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Episode 55: The Kingly Executive, Ukraine, Climate Change and Paper Straws. This episode asked if America is destined for despotism and looked at the expansion of executive power under President Trump, and more broadly explored the current political climate, with some focus on Ukraine and recent United States actions. Then the group discussed the real threat of climate change and the importance of addressing it in a reasonable and responsible manner. The pod closed on the critical issue of… paper straws.

• Ben Franklin’s warning of despotism, at the Federal Convention, 17 Sept. 1787
• 'Unitary executive' theory may reach Supreme Court as Trump wields sweeping power
• These 17 countries voted with US against Ukraine UN resolution
• White House seizes control of press pool, will decide which outlets cover events with president
• Trump Names ‘Pardon Czar’ to Advise on Clemency; President Trump commuted Alice Johnson’s life sentence during his first term, and later pardoned her for her drug conviction. She will advise him on similar cases.
• NOAA: January temperature marks new global milestone
• What the California Wildfires Mean for Insurers and Homeowners
• Climate change is fuelling the US insurance problem
• Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and Homeowner’s Insurance
• Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces World’s First Commercial Fusion Power Plant
• Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium
• Ending Procurement And Forced Use Of Paper Straws
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ends The Procurement And Forced Use Of Paper Straws

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