News & Views | 'Hothouse' Future for Humanity: Why These Scientists Hope Their Study Is Wrong

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) [] [] News & Views | 8/7/18 [] Feature... [] [A 'Hothouse' Future for Humanity: Scientists Behind Terrifying Climate Analysis Hope They Are Wrong](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra by Jon Queally, staff writer Warning of a possible domino effect as multiple climate feedback loops are triggered by a dynamic cascade of rising temperatures and warming oceans, scientists behind a frightening new study say that for the sake of humanity's future that the scenarios explored in their new models do not come to... [] [] News... [] [Record Voter Turnout Reported in Michigan as Abdul El-Sayed Looks to Show 'Progressive Revolution Has Arrived'](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra by Jake Johnson, staff writer As Michiganders headed to the polls in large numbers on Tuesday to decide who will advance to the general election in their state's gubernatorial race—which one observer described as a crucial "test for leftism in the Midwest"—supporters of progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed tirelessly worked the phones and urged their fellow citizens to turn out as they look to prove that "the progressive revolution has arrived" in Michigan. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Terrifying': Poll Shows 43% of Republicans Think Trump Should Have Power to Shutter News Outlets for 'Bad Behavior'](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) [Trump supporters](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer In the age of "media-bashing enthusiast" President Donald Trump—who regularly declares critical journalists and outlets "fake news" and "the enemy of the American people"—at least 43 percent of Republican respondents to a new survey said they believe "the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Among the Biggest Grifters in American History': Wilbur Ross Accused of Stealing More Than $120 Million](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra by Jake Johnson, staff writer As the flagrant and often downright bizarre corruption of so many current and former Trump administration officials has dominated the headlines in recent weeks, White House Commerce Secretary and mega-millionaire Wilbur Ross's long history of crooked profiteering has frequently slipped under the radar. --------------------------------------------------------------- [A 'Complete Fabrication': FCC Chair Ajit Pai Finally Admits Claim of Attack on Net Neutrality Comment System Was Total BS](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra by Julia Conley, staff writer After spending a year claiming that the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) public comment system had been hacked while the agency was gathering feedback on net neutrality protections, commission chair Ajit Pai was forced to admit on Tuesday that no such breach had taken place. --------------------------------------------------------------- [New Scorecard Shows Only 12 House Democrats Have Fully Embraced Game-Changing Progressive Agenda](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra by Jon Queally, staff writer With the momentum and energy within the Democratic Party clearly tilting towards those willing to embrace a bolder, progressive set of policies and priorites, a new congressional scorecard released Tuesday reveals that only twelve lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have put their support behind five specific bills that would "collectively ensure a strong, just future of public health and environmental protection" in the country. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Did Saudis Just Threaten Canada With 9/11-Style Attack for Crime of Criticizing Their Atrocious Human Rights Record?](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra by Jake Johnson, staff writer As tensions between Saudi Arabia and Canada continue to soar after the Canadian Foreign Ministry dared to condemn the kingdom's imprisonment of dissidents and human rights activists, a verified Twitter account connected to the Saudi government tweeted a graphic on Monday that appeared to threaten Toronto with a 9/11-style attack. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) [] [] Views... [] [Are We Descending Into Hothouse Earth?](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) ["We could rapidly become 4 degrees warmer than today, as we spiral out of control very quickly, as one domino knocks another over. In fact, have we already started spiralling?" (Photo: AP) ](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) by Andy Rowell The new normal could become a whole lot worse --------------------------------------------------------------- [Medicare for All Makes A Lot of Sense](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) 1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra by Jeffrey D. Sachs The current system is an outrage, and Americans express less satisfaction with the health care system than do their counterparts abroad. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump’s Rally Rhetoric Is Going to Get Somebody Killed](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) ["Trump calls the news media “the Enemy of the People,” a phrase that blood-soaked totalitarian regimes have used to justify assassinations and purges." (Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) by Eugene Robinson The GOP has lost its mind --------------------------------------------------------------- [What Do We Teach Our Students About Hiroshima and Nagasaki?](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) ['The people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not have this option when the bombs fell, when they were crushed in their own homes, and when they died by the thousands from radiation poisoning for decades after." (Photo: AP Photo/U.S. Army)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) by Emilie K. Clark I have worked in four different high schools in New York City, and have hardly heard these nuclear disasters mentioned --------------------------------------------------------------- [Apple’s CEO Tim Cook— Serf Labor, Overpriced iPhones, and Wasted Burning Profits](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) 1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra by Ralph Nader Apple’s business model rests on low wage-labor in China and gouging iPhone consumers in the U.S. The federal cops on the corporate antitrust beat have been asleep for years— a somnolence well recognized by Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Watching Tucker Carlson Eats At My Soul. Here’s Why I Do It Anyway](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) [Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" speaks onstage at IGNITION: Future of Media at Time Warner Center on November 29, 2017 in New York City. (Photo: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) by Madeline Peltz Fox News is still the highest-viewed news network in the country, which means the stories it focuses on and the language it uses to report them holds a tremendous amount of sway --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACcKWispra) [] [] Newswire... 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