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2023-02-13T10:36:00Z	**Editor’s Note – The Red-Blue Schism**
Stephan A. Schwartz,  Editor  -  Schwartzreport

_Stephan:_

_From talking and corresponding with people all over the country I have come to realize that most Americans still think of the United States as on big country. Sure there are minor cultural differences between the states but that's what makes them interesting. Basically, in all the ways it matters, we are one country. That was more or less true until 1981 when Reagan was elected president and chan ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/13/editors-note-the-red-blue-schism/)
2023-02-13T10:35:00Z	**A teacher shortage so acute that students are expected to learn without one**
Moriah Balingit,  Reporter  -  The Washington Post

_Stephan:_

_Mississippi. is just a Red state with a particularly egregious education problem, one that is notably racial. White kids go to private schools, Black and Latino kids go the public schools and the White controlled legislature gives them as little funding as they can get away with. You would think that a state wou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/13/a-teacher-shortage-so-acute-that-students-are-expected-to-learn-without-one/)
2023-02-13T10:34:00Z	**‘It reminds me of apartheid’: White Mississippi Republicans create unelected court in majority-Black city**
Alex Henderson,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet

_Stephan:_

_All Red states have inferior social outcome data when compared with Blue states. Why? Because Red states are controlled by White Republicans who like the people who vote them into office, are not interested in general social wellbeing. They have other agendas. In  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/13/it-reminds-me-of-apartheid-white-mississippi-republicans-create-unelected-court-in-majority-black-city/)
2023-02-13T10:33:00Z	**Justice Department Finds Conditions at Mississippi State Penitentiary Violate the Constitution**
Office office of Public Affairs,    -  The United States Department of Justice

_Stephan:_

_Mississippi and a number of other Red states have found a way to recreate slavery. That's right, slavery. The United States has the largest incarceration rate in the world, over 2 million men and women, skewed very strongly to non-White prisoners. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/13/justice-department-finds-conditions-at-mississippi-state-penitentiary-violate-the-constitution/)
2023-02-13T10:32:00Z	**Welfare scandal sharpens contrasts in long-poor Mississippi**
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS,  Reporter  -  Yahoo News / Associated Press

_Stephan:_

_If you are poor and Black in Mississippi and need help, your life is a misery because the money that is supposed to go to you instead goes to rich Whites. This article explains how it works._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-24-1.jpg)_Brandy Nichols, a single mother of four children who are 8  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/13/welfare-scandal-sharpens-contrasts-in-long-poor-mississippi/)
2023-02-14T10:35:00Z	**Opinion: The GOP can’t ignore the blockbuster report on Trump, Kushner and Saudi funds**
Dean Obeidallah,    -  CNN

_Stephan:_

_There is something very wrong with American law and justice. The many deals between the Trump family and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in which the Trump family received billions of dollars for services rendered by Trump when he was president is, I believe, the largest criminal grift in American history. It demon ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/14/opinion-the-gop-cant-ignore-the-blockbuster-report-on-trump-kushner-and-saudi-funds/)
2023-02-14T10:34:00Z	**Untouchable review: Trump as ‘lawless Houdini’ above US justice**
Charlie Sykes,  Editor-at-Large  -  Bulwark

_Stephan:_

_As I read about the blatant corruption between Jared Kushner, Trump, and the Saudis all of could think about was the fact that Trump and Kushner two years later are billions of dollars richer and unindicted. American law is not equal for all, and Biden should have removed Merritt Garland  from his office a year ago. This article lays some of tha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/14/untouchable-review-trump-as-lawless-houdini-above-us-justice/)
2023-02-14T10:33:00Z	**How the Wealthy Are Saving Billions in Taxes by Skirting a Century-Old Law**
Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen ,    -

_Stephan:_

_Today, as I watched and listened to every news program fill their time with meaningless blather utterly devoid of facts concerning the balloons that have been shot down, I thought about this story where we have real facts and those facts have real meaning. Once again, for all to see, America's grotesquely distorted tax structu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/14/how-the-wealthy-are-saving-billions-in-taxes-by-skirting-a-century-old-law/)
2023-02-14T10:32:00Z	**Child abuse found in Portugal Catholic Church is ‘tip of iceberg’, commission says**
Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira,    -  Reuters

_Stephan:_

_Yet another sex molestation scandal in the Roman Catholic Church involving thousands of children over decades. I see this same story almost every week, They come up again, and again, and again. On the basis of these endless horror stories if I were a Catholic and had a child I would not leave them alon ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/14/child-abuse-found-in-portugal-catholic-church-is-tip-of-iceberg-commission-says/)
2023-02-15T10:35:00Z	**How US gun culture stacks up with the world**
Kara Fox, Krystina Shveda, Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon,  Reporters  -  CNN Wire Service / The Mercury News

_Stephan:_

_This was written three weeks ago, so it misses several mass murders, Michigan, for instance. They happen so frequently now -- we have had 67 mass killings (4 people or more died) in the last 46 days -- that it is hard to keep them all straight. I spent part of the day watching CNN. MSNBC, and BBC interview school  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/15/how-us-gun-culture-stacks-up-with-the-world-2/)
2023-02-15T10:34:00Z	**America’s Disease It Won’t Cure**
Allan Lengel,  Editor  -  tickle the wire

_Stephan:_

_In Florida, in Texas, and in other Republican-controlled states governors and state legislatures are trying to reduce or eliminate gun regulations. They would like the regulations to allow even young children to carry canceled weapons, with no licensing or training. Basically, the Republican Party wants the number of mass murders by random shooters to go up in the United States. Do you live in a Red state? Ho ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/15/americas-disease-it-wont-cure/)
2023-02-15T10:33:00Z	**Parroting Industry Talking Points, GOP Goes to Bat for Fraud-Riddled Medicare Advantage**
Jake Johnson,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan:_

_When I tell you that the Republican Party is owned by the oligarchs and the corporations they control, and that they rent senators and representatives as needed to protect their interests, this is what I mean. This is what corruption looks like in the United States._

![](https://www.schwartzre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/15/parroting-industry-talking-points-gop-goes-to-bat-for-fraud-riddled-medicare-advantage/)
2023-02-15T10:32:00Z	**‘We need immediate help’: GOP pushing Midwest states to lower minimum age to work**
Rodric Hurdle-Bradford,  Staff Writer  -  Raw Story

_Stephan:_

_Let me make this as clear as I can: If you are not a millionaire, and you have children, and you vote Republican, you are voting for you and your family to be turned into peasants. The Republican Party does not support the interests of the middle class and they are trying to get rid of social support p ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/15/we-need-immediate-help-gop-pushing-midwest-states-to-lower-minimum-age-to-work/)
2023-02-16T10:36:00Z	**Editor’s Note – Thank you**
Stephan A. Schwartz,  Editor  -  The Schwartzrreport

_Stephan:_

_I want to thank all of you who are helping support SR. It means a lot to me, and it makes I want to thank all of you who are helping support SR. It means a lot to me and makes operating SR much easier. For instance, it helps pay for the security that assures the site operates properly. Here is how many attempts to hack the site have been blocked in the last 47 days._

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![](ht ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/16/editors-note-thank-you-6/)
2023-02-16T10:35:00Z	**Majority of Republicans Support Christian Nationalism – Less Than Three in Ten Americans Overall Do: Report**
David Badash,  Staff Writer  -  The New Civil Rights Movement

_Stephan:_

_For the Founders, the absolute separation of church and state was one of the fundamentals of the country they were establishing. Whole states, Rhode Island, for instance, were basically grounded in this separation. Why did they feel so stron ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/16/majority-of-republicans-support-christian-nationalism-less-than-three-in-ten-americans-overall-do-report/)
2023-02-16T10:34:00Z	**Food aid for poor families, student debt relief and more: GOP previews​ new austerity targets**
Jake Johnson,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet / Common Dreams

_Stephan:_

_I am becoming increasingly worried that because the Republicans really don't have real programs, all they have is grievance and theater and debt ceiling is an easy cheap shot, if you don't care about fostering wellbeing. It is important to remember that the Republican Party ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/16/food-aid-for-poor-families-student-debt-relief-and-more-gop-previews-new-austerity-targets/)
2023-02-16T10:33:00Z	**‘Slavery by any name is wrong’: the push to end forced labor in prisons**
Michael Sainato,    -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan:_

_You may remember that a week or so ago, In the Mississippi edition, I made the comment that The United States,  which has the largest incarcerated population of any nation in the world. (See SR Archive). as turned that population into a new kind of slavery that has emerged in the United States. Here is much more on this trend that ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/16/slavery-by-any-name-is-wrong-the-push-to-end-forced-labor-in-prisons/)
2023-02-16T10:32:00Z	**Biden Pledged to Take On “Junk Fees.” He Should Start With Jails and Prisons.**
Mike Ludwig ,  Staff Writer  -  truthout

_Stephan:_

_Junk fees are part of the new slavery._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-32.png)_President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks on the economy, outlining his plan to to target and end bank ‘junk fees’, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 26, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/16/biden-pledged-to-take-on-junk-fees-he-should-start-with-jails-and-prisons/)
2023-02-17T10:35:00Z	**Huge Chunk of Plants, Animals in US at Risk of Extinction**
Brad Brooks,  Reporter  -  Reader Suported News / Reuters

_Stephan:_

_The world in general, and the government and people of the United States very particularly, just don't seem to get it. Climate change is going to radically and, in many cases, catastrophically, going to change the environment and the lives of every being (human or otherwise) in dramatic and negative ways. Do you see anyone on television talk ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/17/huge-chunk-of-plants-animals-in-us-at-risk-of-extinction/)
2023-02-17T10:34:00Z	**New Solar Farm Is A Carbon Sink & Prairie Preserver, Too**
Tina Casey,    -  Clean Technica

_Stephan:_

_So many of the trends in the United States are negative that I am glad to share with you this positive trend, part of the movement that is gaining momentum to exit the carbon energy era. But it does other good things as well, as this article describes._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-34.png)_A new solar farm in Colorado will do trip ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/17/new-solar-farm-is-a-carbon-sink-prairie-preserver-too/)
2023-02-17T10:33:00Z	**Mike Pence calls to end Social Security and Medicare in Fox News interview**
David Edwards,  Staff Writer  -  Raw Story

_Stephan:_

_It is amazing to me that anyone who receives Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, childcare assistance, or a number of other social support programs would vote for a Republican, knowing that, as Mike Pence makes clear, want to gut those programs. Would i make a difference to you if that happened? If you know someone who r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/17/mike-pence-calls-to-end-social-security-and-medicare-in-fox-news-interview/)
2023-02-17T10:32:00Z	**Emergency Rooms as Hospitals Look to Cut Costs**
Blake Farmer,  Healthcare Reporter  -  KHN (npr)

