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Well, it's easier to lie about things when there's not any hard data available, and they do seem to lie a lot.

They do it even when there's data available, they don't care either way I think.

Without data, folks can't prove they are lying, though.

It's easy. This administration and the current GOP are beholden to the very rich and to corporations.

Energy companies have made a business decision to use marketing and PR to deny climate change. Denying climate change protects energy companies' profits.

This is all very expected once you realize who funds the GOP.

I don't really get why most media stories on climate change don't explain the motivations behind climate change denial.

This administration and the current GOP?

This isn't a partisan problem, it's a systemic one. Every recent administration and both major parties are beholden to powerful special interests.

The normal course of things the US went through since the seventies. The US is all in all an insane country with tons of nukes.

Let's hope he stops at just destroying the US alone and not start a World War.