The culture war the MAGAts have contrived and cultivated is destroying American culture. Here is the evidence of this. We are going to get a clear sense of what is happening by seeing what occurs with criminal Trump’s trial.
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54% say the state of moral values in U.S. is poor; 33% only fair
83% think U.S. moral values are getting worse
74% of Republicans say moral values are poor; 97% think they are worsening
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans’ already poor ratings of the state of moral values in the U.S. have fallen further to the lowest point in Gallup’s 22-year trend. The 54% of U.S. adults who rate moral values in the country as “poor” marks a four-percentage-point increase since last year and the first time the reading has reached the majority level.
Another 33% of Americans think U.S. moral values are “only fair,” 10% “good” and 1% “excellent.”
Throughout the trend, Americans have been more negative than positive in their views of the nation’s moral values, but the latest readings, from a May 1-24 poll, are substantially worse than the trend averages. Since 2002, an average of 43% of U.S. adults have said the state of moral values is poor, while 38% have rated it as only fair and 18% as excellent or good.
By design we live surrounded by woods. Take this research seriously. If you live in a city go hiking. Spending time in nature is important, that’s one of the many reasons fostering the wellbeing of nature is the right path. Make some regular time in nature a part of your life.
Neurological conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis (MS) affect more than 1 billion people worldwide, according to a report from the United Nations. While there is no cure for these disorders, new research has found another way to protect against them.
Researchers from the University of British Columbia studied more than 670,000 adults living more than 50 yards from a major road or more than 160 yards from a major highway. They found living near major highways led to a 14% increase in non-Alzheimer’s dementia and Parkinson’s disease, while living near green spaces lowered the risk of those same two disorders.
The study, published in the journal Environmental Health, found living near green spaces can lower the risk of developing certain neurological conditions.
This is the first study to prove living near green spaces, like parks, has a protective effect against common neurological conditions. According to lead author of the study Weiran Yuchi, urban planning efforts should increase access to green spaces or reduce traffic to benefit neurological […]
It is getting almost no media attention, but Bernie Sanders, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Ron Wyden, in a wellbeing fostering move, are supporting the transition out of the carbon era in an ingenious way — through the insurances companies. Here’s the report.
A home ripped off its foundation is seen in Fort Myers Beach, Florida on October 30, 2022, roughly one month after Hurricane Ian made landfall. Credit: Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images / LightRocket / Getty
As insurance giants limit coverage in hundreds of disaster-prone areas across the United States, a Senate panel on Friday launched an investigation into seven major carriers’ continued backing of planet-heating fossil fuel projects that are driving increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather.
Senate Budget Committee Chair Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sent letters to the executives of seven companies—American Insurance Group (AIG), Berkshire Hathaway, Chubb, Liberty Mutual Group, Starr Wright USA, State Farm, and Travelers Insurance—demanding that each firm disclose how it underwrites, invests in, and profits from coal, oil, and gas.
The letters—also signed by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), both members of the committee—further ask the companies to explain what plans, if any, they have to reduce, wind down, or eliminate support for current and proposed fossil fuel projects in accordance with the Paris agreement’s goal of limiting […]
John Hudson, National Security Reporter - The Washington Post
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There are two things about Saudi Arabia that matter to the oligarchs. One, is oil at a reasonable price.Two, that the Saudis continue to spend billions of dollars that goes into the coffers of the American military-industrial corporations. But as this article describes, the game is changing. What the article does not go into is the effect on the economy of Saudi Arabia as the world exits the carbon era.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jiddah. Credit: AFP / Getty
Last fall, President Biden vowed to impose “consequences” on Saudi Aabia for its decision to slash oil production amid high energy prices and fast-approaching elections in the United States.
In public, the Saudi government defended its actions politely via diplomatic statements. But in private, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman threatened to fundamentally alter the decades-old U.S.-Saudi relationship and impose significant economic costs on the United States if it retaliated against the oil cuts, according to a classified document obtained by The Washington Post.
The crown prince claimed “he will not deal with the U.S. administration anymore,” the document says, promising “major economic consequences for Washington.”
Eight months later, Biden has yet to impose consequences on the Arab country and Mohammed has continued to engage with top U.S. officials, as he did with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the seaside Saudi city of Jiddah this week.
It is unclear whether the crown prince’s threat was conveyed directly to U.S. officials or intercepted through electronic eavesdropping, but […]
The main thing that defines MAGAts is not their despicable politics, as bad as they are. What really lies at the foundation of this community is that they believe facts being one such cohort. Consider anti-vaxxer Robert Kennedy, Jr. for example. I recently had a lengthy exchange with an anti-vaxxer, a prominent person in the holistic medical movement, and I was astonished by his inability to deal with simple objectively verifiable studies of the death rates. At first I thought he wouldn’t look at the data, then I realized he couldn’t look at the data. He saw it as a conspiracy. Data made up by the Pharmaceutical industry to stimulate drug sales. Our exchange made me realize that when you can’t accept facts and you see things you don’t like or agree with as disinformation produced by conspiracies. For about a third of the country this has become the defining characteristic of their culture. Their are many negative implications to this willful ignorance, but the sabotage of public education by anti-climate change morons, as this article describes, has generation long consequences. You would think it was clear that whether you believe in a fact, it is still a fact, just as climate change is a reality we are already facing.
Drawing by Olivia Loutfi, 10th grade student, Hopewell Valley Central High School
Carolyn McGrath thought she was ready for her testimony in front of the New Jersey Department of Education. An art teacher, she had dressed in a jaunty polka-dot blouse and chunky green necklace, and had a written statement prepared in favor of teaching climate change in every school subject.
She hadn’t expected any controversy. But by the time it was her turn to walk to the podium last month, she was so nervous she visibly shook.
“It was such an uncomfortable situation,” she said later. “I don’t like confrontation.”
McGrath is passionate about teaching climate change; she’s given her students assignments like creating portraits of climate activists. So she was delighted this past fall, when the state of New Jersey joined the global vanguard in climate education. New Jersey is the first state in America to adopt standards for learning about climate change in each grade, from K through 12, and across several different subjects, even physical education.