_Stephan:_

_American healthcare, as this article proves for the thousandth time, is not about wellbeing. Individual physicians and nurses may care about wellbeing, but the system itself cares about only one thing: maximizing profit. And yet so strong is the hold healthcare corporations have on the U.S. Congress, particularly the Republican Party, that year after year, in spite of th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/17/emergency-rooms-as-hospitals-look-to-cut-costs/)
2023-02-18T10:35:00Z	**Steak Dinners, Sales Reps and Risky Procedures: Inside the Big Business of Clogged Arteries**
Annie Waldman,  Reporter  -  ProPublica

_Stephan:_

_Yet more verifiable evidence showing what healthcare in the United States is really about, really cares about. It certainly isn't fostering wellbeing. Until Democrats control the Whitehouse, and both branches of Congress with solid majorities nothing is going to change this nefarious system._
 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/18/steak-dinners-sales-reps-and-risky-procedures-inside-the-big-business-of-clogged-arteries/)
2023-02-18T10:34:00Z	**Liberty or death in the time of ‘woke communism’**
Steve Fraser,    -  AlterNet

_Stephan:_

_The Republicans are now invoking communism again. What seems clear to me is first, these Republicans have no idea what communism is, since what they are talking about has nothing to do with communism; and, second, they are using the word communism because for their older voters communism is a big buzzword._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screenshot-2023-02- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/18/liberty-or-death-in-the-time-of-woke-communism/)
2023-02-18T10:33:00Z	**Federal officials say more than 100 children worked in dangerous jobs for slaughterhouse cleaning firm**
Laura Strickler and Julia Ainsley,    -  NBC News / Yahoo News

_Stephan:_

_The other day I published what I see as a new and very alarming trend, corporations lobbying Red state legislatures to get Republicans to allow child labor. Think about this: you are 13 years old and you are working the night shift at a slaughterh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/18/federal-officials-say-more-than-100-children-worked-in-dangerous-jobs-for-slaughterhouse-cleaning-firm/)
2023-02-18T10:32:00Z	**US ranking on abuse of power index hurt by inequality and violence**
Patrick Wintour,    -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan:_

_Yet another objectively verifiable measure showing that the United States is moving in the wrong direction. As the report says, "The US ranks worse on impunity than Hungary and Singapore, one a poster child for democratic backsliding and the other an illiberal democracy." This all arises from the reality that American culture is focused  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/18/us-ranking-on-abuse-of-power-index-hurt-by-inequality-and-violence/)
2023-02-19T10:35:00Z	**Defending Democracy Through Elections Won’t Be Enough to Stop Fascism**
Spencer Beswick ,    -  truthout

_Stephan:_

_As I read the academic literature, the general media, and watch news channels like BBC, CNN, and MSNBC, and propaganda operations like Fox, what increasingly stands out for me from all these sources is that about a third of the White population in America, particularly the male portion, live in a world of grievance, racism, fear of women, and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/19/defending-democracy-through-elections-wont-be-enough-to-stop-fascism/)
2023-02-19T10:34:00Z	**Why Conservative Parts of the U.S. Are So Angry**
MIKE MALES,   Senior Researcher for the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice  -  Yes! Magazine

_Stephan:_

_This is a very important fact-based article, please read it. It is another take on the Great Schism Trend with very useful data which once again validates that fostering wellbeing is the best cultural option for a society. It always produces the best objectively verifiable social outcome data. We know what works. The ques ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/19/why-conservative-parts-of-the-u-s-are-so-angry/)
2023-02-19T10:33:00Z	**‘Falsely published lies’: Judges deny Fox News’ attempt to silence voting tech firm’s defamation case**
Maya Boddie,    -  AlterNet

_Stephan:_

_I think this Dominion lawsuit against Fox is a very big deal, and not just in the billion-dollar sum involved. It is going to have all kinds of legal and social implications.  Note that the suit has been advanced just as the dissemination of disinformation in the culture has also come to  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/19/falsely-published-lies-judges-deny-fox-news-attempt-to-silence-voting-tech-firms-defamation-case/)
2023-02-19T10:32:00Z	**Biden Admin Wants Federally Funded EV Chargers to Be Made in U.S. and Work With Any Vehicle**
Olivia Rosane and Chris McDermott,  Reporter  -  EcoWatch

_Stephan:_

_President BIden is doing something very important here, he is standardizing, the electronic plugs, just as all the electric outlets in your house have a common design. And it recognizes that if the plugs were made out of the country, and something interrupted the supply, it  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/19/biden-admin-wants-federally-funded-ev-chargers-to-be-made-in-u-s-and-work-with-any-vehicle/)
2023-02-20T10:35:00Z	**An Activist Group Is Spreading Misinformation to Stop Solar Projects in Rural America**
MIRANDA GREEN and MICHAEL COPLEY,    -  npr / Floodlight Environmental News

_Stephan:_

_I have been looking at the anti-solar movement, and my takeaway from this research is that rural Americans, overwhelmingly White, low income, low education level, frightened, and resentful, are being easily manipulated by far-right corporate interests like Koch, that  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/20/an-activist-group-is-spreading-misinformation-to-stop-solar-projects-in-rural-america/)
2023-02-20T10:34:00Z	**The outrageous new way corporate America is ripping us off**
Thom Hartmann,    -  Raw Story

_Stephan:_

_1. “For 17 of the 20 top-selling drugs worldwide, drugmakers made more money from U.S. sales than from sales to all other countries in the rest of the world _combined_.
2. “For 11 of the 20 top-selling drugs worldwide, U.S. sales revenue was double or more the revenue for sales in the rest of the world.”_

_Here we see exactly how the pharmaceutical industry milks  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/20/the-outrageous-new-way-corporate-america-is-ripping-us-off/)
2023-02-20T10:33:00Z	**Tyre Nichols’ Killing Is The Result of a Diseased Culture**
GOLDIE TAYLOR,    -  Time Magazine

_Stephan:_

_We've had 79 mass killings in the first 50 days of this year, more than one a day. We have the largest incarcerated population in the world, and the most dangerous and violent police. And basically the solution the MAGAt world has for all of this is to not talk about it. We are a very sick culture and getting sicker._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/20/tyre-nichols-killing-is-the-result-of-a-diseased-culture/)
2023-02-20T10:32:00Z	**Florida couple unable to get abortion will see baby die after delivery**
Maya Yang,    -

_Stephan:_

_A woman physician, an SR reader and an OB/GYN in Ft. Myers, Florida sent me this telling me she was part of a group practice and that they had had two women patients in similar circumstances. She said that was enough, and she was moving her practice to Virginia. In my view, this is what happens when medical decisions are made on the basis of religion or id ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/20/florida-couple-unable-to-get-abortion-will-see-baby-die-after-delivery/)
2023-02-21T10:35:00Z	**China’s Wind and Solar Are Now Almost Enough to Power Every Home**
,    \-  Energy Connects / Bloomberg

_Stephan:_

_Yesterday I ran a report on how Koch industries and other carbon power industries and oligarchs whose wealth depends on carbon energy are using misinformation to influence rural Americans to block the development of solar power. And there are a number of Republican members of Congress who don't even believe human-mediated climate change is real. As ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/21/chinas-wind-and-solar-are-now-almost-enough-to-power-every-home/)
2023-02-21T10:34:17Z	**Five things to know about the Supreme Court case that could change the internet**
REBECCA KLA and ZACH SCHONFELD,    -  The Hill

_Stephan:_

_As this article lays out, we are on the verge of something as culturally transforming as overturning Roe. The internet and social media have created a new culture. Changing the internet will change culture, and will affect the power of misinformation._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/21/five-things-to-know-about-the-supreme-court-case-that-could-change-the-internet/)
2023-02-21T10:33:03Z	**Yet Another Study Shows The Radical Health Benefits Of Kindness**
Kristi Pahr,    -  Fatherly

_Stephan:_

_Fostering wellbeing aids both the person fostering and the person/people who are the recipients. It's why the 8 laws work, as I describe in the book. Here is real data making this point._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-46.jpg)_Credit: Maskot / Getty_

Nearly 10% of U.S. adults experience at least one depressive episode e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/21/yet-another-study-shows-the-radical-health-benefits-of-kindness/)
2023-02-21T10:32:31Z	**Texas school superintendent left his gun in bathroom where it was found by third grader**
Adam Serwer,    -  Reader Supported News / The Atlantic

_Stephan:_

_Think about this for a minute. This is what we have become in the United States._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-46.png)_Child holding gun Credit: Shutterstock_

A school superintendent in Rising Star, Texas is taking criticism from some local re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/21/texas-school-superintendent-left-his-gun-in-bathroom-where-it-was-found-by-third-grader/)
2023-02-22T10:35:00Z	**How ‘vile’ MAGA Republicans are painting Ohio’s environmental nightmare as a ‘war on white people’**
Alex Henderson,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet

_Stephan:_

_Have you noticed? The Republicans don't have any programs or projects that are designed to foster wellbeing. What they are doing is cultivating and fostering racism and White supremacy. Why? Because they think enough Americans are racists that they can use white supremacy as thei ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/22/how-vile-maga-republicans-are-painting-ohios-environmental-nightmare-as-a-war-on-white-people/)
2023-02-22T10:34:00Z	**History of Low Hourly Wage and All-Cause Mortality Among Middle-aged Workers**
Katrina L. Kezios, PhD; Peiyi Lu, PhD; Sebastian Calonico, PhD; et al,  Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York \| Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York  -  JAMA

_Stephan:_

_I am increasingly worried about the growing wealth inequalit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/22/history-of-low-hourly-wage-and-all-cause-mortality-among-middle-aged-workers/)
2023-02-22T10:33:00Z	**Florida education officials discuss SAT alternative focused on ‘Western tradition’**
ANA CEBALLOS and SOMMER BRUGAL ,  Reporters  -  Miami Herald

_Stephan:_

_The voters of Florida have voted Ron DeSantis into office twice, and I read that as saying the majority cohort of Florida is defined by its racism, its resentments, and its fears. The problem with America is Americans. What I see as particularly dangerous about this is that Florida, as well ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/22/florida-education-officials-discuss-sat-alternative-focused-on-western-tradition/)
2023-02-22T10:32:00Z	**Florida’s Great Displacement has already begun**
Jake Bittle,  Climate Reporter  -  Business Insider / Yahoo News

_Stephan:_

_I have been astounded by the fact that the Florida legislative Republicans and DeSantis are utterly failing to do what the state needs to have done in preparation for climate change. I have been telling you for more than 30 years that the United States is going to experience three massive internal migrations involving tens of millions of people, and that s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/22/floridas-great-displacement-has-already-begun/)
2023-02-23T10:35:00Z	**‘Treasonous’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Slammed for Celebrating President’s Day by Calling for a ‘National Divorce’Published**
,    \-

