Biden has created a thriving economy, climate change is threatening all of that, and what are the Republicans trying to do. To shut down the government make everything function poorly, while they try to impeach Biden. The Republicans need to lose so badly in the coming election that the party reforms. We cannot go on as a country with one party committed to Democracy and the other committed to… beyond power and greed I don’t really know.
Speaker of the House Representative Kevin McCarthy Credit: Creative Commons
Far-right House Republicans aching for a battle with President Joe Biden are pushing for a federal government shutdown if they do not get their way on massive spending cuts and the addition of extremist policies added to major “must-pass” spending bills. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is supporting them.
U.S. Rep. Bob Good, a far-right Republican of Virginia, Tuesday morning on the steps of Capitol Hill pushed for a government shutdown, falsely claiming Americans wouldn’t even notice, and suggesting shutting down the U.S. Government would be good for the country.
He insisted, ”we should not fear a government shutdown.”
Emma Dumain and Rebekah Alve, Staff Writers - E&E News Daily
Stephan:
I confess I do not understand how any rational person can fail to see what climate change is doing to earth’s matrix of life. And yet there are millions both in Congress and in MAGAt world who cannot seem to grasp what is happening.
Republican Representative. Byron Donalds of Florida has been active on energy issues, particularly nuclear, but doesn’t tie extreme temperatures to climate change. Credit: Francis Chung / Politico
Heat waves, wildfire smoke and floods have swept across the U.S. and the world this summer, but extreme weather events aren’t swaying House Republicans on climate change — at least not yet.
Indeed, while scientists have widely linked the recent alarming weather to global warming, many Republicans are still not sold on the science of climate change. And even those who do believe say concerns about the climate crisis are overblown.
Although GOP members have changed their rhetoric on climate change in recent years, comments this week show deep divisions remain within the party.
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) mused that wildfires in Canada that have blown toxic smoke into major U.S. cities, canceling outdoor events and keeping many indoors, could have been caused by “lightning” or “arson” rather than “global warming.”
His comments were made during a hearing to undermine environmental, social and governance investing (ESG) and poke holes at a movement by regulators […]
This is how the Republican culture war is affecting how Americans see America. It’s pathetic.
American patriotism has faced a steep decline among young adults over the last decade, and now sits at a record low.
Why it matters: Pride in national identity is lowest among those 18-34, and illustrates the fracture between young Americans and older generations at a time of deep partisanship in the United States.
In the most recent Gallup poll, Americans 55 and older were nearly 3 timesmore likely to be extremely prideful of their nationality than younger generations.
By the numbers: Overall, 39% of U.S. adults say they are “extremely proud” to be American in the most recent poll.
Meanwhile, only 18% of those aged 18-34 said the same, compared to 40% of those aged 35-54 and 50% of those 55 and over.
By comparison, in 2013, 85% of those aged 18-29 said they were “extremely” or “very” proud to be an American.
The big picture: The percentage of U.S. adults of all ages polled who say they are “extremely proud” to be American remains near a record low, per Gallup.
Looking at the last two decades, the percentage […]
We, as a nation, as a people, are in big trouble. We are not doing anything like what is required to stop further degradation of our environment and the breakdown of our ecosystems. What is worse we have a minority fraction of our society, driven by short-term greed or ignorance or, probably a mix of both who seek to stop climate remediation. This has to end. The Republican Party must lose so badly at every level in the 2024 elections that the party reinvents itself. We are a two-party system country, and we need both parties to be committed to fostering wellbeing.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and President Joe Biden. Photo illustration by The Lever. Source images: John Locher, Mariam Zuhaib, Susan Walsh / AP
As record heat and wildfire smoke engulf huge swaths of the country, President Joe Biden could free up disaster relief funds and slash carbon emissions by declaring a climate emergency — a move Democratic lawmakers have repeatedly called on him to make.
But last month, a group of Republicans introduced a bill to prevent Biden from making such a declaration, with one senator arguing it would wrongfully “grant him more executive authority and grow the size of government all in the name of climate change.”
If Biden were to declare a national emergency over climate change, he could take aggressive action to cut fossil fuel production and speed up clean energy manufacturing by reimposing the ban on crude oil exports, halting oil and gas leasing, investing in public transit infrastructure, and requiring private companies to manufacture renewables.
“It’s outrageous that Republicans are trying to obstruct the government from confronting the climate crisis even as 100 million Americans are under […]
Josh Israel, - The American Independent Foundation
Stephan:
We have an anti-science political cult in the United States that is actively working against our national wellbeing. This is not a partisan statement, it is a statement of fact. It is amazing to me that we could be going through the change in climate we are currently enduring, listen to any weather broadcast anytime you like to see this confirmed, and yet there is a political party and individuals within that party who do not want us to understand what is going on, and what can be done to alleviate what climate change is doing. Like the anti-vaxxers they are going to cause great misery, untold death, and great expense.
Two hundred and six House Republicans voted unsuccessfully on Wednesday night to insert an amendment into a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that would have required that the words “climate change” in the bill be replaced with the word “weather.”
Referring to the requirement that the FAA study air turbulence, Tennessee Republican Rep. Andy Ogles, who introduced the amendment, said: “As part of this, it requires the agency to conduct R&D to understand the impacts of climate change and other factors on the nature of turbulence. My amendment changes this requirement to focus on the impacts of weather rather than climate change. Weather patterns are a common cause of turbulence.” Ogles’ amendment was intended “to clarify that a study of turbulence should include a focus on weather conditions rather than climate change since weather is the proximate cause.”
Had it passed, the amendment would have limited the agency’s study of increased aviation turbulence to focusing solely on the weather, rather than the underlying cause of higher air temperatures.
