Sheldon Whitehouse

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Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Bipartisanship on climate stopped dead then, and we lost a decade to fossil fuel fake science, dark money and phony front groups. They built a whole apparatus — the Web of Denial — so they could lie, cheat and bully on an industrial scale. It worked. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 22, 2020 Hibernated

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Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Until January 21, 2010 when the infamous 5-4 Citizens United decision presented unlimited political spending, indeed unlimited anonymous political spending, to the fossil fuel industry, which instantly used that new power to corrupt our politics. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 22, 2020 Hibernated

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Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The fossil fuel industry lives off of a subsidy measured by the International Monetary Fund at north of $600 BILLION per year in the U.S., which gives the industry a massive incentive for corrupting our politics. In Citizens United, the “Roberts Five” gave them the tools. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 22, 2020 Hibernated