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That often gets lost in these conversations is that some of us have to actually live the future that you all are setting on fire for us. the very first time you have nearly every major oil company coming together appearing at this congressional hearing to respond to claims the industry misled the public about its contributions to climate change. i want to bring in josh letterman who s been covering this hearing for us. josh, that congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez that happened in just the last few minutes, a lot of people thought she would be somebody who would really go hard here. it s interesting, hallie, because democrats really wanted to use this as a moment to metaphorically put these big oil executives on trial, drag them before cameras kind of like that famous 1994 big tobacco hearing where the cigarette companies had to testify under oath. but the real fireworks so far ....
The other thing that francis said in her testimony, if you re a high school student, go home to escape the bullying and comparison and that whole thing. in this case, instagram profits from creating a 24/7 feeling of other people are watching me, commenting on me, i have to respond. if i don t, they get upset. kids don t have an escape from this. instagram and facebook, they know this. so that s what is so significant these findings. it s just like big tobacco. they know the harms exist and chose nothing to do anything about it. martha: we showed the big tobacco hearing. it s erie when you look at the professions that nicotine doesn t harm your health. this is a side by side comparison of magazine covers from 2010 and 2021. both pictures of mark zuckerberg. he was sort of heralded as this young genius in 2010. person of the year by time magazine. ....