#Baran confirmation threatens Biden administration climate targets

#Baran confirmation threatens Biden administration climate targets

Harry Reid, the former Democratic Senate majority leader passed away in 2021. But his ghost still looms over efforts to commercialize a new generation of advanced nuclear reactors and now threatens to undermine the Biden administration’s climate targets, which will depend upon these new reactors to complement wind, solar and other low carbon technologies in the coming…

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#Gender identity and political evil

#Gender identity and political evil

Friedrich Hayek, one of the foundational theorists of the American right, warned us about the demonization of transgender people. Gender identity raises a cluster of distinctive issues: locker rooms, bathrooms, health insurance, military service, prisons and homeless shelters. We oughtn’t mush them all together. But there is a nasty common thread. In today’s politics, even…

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#Authorities search for homicide suspect in DC after escape from hospital 

#Authorities search for homicide suspect in DC after escape from hospital 

Authorities in Washington, D.C. are searching for a homicide suspect who escaped police custody at the George Washington University (GW) Hospital, prompting an hours-long shelter-in-place order on GW’s campus.  The Metropolitan Police Department said 30-year-old Christopher Haynes escaped police custody at the 900 block of 23rd St. NW shortly after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.  A spokesperson for the Secret…

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#Senators raise concerns over US missing nuclear submarine target

#Senators raise concerns over US missing nuclear submarine target

Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee raised concerns that the U.S. fell short of its nuclear submarine target during a Wednesday morning hearing on a trilateral security partnership. Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S. struck the defense deal, AUKUS, in Sept. 2021 and announced an arrangement for Australia to acquire “conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine (SSN)…

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#Biden steps up attacks on Trump over economy

#Biden steps up attacks on Trump over economy

President Biden is stepping up his attacks on former President Trump, hitting him over his Oval Office record at a time when the two increasingly appear headed toward a White House rematch next fall. Biden has not named Trump while taking jabs at the last president, but the criticisms have been direct, personal and impossible…

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#Truth Social gets an extension in Digital World deal: reports

#Truth Social gets an extension in Digital World deal: reports

Investors voted on Tuesday to give the blank check company attempting to take Truth Social public another year to finalize its merger with former President Trump’s media start-up, according to reports. Shareholders in Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) granted the company a 12-month extension to close the deal with Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG),…

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