On June 27th, up to 100 million Americans will watch the first Presidential Debate of the 2024 election live on CNN. There is no bigger platform for the candidates to explain their positions and plans for the future to voters; And there is no bigger problem or greater threat to the nation than climate change and the fossil fueled fascists profiteering off the crisis.

Project 2025 is Trump and the fossil fuel industry's scheme to remake America into a fascist state with Trump as the supreme leader. Project 2025 seeks to purge the government of non-partisan experts, replacing them with radical ideologues and climate deniers loyal only to Trump's fossil fuel fascist movement.

Sign our petition to CNN telling them it is their duty to rigorously question Donald Trump about the alarming and climate-denying proposals in Project 2025.

We've told you before about about Project 2025 and its roadmap for fossil fueled fascism: A national ban on abortion; Separation of families at the border; Defunding the FBI and using the Justice Department to prosecute Trump’s political enemies; The end of birthright citizenship, and the creation of deportation camps; The end of all investment in clean energy and electric vehicles; and of course fossil fuel bailouts and funding in place of grants and investments to fight the climate crisis.

But the extreme plan has been getting some big corporate backers – including JP Morgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, the #1 investor in fossil fuels that are killing the planet, as per the 2024 Banking on Climate Chaos report; Not to mention the "deal" Trump offered fossil fuel executives to roll back specific Biden Administration rules and regulations in exchange for $1 billion.

Four years ago, then-Fox news host Chris Wallace asked the first question about climate change in 20 years of Presidential debates. After more than an hour of chaos and cross-talk, Wallace asked Donald Trump: "What do you believe about the science of climate change and what will you do in the next four years to confront it?" The question reduced the existential threat to all life on earth to a he-said, he-said theory that was up for debate. Trump's answer was, predictably, an erratic word salad about the color of water that barely addressed the question. In other words, not hard to beat.

This time, it's up to CNN to decide what questions to ask, and how to ask them. And we think it’s essential that CNN ask Trump specifically about Project 2025, that fossil fuel bribery deal, and climate change. Making that link is how anti-fascist climate groups like us connect the dots between fascist and authoritarian rulers – like Trump, Putin, and others — and the fossil fuel industry that powers their political campaigns. As Svitlana Romanko of Razom We Stand put it last week in a blog post about the connections of fossil fuels to fascism:

"The impact of fossil fuels on politics creates a truly dystopian reality."

If you agree, sign on here and we’ll deliver all the comments and signatures to CNN before the debate in two+ weeks. We'll also keep you in the loop about additional ways to take action and call out fossil fueled fascism on the campaign trail.

Thanks,

Drew and the 198 anti fascists methods crew

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