Tom Weis
Tom Weis is the president of Climate Crisis Solutions in Boulder, Colorado.
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Views Friday, October 16, 2020 History Will Damn Trump & Co. for Betraying the Vision of Our Founders What I am about to share might surprise you. There is a rock formation next to one of my favorite hiking trails that I call “Love Rock.” Hikers like to leave small heart-shaped rocks on it. The sandstone wall is a sight to behold when covered with little stone hearts. More than once since 2016, I... Read more |
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Views Friday, October 09, 2020 Trump's Resignation Would Save Countless American Lives. You Could Even Call It a Blessing From God According him more compassion than he has shown others who have died due to his malicious negligence, I wish President Trump a full recovery from COVID-19, even though he brought this on himself through his wanton recklessness. Most people did not. Most people who have contracted the deadly disease... Read more |
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Views Saturday, October 03, 2020 Trumpgate Makes Watergate Look Like Child's Play I remember as a kid watching President Nixon’s resignation speech on a black-and-white television. That was a simpler and more innocent time. After burglars were caught red-handed breaking into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate Office Complex, Nixon resigned rather than face almost certain... Read more |
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Views Saturday, February 01, 2020 DNC Showing Its True Colors (Again) On Friday, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) showed it has learned nothing from the 2016 election disaster. The same DNC that recently complained it could not change the rules to allow the candidates to debate the gravest challenge facing humanity—the global climate emergency—has now rigged... Read more |
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Views Friday, November 15, 2019 DNC Dithers While the World Burns It wasn’t long ago that seemingly every green group in America was up in arms over the Democratic Party’s self-defeating refusal to sponsor a nationally televised presidential debate on the climate crisis. With moral clarity, climate campaigners loudly demanded that the Democratic National... Read more |
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Views Thursday, September 19, 2019 Another Open Letter to DNC Chair Tom Perez: How Are Democrats Going to Contain the Climate Worldfire If They Won’t Even Hold a Climate Debate? Dear Tom, Since the first open letter I wrote to you didn’t seem to get through, I’m trying again. You probably don’t remember me, but I remember you. You made a deep impression. We met (twice) in Washington, DC in the fall of 2013 when you visited a drafty #Fast4Families tent on the National Mall... Read more |
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Views Monday, May 02, 2016 Bernie, the Little Bird, and What May Be Our Last Best Chance to Get It Right Take heart , Sanders supporters. We’re down, but we’re not out . Bernie’s difficult path to the nomination just got a little rockier, but it’s still three months to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. If there’s anything I’ve learned from my years in presidential politics, it is to... Read more |
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Views Monday, March 21, 2016 The Revolution May Not Be Televised, But Bernie Sanders Is Going All The Way First the political powers that be tried to count Bernie Sanders out after Super Tuesday, only to watch him come roaring back with a Michigan miracle that shocked the political world. After being given a 1 in 100 chance by pollsters of winning the Wolverine State, Sanders knocked down the Clinton... Read more |
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Views Monday, March 07, 2016 Why Bernie Sanders Is the Democratic Party’s Best Hope to Win the White House in November What many expected to be a coronation for establishment candidate Hillary Clinton has morphed into a pitched battle for the soul of the Democratic Party. Despite all the corporate media hype to the contrary, the long slog to the Democratic nomination is just getting started . This is a marathon ,... Read more |
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Views Thursday, January 28, 2016 Why Bernie Sanders Is Winning the Hearts and Minds of America If you’re lucky, once in your lifetime, maybe twice if you’re really lucky, you’ll get an opportunity to support a presidential candidate who speaks to your values on a very deep personal level. For me, that chance came the day Bernie Sanders announced his presidential campaign. My reason for... Read more |