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https://gizmodo.com/cruz-senators-challe...1850445479

EXCERPTS: . . . NASA, dedicated to advancing the frontiers of space exploration, wants to maintain a similar dedication to addressing the challenges of climate change and promoting diversity. It’s a shame to witness these two Republicans attempting to drag the space agency back to the previous century...

[...] A pair of prominent Republican senators co-opted yesterday’s hearing on NASA’s 2024 budget request by accusing the space agency of siding with Biden-friendly initiatives pertaining to climate change and diversity.

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee got together yesterday to discuss NASA’s fiscal year 2024 $27.2 billion budget proposal. Senators on both sides of the aisle grilled NASA administrator Bill Nelson on a variety of topics, but Senators Ted Cruz and Eric Schmitt largely ignored the big-ticket items and instead honed in on two Republican bugaboos: initiatives to combat climate change and investments in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)... (MORE - missing details)

If NASA is spending space-exploring budget to pay for the very partisan interests of DEI and climate BS, that is very relevant to their budget request. That's the problem with the left. They think it's just the norm of the current year, and anything else is an attempt to regress. That's why they can RP as centrists while touting all of the farthest left ideologies. They have no concept of where the actual Overton window is situated...outside of the one they see in their curated and echoing social media.