In 1975, he wrote a paper titled “The Case for Passive Eugenics” and would later, in a letter to eugenicist Robert Graham, a millionaire businessman known for starting a sperm bank for geniuses, clarify his goals. Tanton’s ideas could also be found in the proclamations of the prominent “alt-right” white nationalist leader Richard Spencer. And Tanton’s ideas could be heard on Fox News. “The left used to care about the environment, the land, the water, the animals,” Tucker Carlson said on his show on Dec. 17, 2018. [The Ghosts of John Tanton]
10/19/24
Rapid City's Eccarius channeling racist Tanton
10/18/24
Moving Rapid City railyard could speed passenger service
“There are a lot of railroad grant programs out there available," Harrington said. "We have spoken to the railroad about it, they’re all in favor of moving the railyard, except they don’t want to pay for it. So they’re looking for some other funding opportunity, so that’s something we’ll work on once we have the recommendations from this study.” [Bill Janklow's idea of public radio]The Railyard Relocation and Railway Configuration Study is linked here.
10/17/24
Pastor sounding the alarm on NAR
It took years for the scales to fall from my eyes. A major turning point occurred when I took a leave of absence from Faith and Action to pursue a late-in-life doctorate. Part of my research involved the German Christian movement of the 1930s, which supported the Nazi Party. One of the most respected Bible scholars of that period, Paul Althaus, declared Hitler’s ascent to the chancellorship to be a “gift and miracle from God.” I began to suspect that we evangelicals were similarly allowing our faith to be co-opted for political purposes. Devastating consequences seemed inevitable for evangelicalism and for our country. [Confessions of a (Former) Christian Nationalist]Listen to the Reveal broadcast linked here.
10/16/24
South Dakota suffering lack of political engagement
Blue states are twice as politically engaged as red states are.
In 2020 my home state of South Dakota was 47th in the percentage of the electorate who turned out to vote and 49th in percentage of women who voted that year. In May, 2021 a poll conducted by South Dakota News Watch and the Chiesman Center for Democracy at the University of South Dakota revealed that Republicans in the failed red state revel in authoritarianism when Republicans are in power and loathe democracy and progress when Democrats govern. Just 59% of the electorate turned out for the General Election in 2022 and only 17% of voters turned out for the June 2024 primary election. Chiesman has known about voter disgust in South Dakota for at least two decades.
Even the state's establishment Earth haters are on tilt about it.
"Hi Larry,
With Election Day coming up and only 66.8% of the voting-age population having cast ballots in the 2020 presidential election, WalletHub today released its report on the Most & Least Politically Engaged States in 2024, as well as expert commentary, to identify where Americans are making their voices heard the most. The more engaged voters are, the better chance they have to impact future economic and social issues.
WalletHub compared the 50 states based on 10 key indicators of political engagement. They range from voter registration statistics and laws to the percentage of people who voted in recent elections to political contributions."
Most Politically Engaged States | Least Politically Engaged States | |
1. Maryland | 41. Louisiana | |
2. Virginia | 42. Mississippi | |
3. New Jersey | 43. South Dakota | |
4. Oregon | 44. Nebraska | |
5. Washington | 45. South Carolina | |
6. Montana | 46. Indiana | |
7. Minnesota | 47. Oklahoma | |
8. California | 48. West Virginia | |
9. Arizona | 49. Alabama | |
10. New York | 50. Arkansas |
10/9/24
Johnson v. Noem in 2026?
A statement from Johnson’s family said “Tim always quipped that neither the left, nor the right, had a monopoly on all of the good ideas, but that working together, we can find common ground for the good of our country. In his work and life, Tim showed us never to give up. He will be missed. Our lives are fuller for having been loved and supported by him.” [Longtime Senator Tim Johnson dead at 77]ip photo: Sen. Tim Johnson attending the 2014 South Dakota Democratic Party's State Convention in Yankton.
10/8/24
The good news? Hurricanes disperse hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
In 2020, Hurricane Hanna passed through the central and western Gulf days prior to the research cruise and mixed the water column, disrupting the hypoxic zone which forms in the coastal ocean west of the Mississippi River delta. While the size of the hypoxic zone fluctuates naturally throughout the summer, it usually forms again within days or weeks after the passage of storms. [Dealing with Dead Zones: Hypoxia in the Ocean]Tropical cyclones cycle nutrients, too.
