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14. Yes! Reminds that around the time LBJ warned congress

Mon Jul 10, 2023, 09:40 AM

Jul 2023

to start fighting global warming, RW powers got busy training the populace to deny it and oppose action. You can see it reflected in the League of Conservation Voters' data on congressional voting records, which they started publishing I think the year before (after?) Biden was first elected.

Protection in various ways of the environment that had been endorsed by Republican legislators began dwindling, which then sped up over the decades, then turned extreme. Now their annual voting record is almost uniformly rated at 0%. Their voters expect that of them now, of course. Democrats are almost uniformly 100% each year, as their voters expect.

Sigh.

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An Iowa meteorologist started talking about climate change on newscasts. Then came the harassment [View all] BeckyDem Jul 2023 OP

The asshole who harassed him: dalton99a Jul 2023 #1

Scary how brain washed they are. BeckyDem Jul 2023 #2

What surprises me is the amount of hatred they have for Joe Biden, a good man Walleye Jul 2023 #4

Yea, it is crazy. BeckyDem Jul 2023 #5

also jimmy carter . bill clinton. obama. need i say more? AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 #11

Yes, excellent point. I just know Joe Biden better. I've seen him up close for years. Walleye Jul 2023 #20

also dont forget that the branch dividians did that too. AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author jayschool2013 Jul 2023 #13

Convinced NowISeetheLight Jul 2023 #19

I guess they think that Satan is stronger than God Walleye Jul 2023 #21

And we shall know them by their childish tantrums and subliterate grammar. Torchlight Jul 2023 #6

It's amazing how the members of the GQP have so quickly become Ostriches on every issue. usaf-vet Jul 2023 #22

He left because of the $150 fine, Insane judge. GreenWave Jul 2023 #26

$150?? That's it??? "The Iowan welcome" is a pretty clear Takket Jul 2023 #38

Violence is the default position of the visionless. Kid Berwyn Jul 2023 #3

and now he has resigned CurtEastPoint Jul 2023 #7

It is so sad to see that but I get it. n/t BeckyDem Jul 2023 #9

So resistance to discussion of causes is wide enough to affect ratings. Hortensis Jul 2023 #8

That's a good observation. At this point in time they have a collective approach that has enhanced BeckyDem Jul 2023 #10

Yes! Reminds that around the time LBJ warned congress Hortensis Jul 2023 #14

Yep, can you imagine an Eisenhower today? Never ever happen. BeckyDem Jul 2023 #23

Elected, nope! But they still exist and there will be a future... Hortensis Jul 2023 #25

One of Reagan's inner circle made a full turn around. BeckyDem Jul 2023 #28

The article mentions public skepticism of news media but it's not that, it's public corruption Alexander Of Assyria Jul 2023 #12

:) What is Canada's plan? Not so mentioned down here in GA. Hortensis Jul 2023 #16

Lots of stories in past year on the new Media Act to protect original news content from Alexander Of Assyria Jul 2023 #33

Thanks. With the U.S. hamstrung by the RW's Hortensis Jul 2023 #35

Rs saw what Canada did, they watch carefully even if the masses don't. Alexander Of Assyria Jul 2023 #36

:) Well, the executive branch doesn't make law, but... Hortensis Jul 2023 #40

To me the Democratic Party is a carbon copy of the Canadian liberal party, and as Alexander Of Assyria Jul 2023 #41

Goodness. Okay. Our founders tried to design for no parties, Hortensis Jul 2023 #42

It appears that a vast majority of people ignore the issue Kaleva Jul 2023 #15

There's finally real estate trend of investing/moving "north" for climate reasons. nt Hortensis Jul 2023 #17

There's still some time Kaleva Jul 2023 #18

For sure. People are still flowing south. TX and FL are booming. Hortensis Jul 2023 #24

It's sad his station didn't back him up better SouthernDem4ever Jul 2023 #27

I hear you. BeckyDem Jul 2023 #30

Iowans are so dependent on weather for their crops, you'd think they'd be smarter than this FakeNoose Jul 2023 #29

Republicans must be knocking each other out of the way to scream "Cancel Culture!" Right? gratuitous Jul 2023 #31

wait till their first mass crop failure because of the heat. Javaman Jul 2023 #32

Here in Milwaukee Jimbo S Jul 2023 #37

In 2023: dalton99a Jul 2023 #39