Republican Leadership Tries To End Probe Into Trump

Were you thinking that the Republicans in Congress want to get to the bottom of the Russians stealing our election? That was never true, you were always wrong, it is time to stop pretending. The document below can be found in PDF form here. Here is Rachel Maddow’s take on it: This is what dictators…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/06/29/republican-leadership-tries-end-probe-into-trump/

Please, MSNBC, can we stop now?

MSNBC has added Bret Stephens, climate denier formerly of the WSJ, lately of the NYT, to their list of commenters. Shame on them. Also, shame on Wikipedia and others for referring to Stephens as a journalist. He is no more a journalist than Anne Coulter. He is a commenter. (He’s way better than Coulter, of…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/06/29/please-msnbc-can-we-stop-now/

Trump Dictates To The Press: Mika, Obamacare, Bullying the Press Corp

Trump is reportedly pressuring public news media and other outlets to not distribute information about Obamacare, as they normally would, in an effort to sabotage the n-Law. This is what dictators do. Trump’s people in the “press” room have bullied the press to the point that they are finally starting to lash out. This is…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/06/29/trump-dictates-to-the-press-mika-obamacare-bullying-the-press-corp/

Pregnancy, C-Sections, and Postpartum Depression Are Preexisting Conditions in New American Healthcare Act

This is from Parents magazine: When you talk about “preexisting conditions,” you probably think of things like diabetes, heart disease and cancer. But the reality is that healthcare companies consider a whole slew of common health concerns preexisting conditions. Odds are, if you’re a mom, you probably already have one of them. And now that…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/06/29/pregnancy-c-sections-and-postpartum-depression-are-preexisting-conditions-in-new-american-healthcare-act/

Trump, Perry, Energy, Climate, #Sad

Two items I know you’ll want to check out. The ‘intellectual’ debate Rick Perry says he wants is already over Last week, Energy Secretary Rick Perry told CNBC he considers his skepticism towards climate data to be a sign of a “wise, intellectually engaged person.” Yesterday, at a press briefing at the White House –…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/06/29/trump-perry-energy-climate-sad/

This is how a dictatorship works.

The press has had enough of being called liars by the liars. I’m not a big fan of MJ, but the very fact that MJ has quotable conversation about this is a change in how the world works. Here’s another thing dictators do: Make up accolades. Trump created a fake TIME magazine cover and hung…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/06/28/this-is-how-a-dictatorship-works/

NGS Coal Industry Documentary Free For A While

There is no free lunch, but you can watch a normally unfree documentary for free on the usual streaming networks for a little while. Click here to get to the NGS site From Hollywood Reporter: Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies, says, “Coal affects our lives and planet in important ways, but people often take…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/06/27/ngs-coal-industry-documentary-free-for-a-while/