Mark Esper says that Cabinet members had to keep Trump from doing “bad things, terrible things” that would have taken the country in a “dark direction.
New podcast alert! My recent conversation with @samquinones7 is up - Sam talks about fentanyl, meth, and where the US can go from here to heal from our epidemic of addiction.
https://t.co/JAjTgRYbwJ
#addiction#recovery#opioidcrisis
There's a 50-50 chance the world will warm by more than 1.5C over the next 5 years.
That means more extreme weather.
Rising oceans swallowing homes.
Extended droughts destroying livelihoods.
It means more #LossAndDamage.
https://t.co/auM7PqAul3
🚨 New #NPS#Stimulant Identified in the U.S. 🚨
N-Cyclohexyl methylone (aka cyputylone as sold online) is a new #cathinone detected in several states. This continues an appeared increase in new stimulants introduced into drug markets. More ⬇️
📄: https://t.co/BNSoZZO5Yu
Brexit has finally paralysed NI. As predicted. There never can be a good Brexit for this divided society, because control in its fragile stability is lost by hard borders. The pursuit of hard Brexit was a cold-eyed decision to disregard this fragility at NI's expense. Realpolitik
Yet another Scottish Time Lord! Ncuti Gatwa will take over from Jodie Whittaker as the Time Lord in Doctor Who, the BBC has announced.
https://t.co/Y3eSYin6yI
God’s own gardens: why churchyards are some of our wildest nature sites This is a lovely article about the beauty and diversity in churchyards and the church’s role in caring for creation https://t.co/LjWnJaIRMX
"Northern Ireland was literally designed, its borders were designed, so that wouldn't happen"
@lewis_goodall explains why the 2022 Stormont elections "already are historic"
https://t.co/O7sZLsbmYk
How d’Hondt works:
The biggest party is Sinn Féin, on 27 seats. They get 1st pick of department.
Their seats are divided by 2, to get 13.5. This will be important later on.
Continued…
Don't picket judges at home. It's wrong.
Don't refuse to schedule votes on presidential supreme court nominees. That's wrong too.
Even if you think a Senator's questions are unfair or intrusive - don't lie in your testimony. That's wrong as well.
And wrongs add up.
Last year we got rid of our #lawn. No, we didn't follow the modern trend to plastic - instead we put down wild flower turf. Look how it's doing! At least 10 species flowering, and it's only just starting!
@SenatorHagerty Oh, it's more than just China involved in this crisis. It's those that took campaign donations from opioid manufacturers... It's those that won't fund health care for the uninsured.