>>> TODAY WE GOT A STARK WARNING
OF THE VERY REAL EFFECTS OF BIG
OILS IMPACT ON THE WORLD.
AN ARCTIC SCIENTIST SAID GLOBAL
WARMING MAY HAVE ALREADY PASSED
AN IRREVERSIBLE TIPPING POINT.
AND IF AS THE WORLD BURNS ISNT
ENOUGH, BIG OIL IS ALSO NOT
PAYING TAXES.
NOT GETTING REGULATED.
AND RUINING OUR POLITICS.
THE VERY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
KILLING THE PLANET, POUR TONS OF
MONEY INTO TARGETING PROGRESSIVE
POLITICS, SPECIFICALLY THE
ORGANIZATIONS FUNDED BY THE
BILLIONAIRE KOCH BROTHERS,
CHARLES AND THE LATE DAIFT KOVID
HE HELPED FUNNEL BILLIONS INTO
CLIMATE DENYING ORGANIZATIONS
FOR DECADES SINCE HIS FAMILY
MADE MONEY ON OIL AND GAS.
WITH HIS MONEY HE FOUNDED
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY, THE
GROUP THAT MOBILIZED THE TEA
PARTY.
IT IS STILL GOING ALONG WITH ITS
OTHER PARTNERS IN THE KOCH
NETWORK WAGING A
BEHIND-THE-SCENES NETWORK TO
STOP PROGRESSIVE PRIORITIES LIKE
THE FOR THE PEOPLE ACT AND
LAUNCHING A TEA PARTY VERSION
2.0 CAMPAIGN TO TARGET PRESIDENT
BIDENS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
WHINING ABOUT SPENDING AND
TAXES, TARGETING LAWMAKERS FROM
BOTH PARTIES IN 27 STATES.
JOINING ME IS SHELDON
WHITEHOUSE.
IM SO GLAD YOURE AVAILABLE.
I WATCH C-SPAN AND I HAVE SEEN
YOUR PRESENTATIONS WITH CHARTS
ABOUT BIG MONEY AND ITS
INFLUENCE ON OUR POLITICS.
I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS.
TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS
BECAUSE THE KOCH BROTHERS FUNDED
THE TEA PARTY.
THEY ARE NOW BACKING THIS PUSH
TO KILL S-1, HR-1, THE FOR THE
PEOPLE ACT.
THEYRE NOW TARGETING DEMOCRATS
LIKE JOE MANCHIN.
>> WELL, THE KOCH BROTHERS AND A
COUPLE OF OTHER CREEPY
RIGHT-WING REPUBLICAN
BILLIONAIRES HAVE BASICALLY
BUILT OUT WHAT IN THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY YOUD
CALL A MASSIVE COVERT OPERATION.
ITS PRIMARILY FOR OIL AND GAS.
THATS WHERE IT BEGAN IS TO
PROPAGATE CLIMATE DENIAL AND
BLOCK CLIMATE LEGISLATION IN ITS
MOST KIND OF POWERFUL SENSE.
IT WORKED FOR BIG TOBACCO BEFORE
BUT IT REALLY CAME ALIVE TO DO
CLIMATE DENIAL.
AND LIKE A GOOD COVERT
OPERATION, THEY USE ANONYMOUS
MONEY, THEY USE CUTOUTS, THEY
USE FRONT GROUPS, THEY USE
DISINFORMATION, THEY HAVE PEOPLE
WHO PRETEND TO BE REAL
SCIENTISTS WHO CAN ACT LIKE
SCIENTISTS ON TV BUT SAY
COMPLETE NON-SCIENCE IF NOT, YOU
KNOW, NONSENSE.
SO ITS A REALLY, REALLY
SIGNIFICANT OPERATION.
IM REALLY GLAD YOURE PAYING
ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE FRANKLY
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ATTEND IVE
ENOUGH TO IT AS DEMOCRATS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GETS
BURIED IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
S-1 IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH IT IS
AN ANTI-DARK MONEY BILL.
