Climate Change, Abortion, Jerome Corsi: 3 Stories You Should Read 11/23/2018

November 23, 2018 Confluence

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In the category of: It’s going down.

Roger Stone associate says he is in plea negotiations with Mueller’s office

Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi said Friday he is in plea negotiations with special counsel Robert Mueller’s office.

Corsi, confirming an earlier Washington Post report, declined to comment further. Last week, he said publicly he expected to be indicted by Mueller for “giving false information to the special counsel or to one of the other grand jury.”

Corsi’s role in the investigation largely revolves around the possibility that he was an intermediary between Stone and WikiLeaks. He has been involved in Mueller’s investigation for roughly two months and has participated in multiple interviews with investigators, handed over documents and provided testimony before the grand jury.

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In the category of: Very intentional consequences.

How Trump helped inspire a wave of strict new abortion laws

A 15-week abortion ban struck down in Mississippi is just one of several recent efforts to challenge Roe v. Wade.

Donald Trump promised during his presidential campaign that he would appoint anti-abortion judges to the Supreme Court and that Roe v. Wade would be overturned “automatically.”

It won’t be “automatic,” but with Justice Brett Kavanaugh now serving on the Court, a reversal of that landmark abortion decision looks increasingly likely. And regardless of what happens on the Supreme Court, Trump’s presidency has already begun shaping abortion law around the country. Perhaps emboldened by his judicial appointments, legislators are introducing new abortion bans that directly challenge the tenets of Roe.

One such law, a ban on abortions after 15 weeks, was signed by Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican, in March. More states have moved to restrict abortion since: On May 4, Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill banning abortions after a doctor can detect a fetal heartbeat, or as early as six weeks. The Ohio House of Representatives passed a similar bill in November.

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In the category of: Things that are obvious.

Climate Change Is Already Bad For The US Economy, A New Study Says

“The impacts of climate change are already being felt in communities across the country,” per the new US government report.

There’s no doubt about it, a government report concludes, climate change is already wreaking havoc across every corner of the US. This means more damaging wildfires in California, more storms dumping intense rain on Texas, more coastal flooding at high tides in Florida, and other mayhem ahead.

The new report, released Friday afternoon, concludes “that the evidence of human-caused climate change is overwhelming and continues to strengthen, that the impacts of climate change are intensifying across the country, and that climate-related threats to Americans’ physical, social, and economic well-being are rising.”

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