Links for you. Science:
New York Times falls for “obesity probiotic” hype
Agriculture Department suspends data collection for honeybees after Trump budget cuts
Epistasis analysis uncovers hidden antibiotic resistance-associated fitness costs hampering the evolution of MRSA
Science division of White House office left empty as last staffers depart
A Window Into Space At The National Cathedral
Other:
The school segregation issue Democrats should be talking about
Katie Porter Just Raised A Boatload Of Money
Back When American Fascism Was Bad
Our Faves
A Photographic Look Back At Women In D.C. Punk
Amazon HQ2 Is Upending Northern Virginia’s Already Unstable Housing Market
“I cannot believe that my assault/robbery incident was downgraded to a “lost items” and “misplaced items” incident.”
“Your Judge Is Your Destiny”: Agnelis L. Reese has presided over more than 200 hearings during the past five years as an immigration judge. Unique among her peers, she has rejected every single case.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the 2020 Presidential Race and Trump’s Crisis at the Border
Trump’s Fourth of July event and weekend protests bankrupted D.C. security fund, mayor says
The WMATA board was a “clown show” about Jack Evans, but it’s not only Evans
A Way Out from Rock Bottom: Economic Policies Can Reduce Deaths of Despair
The Acids of Trump’s Border Policy
Nearly 4 years after initial presentation, ‘Lady Bird’ project in AU Park still struggling to take flight at former Superfresh site
Democrats Should Attack the Trump Economy
Nancy Pelosi Has Power—She Just Doesn’t Want to Use It
Are people who make $200k middle-class?
Kamala Harris’ sincerity problem
Giving The Game Away
A Fair and Welcoming Immigration System (not one of her better plans; doesn’t do much concrete for asylum seekers–judges have too much power)
mikethemadbiologist
*** The school segregation issue Democrats should be talking about ***
Excellent.
*** A Fair and Welcoming Immigration System ***
1. “Immigrants have always been a vital source of American strength. They grow our economy and make our communities richer and more diverse.”
2. “We need expanded legal immigration that will grow our economy, reunite families, and meet our labor market demands.”
Now contrast those bits from the link with what Warren says at her web site.
https://elizabethwarren.com/issues/#rebuild-the-middle-class
I’ve cut Warren some slack on Climate Change because I assume she is ignorant and out of touch – things which can be corrected. She proposes to bring in more Legal immigrants. That’ll sure help with the job markets! Then at her campaign site there is the fantasy proposal to force companies allow workers to “elect” 40% of the Boards. I don’t believe she could deliver the Antitrust Legislation, and even if somehow passed I doubt it would do anything at all to raise wages and improve working conditions.
Only a dishonest or stupid person would say these things in terms of helping the Middle Class, and I don’t believe Warren is stupid. She claims to be wanting to cut Defense Spending, but I was unable to locate a single example of her remarking about the F-35. Big Defense seems to love her. In fact, the only saving grace I can see for EW is that she’s not as bad as Harris. But that’s a mighty low bar.