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<p>We are back and we survived the gas shortage of 2021!</p> <p>Israel and Hamas have agreed to a <a href='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57195537'>ceasefire</a> after <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/05/19/world/israel-palestine-gaza'>more than a week of intense violence</a> that led to at least 243 Palestinian deaths - more than 60 were childrent - and 12 Israeli deaths, as reported by the BBC. Looks like that ceasefire may not last the day. </p> <p>Republican Senators will not get on board legislation calling for a bi-partisan commission looking into the January 6 insurrection. <a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/20/tim-ryan-capitol-insurrection-commission/'>Rep. Tim Ryan</a> of Ohio gives Republicans a lashing. </p> <p><a href='https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-spawned-a-new-group-of-mega-donors-who-now-hold-sway-over-gops-future'>New reporting in ProPublica</a> shows that the Trump era helped launch a new breed of donor who now have significant influence over the Republican Party. </p> <p>According to a <a href='https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators'>newly compiled report by the EPA</a>, climate change is already having a significant impact on the U.S. - not to mention the rest of the world. EPA administrator Michael Regan said, “There is no small town, big city or rural community that is unaffected by the climate crisis...Americans are seeing and feeling the impacts up close, with increasing regularity.”<a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/climate/climate-change-epa.html'> As reported in the New York Times,</a> those impacts include bigger wildfires that start earlier in the year; warmer seas; more frequent heat waves; persistent flooding; and, even ragweed pollen season is starting earlier.</p> <p>Ford launches what may be a game changer in the electric vehicle market. On Wednesday, Ford unveiled the <a href='https://www.wired.com/story/most-radical-thing-about-ford-f-150-lightning-cost/'>all-electric F150 Lightning</a>, which performs bette