BTC talks with attorney Mark Elias about the the lawsuit in Florida winning against the unconstitutional Republican gerrymandering that demolished a black majority district, and lawsuits in other states against Republican gerrymandering. Mr. Elias is a real hero for taking on the unconstitutional power grabbing the Republicans have been doing in order to deny minority
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Quote: “”I think we are in an unprecedented time in our country’s history where Republicans are willing to corrupt every process of democracy to fulfill a political objective. Republicans in Wisconsin don’t want Fair districting. Republicans in Wisconsin don’t want a woman to make her own reproductive decisions. And they are willing to corrupt the
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It’s true: corporations have no pretense of democracy. This may not run for you if you’re not on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/100009308115158/posts/pfbid02L55DcPLFiL5ZQLie7Cmms7DhbcNuKgQ3F5p1cZF8xzAKHAMmC9QGGPSTXNWuxWjNl/?mibextid=NOb6eG
This PBS Newshour article explains what the effect is of the wealthy on carbon emissions. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/this-study-calculated-the-carbon-emissions-of-getting-rich
Quote: “”The wealthiest tenth of U.S. households are the source of 40 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions, according to research published in the journal PLOS Climate.”” Quote: “”The wealthiest 1 percent of households were responsible for between 15 percent and 17 percent of emissions.”” 40 percent of US climate emissions attributed to richest households:
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After the 2020 election all these restrictions started being passed by the mostly Republican legislatures. What has happened in the last few years? Haven’t they been challenged in courts and found to be a violation of free speech? All these ‘agenda’ laws got passed and analysis shows that they don’t meet the criteria of serving
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My interpretation of his discussion is that Trump and the rest of the Republican party who have supported him have ripped apart the fabric of American Democracy and it will never be repaired. This 12 minute interview by Judy Woodruff is to me an exceedingly important assessment of the horrible state of American democracy –
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An Op-Ed; at the end she said: “”It’s another strength that will uphold Tesla in times of Elon’s antics, which may serve, again and again, to be little more than a puerile distraction.”” Op-Ed: Tesla Is Too Established Now To Fail — Even With Elon’s Antics
The climate science deniers use the open records laws and FOIA requests to generate misinformation and corrupt the findings of the scientists and researchers. Quote: “”Bad-faith open records requests damage science in many ways, from discouraging frank conversations to providing opportunities for hostile actors to misconstrue phrases, including scientific jargon, and use these to mislead
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Quotes: “” James Hansen & The Sounds Of Silence Hansen’s words fell on deaf ears. His warnings spawned a movement populated by opportunists, know-nothings, charlatans, and committed climate deniers like that consummate jackass James Inhofe, a senator who once brought a snowball into the well of the Senate to “prove” that climate change was a
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