Veteran meteorologist and hurricane expert John Morales breaks down in tears on an NBC Florida broadcast as he warns what's happening with Milton:

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"I want to make sure everyone understands the distinction between misinformation, which is an unintentional omission or untruth, and disinformation, deliberately misleading information with the intent to manipulate. Though you may see the words used interchangeably, they shouldn’t be."

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans
/17

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Conspiracists and cranks have been around as long as humans have walked this earth. What’s different now is two elements. The first is that they increasingly occupy positions of power and have been given platforms to more widely spread their insanity."

~ Andrew Egger

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans #ConspiracyTheories
/18

Do We Dare Call It Fascism?

Plus: The boy senator who cried wolf.

(www.thebulwark.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The second is that those who know better—the Marco Rubios of the world—have indulged their fantasies. They’ve embraced a little brain rot for the purposes of political gain and undoubtedly thought to themselves along the way: ‘Eh. What harm will be done?’"

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans #ConspiracyTheories
/19

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Musk is putting the lives of hurricane victims in North Carolina and Georgia in jeopardy, and if he continues his lies when Milton hits, he will cause the deaths of more people who act on misinformation he allows on his social media platform or posts himself."

~Lucian K. Truscott

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans #ElonMusk #SocialMedia
/20

Elon Musk is turning himself into the most dangerous man in the world

He’s got enough money to buy the Moon, Mars, and Venus and juggle them. He’s even got enough money to buy Donald Trump the White House, and that’s exactly what he attempted to do today on his social media powerhouse X/Twitter. Musk came up with a semi-legal scam to pay money to people who get registered voters in seven battleground states to sign a petition in support of the First and Second Amendments to the Constitution.

(luciantruscott.substack.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"It’s one thing to be ignorant, another to lie when you should know better. This past summer was the hottest on record. Rising temperatures are resulting in glaciers melting at an unprecedented pace and rising sea levels.

Nonetheless, Trump lied again this week that 'the planet has actually gotten little bit cooler recently.'"

~ Aaron Rupar and Stephen Robinson

#hurricane #Milton #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
/22

Trump's climate denial is appalling and getting worse

It's a perfect storm of ignorance and malevolence.

(www.publicnotice.co)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"It’s too generous to characterize Trump as merely uninformed. He’s sneeringly hostile to science and openly mocks any efforts to address the climate crisis"

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans
/23

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"As once-in-century hurricane heads for Florida, major media is silent about Trump's disaster relief lies. ...

Never before and never again in the history of our Republic will we witness a presidential candidate leverage the lives and safety of victims of natural disasters into pawns in a campaign."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans #media
/24

Media Blitz, Day Two.

October 8, 2024

(roberthubbell.substack.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Kamala Harris condemned Trump's statements on Monday—and the major media yawned (except for The Guardian)."

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans #media #KamalaHarris
/25

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The biggest problem we have is nuclear warming not global warming. And the nuclear people can't have the nuclear. Nuclear is the power. You know I rebuilt our entire nuclear force and our nuclear is the best in the world and Russia's right behind us"

~ Donald J. Trump in an interview with Hugh Hewitt (I'm not linking: go to HughHewitt dot com if you want to read)

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans
/26

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Tribune Sad. And on the mark, sad to say. Thanks.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

Republicans who voted against FEMA funding, from Kamala 2024

#hurricane #Milton #Florida #Tampa #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Republicans
/27

Meteorologist breaks down in tears over monster hurricane Milton: "This is horrific. It's an incredible, incredible, incredible hurricane."

"You know what's driving this. I don't need to tell you. Global warming, climate change is leading to this and becoming an increasing threat."

(kamala2024.substack.com)

[mbwood@toad.social]

@wdlindsy Scott Fu**ing Perry is on this list, as if we needed another reason to "diselect" him in PA.

[kathylk@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy

I was told by someone on Mastodon that it's the voters' own fault for voting these clowns in. If they want funding, they should vote better.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@KathyLK I'll confess that I'm tempted to think that — but I also think it's not a helpful response to people in dire circumstances, to blame them for the poor choices they made that have contributed to their immiseration. We have huge educational challenges in the US, obviously, with so many people prone to believe toxic nonsense that ends up hurting them!

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@mbwood Indeed. Thanks for noting that.

[kathylk@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy

I agree! When the racist and misogynist religious bigots have been entrenched for decades in "poorly educated" states, what are we supposed to do? The Preamble to our Constitution states, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Wouldn't it follow, then, that some government agency should be enforcing the Constitution and the laws derived from it? How can "justice" be left to voters alone?

[piousunyn@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy How does this work, Republicans asked North Vietnam against ending war or Iran freeing hostages to make Democrats look bad, vote against making border safer, now we have this, voting against FEMA aid. How sick are Republicans for power?

[tomdb@mastodon-belgium.be]

@wdlindsy An idiot with too much money…

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@TomDB For sure.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Piousunyn Your final question is just the right question to ask. It sums the dynamic up well.