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'Those are stupid people': Trump reportedly tried to calm Putin after he complained that White House officials had tried to stop them from speaking
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-phone-call-with-putin-white-house-advisers-stupid-2018-7


More Recycling Won't Solve Plastic Pollution
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/more-recycling-wont-solve-plastic-pollution/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=website


Lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a motion supporting NATO, as President Trump continues to criticize the alliance ahead of his summit in Europe.
The nonbinding motion, which came as the Senate voted to reconcile its version of the annual defense policy bill with that of the House, expresses the Senate’s support for NATO and calls on negotiators to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to it.
The 97-2 vote in the Senate comes as Trump heads to Brussels. He will also travel to the United Kingdom and meet one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki during his trip.
GOP Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Mike Lee (Utah) voted against the measure.
[A relief that the overwhelming number of our Senators do have some concern for our country.]
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/396399-senate-overwhelmingly-passes-resolution-supporting-nato-as-trump


AP FACT CHECK: Trump presses falsehoods about NATO, Germany
https://apnews.com/051df8e38b2b427f99e8e6002f21bec0


Will Trump Be Meeting With His Russian Counterpart — Or His Handler?
[I've been wondering about this. If not a deliberate asset, for sure their tool. He's either a traitor or a patsy.]
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=s3&utm_campaign=sharebutton-b


Trump Administration Freezes Payments to Affordable Care Act Insurers with Sicker Patients
http://fortune.com/2018/07/08/obamacare-aca-risk-adjustment-program/


It’s going to get a lot worse before it gets any better. According to new research published in Nature, humanity will witness marked sea level rises and frequent killer heatwaves before governments take decisive action against climate change. And to predict the future, mathematicians have turned to game theory.
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/climate-change-prediction-game-theory-tragedy-of-commons
https://skepticalscience.com/2018-SkS-Weekly-News-Roundup_27.html


Extreme Heat Event in Northern Siberia and the coastal Arctic Ocean This Week (Updated 7/9/2018 to discuss Canada/Scandinavia)
https://wxclimonews.com/2018/07/02/extreme-heat-event-in-northern-siberia-and-the-coastal-arctic-ocean-this-week/

tags: extreme weather, severe weather