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  • Laws aren’t auto-enforcing magic. Any time that fossil fuel companies violate this stupid law (written for purely performative reasons) it simply wouldn’t be enforced.

    Similarly, if the law allows for civil action, a multitude of reasons would be conjured on demand explaining why the lawsuit couldn’t move forward against fossil fuel companies. If it managed to move through district courts, it would simply wind up on the supreme court docket and they would again conjure up some reasons why the suit was invalid.















  • I find they’re actually more informed and their reasoning does have some logic to it. I keep getting frustrated on things because it seems to me like the left is losing because they really are less informed and reality based.

    You need to take a step back and consider your sources, because you’re starting to sound like you’re falling for the propaganda yourself.

    “Reality-based” has a meaning and it walks a close line near “evidence-based”. Evidence-based scientific studies have repeatedly confirmed that right-wing media consumers are less informed about reality than those that consume no media.

    Sure, right-wing media consumers might have a better idea in the current moment what Trump might do next because in some cases it’s difficult to tell if Fox is working for Trump or Trump is working for Fox. But that has nothing to do with Trump or his policies being reality-based. It has to do with consistency within their talking points and propaganda.

    Reality is still reality, and the reality is that Trump attacked a sovereign nation without authorization from Congress. The reality is that we’ve been in a constitutional crisis for months now, and that the Republicans in Congress are abdicating their duty of oversight on the executive branch. I guarantee they aren’t covering that on Fox News.