_Stephan:_

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-48.png)_Republican Party leader Marjorie Taylor Greene_

[**U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene**](https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/?s=Marjorie+Taylor+Greene) (R-GA) celebrated the Presidents’ Day  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/23/treasonous-marjorie-taylor-greene-slammed-for-celebrating-presidents-day-by-calling-for-a-national-divorcepublished/)
2023-02-23T10:34:00Z	**Rep. Eastman sparks outrage after asking about the potential economic benefits of the deaths of abused Alaska children**
Sean Maguire,  Reporter  -  Anchorage Daily News

_Stephan:_

_This is the Republican Party. You may find it hard to believe, but let them say it in their own words. Is this a person you would invite over for dinner? Me either._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/23/rep-eastman-sparks-outrage-after-asking-about-the-potential-economic-benefits-of-the-deaths-of-abused-alaska-children/)
2023-02-23T10:33:00Z	**Most young men are single. Most young women are not.**
DANIEL DE VISÉ ,    -

_Stephan:_

_This report tells the story of a powerful change in American culture, one that is not even recognized by most people, and yet which is shaping U.S. society in myriad ways._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-50.png)_A depressed single man. Credit: Daily Mail_

More than 60 percent of young men are single, nearly twice the rate of unattached young women,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/23/most-young-men-are-single-most-young-women-are-not/)
2023-02-23T10:32:00Z	**Poll: 7.2% adults in US identify as LGBTQ, more than a double than a decade ago**
,    \-  New York Daily Mail

_Stephan:_

_Here is another major change in American culture. Combined with the data from the previous story one see clearly see that gender status and relationships are undergoing major and little recognized changes. This is what is driving MAGAt world crazy._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screenshot-2023-0 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/23/poll-7-2-adults-in-us-identify-as-lgbtq-more-than-a-double-than-a-decade-ago/)
2023-02-24T10:35:00Z	**The American climate migration has already begun**
Jake Bittle,  Environmental Commentator  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan:_

_For several decades I have been telling you these internal migrations were coming and, now, as the article describes, it has started.  Depending on which study one looks at somewhere between 10 and 15 percent of Americans are going to lose their homes and be caught up in what is going to be an an ongoing catastrophe and politicians, particularly Republ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/24/the-american-climate-migration-has-already-begun/)
2023-02-24T10:34:00Z	**Bernie Sanders supports a 4-day workweek. These companies tried it — here’s what happened.**
Andrew Keshner,    -

_Stephan:_

_Four-day work week. If that became the norm what would be the effect? Is there any actual data on this? As it happens there is, and here it is. And what does it show? Once again that fostering wellbeing produces the best social outcome. And, once again, it is clear that politicians like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth W ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/24/bernie-sanders-supports-a-4-day-workweek-these-companies-tried-it-heres-what-happened/)
2023-02-24T10:33:00Z	**Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘Democrat’ voters should be banned from voting if they move to red states**
David Badash,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet / New Civil Rights Movement

_Stephan:_

_In contrast to Democrat Elizabeth Warren, and Independent Bernie Sanders who, as described in the previous article, are working to foster wellbeing the Republican Party has made Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene one of its leaders and she... well she ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/24/marjorie-taylor-greene-democrat-voters-should-be-banned-from-voting-if-they-move-to-red-states/)
2023-02-24T10:32:00Z	**Meet the new face of gun owners in the US: Asian Americans**
Kyung Lah,  Reporter  -  CNN

_Stephan:_

_White supremacists are attacking Asian Americans with a dramatically increased frequency. So in America what is the response? Why, of course, Asian Americans are arming themselves.  I understand the response. What I don't understand is why Americans can't seem to understand that more guns only enrich weapons corporations and result in more death. The real problem is w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/24/meet-the-new-face-of-gun-owners-in-the-us-asian-americans/)
2023-02-25T10:35:00Z	**Mississippi sees 900% rise in number of infants born with congenital syphilis**
Maya Yang,  Contributing Writer  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan:_

_Last week I dedicated an entire issue of SR to focus on Mississippi to demonstrate what I meant by a failed state so my readers would understand what I was talking about when I mentioned the Great Schism Trend. Well, as it turns out Mississippi is even more of a third-world country than I thought. The Re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/25/mississippi-sees-900-rise-in-number-of-infants-born-with-congenital-syphilis/)
2023-02-25T10:34:00Z	**Poor People’s Campaign, Families Demand DOJ Probe of Over 100 West Virginia Jail Deaths**
Brett Wilkins,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan:_

_West Virgilnia is another failed state controlled by Republicans. Not quite as bad as Mississippi, but with social outcome data notably and glaringly inferior to its neighbors Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Even Red state Ohio puts West Virginia to shame. And once again it is n ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/25/poor-peoples-campaign-families-demand-doj-probe-of-over-100-west-virginia-jail-deaths/)
2023-02-25T10:33:00Z	**Feds fine Mormon church for illicitly hiding $32 billion investment fund behind shell companies**
Rob Wile,  Business News Reporter  -  NBC News

_Stephan:_

_With the notable exception of the Quakers, something has gone dreadfully wrong with religious denominations in the United States. It's not just the sexual molestation issues that plague so many religious groups. It's the prejudice against the LGBTQ communities, the White Suprem ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/25/feds-fine-mormon-church-for-illicitly-hiding-32-billion-investment-fund-behind-shell-companies/)
2023-02-25T10:32:00Z	**Economist Paul Krugman tears down right-wing arguments that Social Security and Medicare are doomed**
Alex Henderson,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet

_Stephan:_

_I have spent a few hours looking at the lies and misrepresentations about Social Security and Medicare being put forward by MAGAt Republican politicians and their propaganda media. It really is amazing stuff because it is almost entirely bogus. They just spew this stuff an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/25/economist-paul-krugman-tears-down-right-wing-arguments-that-social-security-and-medicare-are-doomed/)
2023-02-26T10:34:00Z	**People Have Been Having Less Sex—whether They’re Teenagers or 40-Somethings**
Emily Willingham,    -  Scientific American

_Stephan:_

_A few days ago I published a report on the increasing loneliness amongst men particularly, but women as well although to a lesser degree. Now this report.  I have also published reports on the fact that Americans are marrying at an older age, and that families are having children later in life. You should see all these  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/26/people-have-been-having-less-sex-whether-theyre-teenagers-or-40-somethings/)
2023-02-26T10:33:00Z	**Asian Americans grapple with long-term reality as reported hate incidents top 11,000**
Shawna Chen,    -  Axios

_Stephan:_

_Racism has become such a strong trend in the United States, greater in many ways than even the 1950s and 1960, that the other day I ran a report on Asian Americans arming themselves because of a gross increase in racist hate crimes aimed at them by White MAGAts.  Here are some facts explaining why they feel as they do. T ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/26/asian-americans-grapple-with-long-term-reality-as-reported-hate-incidents-top-11000/)
2023-02-26T10:32:00Z	**Republicans Unveil Bill to Make AR-15-Style Rifle the “National Gun”**
Sharon Zhang,  News Writer  -  truthout

_Stephan:_

_Last year over 45,000 people were killed by gunfire in the United States, and many of those deaths resulted from murderers using AR-15 assault rifles. The Republicans, having nothing better to do in Congress, want to pass legislation making it the "National Gun." This is an example of what the Republican Party has become. I'll just leave  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/26/republicans-unveil-bill-to-make-ar-15-style-rifle-the-national-gun/)
2023-02-27T10:35:00Z	**Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, Energy Department Now Says**
Michael R. Gordon and Warren P. Strobel,    -  Reader Supported News / Wall Street Journal

_Stephan:_

_There is the most amazing sewage of misinformation on the internet about this question: Where did Covid come from?  Here, I think, is as accurate an answer as we currently have, and even this answer is not a universal consensus amongst people with access to the best infor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/27/lab-leak-most-likely-origin-of-covid-19-pandemic-energy-department-now-says/)
2023-02-27T10:34:00Z	**Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.**
,    \-  DNYUZ

_Stephan:_

_At breakfast this morning I asked my wife, "How is it possible these companies, and the people who run them, are okay about employing children in dangerous jobs? Has America really become that bad, that immoral? I mean how do you sit down for breakfast as we are doing knowing you have 13-year-olds working the night shift in your slaughterhouse cleaning up the guts and blood of dead animals? Doesn't the morali ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/27/child-labor-today/)
2023-02-27T10:33:00Z	**More people over 45 are getting pregnant — and abortion laws aren’t ready for the complications**
Mary Elizabeth Williams,  Senior Writer  -  Salon

_Stephan:_

_The other day I published data showing women are having children at an older age, while younger women are marrying later, and are having fewer babies. This report brings that trend into closer focus, and introduces an aspect of the anti-choice laws passed in Red states, and wh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/27/more-people-over-45-are-getting-pregnant-and-abortion-laws-arent-ready-for-the-complications/)
2023-02-27T10:32:00Z	**Cacti replacing snow on Swiss mountainsides due to global heating**
Alessio Perrone,    -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan:_

_Are Cacti becoming a problem in Switzerland? Yes, as this report details. Welcome to climate change._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-62.jpg)_As global heating intensifies, the residents of Valais are finding an invasive species of cacti taking over their slopes. Credit: Peter Oliver Baumgartner_

The r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/27/cacti-replacing-snow-on-swiss-mountainsides-due-to-global-heating/)
2023-02-28T10:35:00Z	**Bernie Sanders: ‘Oligarchs Run Russia. But Guess What? They Run the US as Well’**
Tim Adams,    -  Reader Supported News / The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan:_

_Bernie Sanders, in my opinion, is one of the smartest, most ethical, clearest thinking members of Congress. Had it been my choice he would be president. He tells the truth and here it is._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-62.png)_Vermont Independent Senator Bernie ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/28/bernie-sanders-oligarchs-run-russia-but-guess-what-they-run-the-us-as-well/)
2023-02-28T10:34:00Z	**National divorce would be ‘devastating’ for red states — here’s why**
Travis Gettys,    -  Raw Story

_Stephan:_

_I have been telling you for years now that the Republican Party is trying to split the United States into two countries one run by White Supremacist, male dominant christofascist MAGAts, one run by social progressives who are fostering wellbeing in their states.  The Great Red / Blue Schism I call it. And I have also told you that based on fact-based s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/28/national-divorce-would-be-devastating-for-red-states-heres-why/)
2023-02-28T10:33:00Z	**The Catastrophe of American Health Care**
Abby Cartus,  Postdoctoral Research Associate with the People, Place, and Health Collective at Brown University School of Public Health  -  The New Republic

