Plastic recycling is a lie promoted by the oil and gas industries. We have got to ban single-use plastics and find an alternative to plastics in general.
"As the Trump bubble begins to pop, all these people who knew what he was all along will likely scurry like cockroaches when the lights go on."
@DanRather
Short, to the point, and true. Read this.
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
I was fully vaccinated in Feb-2020 and I wear a mask in public. I've been avoiding crowds or going out since then. I have groceries and food delivered to my home. I've been to one doctor and I go to the pharmacy once a month. Am I taking this too far? Am I being too careful?
1/
@DanRather
's 'Steady.'
"[W]e are seriously overdue to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels — for the sake of the planet, as well as our national and economic security. The Saudis have played their hand. Have they overplayed it?"
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
@DanRather
's Steady blog.
"Extremist candidates and feckless celebrities not ready for the spotlight. These are not accidents or anomalies. This is the modern Republican Party taken over completely by Donald Trump and Trumpism."
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
Today's Steady, by
@DanRather
, addresses the attack on Paul Pelosi "by a man whose online profile suggests he is fully immersed in the conspiracy theories and hate speech of right-wing rhetoric." It's an excellent read.
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
Not A Joke, by
@DanRather
"If we are at a point when we are turning a brutal assault on an 82-year-old man at home in the middle of the night into a joke, we are in serious trouble."
Vote blue to save our constitutional republic.
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
@LanceUSA70
We don't have to blindly support Israel politics. We do need to support Israel as a nation and the Israeli people. That doesn't mean we can't also support Palestine and the Palestinian people.
@FirewifeyOG1
I'll believe it when it happens. I've been expecting multiple indictments of high ranking politicians since 6-Jan-2021. They haven't happened.
'A Brief Thought for a Friday Night,' by
@DanRather
.
A decent 'Steady' blog by Dan that he could have called "I find hope ..." I recommend reading it, especially if you find these times unsettling.
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
Dan Rather and his usual insightful thoughts on the November election. Worth reading.
#OurBlueVoice
Can the Democrats win the Midterms? , by
@DanRather
@Mary_MJR_2020
The baby formula market in the USA is essentially controlled by two companies. One of the companies, Abbott Nutrition, had their plant in Sturgis, Michigan closed because of machinery contamination. That stopped the production of more than 40% of the country’s baby formula.
Texas pastor, Alan Murphy, who raped a child under the age of 14, is set to take a plea deal that would see him not serve any prison time & not require him to register as a sex offender.
@Logically_JC
The catholic church is not criticizing President Biden, the pope and the Vatican don't seem to have a problem with him. It's the so called "American bishops" that are bucking the Vatican and criticizing our president.
"Republicans in Montana are trying to change the rules for next year’s Senate primary to make it easier to defeat Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and win back the Senate majority."
The R's can't win this senate seat, so change the election rules.
#DemVoice1
These are the 11 Republican senators who voted against the $40 billion Ukraine aid package:
Josh Hawley
Mike Lee
Mike Braun
Mike Crapo
Bill Hagerty
Marsha Blackburn
John Boozman
Roger Marshall
Cynthia Lummis
Rand Paul
Tommy Tuberville
USA: Are we going to be the last generation of Americans with a modicum of Liberty and democracy? I'm voting for Democrats up and down the ballot in November. I'm doing my part to retain and expand what we have. Will you?
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
"Griswold, who chairs the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State and is running for re-election, is urging Americans to pay attention to the once-sleepy down-ballot contests for secretary of state – lest they lose their democracy."
#OBV
#DemVoice1
Gift article.
The USA needs to replace this corrupt and illegitimate Supreme Court.
"[T]he best argument for court reform comes from Alito, whose arrogant, slipshod and unconvincing defense makes him the poster boy for serious court reform."
#DemVoice1
As I watched President Biden's excellent speach tonight on "The Soul of our Nation," I anticipated reading
@DanRather
's blog Steady about it. And Dan did not disappoint.
