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It’s Not About Kamala Harris or Trump — It’s About The Climate
No matter where you live, this election could shape Earth’s future amidst record heat
June 27- US Presidential debate. Biden goes on the hot seat, and the Democrats start to cannibalize each other. It’s complete chaos. Since then, any conversation outside of Biden’s very tight (and very thin) inner circle gets leaked, and almost everyone around him is a leak threat.
July 13- The assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. Trump turns his head and avoids being in the middle of the bulls-eye. He leaves the stage looking like Holyfield against Tyson while Corey Comperatore, 50, dies from a stray bullet. Conspiracy theories, all the worst of the internet, immediately pop up, while the question starts lingering with even more strength than after the flopped debate: Is Biden going to be out or not?
July 19- Republican National Convention. Bandaged ear Trump picks a VP who seems to have undergone a brain lobotomy and goes all rambling and combative while formally accepting his party’s presidential nomination for a third straight election. All while giving the Biden campaign glimmers of hope for the first time in weeks. Yet, a Michigan public poll puts Biden 7 points down from Trump, and everyone knows you need the blue wall as a Democrat to win.
July 21- Death by a thousand cuts. The self-regarded eternal underdog Biden drops out of a race nobody believes in on Twitter and endorses Kamala Harris to run in his place.
Woah.
Even by the chaotic standards of my home country, which once cycled through 5 presidents in 12 days, these past four weeks in US politics have been nothing short of a cliffhanging rollercoaster ride.
The scariest news?
Sunday, July 21, 2024, the same day Biden dropped out, was the hottest day on record according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, with a global average temperature of 17.09°C (62.76°F). A record that lasted until…Monday, July 22, 2024, when global surface temperatures peaked at a modern record of 17.15°C (62.87°F) and 1.71°C over pre-industrial.
