WTF Just Happened Today? Day 1374

Oct 25, 2024 1:30 AM

This is a newsletter I subscribe to and I share parts of it here.
I think it's a good summary of the day that is fairly well sourced.
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Welcome to Day 1374.

Today in one sentence: Kamala Harris called Trump a fascist, saying "the American people deserve better, and they deserve a president who is focused on solutions, not sitting in the Oval Office plotting their revenge and retribution"; Trump vowed to "fire" Special Counsel Jack Smith – who brought two federal indictments against him – "within two seconds” of taking office; a former model accused Trump of groping her in 1993 at Trump Tower after Jeffrey Epstein introduced them; the 60-year-old man suspected of shooting at an Arizona Democratic National Committee office three times over the last two months had over 120 guns, over 250,000 rounds of ammunition, and a grenade launcher in his home; and the world is on course for a “catastrophic” temperature rise of more than 3C above pre-industrial levels – twice the goal set by the Paris agreement.

-Matt, current mood: ?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/10/24/trump-fire-jack-smith/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-says-fire-jack-smith-two-seconds-elected-rcna177025

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/us/politics/trump-jack-smith.html

https://apnews.com/article/trump-fire-special-counsel-jack-smith-b0d3d24286fbe0c461a901a33ec78d62

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/10/24/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis/donald-trump-fire-jack-smith-00185291

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/harris-trump-election-10-24-2024

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-24/trump-vows-to-fire-special-counsel-beyonce-to-rally-with-harris

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/oct/24/donald-trump-kamala-harris-us-election-politics-democrats-republicans

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4951188-trump-fire-jack-smith/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/24/donald-trump-fire-special-counsel-jack-smith/75821727007/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/suspect-identified-dnc-shootings-tempe-arizona/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/police-arrest-suspect-gunshots-harris-campaign-office-arizona-rcna176744

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2024/10/23/suspect-identified-tempe-democratic-party-office-shootings/75806849007/

https://www.politico.eu/article/united-nations-emissions-gap-global-warming-data-climate-change-report/

https://www.ft.com/content/ed16d880-4f63-4d64-b62e-5d2681a59494

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/24/global-warming-exceed-paris-targets

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/climate-set-warm-by-31-c-without-greater-action-un-report-warns-2024-10-24/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0d24w28qno

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"Catastrophic". And we've known this was coming for longer than most of us have been alive.

2 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

#5 except that temp change is exponential, and humans prefer a relatively narrow range of temps (just look at what is considered “room temp”) - and permafrost isn’t so perma anymore. There are a lot of variables that aren’t being accounted for in the older models - this train has done derailed.

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Conservatives are a plague.

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Gee, what is the common thread behind all these deplorable acts? It couldn't possibly be the further slide to the right that conservatives have been embracing, could it? /smh

2 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

3C ≈ 37 ° Fahrenheit or 280 Kelvin

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0