Democrats Just Killed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Push For A Green New Deal Committee
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Democratic leaders on Thursday tapped Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) to head a revived U.S. House panel on climate change, ending a dramatic monthlong effort to establish a select committee on a Green New Deal.
Castor’s appointment came as a surprise to proponents of a Green New Deal. The move also kicked off a controversy as the six-term congresswoman dismissed calls to bar members who accept money from fossil fuel companies from serving on the committee, arguing it would violate free speech rights.
Despite weeks of protests demanding House Democrats focus efforts next year on drafting a Green New Deal, the sort of sweeping economic policy that scientists say matches the scale of the climate crisis, Castor told E&E News the plan was “not going to be our sole focus.”
She then suggested that barring members who have accepted donations from the oil, gas and coal industries from serving on the committee could be unconstitutional.
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December 20, 2018 at 8:52 PM #3070
those same creatures to deny seats on a committee that addresses climate change to critters who are in the pockets of the oil and coal industries. Seems the “private club” as political party argument is glaringly and conveniently inconsistent.
I think most of us expected something like this, but if the Vichy Dems think people like AOC and Bernie are just going to go away, they’re going to be very disappointed.
It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.--Eugene Debs
Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.--Harry Truman
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December 20, 2018 at 9:46 PM #3106
When will we ever learn?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
- John F. Kennedy"The further a society drifts from the truth the more it will hate those who speak it."
- George Orwell"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
- Jiddu Krishnamurti"Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information."
- Idries Shah"A riot is the language of the unheard."
- Martin Luther King
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December 20, 2018 at 8:53 PM #3071
….for a handful of Corporate-peoples, not the little people.
~ All good things are Wild and Free ~
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December 20, 2018 at 8:55 PM #3072
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December 20, 2018 at 8:59 PM #3078
Oh, I’m sooo surprised! 😲
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December 20, 2018 at 9:07 PM #3086
Pelosi was a mistake. Maybe she will become an Independent like Bernie!
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December 20, 2018 at 11:11 PM #3130
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December 20, 2018 at 11:12 PM #3131
Free speech for a lifeless world.
Hope we leave enough archeological finds for some alien race to discover that speech was “protected” for our donor class until the bitter end.
Speaking of money as speech (ie. the argument for the Citizens United ruling by the Supreme Court), it is blatantly obvious that the Democratic Party has completely bought into the concept of money as a form of speech. In other words, the party has become too corrupt for us to ever hope for change from within.
We are headed toward our own version of “Yellow Vests” folks.
"I welcome their hatred" Franklin D Roosevelt
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December 21, 2018 at 7:28 AM #3194
The Democratic Party.
I would like to remind you that U.S. health insurance companies do not contribute anything to health care. They are only a PARASITIC middle man receiving an undeserved cut of "FREE MONEY".
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December 21, 2018 at 7:47 AM #3197
keep trying to elect progressives, and secondarily elect just any vichy Dem with a “D”, and that will eventually make things better. The DNC/Democratic Party is saying NO. We will strangle Progressive legislation in its infancy. How can anyone not see that, and how can anyone still be saying vote blue no matter who? That is to me (and IMO) the real trolling effort. The “oh I am a grownup and you people who won’t stay in the party and vote for the Democratic Party con-men are just babies” type of F***ery I read here at times. That is Brock crap.
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December 21, 2018 at 8:13 AM #3198
- Chip away at the old guard from inside the Party’s rigged BS.
- Organize around issues and policy rather than people.
- Demand that other Parties be given equal access to ballots, debates, media and voters.
Be the Change
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