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Ahead of GOP debate, NextGen Climate uses Ronald Reagan clip to push on climate change

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NextGen Climate, the San Francisco-based environmental organization dedicated to putting climate change at the forefront of American politics, has released a new digital ad featuring footage of Ronald Reagan as a way to prod Republicans to begin addressing climate change. The ad, called “Common Sense,” featuring the former president addressing Congress and the nation in his 1986 State of the Union Speech. “Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, but it’s common sense,” Reagan says. The video then…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.28.15 — Hillary Clinton goes green

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It hasn’t been a great week for Hillary Clinton. Forget all the hullabaloo regarding the emails that she brought forward that have been found by the Inspector General to be classified, though she earlier claimed none were. That will or won’t be sorted out in due time. More troublesome are some of the numbers coming in from the NBC News/Marist Poll released on Sunday, specifically of her numbers in Iowa and New Hampshire. Her net favorability — those who view her positively minus those…

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Email insights: FDP gets creative with ‘Shady Bunch’

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A number of Republican presidential or prospective candidates in the increasingly crowded 2016 GOP presidential field will visit Walt Disney World this week – something that surely will draw attention. And that’s exactly what happened. A new email from the Florida Democratic Party blasts the entire Orlando Economic Growth Summit – presented by the always unpopular Gov. Rick Scott – with a quick turn of phrase: “The Shady Bunch.” Cute. While Scott is busy “failing to pass a budget or…

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NextGen Climate to bring ‘Koch Brothers Ark’ to Rick Scott’s summit in Orlando

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Last fall, the environmental activist group NextGen Climate built an ark that they brought to the Sunshine State to illustrate Gov. Rick Scott’s reluctance to talk about climate change. The San Francisco-based group announced today that they’ll be bringing back that ark tomorrow in Orlando, where no fewer than 10 GOP presidential candidates will be appearing at the governor’s economic summit conference, the latest GOP “cattle call” of the 2015-2016 campaign. It’s no longer the “Rick Scott Ark Tour.” NextGen Climate…

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Mitch Perry Report for 4.28.15 — Jeb Bush. And his money.

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The Democratic National Committee’s oppo research team enjoyed poking fun at Jeb Bush yesterday, sending out an email after he was quoted in one setting over the weekend as saying that “I don’t think you need to spend $1 billion to be elected president of the United States,” while another quote attributed to him Sunday night while addressing hundreds of top donors in Miami that his organization had him saying that he “has raised more money in its first 100…

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NextGen Climate invites Marco Rubio to its California offices to talk about the benefits of a “clean, energy economy”

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Marco Rubio can’t escape the Tom Steyer-funded NextGen Climate activist group. Two weeks ago today, Rubio announced his candidacy for president at the Freedom Tower in downtown Miami. Across Biscayne Boulevard greeting attendees when they left the speech were a group of NextGen activists, denouncing Rubio for his stance on climate change. Last weekend in Nashua, N.H., where Rubio and over a dozen over GOP presidential aspirants attending the biggest forum of the year, a group of NextGen protesters stood sentry in…

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NextGen Climate blasts Marco Rubio on climate change record

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After 100 days of the 114th Congress, where Republicans control the Senate, three GOP senators, each presidential hopefuls — including Marco Rubio – have begun White House bids. As the campaign trail heats up, NextGen Climate scrutinized Rubio’s record on environmental issues, as well as that of recently announced presidential candidates U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky. What the progressive activist group discovered was the trio of conservative lawmakers consistently failed to stand up for…

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