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When climate scientists say things are going to be horrendous, people find out many years later that we’re right. With this El Niño, the “find out” part will come in months.
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Tinkering with the Constitution has failed. The American commercial republic must be reconstructed. Professor Emeritus, Public Administration & Policy, Virginia Tech. "Democracy is for friends and citizens, not masters and slaves" Wilson Carey McWilliams
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