Conservatives have already written a climate plan for Trump’s second term ( www.politico.com )

Conservative groups have crafted a plan for demolishing the federal government’s efforts to counter climate change — and it wouldn’t stop with President Joe Biden’s policies.

The 920-page blueprint, whose hundreds of authors include former Trump administration officials, would go far beyond past GOP efforts to slash environmental agencies’ budgets or oust “deep state” employees.

Called Project 2025, it would block the expansion of the electrical grid for wind and solar energy; slash funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice office; shutter the Energy Department’s renewable energy offices; prevent states from adopting California’s car pollution standards; and delegate more regulation of polluting industries to Republican state officials.

NutWrench ,
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It’s the same plan as last fime. “Let it all burn.”

onionbaggage ,

Republicans writing a fuck you plan? I’m very surprised and shocked.

Anticorp ,

These are definitely Lorana lizard people running the party.

Snapz ,

Florida, and coastal conservative states… do you want even less homeowner’s insurance? Ignorant chuds.

“I hate socialisms! Anyways, I don’t got no insurance and this cyclone bomb storm flooded and destroyed my uninsurable house, where’s my FEMA money to fix it? I need to get my house rebuilt now so I have a place to fight the socialisms from!!!”

Myrbolg ,

That is pretty fucked. Disgusting.

div ,

Funny how their "small government" would be preventing "states rights" they whine so much about. They should just come out and say what they demonstrate with their actions, they dont care about any one except themselves.

pingveno ,

The “small government” “states’ rights” type have always been disingenuous about that. Remember the Fugitive Slave Act? Same thing. States’ rights to have slavery, no states’ rights to refuse to be complicit in slavery.

Sanctus ,
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They already have environmentally isolated safe places. They will ride this all the way until we all die and they get to tell the next generation of humanity it wasn’t their policies that did this.

chaogomu ,

The thing is, most red states will be the worst hit. The deep south will be unlivable in summer in a few years, it's almost unlivable now.

rdeets ,

It was a similar thing when they killed off their voters with Covid… Costing Trump his second term and derailing their own 2022 “red wave”.

Foresight isn’t exactly the GQP’s strong suit.

who8mydamnoreos ,

This short sighted selfish governance is all that can be expected from the GOP. These peasant minded conservative dogs loyally following their slimy masters stealing our future.

CIWS-30 ,

The only bit of good news is that young Republicans believe in climate change. Now I really wish they'd speak out more and start moving their party in that direction.

The GOP needs to die and be replaced with a better conservative party. What the old GOP (circa Eisenhower or so) was is what conservative Democrats are now. At the very least, we need ranked choice voting and a third party who'll take votes from the GOP by being similar in regard to most things EXCEPT action on climate change.

I know that's not ideal, but politics is about the art of the possible and choosing the least bad outcome. I'd rather have gun nuts / anti-abortion hounds / homophobes that care about the planet and perhaps support unions or something than what we have now. What we have now is people that are against everything good for the planet and its people.

Sanctus ,
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What we really need is an actual left party, not another right leaning party. Democrats as you said are center-right. We need an actual Workers Party.

KevonLooney ,

Democrats are not center-right, and comparisons to European political parties are not accurate. The US has a “first past the post” electoral system. US political parties are more like coalitions of smaller parties.

The Democratics encompass all the left wing parties, except the Greens (who are essentially Russian agents at this point). The Republicans are the conservative coalition (immigration nuts, rich dudes, Nazis, people who have experienced a trauma and are taking their anger and fear out on the world, etc.).

If you want to move the Democrats left, you need to get elected and raise money like AOC does. Sorry, shouting on the Fediverse doesn’t count.

MisterMoo ,
@MisterMoo@kbin.social avatar

Well said. Democrats are like the German SDP + Die Linke, while the Republicans are CDU+FDP+AfD.

Sanctus ,
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

What is this world salad? Democrats and Republicans may be equivalent to the political coalitions and federations of the EU but it is not a great solution that they try and represent so much. Both parties should be broken up and FPTP needs to be replaced with ranked choice. I’m not shouting on the fediverse, I’m joining a discussion already going on lmao

randon31415 ,

Sadly, any ‘actual left’ party would be cooped by Russia into a ‘sabotage USA’ party.

qprimed ,

not sure why you think that. any ‘actually left’ person fully understands that Russia has devolved into a authoritarian oligarchy and would rail against it as ardently as they would against the current western capitalist oligarchy.

I am not saying cooption could not happen, but there is ample reason to think this could be avoided. if not, then yes, we are all fucked - and deservedly so.

ech ,

It’s not like they’d be openly Russian. Did you miss the last 8 years of American politics? It’s all astroturfed subterfuge.

qprimed ,

oh, absolutely. but, as you have pointed out, we have had 8 years of covert/overt interference. anyone who cares is going to be looking out for it more intently now.

I may be overly optimistic, but surely the easily manipulated crazies have mostly migrated to the right, leaving the slightly less insane of us to figure out what to do next.

like the recent UFO / UAP crap… who the hell is watching this circus side show distraction? no one I know. the distractions are wearing thin, especially as the world bakes.

ech ,

The whole COVID shitshow has made it very clear to me that crazies exist everywhere, on every side. Thinking one side is “too smart” to be manipulated is a great way to overlook that very manipulation.

qprimed ,

“similar priorities” instead of “smart”?

the self sorting has been hard and fast over the last 10 years. my point is that hopefully the alligned groups who prioritize things as I do, are less likely to be peeled off and rendered ineffective. I really do think the bulk of self sorting has already defined hard lines in global society.

teft ,
@teft@lemmy.world avatar

In crayon?

Jumper775 ,

So they are hoping to win by telling people “this is how we are going to kill you and your families if you vote trump”

UtiAnimi ,

And their chances with this are relatively high. Their voters only care for owning the lobs and hurting people that are not white christians.

blazera ,
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really hoping the southern US in particular getting roasted alive snaps a few people out of the conservative bullshit.

Saprophyte ,
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Guy from Georgia here… Nah, killing themselves through roasting is perfectly fine as long as they still get to hurt brown people. Selling your soul out to corporations who will rape the environment and destroy the lives of your children and grandchildren is a far second place to making brown people suffer.

qprimed ,

its amazing to watch the legacy of “hate the other” play out. I am in awe of the human capacity for stupidity and manipulation.

Milksteaks ,

Roasting yourself alive to own the libs

Cabrio ,

Owning the libs to become the #1 cause of Conservative death.

e_t_ Admin ,

They're just cribbing from Emperor Cartagia: "Let it all end in fire!"

DarkGamer ,
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"If elected we plan to make you and your descendants suffer as much as possible."

Hellsadvocate OP ,

Descendents? These motherfuckers will make US suffer. Climate change is happening much much faster than they’ve calculated even with their most bleak estimates.

randon31415 ,

You are worried about your descendants? You pervert!

Wirrvogel ,
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https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/47b96c8d-7d1b-40b0-a53f-2c0f053f4120.jpeg

Naja_Kaouthia ,
@Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah no we’re already on Hell’s front porch. Might as well come on in and make ourselves at home. Fuck I’m tired.

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