TTWU 300
see 301 below
Time to Wake Up 301: The Four Phases of Climate Denial
... I RISE TODAY FOR THE 300TH TIME}:
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WITH MY TRUSTIE, INCREASINGLY BATTERED TIME TO WAKE-UP CHART
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TO TRY TO ROUSE THIS CHAMBER TO THE LOOMING DANGERS CAUSED BY
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FOSSIL FUEL POLLUTION. I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THIS IS A TRIUMPH OF PERSISTENCE OR AN
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EXPOSITION OF FAILURE OR A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
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I WILL SAY THAT SPEAKER PELOSI, WHO I ADMIRE IMMENSELY, HAS CALLED OUT MY PERSISTENT AND
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RELENTLESS WORK ON CLIMATE. BUT, ON THE OTHER HAND, IT'S HARD GIVEN OUR PERIL NOT TO FEEL
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A BITTER SENSE OF FAILURE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE. THE ARC OF THE SPEECHES HAS GONE
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FROM CLIMATE SCIENCE AND WARNINGS THROUGH EFFECTS IN OCEANS AND SPECIFIC LOCALITIES,
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PARTICULARLY RED STATE LOCALITIES, TO THE TOXICITY IN
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THE 2010, THEN THE APPARATUS BEHIND IT, AND BEHIND THAT TO
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THE DARK MONEY AND THE CREEPY BILLIONAIRES WHO HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE OBSTRUCTION AND THEN
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AN EXPLORATION INTO THE ESSENTIALLY COVERT OP OF CLIMATE
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DENIAL AND DARK MONEY AND SUPREME COURT CAPTURE, AND THE
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RESULT IS THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME ERAS ALONG THE WAY. ERA ONE WOULD BE THE SCIENCE AIR
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REMARKS WHICH LASTED FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. AND, BY THE WAY, GOD BLESS THE SCIENTISTS. THEY GOT IT RIGHT.
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EVEN THE EXXON SCIENTISTS GOT IT RIGHT. AND THEN THAT ERA ENDED AND THE
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ERA OF CLIMATE POLITICS BEGAN AND THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN THE BITTER FAILURE. WE HAVE BADLY LET DOWN OUR
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PEOPLE WITH THE FAILURE IN CONGRESS TO DO ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT ABOUT CLIMATE, AND
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AS A RESULT OF THAT FAILURE, WE'VE NOW ENTERED THE ERA OF CONSEQUENCES AND THE STUFF THAT WAS SO PREDICTED IS NOW STARTING
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TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. SO I WANT TO FOCUS TODAY ON HOW
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AND WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE IN THIS ERA OF WELL-PREDICTED
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CONSEQUENCES AND POLITICAL FAILURE, AND THAT TAKES US TO THIS COVERT OP THAT I BRIEFLY
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DESCRIBED. IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT HISTORY WILL SHOW THAT THE THREE
MOST CONSEQUENTIAL DISASTERS FOR AMERICA IN OUR LIFETIMES WERE
THE CAPTURE OF THE SUPREME COURT BY RIGHT-WING BILLIONAIRES, THE INFLUX INTO OUR ELECTIONS OF
FLOODS OF CORRUPTING SPECIAL INTEREST DARK MONEY, AND THE SUCCESS OF THE FOSSIL FUEL
CLIMATE DENIAL OPERATION AT BLOCKADING SOLUTIONS TO THE FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS CRISIS.
IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS WERE THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND ALL THREE
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DISASTERS. INDEED, IT IS LIKELY. WHAT MAKES THESE DISASTERS THE
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THREE WORST IS THAT THEIR DAMAGE WILL BE LASTING AND PERHAPS EVEN
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IRRECOVERABLE. AND OUR COMMON FAILURE IN ALL
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THREE DISASTERS AS DEMOCRATS WAS SHOWING UP TOO LATE.
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EACH OF THESE DISASTERS WAS A VICTORY FOR THE INSIDIOUS POLITICAL FORCES BEHIND THE
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COURT'S CAPTURE, BEHIND THE CORRUPTING DARK MONEY OPERATION, AND BEHIND THE CLIMATE DENIAL FRAUD.
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REMEMBER THOSE DISASTERS DIDN'T HAPPEN. THEY WERE DONE. AND MUCH OF THE WORK DONE BY
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THOSE INSIDIOUS POLITICAL FORCES WAS COVERT AND CLANDESTINE.
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BUT THERE WERE PLENTY OF SIGNALS OF WHAT WAS GOING ON TO ANYONE PAYING ATEN. IF YOU -- PAYING ATTENTION.
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IF YOU PAID ATTENTION TO THE COURT CAPTURE SCHEME AND THE DARK MONEY OPERATION AND THE CLIMATE FRAUD, YOU'D QUICKLY
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NOTICE THE OVERLAP OF THE SHADOWY POLITICAL FORCES BEHIND ALL THREE E YOU'D NOTICE THE
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COMMON THREAD -- FOSSIL FUEL. THINK OF ALL THREE SPECIAL INTEREST CAMPAIGNS AS A SINGLE
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COVERT OPERATION, A COVERT OP RUN AGAINST AMERICA BY FORCES
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WITHIN OUR COUNTRY. AN ENEMY WITHIN OF CREEPY BILLIONAIRES, FOSSIL FUEL
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INTERESTS, AND FAR-RIGHT FOUNDATIONS DETERMINED TO IMPOSE ON THE COUNTRY A BLIGHTED AND
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UNPOPULAR VISION THAT THEY COULD NEVER ACHIEVE DEMOCRATICALLY. UP AGAINST A COVERT POWER SEASON
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PLANT LIKE THAT, YOU NEED TO AACT
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FAST. WHY DID WE ALWAYS SHOW UP TOO LATE? IT WASN'T BECAUSE THESE WERE
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MINOR MATTERS. A CAPTURED SUPREME COURT PUTS AN ENTIRE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT UNDER HIDDEN POLITICAL CONTROL
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WITH NO REMEDY TO ITS BAD DECISIONS, THANKS TO LIFETIME APPOINTMENTS OF THE CAPTURED JUSTICES.
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CAPTURE OF OUR SUPREME COURT HAS CAUSED LASTING DAMAGE ALREADY,
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DEFORMING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER. THE SAME INTERESTS ALWAYS WINNING IS OBSERVABLE, AS IS THE
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STATISTICAL IMPROBABILITY OF THAT, AND IT DEGRADES FAITH IN THE COURT.
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CAPTURE ROCKS THE COURT FROM WITHIN. A BILLIONAIRE GIFT PROGRAM TO
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REWARD THE MOST AMENABLE JUSTICES WITH LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS TWISTED THE
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COURT INTO KNOTS AS IT TRIED TO PREVENT FACTS FROM COMING OUT, EVEN POTENTIAL TAX CHEATING, AND
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TO DEFEAT ANY REAL ETHICS CODE. THAT IS ALL A DEVILISH AND
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ROTTEN BUSINESS IN A GREAT REPUBLIC. AS TO DARK MONEY, WELL, DARK MONEY INFLUENCE HAS CORRUPTED
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CONGRESS MANY. AND DARK MONEY POLITICAL
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SPENDING DERIDES AMERICAN CITIZENS THE BASIC INFORMATION
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THEY NEED TO DO THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL JOB OF POLICING THE PUBLIC SQUARE. KNOWING WHO IS OUT, DOING WHAT,
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TO WHOM IS ESSENTIAL. WELL, THE DONORS AND THE
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CANDIDATES AND THE PARTY LEADERSHIP, THEY ALL KNOW THE PLAYERS IN THE GAME.
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DONORS DON'T SPEND BILLIONAIRES WITHOUT MAKING SURE THE POLITICIANS KNOW. IT'S AMERICA'S CITIZENRY THAT IS
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LEFT IN IGNORANCE. WHAT CITIZENS DON'T SEE AND FEEL IS THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING
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LISTENED TO. THEY DON'T MATTER SO MUCH ANYMORE, NOT WHEN TENS OF
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MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SECRET FUNDS CAN BE DUMPED INTO AN ELECTION BY A BILLIONAIRE.
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POLITICIANS ARE DRAWN TO THE MONEY INEVITABLY. REMEMBER THE FAMOUS SAYING, MONEY IS THE MOTHER'S MILK OF
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POLITICS. CLIMATE DENIAL FRAUD MAY BE THE
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WORST OF THE THREE. CLIMATE DENIAL FRAUD'S SUCCESS MAY HAVE COST US OUR CHILDREN'S
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FUTURES. THE LOOMING PHYSICAL CATASTROPHES MADE INEVITABLE BY FOSSIL FUEL POLLUTION, DAMAGING
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EARTH'S NATURAL SYSTEMS, THEIR FIRST PREFIGURED ECONOMICALLY IN
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INSURANCE MARKETS, AND IT'S HAPPENING. INSURANCE MARKETS ARE SEEING WHAT IS COMING.
