Oklahoma Congressman Jim Bridenstine was not formally trained in science, is skeptical of climate change and has little large-scale administrative experience, but he gets excited when rockets go super-duper fast. Apparently, this was all President Donald Trump needed to choose the Republican and former U.S. Navy pilot to head the National Aeronautics and Space Administration […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Space case
Oklahoma’s own climate change denier U.S. Congressman Jim Bridenstine could soon be heading up one of the most popular science-focused administrations.
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Chicken-Fried News: The eagle has landed!
Trump might be naming U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine from Tulsa as head of NASA, a decision backed by Oklahoma senators.
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Chicken-Fried News: Critical research
Jim Bridenstine paid a Tea Party consultant thousands of dollars and won’t tell anybody what it was for.
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LETTERS
The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma reports that “more than 675,000 Oklahomans [more than the population of Oklahoma City] are at risk of going hungry every day” and that “one in four children in Oklahoma struggles with hunger.” That’s why continued funding of food stamps is critical for Oklahomans. The majority of food stamp recipients […]
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Say you’re sorry
Credit: Brad Gregg On June 11, freshman U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Tulsa, took to the House floor to demand — nay, to demand! — that President Barack Obama apologize to Oklahomans for not spending more on weather research. “This president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather […]
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Payback politics?
Credit: Brad Gregg Even as recovery operations began May 20, Roll Call quoted Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, as saying disaster spending should be offset with spending cuts elsewhere, dredging up ugly memories of the earlier struggle to pass disaster relief spending for Hurricane Sandy victims. The GOP was accused of cold-heartedness after House Speaker John […]
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Hurri-can’t
Credit: Brad Gregg Or not. Oklahoma freshmen congressmen Jim Bridenstine, R-Tulsa, and Markwayne Mullin, R-Westville, voted last week against a bill to provide $10 billion in emergency relief for flood victims of Hurricane Sandy, which caused an estimated $70 billion in damage in New York and New Jersey. Fortunately for the victims of Sandy, the […]