10/4/24
More cougars will be spared in the South Dakota Black Hills but in Wyoming not so much
The robust Black Hills mountain lion population has long been thought of as a conveyor belt of itinerant eastbound animals that will eventually culminate in Puma concolor reoccupying old haunts they were extirpated from long ago. The region’s reputation as a lion-dispersal factory is rooted in observation: Animals that have been fitted with tracking collars in the isolated bi-state mountain range have ended up treading into North Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado, Nebraska — and even well beyond. [Wyofile]Since then the large felid has rebounded enough that SDGF&P considered removing them once again but after a public outcry the Republican-glutted commission has junked their plan.
Paula Von Weller of Spearfish testified that mountain lions play a critical role as predators in the Black Hills, helping to reduce disease by preying on diseased, weakened animals. “Lions provide essential ecosystem services by removing chronic wasting disease from deer and elk populations,” Weller said. [State commission scraps plan to reduce mountain lion numbers after public pushback]
10/3/24
Unaffiliated Spearditch candidate could help send a progressive to Pierre
10/2/24
Midwestern Trump states in 'significant recession:' Goss
“The overall economy is not in a recession. However, certain sectors in a recession, and I would argue right now that the manufacturing sector is in a slight recession. The agricultural sector is in a fairly significant recession.” [Creighton mfg. index slumps in Sept., pointing to mixed economic conditions ahead]
Unprovoked In Pennsylvania, Trump attacks John Deere, "I'm notifying John Deere right now. If you do that, we're putting a 200% tariff on everything that you want to sell into the United States. So that if I win, John Deere is going to be paying a 200%." pic.twitter.com/sPbm4MWFSR
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 23, 2024
10/1/24
Arizona's voucher plan a $400 million black hole
In terms of transparency, I mean, as a reminder, this is all of our money as taxpayers, is public money being spent on private schools and homeschooling. It seems to me that that should come with some level of accountability. So, like, I, as a reporter or any other citizen of the state can't see private schools' budgets to see how our taxpayer dollars are being spent or homeschoolers' budgets. There are states like Arizona where there aren't testing requirements. [Eli Hager, ProPublica]In my home state of South Dakota public money for private schools and homeschooling is still an explosive topic, too.
Trump alludes to eliminating the Department of Education so states can pump money into private schools.
— American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) September 29, 2024
"School choice is a very big deal. A lot of people don't know that, but it's a big deal. It'll be great." pic.twitter.com/dhVXyv1oHy
9/30/24
Utilities are not your friends: a tale of two pipelines
Catlinite is a variety of argillite found as an aggregate of Sioux Quartzite and named for American painter George Catlin who visited the quarries near Pipestone, Minnesota in 1835 where Indigenous peoples have worked since at least 1637. The Monument is still an oasis but now it's surrounded by sprawl, Republicans, glyphosate-saturated cornfields and overkill concentrated animal feeding operations or CAFOs.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) during a Sept. 12 meeting approved with a 3-2 vote a pipeline route permit allowing Magellan to install a pipeline to the west and north of Pipestone. Representatives of Magellan said the pipeline was needed to restore services from Sioux Falls to Marshall and overcome reliability issues in the system, reduce transportation costs for gasoline, and handle specialty fuels as well as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel delivered to western Minnesota, eastern North Dakota and eastern South Dakota. [Pipestone County Star]Magellan is under fire from Colorado residents, too.
....RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTHWESTERN IOWA, SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA, AND NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...Learn more at Minnesota Public Radio.
An Okla. company wants to run a gas pipeline through an area foundational to religious beliefs of many Native Americans & next to Pipestone National Monument.
— Walker Orenstein (@walkerorenstein) September 11, 2024
It's drawn thousands of comments in opposition. The company says it will prevent supply issues:https://t.co/yqlgaDs5sv
9/29/24
FEMA, tribes, states nearing funding disaster
But some lawmakers from disaster-prone states — on both sides of the aisle — were aghast this week at the lack of additional dollars for FEMA’s already depleted disaster relief fund and other federal disaster programs. Many of them were incensed that the typically bipartisan priority had fallen victim to partisan squabbles at such a dire time. “The right-wingers here, the MAGA crowd, even after disasters happen, they have opposed disaster aid for communities in need,” said a frustrated Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.). Republican Sen. Marco Rubio disagreed with his fellow Florida senator Wednesday, telling reporters that action to refill federal disaster coffers was long overdue. [Lawmakers stunned as disaster funds left out of stopgap bill]Tribal communities are concerned, too.
