Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’ prompts activists to turn up the volume | Nationwide actions seek to counter view that talking about climate crisis distracts from affordability messaging

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/01/democrats-climate-policy-hushing

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failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to · 3 pts · 40d (1 reply)

@silence7
reading this Guardian piece should make your bs radar ping as it has a lot of clickbait about disasters, but the Main Point is in a link which is
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24062026/analysis-shows-democrats-embrace-climate-hushing/

and if you look at the graph eve at its peak only abot 15% of press releases mentione climage change and far as I can figuure ouut, the climate hushing is about

DEMOCRATS RUNNING IN MODERATE STATES

silence7@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 40d

Thing is that almost every seat is a safe seat because of how much gerrymandering there is. Only a few dozen are competitive. Democrats have a lot of room to share their values in a way that makes it clear that constituents benefit.