We stand on the brink of the collapse of civilization. The United States is hurtling into an era of crisis as deep as the Great Depression and World War II. Our coastal cities are facing devastation, and urban and rural communities are being divided into islands of partisanship and poverty. California and the Amazon Rainforest are on fire, the Caribbean is besieged, and the permafrost is melting down. Entire continents are combusting. The rule of law is under attack. Wealth inequality has never been higher, demagogues are commandeering governments across the world, and millions of people are fleeing collapsing societies in search of safety. Every day, we are inching closer to points of no return for our democracy, our civilization, and the biosphere that sustains all life. The stakes could not be higher.
Protecting humanity and the living world from the climate emergency would be an extremely tall order in a society that was functioning well. But the American political system today is barely functioning at all. The foundations of our democracy are crumbling. Donald J. Trump is our president, and Congress is paralyzed by a nihilistic Republican Party and hijacked by corporate interests that have infiltrated both parties.
We, the people, need to take power back. We need an unprecedented grassroots movement — one that is now beginning to rise across the world — to demand and to win the emergency mobilization we need to save our future.
But we also need a deeply principled and courageous leader who can motivate millions and millions of Americans to do whatever it takes to prevent the collapse of civilization and rebuild our economy and democracy. We need a leader that can support and inspire this movement in the U.S. and around the world.
The only candidate running for President this year who has earned our trust as well as the trust of the Climate Emergency Movement – the only candidate with the moral courage to lead the United States, and the world, through the era of the climate and ecological emergency – is Senator Bernie Sanders. We are proud to endorse him.
Bernie understands that we need transformative, not incremental, change. He has repeatedly shown that he has the courage to stand up to the fossil fuel and other special interests and entrenched power structures. During the 2016 presidential primary, Bernie was ahead of the times in criticizing the severe inadequacies of the Paris Climate Agreement and speaking out about the need for a World War II-scale climate mobilization. He has since stated unequivocally that “climate change is a global emergency.” He has pledged to declare climate change a national emergency and do “whatever it takes” to ensure a habitable planet. That is precisely the mindset we need – and it is a mindset that has been badly missing from climate politics for decades. The Congressional Climate Emergency Declaration and the fracking ban bill (which would completely phase out fracking by 2025) that he has recently sponsored, as well as his Green New Deal plan, all indicate this stance is not idle rhetoric.
Bernie’s $16.3 trillion Green New Deal plan is by far the strongest plan offered by any presidential candidate, ever. However, it is not the total mobilization of national resources we believe is now necessary to save our future. In our new Climate Reality Check scorecard, Bernie’s plan receives a B+. (Meanwhile, Tom Steyer and Elizabeth Warren’s plans receive a C+, while Mike Bloomberg’s so-called “doable” climate plan receives a D-).
But the truth is that Bernie’s plan will not restore safe climate conditions or fully address the broader ecological emergency. If strengthened to match the standard outlined in our Victory Plan, however, Bernie’s Green New Deal could become the first phase of the emergency response that saves life on earth.
The movement — all of us who are working for emergency climate action — must make the climate and ecological emergency the #1 voting issue in both the primary and the general election and sweep in a wave of climate emergency leaders at all levels of government.
This is our chance, our moment, and our president. Onward!
The Climate Mobilization 275 9th Street, Suite 150387 Brooklyn, NY 11215 United States
How Bloomberg bought your Facebook feed [Click] My what? Part one of a Guardian investigation reveals the strategy and strange decisions driving the campaign’s unprecedented ad blitz.
I have seen many by Warren, a few others, but none by Bloomberg. I mute all commercials on television. What makes me riproaring mad is that we have found three paper ads in our mailbox, addressed to my name. I have no ideas where he got my name and address because I have diligently gotten off lists. And! There is no place to contact to get off his blasted list. Anyone know how to reach his campaign people? The only thing I’ve seen is a way to sign up for his campaign. Grrrr.
That last headline is a hoot, especially since the so called reasoning my poor, benighted sister uses for arguing that Bloomberg might make a good nominee is that, being a tough New Yorker, he would chew up and spit up Trump. *sigh*
Quote of the Day February 21, 2020 By Taegan Goddard “The notion that the Democratic Party is going to have party insiders overturn the will of the voters — I just don’t think it’s gonna happen. So the clock is ticking.” — David Plouffe, quoted by Axios, on denying Bernie Sanders the Democratic nomination if he receives a plurality of the delegates at a contested convention. Axios link here: Bloomberg's debate backfire could seal it for Bernie [Click]
Cat—that’s quite a change in Massachusetts; I am surprised. I see elsewhere that it’s currently a dead heat between Markey and Kennedy in the Democratic senate race. Is there one of them we should be rooting for?
