Yesterday, there was melting over 59% of the area of Greenland. This is by far the highest value so early in the season.
@MartinStendel
And today we have a record number of people getting onboard airplanes in order to make #GlobalWarming worse. 😢
@GreenFire @MartinStendel to celebrate a holiday that is becoming more and more dubious with each passing year.

@bumponthewire @MartinStendel
People that dismiss the importance of the world's largest economy being a democracy or that try to assert that the U.S. is getting worse and not better are not good students of history.

It's not a straight line towards justice for all, but as MLK Jr. stated so eloquently, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Of course, how long that arc is depends on the efforts of our citizens to shorten, or lengthen it so it's more sinusoidal.

@GreenFire @MartinStendel idk it just doesn’t seem like it right now with all the fascists trying their hardest to tear the US apart.

The US has been, and can be a force for good but we have a metric ton of dirty laundry.

@bumponthewire @MartinStendel
I get it how one can have concern, but if someone doesn't think that the U.S. is a force of some good than to me it seems that might be Russian, Chinese, Saudi or perhaps a Trumper.

@GreenFire @MartinStendel this is why I don’t intend to leave the United States and I still vote I have not given up on our country. I just can’t in good conscious celebrate when I feel we have so much work to do in order to better ourselves.

In fact I think the best thing we can do this 4th of July is call out where we see problems and point out what can be done to improve, which is the patriotic thing to do.

@bumponthewire @GreenFire @MartinStendel
Yeah, I'm the great grandson of immigrants, Air Force Brat, and Army vet, so the 4th used to be a big deal. Today, not so much, y'know?

@JRBuckley @bumponthewire @MartinStendel
I'm the odd leftist out that still thinks the world is a better place with the USA as a democratic republic as opposed to the alternatives I'm familiar with

I also think that there are a lot of the people around the world glad that Uncle Sam is still protecting the liberal world order despite how poorly we do considering how few Americans even bother voting in our democracy

As an abolitionist I can't help celebrating Gettysburg's anniversary either

@MartinStendel so you are saying I should purchase a beachfront property? 
@MartinStendel FloridaMan better learn to swim marathon distances.