Time to Wake Up 308: 40 Years After Chafee’s Warning
speaking because I still believe in the power of this body to take action, to serve the people … oath to serve, and to use the awesome power that our constituents have granted to us to solve
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254th Anniversary of the “Gaspee” Raid
every American still will avow. However majestic your powers be, You should heed our warning: don’t tread
Time to Wake Up 307: The Mischief Continues
highlight the polluters’ latest corrupt trick: using the powers of government—a federal government that is theirs … extend the life of six coal-fired power plants in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Ohio. DOE may have
The Scheme #37: The Scheme Meets Time to Wake Up
captured Court put an end to the Clean Power Plan of the Obama administration before it even came … born in the crib-killing of the Clean Power Plan. This is quoting the New York Times story
Time to Wake Up 305: Lyin’ Lee Zeldin
corrupt danger to our country. A danger powered by fossil fuel industry money, orchestrated by myriad dark money … simple rule, grounded in separation of powers: the Executive Branch cannot veto Congressionally appropriated funds outside the veto
As Trump Tries to Take Over U.S. Elections, Reed Delivers Speech Opposing Anti-Voter SAVE Act
voters; and hand President Trump unprecedented election powers over all fifty states. President Trump has said he wants … Trump and his potential successors to stay in power no matter what the voters
Trump/Russia, Trump/Epstein, Epstein/Russia
doing differently. The United States is the most powerful nation in the world. Russia is a weak, corrupt … Moscow … is attempting to blackmail a group of powerful biznessmen [sic] in New York.” It was, Epstein said
Time to Wake Up #304: Global Economic Loss as Climate Danger Looms
politics defending a $700 billion annual subsidy, powered by unlimited dark money spending. The fossil fuel industry … vast array of front groups have used the power of money in politics to strangle this discussion
Time to Wake Up 302: Bought and Paid For
corrupts the entire executive branch and uses the power of government to go after and crush its clean … dead the instant Citizens United gave them that power. The 2024 elections gave the fossil fuel barons full
Time to Wake Up 301: A Dangerous Precipice
political ecosystem has developed to enable dark money power. Climate denial’s the same: in the three years … Four is fossil fuel on offense: using the power of government to crush fossil fuel’s clean energy
Time to Wake Up 300: Wake Up and Fight
could never achieve democratically. Up against a covert power-seizing plan like that, you need to move fast … interactions with their own constituents, and their own powers of foresight and anticipation. Those capacities are important
Time to Wake Up 299: How Empty and Worthless is the Power of Kings
that humans have been harnessing wind and solar power since well before we started combusting fossil fuels … limiting carbon pollution from certain fossil fuel-fired power plants on the pretense that the emissions from these
Scheme 35: The Real Weaponization of the Justice System
however: The Constitution limits the President’s veto power over congressional spending, both with a time limit
Time to Wake Up 297: A Dagger in EPA’s Bipartisan Mission
pollution—more pollution from oil and gas producers, power plants, manufacturers, cars, and trucks; fewer protections for drinking … water, wetlands, and streams. Coal-fired power plants will release more mercury into the air we breathe—settling
Time to Wake Up 296: Looters and Polluters
energy and natural resources that have historically powered our Nation’s economic prosperity. In recent years, burdensome … Where it is particularly abundant is in wind power. We have the third greatest offshore wind power potential