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Cruz spearheads anti-science push

 

President Obama was in Paris last week for the start of the international climate talks, where he took a not-so-subtle shot at the Republicans running to replace him. “I think the president of the United States is going to need to think [the climate crisis] is really important,” Obama said. “Your credibility and America’s ability to influence events depends on taking seriously what other countries care about.”

 

Almost immediately thereafter, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) told MSNBC there is no climate “crisis.” Asked if he’s relying on evidence, the governor replied, “That’s my feeling. I didn’t say I was relying on any scientist.” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R), the same day, added that global warming is less of a threat than the national debt.

 

But Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in an apparent game of “anything you can do I can do worse,” took an even more aggressive step in support of climate denialism yesterday. Politico reported:

Ted Cruz took a break from the campaign trail on Tuesday to dive headlong into an aggressive Capitol Hill attack on mainstream climate science – the kind his fellow Republican presidential contenders have mainly sought to avoid.

 

Less than eight weeks before the crucial Iowa caucuses in which he’s leading the latest polls, Cruz convened a Senate subcommittee hearing where he criticized environmentalists as “alarmists” and questioned “the objectivity of climate research.”

It’s worth noting for context that when Republicans took the majority in the Senate, GOP leaders made Cruz the chairman of the Commerce Committee’s panel that oversees “Science and Space.” And in his capacity as chairman, the Texas Republican has the authority to organize anti-science hearings such as yesterday’s.

 

Incidentally, Rubio is on the same subcommittee, and he’s also a climate-denier, but he didn’t show up for work yesterday

 

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/cruz-spearheads-anti-science-push

 

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On December 8, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Noahhh said:

Sooo... now that Trump is disqualified, I guess we can all be happy.

He's not disqualified.. 

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16 minutes ago, Warholian said:

He's not disqualified.. 

He has zero chance of getting the nomination. But, he is not disqualified.

He's just another GOP loser.

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It finally happened: This year, millennials surpassed baby boomers as the largest share of the U.S.'s voting-age population. 

The U.S. now has 88 million millennials, people born 1981 to 2000. They are more than the sum of their student loans. This generation has tremendous political clout: Three of 10 voting-age Americans are millennials, and more members of the generation reach voting age each day.

A by-the-numbers look shows a generation poised to take over. Politicians ignore millennials at their peril.

 

http://www.bloombergview.com/interactives/2015-millennials/  <full

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There's something I don't understand. Do all citizens vote at the primaries or just the ones that are affiliated to one of those parties? 

And how does the candidate end up being chosen? I mean they have to win the primaries on a certain number of states or something? 

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/politics/hillary-clinton-immigration-endorsement-luis-gutierrez/index.html

Top Latino congressman endorses Hillary Clinton

CNN)Luis Gutiérrez, a congressman who has represented Illinois since 1993, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in a Univision opinion editorial published Monday.

Gutiérrez, one of the most outspoken congressmen on immigration reform, will introduce Clinton at the National Immigrant Integration Conference in Brooklyn on Monday, making his endorsement of the Democratic front-runner official.

"Hillary is with the Latina community and I am with her," Gutiérrez wrote in a translation of the Spanish-language opinion piece. "She will do what is best for Latinos and all Americans. Hillary is poised to propel the country forward, and I'm proud to be with her."

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