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UNLIKE FOSSIL FUEL, THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY CAN'T LIE ABOUT OUR FUTURE.
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INSURERS ARE UNDER A FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION TO PREDICT FUTURE
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RISK HONESTLY AND WELL, AND THEY ARE TELLING US THAT AN ECONOMIC
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STORM IS COMING DRIVEN BY CLIMATE UPHEAVAL. THE LEADING EDGE OF THAT
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ECONOMIC STORM IS ALREADY UPON US IN HOMEOWNERS' INSURANCE
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MARKETS MELTING DOWN IN FLORIDA AND OTHER COASTAL AND WILDFIRE
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AREAS. WE'RE HEADING IN UNPREPARED WHILE BEING LIED TO AT INDUSTRIAL SCALE. THREE TERRIBLE THINGS WERE DONE.
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MUCH OF THE SCHEME WAS COVERT, BUT THERE WAS PLENTOY SEE.
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SO -- PLENTY TO SEE. SO WHAT WENT WRONG? I'D SAY THAT MY PARTY FELL INTO A RUT.
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WE TOO OFTEN ALLOWED POLLSTERS TO DETERMINE OUR PRIORITIES. THERE ARE USES FOR POLLSTERS IN
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POLITICS, BUT POLLSTERS SHOULD NOT SET PRIORITIES. POLITICIANS WORTH THEIR SALT
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SHOULD SET THEIR OWN PRIORITIES, USING THEIR OWN JUDGMENT BASED ON THEIR OWN INTERACTIONS WITH
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THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS AND THEIR OWN POWERS OF FORESIGHT AND ANTICIPATION.
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THOSE CAPACITIES ARE IMPORTANT IN POLITICS. DEPENDING ON POLLS CAN MAKE
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THOSE CAPACITIES FLABBY AND WEAK. POLLING ALSO DEPENDS ON GETTING THE QUESTIONS RIGHT.
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WHEN POLLSTERS AREN'T ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, IT LEAVES MASSIVE BLIND SPOTS. I HAVE SEEN POLLING
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PRESENTATIONS SUPPOSEDLY TELLING US WHAT WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT THAT DIDN'T EVEN ASK ABOUT
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CLIMATE CHANGE POLLUTION OR DARK MONEY CORRUPTION. PLUS, POLLING IS INHERENTLY
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BACKWARD-LOOKING. AT LEAST BACK TO THE TIME THE SURVEY WAS TAKEN OBVIOUSLY. BUT SURELY WELL BEFORE THAT INTO
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THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF THE POLLS AUDIENCE FROM PREVIOUS
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MONTHS AND YEARS. SO POLLING IS REVERSE GRETSKY. IT TELLS YOU WHERE THE PUCK WAS.
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HOW OFTEN HAVE WE BEEN TOLD IN THE SENATE, THAT ISSUE ISN'T VERY HIGH UP IN IMPORTANCE TO VOTERS? WHAT A DUMB AND IRRESPONSIBLE
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WAY TO THINK. THAT WAY OF THINKING SUFFERS FROM A HUGE READINESS PROBLEM.
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BY THE TIME A CAPTURED SUPREME COURT REVEALS ITS BAD EFFECTS IN VOTERS' LIVES, IT'S TOO LATE.
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THE COURT IS CAPTURED. BY THE TIME DARK MONEY INFLUENCE INVADES ELECTIONS, IT'S TOO
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LATE. DARK MONEY SHALL THE SIN THAT -- DARK MONEY, THE SIN THAT MAKES
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POSSIBLE ALL THAT DARK MONEY PAYS FOR, IS HARD TO ROOT OUT. AND CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE
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CHANGE IS PHYSICS. ONCE THAT FOSSIL FUEL POLLUTION UNLEASHES NATURAL FORCES THAT
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WILL DESTROY OUR CLIMATE SAFETY, THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO CALL OFF.
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IT'S TOO LATE. THE LESSON HERE, IF YOU WAIT TO
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FIGHT UNTIL THE POLLS TELL YOU AN ISSUE IS IMPORTANT, THE BATTLE CAN BE OVER BEFORE YOU SHOW UP.
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REPUBLICANS' BIG DONORS WANT LOWER TAXES FOR THE RICH, FREEDOM FOR POLLUTERS TO POLLUTE
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FOR FREE, LESS SAFETY REGULATION OF BUSINESS. NONE OF THOSE RESULTS IS POLITICALLY POPULAR. SO THE REPUBLICANS USE POLLING
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AS A TOOL TO MANIPULATE AND MOVE PUBLIC OPINION. THE PURPOSE IS DYNAMIC.
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DEMOCRATS THINK OF POLLS LIKE GOALPOSTS. SHOW ME WHERE THEY ARE AND I'LL KICK MY POLICY FOOTBALL THROUGH
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THOSE GOALPOSTS. STATIC. BEING STATIC FAILS US.
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IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE TO WAIT UNTIL EVERYBODY SEES THE DANGER TO GIVE WARNING. IF IT WAS YOUR HOUSE ON FIRE,
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WOULD YOU WAIT AROUND FOR YOUR FAMILY TO WAKE UP? ASK AND FOR YOUR HELP? OF COURSE NOT.
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AND WHEN YOU'RE UP AGAINST STRATEGY, PARTICULARLY COVERT STRATEGY, YOU HAVE TO FIGHT
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STRATEGY WITH STRATEGY. YOU HAVE TO PREPARE, NOT WAIT AROUND.
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AND, THIRD, IF YOU'RE ALWAYS MEETING VOTERS WHERE THEY ALREADY ARE -- OR WERE --
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THEY'LL BEGIN TO NOTICE OVER TIME THAT YOU NEVER HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO SAY.
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BUT -- THAT THEY NEVER LEARN ANYTHING FROM YOU. THAT YOU ARE NOT A LEADER, BUT A
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FOLLOWING OF POLLS. THAT QUIETLY SINKS IN AND INFORMS THE FRAIN, REPUBLICANS
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ARE SHAMELESS, DEMOCRATS ARE SPINELESS. LOOK NOW AT THE CLIMATE MESS WE ARE IN.
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WE ARE SAILING TOWARD ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE, KICKED OFF BY COLLAPSING INSURANCE MARKETS.
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FOLLOWED BY PHYSICAL CATASTROPHE AS EARTH'S NATURAL SYSTEMS COLLAPSE.
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THE FOSSIL FUEL POLLUTERS WHO CAUSED THIS MESS AREN'T PENALIZED. THEY FLOAT INSTEAD ON AN
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ECONOMIC SUBSIDY IN THE U.S. OF $700 BILLION PER YEAR.
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THAT SUBSIDY COMES FROM GETTING TO POLLUTE FOR FREE, A VIOLATION
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OF BASIC ECONOMIC MARKET PRINCIPLES.
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THAT $700 BILLION ANNUAL SUBSIDY ROUGHLY REFLECTS THE ANNUAL DAMAGE FOSSIL FUELS CAUSE.
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A $700 BILLION NEGATIVE EXTERNALITY, AS ECONOMISTS WOULD SAY, THAT SHOULD BE BAKED INTO
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THE PRICE OF THE PRODUCT. BUT REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS DESPERATELY PROTECT THAT $700
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BILLION SUBSIDY FOR THEIR FOSSIL FUEL DONORS. THINK OF HOW THAT SUBSIDY
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MOTIVATES THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY IN POLITICS. TO PROTECT A $700 BILLION ANNUAL
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SUBSIDY, WOULD YOU SPEND, SAY, $7 BILLION A YEAR IN POLITICS
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DEFENDING THE POLLUTE FOR FREE SUBSIDY? $7 BILLION A YEAR TO DEFEND $700
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BILLION A YEAR? AT THAT RATE, FOSSIL FUEL'S POLITICAL OPERATION IS LIKELY THE MOST PROFITABLE FACET OF THE
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ENTIRE INDUSTRY. SO THEY HAVE AN IMMENSE,
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WELL-FUNDED, COVERT, PURPOSEFUL OPERATION. AND WE WAIT UNTIL THE POLLSTERS
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TELL US THE PUBLIC IS ALERT TO IT BEFORE WE DO BATTLE?
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RIDICULOUS. HOW DO WE RECOVER? HOW DO WE RECOVER FROM ALL THE YEARS WE SKATED TO WHERE THE
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PUCK WAS AND IGNORED THE MASSIVE FOSSIL FUEL COVERT OP BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HADN'T SEEN IT YET?
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FIRST, WE HAD BETTER GET ON IT. WE'VE LET A LOT OF SAND RUN THROUGH THE HOURGLASS AS WE
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DAWDLED AND LOST A LOT OF CREDIBILITY FROM MISSING THOSE FIGHTS. ON CLIMATE, WE HAVE TO FACE FACTS.
