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Newhouse Leads Bipartisan Effort to Expand Wildland Firefighter Aerial Fleet

February 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Newhouse Leads Bipartisan Effort to Expand Wildland Firefighter Aerial Fleet

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced the Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 to boost aerial wildfire suppression and combat fire threats using excess military aircraft and parts.  “As wildfires continue to ravage our communities […]

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Senator Murray Statement on Voting Against Doug Collins for VA Secretary, Reports of DOGE at VA

February 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Senator Murray Statement on Voting Against Doug Collins for VA Secretary, Reports of DOGE at VA

Murray: “We should all be deeply concerned about what it could mean to give Elon Musk and his cronies free rein at VA—I am already hearing that DOGE may have barged into VA today.  Musk […]

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National / International

Cantwell Votes NO On Advancing RFK Jr.’s Nomination for HHS Secretary

February 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cantwell Votes NO On Advancing RFK Jr.’s Nomination for HHS Secretary

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at a meeting of the Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) voted no on advancing the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to serve as Secretary of […]

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$156M solar power grant for Washington in limbo after Trump order

February 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on $156M solar power grant for Washington in limbo after Trump order

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardFebruary 4, 2025 Washington was locked out of about $150 million in federal funding for solar projects focused on low-income communities last week as the Trump administration paused clean energy […]

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Tesla is the only EV maker that can sell directly to consumers in WA. Lawmakers might change that

February 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Tesla is the only EV maker that can sell directly to consumers in WA. Lawmakers might change that

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardFebruary 4, 2025 Washington wants more electric vehicles on the road. It’s offered generous incentives for EV buyers and set deadlines barring new gasoline-powered car sales. The next step, some […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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The launch of the first liquid fueled rocket in the world is attributed to which country?

The launch of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket is attributed to the United States, specifically to American physicist Robert H. Goddard, who successfully launched it on March 16, 1926, in Auburn, Massachusetts, using liquid oxygen and gasoline. His pioneering work laid the foundation for modern rocketry, even though he faced skepticism at the time. 

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What movie helped popularize disco music worldwide?

The movie that helped popularize disco music worldwide was Saturday Night Fever (1977), starring John Travolta, which turned the disco subculture into a global phenomenon with its iconic soundtrack featuring the Bee Gees and massive album sales. 

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What country is the setting for Shakespeare's Macbeth?

Macbeth is set in Scotland during the 11th century, featuring various Scottish locations like Inverness, Forres, and Dunsinane Hill, though it loosely blends historical events with dramatic fiction for Shakespeare's audience, particularly to appeal to King James I, who was Scottish. 

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Which bone is known as the Patella?

The patella is your kneecap. It's the bone at the front of your knee joint. It's the biggest bone in your body embedded in a tendon (a sesamoid bone).

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Which Christmas tune was the first song performed in space?

The first Christmas tune performed in space was "Jingle Bells," played by astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford on NASA's Gemini 6A mission on December 16, 1965, using a smuggled harmonica and sleigh bells as a prank on Mission Control. 

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