Let’s be clear. The terrible shooting in Colorado Springs this weekend is a direct result of the hateful and violent rhetoric that has been allowed to grow in this country. We must stand united with the LGBTQ+ community and speak out against bigotry everywhere we find it.
Obviously the House may make it much less relevant, but on some issues there's a significant difference between Manchin being the last D vote and Sinema being the last D vote. In particular, Sinema supported many climate mitigation policies that Manchin killed
Schools in Pennsylvania closed due to extreme heat.
Homes in Metro Detroit are in the dark after a storm yesterday.
Water plant breaks down in Miss. resulting in no clean drinking water.
Climate crisis is here & we still have fossil fuel industry controlling climate policy.
It's funny how the media shames Bernie for his objections to the bill not doing enough for the poor and elderly but treat Sinema and Manchin and Thune creating carvouts for the wealthy as just normal.
None of the positive climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act would’ve happened without progressives and young people organizing across this nation for a Green New Deal.
The work continues, but this is a small victory. We can and will do better!
A DC judge said today @DecEmergency participant Max is a “danger to the community” bcuz Max has repeated arrests for nonviolent protest. She kept him in jail over the weekend - Monday he gets a GPS monitor and home confinement.
Not in violence but in peace.
Not in fear but in hope.
Not in hatred but in love.
We marched to the main entrance of the Congressional Baseball Game. And blockaded it.
BREAKING: we converged on the Congressional Baseball Game to tell those in power we are in a climate emergency. We have not a moment to waste. It’s time to seal this deal.
The system is rigged when one man, who profits off of fossil fuels, can hold life-saving climate legislation hostage.
But if 50 Senators are actually committed to voting for a package that reduces emissions by 40% by 2030, Congress must pass it immediately.
Allegheny County exec Rich Fitzgerald said today not all fracking companies are bad environmental actors. "These companies all get painted with broad brush, if we did that around things like gender or ethnicity or sexual orientation or race, that's not the way we do things."
Consider two models: Biden/Eric Adams v DeSantis
Biden/Adams: Punch at others within their own coalition. Pundits cheer it. Problem: those are your people. Approvals plummet.
DeSantis: Rally the base with a message that avoids turning off indies/mods. Harder, but it pays off.