If Barack Obama and David Axelrod are really concerned about the climate crisis, they can fess up to their culpability — and demand change from Joe Biden. This summer has been the hottest ever recorded. Global fossil fuel consumption hit an all-time high last year, continuing to exacerbate the climate crisis. Against this backdrop, former President Barack Obama and his top White House strategist David Axelrod have been publicly lamenting climate inaction and warning of the imperative to fight climate change — pretending they are powerless bystanders who played no part in creating the...…If Barack Obama and David Axelrod are really concerned about the climate crisis, they can fess up to their culpability — and demand change from Joe Biden. This summer has been the hottest ever recorded. Global fossil fuel consumption hit an all-time high last year, continuing to exacerbate the climate crisis. Against this backdrop, former President Barack Obama and his top White House strategist David Axelrod have been publicly lamenting climate inaction and warning of the imperative to fight climate change — pretending they are powerless bystanders who played no part in creating the...WW…

NewsletterLatest NewsNational PoliticsMiscBillionaire Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman bragged about his firm’s big earnings off high rents — and he boasted that his firm “was a huge winner coming out of the global financial crisis” in 2008.ShareThis report was written by David Sirota and Andrew PerezThe world’s largest private equity firm has campaigns against rent control and been by the United Nations of fueling a global housing crisis. Now, as millions are threatened with eviction during the pandemic, Blackstone’s top executive is openly bragging that the firm is making huge profits off...…NewsletterLatest NewsNational PoliticsMiscBillionaire Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman bragged about his firm’s big earnings off high rents — and he boasted that his firm “was a huge winner coming out of the global financial crisis” in 2008.ShareThis report was written by David Sirota and Andrew PerezThe world’s largest private equity firm has campaigns against rent control and been by the United Nations of fueling a global housing crisis. Now, as millions are threatened with eviction during the pandemic, Blackstone’s top executive is openly bragging that the firm is making huge profits off...WW…

The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.Last night, CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Joe Biden and Kamala Harris a straightforward : “Who would you point to now as a leading progressive voice in the cabinet?”Harris had no answer, saying only that “we’re not even halfway there” on nominations. Biden touted only his Homeland Security nominee, who previously run Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).The spectacle was revelatory and honest: a month after the election, Biden’s nominations make it clear that the president-elect is most focused on...…The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.Last night, CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Joe Biden and Kamala Harris a straightforward : “Who would you point to now as a leading progressive voice in the cabinet?”Harris had no answer, saying only that “we’re not even halfway there” on nominations. Biden touted only his Homeland Security nominee, who previously run Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).The spectacle was revelatory and honest: a month after the election, Biden’s nominations make it clear that the president-elect is most focused on...WW…