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This is JD Vance’s climate change policy.

“Vance has championed fracking and railed against clean energy since joining the Senate in 2023, after a campaign partly bankrolled by fossil fuel companies, write Heather Richards, Mike Soraghan and Brian Dabbs. Now, the Ohio Republican is a vice presidential candidate, joining Donald Trump in his calls to “drill, baby, drill.”

Vance changed his tune on climate change. Oil cash flowed. - POLITICO:
politico.com/newsletters/power…

in reply to Tony S. voted for Democrats

"Vance’s climate and energy views took a 180 once he was running for the Senate. The oil and gas industry spent more than $283,000 on Vance’s 2022 campaign — more than they gave to all but 18 other members of Congress, according to the campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets."

"In the years since, Vance has said that he doesn’t think there is a climate crisis and questioned how much human activity contributes to global warming." -Politico





Ok, time to kick off the 2024 vice presidential debate thread, starting in about fifteen minutes! I'll reply to this post and use the #USPolitics hashtag. Let's gooooooo!
in reply to Zalasur (also David)

Walz on partial birth actions allegation by Vance: that's not true.

"Just mind your own business!" Drink!

Walz points out that Vance's allegation was fact checked at the Presidential debate. Vance is trying to reply-guy Walz.

Ugh I didn't think I could hate Vance more.

Commercial break.

#USPolitics

in reply to Zalasur (also David)

Impression so far: Walz is pretty solid but is a little defensive at times.

Vance is straight up unlikeable. He lies effortlessly. Hurts to watch.

#USPolitics




The city of Tel Aviv, considered a commercial hub and the largest urban center of the Israeli occupation, was rocked by multiple attacks by different fronts on Tuesday, October 1. The attacks were carried out by Hezbollah, Iran, Yemen’s Ansar Allah, and Palestinian resistance fighters, and could mark the first spark of a regional war that the Netanyahu-led Israeli government has been provoking for the last several months.

peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/01…



Stream is now going up, I had 200+ packages I needed to update and kernel stuff that needed a reboot to finish (yes I could have waited but I habitually started the update when I logged on)

#Yakuza #LikeADragon #InfiniteWealth #Linux #Vtuber #Tech

youtube.com/live/1Rs-gXD1OYE?f…

twitch.tv/itsrogueren



Just under $150 to go to meet the match on offer! Donate to Harris-Walz at secure.actblue.com/donate/mast… and your dollars will be met. Once we get the next $150, I will put up the next match offer.


Vance: You said "trust the experts" but we trusted the experts with offshoring workers to developing economies, and they were wrong about that. Donald Trump had the courage to go against it.

Walz: If you want billionaires to get tax cuts ... Kamala Harris has a record of… t.co/eE1VtBRZj8

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options



These two people had major roles in covering the most consequential election in our lifetimes. They are not serious people.
Olivia Nuzzi’s ex-fiancé to take leave of absence from Politico after being accused of blackmail amid RFK Jr. affair
nypost.com/2024/10/01/us-news/…

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in reply to Jeff Jarvis

Meh, Nuzzi writes 5,000-word articles about Steve Bannon's shirts. It's fun, but it's not important.


"The West led by the United States is completely out of touch. The whole world wants the genocide against the Palestinians to end now."

Indian historian and Marxist academic Vijay Prashad spoke at the event "Latin America Speaks: Solidarity Vs. Empire". In the midst of dangerous escalation by Israel, Prashad spoke about the role of US-NATO imperialism in driving war around the world.

👏

#gaza #palestine



Daughters of the KGB: Moscow's Secret Spies, Sleepers and Assassins of the Cold War by Douglas Boyd, 2015

Everyone has heard of the KGB, but little has been published about is 'daughter' organisations through which Moscow terrorised the satellite states grabbed by Stalin during and after the Second World War.

@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#Russia

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Want fresh fiction every week, or perhaps chapters of an ongoing serial? Your support helps bring more books into the world, and you get regular peeks behind the writing curtain as well.
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CBS: How will you pay for Donald Trump's economic plan?

Vance: Kamala Harris made American middle class more unaffordable. Donald's plan is one of economic record. Lead to the highest take home pay.

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options



We got our first mic mute of the vice presidential debate.

Impressively, it took nearly 30 minutes to actually happen. Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) tried to respond to additional context moderator Margaret Brennan gave on Haitian immigrants’ legal status in Springfield, Ohio, accusing her of breaking the rules about fact-checking. “Thank you for describing the legal process,” Brennan told Vance before moving on after producers cut the candidates’ volume.



“You can't protect yourself from rising seas or rising healthcare bills through individual home-ownership.”
@pluralistic mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11323267…


Microsoft Paint is set to receive AI tools similar to Adobe Photoshop's Generative Fill and Erase, available on Copilot+ PCs. Microsoft Photos will also get Generative Erase and a free Super-Resolution feature for upscaling images to 4K alternativeto.net/news/2024/10…


We are now halfway to meeting the second match of the VP Debate Mastodon for Harris matchathon. Donate at secure.actblue.com/donate/mast… and get your dollars matched. We have a bunch of other match offers on deck.


Trump’s tax policies cost working families thousands in increased prices, all to pay for tax cuts for corporations and the ultra-rich. And now through Project 2025, Republicans want to make those tax cuts permanent.


Shockingly, the moderators are actually fact-checking. Thanks to everyone who contacted CBS, the blowback must have been something else. #VPDebate #USpol