Results suggest Northwest coastal Tribes face significant barriers and unmet needs in realizing their adaptation goals, despite being leaders in climate adaptation. Key barriers and needs focus around five key areas: funding; Tribal staff and workforce capacity; collaboration and partnerships; technical assistance and climate services; and communication, education and outreach. [Climate Impacts Group]Oregon has nearly exhausted its disaster budget after spending some $250 million on wildfire suppression and remediation.
Flooding in southeastern South Dakota was horrific for those facing the worst of it. Late June’s flooding resulted in one known fatality and several washed away homes and roads. Months later, citizens are still questioning local flood plans and the government response. [Months after flooding, some residents still caught in the mud]Red flag warnings Sunday and Monday in overwhelmingly Republican counties in ranch country have welfare farmers and ranchers sweating the farm bill because it would provide relief for the voters who deny humanity’s role in climate calamities.
All Tornado Warnings issued with #Helene pic.twitter.com/fIGzbyklHH
— Collin Gross (@CollinGrossWx) September 28, 2024
9/28/24
South Dakota still a lousy state for women
9/25/24
More SD Republicans are turning on Noem and SDPUC
We are living in a state of deceit. In 2020 when Kristi Noem introduced SB157 she called it “South Dakota is open for business”. That bill should have been called “South Dakota is up for sale.” The PUC will take control of all permitting and the County and any local control will be deemed null and void. Summit Carbon Solutions is the Trojan Horse that will pave the way for making this happen with eminent domain. [Dear Editor, They want our land]Amanda Radke is a Mitchell area speaker and writer.
During the last legislative session, a package of pipeline bills, including HB 1185, HB 1186, and SB 201, was pushed through the House and Senate and signed by the Governor. None of these bills protect the private property rights of South Dakota citizens. [Radke Report: South Dakota landowners believe in protecting private property rights]So if Democrat Forrest Wilson withdraws from the PUC contest Libertarian Gideon Oakes has a very strong chance to defeat Earth hater Kristie Fiegen.
9/23/24
Despite millions spent Guard troops at southern border have little or no impact on migration
Hundreds of National Guardsmen have spent the past three years rotating through a deployment in Texas. “Political theater” is how immigration and border relations researcher Tony Payan describes the operation. Records show that the sensational arrests and busts Midwest governors predicted have been few and far between. With a combined $7.1 million spent to date, there appears to be no clear link between the aid provided by Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska and the operation's success at blocking illegal entry to Texas and stymieing drug traffickers at the border. Additionally, 17 Texas National Guardsmen have died during the three years of the operation, according to reporting by the Army Times. At least four of these troops committed suicide, the Times reported. [Midwest states far from U.S.-Mexico border have spent millions to send troops there]Recall that mercenaries, some from South Dakota, and National Guard troops brutalized many of the thousands of demonstrators opposed to the Dakota Excess pipeline who camped on federal land near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. In its aftermath some 761 people were arrested between early August, 2016 and late February, 2017. Trump apparatchiks even referred to the American Indians and their compatriots as jihadists and insurgents.
If @GovAbbott doesn’t think that #NewMexico is important to the overall well-being of #Texas, then he must be forgetting about the #PermianBasin and the oil industry that straddles our two states. I don’t see him laying concertina wire there. https://t.co/gtWmWCvZYs
— Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (@GovMLG) September 19, 2024
9/22/24
As NDN Collective seeks probe of RCPD Noem gaslights for reservation audits
“We’re talking about ending racism in Rapid City,” Holly Cook Macarro, head of Government Affairs for NDN Collective, told the crowd gathered at a hotel not far from the White House. “We’re encouraging a DOJ investigation of the racism in the Rapid City Police Department,” said Cook Macarro, a citizen of the Red Lake Nation. And DOJ already has experience in Rapid City, a community nestled in the sacred Black Hills that were promised to the Sioux Nation by that broken treaty. Cook Macarro, a longtime Indian law and policy lobbyist in Washington, said NDN Collective also met with members of Congress during their time in D.C. this week, sharing how the organization has “rematriated” $100 million in grants across the country. [‘Racism is expensive:' Native activists still fighting for justice on treaty territory]In August US Attorney General Merrick Garland met with representatives of the nine tribal nations in South Dakota and with the state's junior US Senator but its racist governor was not invited. Proving irony is dead Kristi Noem’s political campaign called for an audit of tribal communities from a state that’s an ethics black hole and where Republicans routinely raid the Future Fund while the governor peddles favors from South Dakota's executive branch like it was a $60 bible.
