Why climate change is the easiest news to fake

Climate change is intangible and complicated, which makes it an easy target for our era of fake news. Why it matters: Addressing climate change, whether through government or private action, requires acknowledging a problem exists. Misinformation about the science, including inaccurate statements and articles, makes that harder. Concern about climate change has dropped over the past year among Republicans and independents, according to Gallup polling released in March. Fake news and inaccurate climate information have been around for a long time, long before Donald Trump became president. But Trump’s election…

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US and Chinese Have Ocean Tension

The U.S. on Wednesday announced it blacklisted Chinese officials and business executives involved in the military buildup of the disputed South China Sea, further ratcheting up tensions in the region ahead of the November election — the same day that Beijing reportedly fired missiles including an “aircraft-carrier killer” into the sea as a “warning” to the U.S. China had claimed a U-2 spy plane entered a no-fly zone without permission during a naval drill in the Bohai Sea, a military source told the South China Morning Post. The Pentagon has given few details,…

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Is Jerry Falwell Jr. Ok?

Liberty University’s board of trustees declined to take action to either fire or reinstate Jerry Falwell Jr. as its president on Friday, instead saying after a meeting that for the time being, Falwell will remain on a paid leave of absence from the university. The announcement came two weeks after Falwell was placed on leave from the prominent Christian university and nearly three weeks after Falwell posted a photo of himself on a yacht with his pants unzipped and his arm around his wife’s assistant. The photo was publicly criticized…

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Liberal Heads Are Exploding Again

It’s only illegal if Republicans do it. The Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from participating in partisan politics while on the job or on federal property, is one of those earnest efforts from the past to reform the government. The idea was to make a clear dividing line between government and politics. Except that’s impossible. Government is political. It has always been so and always will be. That’s not to say an effort shouldn’t be made to separate the two. But when the State Department drags its feet in…

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Why is the plague still a thing in 2020?

Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death. While extremely rare, the disease is still around today, with California reporting its first case in five years this week, a New Mexico man in his 20s dying of the disease earlier this month, and cases cropping up in China this year. It’s transmitted by fleas that live on rodents and symptoms, which usually appear within one to seven days…

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Roman Temple Discovered Under a Farmhouse in Malta

Malta lies at the very heart of the Mediterranean and it has many historic ruins and sites attesting to that fact. Now another feature has been added to the list. While working on a restoration project at a famous temple complex at Tas-Silġ, archaeologists made an amazing discovery. They unearthed the foundations of a very important Roman temple, concealed beneath a farmhouse, and this is helping experts to better understand a site that played a major role in religious life in the ancient world. Tas-Silġ is on the south coast…

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Nikki Haley Rejoins Trump Administration

(FoxNews) – Former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Tuesday she would be open to returning to the Trump administration if the president is reelected but said it’s “too soon to tell” if she’ll choose to run for the nation’s highest office in 2024. Haley told FOX Business’ “Mornings with Maria” she has not spoken with the president about taking another post in his administration. “Right now, we want to see the president and Vice President Pence get over the finish line in November,” Haley said. “I think that’s what’s most…

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Trump’s “Breakthrough” Coronavirus Treatment

President Trump on Sunday granted an emergency authorization for the usage of convalescent plasma to treat coronavirus patients, dubbing it a “major breakthrough.” Speaking to reporters from the White House Sunday, Trump said the FDA has “issued an emergency use authorization… for a treatment known as convalescent plasma.” “This is a powerful therapy that transfuses very very strong antibodies from the blood of recovered patients to help treat patients battling a current infection,” Trump said, adding that the authorization will “expand access to this treatment.” “Based on the science and the data, the…

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Democrats Strain to Depict Biden as a Moderate

The number of Republicans speaking at the Democratic National Convention had progressives on edge. They shouldn’t have fretted. Even if a handful of estranged Republicans are along for the ride, the Left is steadily moving the Democratic Party in its direction. Would progressives prefer winning the optics at a virtual convention, or the substance over the longer term? The Democratic Convention was, for the most part, bereft of policy, focusing instead on President Donald Trump’s character failings — rehearsed at length — and Joe Biden’s personal decency. Together with all of…

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How to Handle Political Bullying on Facebook

Everyone has one—that Facebook friend that posts obnoxious, and sometimes offensive, political statements, articles, memes and more every day, multiple times a day. You know—that friend that has a strong opinion about anything and everything political. Even if you agree with her political views, you cringe at the inflammatory way she states her opinions. If you find yourself in this situation, you are not alone. In fact, unfriending someone for their political views is fairly common. According to a study by Pew Research Center, nearly 20% of social media users…

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