Source: Popular Information | Judd Legum | Substack

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The brazen GOP plan to launder cash to the nation's most radical gubernatorial candidate

  2024-06-10 by in Popular Information | Judd Legum | Substack

One of the country's most hotly contested gubernatorial contests is taking place in North Carolina, where Lt. Governor Mark Robinson (R) — known for his extremist views on LGBTQ rights, abortion, and other issues — is facing off against Attorney General Josh Stein (D). About five months from Election Day, polls show that the race is

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These 50 companies have donated over $23 million to election deniers since January 6, 2021

  2024-03-28 by in Popular Information | Judd Legum | Substack

Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Then, according to the report of the bipartisan January 6 Commission, Trump engaged in a "multi-part conspiracy to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 Presidential election." Trump did not do this alone. He was supported by members of Congress who endorsed his lies and voted against certifying the election results, state attorneys general who filed briefs in support of Trump's baseless legal claims, and local officials who helped Trump create slates of fake electors. This all culminated in the violence of January 6, 2021, by a mob that was incited and encouraged by Trump, both before and ...

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Speaker Mike Johnson's corporate backers - by Judd Legum

  2023-10-30 by in Popular Information | Judd Legum | Substack

Last Wednesday, Republicans selected Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the next Speaker of the House. Johnson is the most radical member ever selected as Speaker, championing a host of far-right causes. Some experts describe Johnson's views as emblematic of Christian nationalism

  Tagged under: US Politics

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The people behind the bizarre non-profit trying to kill Biden's climate agenda

  2022-12-14 (or before) by in Popular Information | Judd Legum | Substack

For more than a week, a group called United for Clean Power has run an extensive online advertising campaign arguing the reconciliation package negotiated by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), which contains historic investments in clean energy, doesn't go far enough. The ads, which have run on social networks like Facebook and at the top of prominent publications like Politico, urge progressive Democrats in Congress to "demand environmental justice

  Tagged under: US Politics | Joe Biden | Climate Justice

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Fossil fuel industry dupes media, quietly funds non-profits to block renewable energy

  2022-11-16 (or before) by in Popular Information | Judd Legum | Substack

Shortly after he took office, President Biden announced a goal of building 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030, enough clean energy to power 10 million homes. For the administration, the offshore wind target was a part of a larger strategy of reducing carbon pollution and putting the country on track for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. But, like many clean energy plans, this one was met with immediate resistance.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Joe Biden | Greenhouse Gases | Net Zero | Wind Power

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Bad Apple

  2021-10-01 (or before) by in Popular Information | Judd Legum | Substack

Apple does not want the public to think of the company only as a profit-obsessed manufacturer of iPhones, AirPods, and MacBooks. Rather, Apple would like to be viewed as a responsible corporate citizen that understands the urgency of action on climate change. In 2013, Apple hired former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to head up its "

  Tagged under: Climate Change

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