Links for you. Science:
President Trump’s proposed budget will stunt American scientific innovation
In booming Philadelphia neighborhoods, lead-poisoned soil is resurfacing
A flurry of recent statements show widespread climate doubt in the Trump administration
A Deadly Brain-Invading Worm Is Disturbingly Widespread in Florida
Solving the Mystery of Whose Laughter Is On the Golden Record
Other:
Voting Off the Apprentice President: The case for impeaching Trump
TRUMP IS FLOPPING, BUT THERE’S STILL A BIG OPENING IN AMERICA FOR WHITE NATIONALISM — OR FDR LIBERALISM
The Trumpmaid’s Tale: Kellyanne Conway’s Plan for ‘Demographic War’
As Chinatown grows, some long-time residents wonder where they fit
How Facebook is changing democracy
Typos in official correspondence are tiny errors on their own, but they suggest a much larger problem within the administration. (brown M&M’s)
Md. lawmakers have plan to remake Metro and let each jurisdiction decide how to pay for it
A firefighter who attended Grenfell tower has written this
2020 and the Democratic Message
Only Democrats Can Restore Faith in the Political Process: Trump has caused a crisis in American democracy, and the minority party can’t rely on “prosecutorial liberalism” to solve it.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Medicaid Is the Future of American Health Insurance — If It Can Survive the Next Two Weeks
Why A Pro-Life World Has A Lot of Dead Women In It
Making America scared again won’t make us safer
Rock Sculptures Suspended Within Bell Jars by Their Own Weight by Dan Grayber
Why I resigned from the Foreign Service after 27 years
Hong Kong was supposed to liberalize China. How did the opposite happen?
Trump overrules cabinet, plots global trade war
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