Watch Mike Huckabee’s ‘Biblical’ Support For Kim Davis Get Dismantled On Live Television

Stephen Colbert has returned to late night, but while millions turned in to see the debut, they didn't see this unaired bonus clip, where Jeb! talks about his successful gun violence policies -- and why he won't implement them nationally. Elsewhere on TV, Mike Huckabee outlined his 'biblical' support for Kim Davis and got dismantled, live over a cup of Morning Joe. And while the world is in the midst of a terrible refugee crisis, ClimateProgress' Joe Romm explains how climate change is only going to make this global problem worse.

Watch Mike Huckabee’s ‘Biblical’ Support For Kim Davis Get Dismantled On Live Television

Tuesday afternoon, former Arkansas governor and current Republican candidate for president Mike Huckabee stood on a stage in Kentucky and held hands with Kim Davis, a county clerk who was released from jail yesterday after refusing to issue same-sex marriages by citing her faith. Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, has explained that his support for Davis comes from a shared Christian faith — specifically, a version that condemns LGBT relationships. ...(read more)

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“The Syria conflict has triggered the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II,” explains the European Commission. As Climate Progress has been reporting for years, and as a major 2015 study confirmed, “human-caused climate change was a major trigger of Syria’s brutal civil war.”...(read more)

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Algae Blooms Cause Trouble in West Virginia

Algae Blooms Cause Trouble in West Virginia In this week's water and wastewater news, a quick contingency plan is put into place in West Virginia, Burbank gives away recycled water and Santa Clara prepares for the Super Bowl. More »

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Will Biodegradable Drugs Save Our Water? A team of researchers from Leuphana University in Germany is tackling the problem of pharmaceutical pollution in water resources. More »

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Europe’s Refugee Crisis Was Made in America

Europe’s Refugee Crisis Was Made in America Washington helped create the conditions with its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. THE EDITORS

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If Pope Francis Really Wanted to Fight Climate Change, He’d Be a Feminist The world will never be healed of its ecological ills as long as women cannot control their fertility. KATHA POLLITT

How Pope Francis Is Reviving Radical Catholic Economics Some Catholics have been quietly practicing them all along. NATHAN SCHNEIDER

How Pope Francis Came to Embrace Not Just Climate Justice but Liberation Theology And how that poses a radical challenge to both climate deniers and mainstream liberals. WEN STEPHENSON

Washington’s Football Team Is the Donald Trump of the NFL The Washington football franchise is trying to build a fan base the same way Donald Trump is constructing his electoral campaign: by appealing to white anxiety. DAVE ZIRIN

Has Russia Been Right All Along About the ‘Arab Spring’? If so, why is Washington opposed to Moscow’s help in the war against ISIS? STEPHEN F. COHEN

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SB 350 Threatens Petroleum Profits

SB 350 Threatens Petroleum Profits Clifford J. Tasner: One of our dreams is a California where every bit of oil under the Monterey Shale has been fracked by our companies and sold to the Chinese! READ MORE shared from WEDNESDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER 2015 Kim Davis, You're No William Jennings Bryan Berry Craig: The zeal of bigots like Davis is fueled, at least in part, by their fear of a future that will not be theirs. They fret over an America that has become more tolerant, diverse and pluralistic. Prejudice is on the wane, even in Bible Belt states like Kentucky. READ MORE Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Yoga Teachers: Be One or Date One, It’s All the Rage Treva Brandon Scharf:Yoga is many things to many people. But it’s the higher, more spiritual calling and deeper connection of yoga that people are seeking. READ MORE Enough With The Polling Steve Hochstadt: The American conversation about equality brings people into the streets every day. There is much more to hope for. Listen to the voices of our candidates. Which side have they been on? READ MORE SB 350 Threatens Petroleum Profits Clifford J. Tasner: One of our dreams is a California where every bit of oil under the Monterey Shale has been fracked by our companies and sold to the Chinese! READ MORE FDR: Still the Greatest? Murray Polner: At a distance of 70 years, FDR, a flawed and complex giant and still somewhat inscrutable to those who write about him, remains a striking and extraordinary giant among all our presidents. READ HERE (Sponsor this newsletter) Our email address is:  dick_and_sharon @yahoo.com Mt. Washington, California 90065 Copyright ©2015, LA Progressive, All rights reserved.

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