Climate & Climate Politics
- (99 One-Liners Rebutting Climate Science Denier Talking Points ) President Obama’s Second-Term Plan To Address Climate Change | ThinkProgress
- PolitiFact | A look back at our climate-change fact-checks
- Sheldon Whitehouse: Time to Wake up From Magical Thinking | Climate Denial Crock of the Week
- Climate Change: Key Data Points from Pew Research | Pew Research Center
- President Obama to Announce Climate Change Plan Today | Global Warming | LiveScience
- Obama to address climate change in speech Tuesday
- No-drama Obama unveils series of modest, sensible steps on climate change | Grist
- Obama’s climate plan in 3 easy bullet points (and a few sub-bullet points) | Grist
- Right Wing Activist Steven Hayward of The Powerline Blog writes his childishly sardonic and condescending preview of the Presidents upcoming speech: Previewing Obama’s Climate Speech – Climate Change Dispatch
Politics
- Texas senator Wendy Davis filibusters against abortion bill – CBS News
AUSTIN, TEXASWearing pink tennis shoes to prepare for nearly 13 consecutive hours of standing, a Democratic Texas state senator on Tuesday began a one-woman filibuster to block a GOP-led effort that would impose stringent new abortion restrictions across the nation’s second-most populous state.
Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth began the filibuster at 11:18 a.m. CDT Tuesday. To derail a vote in the GOP-dominated Senate, she must keep speaking on the bill until midnight — the deadline for the end of the 30-day special session.
Before Davis began speaking, her chair was removed. CBSDFW.com reports that Davis must speak continuously — and stay on topic — the entire time. She is not allowed to lean against something for support. And she will not be able to stop or take a break, not even for meals or the restroom, during the entire 13-hour ordeal. (read the complete article…)
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- Immigration Wedge Issue Splits GOP
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