PJ but you can call me peej

Drugs Would Be Cheap but for Patents That Make Them Expensive Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Medicines for the People Act proposes publicly funded drug research to reduce pharmaceutical monopolies and lower prescription costs.

America's antiquated system of financing pharmaceutical breakthroughs with patents isn't just the most expensive way to do it, it invites corruption, writes economist Dean Baker.
Read his insights, and the better financing alternative, at ad-free DCReport.
www.dcreport.org/2026/03/06/d...

Meet The Female Journalist Risking Her Life To Report On Women In Afghanistan An interview with Sana Atef, a reporter with the Zan Times who covers the lives and work of women in Afghanistan.

Meet The Female Journalist Risking Her Life To Report On Women In Afghanistan

Posted over a year ago and really needed to see this again. It becomes more difficult to overcome despair having dealt with so much loss, so much death since then. Yet, there is hopefully another tomorrow and who knows what that may bring. Keep going.

Essential read: a statement from Cardinal Cupich. www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

10 new books in March offer mental vacations March is always a big one for books – this year is no different. We call out a handful of upcoming titles for readers to put on their radars — offering a good alternative to doomscrolling.

March is always a big one for books – this year is no different. We call out a handful of upcoming titles for readers to put on their radars — offering a good alternative to doomscrolling.

Meanwhile, here in Tennessee…

www.instagram.com/p/DVi2mQzDDG...

WATCH | CNN's Turkish journalists detained in Israel during Iran war coverage WATCH | CNN's Turkish journalists detained in Israel during Iran war coverage

I read a few days ago about 2 CNN Turkish journalists arrested for Iran coverage as well

Bye, Kristi 🖕

#Iran #aipac

I am really looking forward to the blossoms in the forest here!

#Iran #Israel #journalism

"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

He is a very stupid racist narcissist who also has dementia, beyond being a rapist of girls and women and a convicted felon. He never should have been anywhere near the white house, ever.

Operation Epic Fail more like

#wagthedog

Sen. Tammy Duckworth: "If there was ever a time for Republicans to find their spines, it's now, when the Commander in Chief readily admits that he is choosing to put our troops' lives at risk without a legitimate imminent threat to our homeland or our citizens."

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

How to see six planets in the sky at once in rare celestial alignment Nearly all of the solar system’s planets are about to file across the night sky in a planetary alignment, and it will be visible from anywhere on Earth

www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Currently listening 🎶 to The Small Faces #music #musicsky

The SAVE Act is Christian Nationalism in Action Gendered Burdens and the Right to Vote

New from @pamherd.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern?:
The SAVE Act is a truly extreme voter suppression bill, but in ways that might surprise you. White Christian Nationalism is driving the bill more than a cynical focus on maximizing GOP vote share. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-save-a...

#resist

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

It’s your turn to weigh in. What is the party doing wrong—and right? Who are its brightest—and dullest—stars?

trib.al/nVtDNol

It was! 😆

#Illinois Governor Pritzker sends tr*mp an invoice and demand letter for Illinois citizens affected by the illegal #tariffs overturned by the SC today 😅