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Thursday, December 05, 2024

Clay Wirestone: The Legislature, emboldened by larger supermajorities than its previous sessions, now has kind of power it hasn't enjoyed since 2012, when Republican Gov. Sam Brownback passed his tax "experiment." read more


Thursday, November 28, 2024

Republican senator introduces bill to abolish US Department of Education read more


Wednesday, November 27, 2024

This is sarcasm for the intellectually bereft.


Sunday, November 24, 2024

Chuck Woolery, Host of Wheel of Fortune' and Love Connection,' Dies at 83 He also did some acting and was a singer in a band that had a Top 40 hit, "Naturally Stoned," in 1968. read more


Thursday, November 21, 2024

Bill Clinton says he feels 'terrible' for pushing a 1994 agreement with Russia that resulted in Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons read more


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www.factcheck.org

President Donald Trump recently said "we've got the cleanest country in the planet right now" when it comes to "clean air" and "clean water." Rankings compiled by researchers at Yale and Columbia universities say otherwise.

Out of 180 countries studied, the U.S. comes in at No. 27 on the 2018 Environmental Performance Index, which scores countries based on their performances in a number of categories covering environmental health and ecosystem vitality.

On air quality, the U.S. ranked 10th, and on water and sanitation, it placed 29th.

apnews.com

HELENA, Mont. (AP) " A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors will remain temporarily blocked, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, after justices unanimously agreed with a lower court judge who found the law likely violates the state's constitutional right to privacy.

The case against the Montana law now goes to trial before District Court Judge Jason Marks in Missoula.

slate.com

Some years ago, academics and legal and political commentators began joining in a lament that eventually became a kind of trope: "What the heck has happened to Jonathan Turley?" The sad refrain recalled that George Washington University law professor Turley was once a serious and respected legal scholar"a civil libertarian who often constructively criticized liberal cant "and then observed that he had turned his energy into appearing all over the media, but especially welcomed the chance to be on Fox News. Turley, who acknowledges that he is a paid Fox News

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