Under the plan being discussed by the FDA, healthy adults would receive one Covid shot each fall, while children, the elderly and those with compromised immunity would receive two doses, per Bloomberg.
Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships will no longer be forced to abstain from sex to donate blood under federal guidelines announced Friday, ending a vestige of the earliest days of the AIDS crisis.
The proposed relaxation of restrictions by the Food and Drug Administration follows years of pressure by blood banks, the American Medical Association and LGBT rights organizations to abandon rules some experts say are outdated, homophobic and ineffective at keeping the nation’s blood supply safe.
The new approach eliminates rules that target men who have sex with men and instead focuses on sexual behaviors by people, regardless of gender, that pose a higher risk of contracting and transmitting HIV. The FDA is expected to adopt the proposal after a period of public comment.
Other countries including Canada and the United Kingdom have made similar changes in recent years.
I love how they think their headaches are over because Schiff and Swallwell are no longer on the big committees. There are Congresspeople on those committees I wouldn’t sleep on. Daniel Goldman is obvious, but keep an eye on Jasmine Crockett.
He’s the moderate Dem who benefited from progressive foolishness of running too many candidates (including Mondaire Jones) in one of the most left leaning districts in the city. He won with under 25% of the vote. Now that he’s there, I doubt he will dislodged. Same thing happened in MA in 2020 with Auchincloss who had no primary opponent in 2022.
Yea a little less than 2 years od disfunction ahead. The congresscritters will agree on some sort of tax break for the rich and fund the govt to keep the MIC rolling,after that the shit show that goes on may be entertaining-load up the popcorn 🙂
Another view of the House Oversight Committee, you can see all of them, including head shots.
“I’m very excited to welcome these extraordinary new members of our Committee, whose remarkable experiences and gifts will soon be known to the whole country.”
Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with second-degree murder, and other felony charges, in the death of Tyre Nichols.
Nichols, 29, died Jan. 10, three days after a traffic stop near his mother’s home and after what Memphis police called a “confrontation.”
A preliminary report from an independent forensic pathologist said Nichols suffered “extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating.”
Memphis police:Tyre Nichols’ death spurs internal investigation, review of specialized units, says Memphis police chief
Tyre Nichols:Video to be released after 6 p.m. Friday
Here’s what to know about the legal definition of second-degree murder in Tennessee and the potential penalties it carries.
What is second-degree murder? Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy briefs reporters on Jan. 26, 2023, on the indictment of five former Memphis Police officers in the deaths of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols. Second-degree murder in Tennessee is below first-degree murder (considered an intentional and planned murder), but more serious than voluntary manslaughter (murder committed in the “heat of passion”).
Second-degree murder is not eligible for the death penalty, unlike first-degree murder in Tennessee. However, it is considered a Class A felony, the highest level of felony in the state.
According to Tennessee state statue, second-degree murder is classified as “a knowing killing of another; or a killing of another that results from the unlawful distribution of any Schedule I or Schedule II drug, when the drug is the proximate cause of the death of the user.”
The statue continues: “In a prosecution for a violation of this section, if the defendant knowingly engages in multiple incidents of domestic abuse, assault or the infliction of bodily injury against a single victim, the trier of fact may infer that the defendant was aware that the cumulative effect of the conduct was reasonably certain to result in the death of the victim, regardless of whether any single incident would have resulted in the death.”
What is the difference between first- and second-degree murder? First-degree murder in Tennessee refers to the premediated and intentional killing of another person. This is the most serious charge one can receive in Tennessee and can result in the death penalty or life imprisonment with or without parole.
What is the penalty for second-degree murder? A conviction for second-degree murder in Tennessee can result in 15 to 60 years in prison, along with a fine of up to $50,000.
If convicted, the sentence for the five officers could be even more severe, given the added charges of aggravated assault-acting in concert, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.
As the community awaits the release of the police officers’ body cam footgage at 9 pm, all Memphis public schools will be cancelling all school activities this afternoon, including basketball.
