TMZ:
Mary Tyler Moore -- the television icon who charmed America with comedic brilliance and charisma on her hugely successful '70s show -- died in a Connecticut hospital ... TMZ has learned.In writing this, I decided to take the time to re-watch the first episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Although the side characters were what carried the show (especially Ed Asner's lovable curmudgeon Lou Grant), Moore was the heart of the show, the warm-hearted straight woman to the oddball cast of characters. More than that, Moore was a feminist icon without the coldness. In a time of maturing women's rights, she provided a role model for how to be an independent woman while still maintaining your humanity. She also showed it was ok to stumble occasionally on the path to self-actualization, which is a powerful message regardless of your gender.
...We're told Mary had been on a respirator for more than a week. She was taken off life support Tuesday night.
Mary -- who battled diabetes and underwent brain surgery in 2011 -- became famous after starring on the "The Dick Van Dyke Show" from 1961 to 1966. She dazzled her way to 7 successful seasons on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" from 1970 to 1977, decimating skeptics who viewed her show as destined to fail.
In other news...
Mother Jones:
Throughout Donald Trump's campaign, he and his proxies consistently expressed hostility to government regulation, particularly of the fossil fuel and agriculture industries. Within days of taking over, the Trump administration has already put a squeeze on the two agencies that most directly regulate Big Energy and Big Ag, the Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Agriculture.Can you tell which side of the ideological divide Mother Jones is? "Climate change denier" is Left-speak for "rational human being".
At the EPA, the administration has ordered that "all contract and grant awards be temporarily suspended, effective immediately," ProPublica writers Andrew Revkin and Jesse Eisinger report, quoting an internal EPA email they obtained. Myron Ebell, the climate change denier who led the Trump team's EPA transition and directs the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, confirmed the suspension, Revkin and Eisenger report.
As for this story, the EPA has been running amok for far too long. It is well past time somebody put a rein on them.
As for the USDA:
Food & Water Watch's [Patty] Lovera notes that the decree is somewhat ironic, because the Obama USDA itself kept its scientists on a short leash in terms of press access—especially on topics of high importance to the agrichemical industry, like pesticides and genetically modified crops.Translation: Trump is only being slightly tighter than Obama was. Time for the world's smallest violin:
In other Trump news...
Bloomberg:
Theresa May will provide the first test for how world leaders can deal with Donald Trump when she arrives in the U.S. to welcome the new president to the global stage and lay the groundwork for a U.S.-U.K. trade deal.
“As we rediscover our confidence together –- as you renew your nation just as we renew ours –- we have the opportunity, indeed the responsibility, to renew the special relationship for this new age,” the U.K. prime minister will tell Republican lawmakers gathered in Philadelphia on Thursday, according to excerpts from her prepared remarks. “We have the opportunity to lead, together, again.”
It is curious what May means exactly by "opportunity to lead, together, again". But it does warrant cautious optimism, at least based on the long history of our two nations.
Finally, in what could be the most important news today:
The Hill:
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) unveiled an ObamaCare replacement bill Wednesday as part of his effort to urge the GOP to speed up work on an alternative to the healthcare law.I will cover this in more detail in my next post.
Paul has been pushing his colleagues to have a replacement plan ready to pass simultaneously with repeal of ObamaCare, a demand that has recently been gaining support inside the party. His office noted that President Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) have also reacted favorably to that idea.
"There is no excuse for waiting to craft an alternative until after we repeal Obamacare, and the Obamacare Replacement Act charts a new path forward that will insure the most people possible at the lowest price," Paul said in a statement.
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