All-powerful for-profit utilities have apparently bribed/persuaded Florida officials to crush what they consider to be a developing threat - solar power.

There was a time in America when big business and the politicians closest to them at least pretended to be patriotic, to put the interests of the nation and its citizens first. The latest abomination from Republicans in Florida shows that those days are long gone.

In the face of a climate change crisis that threatens our nation, civilization itself, and even human life on Earth, a corrupt profit motive is all-consuming for the GOP.

Reflecting a growing trend among for-profit utility parasites companies, Florida Power and Light (FPL) has apparently bribed incentivized Republicans in the Florida House and Senate to put forward HB4, which recently passed both bodies and is waiting for Governor DeSantis' signature.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Stormy Days Coming for Solar Power in the Sunshine State" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Climate Deniers in the 117th Congress" by Ari Drennen, Sally Hardin.

Article: "The Comprehensive Economic Development Impacts of the Rooftop Solar Power Industry on the State of Florida" by WEG.

Article: "Revealed: the Florida power company pushing legislation to slow rooftop solar" by Mary Ellen Klas, Mario Alejandro Ariza.

Article: "Nevada solar industry collapses after state lets power company raise fees" by Dan Hernandez.

Article: "Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says she will 'be the same person' if 'Build Back Better' talks revived" by Tara Kavaler.

Article: "Rick Scott made the mistake of telling voters what Republicans stand for. It's a polling disaster" by Kerry Eleveld.

Article: "26 things Rick Scott's 'rescue' plan for America would do" by Chris Cillizza.

Article: "Fox: "Human Sacrifice" is the "Logical Conclusion" of A 62-Retweet Call To Deflate SUV Tires" by ClimateDenierRoundup.

Article: "Rooftop Solar: Which States Are Friendliest?" by Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer.

Article: "Graphene aluminum battery may be here" by A.J. Roan.

Article: "Graphene" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Electric Ford F-150 Can Power Your Entire House for Three Days on a Single Charge" by Rob Stumpf.

Article: "Wind energy generation by state" by Choose Energy.

Article: "Solar and wind's competitiveness over coal is accelerating, analysis shows" by Kathiann M. Kowalski.

Article: "Net metering" (reverse metering) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Wind Gives Texas Grid a Boost in Winter Blast" by Peter Sinclair.

Article: "Enron scandal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What Is Energy Deregulation & Which States Are Deregulated?" by P3 Cost Analysts.

Article: "Critical Race Theory" (CRT) by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Article: "The 1619 Project" by Wikipedia.

Article: "A historical timeline of post-independence Ukraine" by Council on Foreign Relations.

Article: "Solar power in Germany" by Wikipedia.

Article: "California's rooftop solar decision remains on hold" by Rob Nikolewski.

Article: "California utility to pay $55 million for massive wildfires" by AP.

Hour Two: The Fed Gets Scary
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System (now also available as an e-book)

Article: "The Fed gets scary" by Robert Armstrong and Ethan Wu.

Article: "Quantitative Easing (QE)" by Investopedia.

Article: "What Is Quantitative Tightening?" by Kristie M Engemann.

Article: "List of recessions in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Federal Reserve" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Resolution Trust Corporation" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bernie Sanders's Highly Sensible Plan to Turn Post Offices Into Banks" by Joe Pinsker.

Article: "Bank of North Dakota" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Commerce Clause" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'The Birchers have won': How right-wing paranoia has become the GOP's defining feature" by Travis Gettys.

Book: "None Dare Call It Treason" by John A. Stormer.

Case: "Brown v. Board", 1954.

Article: "The Secret Service - Imposter Government Agents fiasco just got weirder" by xaxnar.

Article: "Alaska Permanent Fund" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What is a Hybrid Water Heater? How Does It Work?" by Stephen Conklin.

Article: "Lauren Boebert Gets Serious GOP Primary Challenger, Slams Her 'Embarrassing Juvenile Antics'" by Alex Griffing.

Article: "Diablo Canyon Power Plant" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bonneville Dam" by Wikipedia.

Article: "PG&E confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California fire" by Michael Liedtke.

Article: "PG&E Charged With 4 More Homicides, This Time for 2020 Zogg Wildfire" by Brian Wang.

Article: "San Bruno pipeline explosion" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Surprise! Russia cancels Kentucky aluminum plant after Moscow Mitch fails to throw election" by DeposuitPotentes.

Article: "Ductless Mini-Split Heat Pumps" by DoE.

Hour Three: Shock Therapy for Neoliberals
- Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics and University Professor at Columbia University / Former chief economist of the World Bank (1997-2000) / Chair of the US President's Council of Economic Advisers and co-chair of the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices. / Member-Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation / Lead author of the 1995 IPCC Climate Assessment

Article: "Shock Therapy for Neoliberals" by Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Book: People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent by Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Article: "Neoliberalism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ronald Reagan" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Margaret Thatcher" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Invisible hand" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Financial crisis of 2007-08" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Milton Friedman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Against the government's licensing of doctors – Milton Friedman".

Book: Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman.

Article: "Precautionary Principle" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Factbox: How dependent is Germany on Russian gas?" by Vera Eckert, Kate Abnett.

Article: "GOP Pollster: Republican Leaders Are Mocking 'Child' Trump Behind His Back" by Ed Mazza.

Article: "GOP New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu calls Trump 'f***ing crazy' and said if he was in a mental asylum 'he would not be getting out', during annual white-tie Gridiron Dinner" by Katelyn Caralle.

Tweet: "Higher prices, more supply chain problems, fewer groceries and goods in our stores. Abbott is hurting the Texas economy." by Beto O'Rourke.

Article: "Delays, closures and chaos mount at Texas-Mexico border crossings from new state inspections" by Mitchell Ferman and Uriel J. García.

Article: "Biden EPA Unveils 'First-Ever' Blueprint to Protect Endangered Species From Pesticides" by Jessica Corbett.

Article: "Our nation's renewables goals are at risk; the US Commerce Department must reject the latest tariff petition" by Scott Wiater.

Article: "Heatwaves at both of Earth's poles alarm climate scientists" by Fiona Harvey.

Article: "Hon. Merrick B. Garland" by Federalist Society.

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