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Good News Roundup 9/21 Government Shutdown Watch [1]
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Date: 2023-09-21
All the signs point to a Federal Government shutdown. McCarthy could make a deal with Democrats and a few of the less wackadoodle Republicans to fund the government for some time, but that would almost certainly trigger Matt Gaetz to move for his removal. The only prediction I can make is that this will all end disastrously for them, and could be rather bad for the country. We could get another credit downgrade, for example, and a lot of people would have to wait to get paid, harming the economy in general.
That’s really bad, right? Well, maybe. Or maybe it will help us get our voters together so that we don’t have to take this any more, for very large values of “help” and “this”.
CNN: White House issues a stark warning over looming government shutdown
While President Biden has been in New York this week showcasing America’s global leadership on the world stage, extreme House Republicans are consumed by chaos and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would damage our communities, economy, and national security. Instead of following the bipartisan example of Republicans and Democrats in the Senate, extreme House Republicans continue to demand a reckless laundry list of partisan proposals as a condition of keeping the government open – from an evidence-free impeachment that even some of their own members don’t agree with, to reckless cuts to programs millions of hardworking families and seniors count on, to a litany of other extraneous ideological demands.
Because whatever damage a shutdown will do, they have convinced themselves that the Woke Dark Brandon coalition will be hurt worse.
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: Government Shutdowns Q&A: Everything You Should Know; Announcing US Budget Watch 2024
AP: McCarthy struggles to pass a temporary spending bill to avoid a shutdown as others look at options
Regular Good News for Us
x Michelle Alozie is not just a Nigerian 🇳🇬 football star🌟 !! She is also a cancer research technician at Texas Children's Hospital
A queen and more. pic.twitter.com/Nc4zdSuAx4 — Nigeria Stories (@NigeriaStories) September 15, 2023
x BREAKING: Trumper Senator Tommy Tuberville is humiliated as the Senate blows past his blockade and votes overwhelmingly to approve Air Force General C.Q. Brown to lead the Joint Chiefs, making him the second Black officer to lead the Military.
But it gets WORSE for Tuberville…… pic.twitter.com/fgyvHa5w46 — Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) September 21, 2023
Chris Hayes said yesterday to ignore the professional pollsters. These elections are
The Only Polls that Matter
the ones where Democrats overwhelmingly “overperform”. No, we perform. We win elections. This is really us. The pollsters and the pundits and the Wrong-Wingers are overwhelmingly underperforming. In 30 special elections this year, Democrats improved their margins in 24 of them. The average improvement was 11 points.
x DEMS FLIP SEAT!
Democrat Hal Rafter just won his special election for the New Hampshire House in a landslide — 56-44!
Trump won this district in 2016 and 2020.
The GOP now holds a narrow 198-197 edge, despite a gerrymandered map that favors them.
But there’s more to come.
If… pic.twitter.com/Erz7J1TJJe — MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) September 20, 2023
This has been an R+6 district, but Rafter won it by 12 points, a swing of 18 points.
If the Democrats win the November 7 special election as expected in a safe blue seat, the balance of power will be even in the NH House.
About time.
x Democrats will retain their one-vote majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after voters in Pittsburgh on Tuesday elected former congressional aide Lindsay Powell.
https://t.co/PkjugvI8C6 — PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) September 20, 2023
PA State House District 21 has been D+17. Powell won by 30 points, improving the D margin by 13.
Jeep maker Stellantis makes a new contract offer as auto workers prepare to expand their strike
State election officials studying whether 14th Amendment disqualifies ‘insurrectionist’ Trump from ballot
One of those groups, Free Speech For People, sent letters on Wednesday to the top election officials in Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and New Mexico, urging them to invoke the “Constitution’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause” and use their authority to “exclude Mr. Trump from the ballot.” They previously sent letters to Benson in Michigan, as well as the secretaries of state in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and North Carolina. It seems unlikely that any secretary of state would take such aggressive action like this on their own, and even if they did, it would be immediately challenged in court. Protracted litigation, as happened last year against the GOP lawmakers, is much more likely. Multiple groups have promised to file lawsuits seeking to disqualify Trump.
As Nelson Mandela said,
It always seems impossible until it’s done.
Keep pushing.
Good News Network: Already Scrapped Wind Turbines Turned into Footbridges Capable of Supporting 30 Tons
x Old Wind Turbine Blades Used For Bridge Construction After They’re Retired#GoodNews #GNN #reuse
https://t.co/WgnlOoteCJ — Good News Network (@goodnewsnetwork) February 26, 2022
Good News Network: Volunteers ‘De-seaweeding’ Causes Dramatic 600% Improvement of Coral Regrowth
“It’s just like weeding your garden,” Smith said. “Every time we return, the seaweed is growing back less and less, so this method could provide lasting benefit without requiring endless effort.”
x Why haven't we acted more quickly to slow climate change?