Noem’s recommendations include audits of federal funds provided to South Dakota tribes; creating a “Special Assistant United States Attorney initiative” within the state to boost federal prosecutions on tribal lands; more federal support to assist tribes in investigating crime; and encouraging tribes to establish law enforcement agreements with the state. [Days after Justice Department boosts resources for tribe, Noem calls for more]Learn more at South Dakota Searchlight.
Leonard is 80 years old and has been in prison for nearly 50 years as a result of an unjust and unfair trial in the 1970s.
— NDN Collective (@ndncollective) September 18, 2024
Executive clemency is likely Leonard's LAST opportunity to be released, it is time to #FREELEONARDPELTIER
Read more here:https://t.co/IA8Ps5v96e
9/21/24
Trump Cabinet member hates NDNs, too
Project 2025 further calls for a conservative administration to work with Native American tribes to develop energy resources on reservations. The Navajo and Pueblo people live with the legacy of extraction, including the impacts of uranium mining. Sacred lands are dotted with abandoned mines and oil wells. The Native people who worked in uranium mines were not told about the dangers until it was too late. Cancer rates soared because of this legacy. [Chaco Canyon buffer zone in the crossfires of Project 2025]Learn more about Tim Sheehy's hatred for American Indians linked here.
9/20/24
WSDCF, FHA would give tribes exclusive cannabis distribution
9/18/24
Invasive goats rebounding in Tetons after cull; whither Spearditch Canyon?
9/17/24
Park Service, ITBC send 100 Tatanka to CRST
In a Monday statement, Grand Canyon Superintendent Ed Keable called Friday’s successful live-capture and transfer “a testament to the collaborative efforts of all our partners” and “a significant step toward achieving our long-term goals for bison management and conservation.” [KJZZ]A South Dakota state park named for a war criminal keeps a drove of allegorical mooching donkeys as a slap in the face to the South Dakota Democratic Party and stages an annual mock bison roundup appropriated from the hunting practices of some Indigenous peoples. Crazy Horse Memorial in the occupied Black Hills is paying tribute to the Tatanka on 28 September during the Buffalo Roundup weekend.
9/16/24
Pierre sucks while Hot Springs moves forward
Despite a significant influx of people moving to South Dakota, Pierre’s leadership has done little to capitalize on this trend. While the state overall has grown steadily, Pierre continues to decline. [Pierre must reverse population decline to revitalize]In South Dakota infrastructure suffers to prop up the state's retirement system so, at a price of some $50 million+ (much of it federal dollars) the red moocher state chose an Iowa builder to replace the bridge across the Missouri River between Fort Pierre and the cesspool on the east side.
Hot Springs agreed to be part of a pilot project called Engage South Dakota, which involves South Dakota News Watch and the Chiesman Center for Democracy at the University of South Dakota using journalism and community engagement to identify the community's top challenges and potential solutions. Based on interviews conducted by News Watch with leaders and residents of Hot Springs, many in this city of 3,600 people about 50 miles south of Rapid City said the time is right and the will is there to undertake the survey and ultimately implement good ideas that rise to the surface. [Hot Springs takes next steps in push for prosperity]Former Pierre resident, Donald Pay weighed in on the state's capital at the South Dakotans for Democracy Faceberg page.
