Eco Warriors and Politics

• Tennessee Republicans' Crooked Priorities (Nashville Scene)
• The Weekly Links: Spanglish, Forever War and Britney Spears (Nashville Scene)
• New Library and Archives building to open April 13 (Tom Humphrey)
• New Library and Archives building to open April 13 (TN Journal)
• Virtual reception, real Jack Daniel’s for lawmakers (Tom Humphrey)
• Virtual reception, real Jack Daniel’s for lawmakers (TN Journal)
• The Christmas Day Bomber's Bizarre Obsessions and Dark Plans (Nashville Scene)
• Tennessee Democratic Party Facing 'Significant Financial Penalty' (Nashville Scene)
• Influencer Church Superspreads the Word (Nashville Scene)
• Feds rescind effort to lock in Medicaid changes made by Trump administration (Tom Humphrey)

Science and Stuff

• To sustain a thriving café culture, we must ditch the disposable cup. (Science News Daily)
• New skills of Graphene: Tunable lattice vibrations (Science News Daily)
• Protein kinases significantly contribute to the immunodeficiency in HIV patients (Science News Daily)
• Staying in the shade: How cells use molecular motors to avoid bright light (Science News Daily)
• Wrasses dazzle: How fairy wrasses got their flamboyant colors (Science News Daily)
• New treatment unlocks potential for baking raspberries (Science News Daily)
• Rocket launches reveal water vapor effect in upper atmosphere (Science News Daily)
• Climate change threatens European forests (Science News Daily)
• Bottling the world's coldest plasma (Science News Daily)
• How 'great' was the great oxygenation event? (Science News Daily)

• Trump Losing Streak Continues (1 reply)
• Sometime Today Roane County Will Record Its 80th Covid Death (1 reply)
• 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)

To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.

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