News of the Week for June 17th<\/sup>, 2018<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Florida Sen. Bill Nelson wants to create a gun-tracing database<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n NASA glaciologist Jay Zwally puts the hammer down: “Antarctica is gaining ice”<\/a> Meet the Green Nuclear Engineering Graduates who Want to Save the Planet from Climate Change<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Joys of Single Payer<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pentagon and Seoul Surprised by Trump Pledge to Halt Military Exercises<\/a> Grading the Singapore Summit<\/a> 6 Big Questions About What Comes After the Trump-Kim Meeting<\/a> Mike Pence and Iraqi Christians: Some Words of Thanks<\/a> South Korea to seek \u2018precise meaning\u2019 of Trump\u2019s plan to end war games<\/a> Reboot of U.S\/NK relations = good; slobbering all over Kim Jong Un = baaaaad<\/a> Proposal to split California into three states will be on November ballot<\/a> Tip: Pentagon Covering Up Fact That Female Officers Nearly Sank Navy Ship<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg\" "\\"News")
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<\/a>Gun Rights<\/h1>\n
\nFederal law prohibits the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from creating an electronic, accessible database of gun records – but U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says he has a fix for that.<\/p>\n<\/a>Hide the Decline<\/h1>\n
Environment &
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\nA new paper about to be in press, comes at the end of a flurry of papers and reports published this week that claims Antarctica was losing ice mass. Zwally says ice growth is anywhere from 50 gigatons to 200 gigatons a year.<\/p>\n
\nAccording to NPR, since 2001 there has been a surge in young people graduating with nuclear engineering qualifications, who are driven by the desire to convince their fellow greens to embrace the nuclear path to a zero carbon future.<\/p>\n<\/a>Obamacare<\/h1>\n
Government in Healthcare<\/h2>\n
\nNot to be outdone by the Brits, our friends (way) south of the border are bringing back the oldies<\/p>\n<\/a>War & Terror<\/h1>\n
\nPresident Trump’s pledge on Tuesday to cancel military exercises on the Korean Peninsula surprised not only allies in South Korea but also the Pentagon.<\/p>\n
\nHow to grade the Singapore summit? I think the most fair-minded answer is that it’s too soon to tell, but there’s every reason in the world to be deeply skeptical that Kim will make good on his commitments to “de-nuclearize.” Why? Because: North Korea has promised to do exactly that – with far more specificity \u2014 in the past. The actual paper agreement that Trump and Kim signed is not just worthless on its own, it’s less than worthless given that it literally recycles past worthless promises as if they are new ones. That’s contrary to the opinions of a lot of people on Twitter and TV who think – and feel – that this is Trump’s masterstroke. This isn’t a criticism of Trump. It’s just a simple recognition of reality. The Norks have bamboozled everyone else who extracted promises from them. By all means, let’s hope for the best. But North Korean duplicity is normal. <\/p>\n
\nAmid intense attention to the historic meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, optimists and skeptics alike have questions about the next step.<\/p>\n
\nLate last week human-rights herald Congressman Chris Smith nudged the administration to move quickly in aiding the Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq who are victims of ISIS genocide. These are people who have been living in temporary shelters with uncertain futures in a part of the world where they are often not wanted and forgotten by the rest of us. Friday afternoon the vice president\u2019s office very clearly seemed to get the message, announcing that USAID Administrator Mark Green will be going over to Iraq himself to assess the situation. That\u2019s the kind of care these people deserve. These are would-be modern-day martyrs, who are the future of Christianity in this part of the world, who have not been unaffected by U.S. policies from every political party over recent decades.<\/p>\n
\nSouth Korea said on Tuesday that it needs to figure out the “precise meaning” of President Trump’s announcement that he would suspend joint military exercises on the Korean peninsula. <\/p>\n
\nThere’s something to be said for a to-the-point headline.<\/p>\n
\nThe six-state solution failed to catch on in California, but voters will now have an opportunity to decide whether the Golden State should be split three ways.<\/p>\n
\nAn anonymous email came in over the transom this morning<\/p>\n<\/a>National<\/h1>\n