_Stephan:_

_Everyone who reads me knows my views on the American Illness Profit System that passes for healthcare in this country. Here is another researcher who has come to her own conclusions about U.S. healthcare, and her views mirror my own from a slightly different perspective. What al ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/28/the-catastrophe-of-american-health-care/)
2023-02-28T10:32:00Z	**TX Gov Abbott says diversity programs are racist – against whites**
,    \-  Daily Kos

_Stephan:_

_If you can bear to listen to MAGATs long enough they will eventually tell you the truth about themselves. As an example here is Greg Abbott making his White supremacy racism clear. I was deeply involved in the 1950s and 60s in the civil rights movement, but I don't ever remember White supremacy, except for a few Southern states, being as prevalent and as strongly a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/02/28/tx-gov-abbott-says-diversity-programs-are-racist-against-whites/)
2023-03-01T10:35:00Z	**BIG INSURANCE 2022: Revenues reached $1.25 trillion thanks to sucking billions out of the pharmacy supply chain – and taxpayers’ pockets**
Wendell Potter,  Staff Writer  -  HealthCare Uncovered

_Stephan:_

_Healthcare in the United States, and I am speaking here not about the doctors, nurses, and technicians but, instead, the system in which they all have to operate is a racket. It has nothing to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/01/big-insurance-2022-revenues-reached-1-25-trillion-thanks-to-sucking-billions-out-of-the-pharmacy-supply-chain-and-taxpayers-pockets/)
2023-03-01T10:34:00Z	**Habitual checking of social media linked to altered brain development in young adolescents**
,    \-  PsyPost

_Stephan:_

_As a country, indeed in any country,  both society and government, have yet to fully comprehend the effects of the internet. Part of it is using the net to weaponize lies, but it is also about what living in the digital world does to physiologically. As this report describes, particularly with young people, it disto ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/01/habitual-checking-of-social-media-linked-to-altered-brain-development-in-young-adolescents/)
2023-03-01T10:33:00Z	**Texas representative introduces bill to ban polling locations at college campuses**
Madeline Duncan,  Senior News Reporter  -  The Daily Texan

_Stephan:_

_Texas under Gregg Abbott and Ken Paxton has become a rather nasty state defined by White Supremacy, male dominance, christian nationalism,    poor social outcome data, and a deep commitment to ending democracy. They don't even bother to hide it anymore. They don't want college students to vot ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/01/texas-representative-introduces-bill-to-ban-polling-locations-at-college-campuses/)
2023-03-01T10:32:00Z	**To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians**
Emily Pontecorvo,  Reporter  -  Grist

_Stephan:_

_Here is a trend that is just taking off, but not getting much media attention: the need for electricians. If I were a young person, who wasn't particularly interested in going to college, but who wanted to make a six-figure income I would go to technical school and become an electrician. This article lays it all out._

![](https: ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/01/to-get-off-fossil-fuels-america-is-going-to-need-a-lot-more-electricians/)
2023-03-02T10:35:00Z	**Dark money and special deals: How Leonard Leo and his friends benefited from his judicial activism**
HEIDI PRZYBYLA,    -  Politico

_Stephan:_

_The corruption of Leonard Leo described in this report is one of the reasons, perhaps the main reason, we have Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett on the most corrupt Supreme Court in our history. And it was all possible because uniquely amongst American courts or, indeed, the high courts of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/02/dark-money-and-special-deals-how-leonard-leo-and-his-friends-benefited-from-his-judicial-activism/)
2023-03-02T10:34:56Z	**‘A Decent Society Would Not Let This Happen’: 30 Million Across US Face Food Aid Cuts**
Jessica Corbett,    -  Common Dreams

_Stephan:_

_My reaction upon reading this was: What kind of country would do such a thing to poor people, including many children?  This is just sheer nastiness. Having healthy well-educated people is a plus for any country._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-1.png)_A sign confirms that ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/02/a-decent-society-would-not-let-this-happen-30-million-across-us-face-food-aid-cuts/)
2023-03-02T10:33:00Z	**Majority of countries guarantee paid paternity leave — but not the U.S.**
Emily Peck,    -  Axios

_Stephan:_

_I don't think Americans really understand how poor United States' social wellbeing is compared with other countries. Here is an example of what I mean. I think the question is: why do we elect to office people who do not have fostering wellbeing as a priority?_

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-1 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/02/majority-of-countries-guarantee-paid-paternity-leave-but-not-the-u-s/)
2023-03-02T10:32:00Z	**White House announces enhanced enforcement of child labor laws as abuse and violations surge: report**
Brandon Gage,    -  AlterNet

_Stephan:_

_You will, I am sure, remember the articles on child labor I ran a few days ago. Well, I am happy to report that the Biden administration is doing something about this awful trend that fosters wellbeing. Not everything I would like to see done, but something meaningful. Biden is actuall ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/02/white-house-announces-enhanced-enforcement-of-child-labor-laws-as-abuse-and-violations-surge-report/)
2023-03-03T10:35:00Z	**Sorry, Calvinists: A four-day workweek actually makes employees healthier, more productive**
MATTHEW ROZSA,  Staff Writer  -  Salon

_Stephan:_

_A few days ago I did something on this research. The social outcome data is so clear-cut.  I don't know why it is so hard for people to see that policies that foster wellbeing produce by every measure better outcomes. Which they unquestionably do, as this report of research done at Cambridge Unive ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/03/sorry-calvinists-a-four-day-workweek-actually-makes-employees-healthier-more-productive/)
2023-03-03T10:34:00Z	**How long you need to meditate to see results for your body and brain**
ALEXA MIKHAIL,    -  Fortune Well

_Stephan:_

_It is my view that developing the daily practice of meditation is perhaps the best gift you can give yourself. That has certainly been the case in my life. I think this is so important, and I spent years studying meditation and nonlocal consciousness. Out of that research, I  produced a 20 minute digital program you can download that takes yo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/03/how-long-you-need-to-meditate-to-see-results-for-your-body-and-brain/)
2023-03-03T10:33:00Z	**Watch: Right-wing host wants to ‘ban transgenderism entirely’ because of ‘occult sexual rituals’**
Brandon Gage,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet

_Stephan:_

_Part of the MAGAt reality is deep sexual dysfunction. It is such a strong cultural trend and yet it gets very little discussion. Conservative White supremacist, male dominant christofascists have as a defining characteristic sexual dysfunction. The obsession with drag, transgenderism,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/03/watch-right-wing-host-wants-to-ban-transgenderism-entirely-because-of-occult-sexual-rituals/)
2023-03-03T10:32:00Z	**“Disgusting hatred”: Iowa Republicans propose amendment that would ban same-sex marriages**
CHRIS WALKER,    -  Salon

_Stephan:_

_This is another example of the conservative sexual dysfunction. They are enraged and frightened at the same time by marriage between people of the same gender. The Republican Party is not about governing. It has no real policies, It is about cultural issues in which they are the minority and feel victimized, and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/03/disgusting-hatred-iowa-republicans-propose-amendment-that-would-ban-same-sex-marriages/)
2023-03-04T10:35:00Z	**60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck — ‘inflation is part of their everyday lives,’ expert says**
Jessica Dickler,    -

_Stephan:_

_American wealth inequality is a social obscenity. Media keeps talking about the United States as the world's richest country. In an absolute sense that is true, But it is at the functional level a lie. The financial security, health, and quality of life of most Americans is significantly lower a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/04/60-of-americans-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-inflation-is-part-of-their-everyday-lives-expert-says/)
2023-03-04T10:34:00Z	**Exercise better for mental health than prescription drugs or therapy**
John Anderer,    -  Study Finds

_Stephan:_

_Obesity and lack of exercise are two major trends in American culture, and so is a growing crisis of mental illness. We are not a healthy society. Here is some good news about how to deal with your mental health_

 _Citation: [Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for improving depression, anxiety and distress: an overview of systema ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/04/exercise-better-for-mental-health-than-prescription-drugs-or-therapy/)
2023-03-04T10:33:00Z	**A nascent men’s movement eschews orgasms for health reasons. Experts say the science doesn’t add up**
TROY FARAH,  Staff Writer  -  Salon

_Stephan:_

_I am becoming increasingly aware and concerned that MAGAt men are so sexually dysfunctional that it is a form of mental illness, and it is having a very deleterious effect on American culture. You can see it in the obsession with drag performers, the virulent hated of LGBTQ people,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/04/a-nascent-mens-movement-eschews-orgasms-for-health-reasons-experts-say-the-science-doesnt-add-up/)
2023-03-04T10:32:00Z	**ERs staffed by private equity firms aim to cut costs by hiring fewer doctors**
BRETT KELMAN and BLAKE FARMER,    -  npr / Kaiser Health News

_Stephan:_

_American healthcare continues to deteriorate because the stranglehold the illness profit system has on Congress si so strong no one has been able to overcome it. The Republicans don't care because the illness profit industries fund members with millions of dollars, and the Democrats don't have enoug ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/04/ers-staffed-by-private-equity-firms-aim-to-cut-costs-by-hiring-fewer-doctors/)
2023-03-05T10:35:00Z	**Rail industry spent $654 million on federal lobbying over past 20 years: analysis**
Jake Johnson,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet

_Stephan:_

_The rail system of the United States is notably inferior to other developed nations as anyone who has ever traveled in Europe, the Nordic countries, China or Japan. Why is it so inferior? Because the rail industry spents more money on corrupting politicians than they do on the rail system. Why is the American go ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/05/rail-industry-spent-654-million-on-federal-lobbying-over-past-20-years-analysis/)
2023-03-05T10:34:00Z	**Tennessee Bans Gender-Affirming Health Care for Trans Youth**
BRETT WILKINS,    -  Truthdig

_Stephan:_

_Here is yet more about the sexual dysfunction and the crazed obsession the MAGAt world has over the LGBTQ community. I don't see this as primarily political the politics are just the expression of the mental illness that defines MAGAts._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-9.png)_Advocates gather for a rally at the state Capitol co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/05/tennessee-bans-gender-affirming-health-care-for-trans-youth/)
2023-03-05T10:33:00Z	**Gender-Affirming Care Ban in KY Could Have “Deadly Consequences,” Experts Warn**
Chris Walker,  News Writer  -  truthout

_Stephan:_

_This is another example of how mentally deranged the Republican Party has become over sexual issues. I think we are going to see significant numbers of LGBTQ people as well as people of color moving out of Red states. This derangement on the part of Republicans I think should be seen as part of the Great Schism Trend. T ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/05/gender-affirming-care-ban-in-ky-could-have-deadly-consequences-experts-warn/)
2023-03-05T10:32:00Z	**South Carolina Woman Arrested For Allegedly Taking Abortion Pills**
ARIANNA COGHILL,  Assistant News and Engagement Writer  -  Mother Jones

