Author: Lee Camp

Gov’t Filled With Those Who Want To Destroy It – Redacted Tonight

The selection of a Republican oil and gas lawyer to head the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is just the latest in a sideshow of “leaders” chosen in this administration to head departments that they will ultimately destroy. Among the three-ring circus is EPA-crusher Scott Pruitt who doesn’t understand what the fuss is over this “science” thing people keep talking...

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Despite Lawsuit Dismissal, DNC is Definitely Corrupt – Redacted Tonight

The dismissal of the DNC Fraud Lawsuit case solidifies what we already had a feeling was true: the Democratic party feels no obligation to the people it claims to represent. This is important because it doesn’t only apply to the 2016 election, but all elections going forward. If someone defrauds you and has 0 repercussions, there’s a 100% chance they’ll defraud you again. If a judge rules on a motion to dismiss, he is bound by law to assume all the allegations in the complaint are true. In this case the judge spelled out the allegations of the complaint:...

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We Must “Politicize” Natural Disasters if We Want to Decrease Them – Redacted Tonight

You can claim we shouldn’t politicize moments like this, but life is political. Climate catastrophe will continue to tear apart our society – as we saw in New Orleans and as we are seeing in Houston. You cannot separate extreme weather from empirical evidence that humans are causing global warming and as Naomi Klein said in the Shock Doctrine, the neo-cons and neo-liberals will use these moments to push forward disaster capitalism. But if we look closely, these disasters show us the best in humanity… before profit is factored into the equation. Lee Camp discusses...

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DAPL Corporation Sues Activists for $300 MILLION – Redacted Tonight

The Dakota Access Pipeline is owned by Energy Transfer Partners, which is owned by Sunoco Logistics, who spills crude oil more often than any of its competitors according to Reuters. You’d think the violence of contaminating the Missouri River (a drinking water source for millions) and sacred sovereign land would be considered terrorism, but no, that label seems only to apply to those who threaten the corporate state. Bold Iowa is one of the environmental groups being sued for hundreds of millions of dollars by Energy Transfer Partners. Lee talks its director, Ed Fallon, then rants about how climate...

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