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“This is how free speech is actually chilled—vengeful dipshit billionaires,” said one media executive, after more than a dozen staffers let go from nonprofit watchdog whose mission is to combat right-wing disinformation and propaganda.

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15702155

Companies made “public promises to reduce emissions… while privately seeking to lock in continued fossil fuel production for decades into the future,” wrote two Democratic leaders who referred the case.

“Every single minute matters,” said the Democratic congresswoman, “and we have to use our power when we have it.”

Students called it an “unduly harsh punishment” that threatens the future of the seniors, and a professor warned it could lead to a “faculty rebellion.”

The report, based on a three-year investigation, found that the industry has deceived the public about climate change since at least the 1960s, with its strategy shifting over the decades from outright denial to disinformation and doublespeak. It was authored by the Senate Committee on the Budget, chaired by Whitehouse (D-R.I.)...

“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said.

The president “can win over votes with a serious change” in his Gaza policy, said a leader at AJP-Action, which commissioned the survey.

“We cannot trust fossil fuel corporations to do anything but line the pockets of their CEOs and investors at the cost of our climate and communities,” one campaigner said.

Big Oil CEOs are expected to host Trump as they seek to “pad their already enormous profits at the expense of our climate,” one expert said.

“Mischaracterizing misoprostol… as a dangerous drug of abuse creates confusion and misinformation, and harms women seeking high quality maternal care,” said more than 280 healthcare providers.

“The High Court’s decision is a rare piece of positive news for Julian Assange and all defenders of press freedom,” one Amnesty expert said.

[Biden’s] administration has blocked every international effort for a ceasefire and voted against Palestinian statehood at the UN, while providing the weapons slaughtering children in Gaza. This is nonsense....