_Stephan:_

_Yet more is this Republican sexual insanity. I predict this woman being arrested for taking an abortion pill is going to be the first of many such arrests in Red states._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-11.png)_Credit: Meg Kinnard/ AP_

A South Carolina woman was arrested th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/05/south-carolina-woman-arrested-for-allegedly-taking-abortion-pills/)
2023-03-06T10:36:00Z	**Editor’s Note – Good Trends**
Stephan A. Schwartz,  Editor  -  Schwartzreport

_Stephan:_

_This is a very difficult period of history, not only for the United States but the entire world. Day after day as I do the research and prepare SR I am always in search of good trends, positive social patterns that foster wellbeing. Not single one-off events but trends. As you know, if you read SR regularly, there are not a lot of them to be found. But today's edition is entirely about good trends and I hope it  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/06/editors-note-good-trends/)
2023-03-06T10:35:00Z	**Nations agree on ‘world-changing’ deal to protect ocean life**
Leo Sands and Dino Grandoni ,  Reporters  -  The Washington Post

_Stephan:_

_As reported, "More than 190 countries have reached a landmark deal for protecting the biodiversity of the world’s oceans, agreeing for the first time on a common framework for establishing new protected areas in international waters." This is good news and a positive trend. Seventy percent of the planet is ocean, and a healthy oc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/06/nations-agree-on-world-changing-deal-to-protect-ocean-life/)
2023-03-06T10:34:00Z	**Remnants of Two Banned Insecticides Nearly Eliminated in Great Lakes Region**
,    \-  Yale Environment 360

_Stephan:_

_Not only does this show how a concerted effort can eliminate deadly toxins, it provides guidance for other such efforts, and it shows we can have a cleaner healthier world_

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-13.png)_North America’s Great Lakes. Credit: NASA_

Two banned insecticides known to linger  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/06/remnants-of-two-banned-insecticides-nearly-eliminated-in-great-lakes-region/)
2023-03-06T10:33:00Z	**‘100,000 years of power’ | US-Japan team hails H2-boron plasma fusion breakthrough**
Darius Snieckus ,    -  Recharge

_Stephan:_

_This is very interesting and, potentially, very positive news. Nuclear power in my estimation has been a disaster because of the waste problem, and the crises created when a nuclear reactor experiences a breakdown such as occurred in Chernobyl and Fukushima, Fusion, however, offers a very different and positive potential ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/06/100000-years-of-power-us-japan-team-hails-h2-boron-plasma-fusion-breakthrough/)
2023-03-06T10:32:00Z	**Photovoltaic-thermoelectric tech with potential efficiency of 65%**
EMILIANO BELLINI,    -

_Stephan:_

_A photovoltaic system that produces power at night. Now that is something that will change the game. I am beginning to feel modestly optimistic that in spite of the millions the carbon industries are flooding into the pockets of American congress members it will not stop or even seriously impede the transition to non-carbon power._

![](https://www.schwartzrep ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/06/photovoltaic-thermoelectric-tech-with-potential-efficiency-of-65/)
2023-03-07T10:35:00Z	**Prosecutor Fani Willis Is Investigating Trump. By Sheer Coincidence, The GA Legislature Has Decided To Investigate Prosecutors.**
LIZ DYE,    -  Above the Law

_Stephan:_

_Georgia is about to politicize its legal system so that Republicans can control who is prosecuted, thus protecting Republicans like Trump, and removing prosecutors who offend Republican politicians. Variations of this idea have passed ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/07/prosecutor-fani-willis-is-investigating-trump-by-sheer-coincidence-the-ga-legislature-has-decided-to-investigate-prosecutors/)
2023-03-07T10:34:00Z	**Every domestic extremist murder last year was committed by right-wingers: report**
AREEBA SHAH,  Staff Writer  -  Salon

_Stephan:_

_We are a country sliding into christofascism and one of the signs is that the principal civil violence we experience is being perpetrated by far right supporters._

 _Citation: the research study upon which this article was based: [Murder and Extremism in the United States in 2022](https://www.adl.org/resources/repor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/07/every-domestic-extremist-murder-last-year-was-committed-by-right-wingers-report/)
2023-03-07T10:33:00Z	**Trump Calls US Democracy a ‘Very Dangerous System’ at CPAC**
Jon Queally,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan:_

_Watching footage about CPAC and, particularly criminal Trump's address, what struck me is how openly fascist the Republican Party has become. They don't even bother to disguise it anymore. I'm not sure their full intentions have been fully comprehended by most Americans. Merrick Garland's lack of spine about indicting Trump is going to now cause a horri ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/07/trump-calls-us-democracy-a-very-dangerous-system-at-cpac/)
2023-03-07T10:32:00Z	**In an earthquake, these rats with tiny backpacks are trained to find survivors**
Adele Peters,    -  Fast Company

_Stephan:_

_I just loved this story. Rats so long despised can now be saviors. Also, just conceiving of this system, and then making it real, as described here, is an amazing example of creative innovation; a new way of thinking._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-17.jpg)_A modern rat explorer Credit:  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/07/in-an-earthquake-these-rats-with-tiny-backpacks-are-trained-to-find-survivors/)
2023-03-08T10:35:00Z	**The far-right’s culture wars are a distraction so oligarchs can keep looting the working class**
Thom Hartmann,    -  AlterNet

_Stephan:_

_I have been telling you for years that the GOP is owned by christofascist oligarchs and they back scumbags like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz because they do the oligarchs bidding when it comes time to voting and they generate what I will call the hate theater that consumes the media, and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/08/the-far-rights-culture-wars-are-a-distraction-so-oligarchs-can-keep-looting-the-working-class/)
2023-03-08T10:34:00Z	**And Child Care for All**
BINYAMIN APPELBAUM,  Editorial Board Member  -  The New York Tiimes

_Stephan:_

_The treatment of children in the United States is one of the country's defining characteristics, and it is shamefully bad. I have written about this for years, it stands out so strongly to me, the data is appalling but irrefutable. I agree with Appelbaum, speaking for The New York Times Editorial board. The Biden Administration has not made this enough of a priority. Not fostering wellbeing amongst  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/08/and-child-care-for-all/)
2023-03-08T10:33:00Z	**Alaska says it’s now legal “in some instances” to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals**
KYLE HOPKINS,    -  Salon

_Stephan:_

_The sexual dysfunction of the right, and its obsession with the LGBTQ community of Americans is radically changing the Red state environment against LGBTQ people. Alaska is just the beginning. I think the result is going to be that many of this community will move to a Blue state, and that this is going to have a  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/08/alaska-says-its-now-legal-in-some-instances-to-discriminate-against-lgbtq-individuals/)
2023-03-08T10:32:00Z	**The Gender Pay Gap Has Barely Changed In Two Decades**
RAKESH KOCHHNAR ,  Researcher - Pew Research Center  -  truthdig

_Stephan:_

_Male dominance is so universal across time, space, and geography that I think it is genetic; we are high-order primates after all. But that doesn't mean it can't change. It is all about culture and individual choice. Those societies that choose equality are going to prosper, they already do, compared with nations that don't get it. And the dif ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/08/the-gender-pay-gap-has-barely-changed-in-two-decades/)
2023-03-09T10:35:00Z	**The growing crisis of food and water insecurity, and homelessness, afflicting the United States**
Stephan A. Schwartz,  Columnist  -  Explore

_Stephan:_

_While the country including the media is trapped in the Republican hate theater and culture wars serious trends negatively impacting millions are hardly remarked upon. Here is an example I published showing an example of what I mean._

[![Fig 1](https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/imag ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/09/the-growing-crisis-of-food-and-water-insecurity-and-homelessness-afflicting-the-united-states/)
2023-03-09T10:34:00Z	**Red meat and processed food linked to sharp rise in diet-related deaths**
Study Finds Editorial Staff,    -  Study Finds

_Stephan:_

_The global increase in eating mammals and processed meats is producing a dramatic increase in diet-related deaths. If you have such a diet, please do yourself a favor and change it._

 _Citation: To read the British Medical Journal (BMJ\_ research paper upon which this report is based click on:

[Global red and processed me ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/09/red-meat-and-processed-food-linked-to-sharp-rise-in-diet-related-deaths/)
2023-03-09T10:33:00Z	**Bipartisan rail safety bill runs into Republican roadblock**
AL WEAVER AND KARL EVERS-HILLSTROM,  Staff Writers  -  The Hill

_Stephan:_

_The Republicans block rail safety regulation. This is what corporate lobbying achieves with what amounts to political whores in Congress._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-21.png)_A burning train forced evacuations in the East Palestine, Ohio, area on Feb. 3, 2023. Credit: Channel 19 News, Clevela ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/09/bipartisan-rail-safety-bill-runs-into-republican-roadblock/)
2023-03-09T10:32:00Z	**Children of same-sex couples fare at least as well as in other families – study**
Nicola Davis,  Science Correspondent  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan:_

_A woman, who I suspect is a MAGAt, wrote to chastise me about my support for individuals who want to enter into same-sex marriages and even worse, in her opinion, want to have children. "Stephan, you are so predictably liberal and you don't live in the real world. Surely you understand that same- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/09/children-of-same-sex-couples-fare-at-least-as-well-as-in-other-families-study/)
2023-03-10T10:35:00Z	**Inside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance”**
Andy Kroll, Andrea Bernstein, and Nick Surgey,    -  ProPublica

_Stephan:_

_Here is an excellent detailed account of how a small group of oligarchs is plotting and acting to turn the United States into a christofascist anocracy controlled by the oligarchs. As the article lays out Leonard Leo, assisted by the Republican Congression ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/10/inside-the-private-and-confidential-conservative-group-that-promises-to-crush-liberal-dominance/)
2023-03-10T10:34:00Z	**Rail Workers Warn Safety Bill Loopholes Are Big Enough to ‘Run a Freight Train Through’**
Brett Wilkins,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan:_

_I thought it very revealing that this morning has the CEO of Norfolk and Southern Railroad was about to testify before the Senate committee looking into the railroad industry Norfolk and Southern had yet another derailment. Why is this happening over and over? Why, because the railroad industry ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/10/rail-workers-warn-safety-bill-loopholes-are-big-enough-to-run-a-freight-train-through/)
2023-03-10T10:33:00Z	**U.S. surpassed 106 mass shootings in only 67 days**
Jacob Knutson,    -  Axios

