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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-31 at 14:49

During Burgum's hearing he stated that he viewed America's public lands and waters as part of the country's financial "balance sheet," and advocated for extracting potentially trillions of dollars worth of oil, gas and minerals via mining and drilling. He also stated that he intended to realize Trump's plan for Energy Independence via "energy dominance" and an expansion of America's fossil fuel production.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Burgum

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-31 at 14:47

Nomination Description: Douglas Burgum, of North Dakota, to be Secretary of the Interior.

Vote Counts:

YEAs: 79

NAYs: 18

Not Voting: 3

Confirmed.

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00026.htm

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-26 at 22:58

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/colombia-tariffs-trump-deportation-flights/index.html

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-24 at 03:45

Releasing the classified RFK, JFK, and MLK documents won't roil any still waters, will it?

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-22 at 23:17

Laken Riley Act has been passed by the House and is headed to the White House for Presidential signage.

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-22 at 03:34

CNN's chyron indicates "Raids Begin"

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-20 at 16:04

Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, has died, her family said Monday in a statement. She was 67.

“This morning our beloved Cecile passed away at home, surrounded by her family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie. Our hearts are broken today but no words can do justice to the joy she brought to our lives,” it read.

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-20 at 16:03

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/us/cecile-richards-death-planned-parenthood/index.html

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-20 at 13:53

Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani.

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-17 at 15:22

@GottaLaff

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-17 at 15:20

Pressed by CNN on that December statement from the archivist, the senior official said that the archivist’s role is “prescribed by statute,” is “purely ministerial,” and “she is required to publish an amendment once it has been effectively ratified.”

Ultimately, the official conceded, “It will be up to the courts to interpret this and their view of the Equal Rights Amendment.”

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-17 at 15:19

Shogan, who would be responsible for the amendment’s publication, said in a December statement alongside Deputy Archivist William Bosanko that the amendment “cannot be certified as part of the Constitution due to established legal, judicial, and procedural decisions,” pointing to a pair of conclusions in 2020 and 2022 from the Office of Legal Counsel at the US Department of Justice that affirmed that ratification deadlines were enforceable.

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-17 at 15:19

CNN reached out to the National Archives for guidance on what the archivist plans to do, and was directed to Shogan and Bosanko’s prior statement, calling it a “long standing position for the Archivist and the National Archives.”

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-17 at 15:18

“He is using his power of the presidency to make it clear that he believes – and he agrees with leading constitutional scholars and the American Bar Association – not that it should be, but it is the 28th Amendment of the Constitution,” the official added.

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-17 at 15:18

“It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people. In keeping with my oath and duty to Constitution and country, I affirm what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: The 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their sex,” Biden said in a statement Friday.

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-17 at 15:17

Biden is now issuing his opinion that the amendment is ratified, directing the archivist of the United States, Dr. Colleen Shogan, to certify and publish the amendment.

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-17 at 15:16

Woot!

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/joe-biden-equal-right-amendment/index.html

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-17 at 14:31

https://actuaries.org.uk/document-library/thought-leadership/thought-leadership-campaigns/climate-papers/planetary-solvency-finding-our-balance-with-nature/

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-17 at 14:30

Sandy Trust, the lead author of the report, said there was no realistic plan in place to avoid this scenario.

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Written by Marv Clowder on 2025-01-17 at 14:29

At 3C or more of heating by 2050, there could be more than 4 billion deaths, significant sociopolitical fragmentation worldwide, failure of states (with resulting rapid, enduring, and significant loss of capital), and extinction events.

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