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 silence7   ( @silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Joe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry; The Biden administration suspended new permits for natural gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone?

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Joe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry; The Biden administration suspended new permits for natural gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone?

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 silence7   ( @silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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Joe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry | Bill McKibben
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The Biden administration suspended new permits for natural gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone?
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    The idea that all politicians are corrupt and conniving bastards is mainly a right-wing fiction. They assume everybody acts exactly like they themselves do

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      That, and if you’re not on their side, they want you to be screwed out of your vote and rights, or apathetic because you feel it is all hopeless.

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