It's hardly surprising that Warren is poling well here. I'm please though that Bernie is ahead, if only by a whisker.
As for Kennedy vs. Markey, Progressive Democrats of America has endorsed Markey, which reinforced my own inclination. He is a fine senator. Moreover, there is something of what I can only term a yuck factor in Kennedy challenging him, in that he has been a friend to the Kennedy clan. That's what turns my mother off, the perceived disloyalty. That turns me off too, both now and potentially in the future, though my reasons for supporting Markey are somewhat more substantive.
Apparently, there's another primary challenger too. I got an e-mail. The idear seems to be that Markey is too old. Never mind that he's five years younger than Bernie, who is very popular with kids. *shrug*
Bernie in Bakersfield. [Click] And Bakersfield is supposed to be dyed-in-the-wool right-wing territory. Here’s the video [Click] I saw only one quick and incomplete pan of the crowd, but it looked like it might be in the low thousands.
It doesn't surprise me. When people actually listen to Bernie, get to know him a little, they love him. Also, he's an old fashioned, shoe leather burning campaigner. Surely, that helps.
I would go to a voting center because marking paper ballots is a pain. At least I assume it is -- every thing else that involves marking paper is. Plus, I don't really trust the counting of paper ballots if I don't see it go into the counting machine myself, although that's probably a hold-over from many decades ago.
Bernie Sanders Is George McGovern [Click] “The similarities between 2020 and 1972 are too astonishing to ignore. But there’s one big difference.” I had forgotten the similarities, but the difference [or better differences] have stuck in my mind.
Mizzen and Spinnaker invited Hunca Munca in from the screened back porch for some games this evening. She is now resting in the Son Room, with a tasty lump of peanut butter set out for her midnight feast, in a Have-a-Heart trap. We hope she will be able to travel homeward again by morning, and that she will be wiser about (not!) venturing onto the back porch in the future.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leads new Illinois presidential poll, but survey’s methodology raises questions about its accuracy.
ReplyDeleteThe Chicago Tribune doesn't let me in, but here's a link to the same article elsewhere:
Deletehttps://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/vermont-sen-bernie-sanders-leads-new-illinois-presidential-poll-but/article_2d267f0f-7241-5a7f-a242-ae3fb2bd30b2.html
Analysis: Why the Nevada caucus results could be a preview of what’s to come in the Democratic presidential race.
ReplyDeleteAlternative to the Chicago Tribune to read the article:
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From my inbox:
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BERNIE SANDERS FOR PRESIDENT
We stand on the brink of the collapse of civilization. The United States is hurtling into an era of crisis as deep as the Great Depression and World War II. Our coastal cities are facing devastation, and urban and rural communities are being divided into islands of partisanship and poverty. California and the Amazon Rainforest are on fire, the Caribbean is besieged, and the permafrost is melting down. Entire continents are combusting. The rule of law is under attack. Wealth inequality has never been higher, demagogues are commandeering governments across the world, and millions of people are fleeing collapsing societies in search of safety. Every day, we are inching closer to points of no return for our democracy, our civilization, and the biosphere that sustains all life. The stakes could not be higher.
Protecting humanity and the living world from the climate emergency would be an extremely tall order in a society that was functioning well. But the American political system today is barely functioning at all. The foundations of our democracy are crumbling. Donald J. Trump is our president, and Congress is paralyzed by a nihilistic Republican Party and hijacked by corporate interests that have infiltrated both parties.
[To be continued]
We, the people, need to take power back. We need an unprecedented grassroots movement — one that is now beginning to rise across the world — to demand and to win the emergency mobilization we need to save our future.
DeleteBut we also need a deeply principled and courageous leader who can motivate millions and millions of Americans to do whatever it takes to prevent the collapse of civilization and rebuild our economy and democracy. We need a leader that can support and inspire this movement in the U.S. and around the world.
The only candidate running for President this year who has earned our trust as well as the trust of the Climate Emergency Movement – the only candidate with the moral courage to lead the United States, and the world, through the era of the climate and ecological emergency – is Senator Bernie Sanders. We are proud to endorse him.
Bernie understands that we need transformative, not incremental, change. He has repeatedly shown that he has the courage to stand up to the fossil fuel and other special interests and entrenched power structures. During the 2016 presidential primary, Bernie was ahead of the times in criticizing the severe inadequacies of the Paris Climate Agreement and speaking out about the need for a World War II-scale climate mobilization. He has since stated unequivocally that “climate change is a global emergency.” He has pledged to declare climate change a national emergency and do “whatever it takes” to ensure a habitable planet. That is precisely the mindset we need – and it is a mindset that has been badly missing from climate politics for decades. The Congressional Climate Emergency Declaration and the fracking ban bill (which would completely phase out fracking by 2025) that he has recently sponsored, as well as his Green New Deal plan, all indicate this stance is not idle rhetoric.