>> YEAH.
>> JOE MANCHIN USED TO BE A
BACKER OF S-1.
HES A CO-SPONSOR OF THE BILL.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AMERICANS
FOR PROSPERITY POSTS THIS
WEBSITE, TELLS HIM BE AGAINST
THE BILL AND NOW HES SUDDENLY AGAINST THE BILL.
AGAINST THE BILL.
YOU HAD HIM AND CHRISKYRSTEN SIN
DIDNT EVEN SHOW UP TODAY TO
TALK WITH TEXAS LAWMAKERS WHO
ARE FIGHTING FOR VOTING RIGHTS.
SO YOU HAVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE ANTI-VOTING RIGHTS.
THEY WANT CLIMATE CHANGE
SUNSHINESCIENCE
TO BE BURIED AND NOW THEYRE
ANTI-VOTING BUT ITS THE MONEY
PIECE WE DONT TALK ENOUGH
ABOUT.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
>> YEAH.
IF YOU CONNECT THE DOTS A LITTLE
BIT, HERITAGE ACTION, WHICH HAS
LONG BEEN A PART OF THE KOCH
DARK MONEY NETWORK WAS THE GROUP
THAT WAS CAUGHT RECENTLY WITH
THE CLIP FROM THEIR FUND-RAISER
SAYING HOW THEY WERE ANONYMOUSLY
FUNDING VOTER SUPPRESSION
ACTIVITIES IN ALL THESE
REPUBLICAN STATES.
THAT SOMETIMES THE REPUBLICAN
LEGISLATORS DONT EVEN KNOW ITS
US AND THAT THEY WORK THROUGH
WHAT THEY OMINOUSLY CALLED
SENTINELS IN THESE PLACES TO
HIDE THEIR ROLE.
YOU HAD LEONARD LEAH, THE
MASTERMIND OF THE COURT CAP
OPERATION THAT PUSHED GORSUCH,
KAVANAUGH AND BARRETT ONTO THE
SUPREME COURT.
WHEN "THE WASHINGTON POST" DID
THE BIG EXPOSE SCHEME HE JUMPED
OUT AND JUMPED TO THE ELECTIONS
PROJECT WHICH IS DARK MONEY
FUNDED VOTER SUPPRESSION.
WHICH, BY THE WAY, IF YOU DO THE
CORPORATE LINKS, ITS RELATED TO
THE JUDICIAL EDUCATION PROJECT,
WHICH IS RELATED TO THE JUDICIAL
CRISIS NETWORK, WHICH PAID FOR
THE ADS FOR GORSUCH, FOR
KAVANAUGH AND FOR BARRETT.
SO ITS THE SAME CENTRAL COMMAND
SCHEME OPERATING AGAINST CLIMATE
LEGISLATION, OPERATING FOR DARK
MONEY, AND OPERATING TO PULL OFF
THIS VOTER SUPPRESSION STUNT.
FRANKLY, DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD CRAP
FOR COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST IT
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND ITS REALLY HARD TO FIGHT A
GROUP LIKE THAT IF YOU DONT
TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY AND TAKE IT
ON.
>> WELL, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY
QUESTION IS WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT
IT.
RIGHT, THEY ALSO HAVE THESE
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ALEC, THE
AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE
COUNCIL THAT ARE ALSO HEAVILY
INVOLVED IN PUSHING COOKIE
CUTTER LEGISLATION.
THERE IS THAT HERITAGE ACTION
ORGANIZATION THAT THEY HAVE A
PLAN WITH ALEKC TO WRITE VOTER
SUPPRESSION BILLS.
IF YOU JUST POLL THINGS LIKE
SAVING THE PLANET FROM DOOM, AND
WE ARE AT THIS TIPPING POINT IN
TERMS OF SAVING THE PLANET FROM
CLIMATE DOOM, WE DONT DO
ANYTHING, WERE GOING TO GET
PAST THE POINT WHERE WE CAN STOP
IT.