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
Thank You, Dr. Fauci, by
@DanRather
"One of the most dedicated public servants in this nation’s history is stepping down after decades of government service."
#DemVoice1
#OurBlueVoice
Liz Cheney: “If you care about democracy and you care about the survival of our republic, then you need to understand—we all have to understand—that we cannot give people power who have told us that they will not honor elections.”
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
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@USPatriotSerena
No, she misheard us. The American people want her to run from the nation. Hungary or North Korea would be good places for her to run to.
Social Security and Medicare have no effect on the USAs debt. They are both paid for with a separate tax and they are both solvent. Don't fall for Republican lies.
#DemVoice1
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announces he is assembling “a commission” to look at potential cuts in entitlement programs:
“The president walled off all the others. The majority driver of the budget is mandatory spending. It’s Medicare, Social Security, interest on the debt.”
"[A] parade of Republicans somehow think that an unhinged, hammer-wielding intruder putting an old man in the ICU is funny."
Will the USA become a nation infused with the cruelty of the GOP or will we retain our sense of decency?
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
1/ "The Saudis’ stake in Kushner is also a reminder of the gargantuan financial conflicts of interest that plagued the Trump clan throughout their White House stay and continue to seep into their post-Washington dealmaking."
#OurBlueVoice
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@KeneAkers
I wouldn't oppose losing the "White racist people in positions of power and privilege." Congratulations to the man in the video for passing his bar exam.
Who TF does Stephen Miller think he is? Separating children from their families. Permanently. Housing these children in dog cages. Sinking boats full of refugees. Now he's the White Supremacist hall monitor.
Get this racist out of my nation.
#DemVoice1
Stephen Miller announces he has sent a “warning letter” to 200 law schools warning them not to circumvent the SCOTUS decision: “If they try to violate, bypass, circumvent, subvert or otherwise program around that ruling, we are going to take them to court!”
@kinley_brenda
We are back in a time when rich white right-wing Christian men run everything. Under Republican "leadership," they stole our nation, and they're making it difficult for President Biden to give it back to We the People. We need to actively work to take our nation back.
Is anyone surprised?
"The Trump Organization charged the Secret Service "exorbitant rates" -- upwards of $1.4 million over four years -- to protect the former President and his family at properties they owned[.]"
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
@MadScientistFF
"Bird flu is the primary culprit, economists said. Millions of egg-laying hens died in 2022 as a result of the deadliest outbreak of avian flu in U.S. history."
@LarryGlickman
@HC_Richardson
@nytimes
@washingtonpost
There's only one story here. President Biden supports the UAW by walking with them on their picket line, tfg speaks at a non-union auto workers shop at the invitation from management.
"A judge on Thursday handed down the longest prison terms so far in the plot to kidnap Michigan's governor, sentencing three men ... of providing material support for a terrorist act[.]"
The courts need to treat radical right-wing terrorists harshly.
Freedom, Liberty, democracy. Madam President Kamala Harris. She laughs, she dances. She's smart as a whip. She's a former prosecutor, attorney general and senator for the most populous state. What's not to like?
#DemVoice1
@BlueOc1981
@Skinsurrection
Diane Feinstein has been a great senator for us here in California. We need to understand why she's missing so much time in the senate. We need her vote and if she's unable to reliably vote, she needs to resign. For the good of the nation.
#DemVoice1
"Greene’s comments are among the most anti-American ever uttered by an elected official in my lifetime." MTG wanted to overturn the democratic traditions of the USA because she disagreed with the will of the People.
#DemVoice1
#OurBlueVoice
@joncoopertweets
They are a member of the Council of Europe, which is almost a prerequisite to being a member state of the EU. I see no reason for them not to become a member of the EU, Ukraine has a stronger democratic tradition then Hungary, which is a member. But it's up to the EU to decide.
We need to do something about President Biden's low approval numbers. He doesn't deserve them. Our economy is doing well, despite the Federal Reserve. And he's coming off the most successful first two years of any president, ever.