_Stephan:_

_This story was published by Axios on 6 March and was out of date by the time I am citing it today. There have been 6 more shootings as of the 9th. This has become the norm in the United States because in this country we value guns more than people. And the mass deaths are overwhelmingly carried out by MAGAts -- basically hate-filled resentful White men and boys. Do you think anything wil ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/10/u-s-surpassed-106-mass-shootings-in-only-67-days/)
2023-03-10T10:32:48Z	**Countering GOP Attacks, Biden Proposes Tax Hike on the Rich to Strengthen Medicare**
Jake Johnson,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan:_

_President Biden is proposing something that, in my opinion, should have been done years ago. The American federal tax structure is a racket rigged to so blatantly favor the rich that a school teacher pays a higher rate than an oligarch billionaire. Biden's proposal will also assure the uninterrupted cont ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/10/countering-gop-attacks-biden-proposes-tax-hike-on-the-rich-to-strengthen-medicare/)
2023-03-11T10:36:00Z	**Editor’s Note – A level of criminality never before seen**
Stephan A. Schwartz,  Editor  -  Schwartzreport

_Stephan:_

_Today's SR is mostly focused on a growing trend that should concern all of us. I am speaking here about the level of criminality that defines the Republican Party. I've picked just a few stories that have come out in the past several days, and I could have added half a dozen more. Both parties have had criminals amongst their number, I want to be clear ab ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/11/editors-note-a-level-of-criminality-never-before-seen/)
2023-03-11T10:35:00Z	**Biden proposes $6.8 trillion budget to make rich pay “fair share”**
Hans Nichols ,    -  Axios

_Stephan:_

_To provide contrast to the rest of this issue, here are the details laying out Biden's budget iand what it is designed to do. What do the Republicans want? Cut Social Security payments, increase the retirement age, cut or eliminate Medicare, and lower taxes on the rich. What I find amazing is that the people who make up MAGAt world are so, what can I say but ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/11/biden-proposes-6-8-trillion-budget-to-make-rich-pay-fair-share/)
2023-03-11T10:34:00Z	**Sold the Statehouse’: Jury convicts 2 well-known Ohio Republicans in $60 million racketeering case**
Alex Henderson,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet

_Stephan:_

_Every week I see one or two stories, sometimes more, on Republican politicians being arrested or indicted for some kind of criminality. Here are two leaders of the Republican Party in Ohio recently found guilt of a $60 million dollar bribery scam._

![](https://www.schwartzrepo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/11/sold-the-statehouse-jury-convicts-2-well-known-ohio-republicans-in-60-million-racketeering-case/)
2023-03-11T10:33:00Z	**Fact checkers discover additional embellishments GOP Rep. Andy Ogles made about his resume**
Sky Palma,    -  Raw Story

_Stephan:_

_Another Republican MAGAt lying about his background, claiming credit for things he never did, jobs he never held. George Santos is far from the only such liar in the Republican Party._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-25.png)_Tennessee Republican MAGAt Representative Andy ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/11/fact-checkers-discover-additional-embellishments-gop-rep-andy-ogles-made-about-his-resume/)
2023-03-11T10:32:00Z	**Former Trump campaign chairman hit with $3.2 million fine to settle tax-dodging charges**
Mary Papenfuss,    -  Raw Story

_Stephan:_

_It just goes on and on, I could do another half dozen stories like those I am publishing today. I want to be clear, there are Democratic politicians are are dishonest, but, and this is the important point, the criminality of Republican politicians is unlike anything ever seen in the United States before._

! ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/11/former-trump-campaign-chairman-hit-with-3-2-million-fine-to-settle-tax-dodging-charges/)
2023-03-12T10:35:00Z	**A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required**
Marcus Eriksen , Win Cowger, Lisa M. Erdle , Scott Coffin, Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez, Charles J. Moore, Edward J. Carpenter, Robert H. Day, Martin Thiel, and Chris Wilcox,    -  PLOS ONE

_Stephan:_

_For every person on earth, there are 21,000 pieces of plasti ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/12/a-growing-plastic-smog-now-estimated-to-be-over-170-trillion-plastic-particles-afloat-in-the-worlds-oceans-urgent-solutions-required/)
2023-03-12T10:34:00Z	**Plastic particles could cross over from mother to unborn fetus, experts say**
Nicole Karlis,  Senior Writer  -  Salon

_Stephan:_

_When most people think about plastic waste they seem to think about plastic bottles that have been thrown away. That's a threat to the environment to be sure. But it is when plastic breaks down into teeny tiny bits -- microplastics -- that the real danger occurs. This story ought to seriously scare you. So why isn't anyone  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/12/plastic-particles-could-cross-over-from-mother-to-unborn-fetus-experts-say/)
2023-03-12T10:33:00Z	**The surprising reason credit scores are lower in the South**
Alex Henderson,  Staff Writer  -  Raw Story / Alternet

_Stephan:_

_There are so many bad indeed in some cases evil things about America's Illness Profit System, but here is one I had never even thought about -- your credit score. It is a measure of the corruption of the American Congress that in spite of all these negative aspects the illness profit industries have such a strong stranglehold on the Congress ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/12/the-surprising-reason-credit-scores-are-lower-in-the-south/)
2023-03-12T10:32:00Z	**The Republican Push to Bring Back Child Labor**
TOM CONWAY,  Staff Writer  -  truthdig

_Stephan:_

_I simply cannot convey in publishable language how vile and evil I think the Republican Party has become. The party of Lincoln and Eisenhower has morphed into America's political cancer, dnagerous, life-threatening, and potentially lethal. And nothing illustrates this more than the Republican attempt to legalize child labor. In my opinion, you cannot be an ethical person and vote Re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/12/the-republican-push-to-bring-back-child-labor/)
2023-03-13T09:35:00Z	**House GOP Refuses to Denounce White Supremacy and ‘Great Replacement’ Theory**
Julia Conley,  Staff Writer  -

_Stephan:_

_This is how definitive the Great Schism Trend has become, and how racist the Republican Party is. When asked to condemn White Nationalism and White Supremacy not a single Republican member of the U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee would sign, while all 20 Democrats on the committee enthusiastically signed. I take thi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/13/house-gop-refuses-to-denounce-white-supremacy-and-great-replacement-theory/)
2023-03-13T09:34:00Z	**Republican Budget Plan would Throw Millions off Social security**
,    \-  Politicususa

_Stephan:_

_It is a measure of the hate and resentment of MAGAt world that they put their hate and resentment ahead of their own wellbeing. Anyone needing childcare, or who is a vet, or is soon going to be on Social Security, or is poor enough to need Medicaid, who votes for a Republican is voting to degrade the quality of their own life as this report describes. And yet as w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/13/republican-budget-plan-would-throw-millions-off-social-security/)
2023-03-13T09:33:00Z	**The GOP Wants You to Pay More Exorbitant Credit Card Fees**
Rebecca Burns and Julia Rock,    -  Reader Supported News / Jacobin

_Stephan:_

_Here is yet another example of political whoring by Republicans made possible by the legalization of bribery authorized by the Citizens United Supreme Court decision. We are not going to solve the corruption of Congress, which is at banana republic level, until we have publicly funded elections, and contributions like those of the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/13/the-gop-wants-you-to-pay-more-exorbitant-credit-card-fees/)
2023-03-13T09:32:00Z	**How Obamacare Enabled a Multibillion-Dollar Christian Health Care Cash Grab**
J. David McSwane and Ryan Gabrielson,    -  ProPublica

_Stephan:_

_This report makes clear the link between grifting Christian clergy and churches, and grifting Republican politicians. It is one of the great tragedies of the last 50 years that Christian churches and fascist Republican politicians have joined forces to the detriment of the members of those churches. This is  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/13/how-obamacare-enabled-a-multibillion-dollar-christian-health-care-cash-grab/)
2023-03-14T09:35:00Z	**Trump-Era Deregulation Deemed a Key Culprit in the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank**
Jake Johnson,    -  Common Dreams

_Stephan:_

_It is amazing to me that poor and middle class Americans simply don't seem to be capable of undertanding that Republicans only govern for the benefit of themselves and the oligarchs who rent them as needed. Whereas the Democrats, as they did in this Silicon Bank debacle, do the best they can to promote wellbeing, jus ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/14/trump-era-deregulation-deemed-a-key-culprit-in-the-failure-of-silicon-valley-bank/)
2023-03-14T09:34:00Z	**The New Children’s Crusade: Recruiting for America’s Culture War**
JOSEPHINE LEE,  Investigative Reporting Fellow  -  Texas Observer

_Stephan:_

_The perversion of Christianity, into a gun-toting, White supremacy, militant heterosexual cult, I think, is a nasty trend that is not only doing immediate damage to American democracy, it is also going to fundamentally damage Christianity for more than a generation, perhaps longer. And, of course, christofascist oligarchs ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/14/the-new-childrens-crusade-recruiting-for-americas-culture-war/)
2023-03-14T09:33:00Z	**“Coordinated at a higher level”: White supremacist propaganda soared to all-time high last year**
AREEBA SHAH,  Staff Writer  -  Salon

_Stephan:_

_MAGAt world has awakened a level of hate, antisemitism, and racism in the United States greater than anything I have ever seen. I don't remember anything this bad even at the height of the civil rights conflict in the 1950s and 60s. That epoch was mostly in the Southern states and the anti ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/14/coordinated-at-a-higher-level-white-supremacist-propaganda-soared-to-all-time-high-last-year/)
2023-03-14T09:32:58Z	**‘Shocking’ ban of book about Holocaust survivor’s granddaughter in DeSantis’ Florida**
Brad Reed,  Staff Writer  -  Raw Story

_Stephan:_

_The MAGAt world is not fact-based. It cares about the indoctrination of children not education, and this leads to all kinds of weird anti-historical efforts, of which this story is but one example. What is particularly strange in this instance is that Florida has a notably high percentage of Jewish residents.  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/14/shocking-ban-of-book-about-holocaust-survivors-granddaughter-in-desantis-florida/)
2023-03-15T09:34:00Z	**‘Another crisis is building’ at Fox News as second defamation lawsuit gets green light for trial**
David Edwards,  Staff Writer  -  Raw Story

_Stephan:_

_The Smartmatic lawsuit for $2.7 billion added to the Dominion suit for $1.6 billion may do what shame and disgrace has not been able to do, and that is put the Fox propaganda operation out of business, or at least cause it to change how it operates. I certainly hope Fox loses both ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/15/another-crisis-is-building-at-fox-news-as-second-defamation-lawsuit-gets-green-light-for-trial/)
2023-03-15T09:33:00Z	**EPA proposes first-ever limits on PFAS in drinking water**
Zoya Teirstein,  Staff Writer  -  Grist

_Stephan:_

_Here is some excellent good news. The Biden administration is finally taking on the crisis of forever chemical toxins in the drinking water of much of America. Not a perfect solution, but at least a first step._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-40.png)_Credit:_ _Manolo Guijarro / Getty_

