Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

You can believe your doctor: "The health, safety & well-being of millions of people in the U.S. have already been harmed" by climate change. Or you can believe the lying crooks of the fossil fuel industry. https://t.co/ClB7Ye0lH7 — PolitiTweet.org

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“They know that once you enter that courtroom...the facts are the facts and alternative facts are perjury. And so, all of these claims and tweets about climate change not being real, that doesn't hold up in a court of law.” – Julia Olson, @youthvgov — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @SenJackyRosen: The costs of climate change are real. Rising temperatures are predicted to cost $155 billion per year in lost labor prod… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The fossil fuel industry’s response isn’t that any of this is wrong; it’s that they want the debate back in Congress, where their dark money rules and they don’t have to tell the truth. (Courts can be tough that way! Depositions, cross-examination, perjury. . .) — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Bravo @60Minutes and bravo Krishawna! Swap out Krishawna and Huntington, WV for @TheProvCenter and West Warwick, RI and you have the same good work happening in my state. These programs save lives. https://t.co/a5hlnHUiCT — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Lies are regular product of fossil fuel industry, right behind fossil fuel. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Welcome to my world: “@InfluenceMap found the world’s five largest oil companies have spent $1 billion rebranding themselves as 'green’… all the while pushing aggressively to access new supplies of oil & undermine climate rules and regulations.” — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that throwing out precedent is just what big Republican donor interests wanted, & asked for in anonymously-funded amicus briefs; & just a coincidence that it adds to more than 70 partisan Roberts Five decisions that did the same. #CapturedCourt — PolitiTweet.org

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For years, big influencers have been trying to turn Takings Clause into weapon for big-money developers and regulated industries. In Knick, Roberts Five just gave them a big prize. Here’s my take: https://t.co/oofM5soOmW — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

I agree: corruption is precisely why the US hasn’t acted on climate change. Dig into fossil fuel industry dark-money spending, and it will become apparent to all. Subpoenas, please! https://t.co/INqx8DgAl4 — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

This is why Big Tech has long been so helpless on climate issues in Congress: always something else more important. https://t.co/XVrSt7McBe — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Bravo, @RepCunningham! Thanks for this—important to all our coasts. Nobody wants offshore drilling and sonic blasting. Thank you, @davidcicilline and @JimLangevin for strong support! https://t.co/waXLS4mNbL — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Uh-oh. Big leap upward in sea level rise projections, even higher in RI than global average. https://t.co/534Hwwqo8b — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Jim was a legendary reporter and a brave defender of the freedom of the press. My condolences to Jim's wife, Laurie, and their family. https://t.co/3vvD7bvbTt — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Confession, apology and atonement are the ancient path to redemption and a clear heart. Secrecy, denial and truculence, not so much. Take a walk with your kids and think about it. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The climate crisis ain’t blowin’ over. The storm’s just starting. Evaluate the likelihood you’ll really keep this dark money secret for long from litigants and congressional investigators. Dudes. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Check with your board members, too. Board members are going to be looking at some governance questions (theirs and yours) if you haven’t even told them. A fooled board is not a pleasant thing for management. Better tell them, and pronto, dudes. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Check with your lawyers, dudes. Lawyers say it’s usually best to get your own bad information out yourself and try to manage it. A lawyer who doesn’t bring out his own witness’s bad acts is malpracticing. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Hey, @ShopFloorNAM and @USChamber, worst two climate obstructors, why not save everybody time and trouble and reveal your own fossil fuel funding over past decade? You’ll feel so much better when you’ve done it. Secrets are such a burden. https://t.co/kX5KzPjq5u — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

‘Guests were able to take pictures on the Iron Throne, and 'Red Wedding' and 'Wildfire' cocktails were served into glasses through an ice luge.’” Fossil fuel funding can be such fun. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

News from the Capitol of Panem: as world spins into climate crisis, fossil-fuel-funded, climate-denying Competitive Enterprise Institute “celebrated its 35th anniversary with a "Game of Thrones"-themed dinner at the Marriott Marquis... — PolitiTweet.org

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Helping police officers deal w/ what they must bear to keep us safe is an important duty we owe. Glad to join @pvdpublicsafety @TheSamaritansRI @MHA_of_RI & chiefs from across RI as they call for passage of my STOIC Act to fund police mental health & suicide prevention services. https://t.co/xioQR2v7fI — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

When it mattered to you to protect sugary beverages from tax during ACA, AmBevAssn went into hyperdrive, lobbying records show. Will lobbying records show you care that much about climate crisis? https://t.co/qwFIda6vQq — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Can you show me a path to climate safety that does not go through a price on carbon in Congress? Cause if not, supporting tools of fossil fuel blockade of Congress seems a little hard to justify. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Hey, @CocaCola and @pepsi: now that @ShopFloorNAM and #ChamberofCarbon are outed as worst two climate obstructors in D.C. are you rethinking your support? Both direct and through your AmBevAssn? https://t.co/oKkDl22WHs — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Somebody clearly got to him because he’s never tweeted THAT word before! — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

How political are the Roberts Five? The "constraint they now feel [is] about taking a step likely to incite a public backlash against the Republican Party” in 2020. They are even political in how they dole out their political decisions. Unbelievable. https://t.co/CnLs7MZLiS — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @SenatorTomUdall: If we #ActOnClimate, we’ll have a more prosperous future, with more economic opportunity. But If we don’t, the #Clima… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @SenJeffMerkley: So a number of us—incl @brianschatz @SenWhitehouse @MartinHeinrich @SenatorHassan @SenWarren + more—are trying to break… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

More and more, people understand this. Shame that the Roberts Five didn’t know better when they created this mess with Citizens United, benefiting the fossil fuel industry. Low point in Supreme Court history; worse than Lochner. https://t.co/7xZscnRK6a — PolitiTweet.org