Perhaps it’s just me, but it sure looks like a second Civil War has begun. Except there’s no Union Army.
Ain’t No Such Thing As ‘Environmental Protection’:
The Environmental Protection Agency moved on Friday to stop requiring thousands of polluting facilities to report the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that they release into the air.
The E.P.A. proposal would end requirements for thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities across the country. The government has been collecting this data since 2010 and it is a key tool to track carbon dioxide, methane and other gases that are driving climate change.
The Friday announcement followed months of efforts by the Trump administration to systematically erase mentions of climate change from government websites while slashing federal funding for research on global warming.
Anyone Who Said Anything Bad About Charlie Kirk Gets Fired. Free Speech exists only for those who bow to the Fascist state. Take Matthew Dowd, for example:
MSNBC fired its senior political analyst Matthew Dowd after he suggested on air that the slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s own radical rhetoric may have contributed to the shooting that killed him.
During his appearance on Katy Tur Reports, Dowd suggested that Kirk’s rhetoric may have contributed to the violence that claimed his life. Kirk, 31, had a history of rightwing provocation and Christian nationalism, and frequently espoused bigoted rhetoric about Islam,women , LGBTQ+ communities and people of color.
“Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions,” Dowd said, adding: “You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and then not expect awful actions to take place.”
It may be inconvenient, but what he said turned out to be–true. But MSNBC is now controlled by people who bow down to fascists.
I Stand With Smyrna’s Teachers. A zero percent raise is not a raise (said Captain Obvious):
Several teachers wearing black shorts and holding 0% signs attended the September 10th meeting, voicing their displeasure with the school board’s recent teacher pay decisions.
Following a second failed referendum vote in March, the district signaled teacher raises were not coming any time soon due to lack of funding, specifically noting there would be no raises in the next two years.
Smyrna Educators Association president Chuck Welsh expressed the union’s displeasure with that decision and asked the board to consider new negotiations during September 10th’s school board meeting.
“You have the power to open the budget and make adjustments for your local employees. Meet with us, negotiate with us in good faith, and let’s work together to keep Smyrna strong.” he said.
The board did not take up the issue Tuesday because it was not on the agenda, but board member Chris (Poor Ex-) Scuse pushed back against the union’s claims, noting the district gave teachers a $250 one-time bonus from the district’s reserve account in lieu of an annual raise (What’s next? Gift cards?). That, right there, is a Board of Education that couldn’t care less about its teachers.
Hate To Judge Anything In Advance, But This Wilmington Homelessness Task Force Has Every Single Hallmark Of Carneyism. As in:
On Thursday, Carney said he is excited to see the recommendations his task force puts forth, but did not say specifically which he would, or would not, support.
“It will be interesting to see what the group comes up with,” Carney told Spotlight Delaware. “These are folks mostly that work with this population on a day-to-day basis, so they know the challenges that we all face.”
And…
While the recommendations do not describe how the tiny homes and other proposals would be funded, the task force on Tuesday discussed the possibility of using state revenue from the cigarette or marijuana sales tax to fund such services, Shyanne Miller, a community advocate who has been present at nearly all of the task force’s meetings, said.
Carney said Wilmington would need to partner with the state government to fund these increased homelessness resources. He said that he had heard Gov. Matt Meyer mention the possibility of allocating the marijuana tax revenue to homelessness services.
Anything but providing even one more plugged nickel from the City.
And…
She also expressed concerns about the transparency of the task force. Much of its discussions were done in subcommittee meetings, which were not open to the public, she said.
Miller said she submitted Freedom of Information Act requests for the notes of the subcommittee meetings, but has not received records from those requests.
And, last and least:
The 12-member task force, led by former-Corrections Commissioner Claire DeMatteis (just elected to the Delaware Women’s Hall Of Fame, which tells you all you need to know about Delaware Way insiderism), also included representatives from the Wilmington Housing Authority, the city police department and the city council.
So. It appears that we’ll get a ‘report’ short on vision and, of course, short on funding solutions.
What do you want to talk about?