In a new report, first shared with The Hill, analyzing public statements made by lawmakers, the think tank determined these climate deniers are all Republicans and include prominent members of House leadership.

It defined climate deniers as lawmakers who say any of the following: climate change is not real, it is not primarily caused by humans, the science is not settled on climate change, extreme weather is not caused by climate change, or climate change is actually beneficial. //

Fourth: "The science is not settled on climate change." This, again, isn't an unreasonable attitude because the science is not settled on climate change, and the science never will be settled on climate change, because that's not how the scientific method works. Science is not a philosophy, it is a tool, a method used to look at data and derive conclusions from it, to test hypotheses and develop theories that explain the data — the observations. Scientific theories are tentative, and are always open to being revised in light of new data; science is never "settled." That's not how this works; that's not how any of this works. //

While it's not necessarily an indicator of climate change or the lack thereof, it's important to note that human deaths due to severe weather have dropped by almost 99 percent in the last 100 years. //

The Center for American Progress, it must be noted, is not a scientific organization; it is a far-left activist group. This "analysis" is not an analysis at all; it is an attempt at a "gotcha," working backward from a conclusion, to try to make the point that anthropogenic climate change is something worth wrecking our economy and our modern technological lifestyle over. It also seeks to cast Republicans as the villains in the story. This isn't an analysis. It's not science, and it's not even remotely close to the scientific method; it is ideology couched in vaguely science-ish terms to make it sound plausible to the credulous.

MCAS was added on at the end as a high-tech Band-Aid to mitigate an unacceptable issue within the underlying MAX design.

Incompatible requirements had the MAX engineering team figuring out how to retrofit a large, next-generation engine (with fuel efficiency to compete with the Airbus A320neo) onto a legacy 737 airframe from 1968 without room for the new engine in the original mounting location. The team moved the engine mounting location forward and higher to fit the larger engine. The new mounting location was analyzed to cause an undesirable, increased tendency for this aircraft design to pitch upward (which can cause a stall in extreme situations).

Instead of pursuing other structural design options such as redesigning the landing gear, the team turned to the engineering elixir of automation. Sound engineering was outsourced to an autonomous MCAS computer with the authority to push the plane downward as it saw fit — tragically so in the 2018-2019 crashes.

An engineering team would not follow this course of action of its own accord. The legacy airframe was an issue; the new mounting location was an issue; inserting automation into the loop to smooth over these issues is unfathomable. Further investigation through a criminal trial should determine whether a trade study (engineering team’s comparative review of design options — a best practice) was conducted and, if so, who decided the outcome. //

Boeing is guilty of fraudulent behavior. But nothing about MCAS or individual engineer communications is the root cause. The grieving families and the public deserve to know who at Boeing directed the 737 MAX competitive strategy fundamentals and to see that party brought to justice.

One lesson we need to take out of this is we should never allow any presidency to again take on a myth of Camelot. People attracted to power are some of the most selfish, venal, and narcissistic human beings. Callahan’s book moves us further toward acknowledging that ugly reality.

The story here is not that Max Boot is disgusting (he is) or that he was targeted for marriage (my speculation because Terry is definitely out of the league of women Boot was used to playing in) by Terry because his position at the Post gave her propaganda greater reach and her more Vuitton bags. The real story is how this happened. How long has the FBI known of Terry's side gig? Did anyone at the Washington Post have any curiosity or qualms about the op-eds he was co-writing with his wife? And when did Boot, the spy-catcher of Trump's first term, discover that his wife was a foreign agent of influence?

In the wake of Saturday's failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the US Secret Service is still unable to explain how the incident happened, but it is devoting a lot of effort to defending the Secret Service agents who appeared to be flummoxed and a lot less than competent as former President Trump was evacuated to the hospital.

Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 @saras76
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DEI hire who couldn't find holster, hid behind Secret Service instead of jumping in.

Coward.

Women don't belong in that position.
4:08 PM · Jul 14, 2024 //

The physical fitness standards required are wildly different — a male doing four pull-ups fails the fitness test fails, a woman doing four pull-ups gets a max score. The physical fitness requirements are either related to the job or they are not; in that case, they would have difficulty surviving a legal challenge. If they are related to the job and men and women are required to do the same job, they must be the same. //

While the Secret Service is trying to make this a sex issue, it isn't. It is a competence issue. There is no issue with women on a presidential protective detail so long as the men and women meet the same objective, empirical standards. //

Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ @realchrisrufo
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This is progress. We are creating a circle of connotations around "DEI" that associates it with failure, corruption, incompetence, and fraud. Keep pushing.
4:29 PM · Jul 18, 2024

Carlson spoke to Trump Saturday evening after the former president dodged an assassin's bullet:

I think it changed him. I reached out to Trump within hours of it, that night, and what he said to me that night – he said not a single word about himself. He said only how amazed he was and proud he was of the crowd, which didn’t run.

