Despite weeks of protests demanding Democrats to push for a Green New Deal, the Democratic leadership blocked Thursday a proposal by congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to form a committee that would have drafted the New Deal project. Instead, they've decided to back a plan by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to revive a global warming panel lead by representative Kathy Castor. The move sparked controversy because Castor has dismissed calls to bar people who accept money from fossil fuel companies from serving on the committee, saying it would violate the right to free speech....teleSUR
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“Kathy Castor has dismissed calls to bar people who accept money from fossil fuel companies, saying it would violate the right to free speech.”
ReplyDeleteProhibitions against accepting bribes are a violation of “free speech.”
Prohibitions against boycotting Israel are not a violation of free speech.
Trump’s border wall is “racist.”
Israel’s border wall and apartheid walls are not racist.
America’s barring of immigrants is “barbaric.”
Israel’s barring of immigrants is not barbaric, nor is Israel’s extermination of Palestinians.
To call Israeli racism “racism” is racism.
Welcome to Washington, Alexandria. The system will do everything possible to muzzle you / derail your initiatives / undermine your support. It will try to make you conform or quit.
ReplyDeleteI learned this serving on a school board. I can only imagine what you are up against.
Word search of "bribe" in the Bible
ReplyDeleteNotice all 24 references are in the Old Testament, which is very neglected by American churches.