Ossoff: "There is at some point is going to be a reckoning for all of this. These folks who are working at these private prison companies who are on Kristi Noem's staff right now, they are at some point going to have to testify under oath about what is happening in the facilities they're running."

Mockler: They say that they oppose it at a 79% rate, 61% of them feel less safe… So the question that I then want to ask is, why don't we mobilize the National Guard to the eight out of ten red states that are the highest homicide states?

RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That. While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

NEW: For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed discredited theories linking vaccines to autism.

Now, scientists studying the condition fear he has preconceived notions that will harm the field and taint new funding for research.
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"What radicalized you?"

Nothing. I refuse to bow to the framing that my beliefs are "radical."

Kids should be fed not bombed or shot
Schools should be safe places.
Reading is an unalloyed good.
The world is amazing and should be cherished.
Science and medicine is star stuff understanding itself.

#art
#painting
#landscapes

Mt. Tahoma (Rainier) in the sunset: the mountain is peach with blue & gold sky, foothills purple, & an orange & green field in the foreground

Mt. Tahoma (Rainier) in tonight's sunset

Trump wants to get rid of mail-in ballots so he can intimidate voters with federal troops stationed at the polling stations.

Hard to scare people who can just quietly mail in their votes.

Protect mail-in voting at all cost.

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Watkins Glen State Park, NY

Dear Smithsonian.......send your historical records to Canada before they're destroyed.

Vaccine triggers fierce response to fight brain tumor » McKnight Brain Institute » University of Florida UF-developed mRNA vaccine quickly reprogrammed the immune system to attack glioblastoma.

Five years ago, a very close relative died of a glioblastoma brain tumor at the age of 13. Today would have been his 19th birthday. And now comes news that an mRNA vaccine is being trialed to treat this very (incurable) malady. Fingers crossed.

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My 80-year-old aunt told me she "got tired of streaming" and is borrowing DVDs from her library again.

So I checked it out and they have an amazing selection. Blu-rays too, from Criterion, Kino Lorber and other boutique labels.
#PhysicalMedia #FilmSky

Kristi Noem Wants ICE To Have Its Own Fleet Of Deportation Planes, Report Says ICE currently contracts with various companies to charter planes for its deportation flights, which can cost nearly $27,000 per flight hour.

ICE currently contracts with various companies to charter planes for its deportation flights, which can cost nearly $27,000 per flight hour.

The GOP governors of South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee have all sent their states' National Guard troops to assist Trump's occupation of DC.

All four of those states have cities with crime rates higher than DC.

This was never about "fighting crime."

Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.

Overlander Falls on Fraser River, Mount Robson Provincial Park, BC. #hiking #river #mountains #photography #landscape

🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the GOP's emergency petition to block the state’s new redistricting plan, ruling that GOP lawmakers had “failed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for relief” under the state Constitution.

Follow @democracydocket.com for full details.

‘South Park’ Targets Trump’s D.C. Police Takeover In New Episode Towelie, a recurring “South Park” character, returns for the series’ upcoming episode and takes a trip to Washington, D.C., where U.S. Army troops are stationed.

Towelie, a recurring “South Park” character, returns for the series’ upcoming episode and takes a trip to Washington, D.C., where U.S. Army troops are stationed.

Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺

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Good morning!

Here’s your daily minute of peace and calm.

#OceanDevotion

I pride myself in the fact that there is a bookshelf full of books in every room of my house. I don’t see it as hoarding. I see it as curating a collection of adventures, ideas, and possibilities 📚 #booksky

Super Sunday. Good day for Football. Bad day for Chickens.

Indeed, every day is a bad day for Chickens. While you gnosh on wings today I offer this annual reminder that in the US, we lay, hatch, grow, slaughter, bring to market, buy, cook, and eat, one million chickens per hour.

Here’s some advice for those outside our coalition, as the administration is actively leading a witch hunt for resistance members. If you’re a government employee, avoid using government devices to coordinate. Do not use standard messaging apps on Android or Apple devices.

As companies shell out big bucks for Super Bowl commercials, remember that many said they were forced to raise prices due to inflation.

Also remember that average profit margins in nearly every sector in the S&P 500 are running near or above 10-year highs.

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Orange Sun setting against waves crashing on a red sandy beach of my childhood.

This moment meant everything.

East coast of Canada

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I feel it ALL.