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THE FACTS ARE GRIM AND THE STAKES ARE HIGH. THE CORPORATE CONSULTING FIRM
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DELOITTE HAS ESTIMATED A $220
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TRILLION DIFFERENCE IN GLOBAL GDP BY 2070. DEPENDING ON WHETHER WE SUCCEED
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ON CLIMATE, THEREBY GENERATING $40 TRILLION OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC
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GROWTH, OR CONTINUE FAILING AND TAKE A GLOBAL $180 TRILLION
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ECONOMIC HIT, THE SPREAD IS $220 TRILLION, AND DELOITTE IS NOT
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THE LONE VOICE. THE POSTUM INSTITUTE HAS WARNED
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OF A HIT BY MIDCENTURY. PREDICTIONS OF
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MULTITRILLION-DOLLAR HITS ABOUND, AND THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STABILITY BOARD WARNED THE GLOBAL BANKING SECTOR TO
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BUCKLE UP. THE WARNINGS FOCUS ON INSURANCE, MORTGAGE, AND REAL ESTATE
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MARKETS. THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE REPORTED A LOOMING $25 TRILLION HIT JUST
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TO THE GLOBAL REAL ESTATE SECTOR. FED CHAIR POWELL TESTIFIED EARLIER THIS YEAR BEFORE THE SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE THAT
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CLIMATE CHANGE WILL MAKE INSURANCE AND, THEREFOR
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MORTGAGES UNAVAILABLE IN ENTIRE REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. VOICES AT ALLIANZ WARNED CLIMATE
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CHANGE THREATENED TO ABANDON THEIR ENTIRE INDUSTRY. THE FORMER CHIEF ECONOMIST OF
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FREDDIE MAC TOLD THE BUDGET COMMITTEE LAST CONGRESS HOW INSURANCE BECOMES UNAVAILABLE,
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MAKING MORTGAGES UNAVAILABLE, DRIVING DOWN THE VALUE OF YOUR
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HOME. SIMILARLY, WHEN INSURANCE PREMIUMS, IF YOU CAN GET INSURANCE, BUT IF THE PREMIUMS
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DOUBLE OR TRIPLE, THEN PROPERTY VALUES FALL AS THE CARRYING COST
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OF YOUR HOME DRAMATICALLY INCREASE. AVERAGE INSURANCE COSTS IN
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FLORIDA, $14,000 A YEAR, PREDICTED TO DOUBLE, TRIPLE OR
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QUADRUPLE. WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE HOME PRICE? TOGETHER THE CHIEF ECONOMIST SAID THE CRISIS IN INSURANCE
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AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY CAN CASCADE INTO A 2008-STYLE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN THAT CLOBBERS
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THE ENTIRE ECONOMY. MANY OF THESE WARNINGS USE THE WORD SYSTEMIC.
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BORING-SOUNDING WORD, BUT PERHAPS THE MOST DANGEROUS WORD IN THE ECONOMIC LEXICON.
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IT MEANS THE WHOLE SYSTEM GETS HIT. NOT JUST THE PARTICULAR SECTOR.
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LIKE 2008, OR WORSE, 1929. EVERYONE SUFFERS AS THE ECONOMY
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IMPLODES. THE WAY OUT FROM THIS DANGER IS CLEAR AND SIMPLE. IT CAN'T CONTINUE TO BE FREE TO
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POLLUTE. THERE MUST BE A GLOBAL PRICE OR PENALTY ON CARBON EMISSIONS.
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NOTHING ELSE WORKS, NOT AFTER THE TIME WE'VE WASTED. WE HAVE SQUANDERED EVERY OTHER
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OPTION. POLLUTER PAYS IS NOT JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO MORALLY AND
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ECONOMICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY, IT'S OUR LAST LIFEBOAT. AND IT'S A LIFEBOAT THE FOSSIL
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FUEL INDUSTRY IS TRYING TO SINK, EVEN AFTER PRETENDING FOR YEARS THAT THAT WAS THE SOLUTION THEY
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WANTED. BIG SURPRISE, THEY LIED. HYDRO CARBONS AND LIES ARE THEIR
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TWIN PRODUCTS. OUR BEST PROSPECT ON CARBON POLLUTION RIGHT NOW IS THE
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EUROPEAN UNION'S CARBON BORDER ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM. IT'S A TARIFF ON THE EMISSIONS
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ASSOCIATED WITH CARBON INTENSIVE GOODS LIKE STEEL AND ALUMINUM THAT ARE IMPORTED INTO THE E.U.
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OUR SCENARIO FOR SUCCESS IF WE STILL HAVE ONE, IS THAT THE E.U. STICKS TO ITS GUNS AND DOESN'T
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CHICKEN OUT. THE U.K. HONORS ITS COMMITMENT
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TO JOIN THE CBAM, THE TWO
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ECONOMIES COORDINATED CARBON PRICES, A KEY STEP. AND AUSTRALIA AND CANADA AND
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MEXICO AND OTHER ECONOMIES FOLLOW SUIT. THERE'S ACTUALLY EVEN A SLIVER
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OF SENATE REPUBLICAN INTEREST IN A U.S. CARBON BORDER TARIFF. A PRICE ON CARBON POLLUTION AND
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE AT LAST MOVES THINGS. IT BEGINS TO OFFSET FOSSIL FUEL'S GLOBAL
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MULTITRILLION-DOLLAR FREE-TO-POLLUTE SUBSIDY. IT ALIGNS MARKET INCENTIVES
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PROPERTY, AND IT CREATES A REVENUE PROPOSITION. A REVENUE PROPOSITION FOR
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POLLUTION REDUCTION AND CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES, BOOSTING AN INNOVATION PATHWAY TO CLIMATE
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SAFETY THAT PRESENTLY DOES NOT EXIST. DARK MONEY CORRUPTION GOT US INTO THIS PICKLE, AND THE WAY
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OUT THERE IS ALSO CLEAR AND SIMPLE. PASS THE DAMNED DISCLOSE ACT. REQUIRE THAT DONORS OVER $10,000
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INTO A POLITICAL RACE SHOW THE PUBLIC WHO THEY ARE. NO MORE FRONT GROUPS AND SHELL CORPORATIONS.
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THE DARK MONEY BATTLE IS A RACE AGAINST TIME, TO STOP THE DARK
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MONEY INFLUENCE OPERATION BEFORE IT GETS ITS CLAWS SO DEEP INTO ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
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THAT THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS TOO CORRUPTED TO CARE HOW BADLY VOTERS WANT TRANSPARENCY.
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WHEN THAT DISCLOSURE BILL PASSES INTO LAW, THE PUBLIC WILL FEEL IMMEDIATE RELIEF. PEOPLE WILL NOTICE.
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THE POLITICAL CLASS BEGINNING TO TURN ITS ATTENTION BACK TO VOTERS RATHER THAN TO THE
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BILLIONAIRE DONORS AND THE CORPORATE POLLUTER ELITE RUNNING THE FOUL DARK MONEY OPERATION.
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IN POLITICAL ADS THAT TSUNAMI OF SLIME WILL DIMINISH AS REAL
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ENTITIES WILL HAVE TO OWN POLITICAL MESSAGES. MANY PLAYERS BEHIND THE TSUNAMI OF SLIME WILL ACTUALLY BACK OFF
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BECAUSE ONCE VOTERS UNDERSTAND WHO'S BEHIND THE MESSAGE, SOMETIMES THEY GET THE JOKE AND
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YOU CAN'T GO FORWARD ANY LONGER. AND EVEN IF THEY DON'T BACK OFF, AT LEAST SOMEONE CAN BE
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ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SLIME AND LIES THAT PERMEATE OUR POLITICS. LESS SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY,
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LESS SLIME AND LIES, LESS SECRECY, VOTERS HEARD AGAIN.
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YOU MIGHT CALL IT MORNING IN AMERICA. FIX DARK MONEY AND YOU BREAK THE
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GRIP OF FOSSIL FUEL. LOOK AT WHAT FOSSIL FUEL DARK MONEY GETS THE TRUMP
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ADMINISTRATION AND REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TO DO FOR THEM EVERY DAY. RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, DAY ONE
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OF HIS REGIME, TRUMP ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT TOOK WIND
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AND SOLAR POWER OUT OF THE DEFINITION OF ENERGY. FORGET THE POLITICS.
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THAT DOESN'T EVEN COMPORT WITH THE DICTIONARY. TRUMP'S INTERIOR DEPARTMENT SET
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OUT TO KILL OFFSHORE WIND, HALTING THE PERMITTING PROCESS, EVEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP PROJECTS
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION. TRUMP'S ENERGY DEPARTMENT CHOKED OFF LOANS AND FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF
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LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGIES AND PROPOSED SLASHING RESEARCH BUDGETS AT OUR NATIONAL LABS.
