The scale of premiums & co-pay increases will shock you. Millions seeking “affordable” premiums from bogus insurers find themselves bankrupt. Millions of sick people have no choice but to go without coverage. This is ugly.
In addition to the usual recap of last week’s posts we include an urgent call to action, asking you to find the activist within you. We must begin assuming responsibility for redirecting our State and Nation.
We need climate crisis ads that are as powerful as these 3 ads. Plus four spot-on Stephen Colbert monologues taking on Trump: Innocent People Don’t Do This, Hard to Defend & Off the Rails. Report on Climate Crisis panel.
What’s involved in impeachment inquiry and whistleblower testimony and if Israelis election is confusing, a great, clear article on the implications for Palestine. Plus video excerpts and the full House Intelligence Hearing.
If we want Community Solar, Local Choice Energy & funding for a plan for a Just Transition in the 2020 legislative session, the Governor must OK it being introduced. Call & send a note to the Governor. Speaking points & contact info included.
Today, we report on our tour of Greater Chaco Canyon fracking sites. I thought I knew a good deal about fracking in northwest NM, but Roxanne & I were shocked at what we saw and were told. This is a must-read post.
Greta’s full address is included along with a report on the disappointing response from world leaders. Trump spends only minutes at the Summit, leaving for a meeting with religious right, later patronizingly tweeting about Greta.
A week of protest with Trump in town and an international climate strike, Bill McKibben’s look at 2050, a look at Trump instability & a tour of fracking around Chaco Canyon.
First, a visual tour of Chaco Canyon, a second short video on the threat to Chaco posed by fracking, a third on how fracking has destroyed much of rural Pennsylvania, and then a video from Chris Hedges that connects some dots.
Robert Reich wrote a brilliant piece on Trump’s declining stability, and his evidence, assembled in one short piece, is staggering. A second article describes the Trump administration’s wanton disregard for the rule of law.