Catch up on the week's news in just 10 minutes. Plus, this week, some fun polling data to go with many of the stories.
Topics:
- CDC "Banned Words"
- White House Petition Tool Removed
- GOP Tax Plan Passes Congress
- ACA Individual Mandate Repealed
- FCC Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (no spoilers)
- Myanmar, Reuters, and the UN
- France, China, BP, and BHP Billiton Take On Climate Change
- Aliens! (again... I love talking about aliens.)
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Sources:
https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state
Call your Representatives in the House:
https://www.house.gov/representatives/
White House Petition App
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-temporarily-removes-we-the-people-petition-tool/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/White-House-Temporarily-Removes-Petition-Tool--465059193.html
CDC Banned Words
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html?utm_term=.23cec867820d
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/20/572242449/as-cdc-denies-banning-words-hrc-projects-disputed-terms-on-trumps-d-c-hotel
GOP Tax Law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gop-tax-bill-passes-congress-as-trump-prepares-to-sign-it-into-law/2017/12/20/0ba2fd98-e597-11e7-9ec2-518810e7d44d_story.html?utm_term=.50eced072579
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/20/politics/sean-duffy-tax-bill-cnn-tv/index.html
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/19/cities-republican-tax-bill-304123
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42420221
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-tax-bill-fixes-some-problems-but-exacerbates-others-1513787259
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/20/tax-bill-2017-trump-congress-307812
FCC Net Neutrality Repeal
http://fortune.com/2017/12/14/net-neutrality-fcc-lawsuit-ajit-pai/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/12/19/the-net-neutrality-lawsuits-are-coming-heres-what-theyre-likely-to-say/?utm_term=.517dc750a480
Star Wars Opening Weekend
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/18/final-star-wars-the-last-jedi-box-office-220m-u-s-451m-global/#7ac072a17f74
Myanmar
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/world/asia/myanmar-reuters-grave.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-journalists/myanmar-says-probe-of-two-reuters-journalists-almost-finished-court-case-to-follow-idUSKBN1EE0KK
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42425217
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/20/572197324/u-n-human-rights-investigator-barred-by-myanmar
Climate Change News
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/climate/china-carbon-market-climate-change-emissions.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/business/energy-environment/australia-mining-company-climate-change.html
http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/energy-environment/365755-france-to-ban-oil-and-gas-production-by-2040
UFOs
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/insider/secret-pentagon-ufo-program.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/16/politics/pentagon-ufo-project/index.html
Polls:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-just-36-americans-indicate-they-would-vote-trump-2020-n831266
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/19/politics/cnn-poll-tax-bill-opposition-grows/index.html
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_the_last_jedi/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/12/12/this-poll-gave-americans-a-detailed-case-for-and-against-the-fccs-net-neutrality-plan-the-reaction-among-republicans-was-striking/?utm_term=.2accdd631741
http://news.gallup.com/poll/206030/global-warming-concern-three-decade-high.aspx?g_source=CATEGORY_CLIMATE_CHANGE&g_medium=topic&g_campaign=tiles
https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/
http://www.newsweek.com/most-people-believe-intelligent-aliens-exist-377965