In a new presentation, @algore argues it’s not b/c the technology to reduce carbon isn’t ready.
It’s because the people who profit from carbon aren’t ready—and never will be, until we make them.
https://t.co/883GZD8jjA — Emily Atkin (@emorwee) September 6, 2023
x World’s First Electric Aircraft Flight Powered by New Liquid Hydrogen Flew for 3 Hours#goodnews pic.twitter.com/VOuVrWeE77 — Good News Network (@goodnewsnetwork) September 10, 2023
x Inspired Youth Pulls 2.6 Million Pounds of Trash from Indonesian Rivers#goodnews pic.twitter.com/j5Pr8yLYnr — Good News Network (@goodnewsnetwork) September 12, 2023
x For First Time, Pig Kidneys Provide Life-Sustaining Organ Function in Human: Hope for 100,000 on Donor List#goodnews pic.twitter.com/d46NPL5PU0 — Good News Network (@goodnewsnetwork) September 20, 2023
Regular Bad News for Them
x Stuff like this is why Republicans keep getting blown out in every special election. Charlie Kirk and these dumb GOP attacks are a secret Democratic weapon. And all the Dems have to do most of the time is sit back and let them be insane.
https://t.co/mRS5Pfbm9Z — Brett Meiselas (@BMeiselas) September 20, 2023
x Gaetz just told his conference that seven Rs would vote against any CR to keep goverment open.
That means McCarthy may have to work with Dems to pass a stop-gap
If he does, Gaetz tells me here that McCarthy will be out of a job “promptly.”
Roy says it would “not be a good move” pic.twitter.com/Ydrjzs2rHz — Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 20, 2023
x BREAKING: The Republican civil war explodes as MAGA Congressman Matt Gaetz throws them all under the bus to hurt Speaker Kevin McCarthy, admits that they “cannot blame Joe Biden” for their disfunction.
The stunning admission, a rare bit of honesty from the pathological liar… pic.twitter.com/eGRSyK8DJf — Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) September 20, 2023
x A budget reflects your priorities. @HouseGOP priorities in their pathetic demand to keep gov’t open:
✅Cut Border Security
✅Turn off heat in 5M American homes
✅100K students cut from Head Start
✅44% cut to wildfire suppression
✅Cut cancer research @NIH
Shall I continue? — Rep. Nadler (@RepJerryNadler) September 18, 2023
x Republicans are at war with themselves. The extreme right is (again) blackmailing @SpeakerMcCarthy into cutting cancer research, heating assistance, programs that help feed moms & newborns. It's sick! We need Congress to reflect ALL of America—not just the extreme GOP wingnuts!!
https://t.co/VWHVxFRUr1 — Rep. Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) September 19, 2023
x BAD NEWS FOR MAGA!
It's official.
Confirming what we've long suspected, a new motion filed by Fani Willis confirms that Lin Wood has flipped on Trump and the 18 co-defendants in the Trump RICO case and is cooperating with prosecutors.
https://t.co/ujurdnNeUe — MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) September 20, 2023
x “I don't care what your extreme beliefs are. That's your right as an American citizen. But somehow, we have to carve out the anti-science piece of this because it's killing too many Americans.”
Want better? Vote better!#FreshResists#wtpBLUE
https://t.co/15PFrQ1gE9 — OKIEJo (@Jhogan552) September 20, 2023
x Senator Paul is BACK on the floor to try to pass a prohibition on Senate pages ever being required to have a COVID vaccine, part of his wild, dangerous, anti-science vaccine conspiracy campaign.
So I’m BACK on the floor to stop him. — Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) September 19, 2023
Science! Animals! Weirdness!
x The James Webb Space Telescope has just given us our best ever view of a young star spewing out jets – the so-called Herbig Haro object is vibrantly colourful.
https://t.co/DbwzUYPqvD — New Scientist (@newscientist) September 20, 2023
x We found a new complete Einstein ring! - from eyeballing the JWST images of the amazing COSMOS-Web survey (done by @astrocaits and team). As it happens, the galaxy in the middle is the highest redshift lens currently known, with z~1.9. The lensed background galaxy is at z~2.9. pic.twitter.com/CWZUWIGWdg — Pieter van Dokkum (@DokkumPieter) September 18, 2023
x Baby octopus hatching.
