Why is Sharpie-gate important? President Trump altered a weather warning-map to include Alabama in the path of threat from Hurricane Dorian. Birmingham weather service then tweeted a clarification that there was “no threat to Alabama”, which Trump obviously took as a rebuke, so he doubled-down, tweeting further. We now find that Trump pushed acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney to deal with NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Mulvaney ordered Wilbur Ross to threaten NOAA, federal scientific agency employees with job loss if NOAA did not repudiate weather forecasters who contradicted Trump. It’s actually illegal to alter or direct suppression of weather warnings, for obvious reasons; to evacuate or what …. citizen safety is at risk. The public should be able to trust extreme-weather warning-services! Trump was asked recently about his administration’s actions; he stated, “it is all a hoax of the fake-news media”. The Trump administration regularly attacks evidence-based sciences. There are now investigations into whether NOAA violated policies and ethics with their actions. Meanwhile, Trump has decided to deny temporary protected status to Bahamians after the utter destruction of their homes and islands; they are surrounded by putrid death, with 2500 people missing. SAD!
Gun safety is high on the list of many Americans’ concerns, as our daily lives are increasingly affected by home-grown terrorists armed with semi-automatic weapons and piles of ammunition. These domestic-terrorists have far outpaced ‘threats of violence’ from foreign bad actors. After each mass-shooting, the president says they will take action, but nothing comes of his empty promises, as he’s in lock-step with NRA officials, who have contributed heavily to his election-campaign and the campaigns of many elected Republicans, and continue to similarly bribe them. Some Republicans, running in suburban areas, even selfishly want some gun-safety reforms. The Democratic House, last February, passed a gun-safety bill, sent to the Senate, and Moscow Mitch, sitting on a pile of bills, has no intention of bringing any of them up for a vote. Too many Americans have experienced loved ones taken from us by violence. We need to find better ways to ‘make community’ among each other, with social values that are continually evolving amidst rapid demographic changes. The majority of us, including responsible gun-owners, want tighter background checks, Red-flag laws, more easily-accessible mental health services, which means more funding for it. Pete Buttigieg’s TV ad remarking on kids learning active-shooter drills before they learn to read really hits home!
Trish Forsyth Voss
Sep 23 2019
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Why is Sharpie-gate important? President Trump altered a weather warning-map to include Alabama in the path of threat from Hurricane Dorian. Birmingham weather service then tweeted a clarification that there was “no threat to Alabama”, which Trump obviously took as a rebuke, so he doubled-down, tweeting further. We now find that Trump pushed acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney to deal with NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Mulvaney ordered Wilbur Ross to threaten NOAA, federal scientific agency employees with job loss if NOAA did not repudiate weather forecasters who contradicted Trump. It’s actually illegal to alter or direct suppression of weather warnings, for obvious reasons; to evacuate or what …. citizen safety is at risk. The public should be able to trust extreme-weather warning-services! Trump was asked recently about his administration’s actions; he stated, “it is all a hoax of the fake-news media”. The Trump administration regularly attacks evidence-based sciences. There are now investigations into whether NOAA violated policies and ethics with their actions. Meanwhile, Trump has decided to deny temporary protected status to Bahamians after the utter destruction of their homes and islands; they are surrounded by putrid death, with 2500 people missing. SAD!
Gun safety is high on the list of many Americans’ concerns, as our daily lives are increasingly affected by home-grown terrorists armed with semi-automatic weapons and piles of ammunition. These domestic-terrorists have far outpaced ‘threats of violence’ from foreign bad actors. After each mass-shooting, the president says they will take action, but nothing comes of his empty promises, as he’s in lock-step with NRA officials, who have contributed heavily to his election-campaign and the campaigns of many elected Republicans, and continue to similarly bribe them. Some Republicans, running in suburban areas, even selfishly want some gun-safety reforms. The Democratic House, last February, passed a gun-safety bill, sent to the Senate, and Moscow Mitch, sitting on a pile of bills, has no intention of bringing any of them up for a vote. Too many Americans have experienced loved ones taken from us by violence. We need to find better ways to ‘make community’ among each other, with social values that are continually evolving amidst rapid demographic changes. The majority of us, including responsible gun-owners, want tighter background checks, Red-flag laws, more easily-accessible mental health services, which means more funding for it. Pete Buttigieg’s TV ad remarking on kids learning active-shooter drills before they learn to read really hits home!
Trish Forsyth Voss
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