THOM HARTMANN, AUG 27, 2022, Common Dreams and LA Progressive, https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/the-march-towards-us-fascism-began-with-the-corporate-hijacking-of-democracy At bottom, the Court’s opinion is thus a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need to prevent corporations from undermining self-government since the founding , and who have fought against the distinctive corrupting potential of corporate electioneering since the days of Theodore …
Power, Workers, and the Fight for Climate Justice
https://www.midnightsunmag.ca/power-workers-and-the-fight-for-climate-justice/ 7. 12. 2021 by Tara Olivetree (Ehrcke) The power of the fossil fuel industry is massive. Fossil fuel companies are worth at least $18 trillion in stock equity, which represents about a quarter of total global stock markets. These vast resources and their outsized share of the world economy allow the industry to continually assert their interests, no matter …
Why Do We Buy SUVs and Pickups? A new British study blames advertising for selling false promises of safety and superiority.
By Lloyd Alter, April 27, 2021. Fact checked by Haley Mast Every time we write a post suggesting any kind of limits on light trucks such as SUVs and pickups, we get comments like “I need it to tow my trailer full of ATVs over Red Mountain Pass in Colorado.” However, a new report titled Mindgames on Wheels – from the New Weather Institute …
The Big Con: How Big Polluters are advancing a “net zero” climate agenda to delay, deceive, and deny
Download As the impacts of the climate crisis become ever more apparent, people around the world, led by Indigenous Peoples, women, youth, and frontline communities, are demanding action. In response, Big Polluters and the governments that do their bidding have begun to tout commitments to achieve “net zero” emissions as solutions to the crisis they have caused. This report makes …
Texas AG Ken Paxton, told Trump advisor Steven Bannon on a public show that he delivered Trump’s win in Texas by blocking mail-in voting in 2020
June 2021 – Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, told Trump advisor Steven Bannon on a public show on June 4 that had he not been successful with lawsuits to block mail-in ballots, Trump definitely would have lost the election in Texas. Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/texas-ag-says-trump-wouldve-lost-state-if-it-hadnt-blocked-mail-ballots-applications-being-1597909. Also see: https://www.rawstory.com/ken-paxton-texas-voter-suppression/ and https://hillreporter.com/texas-ag-admits-trump-wouldve-lost-the-state-without-blocking-mail-in-voting-103060 and https://www.democracydocket.com/2021/06/texas-ag-credits-trump-victory-to-blocking-mail-ballots/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/us/politics/mark-meadows-justice-department-election.html
WV Can’t Wait! Also, viral video – Mountain State person forcibly removed for calling attention to oil-and-gas donations to lawmakers’ campaigns
By Avi Selk Feb. 12, 2018 – Also see WV Can’t Wait https://wvcantwait.com/ Video of a little-known candidate for a statehouse seat in West Virginia went viral over the weekend after she was forcibly removed from a hearing for reciting a list of oil-and-gas donations to lawmakers’ campaigns. Here is her story. You don’t run for the statehouse in rural West Virginia because you’re in it for the fame. Lissa Lucas hadn’t raised much …
Our fragile democracy, minimum wage fight, justice system and more
Feb 2021 With Trump’s Acquittal, The Fragility Of America’s Democracy Is Even More Clear (FiveThirtyEight) — “Even if Trump himself doesn’t seek the presidency again, aspiring Republican politicians know now that the party’s base and elected officials will tolerate a lot of anti-democratic behavior. So, both Trump and Trump-style politics remain major threats to American democracy and potentially the future …
Thousands Of Judges Who Broke Laws Or Oaths Remained On The Bench and Have Been Emboldened by Impunity
Thousands Of Judges Who Broke Laws Or Oaths Remained On The Bench (Reuters) — “Judges across America who were allowed to keep positions of extraordinary power and prestige after violating judicial ethics rules or breaking laws they pledged to uphold, a Reuters investigation found…Judges have made racist statements, lied to state officials and forced defendants to languish in jail without …
Mississippi regulators force Mississippi Power to close unneeded coal and gas plants
By Daniel Tait | February 23, 2021 | Tags: Georgia Power, Mississippi Public Service Commission, Plant Daniel, Plant Greene, Plant Watson | URL: https://wp.me/p7hDYu-4Xa Mississippi regulators force Mississippi Power to close unneeded coal and gas plants Mississippi regulators are forcing Mississippi Power to shutter as many as 950 megawatts of uneconomic and unneeded legacy coal and gas plants by the end …
Natural gas utilities lobby for pre-emption against gas bans and building decarbonization
Across the country, natural gas utilities and their lobby, the American Gas Association, are lobbying state legislatures to adopt laws preempting cities and municipalities from banning new natural gas infrastructure in order to combat climate change. Preemption laws are an anti-majoritarian tool increasingly used by business lobbying groups and conservative lawmakers to stem grassroots progressive momentum. Gas Industry Lobbies In …