- According to an Associated
Press review of logs and emergency calls, the politically motivated
closing of the George Washington Bridge in New Jersey
did not appear to cause any additional health problems or
deaths. - President Barack Obama went to California to pledge
drought aid and also push for funds to make communities more
“resilient” to climate change, which will undoubtedly be used by
said communities the same way money was handed out to them after
9/11 to make them more “resilient” to terror attacks. By which I
mean the money will be used however they want to subsidize whatever
they want with some sort of lip service to the actual goal. - Storms have contributed to a
25-year high in flight cancellations, though government
regulations that prohibit planes sitting on the tarmac for more
than three hours have also contributed. - The federal government is
losing nearly half their deportation cases when brought before
judges. Their failure rate has been increasing each year since
2009. - In news that will make you sarcastically respond, “You don’t
say,” the United Nations has determined that
extensive crimes against humanity are taking place in North
Korea. - A bill proposed in California would require
warning labels on sugary drinks because people just don’t know
that they’re bad for them and need the government to tell them
so.
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