Tag: Trump
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US Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement Will Cause ‘Real Harm’
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In fact, the Paris Agreement only gets us about halfway globally to the carbon reductions we need to avert catastrophic warming of the planet, of two degrees Celsius or more, 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit or more. So that’s the direct effect. The indirect effect of course is that it sends the wrong message to other major players,…
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Trump’s Space Force: Military Profiteering’s Final Frontier
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Harvey Wasserman analyzes Trump's call for a space Force
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Obama’s Hidden Role in Worsening Climate Change
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It should be a scandal that leftists-liberals paint Trump as a special threat, a war mongerer – not Obama who is the first president to be at war everyday of his eight years, who is waging seven wars at present, who dropped three bombs an hour, 24 hours a day, the entire 2016. Here is some…
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As the Climate Melts, Democracy Must Be Rescued and Transformed; Capitalism Can’t Be
Both capitalism and electoral democracy impede effective climate action. But while we have to defend and transform democracy, there is no possibility that capitalism can be made compatible with either global climate mitigation or social and economic justice. Donald Trump plans to dismantle America’s already weak climate policy, potentially dooming not only this country…
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Newest Football Team: Trump University Traitors
Lying in bed Superbowl Sunday night, I saw the news of the spectacular win by the Patriots. Dozing off, I mused: Wouldn't it be a SuperDuperBowl if the “Patriots” played a team called the “Traitors?” But who would dub themselves “Traitors?” I drifted into the strangest dream. Donald Trump was surrounded his…
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Black Snakes on the Move: Pipeline Expansion Out of Control
A Lakota prophecy tells of a mythic Black Snake that will move underground and bring destruction to the Earth. The “seventh sign” in Hopi prophecy involves the ocean turning black and bringing death to many sea-dwelling creatures. It doesn’t take an over-active imagination to make a connection between these images and oil pipelines and spills.…
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Dawn of the Resistance
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Mark Harris speculates that the recent Women's March on Washington, as well as its' sister marches in other cities, is the beginning of a successful movement against capitalism in the US.