Amy Goodman interviewed Tyre Nichols’ parents and their attorney Ben Crump on Democracy Now tis morning. Their distress has turned to anger and sorrow. Goodman did a good job of asking them questions about Tyre, such as his height, weight, special conditions (he had Chrome’s disease which he managed with diet). One could only feel compassion and sympathy for the family.
The family said when the video footage is released, protests or demonstrations that spontaneously arise from it need to be conducted in peace.
First degree murder has to be premeditated. That’s been the case for a long time. I wonder if these yahoos can also be charged with hate crime? That poor victim had the you-know-what massively beaten out of him. Can you imagine not being able to go about your usual business cos of skin color? Sexism is bad enough!
I don’t know if they can prove this is a hate crime. All 5 of the officers arrested are African-American. I think this is a excessive force crime by the police.
What’s interesting is that there haven’t been no tweets from the Memphis Chief of Police, who is female, btw.
Hubster has the nightly infotainment on, and I stand corrected about the hate crime comment. Still, that makes the lethal beating this young man suffered MORE horrendous. Stop and think about it…..put yourself in his shoes……..gives me the willies.😱😱
I could only manage to watch about a few seconds after they pulled him over. The yelling at him, pushing him on the ground, he was not resisting any arrest. Bunch of bullies.
From the NYT, updates which provide some description of the police actions from the body cam footage.
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs Jan. 27, 2023, 7:07 p.m. ET26 minutes ago 26 minutes ago Nicholas Bogel-BurroughsReporting from Memphis
The police video shows that the confrontation appeared to have begun when Tyre Nichols was still in his car, sitting in the driver’s seat. Officers yelled at him to get out of his car, which was in the road in front of a traffic light, and one officer could be seen opening the car door to reach in and pull him out. “I didn’t do anything,” Nichols could be heard saying.
A surveillance video just released by Memphis shows several police officers kicking and punching Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, and beating him with a baton at one point while he shows no signs of resisting or fighting back. When Nichols stands up a few seconds later, one officer strikes him with at least five strong blows, while another officer holds his hands behind his back.
Throughout the videos, the officers can be heard repeatedly cursing at Tyre Nichols, and he can be heard shouting in return: “You guys are really doing a lot right now,” he said shortly after being pulled out of his car. “I’m just trying to go home.”
Jacey Fortin Jan. 27, 2023, 7:15 p.m. ET18 minutes ago 18 minutes ago Jacey Fortin
In one video, Tyre Nichols is shown on the ground with officers around him, and he can be heard repeatedly screaming: “Mom, Mom, Mom.” Lawyers have said that his mother’s home was about 100 yards away from where he was beaten.
Jacey Fortin Jan. 27, 2023, 7:25 p.m. ET8 minutes ago 8 minutes ago Jacey Fortin
After being pulled from the car and held on the ground as officers shouted instructions, Tyre Nichols broke free and ran after officers tried to pepper spray him, crossing through an intersection. An officer could be seen firing a stun gun in his direction, then chasing him on foot.
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs Jan. 27, 2023, 7:17 p.m. ET16 minutes ago 16 minutes ago Nicholas Bogel-BurroughsReporting from Memphis
Body camera footage shows that at the beginning of the traffic stop, an officer yells at Tyre Nichols that he will get “blown out,” using several expletives. An officer yells for him to get out of the car, and an officer then opens the driver’s side door and grabs Nichols, whom the police take to the ground. “I’m just trying to go home,” Nichols says a few seconds later.
Jesus Jimenez Jan. 27, 2023, 7:18 p.m. ET16 minutes ago 16 minutes ago Jesus JimenezReporting from Memphis
A group of protestors in Memphis is now blocking a roadway southwest of downtown. Several 18-wheelers and other vehicles are stuck.
Jesus Jimenez Jan. 27, 2023, 7:26 p.m. ET8 minutes ago 8 minutes ago Jesus JimenezReporting from Memphis
Protestors have now walked onto Interstate 55, southwest of downtown Memphis. Several vehicles are stalled on the on-ramp, and there is no visible law enforcement present.
