If you’re a green blogger who wants to cover a Heartland Institute event, you better pony up hundreds of dollars in entrance fees or you’re not allowed inside.

But if you’re a Congressman holding a hearing on global warming and you don’t invite a spokesman from the Heartland Institute to testify, you’re a fascist who silences dissenting voices:

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