Female octopuses typically lay thousands of small, translucent eggs, which are often attached to rocks or in crevices. When the eggs are ready to hatch, the baby octopuses, called hatchlings, emerge from the egg capsules. pic.twitter.com/3jZWecdaUM — Tree of Knowledge (@ToK_ScienceTree) September 20, 2023
x New observations boost the case that alien world K2-18b is a "Hycean exoplanet" -- a warm water world with a thick atmosphere. And there *might* be a hint of something even more exciting...
https://t.co/FbJnlNl3lt #JWST pic.twitter.com/0p0DxXA5Kv — Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) September 11, 2023
x A mayfly larva.
(Photo Eye of Science) pic.twitter.com/QoAxChbQ5w — Weird Animals (@Weird_AnimaIs) September 15, 2023
x We wouldn't go that far, for they are dragging down the IQ Bell Curve.
We have JWST that's beaming new Einstein Ring images back, and they are stuck on gender identity, bathrooms, and sexual preferences of humans.
..And FOX does it repeatedly and they just... pic.twitter.com/spQ4gjBcTt — PlowOn 🦉 (@PlowOn) April 21, 2023
x The blackish nightjar.
(Photo Aisse Gaertner) pic.twitter.com/BC44Wgs8zJ — Weird Animals (@Weird_AnimaIs) September 17, 2023
x Scientists at @moderna_tx present an mRNA #COVID19 vaccine that encodes the receptor-binding domain and N-terminal domains instead of the whole spike protein, leading to superior immune responses in mice and better storage stability.
https://t.co/lFdOTbncGz @ScienceTM pic.twitter.com/Olg1f6Vmpf — Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) September 20, 2023
x The bone-eating snot flower drills into the bones of whale carcases to reach the lipids inside. Males are tiny and live inside the female! pic.twitter.com/siVFGpZZn1 — Weird Animals (@Weird_AnimaIs) September 16, 2023
x This is an actual image of the stellar system HIP 81208, as captured by the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s #VLT ✨
In it, a new study has revealed a never-before-seen hidden gem: an object (Cb) 15 times more massive than Jupiter! 😮 1/
📷 ESO/A. Chomez et al. pic.twitter.com/fwP1VCT8dk — ESO (@ESO) September 18, 2023
x Two drugs from a class new to #HIV medicine are potential game-changers in the quest for a cure.
These BH3 mimetics borrow from cancer research and target long-lived cells housing intact HIV genes.
Read this research presented at #IAS2023 in @aidsmap:
https://t.co/V1riXEJstJ — IAS - the International AIDS Society (@iasociety) September 19, 2023
x Let me squeeze in.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/E2QpwGc0jm — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) September 18, 2023
x Stressed target cancer cells promote the reprogramming of CAR-T cells with improved anti-tumor activity.
https://t.co/MTmOyPwrDO#CancerResearch @natrescancer — Nature Communications (@NatureComms) September 18, 2023
Buddhist lion guardian carved with stone ball in its mouth, representing the Jewel of the Dharma.
x Now give it to me.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/HDvWbfOaU0 — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) September 17, 2023
x If you like protein structures...
Cryo-electron microscopy and the #AI system AlphaFold revolutionized the study of protein structure.
Now, cryo-electron tomography can reveal the real-world interplay of #proteins in their native environment.#Science
⏯️
https://t.co/EGMZ3r2XiK pic.twitter.com/KIoGqsB8ez — Manuela Casasoli (@manuelacasasoli) September 20, 2023
x This non-newtonian fluid made from cornstarch and water changes from fluid to solid when external force is applied.pic.twitter.com/Yb4ra99bLL — Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) September 20, 2023
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x The sights of millions of little feet tapping away to the beat of the annual migration all with a common goal and purpose. The Christmas Island Red Crab migration is one of nature’s greatest wonders
[📹 WeXploretravel]pic.twitter.com/TGn9W0IXFq — Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 31, 2023
x New Blood Test Could Diagnose Parkinson’s Before it Begins Damaging the Nervous System#goodnews pic.twitter.com/Yy38D4hzSU — Good News Network (@goodnewsnetwork) September 3, 2023
x Ospreys Breed in #Ireland for the First Time in More Than 200 Years#goodnews pic.twitter.com/MybUd4dktC — Good News Network (@goodnewsnetwork) August 28, 2023
Funny or Fuggedaboudit
Support your local cartoonists and the various strikers.
Would that the original had been his list.
Going nowhere fast.
I can’t repost Tom Tomorrow, but I can link to it. Cartoon: The titan
I can’t repost Brian McFadden, but I can link to him. Cartoon: Kevin McCarthy's Inquiries
I can’t repost Tom the Dancing Bug, but I can link to it. Cartoon: 'One Day in France, 1940,' as presented by Elon Musk
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