@larry_kurtz Thanks for sharing! I've passed this along to the Chamber director & city leaders!— Hot Springs, SD (@hotspringssd) December 29, 2014
9/15/24
AZAG: KSA-based Earth haters should be denied new well; Dems probe Kushner
Fondomonte's new well is permitted to go 1,000-1,500 feet deep and pump water at a rate of 3,000 gallons per minute. To compare, wells that state regulators dub as exempt--which are typical for domestic use, pump up to 35 gallons per minute. The average depth of an exempt well in La Paz County is about 240 feet. A list of permitted wells in Arizona shows this would be Fondomonte's 33rd. [Saudi-backed farm Fondomonte receives approval for new well on its property]About 3 million acres of irrigated ag land in Western states are planted to alfalfa and it takes 3 to 6 acre-feet every year to water an acre of it — more in hotter, drier climates. An acre foot is about 326,000 gallons.
Mayes said she would rather action be taken immediately than follow Hobbs' plan of first pursuing a fix through the legislature before taking executive action. Arizona law has very limited regulations on wells outside of managed areas, though Mayes says the department's director has a statutory duty to periodically review if an area meets the criteria for management. [AG Mayes wants approval of new well for Saudi-backed alfalfa farm revoked]There is little doubt in my mind that damning evidence linking the Trump Organization to Russia was destroyed by the House of Saud on 9/11 and it’s impossible the Obama Administration didn’t know Donald Trump was being installed through a vast white wing conspiracy with at least one hostile government.
While he’s not the first former government official who has sought to cash in, Kushner is one of the few to completely disregard the traditional cooling off period (the other: former Trump Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, whose investment firm is also backed by Riyadh). ["It appears to be a payoff": Expert says Kushner's Saudi cash an "egregious" national security worry]It's entirely likely that South Dakota's Trump-drunk governor will invite Fondomonte to relocate to that failed red state.
9/14/24
Wyoming would cull wapiti, horses clearing invasive grasses
The solution establishes criteria for payment eligibility based on the degree to which a local elk herd is overpopulated and the percentage of grass eaten by that game. Additionally, a ranch must allow some hunters on the property to be eligible. [Wyoming wildlife officials OK rancher payment plan for elk-eaten grass]
“It’s hot, dry, and windy, which are prime conditions for a spark to ignite into much more,” Governor Gordon said. “We must be conscientious of the conditions and the impact even an act as small as sighting in your rifle on a dry grassland can have on our neighbors and state. Check for fire bans and follow all local guidance.” [Governor Gordon Extends Executive Order to Aid in Livestock, Feed Transport]The Anthropocene is now and time to rewild some of the American West eventually becoming part of a Greater Missouri Basin National Wildlife Refuge connecting the CM Russell in Montana along the Missouri River through North Dakota to Oacoma, South Dakota combined with corridors from Yellowstone National Park to the Yukon in the north and south to the Pecos River through Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, western Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
1:46am CDT #SPC Day1 #FireWX https://t.co/Sz3kci5V5F pic.twitter.com/q4uw9ebeHY
— NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) September 14, 2024
9/13/24
Paper: nothing left to lose spurs political violence and christian nationalism
Christian nationalists believe that America presently sits at a critical juncture. A country where Christianity historically provided the dominant political and cultural narrative is now besieged by the forces of pluralism and progressivism. Christian nationalists, therefore, believe that they have a divine mandate to take back America for God. To fail in this mission risks jeopardizing the blessings of God. The gravity of the situation has moved some Christian nationalists to espouse violence as a legitimate tool for restoring the status quo of Christian cultural and political dominance. Indeed, Christian nationalism was on full display during one of the most breath-taking events in modern American history: the 2021 Capitol insurgency. [Christian Nationalism and Violence Against Religious Minorities in the United States: A Quantitative Analysis]Marjorie Taylor Greene and her Christian Nationalists support Donald Trump because they're convinced he’s the Antichrist who will enable them to conquer the Seven Mountains. The End Times fulfill a prophesy and welcome a supernatural extraterrestrial to create a one-world government. No higher being could be anything but predatory. It's dystopian fantasy run amok. Trump’s people are broke, broken, disaffected, debt-ridden, desperate and determined to destroy civil society to wipe their slates clean so they can string up the bankers who enslaved them.
