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Earth Day | Talk & Draw with Liza Donnelly & Heather Cox Richardson YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

@hcrichardson.bsky.social and @lizadonnelly.bsky.social: 56 years ago today, "more than 20 million Americans -- 10% of the country's population at the time -- gathered to call for the nation to address the damage caused by 150 years of unregulated industrial development."

#EarthDay

BENNET: Do you agree that 89% of children who died from flu were unvaccinated?

RFK Jr: I don't know the exact number

BENNET: That is the exact number, Secretary Kennedy

RFK Jr: *death growls*

BENNET: You took down the HHS communications promoting the flu vaccine. Do you regret that?

Martin Heinrich D-N.M.

“I can tell you, as somebody who has been a natural resources trustee, who has had to negotiate with copper companies in my own state, that this type of copper mining has never been done without polluting the water. Never, not once,” he said in a floor speech before the vote.

H.R. 1897 is moving fast in the House and could hit the floor for a full vote as soon as tomorrow. This bill would gut the Endangered Species Act forcing economic impact considerations into listing decisions, limiting your ability to challenge bad science in court,

Sen. Jack Reed to Warsh as he dodges questions about divesting his assets: "Excuse me. I must commend you on the way you can circularly go around questions and not answer them. It's a skill. Unfortunately it's not a good skill for the chairman of the Fed."

These stolen children must be returned. Heartbreaking.

Just, “If I’m confirmed”

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:

Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%

Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.

Why do we have lawmakers in Congress who are willing to hold fellow members of Congress accountable for sexual assault but not a President?

Jerome Adams-some ask “if your measles vaccine works so well, why do you care if I get one or not?” Well not everyone - including newborns- can get vaccinated. Your vaccination, and the community level immunity it helps provide, keeps all babies safe!

#medsky

Someone is dying in ICE custody EVERY WEEK.

And that doesn't even include the American citizens ICE has killed in the middle of our streets in broad daylight.

It could not be more clear, ICE needs guardrails, not a blank check from Congress.

For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩‍🚀🚀💕

*All four astronauts went to public schools!

Today, I received a notification of another death in ICE custody. That’s 47 deaths during Trump’s second term.

We must stand up and demand real accountability — ICE has a duty to provide care to those in their custody.

Leo: "The message of the church, the message of the gospel -- blessed are the peacemakers. I do not look at my role as being political. I don't want to get into a debate with him. I don't think the message of the gospel is meant to be abused in the way that some people are doing."

Please enjoy this puppy making friends with a butterfly.

And bookmark it for when you’ve had a bad day.

Kaine: "You don't sucker punch somebody in a bar and then blame your buddies when they don't join the fight with you. If the president wanted the support of allies, he should've respected them instead of putting tariffs on their economies and trash talking them."

Is the fact that the Iran war wasn’t congressionally authorized something we no longer talk about? Seems like the reporting/discussion now just assumes that Trump can just do whatever he wants wrt the use of force

The only president stupid enough to do it.

An interview with ME SEN Candidate David Costello “We’ve never been as democratic as we should be.”

I interviewed David Costello, who is running for Maine Senate in the D primary. He’s got strong progressive views—and he has never had a Nazi tattoo. I think it’s unfortunate the D party has largely ignored him; I hope ME voters give him a look. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/an-intervi...

Don't let the chaos and constant lies fool you. America's elections ARE secure. That's a fact. We need people of integrity to keep it that way. Serve as a poll worker and protect the vote: www.country1st.com/poll_workers

I'm on the train back to DC – I call on all my colleagues to come back, too.

Congress must vote to end this war IMMEDIATELY.

Statement of Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton on Trump's Threat to Wipe Out a Civilization - VoteVets

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Jeffries calls for Mike Johnson to immediately reconvene the House to take up a war powers resolution

His threat to the lives of 92 million people isn’t a laughing matter.

Please take your Colleagues and go back to Washington to call the silent Republicans from there.

Senate Republicans refused to convict Trump after Jan 6.

Republican SCOTUS appointees gave him immunity.

Republicans in Congress today stand idly by as he unleashes death and destruction across the globe.

We are now at the whims of a mad king because GOP leaders have refused to constrain him.

In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists.

Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.

Samuel L. Jackson said it plain: show up and vote.

This runoff is happening because too many voices stayed home last time. Let’s fix that.

Election Day is Tuesday. Get to the polls. #GA14