Commentary from Salon's Amanda Marcotte

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Even though the historic Democratic climate bill — coyly named the Inflation Reduction Act — has been secretly in works for months, the timing of its passing on Sunday had the air of an emergency. The hot, humid weather on the East Coast that surrounded the Senate building where the "vote-a-rama" was held was universally described as "oppressive," with a dangerous heat index reaching into the triple digits.
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It's arguable that the GOP embrace of the noxious climate change lie started the party on the path to becoming the party of Trump, a nihilistic party wholly built on lies, which stands in opposition to basic decency often for no reason other than mindless opposition to anything that smacks of progress.

Sunday's vote on the climate change bill was crystal clear proof of this.