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TRUMP'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, NOW BETTER CALLED POLLUTER PROTECTION AGENCY,
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ILLEGALLY TERMINATED BILLIONS FOR CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. IT SET UP CALIFORNIA'S CLEAN AIR
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ACT VEHICLE EMISSION STANDARDS TO BE KILLED BY THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT, A
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GAMBIT FIRST FLOATED BY FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY LAWYERS IN AN OP-ED IN THE POLLUTER-RUN "WALL
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STREET JOURNAL" EDITORIAL PAGE. AND TO PULL THIS OFF, MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES EVEN WENT
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NUCLEAR, OVERRULED THE SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN. THE TRUMP EPA ANNOUNCED IT WILL
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REPEAL RULES LIMITING AIR POLLUTION FROM POWER PLANTS AND VEHICLES, REVERSE THE 2009
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FINDING THAT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ENDANGER HUMANS, SUSPEND THE COLLECTION OF
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EMISSIONS DATA. THEY DON'T EVEN WANT THE DATA? AND ELIMINATE THE SOCIAL COST OF
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CARBON, THE RULE THAT QUANTIFIES THAT $700 BILLION IN FOSSIL FUEL
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EMISSIONS HARM. AND CONGRESS, BECAUSE BAD THINGS HAPPEN HERE AS WELL, HERE'S MY
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FAVORITE, REPUBLICANS UNDID OUR FEE ON EXCESS METHANE EMISSION.
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YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT THIS FEE ONLY APPLIED TO EMISSIONS EXCEEDING THE INDUSTRY'S OWN
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INDUSTRY STANDARDS. AND HALF OF THOSE METHANE LEAKS COULD BE ELIMINATED AT NO NET
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COST SINCE METHANE, NATURAL GAS, IF NOT LEAKED CAN BE SOLD.
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SO REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TOOK THE SIDE OF THE INDUSTRY'S WORST
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LEAKERS TO RELIEVE THEM OF HAVING TO PAY FOR THEIR MESS. AND JUST LAST WEEK REPUBLICANS
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PASSED TRUMP'S MEGABILL, A MANY HEADED HYDRA TURNING THE POWER
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OF GOVERNMENT TO HELP FOSSIL FUEL BILLIONAIRES THROTTLE THEIR CLEAN ENERGY COMPETITION.
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THIS WILL KILL THOUSANDS OF JOBS, CEDE DOMINANCE OF CLEAN
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ENERGY TO CHINA, DRIVE CONSUMERS ELECTRIC PRICES WAY HIGHER AND
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TURBO CHARGE THE POLLUTION THAT'S ALREADY MAKING INSURANCE, GROCERIES AND ELECTRICITY MORE
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EXPENSIVE. THERE'S ONE SIMPLE GOAL BEHIND ALL OF THIS -- HELP REPUBLICANS,
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FOSSIL FUEL DONORS TO SELL MORE OIL, NATURAL GAS, GASOLINE AND DIESEL.
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EVERY ELECTRIC CAR THAT'S NEVER PRODUCED MEANS ONE MORE INTERNAL
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COMBUSTION ENGINE THAT WILL CONSUME THEIR GASOLINE. EVERY SOLAR ARRAY OR WIND TURBINE NEVER BUILT WILL MEAN
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MORE OF THEIR NATURAL GAS COMBUSTED TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY. IT DOESN'T MATTER TO THE CREEPY
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BILLIONAIRES THAT THE OWNERSHIP COSTS OF AN E.V. ARE ALREADY LESS THAN THOSE OF A COMBUSTION
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ENGINE CAR OR THAT SOLAR POWER IS NOW THE CHEAPEST FORM OF ENERGY THERE IS. ALL THAT MATTERS IS THE NARROW
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SELF-INTEREST OF THE POLLUTING FOSSIL FUEL TRY THAT FUNDS -- FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY THAT FUNDS
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AND CONTROLS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. EVERY INDICATION IS THAT THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY DARK MONEY OPERATION ORCHESTRATED THE
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REPUBLICANS' ENERGY AGENDA. EVERY INDICATION IS THAT THEY
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HAVE BURROWED INTO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND ARE RUNNING IT FROM THE INSIDE. RUSSELL VOUGHT, FOR INSTANCE,
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RUNNING OMB HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER ON FOSSIL FUEL'S DARK MONEY PAYROLL.
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HIS COUNSEL THERE IS MARK PAOLETTA, FROM THAT PAINTING OF
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THE LEONARD LEO AND THEIR COURT
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SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS, WHICH BRINGS US TO THE CAPTURED COURT, THE COURT THAT
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DARK MONEY BUILT. FREEING THE SUPREME COURT FROM ITS CAPTURED STATE WILL NOT BE
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EASY. TOO MANY JUSTICES ARE WILLING PARTICIPANTS IN THE CAPTURE SCHEME. IF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WANTED TO REDEEM THEIR COURT,
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THEY COULD HAVE DONE IT ALREADY. THEY COULD DO IT ON THEIR OWN ANY DAY. BUT CAPTURED IS AS CAPTURE
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DOES -- THEY DON'T WANT TO. IT MATTERS ON CLIMATE. A REJUVENATED COURT WOULD TAKE
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THE EVIDENCE OF CLIMATE HARM SERIOUSLY OVER AND OVER THE COURT THAT DARK MONEY BUILT HAS
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FAVORED FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS. FOR INSTANCE, IT THREW OUT THE CLEAN POWER PLANT, SAVING
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INDUSTRY TENS OF BILLIONS IN COMPLIANCE COSTS AND ALLOWING MORE THAN A DOZEN YEARS OF
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CONTINUED POLLUTION. LET'S SAY THAT $700 BILLION FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDY NUMBER IS
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CLOSE TO RIGHT. IF THE CLEAN POWER PLAN WOULD ONLY HAVE SHAVED 10% OFF THE
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HARM, THAT ONE DECISION COST AMERICANS NEARLY $1 TRILLION IN
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POLLUTION HARM. THAT'S WORTH CAPTURING A COURT FOR IF YOU'RE THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY. THE COURT CREATED THE MAJOR
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QUESTIONS DOCTRINE TO GIVE THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY A LEGAL WEAPON TO STOP FUTURE CLIMATE REGULATIONS.
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THE COURT WITHDREW THE CHEVRON DOCTRINE, TAKING AWAY FROM EXPERTS IN THE REGULATORY PROCESS THE BENEFIT OF THE
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DOUBT. IN ALL THESE CASES, THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY GOT FREE LEGAL
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SERVICES FROM REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS GENERAL.
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UNDOUBTEDLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR FOSSIL FUEL POLITICAL FUNDING. WHAT A ROTTEN MISUSE OF THAT
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BADGE OF OFFICE. FO REFORM THE COURT CONGRESS WILL HAVE TO ACT ON TWO FRONTS.
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ONE TO REQUIRE PROPER ETHICS OF THE COURT INCLUDING THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS, ACTUAL FACT
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FINDING AND NEUTRAL DECISION MAKING. NOT COMPLICATED STUFF. RULE OF LAW IS BASED ON THOSE
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TWO PRINCIPLES. THE JUSTICES SHIELD THEMSELVES FROM BOTH. THE PRESENT COURT AND ITS
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POLITICAL DEFENDERS PREPARE TEND THAT FIXING THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE BUT IT'S NOT.
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EVERY STATE SUPREME COURT FACES THE ISSUE OF ADMINISTERING A PROPER ETHICS CODE FOR ITSELF
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AND EVERY SINGLE ONE HAS FIGURED IT OUT. FORGET IMPOSSIBLE, IT'S NOT EVEN
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HARD. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE JUSTICES, OR CERTAIN OF THEM ENJOY BEING THE ONLY NINE PEOPLE
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IN GOVERNMENT IMMUNE FROM PROPER ETHICS SKROOUT -- SCRUTINY.
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THEY VIOLATE AN ANCIENT PRINCIPLE SO ANCIENT IT'S IN
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LA LATIN. NO ONE SHOULD JUDGE THEIR OWN CASE. AS AN ETHICS SCHOLAR RECENTLY
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PUT IT, IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO JUDGE ONE'S OWN CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
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THE PUBLIC IS READY FOR MORE THAN JUST REAL ETHICS, HOWEVER. THE PRESENT COURT'S LEGACY OF
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SCANDALS, DESTRUCTION OF PRECEDENT, DOCTRINALAL LEAKS, FALSE FACT FINDING IN CASES AND
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STRIKING, STRIKING PATTERNS IN WHAT INTERESTS ALWAYS WIN IS DAMNING.
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ADD THE UNHEALTHY SECRETS AROUND
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WHO CHOSE JUSTICES AND WHO MADE GIFTS TO THE JUSTICES AND IT IS A MESS.
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THE PUBLIC IS READY FOR TERM LIMITS AND TURNOVER.