Stunning new data suggest Christianity in America may finally be toast http://t.co/ka6JKuiqJz pic.twitter.com/1KKcK6CnEA
— Salon.com (@Salon) May 12, 2015
Does having a state filled with Christian nationalists make you safer or more succeptible to gun violence? More likely the latter. The correlation between a state's @PRRIpoll #ChristianNationalism score & gun death is .65 (FYI, a correlation not explained by racial demographics.) pic.twitter.com/vfTXYUsh7S
— Samuel Perry (@profsamperry) September 13, 2024
9/12/24
Moral hazard drives ag pollution in South Dakota
The problem is “total suspended solids,” including soil that washes into the river. Roughly 73% of that soil comes from farms. Marisa Lubeck, a spokesperson with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 8 Office (which includes South Dakota), sent a statement explaining states and local governments are responsible for ensuring plans are followed. [New report identifies pollution reductions needed to clean up segment of Big Sioux River]So today, agriculture is the leading source of pollution in the waters of the United States and the latest round of flooding in farm country has just made it worse. Moral hazard is the flip side of self-reliance and the heavily subsidized industry knows emergency declarations will provide bailouts for those who choose risk because Republican welfare farmers are the real ecoterrorists who hate subsidies unless they benefit from them.
It is likely that a significant number of corn and soybean producers in many areas of the upper Midwest may qualify for crop insurance indemnity payments in 2024. With federal crop insurance, every year is different, and with the multiple options available to producers, there are many variable results from crop insurance coverage at harvest time. [2024 crop insurance payments likely in the upper Midwest]In red states like South Dakota freedom equals the right to pollute. Kristi Noem's cuckolded husband is an insurance peddler and so is her fellow Earth hater, Mike Rounds. Senator John Thune (Earth hater-SD) is already notorious for encouraging moral hazard and adding layers of government overreach to the farm bill. Yes, the US Environmental Protection Agency and US Fish and Wildlife Service are within the Executive Branch and as Commander in Chief the president could simply order the Army Corps of Engineers and all to stand down.
Courtney Briggs, a senior director of government affairs with AFBF and chair of the Waters Advocacy Coalition -- a collection of industry groups -- said agencies such as the Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are largely trying to ignore the 2023 Supreme Court case, Sackett v. EPA. [WOTUS Rules Remain Muddy]
9/11/24
Gaia turns her attention to Kristi Noem's failed red state
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Rapid City SD 221 AM MDT Wed Sep 11 2024
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
An area of low pressure will deepen across eastern Montana tonight into Thursday, bringing gusty south winds across the area. The winds, combined with very low relative humidity, will support critical fire weather conditions.
Northern Black Hills-Central Black Hills-Southern Black Hills- Fall River County Area-Northern Foot Hills-Eastern Foot Hills- Custer County Plains-Pine Ridge Area-Butte County Area- Northern Campbell-Southern Campbell-Crook County Plains- Weston County Plains-Wyoming Black Hills- 221 AM MDT Wed Sep 11 2024
9/9/24
Skin care products are sources of phthalates that harm kids
We found that reported use of SCPs [skin care products] was associated with specific urinary LMW and HMW phthalate/replacement metabolite concentrations in children and that the associations differed according to race/ethnic identity and sex assigned at birth. The results can also promote discussions among policymakers that regulate manufacture and packaging of SCPs to eliminate endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure disparities among children, eliminate targeted marketing of endocrine-disrupting chemical-containing products toward black and Hispanic children, and underscore the importance of concurrent use of multiple SCPs as a source of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, rather than focus on individual products. Furthermore, these results can help clinicians and advocacy groups to advise parents and guardians on product choices and use to limit children’s exposure to potentially hazardous phthalates/replacements. [Impact of Skin Care Products on Phthalates and Phthalate Replacements in Children: the ECHO-FGS]Learn more at NPR.
9/7/24
Wyoming congressional delegation now begging feds for bailouts
U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis as well as U.S. Representative Harriet Hageman (all R-WY) sent a letter Friday to the U.S. Department of Agriculture urging approval of a disaster designation request in response to the devastating wildfires across the state. [Wyoming Delegation Urges USDA to Support Local Wildfire Recovery Efforts]If grazing cattle is the key to preventing wildfires why is Republican ranch country still suffering from near daily high even extreme grassland fire danger indices?
9/6/24
Whitney catches up to blogger on Noem's plans
As one political insider put it, “when the music stops, (Noem) is going to have to find a chair.” The most logical campaign path would be seeking Rounds’ Senate seat in 2026. [South Dakota's top 5 campaign war chests]