The Senator Who Won’t Shut Up about Climate Change: Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse is pushing back on the “climate hushing” trend.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/senator-sheldon-whitehouse-climate-change-hushing-time-wake-up/

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Audacious@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 76d (1 reply)

Sheldon has a series of speeches called The Scheme, which he records and posts on YouTube as video, and on his website as written versions. https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/speeches/the-scheme-1-the-powell-memo/

The series goes into how the Republicans take over the Supreme Court shortly after the Civil Rights movements in the 1960s, around the time the parties switched. Sheldon goes into how dark money and Citizens United came into being, how it functions and influences court decisions and laws.

Then I found a website that tracks who in office takes dark money. To my great dissapointment, the man whistleblowning on dark money is listed there as taken dark money: https://www.trackaipac.com/congress

That website also follows new and upcoming candidates, but not all of them.

redsand@infosec.pub · 8 pts · 76d

AIPAC is the DNC's biggest weakness. Makes them effectively controlled opposition

supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 76d (1 reply)

I am from Rhode Island and I can affirm Sheldon Whitehouse is edit ok.

4am@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 76d

I am also from Rhode Island, and would like to add a big asterisk: he has taken AIPAC money

LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 76d (2 replies)

At the same time let's not forget about the Epstein hushing trend.

QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 76d (1 reply)

At this point, that's looking like a closed book. They will never release the files.

LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 76d

Plot twist - Epstein was just there to distract us from the space aliens.

betanumerus@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 76d
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someguy3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 76d

Yeah with countries now competing to not be left behind in AI wars, things aren't looking good for the climate.