intelligence Committee hearings, Republican representatives say that they “see no evidence of impeachable offenses”. As Susan B. Glasser writes in the New Yorker, it seems apparent that they will not be swayed by any actual evidence. (Three Stooges, Columbia Pictures publicity still) STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! Nothing to See Here... My head hurts. The worst of Republican intransigence on impeachment is that, by insisting on the false argument that Ukraine and not Russia meddled in the 2016 election, they are setting us up for more Russian attacks in 2020. (See Impeachapalooza, a roundup of impeachment reporting from Mother Jones) —Kathy Sherretts Podcast: Slate: Are We There Yet? (29 min) After two weeks of public impeachment hearings, damning testimony continued to point toward the president and his close associates. Did it change the politics around impeachment? Article: ProPublica: Separated by Design: Why Affordable Housing Is Built in Areas With High Crime, Few Jobs and Struggling Schools by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas Part of “Invisible Walls” series by The Connecticut Mirror. Article: Grist: What does it mean to take responsibility for our waste? by Eve Andrews It takes a trash crisis to snap people into reassessing their own role in it. Article: Israel 21c: Israeli waste-to-plastics startup begins Virginia pilot by Brian Blum UBQ Materials says its process can profitably help tackle the world’s huge waste problem. (See the Washington Post's report on UBQ HERE) Just for fun: This Modern World: That’s Infotainment!  Ready to Do More? • Learn about the Green New Deal. • Read the Indivisible Guide 2.0. • Check out the weekly action plan from Progressive Action, Global Exchange (PAGE) which mobilizes progressives living overseas. • Sign up for the Americans of Conscience Checklist, a weekly action list that also provides encouragement and good news. • Learn about climate solutions and actions at ClimateRecovery.org, a group organized by community activists and members of American Resistance Sevilla.
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 President Trump calls on RuPublicans to Unite! (Clip from RuPaul's Drag Race) STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! All the News... In Florida, Citrus County officials refused to pay for a library's subscription to The New York Times, calling it 'fake news’. They are only following the lead of Trump’s White House, after all—where the Washington Post and the New York Times have been cancelled in favor of the New York Post and the Washington Times. (more on that HERE) What’s the diff? In case you are wondering about the accuracy or bias of your news sources, you can look them up on Media Bias Fact Check. --Kathy Sherretts P.S. Get your impeachment facts straight with the Impeachment Guide timeline, at GovTrack.us (which gets high ratings from Media Bias Fact Check!) Article: Slate: The Cyclist Who Gave Trump the Finger Lost Her Job Because of It. So She Ran for Office—and Won by Elliot Hannon On Tuesday, Juli Briskman was elected to Virginia’s Loudoun County Board of Supervisors—and got some semblance of poetic justice. Article: International Monetary Fund: Nature’s Solution to Climate Change by Ralph Chami, Thomas Cosimano, Connel Fullenkamp, and Sena Oztosun Protecting whales—a low-tech approach to limiting greenhouse gasses that not only is effective and economical, but also has a successful funding model. Article: The Conversation: The EPA disbanded our clean air science panel. We met anyway. by H. Christopher Frey The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee’s job is to review the “latest scientific knowledge” underpinning regulations for major air pollutants. Podcast: MSNBC/Rachel Maddow: Excerpt from "A Warning" by Anonymous (45 min) Nothing new here, but it's still a shock to hear. (Book excerpt starts at 14:00.)  Ready to do more? Learn about the Green New Deal. Read the Indivisible Guide 2.0, a new strategy for a new congress. Check out the weekly action plan from Progressive Action, Global Exchange (PAGE) which mobilizes progressives living overseas. Sign up for the Americans of Conscience Checklist, a weekly action list that also provides encouragement and good news. Learn more about solutions and actions at ClimateRecovery.org, a new group organized by members of American Resistance Sevilla and other community activists.  Something to celebrate in Washington! (When's the last time THAT happened?) Fans welcome the home team back to D.C. for a victory parade on Saturday, to celebrate the Nationals’ World Series win. (Photo WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez) STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! It's Still Happening As the impeachment process moves ahead, and we are all getting ready to sit in front of C-SPAN with a bowl of popcorn (you can keep up with it all HERE, even watch it live), it is worth remembering that many of the issues that have concerned us over the last months or years never went away—they just got buried in the avalanche of more recent news. Here are just a few that are worth checking in on:
--Kathy Sherretts Interactive: Politico: Impeachment inquiry: A guide to the most (and least) powerful players by Ryan Heath and Beatrice Jin Who’s who, and who matters, among the Democrats, Republicans, and nonpartisan players. (Note: this graphic works best on bigger screens) Article: The Independent: ‘It’s like nothing we have come across before’: UK intelligence officials shaken by Trump administration’s requests for help with counter-impeachment inquiry by Kim Sengupta The US president has called on the Australian prime minister Scott Morrison for help in investigating the FBI, CIA and Mueller investigators, while Attorney General Barr has been on similar missions to the UK and Italy. Podcast: Mother Jones: Naomi Klein’s Blistering Warning: Fight for Your Lives (41 min) Klein explains how those in power, on every level, have refused to act against impending peril. She discusses the ecological challenges the United States faces, and the way the climate crisis is intertwined with income inequality and other social issues. Taking the World Serious: Reuters: World Series star pitcher Doolittle declines Trump invite to White House “I don’t want to hang out with somebody who talks like that.” Just for fun: Jimmy Kimmel: Compare and contrast. (2 min)  Ready to do more? Learn about the Green New Deal. If you missed our roundtable discussion, you can read the presenters' notes here. Read the Indivisible Guide 2.0, a new strategy for a new congress. Check out the weekly action plan from Progressive Action, Global Exchange (PAGE) which mobilizes progressives living overseas. Sign up for the Americans of Conscience Checklist, a weekly action list that also provides encouragement and good news. Learn more about solutions and actions at ClimateRecovery.org, a new group organized by members of American Resistance Sevilla and other community activists. |
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