Why Does Trump Encourage Rioters, and What Effect Is It Having on Public Health?
On my recent post: Protests in Michigan Could Have Erupted in Gun Violence Frequent commenter Gary Tulie writes from his home near London:
Surely even in states where open carry is permitted, using firearms to threaten and intimidate the elected assembly has got to be illegal. I would have thought it could be considered a terrorist act, and quite possibly treason. I can’t understand how a president can condone these actions the condoning of which could be seen as supporting terrorism and treason. One step away from Kristallnacht maybe? (more…)
The Citizens Climate Lobby is the environmental activist group, of which I am a member, that is most responsible for promoting the Carbon Fee and Dividend, which will create incentive for everyone, all businesses and all consumers, to decarbonize. When signed into law, it will level a fee on the use of carbon-based energy, and return 100% of that sum back to consumers.
Sure, it’s galling that 
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This may be cute, but not all Trump supporters are morons. Strangely enough, there are some highly intelligent racists; no one thinks Stephen Miller or Steve Bannon are idiots; they’re despicable people, but they’re not idiots. 
The picture of this little boy really is impactful, but in truth, I actually don’t need a photograph; I simply think of:
This would be funnier if it weren’t so tragic. 
It seems that the political right and left find reasons to fight about everything. Strategies to address the coronavirus are just one more example, where the right puts a higher value on the impact to the economy, and thus advocates reopening America’s businesses sooner than those on the left of the political spectrum. Having said that, I wonder if, in this particular case, we’re not closer to one another than we think.
Watching money meant for small businesses go to the rich is a horribly painful process, but the creator of the meme here has managed to sew some humor into it.
As suggested here, great numbers of Republicans are jumping ship in their voting this year. They’ve seen enough.