The Environmental Protection Agency r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/15/epa-proposes-first-ever-limits-on-pfas-in-drinking-water/)
2023-03-15T09:32:00Z	**Americans are Prioritizing Safety and Quality Education While Rejecting Book Bans and Restricted Curriculums**
,    \-  Navigator

_Stephan:_

_Here is some more good news. It seems that in spite of the endless culture war being perpetrated by MAGAt world and its disinformation propaganda outlets the majority of Americans still are focused on fostering wellbeing. Let's hope that is reflected in how they vote in November ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/15/americans-are-prioritizing-safety-and-quality-education-while-rejecting-book-bans-and-restricted-curriculums/)
2023-03-15T09:35:00Z	**‘It is so insane but our viewers believe it’: Tucker Carlson’s producers quietly trashed Fox News’ audience**
Brandon Gage,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet

_Stephan:_

_The big takeaway from what the Dominion lawsuit, and now the second Smartmatic lawsuit has provoked is proof of what I have been saying for years. Fox is a propaganda operation specifically designed to provoke the fear, hate, and resentment of about three million  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/15/it-is-so-insane-but-our-viewers-believe-it-tucker-carlsons-producers-quietly-trashed-fox-news-audience/)
2023-03-16T09:35:00Z	**Abortion Training in Texas is Vanishing**
Calli McMurray,  Staff Writer  -  Texas Observer

_Stephan:_

_The degradation of medical training in the Red states that have passed all these socially destructive laws about controlling women is something I found completely predictable. I wrote about it, when Dobbs occurred. (See SR Archives) Now, as this article describes, it is playing out. I predict we are going to see all kinds of negative women's health medical issues arise in those Red st ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/16/abortion-training-in-texas-is-vanishing/)
2023-03-16T09:34:53Z	**Kids eating more processed foods are less physically fit, have poorer heart health**
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,  Science Journalist  -  Study Finds

_Stephan:_

_This is why we have such a childhood obesity health crisis. American society does not make fostering wellbeing a priority, and we are paying the social price for this inferior approach to culture. We must change, or continue to deteriorate as a society, as we tear ourselves apart._

![](http ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/16/kids-eating-more-processed-foods-are-less-physically-fit-have-poorer-heart-health/)
2023-03-16T09:33:27Z	**Biden Signs Executive Order on Guns to Enhance Background Checks**
Chris Walker,  News Writer  -  truthout

_Stephan:_

_We have had 112 mass shootings since 1 January, 8,598 people are dead from gun violence. Do you think that's a problem, I certainly do. Here is some good news from the Biden Administration. It's only a fraction of what is needed, but good news for all that._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-42.png)_President  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/16/biden-signs-executive-order-on-guns-to-enhance-background-checks/)
2023-03-16T09:32:34Z	**Scientists Have Discovered an Enzyme That Converts Air Into Electricity**
,    \-  Monash University / Science Daily

_Stephan:_

_Here is some very interesting post-carbon era research that may become a big trend, and I will be following it._

 _Reference: “Structural basis for bacterial energy extraction from atmospheric hydrogen” by Rhys Grinter, Ashleigh Kropp, Hari Venugopal, Moritz Senger, Jack Badley, Princess R. Cabotaje, Ruyu Jia, Zehui Duan, Ping ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/16/scientists-have-discovered-an-enzyme-that-converts-air-into-electricity/)
2023-03-17T09:35:00Z	**The Willow Project and the Race to Pump the “Last Barrel” of Oil**
Noah Gordon,  Acting Co-director of the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program and a Fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace  -  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

_Stephan:_

_The Biden administration has done some very positive things to deal with climate change, approving the Willow Project is not one of them. This is a bad mistake for a w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/17/the-willow-project-and-the-race-to-pump-the-last-barrel-of-oil/)
2023-03-17T09:34:58Z	**Averting Crisis, Europe Learns to Live Without Russian Energy**
PAUL HOCKENOS ,  Berlin-based writer  -  Yale Environment 360

_Stephan:_

_The invasion of Ukraine by Putin's Russia is a crime against humanity of epic proportions. But there is something good that will come out of this disaster. Embargoing Russian oil and gas, is compelling Europe to develop an alternative multinational energy system that is not carbon energy based. This is a planetary big deal becaus ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/17/averting-crisis-europe-learns-to-live-without-russian-energy/)
2023-03-17T09:33:08Z	**Nazi salutes, pepper spray and pistols: Ohio drag event devolves into an extremist melee**
2.4k Will Carless and Doug Livingston,    -  USA Today

_Stephan:_

_There are more and more of the kind of incidents described in this report. As a society we are not dealing properly with MAGAt world's violence, and it is damaging the quality of life in America._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-45.png)_Dozens of p ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/17/nazi-salutes-pepper-spray-and-pistols-ohio-drag-event-devolves-into-an-extremist-melee/)
2023-03-17T09:32:55Z	**Partisan rancor in Oregon spills over into Idaho effort to absorb its rural neighbors**
Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah,    -  CNN

_Stephan:_

_So powerful is the culture war in the U.S. that this Oregon-Idaho border issue is an extreme example of the Red Blue Great Schism Trend. I think this may be where we are headed, a realignment of state borders. That is not secession. I don't think the culture war is going to dissipate, and it is going to re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/17/partisan-rancor-in-oregon-spills-over-into-idaho-effort-to-absorb-its-rural-neighbors/)
2023-03-18T09:33:00Z	**Republicans launch opening salvo against food aid**
MEREDITH LEE HILL and GARRETT DOWNS,    -  Politico

_Stephan:_

_The thing that always stands out about MAGAt Republicans is their contempt for the people they are supposed to represent, and their sheer nastiness about it. How does any ethical person vote to leave their constituents in hunger. And yet millions of Americans driven by fear, resentment, racism, misinformation, and hatred vote these people into office year after  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/18/republicans-launch-opening-salvo-against-food-aid/)
2023-03-18T09:32:00Z	**Half of all older adults now die while dealing with dementia, study reveals**
Chris Melore,  Contributing Writer  -  Study Finds

_Stephan:_

_The American lifestyle -- diet, obesity, lack of exercise -- and perhaps other factors as well, seems to be significantly increasing the incidence of Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) at the end of life. I urge all my readers, particularly those who are older to reorder your life to increase your wel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/18/half-of-all-older-adults-now-die-while-dealing-with-dementia-study-reveals/)
2023-03-18T09:35:00Z	**Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030, say experts**
Fiona Harvey,  Environment Editor  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan:_

_if you read me regularly you know I have been telling readers for years, that water is destiny, either too much or not enough, and that we are not preparing properly for what is coming. Here is a just-released report on what this means in terms of potable water._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/18/global-fresh-water-demand-will-outstrip-supply-by-40-by-2030-say-experts/)
2023-03-18T09:34:00Z	**“It’s ridiculous”: Florida GOP bill would ban young girls from mentioning their periods in school**
IGOR DERYSH,  Senior News Editor  -  Salon

_Stephan:_

_There is something seriously deranged about the MAGAt cult's obsession with the sexuality of women. These kinds of crazy bills, like the one described in this article, get reported as one-off events but I don't think that is the correct way to look at them. These are each datapoin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/18/its-ridiculous-florida-gop-bill-would-ban-young-girls-from-mentioning-their-periods-in-school/)
2023-03-19T09:35:00Z	**Citing staffing issues and political climate, North Idaho hospital will no longer deliver babies**
KELCIE MOSELEY-MORRIS,  Reporter  -  Idaho Capital Sun

_Stephan:_

_The MAGAt Republican hysterical obsession with controlling women, as I have told you over and over, is having all manner of consequences in American healthcare, far beyond a woman being able to choose whether to terminate a pregnancy. I have published in SR reports ab ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/19/citing-staffing-issues-and-political-climate-north-idaho-hospital-will-no-longer-deliver-babies/)
2023-03-19T09:33:00Z	**Bill aiming to end corporal punishment for students with disabilities fails in Oklahoma**
KOKH Staff,    -  KOKH - Sinclair Broadcasting Group (Oklahoma City)

_Stephan:_

_Did you think that in the second decade of the 21st-century school children, particularly handicapped children could still be subjected to corporal punishment? No? Well in 19 Republican-controlled states, it is still practiced and legal. The Republican Party is sanctimon ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/19/bill-aiming-to-end-corporal-punishment-for-students-with-disabilities-fails-in-oklahoma/)
2023-03-19T09:32:12Z	**Nuclear Plant, Minnesota Officials Hid 400,000-Gallon Leak of Radioactive Water for Months**
Kenny Stancil,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan:_

_This is why I do not support expanding nuclear power, and why I think it should be shut down. Everything is fine until it isn't and then it can take decades -- consider Chernobyl, or what is happening in Ukraine -- maybe even a century to make whatever the accident affected safe again._

 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/19/nuclear-plant-minnesota-officials-hid-400000-gallon-leak-of-radioactive-water-for-months/)
2023-03-20T09:33:00Z	**Homes in Flood Zones Are Overvalued By Billions, Study Finds**
Zoya Teirstein,    -  EcoWatch / Grist

_Stephan:_

_I have been telling you for years that Florida faces a multi-billion real estate nightmare coming as a result of sea rise and climate change. (See SR archive) Well, as this report describes, that disaster is almost here. Ron DeSantis who, as far as I can see, is a vulgar racist christofascist incompetent as governor is more focused on drag queens than cl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/20/homes-in-flood-zones-are-overvalued-by-billions-study-finds/)
2023-03-20T09:32:00Z	**What’s Driving the ‘World’s Fastest-Growing’ Brain Disease’?**
Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW,  Contributing Writer  -  Medscape

_Stephan:_

_Like the additives in food, the toxins that pollute the homes of most Americans, such as Trichloroethylene, are a source of serious illness. It's all very profitable, but these products do not foster wellbeing.  Stop using them. Read the labels.  Make all your soaps and cleansers organic. Stop using air-fresheners of any kind. Take the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/20/whats-driving-the-worlds-fastest-growing-brain-disease/)
2023-03-20T09:35:00Z	**What’s on your plate? 60% of foods in America contain unhealthy additives**
John Anderer,    -  Study Finds

_Stephan:_

_It becomes clearer with every research study I read that much of the health problems Americans face arise from the food they eat, which is filled with toxic food additives. Please always buy organic food when you can, and never buy processed baby foods. I want my readers to have long healthy lives._

_To read the research paper upon whic ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/20/whats-on-your-plate-60-of-foods-in-america-contain-unhealthy-additives/)
2023-03-21T09:00:52Z	**Iowa Is Set to Become Eighth State to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth**
Zane McNeill ,    -  truthout