Some law enforcement suit on MSNBC said there’s an unspoken code in police culture: you make me run, I’ll make you pay. Chilling. Given how fat and out of shape those cops seemed to be (couldn’t run more than a half block), the rage /humiliation must be real….#PoliceBrutality
The pharma industry has become more & more concentrated, leading to higher drug prices. I'm urging @FTC to scrutinize two Big Pharma deals by companies with histories of corporate price gouging. These deals threaten competition & access to essential drugs.https://t.co/d8LukDHOr1
I have enjoyed and been so honored to work on @SenateBudget under @SenSanders. I am so proud of the work we did in the last two years to help facilitate the passage of the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act through reconciliation.
I think more sunlight cast on DeSantis’ past and current actions, the better. This is just a placeholder for when he actually announces he is going to run for POTUS.
Let the Gargoyle declare. Progressive Floridians like moi are watching our grassroots groups and waiting on the green light to get into action. 🙂 Hope your healing is progressing, Ms. Benny. 🙂 I don’t have joint issues, thankfully, but I have minor arthritis flareups. Comes with the geezer territory….LOL.
The foot is healing pretty well. I had to have an injection in my spine this week. It’s still a bit puffy, but my back is already feeling some relief as I have two herniated discs in my C-7 area.
Ouch! Sending additional healing thoughts your way.☮️🙂 I know plenty of folks with herniated disks. 😡 Mother Nature is not easy on the aging process, unfortunately. About all we can do is stay educated body-wise, positive, and do our best.
The entire state of Florida, home to 22 million people, is currently being run as a giant Fox News campaign ad for the Ron DeSantis 2024 presidential campaign. As a method of crafting responsible public policy, this approach has a number of drawbacks. Yet when you set aside the politically archaic concept of “good governing,” it becomes clear that the DeSantis culture war strategy is highly effective air cover for the more substantive Republican project of class war. As he waves his hands and dazzles us with soundbites, he is trying to break the back of the Florida teachers union, which would rank as one of the most profoundly damaging blows to the labor movement in recent years. If the state’s incompetent Democratic Party can’t rally itself to cut through the torrent of performative bullshit and bigotry, we will soon wake up and find that this whiny, bullet-headed ex-jock has done to Florida’s workers what former Republican Gov. Scott Walker did to Wisconsin’s.
This week, DeSantis announced that he is proposing legislation designed to decimate the power of Florida’s teachers unions. It would prohibit dues checkoff, making it excruciating for the unions to collect dues, and outlaw teachers doing union work or handing out union materials on the job. He is also trying to undermine collective bargaining by creating a pot of money dedicated to giving raises to teachers — but setting an expiration date on it, and then claiming that unions fighting for better contracts are placing their members at risk of losing access to that money altogether. It’s not hard to see the logic. In a state where less than 5% of workers are union members, the teachers union is one of the only real bastions of Democratic-leaning labor power. As is always the case when Republicans howl about teachers unions, the pious pose of caring about parents is cover for a deliberate plan to destroy one of the few types of unions that are able to carry influence, even in red states. All of that studied concern for parents never seems to extend to the issue of providing a well-funded public education system for their kids.
People in Florida of all political persuasions often talk of Ron DeSantis as if he is a formidable juggernaut that Democrats can’t hope to restrain. This is false. He is a half-smart, washed up Ivy League baseball player whose defining characteristic is not cleverness or likeability, but overweening ambition. He has a goofy squeaky voice and palpable absence of warmth that will not translate well to the national stage. He is just as immoral as his rivals, but he lacks the polished presentation of Ted Cruz and the magnetic insanity of Donald Trump. Though, as a rule, I do not make electoral predictions, it would not be surprising to see him crash and burn when faced with a presidential campaign that depends, above all, on charisma. It is easy to imagine him as the latest in a long line of media-hyped red state governors whose self-importance crashed and sunk against the rocks of a competitive primary.
