• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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    2 months ago

    Fun fact: there isn’t any state that is safe from climate change disasters no matter what party is in power. Also, NC has a democratic governor and half of its House members are democrats.

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      2 months ago

      Least affected states is/will be the Upper Midwest and even there, Republican politicians are making up for it by literally poisoning the drinking water.

      Because they’re cartoon villains, except dumber than Elmer Fudd.

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      2 months ago

      The GOP has a supermajority in the NC House. NC has a democratic governor, who is term limited, and a right wing lt. governor. Plus the GOP state legislature went ham with gerrymandering and redistricting before this upcoming election. So the republican hold on the state might deepen.

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      2 months ago

      Some nice points but also NC voted for Trump in the last two presidential elections - and this despite having been a swing state prior to that?

      So yeah, not as deep a red state as they could be, but they were still fairly influential in e.g. dropping out of the Paris Climate Accord, not merely individually as a state but in causing the entire United States of America to do so.

      The best time to have done something was yesterday - or in this case, 8 years ago.

      Though the second best time is now.