Last night #JoeBiden gave a speech in Denver: a few quotes:
-This month in local elections, "The American people voted to protect the fundamental freedoms, like the right to choose. They voted to protect democracy. They voted against the extremism of our opponents."
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2/#Biden
-"Democrats up & down the ticket ran on our record. They're proud of that Biden-Harris agenda...each of the people who won this off-year election cited the record they ran on. And it's a winning election."
-"the only reason there's a ban on #abortion --"
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3/#Biden
-"...& the circumstances in many places is because of #DonaldTrump ."
-New #Democrat election victories are, "just because the #Republican friends found out the power of women in America. Well, Donald Trump is about to find out about the power of women in 2024."
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4/#Biden
-#DonaldTrump announced his latest idea...He said he wants to get rid of the Affordable Care Act...There are 40 million people in America today who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. His plan is to throw every one of them off that."
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5/#Biden
-He's in Cong. #LaurenBoebert district, where, "We're going to a wind energy company that plans to invest an additional $200 million to expand the facility in Colorado, double its production, add 850 new jobs -- good-paying jobs.
But the congresswoman..."
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6/#Biden
-"...along with every single one of her #Republican colleagues, voted against the law I signed that made these investments possible. And then she voted to repeal it, and she called it a massive failure...And she went on and voted against the Bipartisan..."
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7/#Biden
-"...Infrastructure Law. She called it garbage. It’s building bridges, roads, Internet, et cetera. And she called it a scam."
-"One of the ways that we paid for our investments & cut the debt by $7 billion -- is by making corporations pay their fair share..."
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8/#Biden
-"...Remember back in 2020, there were 55 corporations in the Fortune 500 corporate world that made $40 billion in profit who didn’t pay a single penny in tax. But by making sure they pay that 15 percent minimum tax, we paid for everything that we've proposed."
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9/#Biden
-"We had 750 billionaires b4 the #pandemic . You know what their tax rate is? Eight percent...That's wrong. That's why I'm proposing a billionaire minimum tax...at just 25%. That's a hell of a lot less than all of you pay."
-"I’m tired of trickle-down economics."
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10/#Biden
-"I guarantee that no one making less than $400,000 a year would pay a penny more -- in federal taxes -- as long as I was President of the United States."
-"Our democracy is at stake...because the same man who proclaims himself to be a proud election denier.."
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11/#Biden
-"...the same man who is promising pardons for the January 6th insurrectionists, the same man who said, and I quote, he wants to terminate -- quote, 'termination of all rules, regulations, articles, & even [those] found in the Constitution.' He means it."
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12/#Biden
-#Trump "intends to use the presidency for he says, 'revenge & retribution.' It's a President of the United States saying those things...And on more than one occasion, he's made a joke about the assault on Paul #Pelosi , Speaker Pelosi’s husband, with a hammer.."
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13/#Biden
-"...to the head trying to kill him. Well, guess what? If you can joke about that, you really have no business being anywhere near the presidency...we’ve never talked this way b4 in American politics...And there's no place in America for political violence..."
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14/#Biden
-"...under any circumstances. None, zero, ever."
-"#Trump said if he returned to office, he would go after all those who oppose him, root out what he called the 'vermin' in America...These are his quotes. That's a specific phrase with a specific meaning..."
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15/#Biden
-"That goes to the language we heard in Germany in the ‘30s. #Trump also talked about, quote, 'the blood of our country is being poisoned,' end of quote. God Almighty."
-"Folks, we just can't fall numb to #Trump & the threats he poses. #DonaldTrump & the..."
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16/#Biden
-"...extreme MAGA Republicans are determined to destroy American democracy as we know it."
-"When I look at America, I see the strongest economy in the world, an America that's once again leading the world in foreign policy. #DonaldTrump sees an angry, dark..."
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17/#Biden
-"...dismal, divided future of America, but I don't. Folks, I mean this from the bottom my heart: I've never been more optimistic about America...Like I said, we just have to remember who we are."
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Nearly all the major U.S. Ambassador seats in the Middle East remain unfilled, due to #Republican refusals to approve #Biden nominees. It's no big deal, of course -- we're only dealing with a potentially catastrophic war in the region. No biggie.
