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AOC: We saw Republicans vote to completely gut Medicaid, which covers nearly half of all births in the U.S. They did this despite the fact that the U.S.—the richest country in the world—also has the highest rate of maternal deaths among all wealthy countries.

Extreme heatwaves and torrential downpours have already increased due to global warming, and even larger shifts are likely in the future. But our cities, our infrastructure, and our ways of life are predicated on the observed historical envelope of weather conditions. Are we ready?

This (nearly 2 hour long!) livestream discussing the meteorology and broader context surrounding the Texas flood disaster was recorded live, and is now available in its entirety at link below. Journalists: as always, please feel free to pull any audio/video content from this recorded broadcast.

It's not real. It's not us. It's not bad. It's too hard to fix. It's too late. Just about every climate denial argument I've ever heard is a variant of one of these five categories, and each one is as bad as the next. Why? Because they all have the same goal: prevent action as long as possible.

I am coming out of a long depression...grief and age (cognitive and physical losses), but made worse by addiction to "news" (from NY Times to CNN to Politico). I live in a place which so far is less vulnerable to climate extremes... I need to change from the outside in.

We’re not saying it will be easy, but the road ahead looks a little brighter than it did the morning after the election: indivisible.org/guide

A really clever visualization of ignoring climate change