Legislative vaned. Dusting off his boxing gloves, reid singled out Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell for leaving him no other options than to go nuclear air. The republican leader has failed to live up to his commitments. He has failed to do what he said he would do, move nominations by regular order except in extraordinary circumstances. I refuse to unilaterally surrender my right to respond to this breach of faith. Michael of course, mcconnell struck back claiming that reid was manufacturing a crisis to replace the senate mandate of advice and consent with quote sit down and shut up. It appears as if theyve convinced the majority leader to do their bidding and hijack the senate. Theyre not interested in advise and consent. Theyre not even interested in what this would mean down the road when republicans are the ones making the nominations. They want the power and they want it now. They dont care about the consequences. Michael the consequences . Senator, you want to talk about t
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Last year geographer Sam Chambers published an unusual map of the Sonoran Desert. He wasn’t interested in marking roads, mountains and cities. Instead, the University of Arizona researcher wanted to show the distance a young male can walk in various regions of the desert before the high temperature and physical exertion put him at risk of dying from heat exposure or hyperthermia.
On the resulting map, red and purple correspond with cooler, mountainous terrain. Yellow and white, which dominate the image, indicate a remote, hot valley. It’s here where migrants seeking to cross between Mexico and the United States are at greatest risk of dying from the desert’s relentless sun.