{"id":360875,"date":"2025-01-07T15:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=360875"},"modified":"2025-01-07T15:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:25:24","slug":"bald-eagle-becomes-americas-bird-119th-congress-is-in-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=360875","title":{"rendered":"Bald Eagle becomes America\u2019s bird &amp; 119th Congress is in session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"481\" data-attachment-id=\"360876\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=360876\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Gabriella-Hoffman-Bald-Eagle.jpg?fit=1080%2C718&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,718\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Gabriella-Hoffman-Bald-Eagle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Gabriella-Hoffman-Bald-Eagle.jpg?fit=723%2C481&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Gabriella-Hoffman-Bald-Eagle-1024x681.jpg?resize=723%2C481&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-360876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Gabriella-Hoffman-Bald-Eagle.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Gabriella-Hoffman-Bald-Eagle.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Gabriella-Hoffman-Bald-Eagle.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Gabriella-Hoffman-Bald-Eagle.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2025\/01\/06\/bald-eagle-becomes-americas-bird-119th-congress-is-in-session\/\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/ghoffman\/\">Gabriella Hoffman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBald Eagle\u2026is a Bird of bad moral Character. 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