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2/ "Nominees have languished in limbo for months or even yrs due to the 'new normal' practice of #Republican senators placing sweeping holds on all nominees for different agencies over policy disputes with the administration. On the Pentagon side, hundreds of senior..."
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3/ "...military posts are on indefinite pause due to @SenTommyTuberville’s blanket hold on nominees over the #Biden admin’s #abortion access policies for the military—including senior officials at U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Middle East. At the State Dept...
Howdy, World.
Greetings from America.🇺🇸
Here's a thread on how we're doing today:
1.) In 44 dys we may shut down our govt. Or maybe not. We have no idea, actually. But please continue buying into our T-bills, debt purchases & products. We’re sure things will work out. Honest.
2.) While we’re on the topic of our budget, uh, well, good morning Kyiv. Gosh, we sure admire you guys. We’re behind you all the way. Honest. But, well, it’s possible we’ll sop sending you arms, ammo & cash soon. Or maybe not. Hang in there – we’re sure everything will work out.
3.) Hi, Jens. You ok? We know that #NATO is super-important & you’re doing such a swell job running it that we won’t let you retire. We’re worried about those Slovaks, Hungarians, Serbs & Italians, siding w/Russia, or blocking aid to Ukraine. Serious bummer. Good luck with that.
OK, Folks, here's some details from Justice Arthur Engoron's NY Supreme Court ruling today in the case against the #Trump family & companies, filed by NY Atty Gen #LetitiaJames
1.) Trump claims that NY didn't have standing is "pure sophistry" & "it is not disputed" that...
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2/ James is empowered to sue for violations of Executive Law.
2.) Trump claimed NY AG couldn't sue bcuz she wasn't operating in the public interest. Judge calls that "erroneous" & says govt has the onus, "guaranteeing a marketplace that adheres to standards of fairness."
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3/ 3.) Trump claimed case shld be dismissed because it wasn't protecting consumers. Judge says T "glaringly misrepresent the requirements" of the law.
4.) T tried to say whatever was done wrong was his accountants' fault, not his. Judge: "Donald J. Trump is responsible..."
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So many questions about this, and few answers. When they cluster, are the #WHALES communicating? Are they "deciding" something? Why do they all head to the beach at once -- is this a sort of mass suicide?
Marine mammals are exhibiting strange new behaviors.
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A sea otter has taken to attacking surfers in Santa Cruz, CA.
A sea lion attacked a swimmer in Hawaii. https://t.co/ovDZI9i9TS
Orcas attack boats off southern European waters.
https://t.co/UsLUb70Qgu
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https://t.co/5cLiErWFvH
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In most cases a female is protecting her cubs, or males are fighting during mating season, or boats are in their territorial waters.
BUT, there are mass-die-offs -- especially among whales and dolphins. Why?
Some answers aren't anything new:
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Kerry Kennedy condemned her brother, #RFKJr , claims that #SARSCoV2 was "designed" as an ethnic weapon, sparing Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese. His supporters claim RFK was properly citing @NIH-funded studies. So let's look at those studies.
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2/ In this study researchers noted that hypertension -- which is regulated/dysregulated via the ACE2 receptor and its interactions with angiotensin, among other things -- has long been linked to poorer outcomes in #COVID19 patients. They asked -
MOREncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
3/ ...whether genetic differences in ACE2/angiotensin action & susceptibility to hypertension be a treatment option. Found: "ethnic prevalence of ACE DD polymorphism can explain in part the severity of #COVID19 morbidity providing rationale for the use of ACE-I/ARBs..."
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This is not science fiction. This is not "by 2030 or 2040" future-casting. This is NOW, and it is unfolding with astonishing speed.
#ClimateCatastrophe
What should we do about it? Feel helpless? Here:
- Make sure NONE of your retirement money is in any fossil fuel company
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2/ - Ask your politicians -- local to federal -- what they are doing about #ClimateCatastrophe & if they hem and haw, never vote for them
- Pressure renewable energy companies to design technology suitable for use by renters & people who live in dense urban settings
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3/ - Demand that your universities, employers, pension funds, municipal and State capital funds, museums, orchestras, and every other institution in your lives withdraw ALL funds from fossil fuel companies, refineries, plastics-makers, water-in-plastic bottlers
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