Protect NOAA From Trump Says Virginian-Pilot Editorial
The Virginian-Pilot editorial argues that Project 2025 would dismantle NOAA and undermine weather and climate data. It warns dismantling the National Weather Service or outsourcing forecasting risks lives, urging firm opposition to policies undercutting climate research and weather protection.
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Free Dang Dinh Bach From Unjust Vietnam Prison Term
A community letter calls for freeing environmental lawyer Dang Dinh Bach, jailed in Vietnam for tax evasion after a trial many deem unfair. It urges support at the Cedar Rapids Public Library on Human Rights Day December 10 as Amnesty International’s Write for Rights collects letters for ten individuals facing severe repression.
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Dang Dinh Bach
United Nations
Bach
Law and Policy of Sustainable Development
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Amnesty International
Harrop condemns RFK Jr for health agency choice and vaccine foes
Froma Harrop argues the Trump selection of RFK Jr to head Health and Human Services risks undermining public health. She cites RFK views on vaccines and raw milk, notes past Trump COVID handling, and urges reliance on science while dismissing anti vaccination propaganda.
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Medicaid
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Health and Human Services
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Trump
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New York Post
Editorial Guidelines for Letters to the Editor
The Gazette updates readers on letters to the editor guidelines. It provides length limits of 250 words, asks for submissions via email at thegazette.com, or mail to 116 Third St. SE Cedar Rapids, IA. Readers may call (319) 398-8262 for questions.
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Agent Hill saved Jackie Kennedy in Dallas 1963
Guest columnist Tom Barbage recalls Clint Hill the protective agent who leapt onto the presidential car during the JFK assassination in Dealey Plaza. Hill shielded Jackie Kennedy, directed the ambulance pursuit, and later served Presidents Johnson Nixon and Ford while coping with PTSD.
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