
Trump says:
"Congratulations, this is great for everybody that prices are going to go up."
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Martin Harley is one of the best live performers out there.
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I've been following Dan McClellan for a while. I often disagree with his conclusions but generally accept his research. Here is a warning:
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Can we exist without religion? OR perhaps the question should be, "Who will write a new religion that can save us?"
"In 2025, this tech priesthood has entered into a makeshift alliance with MAGA Republicans. While they may share an interest in hierarchical power structures, they differ in their ultimate source of authority: Technology versus God. This distinction is a crucial fault line, and it may lead to trouble on the information superhighway to Techno Damascus."
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On January 31, David Lebryk, the most senior career civil servant in the Treasury, announced he would retire; he had been placed on administrative leave after refusing to give Musk’s DOGE team access to the federal payment system. The next morning, sources tell WIRED, Elez was granted read and write access to PAM and SPS.
On February 3, Politico reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Republican lawmakers in the House Financial Services Committee that Musk and DOGE didn’t have control over key Treasury systems. The same day, The New York Times reported that Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said that DOGE’s access was “read-only.”
...Sources tell WIRED that by afternoon of...February 5, Elez’s access had been changed to “read-only” from both read and code-writing privileges.
...The significance of this is that the ability to alter the code on these systems would in theory give a DOGE technologist—and, by extension, Musk, President Donald Trump, or other actors—the capability to, among other things, illegally cut off Congressionally authorized payments to specific individuals or entities.
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Mark Harmon:
Inspired by a recent trip to Walt Disney World, I’ve decided the only way to understand the current Tennessee legislative session is to approach it as a theme park. Here is my guidebook to Legislative Land.
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Trump did not place his hand on the Bible.
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A summary of what's going on:
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Tennessee State Republicans have filed a bill that would allow Tennesseans to sue the manufacturers of abortion-inducing medication if a family member uses it to obtain an abortion.
The House sponsor of the latter bill is Rep. Gino Bulso, a Brentwood Republican who also happens to be trial attorney with a successful track record of personal injury suits. The Senate sponsor is Joey Hensley, the Hohenwald Republican physician who was found in 2020 to have violated medical ethics by prescribing opioids to his medical assistant/cousin/romantic partner.
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There are two articles that speak to where we, in America, are right now:
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The first one indicates what Tennesseans think and how far off base from reality they are. The second tells us why this is so.
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Eco warriors and politics
- Lawmakers fill government witness list in former House speaker trial (TN Lookout)
- Federal appeals court clarification limits refugees allowed to settle in U.S. (TN Lookout)
- Ethics Commission dismisses complaint against Republican rep.; threatens complainants with penalties (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee voters will decide whether those accused of some felonies lose right to pretrial bail (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee asks feds whether state funds are jeopardized by immigrant student bill (TN Lookout)
- Legislation slashing development oversight of isolated wetlands heads to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk (TN Lookout)
- U.S. Education Department to restart defaulted student loan collections (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee legislature puts state watchdog agency under attorney general (TN Lookout)
Science and stuff
- Mouse brains hint at why it’s so hard to forget food poisoning (Science News Daily)
- How science can help you train your puppy (Science News Daily)
- Loneliness is higher among middle-aged Americans than older ones (Science News Daily)
- Earth’s landmasses lost trillions of tons of water this century (Science News Daily)
- Autism rates rose again. Experts explain why (Science News Daily)
- Hidden Antarctic lakes could supercharge sea level rise (Science News Daily)
- Seeking the anomalies that lead to discoveries (Science News Daily)
- Readers weigh in on brainlike AI technology (Science News Daily)
- A gas clump in the Milky Way’s neighborhood might be a ‘dark galaxy’ (Science News Daily)
- Fires in the Amazon forest may melt sea ice in Antarctica (Science News Daily)
Discussing
- Maybe it's time to reenergize RoaneViews...Or does anyone have a better idea? (2 replies)
- The Constitution Won, Trump Lost in Colorado...Now What? (1 reply)
- Our Very Own George Santos, TN GOP Congressman Ogles is Pretty Much Insane (1 reply)
- Destroying Jim Jordan, All Without Mentioning Jordan's Support For Sexual Abusing Athletes (1 reply)
- Want to See Who Owns Your State Senators and Reps? (1 reply)
- 9-11 Strangest Uninvestigated Fact (2 replies)
- It's Gettin' Real, Now...Gloria Johnson Made Wonkette! (1 reply)
- Does Rep Fritts Want School Shooters to Have Access to AR 15s? (2 replies)
- How many Trees Died Trying Save Us From Global Warming? (1 reply)
- Feel Good Friday,,,From our "If Only" Dept. (1 reply)
- Tennessee Education Worsens Under Bill Lee and GOP (1 reply)
- The Most Important Thing You Will Read Today! (1 reply)
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