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People Who Are Against Hate Are Not A Fringe Minority, Not Even A Silent Majority, But Are A Silenced Majority, Silenced By The Corporate Media.

Over The First Two Weeks Of The Donald Trump Administration, Steve Bannon Has Emerged As One Of The Most Powerful Figures In The White House. The New York Times Ran An Editorial Posing The Question, "president Bannon?" Wrote, Quote, "we've Never Witnessed A Political Aide Move As Brazenly To Consolidate Power As Stephen Bannon - Nor Have We Seen One Do Quite So Much Damage So Quickly To His Putative Boss's Popular Standing Or Pretenses Of Competence."

So It Is Fair To Ask, Why Not Address The Threat Of Climate Change When It Is Still Possible? Asad Rehman, Of The International Environmental Group Friends Of The Earth, Who Was In New York For The Climate March, Told Me, “if We Can Find The Trillions [of Dollars] We’re Finding For Conflict Whether There’s Been The Invasion In Iraq Or Afghanistan Or Now The Conflict In Syria, Then We Can Find The Kind Of Money That’s Required For The Transformation That Will Deliver Clean, Renewable Energy.”

In One Of His Final Acts In Office, President Obama Shortened The Sentences Of 209 Prisoners, Pardoned 64 Individuals .the List Included Army Whistleblower Chelsea Manning, Longtime Imprisoned Puerto Rican Independence Activist Oscar López Rivera And Retired U.s. Marine Corps General James Cartwright. But Missing From The List Is 71-year-old Native American Activist Leonard Peltier.

War Coverage Should Be More Than A Parade Of Retired Generals And Retired Government Flacks Posing As Reporters.