Tonight's brief break from politics:
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2010—The opacity of tropes:
There was some good in President Obama's energy speech, and there was much that was missing, including the clarion call on climate change that this entire world so desperately needs to hear, and evidence of the action that this entire world so desperately needs. At Climate Progress, Joe Romm summarized:
The President has either not tried to get senior Democrats to stop bad mouthing climate action in public — or he has tried and failed. Either way, that demonstrates an absence of serious leadership on this most important of issues.
The President should have spoken to Dorgan and Feinstein months ago, and said, "We need to do this. We’re going to do this. I need your help. What do you need from me?" Indeed, he should have made a couple dozen such calls after the House passed the bill a year ago.
So, sure, feel free to criticize him for not using a few beltway code-words in his big speech, but actions speak louder than words — and so far one sees very little sign of action.
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There also was very little sign of interest in the climate bill. He supports it, and he did mention that the House has passed it, but there was no emphasis indicating that he considers it a high priority.
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today's Kagro in the Morning show: Our minds are still very much on the Charleston shootings, to no one's surprise. Greg Dworkin rounded up a selection of stories to help us continue to deal with the issues swirling around it. The latest entry in the "Republicans don't get empathy" narrative. John Lott gets SC gun law wrong, which of course means he's disqualified from the debate, then covers it up. Attacking Girl Scouts used to be a political punchline, but America has made it real. Final chapter on the TX gold bugs. Gene Weingarten on "branding" in journalism. Nobody loves stealing property more than the guardians of property rights.
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