Since few are paying much attention to #COVID19 and being even a little careful, I guess I'll hope for many blizzards this winter! 😆🥶❄️

“The April 2022 blizzard caused disruption in activity across the midwest United States akin to a lockdown. It reduced the number of COVID19 cases, deaths, and hospitalizations.”

The study is entitled, “Gods Lockdown: the effect of the April 2022 Colorado low blizzard on SARS-Cov-2 transmission in the midwest United States.”

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.01.23297908v1

NC is a 49/51 state. My district Representative, Jeff Jackson (NC 14) won with 57.7% of the vote. Behind closed doors, the NCGOP just redrew NC-14 to be R+15 by connecting the southeast suburbs of Charlotte to a district that wraps around Charlotte and extends west and north nearly to Tennessee.
The GOP hates and fears representative democracy because they hate and fear the American people. They must know us.
#NCPolitics

#Ukraine launched #ATACMS at #Russia forces today, marking the first time the US-provided weapons have been used in the #UkraineRussiaWar, reports WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/ukraine-fires-atacms-missile-at-russian-forces-for-the-first-time-3bebcdb1

@KimPerales 🙄: “What’s the least we can do to pretend we are being helpful?” —-IfNotNowOrg probably. ……….Don’t @ me.

Elon Musk has a lot of similar qualities to Donald Trump but the one I’ve found to be the most similar is how often his businesses break rules or even commit crimes with no repercussions.

Things I used to think got businesses fined massively and executives risk jail time are barely acknowledged let alone a wrist slap.

Could it be that this is how often the ultra rich get away with white collar crime and it’s just that Trump & Elon flaunt it while others wisely don’t?

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/12/tesla-whistleblowers-filed-complaint-to-sec-in-2021-what-it-said.html

House Republicans Are Threatening To Not Show Up For Jim Jordan Vote And Make Hakeem Jeffries Speaker https://www.politicususa.com/2023/10/14/house-republicans-are-threatening-to-not-show-up-for-jim-jordan-vote-and-make-hakeem-jeffries-speaker.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #leftistnews #news #VSN

Democrats sound the alarm about Jim Jordan's potential interference in the 2024 election https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/14/2199372/-Democrats-sound-the-alarm-about-Jim-Jordan-s-potential-interference-in-the-2024-election
#JimJordan #GymJordan #GOP #GOPTraitors #ArrestGymJordan

'Evil Twister' Being Played Out According to putin's Rules..

Serhiy Kolyada on putin's perverse #geopolitical version of Twister

Serhiy Kolyada is a Ukrainian #cartoonist and a book illustrator

Source🔗 https://www.kyivpost.com/post/22655

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#СлаваУкраїні! #StandWithUkraine #Israel #Hamas #cartoon

Oil companies really really hate high-speed rail so the US and UK don't have high-speed rail.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/11/spains-high-speed-trains-arent-just-efficient-they-have-transformed-peoples-lives

#highspeedrail

“Six months later, we can see that the effects of leaving Twitter have been negligible. A memo circulated to NPR staff says traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter”

https://niemanreports.org/articles/npr-twitter-musk/

New in Public Notice: North Carolina has become the latest cautionary tale of Republicans using control of the legislature and judiciary to make themselves so powerful that it doesn’t matter when they lose elections👇 https://www.publicnotice.co/p/north-carolina-gop-power-grab-roy-cooper

6 months ago, Hamas met with Russia to discuss cooperation.

4 weeks ago, Israel and Ukraine discussed Israeli support for Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion.

Now, Hamas has struck Israel in a sophisticated attack.

Coincidence? I think not.

#WompWomp (albeit too little too late)

Via Orlando Sentinel’s Jeffrey Schweers:

Former State Rep. Carlos G Smith
wins lawsuit against #DeSantis
administration over withheld #COVID-19 data. Court orders state HealthyFla to post data online and pay legal costs of $152,250 for the two-year battle #Florida

Did you know that home schoolers have their own NRA-like lobby?

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/10/john-oliver-takes-look-powerful-nra-home?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=80232

The anti-science movement is "organized, it’s well-financed, and it’s politically motivated. It’s doing a lot of damage to the country and to American science and scientists. And now it’s become a lethal force." https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vaccine-scientist-warns-antiscience-conspiracies-have-become-a-deadly-organized-movement/

Hobbs ends leases for water-guzzling alfalfa farms owned by Saudi Arabia https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100423_fondomonte_leases_canceled/hobbs-ends-leases-water-guzzling-alfalfa-farms-owned-by-saudi-arabia/
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs terminated the lease of state trust land by a controversial Saudi Arabian company, and said the state would not renew the farm's leases next year. The deals have been controversial because of the large amounts of water used to grow alfalfa for export.
#Tucson #Arizona

So far, Republicans are choosing between a belligerent compulsive liar who covered up sexual abuse of minors and a guy who self-identifies as “David Duke without the baggage” for Speaker. Quite a party. #GOPinDisarray #gop

@knittingknots2

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"New headline: Putin's man continues attacks on the morale & good order of American military.

Punishments to continue until DOD agrees to participate in next coup attempt funded by Republican billionaire donors, foreign and domestic."

https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/lawsuits/crew-sues-for-jan-6-communications-between-michael-flynn-and-dod-leaders/

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

https://www.salon.com/2021/12/06/leaked-memo-ex-dc-guardsman-says-michael-flynns-brother-lied-about-jan-6/

Bravo @DavidCorndC
“It can be hard for major media outlets to break free of established practices that benefit bad-faith actors & purveyors of disinformation and chaos”
Really?
Is it hard or amplifying the GOP narrative per their GOP billionaire owners
https://link.motherjones.com/public/32915548

Much to Putin‘s delight, we are watching in real time what happens when America lets Republicans get away with committing major crimes without punishment…

https://hartmannreport.com/p/is-non-accountability-for-the-crimes-6be