He’s a stupid FRightwingnut married to a Bible X-tian Fundie who is just as corrupt. Gargoyle lies like all the rest, and showboats. One correction, la58. Floridumb has had Right to Serf much longer than Wisconsin. When I graduated from HS over 50 years ago, its academic quality wasn’t great even back then. There are still some very good colleges here, but the ALEC/Kochroaches are doing their level best to wreck them. Example: FSU. An opposition party? We don’t have one cos the state “Democratic Party” is a big fat joke! The best they could come up with against Gargoyle was a GOPuke has-been named Charlie Crist.💩💩💩💩 I rest my case. 😡
Florida (Gainesville) and UW Madison still rank quite well,despite the GQP efforts to dumb them down. One thing Orl after were both are long gone Fla will turn blue again, just because the Alantic flooded it due to climate change. I get this vision in my head of the GQP in the villages with water up to their waists-fists in the air screaming climate change is a hoax as Faux news told them so 😬
T and R x 3, Ms. Benny!! 🙂 Thanks for the “In These Times’ read on the growing numbers and power of the CPC in your earlier post! That’s what I’ve been commenting about, and it’s good news for a change. Wait until it starts spreading in the Senate, too. Old geezers like Byedone better beware.
.@jbouie makes the case for the WH to defuse the debt limit bomb w/ the 14th Amendment: "Congress has no right to prevent the White House from faithfully executing the law and borrowing money in accordance with its own instructions"https://t.co/L5rLkqiLSy
Bernie Sanders and his mittens were all over the internet after Inauguration Day in 2021. But it wasn’t all fun for the maker of Sanders’ mittens. Now, she’s writing a book about her experience.
“Bernie’s Mitten Maker” by Jen Ellis will be available on May 2 but is ready for pre-order Friday.
“‘Bernie’s Mitten Maker’ is a raw and honest account of the joy, stress, and shock of sudden internet fame. Told with captivating storytelling, this memoir explores the many roads that led to the Bernie Sanders mitten meme sensation that followed the 2021 presidential inauguration,” the description of the book states.
In 2021, Sanders dressed in a winter jacket and cozy mittens while sitting with his arms and legs crossed in a folding chair. His outfit and stance made it meme-worthy.
“This could’ve been an email,” one Twitter user wrote.
The tweet received more than 1 million likes. And other social media users began creating their own memes, placing Sanders in front of the Worcester Public Library, on Memorial Bridge in Springfield and in Fenway Park.
The senator jumped on the trend selling T-shirts, sweatshirts and stickers with the proceeds going to charity. He raised $1.8 million, the Associated Press reported.
Ellis also made a few of the mittens to be auctioned off for charity.
But Ellis’ book is not just about the mittens.
“She shares her struggles with childhood trauma, infertility, and homophobia and shows us how crafting can build community and generosity can bring joy,” the description states.
Beyond internet fame, Ellis is a Vermont teacher. She’s originally from Maine and started her teaching career with Teach For America in rural North Carolina. She has since returned to Vermont to teach elementary school. She’s also going back to school to get a masters in counseling from the University of Vermont.
“In her spare time, she likes to spend time with her partner Liz and daughter Helen. She enjoys long walks, finding new swimming holes in the Green Mountain State, and writing songs,” her description states.
Democrats in the Virginia Senate voted down the 15-week abortion ban endorsed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday.
The intrigue: The measure didn’t even win over all the GOP lawmakers on the committee that reviewed the legislation.
Why it matters: The vote highlighted an ongoing post-Roe debate among Republicans about how far new abortion restrictions should go and what exceptions they should include.
What’s happening: Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant, a practicing OB-GYN from Henrico, was the sole GOP vote against the bill.
In a committee meeting last week, she said she could only support the legislation if it included an exception allowing abortions through the 24th week of pregnancy in cases when a severe fetal anomaly is discovered.
As drafted, the bill allowed abortions after the 15-week cutoff in cases of rape and incest. The bill’s patron, Sen. Steve Newman of Lynchburg, said he opposed adding additional exceptions.
What they’re saying: “I have to tell you that any woman that is seeking an abortion in the second trimester is somebody who desperately wants to be pregnant,” Dunnavant said. “And she is often faced with staggering situations and options, and I think this is a very hard place for the law.”
