"Australia’s Wildfire Catastrophe Isn’t the “New Normal.” It’s Much Worse Than That" | My interview with @JamesWest2010 for @MotherJones:
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Australian police say they have arrested two dozen people for intentionally setting bushfires as massive swaths of the country burn https://t.co/HMBsFSUptE
I'm not sure that folks outside of #Australia have yet grasped the full magnitude of this widespread and still-escalating catastrophe. Well over 12 million acres (!) have already burned, and it's going to get worse before it gets better. #AustraliaBurning
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Shortly after midnight on New Year's Day, authorities in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, said there were 112 fires burning and 2,500 firefighters working in the state.
"This is absolutely one of the worst fire seasons we've seen."
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@dwallacewells@mehdirhasan@MSNBC ~ why is this not a priority in your programming? It’s become the same info with a different spin... and no one taking about AUSTRALIA BURNING! #climatechange !!!
This year’s winner of the Nobel prize for economics says, “You don’t boost growth by cutting taxes, you do that by giving money to people” https://t.co/thoKYmFymh
A watchdog group obtained emails in a FOIA lawsuit. Trump's administration produced them at the last possible moment under the court order, late on the Friday night before Christmas. Let's make sure word gets out Trump derailed aid to Ukraine shortly after he spoke with Zelensky.
.@RepEscobar (D-Texas): “Our Republican colleagues are working overtime to try to convince us that we didn’t see what we saw with our own eyes and we didn’t hear what we heard with our own ears. Facts matter.”
It’s 15 degrees and day 3 of the 330 mile prayer ride Heading into Woonsocket, South Dakota today On 12/26/1862, 38 Dakota warriors were hanged in Mankato, MN following the U.S.-Dakota Conflict; the largest mass hanging in American history We ride to remember and heal
#INDIGENOUS
"This is a transnational crime syndicate. You've had three years to figure this out. We've had hearings. We've had people from the inside, like Michael Cohen, be like 'Yeah, it's the mafia!' And still politicians beat around the bush." -- @gaslitnation https://t.co/pRLtJtJfeg
BREAKING: A federal judge blocked @realDonaldTrump’s unlawful national declaration emergency that hurts our military and does nothing to address the root causes of our nation’s challenges.
Thank you @CountyofElPaso and @BNHR for standing up for what’s right.