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Rhiannon12866

(205,220 posts) Mon Feb 22, 2021, 12:50 AM Feb 2021

Climate reporter Emily Atkin joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss how climate change contributed to what's happening in Texas.

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How GOP Climate Denial and Texas Weather Created Perfect Storm for Tragedy - The Mehdi Hasan Show (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Feb 2021 OP

How true! Blue Owl Feb 2021 #1

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1. How true!

Mon Feb 22, 2021, 12:56 AM

Feb 2021

If only they would learn from these moments...

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2. To say nothing of deregulation, disinvestment - and just plain, old-fashioned greed

Mon Feb 22, 2021, 01:06 AM

Feb 2021

Because if your business model is predicated on turning a calamity into a "jackpot," that can only mean trouble.

Texas-sized trouble.