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Last week, the California Air Resources Board approved a historic plan to phase out the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles. The plan will require all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the state to be electric vehicles or other emissions-free models. So, let’s get into it.  By 2026, 35% of new cars soldContinue reading “A World Without Gas Guzzling Cars?”

“Hi, Harriet, it is Liz Cheney calling. It is about 8.13 [pm] on Tuesday the 16th. I’m calling to concede the election and congratulate you on the win. Thanks.” The concession call is a hallmark of our elections process— a demonstration of our political leaders’ commitment to peaceful transitions of power; something former President TrumpContinue reading “The Great Task”

I assume the push back might have been slightly different if former President Trump had taken a favorite white house lounge chair or a decorative pillow back home to his estate in Mar-a-Lago. But why would he ever make it that easy? Right, he wouldn’t. So, instead, he took classified documents.  Last week, Federal agentsContinue reading “A Pillow Probably Would’ve Been Better”

On February 14th, 2018, Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Cruz now faces either the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilting to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. This past Thursday, jurors, nowContinue reading “An Unfinished Chess Game”

With all the recent news about monkeypox, this unexpected headline certainly caught my eye, but not for the reason you might expect— it reads, “Japanese city alarmed by biting, clawing, attacking monkeys.” That’s right, feel free to reread to make sure you understood me correctly. In the southwestern Japanese city of Yamaguchi, monkeys have attackedContinue reading “Rogue Monkeys?”

At the beginning of the Jan. 6th hearings, I questioned whether the panel was laying the roadmap to an indictment of former President Trump. At the time, about a month and a half ago, there was certainly speculation, but more prominent was the overwhelming sense of just how difficult prosecuting a former president would be.Continue reading “Ketchup Dripping Down The Wall or Blood On His Hands?”

It probably should given this is almost verbatim how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic started too. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, monkeypox is a poxvirus—related to smallpox and cowpox. It usually causes flu-like symptoms and blister-like lesions on the body. Typically these lesions show up on the arms and legs, butContinue reading ““The Monkeypox Outbreak was Avoidable and Warning Signs Were Ignored”, Sound Familiar?”

Only in America would the day meant to celebrate our country be met with yet another act of senseless gun violence. During a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, seven innocent people were killed and more than two dozen were injured. According to CNN, Robert E. Crimo III, 21, is being charged with sevenContinue reading “Nothing More American Than an Independence Day Shooting”

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. A ruling of such that restricts the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants that markedly contribute to the climate crisis. The Court reasoned that the Clean Air Act, a landmark law since 1970 that grantedContinue reading “A Major Blow Dealt to the EPA”

I am devastated as I write this blog post. I am outraged that the United States of America, claiming to be the greatest county in the world, has turned the clock back half a century on women’s rights. The landmark case of Roe v. Wade (1973) protected the federal constitutional right to an abortion. DobbsContinue reading “Pro-Life or Pro-Something Else?”