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And this is why fossil fuel money funds the #Republican Supreme Court nominations operation: just for moments like this. Let’s hope this doesn’t end up on the list of over 70 partisan 5-4 big political wins already delivered by the “Roberts Five.”https://thinkprogress.org/supreme-court-climate-change-lawsuit-donald-trump-administration-1a4b5d4db99a/ …

And behind the campaign to ignore and disparage Dr. Blasey Ford was the same billionaire money that funded the selection of #Kavanaugh in the first place.http://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/412178-conservatives-bankrolled-and-dominated-kavanaugh-confirmation-media …

Now it’s over 20 #RhodeIslanders who’ve contacted me with their own stories of sexual assault. https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/20/politics/metoo-congress-women-harassment-assault/index.html …https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/20/politics/metoo-congress-women-harassment-assault/index.html …

Good advice for the Court. But can the #Republican activists restrain themselves? So far, there’s little evidence of restraint where big Republican interests are involved.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/10/08/justice-kagan-is-warning-us-and-her-colleagues/ …

We can’t count entirely on this, but it could be a big part of the solution, and my #carbon capture bill getting passed into law gave the industry a BIG boost.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/17/carbon-capture-technology-climate-change-solutions?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=287965&subid=22655960&CMP=GT_US_collection …

The only responsible & legally correct thing for the @EPA to do is to withdraw this scientifically unsupported proposed rule. This is another example of how this agency bows down to the industries it’s supposed to regulate.https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/411839-epa-puts-science-transparency-rule-on-back-burner …

Glad to see @BillGates is supporting Washington State’s carbon fee initiative. Bad guys deploy money and muscle; good guys must deploy more than their words.https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/bill-gates-endorses-washington-states-carbon-fee-ballot-measure/ …

This excellent article is buttressed by an added point: the fossil fuel industry protects a massive subsidy ($700B/yr in U.S. per IMF). So there’s not a level economic field for #renewables; they have to fight uphill against an entrenched incumbent.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/opinion/climate-change-warming-technology.html …

Happy talk is one thing. The test will be what he does about the 73-decision partisan romp his “Roberts 5” took the Court on, in service to big #Republican interests. That’s a little hard to explain as “balls and strikes.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/roberts-assures-audience-supreme-court-will-serve-one-nation-not-one-party-or-interest/2018/10/16/3c5238f0-d196-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html?utm_term=.05bc911dd36a …

Perhaps Roberts can then explain the 73 decisions in which he led the #Republican appointees to deliver 5-4 partisan victories serving powerful R interests. 73 is a lot. The pattern is damning. Talking about independence doesn’t cut it, not w that record.https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/16/roberts-independence-kavanaugh-nomination-909880?cid=apn …

#Kavanaugh talked about joining a “team of nine.” In fact, he joins a team of five that reliably delivers big wins for the #Republican interests that had such a big role in his selection and confirmation.https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/10/john-roberts-history-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court.html …