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In a new interview with BBC Newsnight, Professor Noam Chomsky repeated his previous claim that the Republican Party is the most dangerous organization “in human history,” especially in their refusal to fight climate change or even denying that the global phenomenon is real. Although Chomsky noted it was an “outrageous statement” to make, when host […]

It’s time to modernize George Orwell’s concept of the memory hole laid out in his (once again best-selling novel), 1984. The “memory hole” was where “the party” discarded inconvenient bits of history, replacing them with what are now known as “alternative facts.” The logic, as Orwell explained it, was “Who controls the past, controls the […]

Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Science Committee, has subpoenaed two state attorneys general to obtain records of their investigations into whether ExxonMobil misled investors and the public on climate change risks. Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Science Committee Smith is among a group of GOP lawmakers who say the oil giant’s […]