30. David Lee Preston, “Is It Wrong to Compare Trump to Hitler? No,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 27, 2021, https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-hitler-insurrection-autocracy-holocaust-january-6-20210127.html.
31. Devan Cole, “Top House Democrats Compare Trump’s Rise to Hitler’s,” CNN, March 20, 2019, https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/20/politics/james-clyburn-trump-hitler-comparison/index.html.
32. Fadel Allassan, “Poll: 58% of Biden Voters Say Vote Is More ‘Against’ Trump than ‘For’ Biden,” Axios, August 16, 2020, https://www.axios.com/2020/08/16/biden-trump-poll-against.
33. Adam B. Vary, “Superman Changes Motto to ‘Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow,’ Says DC Chief,” Variety, October 16, 2021, https://variety.com/2021/film/news/superman-new-motto-dc-fandome-1235090712/.
34. David L. Altheide, Creating Fear: News and the Construction of Crisis (New York: Aldine De Gruyter, 2002), 63.
35. Ibid., 60.
36. Ibid., 59–60.
37. See https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1362128126273347586.html.
38. Tammy Bruce, “How Rush Limbaugh Helped Me Rethink Being a Leftist,” RealClearPolitics, February 18, 2021, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/02/18/how_rush_limbaugh_helped_me_rethink_being_a_leftist_536335.html.
39. Judith Miller, “Rise and Fall of New York Times Writer Bari Weiss—a Victim of Far-Left Intolerance,” Fox News, July 15, 2020, https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/new-york-times-bari-weiss-judith-miller.
Chapter 9: A Climate of Crisis
1. Daniel Botkin, “Global Warming Delusions,” Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2007, https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119258265537661384.
2. Ibid.
3. Andy Pudzer, “The Startling News about Trump’s Economy That Mainstream Media Ignored,” Fox Business, September 28, 2022, https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/trump-economy-mainstream-media-andy-puzder.
4. Noel Sheppard, “Krugman: Scientists Should Falsely Predict Alien Invasion So Government Will Spend More Money,” Newsbusters, May 26, 2012, https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/noel-sheppard/2012/05/26/Krugman-scientists-should-falsely-predict-alien-invasion-so.
5. Sami Adler, “How Much Would It Cost to End Climate Change,” Global Giving, March 1, 2021, https://www.globalgiving.org/learn/cost-to-end-climate-change/.
6. “GNP/GNI by Country 2022,” World Population Review, 2022, https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gnp-by-country.
7. Brandon Gillespie, “Kennedy Stumps Biden Official on $50 Trillion Cost to Fight Climate Change: ‘You Don’t Know, Do You?’” Fox News, May 6, 2023, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kennedy-stumps-biden-official-fifty-trillion-price-tag-climate-change.
8. Editorial Board, “Global Warming: A Back Door to Socialism—and Now Even the UN Admits It,” Investor’s Business Daily, January 16, 2014, https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/climate-change-a-back-door-to-communism-and-the-united-nations-admits-it/.
9. Ibid.
10. Asher Kohen, “It’s Amazing Just How Many Americans Served in World War II,” Timeline, May 8, 2016, https://timeline.com/its-amazing-just-how-many-americans-served-in-world-war-ii-18d197a685ca.
11. “World War II Casualties by Country 2022,” World Population Review, https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/world-war-two-casualties-by-country.
12. Jeff Haden, “How Would You Feel about a 94% Tax Rate?” CBS News, December 7, 2011, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-would-you-feel-about-a-94-tax-rate/.
13. Thomas Kaplan, “Bernie Sanders Proposes a Wealth Tax: ‘I Don’t Think That Billionaires Should Exist,’” New York Times, September 24, 2019, updated July 16, 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/us/politics/bernie-sanders-wealth-tax.html.
14. Martin Gould, “Take a Peek at ‘Best Known Millionaire Socialist’ Bernie Sanders’ Three Homes—One in D.C.,” Daily Mail, February 20, 2020, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8025835/Take-peak-best-known-millionaire-socialist-Bernie-Sanders-three-homes.html.
15. “A Voyeur’s Guide to the Homes of Washington’s Rich and Famous,” Washingtonian, October 9, 2016, https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/10/09/voyeurs-guide-homes-washingtons-rich-famous/.
16. Umar Irfan, “5 Things to Know about Bernie Sanders’s Aggressive Climate Strategy,” Vox, February 19, 2020, https://www.vox.com/2020/2/19/21142923/bernie-sanders-climate-change-policy-plan-2020.
17. Stephen Daggett, “Costs of Major U.S. Wars,” Congressional Research Service, June 29, 2010, https://sgp.fas.org/crs/natsec/RS22926.pdf.
18. “The Green New Deal,” Bernie Sanders, https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/.
19. Post Editorial Board, “Climate Fanatics Now Target BREATHING—Proving How Much They Hate Humanity,” New York Post, December 21, 2023, https://nypost.com/2023/12/21/opinion/climate-fanatics-target-breathing-proof-they-hate-humanity/.
20. Ibid.
21. David A. Graham, “Gaffe Track: Hillary’s Employment Plan for Coal Miners,” Atlantic, March 14, 2016, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/gaffe-track-hillarys-employment-plan-for-coal-miners/624681/.
22. Martina Stewart, “Emotional Unemployed W.Va. Coal Worker Confronts Hillary Clinton over Comment about Putting Coal ‘Out of Business,’” Washington Post, May 3, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/05/03/unemployed-w-va-coal-worker-confronts-clinton-over-comment-about-putting-coal-out-of-business/.
23. Jennifer Skene, “Toilet Paper Is Driving the Climate Crisis with Every Flush,” Natural Resources Defense Council Expert Blog, June 24, 2020, https://www.nrdc.org/experts/jennifer-skene/toilet-paper-driving-climate-crisis-every-flush.
24. Jon Sufrin, “TP Free: Why I Stopped Using Toilet Paper (and You Should, Too),” Globe and Mail, April 1, 2018, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/article-tp-free-why-i-stopped-using-toilet-paper-and-you-should-too/.
25. Ari Natter, “A US Government Agency Will Move to Regulate Gas Stoves as New Research Links Them to Childhood Asthma. ‘This Is a Hidden Hazard,’ Said an Official,” Bloomberg, January 9, 2023, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-09/us-safety-agency-to-consider-ban-on-gas-stoves-amid-health-fears.
26. “Get to Know Us,” RMI, https://rmi.org/about/.
27. Breanne Deppisch, “What to Know about the Study behind the Push to Ban Gas Stoves,” Washington Examiner, January 11, 2023, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/209154/what-to-know-about-the-study-behind-the-push-to-ban-gas-stoves/.
28. Brady Seals, Manager at RMI, LinkedIn, posted January 4, 2023, retrieved February 2024, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bradyanneseals_population-attributable-fraction-of-gas-stoves-activity-7016406994584567808-A6B0/.
29. See https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/75.