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Open Thread: Biden Speaks on Climate Change and Wildfires

by TaMara|  September 14, 20205:02 pm| 26 Comments

This post is in: Biden-Harris 2020, Climate Change, Election 2020, Open Threads, Politics, Wildfires

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I just got home, so I missed this live. But here you go:

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  1. 1.

    zhena gogolia

    September 14, 2020 at 5:09 pm

    I’m sure Stephanopoulos will grill him about why he hasn’t done something sooner.

  2. 2.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    September 14, 2020 at 5:12 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Yeah, why hasn’t he issued any Executive Orders, what’s the hold up Joe!   //

  3. 3.

    MisterForkbeard

    September 14, 2020 at 5:22 pm

    @zhena gogolia: I think he’s definitely going to get a “Why didn’t you solve this entire problem as VP 5 years ago?”

    The answer (of course) is that Dems have been trying to do something about this for years and have gotten absolutely nowhere with Republicans, who deny that climate change is even happening. But now it’s an emergency and it can’t wait any longer for Mitch to start paying attention.

  4. 4.

    Benw

    September 14, 2020 at 5:22 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: forget EO’s! Why hasn’t Joe reached across the aisle to Republicans to get some laws passed that will actually help the heartland already! What a disappointment

  5. 5.

    Mike in NC

    September 14, 2020 at 5:22 pm

    Princess Ivanka was in the area today. Don’t care what lies she spread about her moron dad, or who she was speaking to.

  6. 6.

    EthylEster

    September 14, 2020 at 5:28 pm

    Has anyone read report on CDC wacko Caputo? This guy is insane. No joking.

  7. 7.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    September 14, 2020 at 5:40 pm

    @EthylEster: Yes, he’s batcrap crazy.

  8. 8.

    John Revolta

    September 14, 2020 at 5:44 pm

    @EthylEster:  His wackohood becomes more understandable when you learn that he lived in Russia for six years, doing PR work for one V. Putin.

  9. 9.

    Elizabelle

    September 14, 2020 at 5:45 pm

    @EthylEster: 

    I put up some long excerpts from the NYTimes Caputo story in thread with Claire McCaskill video. https://balloon-juice.com/2020/09/14/this-president-is-a-stupid-president/

    We also spent a lot of time discussing the South Dakota Attorney General, who did not hit a deer.

  10. 10.

    Elizabelle

    September 14, 2020 at 5:47 pm

    @John Revolta:   And he drove for Roger Stone for a while.  Also supported Carl Paladino, a NY State whack job.

    I am amazed that Caputo has not taken medical leave by this hour.  His comments are indefensible, and nuts even for this shitshow of an administration.

  11. 11.

    Baud

    September 14, 2020 at 5:47 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    “You say climate change is a significant crisis, yet you frequently talk about racial justice. How do you explain the inconsistency?”

  12. 12.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    September 14, 2020 at 5:49 pm

    @MisterForkbeard:

    “Why didn’t you solve this entire problem as VP 5 years ago?”

    I sometimes think that in 1992, Poppy Bush mocked Al Gore as “Ozone Man”, and in 2000, a bunch of assholes told me Gore was a climate hypocrite because he lived in a big house and his mother owned stock in Occidental Petroleum

  13. 13.

    Ken

    September 14, 2020 at 5:50 pm

    @Baud: “Surely you are not claiming that your administration can work on two things at the same time, when that feat has completely escaped the combined intellects of Donald Trump and Jared Kushner?”

  14. 14.

    Salty Sam

    September 14, 2020 at 5:53 pm

    @EthylEster: Has anyone read report on CDC wacko Caputo? This guy is insane. No joking.

    There is an R next to his name, ergo…

  15. 15.

    John Revolta

    September 14, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    @Elizabelle: I agree. If they let this stuff go by, thereby approving of it, there’s no telling what’s gonna come next.

  16. 16.

    HRA

    September 14, 2020 at 6:34 pm

    Marc Michael Caputo, Chris Collins and Carl Paladino close pals and all three idiots from the Buffalo NY area.

  17. 17.

    HRA

    September 14, 2020 at 6:52 pm

    At #16 post it is Michael Caputo

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    September 14, 2020 at 7:02 pm

    @HRA: fixed it for you.

  19. 19.

    Patricia Kayden

    September 14, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    We've entered the "Trump open to four hour debate if Joe Biden has to stand in a neck deep pool of alligators and sharks with laser beams on their heads" phase of the media's "Operation Rescue Trump" campaign because why are you STILL trying to validate Trump's obvious fckery— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) September 14, 2020

  20. 20.

    Ruckus

    September 14, 2020 at 7:28 pm

    @Ken:

    Hell, shitforbrains and shitforbrains II can’t work on one thing at a time. Work – actual thought and process is about as far beyond them as the moon is from you right now.

  21. 21.

    HRA

    September 14, 2020 at 7:35 pm

    Thanks Water Girl!

  22. 22.

    Patricia Kayden

    September 14, 2020 at 7:38 pm

    I was genuinely bummed when Amy Poehler wasn't asked to come to the DNC as Leslie Knope, who in the show was a massive Biden fan.But this is good too. I'll take it. https://t.co/0xx1GQNy5g— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) September 14, 2020

  23. 23.

    Starfish

    September 14, 2020 at 7:45 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    Here is a link to the lengthy thread you posted over there. It was good.

  24. 24.

    Elizabelle

    September 14, 2020 at 7:55 pm

    @Starfish:   Thank you, Starfish.

    If it was a novel, we could put it down.  But …

  25. 25.

    Matt McIrvin

    September 14, 2020 at 9:05 pm

    I noticed that Fox News’s presidential approval poll just suddenly switched from “in line with most other polls” to “in line with Rasmussen”. I don’t think they’ve done that in a while–had regarded their polls as the only trustworthy part of the organization.

  26. 26.

    stinger

    September 14, 2020 at 10:49 pm

    I like the subtlety of the video background. Blue in one corner, and the gradient flows not into red, but purple. Nice.

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