Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

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    1 year ago

    I want someone who wouldn’t have greenlit the Willow Project in the Arctic. We are way past making compromises in the climate emergency.

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      I am literally a climate lobbyist. I have a meeting with a republican rep in 2 weeks. His stance is that climate change is probably real, but is undecided on if humans cause it.

      That’s what we have on the other side. That’s a MODERATE position for the other side right now. Compromise is the only way we’re gonna make any progress if we can’t get them out of office, and majorities are tough to come by

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        Approval of drilling projects is an executive decision. The president doesn’t need to compromise with anyone in making those decisions.

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            Ok, what environmental benefit did he gain for us from compromising on his executive authority, Mr. Politics Understander?

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              That’s again, not how politics works.

              Biden’s top goals are to placate and provide for the American people.

              This move checks both boxes, to the detriment of a minor part of his climate progress. It’s an easy political trade to make.

              Note that I am a literal climate lobbyist. This doesn’t exactly get my dick hard. I’m just living in the real world and understand how the machine works.

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                So it’s not actually compromising to advance climate needs, it’s compromising the environment to advance other political goals.

                Being a lobbyist doesn’t actually make you an expert on politics, particularly when the cause you’re working for has basically continually failed to secure the changes needed for decades. It’s not like you’re working for Exxon and have a string of successes to make the value of your understanding self-evident, you’re just making excuses for why a better world isn’t possible, which come to think of it, IS a very good understanding of how politicians work.

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                  Those other political goals include climate action. The IRA was the best climate bill in US history, as an example