Dunnavant proposed her own bill that she framed as a compromise that could win support from both parties.
It would have shortened the window for elective abortions from 26 to 24 weeks of pregnancy — which she described as the point of viability — with exceptions for conditions that threaten the life of the mother.
Democrats voted it down as well, vowing at a press conference later in the day to oppose any new restrictions on the procedure.
👀 What we’re watching: It’s still an open question whether Youngkin’s 15-week bill could make it through the GOP-controlled House.
Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert told Axios he hasn’t decided yet whether to docket the bill, which so far hasn’t been assigned to a committee.
Last year, the House GOP killed its own 21-week bill, an approach Gilbert didn’t rule out this year.
“I don’t know why we would churn through a lot of time on something that has an obvious outcome,” he said.
He demurred when asked if he has enough GOP votes to get the bill off the floor: “That’s among things we’re discussing.”
Between the lines: Political analyst Bob Holsworth said he doubts House Republicans’ primary concern is legislative efficiency, noting both parties regularly advance legislation they know has no chance of passing.
“[Gilbert] doesn’t want to put delegates who are in a competitive race in November in a situation where it could harm them,” he said. The other side: Democrats in the House have made clear they see abortion as a winning election-year issue.
This is reporting from Axios. Yes, I know the bias. But it’s occasionally helpful to see what the other partisans are doing legislatively or considering.
Oversight Committee chair James Comer says Republicans will hold hearings on DirecTV dropping Newsmax, adding that "this is having a negative impact on my congressional district" pic.twitter.com/PyDxC7ZbGf
MENENDEZ, OCASIO-CORTEZ, BOOKER, LUJÁN, PADILLA, CASAR, GRIJALVA LEAD BICAMERAL COALITION OF NEARLY 80 LAWMAKERS IN PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S EXPANSION OF TITLE 42 AND PROPOSED ASYLUM TRANSIT BAN (press release by Menendez’s office)
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.-14), alongside Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas-35), and Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.-07), today led a bicameral group of nearly 80 lawmakers urging President Joe Biden to reverse his administration’s expansion of the failed border policy known as Title 42 and to abandon the proposed asylum “transit ban” rule.” The lawmakers also encouraged the President and his administration to work with Congress to ensure they develop safe, humane, and orderly border policies that enforce our immigration laws and uphold the right to asylum under domestic and international law.
“The administration’s announced border enforcement actions circumvent [domestic and international] law by not only expanding Title 42 beyond what is required by any court but by further implementing policies to deter and penalize people exercising their legal right to seek asylum at the border,” wrote the bicameral group of lawmakers to President Biden. “…We are therefore distressed by the deeply inconsistent choice to expand restrictions on asylum seekers after your administration determined it was no longer necessary for public health. Title 42 circumvents domestic law and international law. Human rights groups have extensively documented more than 10,000 violent attacks – including kidnappings, serious assaults, and deaths – against individuals who were expelled to or blocked in Mexico due to Title 42 since the beginning of your administration, with a disproportionate impact on Black, Brown, LGBTQ+, and Indigenous migrants.”
Sens. Menendez and Booker and Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Casar hosted a press conference outside the Senate steps today to detail their request to President Biden. Sen. Ed Markey and Reps. Judy Chu, Jan Schakowsky, Yvette Clarke, and Cori Bush participated in the press conference.
“We are further concerned by the administration’s announcement that it will be issuing a proposed rulemaking in the coming days that would require asylum seekers to first apply for asylum in a transit country instead of allowing them to seek their legal right to asylum at our southern border. This, in effect, is a transit ban. The courts rightly rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to categorically end asylum when he similarly required asylum seekers to seek asylum in transit countries,” added the lawmakers. “Specifically, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Trump-Era Third Country Transit ban violated well-settled U.S. asylum laws that prohibit turning people away unless they have “firmly resettled” in a transit country, especially not if conditions in the transit country are not safe… At the time of this ruling, countries across the Western Hemisphere were unable to meet such requirements. There does not appear to be evidence to show that country conditions in transit countries have improved since the relevant appellate decision was rendered as to justify a new Third Country Transit bar. As the administration well knows, current conditions in Mexico – the primary transit country – cannot ensure safety for the families seeking refuge in the United States.”