MOST PEOPLE WANT TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT AND THEY SAY NO, YOU
CANNOT.
THEN THEY SAY NO, YOU CANNOT
VOTE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE
MAJORITY WOULD VOTE TO SAVE THE
PLANET.
SO US LITTLE FOLKS OUT HERE WHO
ARE NOT MULTI BILLIONAIRES AND
JUST WANT OUR PLANET TO CONTINUE
AND WANT US TO BE A DEMOCRACY,
WHAT THE HELL CAN WE DO ABOUT IT
WHEN PEOPLE LIKE MANCHIN WHO HAS
AN IMPOVERISHED STATE HOO NEEDS
INFRASTRUCTURE AND HAS MINERS
DYING AT AGE 50 SOMETHING
BECAUSE THEYRE IN THE MINES
INSTEAD OF BEING CHANGED INTO
GREEN JOBS, WHAT DO WE DO?
IF HE DOESNT WANT TO HELP, WHAT
DO WE DO?
>> YOUVE GOT TO DEMAND
TRANSPARENCY AND FIGHT BACK AND
CALL ON LEADERS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO ASK WHAT
THEIR COUNTERMEASURES ARE
AGAINST THIS BIG OPERATION.
ITS LIKE THE OTHER SIDE HAS AN
AIR FORCE AND WE HAVE NONE AND
WERE GOING TO WAR.
AND WEVE GOT TO HAVE OUR OWN
AIR FORCE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST
THEIRS.
AND OURS WILL BE AN AIR FORCE OF
LIKE TRUTH AND LIGHT AND
EXPOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY AND
SHOWING WHO THESE RASCALS ARE.
BUT WE HAVENT DELIBERATELY GONE
ABOUT IT.
TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THESE
GROUPS, THERE ARE SCIENTISTS WHO
STUDY THIS STUFF WHO DEMOCRATS
HAVE NOT PUT TO EFFECTIVE USE.
BUT THEY STUDY THIS STUFF AND
THEYLL SHOW THAT THERE ARE 50,
60, 80, 100 DIFFERENT FRONT
GROUPS ALL OPERATED IN THIS SAME
NETWORK AND THATS MOSTLY ON THE
CLIMATE DENIAL SIDE.
THE NETWORK CAN DIAL UP
WHICHEVER PHONY BALONEY GROUP IT
WANTS LIKE A PIANIST PLAYING
KEYS ON THE PIANO AND WE DONT
BOTHER TO POINT OUT TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THIS IS A
BIG PIANO THAT IS BEING PLAYED
BY A BUNCH OF CREEPY RIGHT-WING
BILLIONAIRES AND HALF OF THE
STUFF THAT COMES OUT OF IT IS
COMPLETELY PHONY AND ITS ALL
CONTROLLED.
>> HAVE YOU HAD THIS
CONVERSATION WITH KIRSTENYRSTEN
AND JOE MANCHIN, BECAUSE TEXAS
LEGISLATORS TRIED TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION AND THEY DIDNT
SHOW UP.
>> NOT PRECISELY.
BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN WE GO
AT THE DARK MONEY THING, IM
CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL HAVE
THEM.
THE REASON IM CONFIDENT THAT WE
WILL HAVE THEM IS WHAT YOU JUST
QUOTED FROM JANE MAYERS EXPOSE
WHICH WE KNOW FROM POLLING AND
THAT IS THAT A CONSERVATIVE TEA
PARTIER HATES SPECIAL INTERESTS,
ANONYMOUS DARK MONEY CORRUPTING
AMERICAN POLITICS JUST AS MUCH
AS ANYONE DOES.
THE NUMBERS ARE UNBELIEVABLE.
WE POLL IN THE HIGH 80s AND THE
90s FIGHTING THAT.
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