Of course they didn't run. His courage gave them heart. A leader’s courage gives courage to his people.

For a man who's allegedly divisive and selfish (according to Democrats and the legacy media), Trump's actions since the assassination attempt have been anything but, Carlson said:

He turned down the most obvious opportunity in politics to inflame the nation after he was shot...This is the most responsible, unifying behavior of a leader that I’ve ever seen.

Voters in Arizona who register with the state and do not provide proof of citizenship will be rejected.

Then there was this amazing video taken by Rick Foerster who had been in the front row at the rally with his wife Karen, but had to go the hospital because she was overcome by the heat. They were there when the car arrived with Trump in front of the hospital. They had heard he was supposedly shot in the head and there was blood, from someone in the front row. I looked at this and thought about how John F. Kennedy was brought into Parkland Hospital. But fortunately, this was so different. You can hear how people in the room prayed for Trump when they heard that.

The New Madrid fault line remains something of an enigma to seismologists.

In its statement, the company promises to distance itself from the poisonous DEI parasite that has attached itself to the John Deere brand.

We will no longer participate or support external social or cultural awareness parades, festivals, or events.

Business Resouce Groups will exclusively be focused on professional development, networking, mentoring, and supporting talent recruitment efforts.

Auditing all company-mandated training materials and policies to ensure the absence of socially motivated messages, while being in compliance with federal, state, and local laws.

Reaffirming with the business that the existence of diversity quotas and pronoun identification have never been and are not company policy.

We fundamentally believe a diverse workforce enables us to best meet our custonmers' needs and because of that we will continue to track and advance the diversity of our organization. //

It also doesn't define what it means by "track and advance the diversity of our organization." That could be as benign as complying with mandated reporting requirements, or it could mean that employees will continue to be advanced based on something other than merit. //

Froge
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I never quite got how DEI is "needed" to attract the right work force. Because my company does DEI, I get the feeling they hate me because I am not the right race or gender for them. I get the feeling that I will not get promoted, or be much less likely to be promoted because of my gender/race.

It makes me dislike my company and is definitely not making me want to spend the rest of my life working there - no loyalty any more - why would I, the company hates me.

All this just for the "3%" or so of people that might be attracted to this, who probably have mental conditions and won't function well in engineering in the first place.

President Trump withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty. He did so for two reasons. First, Russia was cheating on the treaty like it always cheats on treaties (which is why I categorize anyone wanting an agreement with Russia as invincibly stupid, terminally naive, or a Russian agent of influence). It had developed and deployed prohibited weapons in Europe. Second, China was not bound by the treaty and was developing intermediate-range nuclear weapons while we were prohibited.

There is no "unilateral moratorium on the deployment of ground-based intermediate-range missiles" on Russia's part for Putin to suspend. Putin made several proposals for a general moratorium, which the Trump administration rejected. There are no monitoring or verification measures in place.

If you want more details on the events leading up to President Trump's departure from the INF, read Trump Announces the US Is Leaving a Treaty Russia Is Violating, and You Can Guess What Happened. https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/10/21/trump-announces-us-leaving-treaty-russia-violating-can-guess-happened-n96589

What Putin wants is to retain roughly 100 forward-deployed launchers for missiles that would be covered by the INF and for the US to negotiate away its ability to respond. Putin's lapdogs are all upset about Russian cities being within range of NATO weapons but not a single one of those voices has ever expressed any concern about Russian weapons based in Kaliningrad threatening a majority of NATO capitals.

Fabian Hoffmann @FRHoffmann1
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When people claim medium-range missiles in Germany are destabilizing because they can reach homeland targets deep inside Russia, including Moscow, ask how often they’ve complained about short-range ballistic and land-attack cruise missiles stationed in Kaliningrad.

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And threatening to nuke NATO capitals is something that happens on Russian state television a couple of times a month. //

Hopefully, Trump won't let himself be rolled by Putin the way that China's Xi pantsed Biden; Checkmate? US Removes Missiles From the Philippines As China's Xi Plays JFK to Biden's Khrushchev.

