I don't think Americans are making this connection. And the way we can see this in - right here and now, take a look at the monthly change in Google searches. Look at the searches for wildfire, up 2,400 percent. My goodness gracious. This is the most amount of people searching for wildfires ever. Ever. Going back since Google [trends began back in 2004].

But look at climate change. Look at the change. It doesn't go hand in hand with wildfires. It's actually down. It's down 9 percent. And I also looked in California. There has been no increase in the number of searches for climate change. //

anon-ha5c
3 minutes ago
The “extreme” weather events of the past few decades are nothing compared to those of the 19th Century, why don’t we ever have a comparison between then and now.

Zuckerberg’s admission of a pressure campaign lays bare the truth: the government colluded with Big Tech to violate Americans’ First Amendment right and the Supreme Court squandered an opportunity to right a wrong.

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"An uncomfortable thought has circulated among some Biden aides and longtime supporters in the days since Carter died: If Biden passes while Trump is president, would he get a state funeral?"
cnn.com
Biden confronts an ending with Carter’s funeral | CNN Politics
5:21 PM · Jan 9, 2025

Validating their concerns, the aides reference Democrats' absolute delight that Carter's passing means flags will be set at half-staff through President-elect Trump's inauguration, something he has voiced dismay over.

They also note that Trump initially did not lower flags to half-staff at the White House to honor John McCain after his death in August 2018.

Considering their cordial meeting at the White House in November, it seems unlikely that Trump would refuse to honor Biden's wishes. Despite the fact that Biden's administration did their absolute best for years to put him in jail.

Not to mention, it seems more like a case of projection. Is there any doubt President Biden and his aides would have refused to honor Trump had he unfortunately passed while Joe and Kamala were in office?

Recall, if you will, that congressional Democrats in 2021 introduced a bill that would ban former President Donald Trump from being buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

The legislation - H.R.484 or the "No Glory for Hate Act" - was sponsored by Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA) and co-sponsored by 13 additional Democrats, including newly minted Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and former congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA).

The Act’s summary indicated it was designed to “prohibit the use of Federal funds for the commemoration of certain former Presidents, and for other purposes.”

It is designed specifically to prevent “the interment or inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery of any former President that has been twice impeached by the House of Representatives.”

Weird. He should have a special plot, considering he's also the only twice-acquitted former President.

Texas Zombie
2 days ago
The only reason they are concerned about this is they know that if the shoe were on the other foot Biden would not give Trump a state funeral. They know that for a fact. So of course they’re worried that Trump would do exactly what Biden would do. But you know what? Trump is a better man than Biden. And if Biden dies while Trump is president, there will be a state funeral and Trump will say nice things about Biden. Because that’s the kind of guy Trump is.

MajorKong
43 minutes ago
Top four threats to humanity:

1. Marxism
2. Nuclear war triggered by Marxists (see 1, above)
3. Famine triggered by Marxists (see 1, above)
4. Did I mention Marxists?

Grapie MajorKong
5 minutes ago

5. American Democrats (see 1, above)

Hogan testified Friday that the story he green-lit prior to publication did not include the term “black market,” and that it was Jake Tapper who included that term.

“The text of the story did not do that,” Hogan testified. “The banner and Jake Tapper’s lead-in did that.”

Nonetheless, Hogan later testified that he thought describing the situation as a “black market” was “accurate” and disputed the allegation that “black market” has a “negative connotation.”

Young alleges the use of the term “black market” to describe his evacuation efforts “rendered Young permanently unemployable” because it implied Young was involved in illegal conduct. Young later testified that his defense contracts expressly prohibited involvement in “black markets.” Notably, a court also found Young did not commit a crime. //

Young had previously testified that he needed more than two hours to respond to the inquiry to seek guidance from other individuals and organizations he worked with. Young also said in messages to Marquardt that the two-hour deadline was “definitely not a realistic deadline” but that “in any case, I can tell you for sure, some of your facts/assertions [are] not accurate, and if they are published, I will seek legal damages.”

CNN still aired the segment, shared it on social media and CNN’s website, and re-aired the segment before later issuing an apology months later. Young is seeking punitive damages.

Newsom announced an executive order that he says will help the destroyed areas recover.

“I’m worried about issues of rebuilding as it relates to scarcity, as it relates to property taxes, meaning scarcity of resources, materials, personnel. I’m worried about time to getting these projects done,” Newsom said in an interview with NBC News’s Jacob Soboroff on “Meet the Press.”

Included in the executive order are actions halting environmental regulation in relation “to projects to repair, restore, demolish, or replace property or facilities substantially damaged or destroyed as a result of this emergency” and targeting price gouging. //

anon-mdjj
5 hours ago
That’s all well and good until the Sierra Club ties it all up in court.

Claudius54 anon-mdjj
4 hours ago edited
... and the Kali judges and court system have been rigged for decades toward the very "environmental stewardship", regulation, gas appliance bans, hazardous materials handling restrictions, insurance 'controls', construction restrictions, diversity rules, etc., etc., that will fully constipate any sort of recovery efforts for the foreseeable future. Good luck eluding that reality with a "pen and a phone".

"What you want is irrelevant, what you have chosen is at hand."
-Spock

nebraskared
an hour ago
So let me get this straight...Jack Smith, who should never have begun a case, seeks by any means possible, mostly inuendo, to put Trump in jail gets to release his "report" and nobody named in the report for any reason can defend themselves from Smith's, largely, slander. Smith gets to resign with what he would consider clean hands even though once again he failed to complete his assignment in terms of law, but succeeds to rub people's reputations in the mud. Makes you wonder if Biden will give Smith a pardon,...or maybe a Medal of Freedom,... with distinction.

bk
38 minutes ago
What happened to the idea of "the fruit of the poisoned tree" given his appointment was not legit?

DaveM bk
26 minutes ago edited
To date Cannon is the only Court that has ruled Smith's appointment unlawful.
And if it gets appealed the 11'th Circuit Appeals Court will uphold his appointment.
Not once has the 11'th circuit Appeals Court ruled against Smith or in favor of Trump and his co-defendants.

A federal judge ruled Friday that American Airlines's pension fund had violated the law by making investment decisions using criteria other than the interests of the plan beneficiaries. The decision by Judge Reed O'Connor, a George Bush appointee serving the Northern District of Texas, comes from a decision by American Airlines management to allow the pension fund to be managed by BlackRock, which in turn used Environmental, Social, and Governance principles rather than financial performance to guide investment. //

For the reasons explained below, the Court concludes that the facts compellingly demonstrated that Defendants breached their fiduciary duty by failing to loyally act solely in the retirement plan’s best financial interests by allowing their corporate interests, as well as BlackRock’s ESG interests, to influence management of the plan. However, the facts do not compel the same result for the duty of prudence. Defendants acted according to prevailing industry practices, even if leaders in the fiduciary industry contrived to set the standard. This is fatal to Plaintiff’s breach of prudence claim. //

The day before Judge O'Connor ruled that BlackRock had sacrificed the pension payout to plan beneficiaries on the altar of ESG investing, BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, with $11.5 trillion in assets under management, announced its withdrawal from Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, an international group of asset management companies "committed to supporting the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner."

This makes BlackRock the latest asset manager to reconsider the business model of screwing over investors in exchange for invitations to all the right events. //

The exits are clearly linked to the American Airlines lawsuit, which imposes liability for damages on asset managers for breaching their fiduciary responsibility. One can't ignore the effect of an incoming Congress that is skeptical of ESG. Last summer, the House Judiciary Committee labeled the ESG movement as violating antitrust law.