Cattle have stopped breeding, koalas die of thirst: A vet's hellish diary of climate change - "Bulls cannot breed at Inverell. They are becoming infertile from their testicles overheating. Mares are not falling pregnant, and through the heat, piglets and calves are aborting."
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/cattle-have-stopped-breeding-koalas-die-of-thirst-a-vet-s-hellish-diary-of-climate-change-20191220-p53m03.html
Dehydrated koala approaches cyclist for help as Australian wildlife suffers in heatwave and fires. ‘It walked right up to me ... and climbed up onto my bike while I gave him water,’ says rider.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-fires-koala-bear-water-cyclist-video-bushfire-heatwave-a9261641.html
Thai navy SEAL who took part in cave rescue dies after year-long infection
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-accident-cave/thai-navy-seal-who-took-part-in-cave-rescue-dies-after-year-long-infection-idUSKBN1YV113
Netherlands to drop 'Holland' as nickname
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/netherlands-holland-dutch-tourism-board-logo-a9261266.html
Chinese company approved to run water mining operation in drought-stricken Queensland, as nearby residents placed on water restrictions and face risk of running dry. The company plans to send the water to a bottling plant.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/28/chinese-company-approved-to-run-water-mining-operation-in-drought-stricken-queensland
How Oil Companies Avoided Environmental Accountability After 10.8 Million Gallons Spilled | Louisiana still hasn’t finished investigating 540 oil spills after Hurricane Katrina. The state is likely leaving millions of dollars in remediation fines on the table — money that environmental groups say they need as storms get stronger.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-oil-companies-avoided-environmental-accountability-after-10.8-million-gallons-spilled
A Kazakhstan plane with 100 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday, killing at least 14 people, officials say. At least 60 people have survived the Kazakhstan plane crash, and these are their names, according to the airport
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/least-14-dead-after-passenger-plane-crashes-kazakhstan-officials-say-n1107556?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
ISIS beheads 11 Christian hostages in Nigeria to "avenge" the U.S. killing of its former leader
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50924266
Netanyahu wins Likud party leadership race in a landslide
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2019/12/27/netanyahu-israel-likud-election-victory-bibi-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing pressure from within his own ranks to pay volunteer firefighters, as one Minister questions the sustainability of unpaid brigades working for months on end.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-27/darren-chester-suggests-volunteer-firefighters-should-be-paid/11828474
Beto O'Rourke holding phone bank for @ElizMarkowitz this weekend in El Paso, according to email to supporters. The location: his home. “Can you come over to Beto and Amy’s house on Sunday?” subject line asks. #HD28 #txlege
https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1210383372322824194
CBC edit of Trump scene from Home Alone 2 was done in 2014 (and Trudeau was not PM then; Trump blamed Trudeau for being cut from Home Alone 2 in Canada)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cbc-trump-scene-home-alone-2-1.5408809
$2800 to Buttigieg? Clearly corrupting and if you think it's a small amount, you hang around rich people. $2800 to AOC? "How exactly does that buy influence?"
Ghislaine Maxwell’s disappearance in the wake of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide has been one of the most mysterious elements of the entire scandal. Now the FBI has reportedly launched a search for answers.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ghislaine-maxwells-links-to-jeffrey-epstein-being-investigated-by-the-fbi-says-report
Remember when a massacre took place at the offices of a satirical magazine and the conversation afterwards somehow became about the virtue of the satirists and not about their right to publish without being murdered? That was an edifying time to be alive.
https://twitter.com/portraitinflesh/status/1210521672450744320
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting
Axios charts Republican worries of a 2020 wipeout for WH, Senate, and House. The Republican hold on governorships not looking too healthy either
https://www.axios.com/republican-party-2020-election-wipeout-house-senate-trump-3ca4a371-cdfb-4213-9ff0-2cf058aa7537.html
This charity says it exists to help the families of fallen police officers — but most of the money it raises never reaches those families.
https://publicintegrity.org/politics/iupa-leorf-police-union-charity-telemarketers/
The Conservative Judiciary’s Fatal Attraction to Deregulation - A Neil Gorsuch ruling in 2016 has led to a marked increase in serious injuries to children from ingesting magnets.
https://prospect.org/justice/conservative-judiciary-fatal-attraction-to-deregulation/
Important note: The NFL has made clear that if someone signs AB, he’s likely headed to the Commissioner’s Exempt list until his investigation is
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1210560423717670912
Free-agent WR Antonio Brown is in New Orleans this morning, working out for the Saints, per source. Saints are doing their due diligence.
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1210558856021057542?s=19
Pea farmers hit by trade war and low prices get a lifeline from vegan food industry
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/17/pea-farmers-hit-by-trade-war-and-low-prices-get-a-lifeline-from-beyond-meat-other-meat-substitutes.html
Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act 60 times, ethics oversight lawsuit
https://www.newsweek.com/ethics-watchdog-files-lawsuit-over-kellyanne-conway-hatch-act-violations-1479364
'Victory for Our Oceans': US Court Upholds Ruling on Vast Marine Monument Established by Obama | "This decision upholds protections for one of the most fragile and scientifically important areas in the North Atlantic from destructive activities like oil drilling and industrial fishing."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/27/victory-our-oceans-us-court-upholds-ruling-vast-marine-monument-established-obama
AOC accepts Tom Steyer contribution despite ripping Buttigieg and Warren for wealthy donors
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/aoc-accepts-tom-steyer-donation-after-ripping-buttigieg-and-warren-for-wealthy-donors
U.S. civilian contractor killed in rocket attack on military base near Kirkuk
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/american-civilian-contractor-killed-in-iraq-base-rocket-attack-officials-idUSKBN1YV1O0
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, to which the EPA sent a notice of violation in October, tells me, “We have not received any fines from the EPA.”
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1210679329291718656
Emails we obtained show that some within DHS initially wanted to ask asylum-seekers whether they had fear of being returned to Mexico — but the question was cut:
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1210677987789725696
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/asylum-seekers-question-cut-fear-mexico-policy
Horrified by the violence, but in awe of @kionnemcghee’s faith here: “After my father was gunned down, two first cousins gunned down, a brother murdered and now my uncle gunned down, I’ve come to realize that our toughest moments are no match for G/d’s simple touch of Grace!”
https://twitter.com/MarcACaputo/status/1210671743326707712
https://twitter.com/BiancaJoanie/status/1210664773370761218
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article238749783.html
It's almost 2020 and people are still not talking about a key finding of the Mueller report and the senate reports, which is Kremlin information operations promoted Bernie exactly because this 👇 He hasn't been asked about it in an interview or a debate. It's ludicrous.
https://twitter.com/MollyMcKew/status/1210405459007377410
In the 2016 primary the alt-left turned reinstating glass-steagall into this cornerstone issue. Notice it’s gone now? It was just a tool to attack Hillary and obfuscate from Bernie having voted for the signature wallstreet deregulation bill - commodity futures modernization act.
https://twitter.com/worldout_42/status/1210608372237492225?s=21
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