Bernie’s $16.3 trillion Green New Deal plan is by far the strongest plan offered by any presidential candidate, ever. However, it is not the total mobilization of national resources we believe is now necessary to save our future. In our new Climate Reality Check scorecard, Bernie’s plan receives a B+. (Meanwhile, Tom Steyer and Elizabeth Warren’s plans receive a C+, while Mike Bloomberg’s so-called “doable” climate plan receives a D-).
But the truth is that Bernie’s plan will not restore safe climate conditions or fully address the broader ecological emergency. If strengthened to match the standard outlined in our Victory Plan, however, Bernie’s Green New Deal could become the first phase of the emergency response that saves life on earth.
The movement — all of us who are working for emergency climate action — must make the climate and ecological emergency the #1 voting issue in both the primary and the general election and sweep in a wave of climate emergency leaders at all levels of government.
This is our chance, our moment, and our president. Onward!
The Climate Mobilization
275 9th Street, Suite 150387
Brooklyn, NY 11215
United States
🌍 G R E A T !! 🌎
DeleteBlogger deleted my post from this morning, so I will divide it and try again.
ReplyDeleteCalifornia slips back into drought. [Click] Driest February on record.
ReplyDeleteHow Bloomberg bought your Facebook feed [Click] My what? Part one of a Guardian investigation reveals the strategy and strange decisions driving the campaign’s unprecedented ad blitz.
Health, heat and deportations: the issues driving Nevada caucus voters [Click] I doubt the lead photo was taken in Reno, but maybe nearby; no matter where, it is certainly a striking campaign photo.
Dems [other than Bernie and Bloomberg] Race to Avoid Going Broke Before Super Tuesday [Click]
NBC/WSJ poll: Biden and Bernie now tied in support from Black voters. [Click]
Bernie: Trump would chew Bloomberg up and spit him out in a debate. [Click]
I have not seen a single presidential campaign ad on Facebook.
DeleteThat makes two of us, Bill. But I don't subscribe to Facebook...
DeleteThe point is that I do. Most days I spend an hour or so checking up on my friends and groups.
DeleteI have seen many by Warren, a few others, but none by Bloomberg. I mute all commercials on television. What makes me riproaring mad is that we have found three paper ads in our mailbox, addressed to my name. I have no ideas where he got my name and address because I have diligently gotten off lists. And! There is no place to contact to get off his blasted list. Anyone know how to reach his campaign people? The only thing I’ve seen is a way to sign up for his campaign. Grrrr.
DeleteThat last headline is a hoot, especially since the so called reasoning my poor, benighted sister uses for arguing that Bloomberg might make a good nominee is that, being a tough New Yorker, he would chew up and spit up Trump. *sigh*
DeleteIt seems to me that Bloomie's experience on the debate stage illustrates the wisdom of the old advice that a shoemaker should stick to his last.
DeleteQuote of the Day
ReplyDeleteFebruary 21, 2020 By Taegan Goddard
“The notion that the Democratic Party is going to have party insiders overturn the will of the voters — I just don’t think it’s gonna happen. So the clock is ticking.”
— David Plouffe, quoted by Axios, on denying Bernie Sanders the Democratic nomination if he receives a plurality of the delegates at a contested convention. Axios link here: Bloomberg's debate backfire could seal it for Bernie [Click]
Obamacare Has Never Been More Popular [Click]
Democratic Megadonors Stand Pat [Click] They don’t want to risk damaging the probable Democratic nominee [i.e. Bernie].
Stop talking about “lanes” in the Dem primary. [Click] That isn’t how it works.
AOC’s PAC swings into action [Click]
Today’s horse race polls via realclearpolitics.com:
ReplyDeleteNevada Democratic Presidential Caucus KLAS-TV/Emerson
Sanders 30, Biden 16, Buttigieg 17, Warren 12, Klobuchar 11, Steyer 10, Gabbard 2 Sanders +13
Nevada Democratic Presidential Caucus Data for Progress (D)
Sanders 32, Biden 14, Buttigieg 15, Warren 17, Klobuchar, Steyer, Gabbard
Sanders +15
Massachusetts Democratic Presidential Primary UMass Lowell
Sanders 21, Warren 20, Buttigieg 15, Biden 14, Bloomberg 12, Klobuchar 9, Gabbard 3, Steyer 2
Sanders +1
Cat—that’s quite a change in Massachusetts; I am surprised. I see elsewhere that it’s currently a dead heat between Markey and Kennedy in the Democratic senate race. Is there one of them we should be rooting for?