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A COURT REJUVENATED WITH REGULAR TURNOVER WITH ITS SECRETS
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DISCLOSED AND PROPER ETHICS PROCEDURE COULD MERIT THE CONFIDENCE OF THE AMERICAN
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PEOPLE AND PERFORM THE JUDICIAL FUNCTION HONORABLY. SO, CAN WE WIN A PATHWAY TO
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CLIMATE SAFETY, RID OUR POLITICS OF DARK MONEY, AND LIBERATE A
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CAPTURED COURT? YES, WE ACTUALLY CAN. BUT IT WON'T BE EASY.
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THE SUCCESSFUL FRAUD OF CLIMATE DENIAL, THE INSIDIOUS CORRUPTION
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OF POLITICS BY DARK MONEY AND THE SPECIAL INTEREST CAPTURE OF THE COURT ALL ARE POLITICAL PRIZES THAT WILL BE DEFENDED TO
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THE DEATH BY THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY. THE FOSSIL FUEL-FUNDED
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INFRASTRUCTURE OF FRONT GROUPS THAT LAW ANDERS AND FUNNELS THE
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DARK MONEY AND THE CAPTURED THAT WILL GUIDES THE JUSTICES WILL BE FATING FOR ITS VERY SURVIVAL.
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THE FRONT GROUPS ARE MANY, BUT LIKE KEYS ON A PIANO, THEY ARE PART OF A LARGER INSTRUMENT, A
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FOSSIL FUEL INSTRUMENT OF SECRET INFLUENCE AND CORRUPTION NOW OPERATING OUR GOVERNMENT FROM
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WITHIN. THAT INSTRUMENT MUST BE DEFANNINGED TO REVIVE AMERICAN
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POPULAR DEMOCRACY. IN THIS BATTLE, YES WE HAVE DISADVANTAGES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT FOR
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REPUBLICANS BY THEIR FOSSIL FUEL BILLIONAIRE BACKERS IS IMMENSE. THEY CAN RUN MEDIA OPERATIONS
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THAT DROWN US OUT, THEY HAVE UNLIMITED MONEY, THEY PLAN YEARS IN ADVANCE, THEY'VE WHIPPED THE
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REPUBLICAN PARTY INTO EXCEPTIONAL BATTLE DISCIPLINE. DON'T GET ME WRONG. WE HAVE SOME SUPER TALENT ON THE
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DEMOCRATIC SIDE, BUT IT'S BALLET
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DAN DANCERS. AGAINST SEN TURIANS. WE DON'T HAVE MUCH MUSCLE MEMORY
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FOR FIGHTING EITHER. THE RECENT DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE TENDED TO
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BE CONFLICT AVERS MANY WE HAVE BEEN LESS AGGRESSIVE, LAMBS
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VERSUS WOLVES. THE WOLF DOESN'T FEAR THE BITE OF THE LAMB AND THEY DON'T MUCH FEAR US.
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IMAGINE WINSTON CHURCHILL TRYING TO DEFEND BRITAIN WITHOUT
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LONDON. THIS CAN BE DETERMINATIVE AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT. WE DO HAVE ONE BIG ADVANTAGE.
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THE WHOLE CROOKED APPARATUS OF THE RIGHT-WING FOSSIL FUEL
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BILLIONAIRES DEPENDS ON SECRECY TO WORK ITS EVILS. WE DON'T HAVE TO MATCH FOSSIL FUEL FRONT GROUP FOR FRONT
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GROUP. PROPAGANDA MOUTHPIECE FOR PROPPA GRANDA MOUTHPIECE, LIE FOR LIE,
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EVEN DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE $7 BILLION ON OUR SIDE. OUR CAUSE CAN WIN BY SHINNING A
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BRIGHT LIGHT ON THEIR MISCHIEF AND THEIR MOTIVES.
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AMERICAN LOVE SOLVING MYSTERIES LOVE TO HEAR WHAT PAUL HARVEY CALLED THE END OF THE STORY.
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FOSSIL FUEL HAS TO LIE AND HIDE BEHIND MASKS AND WIN.
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BEAM DON'T LIKE BEING LIED TO. -- PEOPLE DON'T LIKE BEING LIED TO, THE TRUTH, THAT'S OUR
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SUPERPOWER, EVEN WITH THAT SUPERPOWER, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY, WE HAVE TO FACE THERE IS
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SOME REAL WORK AHEAD OF US. I WAS A PROSECUTOR. YOU'VE SEEN THE TV SHOWS,
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PROSECUTORS SHOW ALL OF THE GANG MEMBERS, SHOW WHO IS REPORTING TO AND WHAT PHONE NUMBERS AND
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ADDRESSES WE HAVE AND WHERE THEY GET THEIR GUNS AND DISTRIBUTE
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GUNS, ALL OF THAT GOES UP ON THE WORK BOARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR ADVERSARY.
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INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES DO DEEP RESEARCH INTO THE PERSONNEL OF OPPOSING SERVICES, KNOW YOUR ADVERSARY WILLIAM WE DON'T.
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-- ADVERSARY. WE DON'T. UNTIL RECENTLY FEW DEMOCRATS KNEW WHO LEONARD LEO WAS, THE
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TOP OPERATIVE OF THE COURT CAPTURE SCHEME.
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MOST COULDN'T FACE -- THAT'S NOT THE FAULT OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WE JUST HAD NO WAR ROOM TO ORGANIZE THE INFORMATION. NO OFFENSE COORDINATOR TO PLAN STRATEGY. NO BATTERS BOOK TO TELL US WHO
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CAN'T HIT INSIDE PITCHES, NO CORK BOARD TO PIN UP THE GANG
INFORMATION. CORPORATIONS DO BETTER RESEARCH ON RIVALS WHEN PREPPING A CORPORATE TAKEOVER THAN WE DID
TRYING TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY FROM THIS POLITICAL TAKEOVER. THE IDEA OF A REAL-TIME
ANTIFRAUD CLIMATE CLEANUP OPERATION CENTER, CALLING OUT THE LIES, FOLLOWING THE MONEY
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AND SPOTTING WHO'S BEHIND THE FRONT GROUPS MAY SEE BEYOND OUR REACH, BUT IT'S NOT.
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THE MILITARY'S HAD OP CENTERS FOR YEARS, YOU HAVE SEEN THE
SATELLITE FEEDS AND THE DRONE FEEDS COMING IN, THE RAF, BACK IN WORLD WAR II, HAD A SIMPLER
ONE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN WITH THE PLANE MODELS PUSHED
AROUND WITH THE LONG STICKS ON THE BIG MAP TABLE.
RADAR TOLD THE WAR ROOM WHEN TO SCRAMBLE THE SPIT FIRES AND
TO SEND THEM. WE DON'T HAVE THAT. NO RADAR, NO SPIT FIRES, NO WAR
ROOM IN LONDON MANY BUT WE CAN. REMEMBER THOSE THREE EVILS, THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY'S CLIMATE
DENIAL FRAUD, THE CAPTURE OF THE SUPREME COURT, THAT DARK MONEY
INFILTRATION OF OUR POLITICS. THEY DIDN'T HAPPEN. THEY WERE ALL DONE VERY DELIBERATELY, USING AN ARMADA OF FRONT GROUPS AND
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CAREFULLY SCRIPTED FAKERY. IT IS BEST TO THINK OF IT ALL AS A SINGLE BEAST, A BEAST THAT IS
NOW BuROUwED IN AND IS RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT FOR TRUMP.
IT'S A TAKEOVER BY A SHADOW GOVERNMENT WORKING FOR
RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST AND FOSSIL FUEL POLLUTERS. IF WE DON'T SEE IT FOR WHAT IT
IS AND CALL IT OUT FOR WHAT IT IS, HOW CAN WE WARN PEOPLE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING?
AND IF WE DON'T WARN PEOPLE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW CAN WE
BELIEVE WE'VE DONE OUR DUTY IN THIS MOMENT OF PERIL?
CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES THIS A BATTLE WITH A RATCHET.
THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T COME BACK FROM.
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THE RATCHET HAS CLICKED AND THERE'S NO RETURN. SO IT IS URGENT, IT IS TIME FOR
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US ALL TO WAKE UP AND FIGHT.
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SENATOR FROM RHODE ISLAND. MR. WHITEHOUSE: MR. PRESIDENT, SAILORS AND PILOTS KNOW TO LOOK
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OUT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER AHEAD.
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POLITICIANS CAN GET LOST IN THE MOMENT. WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF A MAJOR
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ECONOMIC SHOCK, BUT CONGRESS IS LOST IN THE MOMENT, NOT PAYING
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ATTENTION. WELL, WHEN THAT ECONOMIC SHOCK H HITS, I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW
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AND WHY WE FAILED TO PROTECT
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THEM. THE SHOCK IS SIMPLE --
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CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES PROPERTY INSURANCE UNPREDICTABLE, SO INSURANCE PRICES SOAR, INSURERS
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WITHDRAW FROM HIGH-RISK REGIONS, AND FAKE OR FLIMSY INSURANCE
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POPULATES THE MARKET. AS THE INSURANCE MARKET GOES, SO
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GOES THE MORTGAGE MARKET, GIVEN THE MANY LINKAGES BETWEEN
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INSURANCE AND MORTGAGES. AS MORTGAGE MARKETS FAIL,
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PROPERTY VALUES FALL, SINCE THERE IS WAY LESS DEMAND FOR
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REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES THAT ARE UNMORTGAGEABLE.