“It is unconscionable that asylum seekers have no option but to sleep in the streets of El Paso, in overcrowded shelters in Juarez, or in tents in Reynosa, but new asylum restrictions against migrants will not solve this problem. We believe that your administration can and must continue to expand legal pathways for migrants and refugees into the United States – without further dismantling the right to seek asylum at our border. This right is a pillar of the post-war international order to which the United States has committed itself. We are ready to work with you to ensure that we can have a safe, humane, and orderly border that upholds the right to asylum,” concluded the lawmakers.
First they came for your right to abortion Then your right to vote Then they tried to over throw the results of an election Now they want to cut social security What is your GQP party going to do next Jim Jordan?
In case you’re curious about why this man is so angry with me, it may be because I introduced an amendment to a GOP bill that would prohibit oil and gas companies who engage in stock buybacks from leasing federal lands.
I was worried when she came up for re-election the first time. There were legit rumors that she would quit. AOC took a fierce beating from the FRighties and their craporate media lackeys from the time she was initially elected. Not to mention threats to her person. When she was re-elected, I was cheering cos it meant that she was made of strong stuff. Her constituents love her and should. 🙂
wpDiscuz
Austerity already, but if Americans think we’re invincible, perhaps that’s the compromise.
More FDA news…from WaPo
FDA eases blood donation ban on gay and bisexual men after years of protest
In case anyone is wondering about Dan Goldman, he’s rich, but he did lead the first Trump impeachment.
He’s the moderate Dem who benefited from progressive foolishness of running too many candidates (including Mondaire Jones) in one of the most left leaning districts in the city. He won with under 25% of the vote. Now that he’s there, I doubt he will dislodged. Same thing happened in MA in 2020 with Auchincloss who had no primary opponent in 2022.
Right. But he at least has one credential to be on the committee. Question is will he try to question greed and corruption in corporations?
Fat lot of good it or impeachment #2 did!💩 The fat orange maggot still isn’t in jail. 💩😡
Hell the RWNJ’s of thier own party will cause more problems than the Dems thier worried about.
+270. Hopefully, they’ll eat some of each other alive.
Yea a little less than 2 years od disfunction ahead. The congresscritters will agree on some sort of tax break for the rich and fund the govt to keep the MIC rolling,after that the shit show that goes on may be entertaining-load up the popcorn 🙂
Another view of the House Oversight Committee, you can see all of them, including head shots.
I see Becca Balint is also on the committee. Good for her!
We’re going to see what Frost is made out of.
I just hope they don’t eat him alive. I have to admit, that’s my first thought.
Tyre Nichols case: What is second-degree murder in Tennessee?
As the community awaits the release of the police officers’ body cam footgage at 9 pm, all Memphis public schools will be cancelling all school activities this afternoon, including basketball.
Amy Goodman interviewed Tyre Nichols’ parents and their attorney Ben Crump on Democracy Now tis morning. Their distress has turned to anger and sorrow. Goodman did a good job of asking them questions about Tyre, such as his height, weight, special conditions (he had Chrome’s disease which he managed with diet). One could only feel compassion and sympathy for the family.
The family said when the video footage is released, protests or demonstrations that spontaneously arise from it need to be conducted in peace.
First degree murder has to be premeditated. That’s been the case for a long time. I wonder if these yahoos can also be charged with hate crime? That poor victim had the you-know-what massively beaten out of him. Can you imagine not being able to go about your usual business cos of skin color? Sexism is bad enough!
I don’t know if they can prove this is a hate crime. All 5 of the officers arrested are African-American. I think this is a excessive force crime by the police.
What’s interesting is that there haven’t been no tweets from the Memphis Chief of Police, who is female, btw.
Hubster has the nightly infotainment on, and I stand corrected about the hate crime comment. Still, that makes the lethal beating this young man suffered MORE horrendous. Stop and think about it…..put yourself in his shoes……..gives me the willies.😱😱
I could only manage to watch about a few seconds after they pulled him over. The yelling at him, pushing him on the ground, he was not resisting any arrest. Bunch of bullies.
