Oh, honey . . . If God really listens to your prayers about deaths from gun violence, He would have answered the one *before* the latest death(s), beseeching Him to allow no more deaths, not the one after He ignored that prayer and allowed one more death to occur.

CNN is providing different news to different audiences. On the left, to please Bluesky users, CNN derisively refers to the change by saying "the smallest of the Great Lakes" will be "identified as Lake America." On the right, to avoid antagonizing X users, CNN makes no mention of the lake's size.

Very dystopian to see a widely trusted news outlet change news headlines on the same story to suit different audiences.

Jim Clyburn. The Dem who calms everyone down. Just endorsed expanding SCOTUS to 13 justices & said the current Court is taking us back to Dred Scott. He also said he regrets vouching for Clarence Thomas in 1991. Write that down. Take it to the ballot box and flip Congress. #BlueWaveIn65Days

Last year, six huge companies got $83 BILLION in federal tax breaks. Meanwhile, Americans struggled to afford groceries and doctor's visits. Let that sink in.

Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.

You can’t say you weren’t warned

RFK Jr complains that people in hospice aren't dying quick enough and therefore cost too much money

What I admired most about Dolly Parton was her empathy and kindness. She truly was the best of America.

Governor Lee has announced a partnership to name the Nashville International Airport in honor of Dolly Parton. www.tn.gov/governor/new...

Gov. Lee Announces Partnership to Name Nashville International Airport in Honor of Dolly Parton

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Nashville International Airport®, also known as BNA®, announced their intent to name BNA in honor of Dolly Parton, creating a lasting tribute ...

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The top 10 billionaire donors have already spent more than $700 million combined.

Here Are The Biggest Billionaire Donors In The Midterms—So Far

The top 10 billionaire donors have already spent more than $700 million combined.

forbes.com

Perfect response in its entirety - but especially the highlighted part.

Everyday someone asks me how they can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

We & the media are NOT talking enough about how a Florida grand jury found that $10 million was funneled from a settlement intended to benefit Florida taxpayers to Ron DeSantis’s wife’s illegitimate “charity” (that never registered with the IRS), where it was laundered before it got to the FLA GOP.

Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?

In its new rule to implement Trump’s anti-mail voting order, USPS compared mail ballots to fake bombs. “There is nothing about a piece of paper with markings on it that is at all like a fake explosive,” Marc Elias says. Help us hold USPS accountable: https://demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

New in PN: Are voters finally realizing that GOP presidents are disasters? "The last 3 R presidents have handed their D successors an economic catastrophe, & the last 3 Ds have had to do their best to clean it up. Why don’t Ds ever say that? I think it would make a difference" — @mjtoma.bsky.social

I hope it’s clear to everyone who cares about the survival of our democracy that we need massive turnout and landslide margins to counteract the lies and cries of fraud that are coming after the midterm vote.

Adam Kalkstein spent 17 years at West Point as its only climate scientist. He's a conservative Republican. He says he was ordered to cut climate science from his courses. He filed suit Monday. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/no-thanks-...

Meanwhile, the helicopter pilots who illegally overflew their aircraft over Kid Rocks house got a wink and a nod instead of disciplinary action. The entire Trump administration needs mental health care.

The sad thing is that in several states, voting by mail is the only way they can vote! Also, many people in Nursing homes can only vote by mail.😢

Measles thrives in under vaccinated schools www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

School-Level Gaps in MMR Coverage as the Fuel for Measles Outbreaks | Annals of Internal Medicine

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😔 Newborn deaths are surging in the world’s most vulnerable communities as aid cuts hit www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Newborn deaths are surging in the world’s most vulnerable communities. Here’s why

Mothers across sub-Saharan Africa face a perfect storm of conflict, displacement and global aid cuts that are leaving them without the help they need in the most dangerous countries to give birth. Liz...

independent.co.uk

Arthur Ashe Stadium today 😥

Decades before Dolly Parton helped fund research supporting Moderna's Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, she raised money for people with HIV and AIDS and joined the 90s "Break the Silence" campaign promoting AIDS awareness, sex education & condom use - at a time when doing so in country music took courage.

Dolly Parton was an uncredited producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When she learned the only female producer was making less than her male counterparts, Dolly cut her a check for the difference, on the spot.

It's ME(Jaime)@exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 6d ago

A literal saint:

Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said. Both were unvaccinated. These the first deaths related to measles within the state in 35 years, it reports

2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania

Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday.

abcnews.com

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

As @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social reports, RFK Jr. falsely stated the “cure for measles is chicken soup and vitamin A” while visiting Lancaster County — the same PA county where 2 unvaccinated people just became the first deaths of the year from measles — in 2021.

RFK Jr. praised Lancaster County’s low vaccine rate in 2021. Now, 2 people are dead from measles.

There have been 393 confirmed cases of measles in Pennsylvania this year and 70 people have been hospitalized from the viral disease.

ms.now

BREAKING: we just filed to STOP the new USPS rule on mail ballots The Court only held that the injunction came too early. Now we HAVE a final rule & we are litigating it @democracydefendersfund.org & @campaignlegal.org are proud to represent LULAC, Madison WI & Travis County TX