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THE COMBINATION THREATENS A REPRICE OF THE -- REPRISE OF THE
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2008 GREAT RECESSION, OR WORSE. IT'S WHAT ECONOMISTS CALL SYSTEMIC RISK, THE SCARIEST WORD
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IN THE ECONOMIC LEXICON BECAUSE IT MEANS THE DAMAGE CASCADES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ECONOMY,
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HITTING EVERYONE. REMEMBER 2008. EVERYBODY HURT.
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THIS CASCADE IS PRETTY BROADLY PRED PREDICTED, BY INSURERS,
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ECON ECONOMISTS, BANKERS, REGULATORS, EVEN THE BIG SHORT GUY WHO
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PREDICTED THE GREAT RECESSION.
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T "THE ECONOMIST" MAGAZINE HAS WARNED OF A $25 TRILLION HIT TO
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GLOBAL REAL ESTATE VALUES. YES, I SAID TRILLION.
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EVEN CLIMATE-SHY FED CHAIR POWELL PREDICTED WHOLE REGIONS
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OF THE U.S. WOULD SOON GO WITHOUT MORTGAGES.
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SO, WHY THE BIG FAIL HERE? WHY AREN'T WE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE GREAT CLIMATE INSURANCE
3:08
COLLAPSE THAT IS LOOMING AND PREDICTED? TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU HAVE TO
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UNDERSTAND THE FOUR PHASES OF CLIMATE DENIAL, BECAUSE FOSSIL
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FUEL FUNDED CLIMATE DENIAL IS THE ROOT OF THE DANGER.
3:29
PHASE 1 OF CLIMATE DENIAL FOR THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY WAS
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SIMPLE, BURY THE EVIDENCE. DECADES AGO, MANY DECADES AGO,
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SCIENTISTS IN THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY WARNED ABOUT CLIMATE
3:52
CHANGE. EXXON, CHEVRON, SHELL, AMERICAN
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PETROLEUM INSTITUTE, ALL GOT INTERNAL WARNINGS DECADES AGO OF
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THE DANGER AHEAD. INSTEAD OF FACING UP TO THE PROBLEM AND LOOKING FOR
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SOLUTIONS, THEY BURIED THE EVIDENCE AND ACTED AS IF THEY'D
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NEVER BEEN TOLD. JUST KEEP IT SECRET WAS PHASE 1.
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PHASE 2 WAS TO BEGIN ACTIVELY
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MISLEADING THE PUBLIC. TWO THINGS COINCIDED TO KICK OFF
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PHASE 2. ONE WAS SCIENTISTS OUTSIDE THE
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FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY BEGINNING TO PUBLICLY DISCUSS THE CLIMATE DANGERS OF FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION. AND NOT JUST FRINGE SCIENTISTS, EITHER, BUT LEADING SCIENTISTS,}:
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FROM PLACES LIKE NASA. NASA'S PRETTY GOOD WITH SCIENCE.
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YOU KNOW, MAN ON THE MOON, ROVERS DRIVING AROUND MARS.
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ANYWAY, CONGRESS PERKED UP, HEARINGS WERE HELD, AND WHAT
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EXXON AND OTHERS KNEW WAS BROUGHT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC
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DAYLIGHT. THE SECOND THING THAT KICKED OFF PHASE 2 WAS A FEDERAL COURT
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DECISION AGAINST THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY AND ITS FRONT GROUPS
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FOR FRAUDULENTLY MISLEADING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE DANGERS OF TOB
5:36
TOBACCO. FEDERAL JUDGE GLAD IS KESSLER -- GLADYS KESSLER, GOD REST HER
5:43
SOUL, SHE PASSED AWAY TWO MONTHS AGO IN MARCH -- PUT THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY AND ITS
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FRONT GROUPS UNDER COURT ORDER TO STOP THE LYING AND KNOCK OFF
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THE FRAUDS FRAUD. NO MORE LYING, NO MORE FRAUD?
6:05
THAT DECISION PUT THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY'S DENIAL OPERATION OUT
6:10
OF WORK, AT LEAST ON TOBACCO. BUT IT GAVE FOSSIL FUEL A PREFAB
6:20
DENIAL OPERATION TO TAKE OVER, AND SUDDENLY A LOT OF PEOPLE AND
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A LOT OF FRONT GROUPS WHO HAD BEEN EXPERT IN HOW TOBACCO SMOKE
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WASN'T BAD FOR YOU SUDDENLY BECAME EXPERT IN HOW FOSSIL FUEL
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EMISSIONS WOULDN'T WRECK THE EARTH'S CLIMATE. SO, THAT KICKED OFF PHASE 2,
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WITH PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF THE DANGERS AND ATTENTION OF
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CONGRESS, THE TOBACCO FRAUD OPERATION BECAME THE FOSSIL FUEL FRAUD OPERATION, SAME ENTITIES,
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SAME PEOPle, SAME TACTICS. FOR YEARS, THE FOSSIL FUEL
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INDUSTRY USED THAT OPERATION AND ACTUALLY EXPANDED AND MULTIPLIED THAT TOBACCO OPERATION TO SOW
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FALSE DOUBT ABOUT CLIMATE SCIENCE AND TO FRAUDULENTLY SUGGEST WE'D ALL BE WORSE OFF IF
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WE SOLVED THE FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS PROBLEM. ONE SIDEBAR HERE, THAT ALL SEEMS
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TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE. WELL, YES AND NO. YES, IN THAT BILLIONS AND
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BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WERE SPENT ON THE CLIMATE DENIAL FRAUD OPERATION.
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JUST THE WORK TO CAPTURE THE SUPREME COURT, SO IT WOULD BE FRIENDLY TO FOSSIL FUEL
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POLLUTERS HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT ROUGHLY $600 MILLION. AND THAT WORK WAS JUST ONE
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ASPECT OF THE VAST CLIMATE DENIAL FRAUD OPERATION.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CLIMATE DENIAL FRAUD OPERATION WAS
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PROT PROTECTING. THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY FLOATS ON THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC SUBSIDY
8:18
IN HUMAN HISTORY, THANKS TO ITS
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FREE-TO-POLLUTE BUSINESS MODEL. THE VALUE TO FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS OF THAT SUBSIDY, FROM
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BEING ALLOWED TO POLLUTE FOR FREE, HAS BEEN CALCULATED BY THE
8:36
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AT NORTH OF $600 BILLION EVERY
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YEAR. EVERY SINGLE YEAR, 600-PLUS
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BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FREE POLLUTION THAT WE ALL PAY FOR IN VARIOUS WAYS.
8:58
HONEST CALCULATIONS OF WHAT'S CALLED THE SOCIAL COST OF CARBON POLLUTION DIFFER A BIT, BUT
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THEY'RE ALL IN THE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
9:13
SO, WHEN THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY PICKED UP THE TOBACCO FRAUD OPERATION AND MULTIPLIED
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IT, COST WAS NO OBJECT. IMAGINE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY
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SPENT $6 BILLION A YEAR ON THEIR CLIMATE FRAUD OPERATION.
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THAT PAYS THEM BACK OVER $100 EVERY YEAR FOR EVERY SINGLE
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DOLLAR SPENT. IF THEY SPENT $60 BILLION A
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YEAR, IT'S A TEN-TO-ONE PAYBACK.
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IT MAKES THE CLIMATE FRAUD OPERATION LIKELY THE MOST LUCRATIVE SEGMENT OF THE FOSSIL
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FUEL INDUSTRY. SO LET'S JUST SAY PHASE 2 WAS
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ROBUST. OVER 100 FRONT GROUPS, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, STABLES OF FAKE
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SCIENTISTS, MASSIVE MADISON AVENUE PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGNS,
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EVEN ATTACK GOONS TO GO AFTER SCIENTISTS AND REPORTERS.
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IT WAS AND IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST FRAUD OPERATION IN
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HISTORY. BUT A FAIR CAMPAIGN OF LIES AGAINST TRUTH, EVEN WITH
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BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEHIND THE LIES, WON'T GUARANTEE A WIN FOR
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THE LIES. SO, PHASE 2, EVEN WITH ALL OF ITS BILLIONS, HAD ITS LIMITS.
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THAT BRINGS US TO PHASE 3,
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UNLEASHED BY THE CITIZENS UNITED DECISION, A TRULY TOXIC DECISION
11:10
DELIVERED BY AN ALL-REPUBLICAN PANEL OF FIVE ON THE SUPREME
11:16
COURT. THAT DECISION DID TWO THINGS -- ONE, AS A LEGAL MATTER, IT
11:24
UNLEASHED INFINITY SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY INTO OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM.
