
We need to work harder than ever to defeat the fascist who occupies the White House. We were complacent in 2016 while Vladimir Putin gamed our system and put the deeply corrupt Trump and his flying monkeys in the White House even though a strong majority of Americans opposed him. We can't let that happen again! His followers are either gullible and deceived, ignorant, racist or corrupt in their own right. We have to stay in their faces and call them out nicely as possible.
“You look at the polls and think ‘he can’t win’,” tweeted Bill Kristol, who served in two Republican administrations. “But Trump’s path to victory doesn’t depend on persuading Americans. It depends on voter suppression, mass disinformation, foreign interference, and unabashed use of executive branch power to shape events, and perceptions, this fall.”
Read the full article and be worried enough to save our democracy!
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Eco Warriors and Politics
- Tennessee Dems send Medicaid block grant objections to Biden (TN Journal)
- Tennessee Dems send Medicaid block grant objections to Biden (Tom Humphrey)
- New TNDP Leader: Emphasize Economic Issues (Nashville Scene)
- Lawmaker searched by FBI misses campaign finance deadline (TN Journal)
- Lawmaker searched by FBI misses campaign finance deadline (Tom Humphrey)
- Casada PAC attacks from 2018 appear to be templates for hit pieces on Tillis (Tom Humphrey)
- Casada PAC attacks from 2018 appear to be templates for hit pieces on Tillis (TN Journal)
- Phoenix calling: Mystery vendor received more than $200K in 2020 (UPDATED) (Tom Humphrey)
- Phoenix calling: Mystery vendor received more than $200K in 2020 (UPDATED) (TN Journal)
- Tennessee Moves Corrections Officers Up on Vaccine Priority List, Leaving Prisoners Behind (Nashville Scene)
Science and Stuff
- Genome-editing tool TALEN outperforms CRISPR-Cas9 in tightly packed DNA (Science News Daily)
- Harpy eagles could be under greater threat than previously thought (Science News Daily)
- Pace of prehistoric human innovation could be revealed by 'linguistic thermometer' (Science News Daily)
- New light shed on behavior of giant carnivorous dinosaur Spinosaurus (Science News Daily)
- Ocean toxin a heartbreaking threat for sea otters (Science News Daily)
- Genetically-modified mosquitoes key to stopping Zika virus spread (Science News Daily)
- Building a corn cob; cell by cell, gene by gene (Science News Daily)
- Scientists identify flank instability at a volcano with history of collapse (Science News Daily)
- Impact of rising sea temperatures on marine life (Science News Daily)
- Biodegradable displays for sustainable electronics (Science News Daily)
Discussing
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- We are Dying Here! (2 replies)
- TN Legislature Passes Bill Making a Snooze at the Capital a Felony (1 reply)
- Governor "Death" (1 reply)
- Feel Good Friday Whop Frazier (Bobby Thompson) Edition (1 reply)
- Parents may choose either of two options for school (1 reply)
- Your Bandana or Cloth Mask Won't Really Protect You Much if Other Folks don't Wear Theirs (1 reply)
- Requirements for Absentee Ballot in TN (1 reply)
- Friday Toons (1 reply)
- Toons! (1 reply)
- Winter Solstice is at 9:21 PM EST Today...Alban Arthan (2 replies)
- Text of the Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump (1 reply)
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