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July 8, 2019
On July 6, 2019, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reiterated that "I haven't dialed for dollars *once* this year..." Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, turned heads when she announced that she would not be doing on the phone fundraising, known as “call time.” This caught my attention too as I had just published a law review article entitled “Time Suck,” which covered this very issue of congressional call time...
June 22, 2019
On June 21, 2019 an explosion at a Philadelphia oil refinery generated pictures of fireballs and thick black smoke all over the news and social media, including this harrowing clip. The explosion was so big that it could seen by a satellite from space. As I learned at a recent meeting at the Union of Concerned Scientists, these types of industrial explosions happen more frequently than you might think. If you know where to look, these dangerous events are disturbingly common including four explosions in one month in 2018...
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