11:31
TWO, AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, IT ALLOWED THAT MONEY TO BE
11:36
ANONYMOUS, WHAT'S CALLED DARK MONEY, FLOWING INTO THE POLITICAL SYSTEM THROUGH FRONT GROUPS THAT OBSCURE THE ACTUAL
11:44
DONOR KEEPING CITIZENS IN THE DARK ABOUT WHO'S WHO IN THE
11:50
POLITICAL ARENA, AND WHO'S BEHIND WHAT THEY'RE BEING TOLD.
11:57
BASIC INFORMATION TO ACCOMPLISH THE OFFICE OF CITIZEN IN THIS
12:02
GREAT REPUBLIC DENIED TO THE CITIZENS. THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY SOUGHT
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THAT DECISION, WAS PREPARED FOR THAT DECISION, AND MOVED
12:16
AGGRESSIVELY TO FLOOD DARK MONEY INTO ELECTIONS.
12:22
IT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE SPEECH ABOUT FOSSIL FUEL'S ROLE IN THAT CITIZENS UNITED DECISION, BUT
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THE IMPORTANT THING WAS THAT THEY WON. DARK MONEY CORRUPTION NOW COULD
12:36
BUTTRESS CLIMATE DENIAL FRAUD. IN THE CONTEST BETWEEN TRUTH AND
12:44
L LIES, LIES NOW HAD NOT ONLY BILLIONS, BUT AN ENORMOUS NEW DARK MONEY THUMB ON THE
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POLITICAL SCALE. THERE'S A FAMOUS SAYING THAT IT'S HARD TO GET SOMEONE TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING WHEN THEIR
12:58
SALARY DEPENDS ON THEM NOT UNDERSTANDING IT. THANK YOU, UPTON SINCLAIR.
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WELL, RIGHT AWAY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CAME TO DEPEND ON THAT
13:11
FOSSIL FUEL MONEY, AND NO SURPRISE ITS UNDERSTANDING OF
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CLIMATE CHANGE VANISHED. IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS.
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IT WAS NOT ALWAYS LIKE THIS. NOT ON CORRUPTION, NOT ON
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CLIMATE DENIAL. SUPER PACS DIDN'T EVEN USED TO
13:40
EXIST. NONDISCLOSING 501(C)(4)'S STAYED OUT OF POLITICAL ELECTIONS.
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ENTITIES LIKE DONORS TRUST THAT EXIST SOLELY TO LAUNDER OFF
13:54
DONOR IDENTITIES JUST WERE NOT A THING. SHADOWY POLITICAL FRONT GROUPS
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AND SHELL CORPORATIONS WEREN'T EVEN WORTH SETTING UP, UNTIL
14:06
SECRET POLITICAL SPENDING COULD SURGE INTO THE BILLIONS.
14:15
THAT WHOLE NEW CORRUPTING TOXIC POLITICAL ECOSYSTEM HAS
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DEVELOPED TO ENABLE DARK MONEY POWER.
14:28
IT'S ALL NEW, AND IT ALL STINKS.
14:35
CLIMATE DENIAL'S THE SAME. IN THE THREE YEARS AFTER I CAME
14:40
DOT SENATE -- TO THE SENATE AND BEFORE THE TOXIC DECISION IN
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CITIZENS UNITED, BIG CLIMATE BILLS WERE COMMON. I CAN THINK OF FOUR OFFHAND.
14:54
REAL ONES THAT WOULD HAVE REALLY REDUCED EMISSIONS AND REPUBLICAN
14:59
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOHN McCAIN RAN IN 2008,
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NO DENIAL, NO FRAUD. PLEASE REMEMBER, IT ONCE WAS THAT WAY.
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THEN CITIZENS UNITED WAS DECIDED IN JANUARY OF 2010, AND CFSINCE
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THAT DAY THERE HASN'T BEEN A SERIOUS CLIMATE BILL IN THE
15:35
SENATE. THE ECHO CARDIOGRAM OF THE
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CLIMATE CHANGE FLATLINED. NOW OVER 15 YEARS, THE
15:48
COMBINATION OF THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY'S OF THE FRAUD OPERATION AND THE FOSSIL FUEL
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INDUSTRY OF THE DARK MONEY POLITICAL CORRUPTION OPERATION WAS A DEADLY COMBINATION.
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IT WAS LETHAL. JUST AS THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY
16:07
INTENDED, THESE CROOKED, SEMI-COVERT OPERATIONS PROTECTED
16:13
ITS ANNUAL 600-PLUS BILLION DOLLARS FREEDOM TO POLLUTE
16:21
SUBSIDY. AND THE POLLUTION SPEWED AND SPEWED AND SPEWED.
16:29
THE LEGENDARY POLITICAL WHEELER DEALER MARK HANNAH SAID, THERE
16:35
ARE TWO THINGS IMPORTANT IN POLITICS, THE FIRST IS MONEY, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE
16:41
SECOND ONE IS. HISTORIAN JOHN BARRY OBSERVED,
16:46
WHEN YOU MIX POLITICS AND SCIENCE, YOU GET POLITICS.
16:53
UP AGAINST THAT KIND OF MONEY IN POLITICS, SCIENCE NEVER STOOD A
17:01
CHANCE AGAINST FOSSIL FUELS'S LIES -- FOSSIL FUEL'S LIES.
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NOW WE'RE IN PHASE FOUR. THE PHASE WHERE AN INCREASINGLY
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DESPERATE FOSSIL FUEL OPERATION SWITCHES FROM DEFENSE TO OFFENSE, BURYING THE EVIDENCE,
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RUNNING THE CLIMATE DENIAL FRAUD OPERATION, AND CORRUPTING POLITICS WITH DARK MONEY ALL
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WERE ESSENTIALLY DEFENSE AT ALL COSTS -- AT ALL COSTS, PROTECT
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THAT FREE TO POLLUTE 600-PLUS BILLION DOLLAR ANNUAL SUBSIDY.
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PHASE FOUR IS DIFFERENT. PHASE FOUR IS FOSSIL FUEL ON
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OFFENSE, USING THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT TO CRUSH FOSSIL
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FUEL'S CLEAN ENERGY COMPETITION. PHASE FOUR KICKED OFF WITH
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TRUMP. FOSSIL FUEL MAY BE AN EVIL INDUSTRY IN ITS POLITICS BUT IT'S NOT A STUPID ONE.
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IT KNOWS IT'S LOSING. IT SEES THE CLEAN ENERGY COST
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TRENDS. IT KNOWS FREE CLEAN FUELS LIKE THE SUN AND WIND MUST INEVITABLY
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WIN. IT KNOWS THAT A COMMODITY'S PRICE SET BY A FOREIGN CARTEL
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WILL SOONER OR LATER BLOW UP IN ITS FACE.
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IT KNOWS THAT POLLUTING FOR FREE, CONTRARY TO MORAL AS WELL
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AS ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES, CAN ONLY BE PROTECTED FOR SO LONG.
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IT KNOWS THAT LAST YEAR 95% OF NEW POWER COMING ON TO THE GRID
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IN THE UNITED STATES WAS CLEAN POWER, WIND, SOLAR, AND BATTERY
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STORAGE. FOSSIL FUEL KNOWS ITS DAYS ARE
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NUMBERED. SO IT HAS INFILTRATED THE TRUMP
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ADMINISTRATION AND IS RUNNING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR
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ITS OWN BENEFIT FROM THE INSIDE.
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THERE'S A KIND OF WASP, A WASP THAT INJECTS ITS LARVAE INTO
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ANOTHER BUG, AND ITS LARVAE THEN
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TAKE OVER THE COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS OF THAT
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UNFORTUNATE BUG FROM THE INSIDE. THE LARVAE DRIVE THE BUG AROUND
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LIKE YOU OR I MIGHT DRIVE A CAR AROUND EXCEPT THAT THE LARVAE
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ARE EATING IT FROM THE INSIDE AT THE SAME TIME.
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THAT'S A GOOD IMAGE TO KEEP IN MIND ABOUT THE CORRUPT TRUMP
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REGIME AND WHO'S DRIVING IT. UNDER TRUMP, THE GOVERNMENT OF
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THE UNITED STATES IS BEING DRIVEN BY THOSE FOSSIL FUEL
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LARVAE TO ATTACK CHEAPER, CLEANER, LESS SUBSIDIZED ENERGY
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COMPETITORS THAT ARE WINNING AGAINST POLLUTING FOSSIL FUEL.
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THERE WAS A TIME WHEN REPUBLICANS USED TO SAY GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T PICK
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WINNERS AND LOSERS. LIKE SO MANY VANISHING
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REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES, WHAT A LAUGH THAT ONE NOW IS.
