>>Happens there's an example right now of the way the Republican party has decided to privilege power over truth (and, incidentally, over taking care of the people who elect them). There's a polar vortex over the US right now and it resulted in unusual freezing temperatures and snow in Texas. The result has been that millions of Texans have been without power for several days.
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>>Okay, stuff happens. But a ton of Texas Republicans, as well as right-wing media, have made public statements blaming the problem on the Green New Deal, which hasn't yet been passed. Some don't go quite that far and instead blame it on the failure of wind turbines in Texas. The problem is that wind provides less than 20% of Texas's power, and in fact, the reality is that many of the fossil fuel plants failed in the cold weather. Another part of the reality is that, unlike the other 47 states in the mainland US, Texas's power grid is not connected to that of other states. That's because Texas wanted to avoid federal regulation. In addition, the reason so much of the grid has failed is that the state and the power companies chose not to winterize, even after several close calls in the recent past.
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>>And just to clarify, Texas has been under Republican rule for quite some time. GOP governors since 1994, the legislature has been under full GOP control since 2003 and the Texas Senate has been controlled by the GOP since 1997.
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>I'm involved in a project with some people in Dallas - they have no power and they're completely out of business.

That, too, but my biggest concern is how many people are going to die because of this. I donated yesterday to an org helping get people out of the cold.

Tamar