green new deal

Suppose it was discovered tomorrow that the greenhouse effects has been way underestimated, and that the catastrophic effects are actually going to set in 10 years from now, and not 100 years from now or something. Well, given the state of the popular movements we have today, we’d probably have a fascist takeover-with everybody agreeing to it, because that would be the only method for survival that anyone could think of. I’d even agree to it, because there’s just no other alternatives right now.
— Noam Chomsky, Understanding Power, 2002

I was shocked to learn that Jack Abramoff is still working as a DC lobbyist. I thought he was selling kosher pizza for a living. Who would be seen with him? Who would even take his call? He was involved with so many scandals that Wikipedia has a unique page called Jack Abramoff Scandals, not a topic... its own page. A couple of reminders.

Feelin' the Bern yet? Watch that video above; it's short and sweet. "Our president is a liar," Bernie said yesterday. "The Green New Deal is a bold proposal that will radically transform our energy system into sustainable sources of energy while creating millions of jobs and revitalizing our communities.

The political system in the United States is a plutocracy, one that works for the benefit of the wealthy, not the people. Although we face growing crises on multiple fronts – economic insecurity, a violent and racist state, environmental devastation, never-ending wars and more – neither of the Wall Street-funded political parties will take action to respond. Instead, they are helping the rich get richer.

Sunrise, the chief lobbyists, have a complex web of donors that include the Rockefeller Family Fund and other non-profit partners including the Center for Popular Democracy, the the Sierra Club, Greenpeace and many more organizations that are financed by billionaire George Soros.

Tom Suozzi is generally thought of as a pretty conservative Democrat, but when it comes to action on Climate Change... the guy loves his familyWhen AOC first announced the Green New Deal resolution on February 7, she quickly garnered 65 co-sponsors in the House. Exactly 10 days later I count 87, including AOC, in total. Still no Republicans. That is scary.

It’s very clear that conservatives have one plan for dealing with the popularity of the Green New Deal: scaring the hell out of people. Myron Ebell of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, the man who led the drive to pull America out of the Paris climate accords, said the other day that the Green New Deal was a “back-to-the-dark-ages manifesto.”[Read More...]

On KABC this morning, Ann Coulter addressed the massive morning drive audience about her former hero, Donald Trump, urging them to "Forget the fact that he's digging his own grave. The only national emergency is that our president is an idiot." We don't all agree why, but I think that a good 70% of the country would agree. So much has happened since she wrote In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome! in 2016. Earlier this morning someone asked Trump how much influence she's had over his policy decisions. "Ann Coulter," he babbled, "I don’t know her. I hardly know her.

Richard Houck, author of Liberalism Unmasked, joins Henrik to discuss Trump's State of the Union address, the no-go on the wall and the recent controversy when Muslim Representative Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, drew attention to the influence that AIPAC has on American politicians. We talk about how the Democrat party is turning hard-left and what that means for Israel and those who advocated for the demographic change of America.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, in support of the Green New Deal, announced that Los Angeles will abandon plans to rebuild three natural gas plants, despite concerns the city will suffer acute power shortages. Population control is the end goal.