The state is set to start it's legislative session on Tuesday, and probably the biggest issue they will be tackling is redistricting. We can expect Republicans to try to rig the maps again so they get 2/3rds of the seats when they get 50% of the votes.
This M.D. predicts our hospitals are going to be overwhelmed by #Omicron patients. It's a milder illness, and ppl are #vaccinated, but the sheer spread of the virus means total hospitalizations will be higher. #GetBoosted
"Matthews' memo...calls two Army generals — Gen. Charles Flynn, who served as deputy chief of staff for operations on Jan. 6, and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt, the director of Army staff — “absolute and unmitigated liars”
Liz Cheney is not fighting to save democracy, she is fighting to save her father's friends in the GOP. "Deliberate, in-your-face disregard for international human rights laws and norms has become a signature of the GOP. Cheney honed it to a fine art."
Todays libertarian ideology is the one espoused by #AynRand, and its rooted in the same kinds of chauvinistic and über-mensch bs that brought us the #Nazis.
With #RandyFine chairing the k-12 Appropriations Subcommittee in Tallahassee, we can expect the Republican assault on public education to be particularly vicious this time around.
China is going through some things right now...while their initial lockdowns and quarantines were much more effective than the U.S. response at keeping their economy going and their people safe, the #Omicron variant is proving too infectious to contain.
"Very early on, Walter Reed’s infectious diseases branch decided to focus on making a vaccine that would work against not just the existing strain but all of its potential variants as well."
Newsweek, Politico, USAToday, CNN, The NYT, WaPo, Sinclair, Cox Media, many more...none of these press outlets are independently owned anymore. It's all been corporatized and taken over by hedge funds. These types of errors, can be expected to continue:
I wonder if Ron DeSantis ever considered the fact that in a free society, there's no need to "smuggle" ideas because good ideas and bad ideas are judged on their own merits.
Either he's lying, too lazy to look up these facts, or both. 🧵
Facts on Bidens actions on climate. Rejoined Paris agreement, huge investment in infrastructure, new and restored regulations via executive order and administrative action.
Right out the gate...first of all, anyone cool with being called "Bois" probably shouldn't be fucking with the police. I promise you, they are smarter than you. That's how you got your criminal records, remember? 🥴