From the NYT, updates which provide some description of the police actions from the body cam footage.
Bernie asked this fellow to go to the HELP Committee from the Senate Budget Committee to work on pensions issues.
👏👏👏👍
I think more sunlight cast on DeSantis’ past and current actions, the better. This is just a placeholder for when he actually announces he is going to run for POTUS.
Let the Gargoyle declare. Progressive Floridians like moi are watching our grassroots groups and waiting on the green light to get into action. 🙂 Hope your healing is progressing, Ms. Benny. 🙂 I don’t have joint issues, thankfully, but I have minor arthritis flareups. Comes with the geezer territory….LOL.
The foot is healing pretty well. I had to have an injection in my spine this week. It’s still a bit puffy, but my back is already feeling some relief as I have two herniated discs in my C-7 area.
Ouch! Sending additional healing thoughts your way.☮️🙂 I know plenty of folks with herniated disks. 😡 Mother Nature is not easy on the aging process, unfortunately. About all we can do is stay educated body-wise, positive, and do our best.
This one is for orl: https://inthesetimes.com/article/ron-desantis-florida-teacher-unions-labor
He’s a stupid FRightwingnut married to a Bible X-tian Fundie who is just as corrupt. Gargoyle lies like all the rest, and showboats. One correction, la58. Floridumb has had Right to Serf much longer than Wisconsin. When I graduated from HS over 50 years ago, its academic quality wasn’t great even back then. There are still some very good colleges here, but the ALEC/Kochroaches are doing their level best to wreck them. Example: FSU. An opposition party? We don’t have one cos the state “Democratic Party” is a big fat joke! The best they could come up with against Gargoyle was a GOPuke has-been named Charlie Crist.💩💩💩💩 I rest my case. 😡
Florida (Gainesville) and UW Madison still rank quite well,despite the GQP efforts to dumb them down. One thing Orl after were both are long gone Fla will turn blue again, just because the Alantic flooded it due to climate change. I get this vision in my head of the GQP in the villages with water up to their waists-fists in the air screaming climate change is a hoax as Faux news told them so 😬
T and R x 3, Ms. Benny!! 🙂 Thanks for the “In These Times’ read on the growing numbers and power of the CPC in your earlier post! That’s what I’ve been commenting about, and it’s good news for a change. Wait until it starts spreading in the Senate, too. Old geezers like Byedone better beware.
https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/01/bernie-sanders-mittens-meme-book-talks-about-joy-stress-of-internet-fame.html?outputType=amp
Dems Vote Down GOP Abortion Ban in Virginia Senate
This is reporting from Axios. Yes, I know the bias. But it’s occasionally helpful to see what the other partisans are doing legislatively or considering.
What a joke.
Well, the stupes elected him. Tells you all you need to know, sadly.💩
what the hell, The GQP interferring with “Free Enterprise” and craperations right to choose.
MENENDEZ, OCASIO-CORTEZ, BOOKER, LUJÁN, PADILLA, CASAR, GRIJALVA LEAD BICAMERAL COALITION OF NEARLY 80 LAWMAKERS IN PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S EXPANSION OF TITLE 42 AND PROPOSED ASYLUM TRANSIT BAN (press release by Menendez’s office)
Something sure drives these desperate people to risk their lives to get to this screwed up country!
Mebbe they came for your brain ‘cept you don’t have one. 💩
First they came for your right to abortion
Then your right to vote
Then they tried to over throw the results of an election
Now they want to cut social security
What is your GQP party going to do next Jim Jordan?
I have his answer – cut Medicare.
Dayyum!! This woman is good! Damned good! AOC! AOC! AOC!
I was worried when she came up for re-election the first time. There were legit rumors that she would quit. AOC took a fierce beating from the FRighties and their craporate media lackeys from the time she was initially elected. Not to mention threats to her person. When she was re-elected, I was cheering cos it meant that she was made of strong stuff. Her constituents love her and should. 🙂