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President Biden became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest, emphasizing the global urgency of combating climate change.

During his historic visit, he called protecting the environment “a fight for humanity, citing achievements such as rejoining the Paris Agreement, boosting climate financing to $11 billion annually, and advancing green energy through the Inflation Reduction Act

He announced new conservation efforts, including $50 million for the Amazon Fund, and declared Nov. 17 as International Conservation Day.

Biden urged leaders to prioritize both environmental protection and economic growth, leaving a climate-focused legacy amid concerns over President-elect Trump’s rollback plans.

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    8 days ago

    There is plenty of evidence of Democrats trying to stop progressives. Why would that be limited to progressive candidates and not progressive legislation?

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      “Democrats” or the Democratic Party as a whole? Because any bad faith actor can claim to be democrat and go against party lines.

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            When they can count on people like yourself to make excuses for it, why would they stop?

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              Pointing out that republicans try to block democrat legislation is reality not an excuse. But you probably believe they are all lizard people with your conspiracy minded thought process.

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                Pointing out that republicans try to block democrat legislation is reality not an excuse

                Provided that you ignore that Republicans always seem to be able to vote in lockstep and always have just enough help from elected Democrats.

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                  You’re claiming that all republican legislation that has ever been passed, only passed because of help from democrats? That’s verifiably false.

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                    No, I’m claiming that when Democrats have a majority, Republicans vote in lockstep and Democrats always manage to have enough turncoats.

                    You’re saying that you love it in all cases because they block things that might help people other than Netanyahu. I’m being more honest about your position than you just decided to be about mine. I’m leaving this conversation because you’re trying to muddy the waters and there are better dishonest centrists out there to waste my time arguing with.