First, the good news:
The U.S. is on track for renewable energy to pass coal in the generation of electricity. This comes in spite of efforts by the Trump administration to increase global warming by pushing coal. Renewable energy includes wind turbines, solar panels, and hydroelectric dams. Renewables have already produced more electricity than coal on 90 days this year.
Now the bad news
The anti-vaxxers, who have go be the biggest idiots on the planet, are already gearing up to oppose any vaccine developed for the coronavirus. Even Trump, who in the past has seemed to be sympathetic to the anti-vaxxers, is supporting the development of a vaccine.
Republicans
In a review of the book No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder in the latest issue of the New York Review of Books, the Violence Against Women Act is discussed. The VAWA was passed in 1994, co-sponsored by Joe Biden and Orrin Hatch. It did reduce violence against women, and it was re-authorized in 2000 and 2005 on bipartisan votes. In 2012, however, Republicans attacked it, objecting to protections for those in same sex marriages or aid for victims who were undocumented immigrants. I’ll pause here so you can re-read that previous sentence. Incidentally, if you are a Republican reading this, why are you still a Republican? If you don’t want to become a Democrat, change to Independent or Libertarian or Green.
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