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TRUMP ASKED THIS INDUSTRY FOR A BILLION DOLLARS IN CAMPAIGN
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CASH. AND WHO KNOWS WHAT HE GOT, BUT IT WAS PROVABLY HUNDREDS OF
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MILLIONS. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS AS DEPENDENT ON FOSSIL FUEL DARK
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MONEY AS A DEEP SEA DIVER IS ON HIS AIR HOSE.
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PINCH THAT FLOW JUST A LITTLE, AND THE DIVER WILL DANCE WHATEVER JIG WHATEVER HE HAS TO
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DANCE TO GET HIS AIR FLOW BACK. SO REPUBLICANS DANCE, THE FOSSIL
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FUEL -- DANCE THE FOSSIL FUEL DENIAL FRAUD JIG. JUST A HIGHLIGHTS REEL IS ENOUGH
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TO EXPOSE THE ROT. TRUMP'S ENERGY EXECUTIVE ORDER DENIED THAT SOLAR AND WIND
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ENERGY WERE EVEN ENERGY, VIOLATING THE VERY DICTIONARY.
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REPUBLICANS WENT TO BAT USING THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT TO
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DEFEND THE METHANE LEAKERS. THE ONES THAT WEREN'T EVEN
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MEETING THEIR OWN INDUSTRY STANDARDS. KEEP LEAKING GUYS WAS THE
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MESSAGE. SENATE REPUBLICANS EVEN WENT NUCLEAR, OVERRULING OUR
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PARLIAMENTARIAN TO UNDO THE AUTO EMISSION STANDARDS FOLLOWED BY MUCH OF THE COUNTRY, NEVER MIND
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THE DAMAGE TO THE AUTO INDUSTRY.
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TRUMP ILLEGALLY SHUT DOWN NEARLY FINISHED WIND FARMS WHOSE CLEAN
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ELECTRONS WOULD DISPLACE GAS-GENERATED ELECTRONS AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR.
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THOSE CLEAN ELECTRONS ALSO SAVED
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CONSUMERS TENS OF MILLIONS.
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LESS POLLUTION, MORE SAVINGS. WE CAN'T HAVE THAT, SAID
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REPUBLICANS. THEY'VE EVEN -- THEY'VE EVEN UNDONE THE SOCIAL COST OF CARBON
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RULES AS IF THE POLLUTION WASN'T REAL, THAT ARE TRYING TO UNDO
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THE ENDANGERMENT FINDING AS IF THE POLLUTION ISN'T A DANGER.
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IT'S ALL A PACK OF LIES AND --
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AND NONSENSE. BUT IT HAS A PURPOSE, CRUSH AMERICA'S CLEAN ENERGY INDUSTRY.
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IT'S A SEPARATE SPEECH WHAT ECONOMIC DAMAGE THAT DOES TO
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AMERICA IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AS THE REST OF THE WORLD MOVES TO CLEAN ENERGY AND
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WE GET LEFT BEHIND. SO WHERE ARE WE?
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THANKS TO FOSSIL FUEL'S MASSIVE CLIMATE DENIAL FRAUD AND DARK
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MONEY POLITICAL CORRUPTION, STORM CLOUDS LOOM AHEAD.
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FLORIDA IS OUR PREVIEW OF COMING
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ATTRACTIONS, AN INSURANCE MARKET IN GRAVE DISTRESS, MORT
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MARKETS -- MORTGAGE MARKETS BEGINNING TO TREMBLE,
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MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES FINDING IT HARD TO SELL HOMES. THE CHIEF ECONOMIST OF FREDDIE
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MAC SOME YEARS AGO PREDICTED THIS CASCADE FROM INSURANCE TO
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MORTGAGES TO PROPERTY VALUES TO WHAT HE THEN CALLED A COASTAL
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PROPERTY VALUES CRASH THAT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE ECONOMY LIKE THE
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2008 GREAT RECESSION. NOTE THAT WORD COASTAL. WELL, IT'S NOT JUST COASTAL
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ANYMORE. WILDFIRE NOW MATCHES COASTAL AS AN ADDED THREAT THAT CAN TRIGGER
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THAT ECONOMIC CASCADE INTO COLLAPSE.
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ON TOP OF THAT LOOMS THE
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LONG-PREDICTED CARBON BUBBLE. WHAT'S THE CARBON BUBBLE? THAT'S WHEN THE FOSSIL FUEL
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INDUSTRY COLLAPSES IN A SUDDEN AND DISORDERLY FASHION BECAUSE WE WERE IRRESPONSIBLE ABOUT A
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GRADUAL AND RELIABLE ENERGY TRANSITION. AND BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT COASTAL
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OR WILDFIRE OR CARBON BUBBLE COLLAPSE, ALL THREE COULD
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HAPPEN. EACH COLLAPSE MAKING THE OTHERS FASTER AND MORE DEEP AND
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DANGEROUS AND PAINFUL. REMEMBER HEMINGWAY'S NOTORIOUS
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LINE THAT YOU GO BROKE GRADUALLY AND THEN ALL AT ONCE.
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WHAT COULD PROVOKE THIS ALREADY GRADUAL COLLAPSE TO SUDDENLY GO
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ALL AT ON? WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS
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THIS COULD HAPPEN. ONE, IS RELATED TO OPEC.
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SAY A LOW-COST OIL AND GAS PRODUCER LIKE SAUDI ARABIA
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DECIDES TO SELL FUEL AT COST
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RATHER THAN AT THE OPEC CARTEL
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PRICE. WHEN THEY SEE IT'S TIME TO MAKE THE MOVE FOR THE EXITS AND SELL
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WHAT THEY CAN WHILE THEY STILL
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CAN, WHEN THEY DO THAT, THE AMERICAN FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY
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RAPIDLY COLLAPSES BECAUSE OUR FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY CAN NO LONGER COMPETE.
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IT'S ONLY PROFITABLE AT PUFFED UP AT OPEC CARTEL PRICES, NOT AT
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THE PRICES SAUDI ARABIA COULD BRING TO THE MARKET IF IT CHOSE TO.
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SO INSTANT CRASH. HERE'S ANOTHER SCENARIO.
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FANNIE AND FREDDIE, THE MORTGAGE GIANTS, STOP ACCEPTING MORTGAGES
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INSURED BY FLORIDA'S FLIMSY POPUP PROPERTY INSURANCE
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COMPANIES. OVER A DOZEN OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY GONE BUST SINCE
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HURRICANE ERMA IN 2017. IT IS A HUGE TAXPAYER LIABILITY
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FOR FREDDIE AND FANNIE TO ASSUME ALL THAT RISK WITHOUT CREDIBLE
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INSURANCE. LOCAL FLORIDA BANKS WON'T HOLD THOSE MORTGAGES BECAUSE THE
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30-YEAR RISK TO A BANK IS NOT SURVIVABLE.
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FLORIDA BECOMES A REGION CHAIRMAN POWELL PREDICTED WHERE
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YOU CAN'T GET MORTGAGES ANYMORE. A MASSIVE ASSET REPRISING THEN
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FOLLOWS THAT TRIGGERS SYSTEMIC ECONOMIC DAMAGE. PERHAPS EVEN CASCADING GLOBALLY
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AS THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE WARNED.
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THE TRUSTY SIGN THAT I WORKED WITH ALL THESE YEARS THROUGH HUNDREDS OF SPEECHES IS TIME TO
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WAKE UP. I'M NOT SURE WE CAN SAVE
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OURSELVES ANY LONGER. WE'VE BLOWN SO MANY CHANCES.
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THE REMAINING PATHWAY TO CLIMATE SAFETY IS STEEP AND NARROWING,
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AND THE CLIMATE CHASM DEEPS BY THE DAY. THE EVIL FORCES THAT PUT US IN
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THIS DANGER ARE MORE POWERFUL,
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DESPERATE, AND MALEVOLENT THAN EVER. THE MASSIVE ECONOMIC SHOCK SO
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MANY FORESEE COULD COME NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH, OR NEXT YEAR.
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IT MAY NOW BE TOO LATE TO
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PREVENT IT. IT MAY NOW BE TOO LATE TO WAKE
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UP. I HOPE WE CAN PULL THIS OFF, BUT
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OUR CHANCES HAVE REALLY SLIM ME. SO I'M HERE BECAUSE I FOR DAMN
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SURE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY WE GOT TO THIS DANGEROUS PRECIPICE
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AND WHO IS TO BLAME.
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CHALK IT UP TO A MASSIVE
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SEMICOVERT OPERATION OF INDUSTRIAL-SCALE DISINFORMATION AND DARK MONEY INFLUENCE RUN
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AGAINST OUR COUNTRY FROM WITHIN BY A POLLUTING INDUSTRY FIGHTING
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TO POLLUTE FOR FREE. AND BY THE POLITICIANS WHO
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ENABLED IT FOR MONEY.
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