“Not going to listen to lectures about lenient sentence guidelines from the guys who think the punishment for trying to violently overturn the votes of 81 million Americans should be four more years as president.” -- LOLGOP
“Democrats try to get elected by insisting that they can work with Republicans. Republicans try to get elected by insisting that Democrats are Satan worshiping child pornographers.” -- Schooley
Deaths
US: 999,792 (+1859 over two days)
World: 6,121,926 (+20,913 over two days)
Cases
US: 81,476,269 (+66,168 over two days)
World: 474,082,767 (+3,013,625 over two days)
Belarus could "soon" join war in Ukraine, US and NATO officials say. The US and NATO believe that Belarus could “soon” join Russia in its war against Ukraine, US and NATO officials tell CNN, and that the country is already taking steps to do so.
Why People Are Panic Buying Iodine Tablets Amid Fear Of Nuclear War. People across Europe are stocking up on iodine tablets against the backdrop of fears that the Russian invasion of Ukraine may “go nuclear.”...Panic buying has also hit the US with high demand for iodine tablets seeing packets selling on eBay for upwards of $149. But can iodine tablets really protect against radiation poisoning?...Does Iodine Always Protect Against Radiation? Simply put: no. People shouldn’t take iodine as a regular preventive measure. Not only will it be largely pointless until the day a nuclear incident does occur, it can also cause a bunch of unpleasant side effects, including damage to the heart and kidneys. As such, iodine tablets should only be taken on the advice of health authorities. Furthermore, iodine will not protect you from many of the nasty impacts of radiation exposure. First of all, iodine will only protect you from radioactive iodine, not other kinds of radioactive material. Secondly, it only provides protection for the thyroid gland, not other parts of your body.
Russia sentences Kremlin critic Navalny to nine years in prison. A Russian court sentenced jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to nine years in prison on fraud charges, in a ruling that will keep President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent out of active politics for years ahead.
“Graham emerged from hearing and said it’s ‘fair to say’ he sees red flags with Jackson nomination. He criticized her explanation of defending Guantanamo detainees as an attorney. ‘It just doesn’t make sense to me,’ he told me. He was one of 3 Rs who voted for her for DC Circuit.” -- Manu Raju
“Lindsey Graham has been a lawyer for a long time and knows damn well that a lawyer’s brief on behalf of an attorney is the client’s position & not the personal position of the attorney.” -- Jamie Harrison
Note: Lindsey Graham is a waste of flesh.
REPORTER: "You would be okay with the Supreme Court leaving the issue of interracial marriage to the states?" SEN. MIKE BRAUN (R-IN): "Yes. If you are not wanting the Supreme Court to weigh in on issues like that, you are not going to be able to have your cake and eat it too." -- To be clear: A US Senator believes the US Supreme Court should let states decide if interracial marriage should be legal. The GOP have shown how racist they truly are today. If you support them, then yes, you are a fucking racist, too. See the video here.
Note: Obviously, the GOP doesn’t plan to stop with just overturning Roe v. Wade.
Senate GOP eyes Hunter Biden and Fauci probes after midterms. As Senate Republicans feel increasingly bullish about November, when they are fighting to regain control of Congress, they are floating using a new majority to dig into President Biden and his administration starting in 2023. — The new witch hunts, brought to you by the GOP.
Scientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in US. With coronavirus cases rising in parts of Europe and Asia, scientists worry that an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant may soon push cases up in the United States too. Experts are also keeping their eyes on another mutant: a rare delta-omicron hybrid that they say doesn’t pose much of a threat right now but shows how wily the coronavirus can be.
It’s not just ‘Don’t Say Gay.” Florida also ordered Disney to alter its diversity training. For decades, Disney and Florida politicians have had a symbiotic relationship — kind of like dung beetles and skunk cabbage…Disney got tax breaks, incentives, taxpayer-funded advertising, even a law guaranteeing companies would never have to offer employees paid sick time if they didn’t want to. Basically, the two sides were political cronies who swapped favors for cash. But now the wheels have come off … over culture wars…Earlier this year, Republican legislators unveiled a new law aimed at stopping Disney from running its diversity and inclusion program in its current form. It was part of legislators’ whitewash-history agenda. First, they didn’t want school teachers giving history lessons that might cause anyone “discomfort.” But then they thought: Why stop there? Let’s stop private companies from talking about the realities of racism and sexism in ways we don’t like as well…In case you read over that last sentence too quickly, let me recap it for you: A private company was holding private discussions with its own employees. Yet because a politician didn’t like some of the things he’d heard they were talking about, he wanted to outlaw the speech he found objectionable. Welcome to The People’s Republic of Florida. — There are no true conservatives in the GOP. Just wanna be authoritarians.
As a nurse faces prison for a deadly error, her colleagues worry: Could I be next? Prosecutors do not allege in their court filings that Vaught intended to hurt Murphey or was impaired by any substance when she made the mistake, so her prosecution is a rare example of a health care worker facing years in prison for a medical error. Fatal errors are generally handled by licensing boards and civil courts. And experts say prosecutions like Vaught's loom large for a profession terrified of the criminalization of such mistakes — especially because her case hinges on an automated system for dispensing drugs that many nurses use every day.
A health care problem too big for the Texas Legislature. Texas, unlike all but 11 other states, hasn’t expanded its Medicaid program. And it also hasn’t addressed the problem that’s supposed to help solve: The state’s worst-in-the-nation ranking for people without health insurance. Texas has more uninsured people than any other state, whether you count in raw numbers (about 5.4 million) or in the uninsured percentage of the total population (18.4%).
The South is being walloped with severe weather. Aside from the tornado watch, millions of people from Louisiana up to Arkansas and Tennessee are under a flood watch, Ward said. It's important that people don't forget about hazards other than tornadoes, including straight-line winds, large hail and flooding, Lisney said.
Founder of world’s first Vagina Museum explains why it’s for everyone – cis, trans, dads and kids. Its crowning glory is the “vulva wall” – a wall of photographs showcasing incredible vulva diversity. “It’s my favourite part of the whole museum,” Schechter told PinkNews. “Something that people always say to us is ‘I want to see real pictures of vulvas.’ I want to see all the diversity, I want to see what they look like, I want to see if mine is normal.”...Since the very beginning, The Vagina Museum has been committed to queer and trans-inclusive education because – unsurprisingly – many queer and trans people have vaginas...“It’s really important for us to have absolutely no minimum age limit,” said Schechter. “The main reason for that is that children have vulvas, and they need to learn about them too.”
In a major milestone, NASA has now confirmed 5,000 known planets beyond our solar system. "It's not just a number," one researcher says. "Each one of them is a new world — a brand-new planet." -- We are not alone.
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