It's hardly surprising that Warren is poling well here. I'm please though that Bernie is ahead, if only by a whisker.
DeleteAs for Kennedy vs. Markey, Progressive Democrats of America has endorsed Markey, which reinforced my own inclination. He is a fine senator. Moreover, there is something of what I can only term a yuck factor in Kennedy challenging him, in that he has been a friend to the Kennedy clan. That's what turns my mother off, the perceived disloyalty. That turns me off too, both now and potentially in the future, though my reasons for supporting Markey are somewhat more substantive.
Apparently, there's another primary challenger too. I got an e-mail. The idear seems to be that Markey is too old. Never mind that he's five years younger than Bernie, who is very popular with kids. *shrug*
Thanks for the education, Cat.
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ReplyDeleteHow Trump Hollowed Out US National Security [Click]
Grenell Begins “Overhauling” Intelligence Office [Click] “Overhauling” it to suit Trump’s handler, it seems to me.
Grenell worked for a corrupt foreign politician—and failed to register as a foreign agent. [Click]
Sanders Told Russia Trying to Help His Campaign [Click] “U.S. officials have told Sen. Bernie Sanders that Russia is attempting to help his presidential campaign as part of an effort to interfere with the Democratic contest,” the Washington Post reports.“It is not clear what form that Russian assistance has taken.” [Click]
Biden Now Claims He Was Arrested In South Africa [Click] Evidently another case of Joe conflating memories.
Bloomberg Agrees to release three Women from NDAs [Click]
Nevada Democrats Want Volunteers to Sign NDAs [Click]
Bernie Opens Up Massive Lead Among College Students [Click]
She’s Running: Ilhan Omar’s GOP Challenger Is On The Lam Amid Shoplifting Charges [Click]
ReplyDeleteI tell ya, those Republicans run real high tone people, don't they?
DeleteLooking through my spam folder, I came across this article, dated Jan. 30, 2020. Apparently, the Iowa debacle did not come as a surprise to everyone.
ReplyDeleteWhat Happens Next If Iowa and Nevada 2020 Caucuses Are Disrupted? - Click
Candidates may declare victory. But it could be many days to verify results.
So now we have an answer to the question, "Who could have known?"
DeleteIndeed!
DeleteWill L.A.’s Voting Overhaul Be An Industry Disrupter Or The Next Election Debacle? [Click] I understand Fresno has also changed to voting centers, but now every registered voter gets a mail-in ballot. Mailing is so easy (and secure compared to computers), I can’t see why anyone would go to the voting centers.
ReplyDeleteJP Morgan economists warn climate crisis is threat to human race. Leaked report for world’s major fossil fuel financier says Earth is on unsustainable trajectory [Click] Things seem to be moving rapidly…
Bernie Sanders has invested big in Nevada. Will it pay off? Looks like it. [Click] Polling suggests frontrunner is well ahead of his rivals, with 25% support in a state where he campaigned hard.
Bernie Sanders Supporters in Nevada Are Canvassing on Horseback to Get Out the Rural Vote [Click]
Bernie in Bakersfield. [Click] And Bakersfield is supposed to be dyed-in-the-wool right-wing territory.
Here’s the video [Click] I saw only one quick and incomplete pan of the crowd, but it looked like it might be in the low thousands.
It doesn't surprise me. When people actually listen to Bernie, get to know him a little, they love him. Also, he's an old fashioned, shoe leather burning campaigner. Surely, that helps.
DeleteI would go to a voting center because marking paper ballots is a pain. At least I assume it is -- every thing else that involves marking paper is. Plus, I don't really trust the counting of paper ballots if I don't see it go into the counting machine myself, although that's probably a hold-over from many decades ago.
DeleteLA Times: Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘platform manipulation’ [Click]
ReplyDeleteBernie Sanders Is George McGovern [Click] “The similarities between 2020 and 1972 are too astonishing to ignore. But there’s one big difference.” I had forgotten the similarities, but the difference [or better differences] have stuck in my mind.
ReplyDeleteMizzen and Spinnaker invited Hunca Munca in from the screened back porch for some games this evening. She is now resting in the Son Room, with a tasty lump of peanut butter set out for her midnight feast, in a Have-a-Heart trap. We hope she will be able to travel homeward again by morning, and that she will be wiser about (not!) venturing onto the back porch in the future.
ReplyDeletePlease refresh my memory about Hunca Munca.
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