hurricane season
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Rihanna Says You’d Be a Fool to Ignore Climate Change
Our world is changing. Weather consistency is a thing of the past and we are clearly dealing with the repercussions of climate change. Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising, and it’s not looking too good for mother earth. Your country’s current “leadership” scoffs at the idea that climate change is crippling our planet and…
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Now, He Worries: Trump Shows Concern as Hurricane Dorian Bears Down on Florida; Not So Much When It Was Headed for Puerto Rico
Seems there was a time — long, long ago — when the commander in chief, the so-called leader of the free world, was also the consoler in chief, comforting Americans in their time of need and assuring them all would be right with the world. These are apparently not those days — at least not…
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Trump Administration Diverts FEMA Disaster Relief Money to Keep More Migrants in Cages
The Department of Homeland Security informed Congress this week that it will reallocate $271 million from its budget, including disaster aid, to the U.S.-Mexico border to support the Trump administration’s stringent immigration policies. DHS confirmed the transfer at the height of hurricane season in the Atlantic; as I write this, Tropical Storm Dorian continues its…
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Here We Go Again: Gulf Coast Braces for Yet Another Major Storm
Hurricane Nate, a storm that has already killed 22 people in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, is barreling toward the Gulf Coast. Nate is expected to make landfall late Saturday night or Sunday morning as a hurricane. The Washington Post reports that the National Hurricane Center has issued warnings for southeastern Louisiana, coastal Mississippi and Alabama.…