Eco warriors and politics

• Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more (TN Lookout)
• Federal court rules Kalshi is subject to Tennessee’s gambling laws for sports contracts (TN Lookout)
• After a fight for equality in the 1980s, Chattanooga civil rights activists prepare for new effort (TN Lookout)
• Democratic gubernatorial contender Jerri Green talks affordability, Republican supermajority (TN Lookout)
• FDA nominee faces skepticism on vaccines from Republican senators at confirmation hearing (TN Lookout)
• Federal court upholds block on TN law making it a crime to aid minors seeking out-of-state abortions (TN Lookout)
• Planned Parenthood files legal challenge to investigation, document demands by Tennessee AG (TN Lookout)
• State report says Tennessee should increase taxes or start borrowing to fund road construction (TN Lookout)

Science and stuff

• Magnetism may have helped kick-start our solar system (Science News Daily)
• Peru’s penguins are on the brink. A super El Niño could make it worse. (Science News Daily)
• These are the first feathers ever found in fossilized dinosaur poop (Science News Daily)
• See the secret to DNA hookups (Science News Daily)
• Meet the newest living cat species, the first described in 100 years (Science News Daily)
• This year’s El Niño just broke a record months before it’s expected to peak (Science News Daily)
• Finally, a true blue rose exists (Science News Daily)
• First series of adult T. rex footprints hints at its walking speed (Science News Daily)
• Can AI reason without words? A small model puts the idea to the test (Science News Daily)
• Meet the ‘fire amoeba,’ a record-breaking survivor of extreme heat (Science News Daily)

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• It's Gettin' Real, Now...Gloria Johnson Made Wonkette! (1 reply)
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• How many Trees Died Trying Save Us From Global Warming? (1 reply)
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• Tennessee Education Worsens Under Bill Lee and GOP (1 reply)

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

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