Also on “Meet the Press” this week.
Al Gore on Pence being called a hero for what he did on January 6: "Well, in the current environment, just doing what the law and the constitution requires seems heroic to some." pic.twitter.com/INYIzxVs89
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 24, 2022
WATCH: Al Gore says the U.S. must pay attention to the “democracy crisis” to fix the climate crisis.
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) July 24, 2022
“[The reason] we can’t pass legislation to pass to reinstate the ban on assault weapons is the same reason that we can’t pass climate legislation: We have a minority government.” pic.twitter.com/51YL8G2Ebi
All true, but as long as the ROI for propaganda spending remains so high, it’s hard to see how anything will improve with either the democracy or climate crisis:
How two Texas megadonors have turbocharged the state’s far-right shift
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/24/politics/texas-far-right-politics-invs/index.html
Repeating this link (I saw redsky posted it as well – but it’s really important):
The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62225696