Today’s comic by Ruben Bolling is What we know will NOT happen:
• Check out this small collection of fabulous photos and videos of the eclipse. And there are more at Petapixel (and here), BBC, Bored Panda, and The Verge. The progression photo of the eclipse over Nashville was made by Richard Sparkman.
• Navy ends search for sailors missing after collision at sea:
The U.S. Navy on Thursday called off the search at sea for sailors missing after a collision between a destroyer and an oil tanker, and confirmed the identity of one body.
The 7th Fleet said divers will continue to search flooded compartments inside the USS John S. McCain, where some remains have been found. The Navy has not provided specifics.
• Trump responds to former National Intelligence Director James Clapper’s statement that he’s a dangerous man to have access to the nation’s nuclear codes.
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• Resisters Beware! Opposing Trump is an affront to God says wealthy faith leader.
• Public Enemy #1 at San Francisco area ballparks? Birds and their droppings:
Sports venues across the country struggle to wave off pigeons, bats and gulls, but the two Bay Area ballparks’ proximity to the water and dumps attracts birds in large flocks. It has been such a problem at the Oakland Coliseum that stadium operations officials added a pair of vinyl kites this season in an effort to fend them off.
• Need to convince someone about the worth of unions in 21st Century? The Economic Policy Institute provides some ammunition.
• Want to learn about some American heroes who don’t have statues in town squares? From Indian Country Today, you can obtain a free copy of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Geronimo, Tecumseh and Other Heroes of Native Resistance.
The Native resistance fighters in this Special Report can be found in every era, in every one of the many Native cultures and sovereign nations. You can read about some of the earliest warriors, such as Opechancanough (1554-1646), mentioned above, a feared warrior and eventual chief of the Powhatan Confederacy. This is actual history – not a Disney movie.
Or contemplate Chief Pontiac of the Ottawas, some 200 years later, who fought tirelessly against the British and colonial invasion of his home, even leading the attacks that destroyed eight British forts before accepting amnesty.
• Nine states commit to cutting greenhouse emissions 30% by 2030 over 2020:
Nine Republican and Democratic Northeast and Mid-Atlantic governors committed to further cut pollutionWednesday through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
The proposed changes to the RGGI program, reached after more than 20 months of negotiations, will include extending the pollution cap to 2030 with a 30 percent reduction from 2020 levels.
This change is projected to reduce climate pollution by more than 132 million tons by 2030—the avoided emissions equivalent to taking 28 million cars off the road for a year. Environmental groups welcomed the decision, calling it a powerful sign of states stepping up on climate action despite a federal vacuum.
On today’s Kagro in the Morning show: Greg Dworkin is back with us! Trump still doesn’t know how stuff works, and sees his polls hit a new low. Government shutdown looms once again. We’re still talking about Nazis. Conspiracy theorists target a C-ville witness. Oh, and Russia? It’s still there.