_Stephan:_

_This is such a sad story of a trend is completely in contrast to fostering wellbeing. If I had a child with these issues, I would move, and I think that is what a lot of families are going to do. The Red states are ruining their already sadly compromised healthcare. It is becoming very revealing to watch the developing contr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/21/iowa-is-set-to-become-eighth-state-to-ban-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-youth/)
2023-03-21T09:35:00Z	**Scientists deliver ‘final warning’ on climate crisis: act now or it’s too late**
Fiona Harvey,  Environment Editor  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan:_

_While the Republican Party tries to protect criminal Trump, and persecutes women and the LGBTQ communities, and the Biden administration approves the Willow Project in Alaska, the Intergovernmental  Panel on Climate Change is giving us their final warning about climate change. Get with the program or mi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/21/scientists-deliver-final-warning-on-climate-crisis-act-now-or-its-too-late/)
2023-03-21T09:34:18Z	**Reconstructive Justice — Public Health Policy to End Mass Incarceration**
Eric Reinhart, M.D.,  Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis  -  The New England Journal of Medicine

_Stephan:_

_The United States has the largest and most rac ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/21/reconstructive-justice-public-health-policy-to-end-mass-incarceration/)
2023-03-21T09:33:32Z	**Homelessness can be eradicated by 2027 with close cooperation: Report**
,    \-  Helsinki Times / Ministry of the Environment (Finland)

_Stephan:_

_Based on objectively verifiable research Finland is considered to be the happiest country in the world. Why? Because the Finnish government, and the culture itself, make fostering wellbeing the first priority. It is a measure of how powerful greed and power are that people choose that path  and not the path of w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/21/homelessness-can-be-eradicated-by-2027-with-close-cooperation-report/)
2023-03-21T09:32:52Z	**Iowa Is Set to Become Eighth State to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth**
Zane McNeill ,    -  truthout

_Stephan:_

_This is such a sad story of a trend is completely in contrast to fostering wellbeing. If I had a child with these issues, I would move, and I think that is what a lot of families are going to do. The Red states are ruining their already sadly compromised healthcare. It is becoming very revealing to watch the developing contr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/21/iowa-is-set-to-become-eighth-state-to-ban-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-youth/)
2023-03-22T09:34:00Z	**Texas Lawmakers Have a New Scheme to Punish Renewables and Prop Up Fossil Fuels**
,    \-

_Stephan:_

_You saw the report I ran in yesterday's SR on the IPCC's urgent warning that humanity has reached the point where we take climate change seriously or life is going to change dramatically and negatively, and that millions are going to die. Contrast that with this:  According to a national 2021 Yahoo News/YouGov poll more than two-thirds of Republi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/22/texas-lawmakers-have-a-new-scheme-to-punish-renewables-and-prop-up-fossil-fuels/)
2023-03-22T09:33:00Z	**Roundup, the World’s Favorite Weed Killer, Linked to Liver, Metabolic Diseases in Kids**
Liza Gross,  Reporter  -  Inside Climate News

_Stephan:_

_I have been telling my readers for years now: Do not ever use or have on your property the herbicide Roundup. Study after study shows that anything with glyphosate leads to a whole range of illnesses. Even eating plant matter upon which glyphosates have been used can cause cancer, diabetes, and card ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/22/roundup-the-worlds-favorite-weed-killer-linked-to-liver-metabolic-diseases-in-kids/)
2023-03-22T09:32:00Z	**“Disgusting hatred”: Iowa Republicans propose amendment that would ban same-sex marriages**
CHRIS WALKER,    -  Salon

_Stephan:_

_Here is yet another example of why I think a large number of people are going to move out of Red states. The Republican sexual dysfunctional obsession with the LGBTQ communities has become one of the dominant trends in Red states. I am waiting for the Blue states to say, enough is enough, we do not want to kee ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/22/disgusting-hatred-iowa-republicans-propose-amendment-that-would-ban-same-sex-marriages-2/)
2023-03-22T09:35:00Z	**Biden’s DOE Announces $1.2 Billion to Extend or Restart the Life of Nuclear Plants**
Chris McDermott,  Staff Writer  -  EcoWatch

_Stephan:_

_I do not understand what the Biden administration is thinking. First, the Willow Oil Project, and now trying to resuscitate nuclear power plants. Both of these are bad ideas. Nuclear because of the thousand-year waste issue, and the oil project because... well, didn't they see the IPCC report (see SR archiv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/22/bidens-doe-announces-1-2-billion-to-extend-or-restart-the-life-of-nuclear-plants/)
2023-03-23T08:44:52Z	**Secession Is No Longer a “What If” Scenario**
MICHAEL J. LEE,    -  truthdig

_Stephan:_

_While the media speculates endlessly about Trump, basically with little of the actual facts, the secession trend is growing in the United States day by day, without any really serious conversation. My prediction is that the U.S. will survive as single nation, but through a series of conservative Supreme Court decisions, which will continue until two of the MAGA contingent die or retire and a Demo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/23/secession-is-no-longer-a-what-if-scenario/)
2023-03-23T09:35:17Z	**How hate has become the GOP’s main political weapon**
Thom Hartmann,    -  Raw Story / Commentary

_Stephan:_

_Thom Hartmann, I think, echoing what I have been saying in SR for several years now, has nailed it, and this is what worries me more than anything else. Hate, and resentment are crippling the United States and destroying our democracy at a time when unity of intention, and preparation for what climate change is doing have never been more essential. The 2024 election  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/23/how-hate-has-become-the-gops-main-political-weapon/)
2023-03-23T09:34:52Z	**Secession Is No Longer a “What If” Scenario**
MICHAEL J. LEE,    -  truthdig

_Stephan:_

_While the media speculates endlessly about Trump, basically with little of the actual facts, the secession trend is growing in the United States day by day, without any really serious conversation. My prediction is that the U.S. will survive as single nation, but through a series of conservative Supreme Court decisions, which will continue until two of the MAGA contingent die or retire and a Demo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/23/secession-is-no-longer-a-what-if-scenario/)
2023-03-23T09:33:50Z	**Are we growing more dumber? Americans’ IQ scores drop in four of five measurements**
John Anderer,  Contributing Writer  -  Study Finds

_Stephan:_

_This is not good news. Exactly why the IQ of Americans is dropping after a century of rising is unclear but, based on objectively verified data, it is happening. This at a time when MAGAt world is trying to dismantle public education. Already many Americans could not pass the standard 1895 graduation ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/23/are-we-growing-more-dumber-americans-iq-scores-drop-in-four-of-five-measurements/)
2023-03-23T09:32:07Z	**The doctors leaving anti-abortion states: ‘I couldn’t do my job at all’**
Poppy Noor,    -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan:_

_I told you the Red states were going to seriously degrade the quality of their healthcare by the laws passed by Republicans to control women. In Sandpoint, Idaho the only hospital in the city has ended obstetrical care. Ob-Gyns are leaving Red States because it is too dangerous to practice in them. Here is the evidence._

![](https://ww ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/23/the-doctors-leaving-anti-abortion-states-i-couldnt-do-my-job-at-all/)
2023-03-24T09:35:00Z	**The undeserving rich: Putting the bank bailout in context**
Robert Reich,    -  Robert Reich substack

_Stephan:_

_American wealth inequality is shaping the country's entire culture, and destroying our democracy. The tax laws, and the regulatory laws of the country are all being rigged to favor the rich and create a society of wealth nobility and a compliant peasantry. Getting rid of democracy and replacing it with anocracy is another part of the christofascist strategy ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/24/the-undeserving-rich-putting-the-bank-bailout-in-context/)
2023-03-24T09:34:00Z	**US maternal mortality is more than 10 times higher than in Australia. Why?**
Moira Donegan,  Columnist  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan:_

_This report opens with, "America is in a maternal health crisis. According to new CDC data released this week, the rate of maternal mortality – defined as deaths during pregnancy or within 42 days of giving birth – rose by 40% in 2021." I find that so alarming I cannot put my reaction into words I can use in SR. The  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/24/us-maternal-mortality-is-more-than-10-times-higher-than-in-australia-why/)
2023-03-24T09:33:00Z	**Medicare Advantage Industry ‘Scare Tactics’ and Lobbying Intensify Over Efforts to Curb Fraud**
Jake Johnson,  Staff Writer  -

_Stephan:_

_As if we needed yet further evidence that what passes for healthcare in the United States is really just a complicated grift to promote profit, here it is. Sadly, the Republican Party promotes this grift, and other than Democrats Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren,  Katie Porter, and maybe AOC I don' ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/24/medicare-advantage-industry-scare-tactics-and-lobbying-intensify-over-efforts-to-curb-fraud/)
2023-03-24T09:32:00Z	**Fears of Monarch butterfly extinction as numbers plummet 22% in annual count**
Brett Wilkins,    -  Raw Story

_Stephan:_

_This is a very sad story, and I hope that Americans who live along the route the monarchs fly hear about this and plant milkweed so we do not lose these beautiful beings. And, do I need to say it again, never ever use Roundup on their property._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-63.png)_Credit: G ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/24/fears-of-monarch-butterfly-extinction-as-numbers-plummet-22-in-annual-count/)
2023-03-25T09:34:00Z	**New climate paper calls for charging big US oil firms with homicide**
Brian Kahn,    -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan:_

_The corporate oil interests pour tens of millions of dollars into renting corrupt members of Congress to make sure that their tax basis is absurdly low, their environmental regulations are as minimal as possible, and their profits are as high as they can be rigged. The fact that these schemes end up killing thousands of people each year is  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/25/new-climate-paper-calls-for-charging-big-us-oil-firms-with-homicide/)
2023-03-25T09:33:00Z	**Minnesota power plant to temporarily shut down after new leak of radioactive water detected**
Meredith Deliso,    -  abc News

_Stephan:_

_This is the second leak of radioactive waste in this one plant in Minnesota (see SR archive). This, and the issue of thousand year waste are why I am against any expansion of nuclear energy._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-68.png)_In this Oct. 2, 2019, file phot ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/25/minnesota-power-plant-to-temporarily-shut-down-after-new-leak-of-radioactive-water-detected/)
2023-03-25T09:32:00Z	**‘It’s heartbreaking’: Idaho Republican women vote against providing girls free tampons**
Maya Boddie,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet

_Stephan:_

_This story amazed me, but did not surprise me. One of the things about MAGAt Republican world is that MAGAt women are totally in synch with MAGAt men about limiting support for girls and women and controlling them._

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-67.png)_Credit: Elena ... ⌘ [Read more](https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/03/25/its-heartbreaking-idaho-republican-women-vote-against-providing-girls-free-tampons/)