The people who actually study climate change, who know the facts, are getting more and more alarmed. Here is an example of what I mean. We are about to have a national election that will define our state and federal governments. Do you see climate change as a major discussion amongst the candidates? You do not. We are going to pay a fearful price for this.
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell speaks during the Closing Plenary at the UN Climate Change Conference at Expo City Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Dec. 13, 2023. Credit: COP28 / Christophe Viseux
We are running out of time to take action on climate change, says Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
In a speech titled “Two Years to Save the World,” Stiell emphasized that governments, development banks and business leaders must take steps to avert much more serious impacts of the climate crisis within that time frame, reported Reuters.
“For those who say that climate change is only one of many priorities, like ending poverty, ending hunger, ending pandemics, or improving education, I simply say this: none of these crucial tasks — indeed none of the Sustainable Development Goals — will be possible unless we get the climate crisis under control,” Stiell said in the speech, delivered at London thinktank Chatham House.
You probably noticed there was no Tuesday edition of SR. Actually, I did produce one but those who are attacking SR deleted it. For two weeks now Beth Alexander my wonderfully skillful webmaster and I have been struggling to keep SR operational. It has been incredibly time-consuming and it has become expensive. I don’t really understand how the attacks are carried out, but they have been constant. I do understand why people are trying to stop SR, but it is not going to work. We are about to make a major transition which, hopefully, will change the equation.
Thom Hartmann, Commentator - Raw Story / Commentary
Stephan:
Thom Hartmann has it spot on, describing the White christofascist rural supporters of criminal Trump. Low education, low IQ, filled with fear and resentment. As Hartmann notes, and I agree, even though Trump and the Republicans have been screwing these people for decades they aren’t smart enough apparently to comprehend what is being done to them. It is very sad, but it is America’s reality today. The only thing that will counterbalance this cohort is you, me, and everyone we know voting for the Democrats. This is not about partisanship. This is about whether democracy is going to survive in the United States or not.
Christofascist Trumpers Credit: Berkeley News
Rural white voters have, in many cases, far more political power than suburban or urban voters, and they’re using that outsized power to push our nation toward disaster. While they’re only 20 percent of the country, for example, because of gerrymandering they control fully 42 percent of seats in the House of Representatives.
The authors of new book, White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy point out that rural whites are measurably more bigoted and xenophobic than suburban or urban voters, 13 points more likely to hate on queer people, 15 points more likely to support Trump’s Muslim ban.
They’re also far more likely to agree that setting democracy aside for a strongman like Trump or another Putin wannabee will “fix the mess and drain the swamp.” And fully 74% of the members of Congress who voted to overturn the 2020 election represented rural districts.
The majority of rural white voters disagree with the statement (or have no opinion) that “diversity makes America stronger.” And while only 22 percent of city dwellers […]
You would think that the MAGAts who support criminal Trump would get how badly they have been treated under the Republican Party’s rigging of the IRS tax system to favor the very rich, as is described in this article. You might think that, but they don’t. They whine about their own taxes but don’t seem to have any concept of what is really going on. And it is going to keep going on as long as the Republicans hold power.
Criminal Trump, then President, speaks about the passage of tax reform legislation on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on December 20, 2017. Credit: Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty
As of this month, the U.S.’s 806 billionaires are worth a collective $5.8 trillion, meaning that they control 1 in every 25 dollars of American wealth, according to an Americans for Tax Fairness report released Monday.
Due in part to the 2017 tax overhaul by Republicans, led by Donald Trump, this small group has seen an explosion of wealth in an extremely short amount of time.
Since the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, U.S. billionaire wealth has doubled, from an already staggering $2.9 trillion. In 2017, none […]
The MAGAts are arming themselves. They want civil violence, and I think as a society government at both the state and federal level should be recognizing that and planning how we are going to deal with it. No living American has ever seen major civil violence on our soil. However, there is a hunger for violence in the White christofascists and it may manifest this Fall.
Charlottesville “Unite the Right” Rally. Far-right Oath Keepers patrol Emancipation Park. Credit: Anthony Crider / Wikimedia Commons / Carl Gibson
Americans who have purchased firearms since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic are far more willing to engage in political violence against their fellow citizens, according to a new study.
The Guardian recently reported on a study by the University of California-Davis’ violence prevention research program dubbed “Firearm Ownership and Support for Political Violence in the United States.” Researchers surveyed roughly 13,000 gun owners who bought their weapons over the last four years, and asked if violence was justified in order to accomplish political objectives. 39% of gun owners — a plurality — said yes, while 30% said no.
UC-Davis researchers warned that American gun owners in the survey could potentially be “arming up for anticipated civil conflict.”
“Our findings strongly suggest that large numbers of armed individuals who are at least potentially willing to engage in political violence are in public places across the […]