CNN contributor and Democrat strategist Van Jones was impressed with model and rapper Amber Rose's speech, as were many who listened to her at the Republican National Convention on Monday.

Jones told CNN viewers that Rose's speech was "probably the most dangerous speech" for the Democrat party.

That was probably the most dangerous speech for the Democratic coalition. That is a young woman of color. She is describing the experience that a lot of people have — feeling that maybe, if you’re around too many liberals, you might get criticized too much or you might not be able to speak your mind, and she spoke to it really well. //

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12:22 PM · Jul 16, 2024

On Sunday, Trump said in an exclusive interview with the New York Post, aboard Trump One while en route to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, that he was "supposed to be dead," as he recalled the "very surreal experience."

The doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this, he called it a miracle. I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead ... I’m supposed to be dead.

[...]

By luck or by God, many people are saying it’s by God I’m still here. //

Donald being Donald, he also took a moment to describe the "iconic" picture taken soon after Secret Service agents helped him to his feet and led him off stage.

A lot of people say it’s the most iconic photo they’ve ever seen. They’re right and I didn’t die. Usually you have to die to have an iconic picture. I just wanted to keep speaking, but I just got shot.

Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are seeking a federal permit to experiment in the waters off Cape Cod and see if tweaking the ocean’s chemistry could help slow climate change. //

The scientists want to disperse 6,600 gallons of sodium hydroxide — a strong base — into the ocean about 10 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. The process, called ocean alkalinity enhancement or OAE, should temporarily increase that patch of water’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the air. This first phase of the project, targeted for early fall, will test chemical changes to the seawater, diffusion of the chemical and effects on the ecosystem.

If successful, the team plans to conduct a larger trial next year in the Gulf of Maine.

Just for the record, the Atlantic Ocean contains 82 billion billion gallons of water. That's a lot of water. (And yes, gallons. I use freedom measurements.) The world's oceans combined contain 97 percent of the water on the planet, amounting to 352,670,000,000,000,000,000 gallons. Even if this experiment were to yield some measurable results, what do these researchers propose to do next? There isn't enough lye on the planet to be able to do this on a global scale. //

Desert Knights
a day ago
Always knew climate change folks were lyers. //

UpLateAgain
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And thank God they are not able to do it to sufficient scale to have any measurable effect. We currently have an atmosphere with roughly 420 Parts Per Million CO2. Ideal saturation for plant growth is closer to 1500 PPM, and the Earth has averaged somewhere around 1000 PPM for the entirety of its existence. At 150 PPM, plants start dying off at a potentially unrecoverable rate. In other words, we don't have too much CO2. We have too little... or at the very least on the lower end of acceptable. CO2 doesn't cause climate change. It is a byproduct of climate change. When the Earth warms, CO2 increases.... usually after a period of between 50 and 100 years (depending on how rapidly the Earth warmed). During the glacial eras, CO2 was down to about 180 PPM. These clowns, likely trying to get grant money, are going to some day do something that actually does have an effect, and endanger actually killing the planet... because when the plants go, the animals aren't far behind.
SEE:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/climate-scientists-say-we-should-embrace-higher-co2-levels-5551562?src_src=Morningbrief&src_cmp=mb-2023-12-31&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZec9eh0f3cDe%2FrwZrW5AK7N3ykoCaSoB2Kl%2FSebydvZTYx08oz5RWkI%3D

Senate Candidate for Virginia Hung Cao knows the magnitude of the gift his family was given when they were allowed to immigrate from Vietnam to the United States. In an inspiring speech at the RNC Tuesday evening, Cao tells of how America saved his life.

"We escaped from Vietnam days before Saigon fell to the communists. We were given a new life in the most generous country on earth. My name is Hung Cao, and America saved my life."

Cao's speech reminded us of the beauty of the American dream and that no country in the world is like our own. He shows us immigration done right — a treasured piece of American history and heritage that has gotten lost in the reckless stewardship of poor leaders. . //

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This is the American dream.

Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) @TeamTrump
"Don't ask for the American dream if you aren't willing to embrace AMERICAN LAWS & AMERICAN CULTURE." -- @HungCao_VA

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My fellow Republicans, let's send Joe Biden back to his basement, and let's send Donald Trump back to the White House. Life was more affordable when Donald Trump was President, our border was safer under the Trump administration, and our country was respected when Donald Trump was our commander-in-chief. Joe Biden has failed this nation. //

Our enemies do not confine their designs between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. We need a commander-in-chief who can lead 24 hours a day and seven days a week. America cannot afford four more years of a 'Weekend at Bernie's' Presidency. //

Let's be honest here, Biden is just a figurehead. He's a tool for imposing a leftist agenda on the American people. They support open borders, allowing millions and millions of illegal aliens to pour into our country and to burden our communities, but just don't send any to Martha's Vineyard, then they get really upset.

RSB
7 hours ago
Well Cannon has things going for her here:

1) Justice Thomas concurrence, which she quoted from and based her ruling on. And Thomas doesn't write that if he doesn't have at least 5 votes behind it. It was basically what he did when he used opinion writing to beg for a Chevron case.

2) 11th Circuit is not a leftist sinkhole. And...it's SCOTUS supervisory justice is Thomas.

3) Jack Smith is unique in that he was a private citizen and not an already in place US Attorney. Without the Independent Counsel statute being in effect there was no authority to just appoint a private citizen to these powers without Senate approval.

4) In addition to the Immunity concurrence, the ruling that revoked Chevron plays here as it directly refutes deference to DOJ interpretation of its regs.

I think ultimately she gets upheld here. And that SCOTUS takes it even if a Trump election "moots" it so they can make a definitive ruling. //

DaveM Benito
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That's the issue. The Statute authorizing the DOJ to appoint Special Counsels expired many years ago and was never renewed.
The current trends of the court here indicates that their interpretation is that an agency can not by itself decide it has authority. Only Congress can grant it to them. The fact that the previous authorization expired without being renewed indicates Congress withdrew that authority.

From what I read yesterday- Smith is using Stare Decisis as his argument-i.e previous courts have upheld the appointment of SCs therefore it is decided law. It's dangerous to try to predict what the court will do in a particular case but in general that argument will not looked upon with favor by this court. This court has repeatedly ruled that unconstitutional behavior by an agency is unconstitutional behavior by an agency- whether it as been previously upheld in the courts or or not. //

The Viking RSB
6 hours ago
Prior to his appointment, every other SC had gone through the approval process in one form or another, as either head of the FBI (Mueller) or as a US Attorney, such as Durham and Hur.

But now, according to the local news, Nicole Ford with WPXI, it is so much worse than just a couple of minutes — they spotted the shooter on the roof nearly a half hour before the shooting.

Channel 11′s Nicole Ford confirmed that Beaver County’s ESU team had eight members at the rally, including snipers and spotters. According to Ford’s sources, one of them noticed a suspicious man on a roof near the rally at 5:45 p.m., called it in and took a picture of the person. We have learned from our sources the person in that picture is Thomas Crooks. We’re told it’s not clear if Crooks had a gun with him at that point. //

It was 26 minutes, running from 5:45 p.m. to 6:11 p.m., which is when the shot hit Trump. //

Guess what that building was, the one that the shooter was on? It was a staging area for the local police involved in security for the event. Unbelievable.

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streiff @streiffredstate
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Just think, one Pennsyl-tucky redneck on the roof of that building with a lawn chair and a case of Yuengling would have done more to protect Trump than the Secret Service.
11:50 AM · Jul 14, 2024. //

The issue of overwork is sort of baked in during campaign season. Other claims that Trump's security detail was pillaged to provide security for Jill Biden, that more resources were requested and denied, and that the counter-sniper detail was only assigned the day before the rally, if true, are the decision of Director Cheatle, or at least had her approval. The actions are also so petty that it is easy to believe that the White House, particularly "Dr. Jill," was behind them. //

It is very difficult to believe that Trump had "enhanced" security. On the other hand, the decision to add a counter-sniper team to security only 24 hours before the event does explain how the shooting happened. A shortage of personnel explains why the shooter's vantage point was "outside the security cordon," though not why local police did not guard it, //

In the end, it comes down to credibility. Siphoning off Trump's regular security detail to protect Dr. Jill goes a long way toward explaining the goat-rope we see as they are bundling Trump into the vehicle. The people leaking about what went on behind the scenes aren't making excuses; they are giving reasons.

Mayorkas has a very estranged relationship with the truth, and there is no reason to believe anything he said. The surest way to tell he was lying to Stephanopoulos was to watch his face. His lips were moving.