By Tim Graham | August 13, 2013 | 2:39 PM EDT

Politico reports “the White House, congressional Democrats and their allies are plotting an August recess offensive” to promote President Obama’s plan against “climate change.” Obama’s Organizing for America website (BarackObama.com) now lists 111 House members and 24 Senators their fans should tweet “Stop denying the science for climate change.”

Politico left MSNBC out of this campaign. Smell the collusion: at Martin Bashir’s blog, they’re calling out “10 House Science Committee members who don’t understand the science of global warming.” In six cases, Team Bashir’s quotes from Congressmen are amazingly similar to OFA’s, from number three to number eight:

By Noel Sheppard | December 2, 2010 | 11:29 AM EST

Chris Matthews on Wednesday called Republicans that are skeptical of man's role in global warming Luddites, referring to the 19th century movement in Great Britain that was opposed to changes associated with the Industrial Revolution.

Clearly missing the absurdity in his analogy, the "Hardball" host arrogantly stated (video follows with transcript and commentary):