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Archive, Politics/Law, ScienceNovember 22, 2016

It’s Not Climate Change, It’s Climate Chaos: Lessons from COP22

By Donna Schaper

When it comes to participating in climate chaos, we are like infants learning to walk.

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In 2012, Todd Akin stated that "If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." 10 years later, Republican Yesli Vega echoes the claim that women can not get pregnant from rape. What drives this bizarre belief? https://t.co/r3btjlwdzo

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"We [must] acknowledge the power of conspiracy woven into the language of religion and God’s work to stop the hemorrhaging of our rights," writes @PhilofWrite. "The movement behind these decisions stands on a revisionist history of nostalgia, hate, & fear."https://t.co/6spQLQX3AL

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Today SCOTUS took another swing at the separation of church and state by ruling in Kennedy v. Bremerton that public school employees can lead students in public prayer. @AndrewLSeidel wrote for RD in January on the possible ramifications of this decision: https://t.co/p22pDHzdIR

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