Iowa is "in crisis" due to illegal manure discharges into waterways, new report says By Carey Gillam Iowa regulators are failing to properly penalize Iowa factory farms for illegally contaminating state waterways with animal waste, according to an analysis released Monday by a public...

Huge factory farms have polluted nearly every river in Iowa. They have the second highest cancer rate in the US. Corporate farms caused a healthcare crisis in Iowa. The tap-water is no longer drinkable. The national media is not covering this, so please share. www.thenewlede.org/2024/12/iowa...

Evidently the GOP really doesn’t have a problem with foreigners taking over the country.

YouTube video by Michael Moore Keith Olbermann on on "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission"

This is a long watch. But your mind will be blown if you do. Keith Overman predicted nearly everything that’s happened in the American government on 1/21/2010. Including what I think is next.

youtu.be/PKZKETizybw?...

Good fucking point!

In numbers: 2024 US school shootings second-highest since 1966 A school shooting in Wisconsin was the 323rd in the US this year. Here's what the data tells us about the shooters, the victims and which states are worst-hit.

If only all 323 school shootings in 2024 got as much press coverage as a single CEO. There were more news stories about the public’s indifferent/joyful reaction to the CEO’s death than school shootings….

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

This story I saw on Reddit makes me so sad and angry

Hooked by Design: Landmark Lawsuit Alleges Big Tobacco Tactics in Kraft, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Foods A new lawsuit claims top food giants used tobacco-industry science to engineer ultra-processed foods that hook children. Could this reshape our food system?

Major food manufacturers used science to create addictive high processed foods, marketed towards kids, then purposely covering up the devastating effects they would have on the population. We’ve been poisoned.

www.lawinc.com/hooked-by-de...

Human lives are being sacrificed to fulfill the Greed of so few. The law has been built over the decades to protect the wealthy over quite literally everything and everyone else.

As a huge fan of both I’m excited to watch it

Christian Nationalism will be the ruin of America. I think many of The Founders knew that

F*CK CITIZENS UNITED

Next time Dems are in power, we need to have a bill like this here.

📌 Australia’s Labor Party has proposed capping political donations at $20,000 per candidate to prevent billionaires from buying elections.

Illinois is getting a new state flag check out the finalists! Voting starts in January. I am really loving the butterfly.🦋

www.ilsos.gov/special/IFC/...

Nancy Mace Calls Police on Prominent Foster Youth Advocate A former foster youth and award-winning advocate was arrested at the U.S. Capitol tonight after Rep. Nancy Mace accused him of assault.

POS Nancy Mace was not assaulted. He shook her hand and asked her not asked her protect the rights of trans folks.

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Sony really sucks at making Marvel movies.

I think it’s the starter packs because anyone can make one. Maybe the solution is to only have verified users make starter packs or something.

go.bsky.app/GQAGscT

Found this one!

The Christian right only follows the Bible when it suits them

Unnecessary care? Read the room mofo.

Omg I’m so jealous! I’d wouldn’t have left that either

Guess we’ll find out in 50 years where they’ll mark the beginning of World War III. If we have history books. But we are definitely in it now 😰

So the 1% gets to further trash the environment and compound the effects of climate change. And when that climate change hits back in a disaster, those same billionaires are gonna look to OUR taxpayer dollars to foot the bill for recovery. Mark my words.

Great starter pack! Thanks so much! 💙💙💙

Thanks for the great starter packs, I’d love to be in the next one!

•Billionaires don’t pay into this economy. Their cash is overseas.

•Corporations write our legislation when they pay our elected officials.

•Our healthcare is attached to our employment.

•Workers don’t make enough to live.

•WE KEEP LETTING IT HAPPEN. #EndCitizensUnited

It’s less hate and more indifference. Why should we care when he didn’t care about over 30% of his customers not receiving medical care? Lives were undoubtedly lost.

I’m a native Californian living in the Midwest for 20yrs now.

The weather isn’t what gets to me, it’s the racists

💙