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At the Republican National Convention, Climate Change Isn’t a Problem | As the event opens with a focus on energy, former President Trump and other leaders are calling for more oil, gas and coal (www.nytimes.com)
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For context, Trump promised to do exactly this in exchange for a billion dollars

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For context, Trump promised to do exactly this in exchange for a billion dollars

Thank goodness that's now entirely legal due to Trump's stooges on the Supreme Court.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Oh no, corruption was legal for a long time now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

An old style political caricature just draws itself here. The three politicians tied to a stake rooted into burning Earth, shouting "more coal!", "more gas!", "more oil!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

These people do know they're wrong right? They know their actions are idiotic and will continue to harm the planet further? And they just don't care because they want more money and know they'll be dead before the planet gets fucked so they don't have to deal with it?

I wonder if they know they're evil or are they just incomprehensibly stupid?