#DemVoice1
@ethanclynne
Override his veto, Virginia. Virginians, wisen up. There are consequences to electing a Republican governor. Republicans don't care about the common People.
@JahrJon
Yes make DC a state. And Puerto Rico. And give representation to the people of American Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Marianas. We're a democratic republic, we should start acting like it.
He wants to round me up and imprison me in a mass detention camp. I was born in New York City and have been an American citizen my whole life. Imprison him.
#DemVoice1
@PalmerReport
@judynbea
"The White House confirmed on Wednesday that 11 Trump appointees to military service academy advisory boards, among them former press secretary Sean Spicer and adviser Kellyanne Conway, were asked to step down – or be fired."
@OmarRiverosays
@Peacepox
Supreme Court justices should be beyond reproach. The penalty for justices who perjury themselves under oath should be more strict than for others. They should be removed from the court and forever banned from practicing law.
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
Don't forget, tfg stole USA classified documents, some at the highest levels of classification, some are missing. Why? What did he do with them? Where are the missing documents? What unauthorized people have seen them?
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
Why are we talking about George Santos in the abstract? He lied about everything. He's not going to voluntarily resign and the house Republicans are not going to do anything about him.
On August 14, 1935, 87 years ago today, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The Republicans have been trying to overturn it ever since. Vote blue to save Social Security.
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
Representative Jamie Raskin does a good job during this interview of destroying tfg's possible defenses. I recommend everyone listen to it. Rep. Raskin is a charm to our nation.
#DemVoice1
Where are they in Maricopa County, AZ?
'“The Justice Department has an obligation to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone who’s qualified to vote and will not permit voters to be intimidated,” Garland said during a press briefing.'
#OBV
#DemVoice1
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan: “He is a criminal defendant. He is going to have constraints the same as any defendant.” “What your client does to defend himself has to happen in this courtroom, not on the internet.”
Chutkan for SCOTUS.
#DemVoice1
@allareblessed
All of the sentences for the 6-Jan insurection, an attempted coup, were too lenient. The FBI needs to indite the organizers and the inciters of the attempted coup.
@PatResister
@LaineyMart
The USPS damaged my ballot, Louis DeJoy and his ilk's work. Riverside County was supposed to send me a replacement. They didn't. I'm disabled and I'm going to have to go to my polling location on Tuesday to vote. No worries, I'll be there. Damn DeJoy and Riverside County.
I am so happy to be home. I’m excited to be the father and husband I want to be, and the senator Pennsylvania deserves.
Pennsylvanians have always had my back, and I will always have theirs.
@SANJOSEMAILMAN
1. Covid-19,
2. Wall Street, they're not allowing the drillers to drill,
3. Putin, war drives up the prices of commodities,
4.
#BigOil
and big profits,
5. Our false allies in Saudi Arabia and the UAE,
6. The world's failure to embrace renewable energy.
@thejackhopkins
I hope you're right about prosecutors and judges, but I'm skeptical. We've seen some little progress from the courts, but look at the Supreme Court.
President Obama: “Who will fight for your freedom? Is it a bunch of Republican politicians and judges who think they should get to decide when you start a family or how many children you have, who you marry or who you love?”
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
I've read the constitution of the USA several times and I find no role for the Supreme Court in electing the president or vice-president. Having the court meddle in our 2000 presidential election was judicial overreach of the worst kind.
#DemVoice1
Last week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Washington D. C. Breaking protocol, he did not meet with President Biden. He met with the Heritage Foundation instead. The Heritage Foundation today supports global authoritarians and is opposed to democracy.
#DemVoice1
The best friend Viktor Orbán has in Washington isn’t a lobbying shop or PR group. It’s a think tank: the Heritage Foundation.
Here’s how Heritage became the main platform for whitewashing Orbán and spreading Hungarian influence campaigns in the U.S.:
"The Roberts court will be marked as a cabal of intemperance that made America far less safe and far less free. It will be noted for its zealotry and its cynical embrace of the ends justifying the means."
