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⚡️Kathy E Gill | Wear a mask, dammit!

@kegill

8 Feb

@TripAdvisor

This chapel isn’t really “the geographic center” of the continental US, despite getting that label in 1918. It appears, as a @TripAdvisor review states, ‘conservative’.

kansastravel.org/geographicalce…

kcur.org/show/central-s…

@Jeep

To The ReUnited States of America was one of the most trite ads I’ve seen, @Jeep. Ever.

I’m weary of rural America being singled out as the “real” America.

Just as I’m weary of news orgs sending reporters “to the middle” of the country for ‘anthropologic’ stories.

The ad starts with a weathered boot and moves on to a nondenominational chapel that seats eight and that superimposes a cross on a map of the country.

WE ARE NOT A ‘CHRISTIAN’ NATION. WE HAVE NO STATE RELIGION.

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⚡️Kathy E Gill | Wear a mask, dammit!

@kegill

8 Feb

https://twitter.com/kegill/status/1358581155423952898

Reminder: one person at wedding in Maine with 53 guests infected 27 guests.

Those 27 people infected at least 176 people over the next 38 days (a county jail 220 miles away, a rehab center 100 miles away).

Seven of those 176 people DIED.

kathyegill.substack.com/p/covid-19-day…

https://twitter.com/kegill/status/1358581155423952898

IF we had effective contact tracing (pretty much impossible given the scale of the infection in the US) - then everyone of these maskless partiers should be held accountable for everyone else they sicken, especially those who die.

WHY IS THIS NOT CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE?

In ME, the wedding party flouted state rules.
The bar where the reception was held flouted state rules.

In FL, the Governor insists no rules are needed. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor promised: We are making sure this is a safe event for everyone."
Yeah, right.
#SuperSpreaderBowl

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⚡️Kathy E Gill | Wear a mask, dammit!

@kegill

7 Feb

https://twitter.com/secretarypete/status/1357512750788968449

Important scorecard:
13 GOP Senators voted against Mayor Pete’s confirmation. Look at their states to understand the vote had not a damn thing to do with qualifications.

AL, Richard Shelby, Tommy Tuberville
AR, Tom Cotton
FL, Marco Rubio, Rick Scott
KS, Roger Marshall

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https://twitter.com/secretarypete/status/1357512750788968449

13 Senators voted against Mayor Pete's confirmation as Transportation Secretary /2

LA, Bill Cassidy
MO, Josh Hawley
OK, James Lankford
SC, Tim Scott
TN, Marsha Blackburn, Bill Hagerty
TX, Ted Cruz

Blackburn, Cruz, Scott (FL) were the only three members who voted against moving his nomination out of the Senate Commerce Committee (21-3).

Their opposition to Buttigieg rests on their opposition to Biden’s transportation goals. Which means it rests on nothing rational.

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⚡️Kathy E Gill | Wear a mask, dammit!

@kegill

14 Dec 20

@nytimes

Dear @nytimes
STOP QUOTING DERANGED LIARS.

You do not have to repeat Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) claims in order to write about yet another preposterous attempt to overthrown election results. Over. And. Over.
nytimes.com/2020/12/13/us/…

The most IMPORTANT part of this story -- historical context -- is buried: Nixon and Gore's behavior as VPs.

Also, this is BS. It doesn't "darken" Biden. It darkens the GOP.

"If even one Republican senator backed the effort, it could ensure that the partisan cloud hanging over the election would darken Mr. Biden’s presidency for years to come"

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⚡️Kathy E Gill | Wear a mask, dammit!

@kegill

13 Dec 20

@wsj

Context for Epstein’s demeaning @wsj op-ed — his style since 1970 (@Harpers, Sept). <“Epstein is saying genocide for queers!”>

He has been rewarded for saying out loud what NYC “intellectuals” believe for 50 years.

From 2012 via @goldietaylor

newyorker.com/books/page-tur…

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