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Worst-Case Scenarios? Not Bad Enough

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Extreme Weather Is Outpacing Even The Worst-Case Scenarios Of Our Forecasting Models by Ravindra Jayaratne In the wake of the destructive Hurricane Otis, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment in the history of weather forecasting. The hurricane roared ashore with 165 mph winds and torrential rainfall, slamming into the coastal city of Acapulco, Mexico and claiming the lives of at least 48 people. The speed at which Otis intensified was unprecedented. Within 12 hours it went from a regular tropical storm to a “category 5” hurricane, the most powerful category and one which might occur only a few times worldwide each year. This rare …

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Hell of a Way to Run a Primary

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Our readers have been patient so far, but sooner or later they’re bound to start asking—“Where the hell is our coverage of the 2024 First in the Nation™ Presidential Primary Election®?” To which hypothetical question, we can only reply, “Show us a primary worthy of covering!” Because so far this thing is an unholy mess. Stand back, because we’re about to both-sides this issue. We’ll begin with the Party Formerly Known as Republicans, which we will so designate because Abraham Lincoln doesn’t deserve to be held guilty of association with this ludicrous gang of goons, thugs, and pervs. We’re not even going to list the …

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Corporate Sabotage at the Heart of Our Nation’s Dysfunction

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Corporations have far too much power. But We the People have more. by Robert Weissman and Joan Claybrook [The following is based on an excerpt of the authors’ new book, The Corporate Sabotage of America’s Future and What We Can Do About It (Public Citizen & Essential Books / 2023).] It is now conventional wisdom that America is a divided country, with bitter partisan splits over just about everything. It’s undoubtedly true that Americans have divergent views on many important topics. But the narrative of a Divided America obscures an equally important and rarely acknowledged truth: Americans agree on a great deal. Americans of all …

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Wrong Then, Wrong Now

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Biden Is The Latest President To Tout The Vietnam War As Proud History By Norman Solomon When Joe Biden flew out of Hanoi last week, he was leaving a country where U.S. warfare caused roughly 3.8 million Vietnamese deaths. But, like every other president since the Vietnam War, he gave no sign of remorse. In fact, Biden led up to his visit by presiding over a White House ceremony that glorified the war as a noble effort. Presenting the Medal of Honor to former Army pilot Larry L. Taylor for bravery during combat, Biden praised the veteran with effusive accolades for risking his life in …

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Union Workers Fighting for a Life Outside of the Mill

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by Tom Conway She only wanted a few hours at her dying mother’s bedside. But the woman’s bosses at Twin Rivers Paper in Madawaska, Maine, lacked all decency and forced her to the mill on overtime even though it was her day off. About an hour and a half into the mandatory shift, the woman’s mother died. She left the mill heartbroken, exploited by an industry that continues to spurn workers’ basic need for work-life balance. Now, workers are battling harder than ever to end this appalling mistreatment. They’re fighting back—at the bargaining table and at the state capitol—against inhumane mandatory overtime requirements that strain …

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Trump’s Actions Have Already Disqualified Him From the Presidency

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by Joseph Ferguson and  Thomas A. Durkin After three indictments of former President Donald Trump, the fourth one in Georgia came not as a surprise but as a powerful exposition of the scope of Trump’s efforts to remain in power despite losing the 2020 presidential election. New conservative legal scholarship spells out how and why those actions—which were observed by the public over many months—disqualify Trump from serving in the presidency ever again. And our read of the Georgia indictment, as longtime lawyers ourselves, shows why and how that disqualification can be put into effect. The key to all of this is the 14th Amendment …

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