@DanRather
#OurBlueVoice
The Heritage Foundation is hosting a two-day, closed door PRO-PUTIN meeting with Republicans and Hungary's effective dictator Viktor Orbán. The purpose of the meeting is to push for an end to US military support for Ukraine. Repeat: Pro-Putin.
#DemVoice1
@AssusReamus
During President Biden's first press conference, I think, he was asked a question about who he replaced as president. President Biden said that he didn't want to talk about "the former guy" and tfg was born.
"The outgoing Republican speaker of the Arizona House says Trump-backed GOP candidates might send the country “back into the dark ages” if they win key midterm races and help enact laws to make it easier to overturn elections[.]"
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
Stephen Miller belongs in prison for separating migrant children from their parents when they crossed the USA border and not leading a racist "America First Legal" group. “America First sees an America that is increasingly White, White male-driven[.]”
@LahaieLisa
I'm disappointed with the Cuban Americans in Florida mostly supporting their racist governor. Their histories or their parents' are very similar to these Venezuelan refugees. The Cubans were welcomed into the USA with open arms.
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
Gift article.
The USA belongs to We the People. Not to a handful of mega-rich white men. Not to Big Oil or the NRA. Why do we allow the rich to control our nation? Why do we allow them to control so much of our media and lie to us?
#DemVoice1
George Santos is the perfect Republican politician. He's a complete fabrication. Everything he's said about himself is a lie. And he's being financed from Moscow.
#DemVoice1
#OurBlueVoice
Mike Huckabee just warned that if Trump doesn't win in 2024 due to his legal issues that "it is going to be the last American election that will be decided by ballots rather than bullets."
Aren't you tired of these radical extremists threatening America?
@DEFendFURiously
That's hard to say, but probably yes. The unvaccinated aren't going to let covid-19 go away. I haven't had any illness since I started wearing masks in public. I like that. I may wear a mask in public forevermore.
From
@WillRollinsCA
.
"Rudy Salas, Kermit Jones, Will Rollins, Jay Chen, Asif Mahmood, Adam Gray, and Christy Smith have a lot in common. They're all dedicated public servants, and this November have the chance to flip SEVEN crucial California swing districts from red-to-blue."
Evidence of a corrupted Supreme Court justice, Clarence Thomas, comes to light. He needs to be investigated and, if guilty, removed from the court and prosecuted.
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
@thejackhopkins
The USA needs to make significant changes in some of our intelligence gathering capabilities. We'll also need changes in some of our war planning. These are big jobs and hard to accomplish. It's like completely starting over. I don't know what's happening in these areas.
@KariLake
Is this what you're talking about? "Judge Peter Thompson dismissed eight out of 10 claims in Lake's lawsuit. Instead, the judge said he will move forward with the trial scheduled for this week, but only on two counts."
"The US Justice Department has charged five Russian nationals, one American and an Israeli who is a US permanent resident with allegedly conspiring to violate US sanctions by smuggling US-made equipment to the Russian military[.]"
#DemVoice1
#OurBlueVoice
CNN: Judge Raymond Dearie, the special master overseeing the seizure of documents from Mar-a-Lago, has told Trump's lawyers that without proof that trump declassified any documents, he would determine that they’re classified.
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
Madam Speaker, by
@DanRather
A well deserved tribute to Nancy Pelosi.
"Generations to come will live in the country she helped forge through the force of her will and transformative political skill."
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
@Sundae_Gurl2
The Supreme Court stopped the Florida recount in 2000. Illegally, in my opinion. The constitution doesn't give the Supreme Court the right to choose our president.
The Republicans and the radical right-wing Supreme Court are trying to turn the USA into an undemocratic white male dominated oligarchy of only the rich. They must be stopped.
#OurBlueVoice
#DemVoice1
@JoJoFromJerz
The Republicans believe that the rule of law doesn't apply to rich or connected Republicans. They believe that it mainly applies to the poor and POC, but they'll apply it to rich Democrats.
#DemVoice1