Administration of Denial: Trump's Shock and Awe Attack on the Environment

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[Donate Now]( [Administration of Denial: Trump's Shock and Awe Attack on the Environment]( Dahr Jamail, Truthout: The administration of Donald J. Trump is populated by deniers of human-caused climate disruption in all key positions. For those of us concerned about runaway climate disruption, this regime, with its denial of the greatest existential threat to humanity (alongside nuclear war), has become our worst enemy. The situation is even more dire than it appears at first glance. [Read the Article]( [As the "Alt-Right" Strays From Its Roots, Will It Turn to Open Fascism?]( Shane Burley, Truthout: Fascism has always been about reinvention, and without a dynamic opposition, it will just find a way to repackage itself to the same constituencies it draws from. Even as the "alt-right" seems to be in decline due to widespread public revulsion and mass resistance from anti-fascist organizations, especially after Charlottesville, we cannot afford to ignore it. 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