I’m excited by the news that the President-Elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov. He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA. I hope he leans into personal choice on vaccines rather than bans (which I think are terrible, just like mandates) but what I’m most optimistic about is taking on big pharma and the corporate ag oligopoly to improve our health. Before you mock him or disagree, I want to share with you some quotes that if he follows through show why I’m excited:
“Level the playing field for Americans internationally on drug costs…cap drug prices so that companies can’t charge Americans substantially more than Europeans pay." YES! Colorado currently has an application just SITTING at FDA for us to import low-cost prescription drugs from Canada and we just need their approval.
"In some categories, there are entire departments, like the nutrition department at the FDA that are – that have to go, that are not doing their job, they're not protecting our kids," YES! The entire nutrition regime is dominated by big corporate ag rather than human health and they do more harm than good
“We’ve got to get off of pesticide-intensive agriculture.” YES! We have tried unsuccessfully to better protect people and pollinators from harmful pesticides here in Colorado and we need all the help we can get to take on big chemical companies and improve human health and the environment! For our pollinators and our people! 🦋
He will face strong special interest opposition on these, but I look forward to partnering with him to truly make America healthy again and I hope that we can finally make progress on these important issues.
NEW: Sarah McBride wins Delaware’s at-large seat in the U.S. House, The Associated Press reports.
She will be the first openly transgender member of Congress in American history.
NEW: Democratic Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks will become Maryland’s next U.S. senator, the Associated Press reports.
Alsobrooks makes history as the state’s first Black female senator.
Lisa Blunt Rochester won election to the U.S. Senate from Delaware, becoming the state's first Black and first woman to serve in the role.
She is the fourth-ever Black woman to serve in the Senate.
Here. You need this calming sunrise video.
Video of steam rising off Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex with birds and waterfowl flying and swimming by Liz Julian/USFWS
Harris’ last campaign rally will be held here on the Rocky steps in Philly, which symbolize the rise of the underdog—something Harris has called herself since she became the Democratic nominee.
As voting concludes tomorrow night.... note that 600+ people were sent to prison/incarceration for attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Many are still locked up.
More have yet to go to trial or begin serving their terms.
Victims of Jan 6 are still waiting for full justice
My mother, Dr. Shyamala Gopalan Harris, came to the United States from India at 19. She taught me and my sister, Maya, about courage and determination.
It is thanks to her that I am ready to lead us forward.
🇵🇷 Eyes on Puerto Rico:
Tonight Puerto Ricans amassed the second largest political rally this ENTIRE cycle - behind only Harris’ 75k-person Ellipse speech.
Over 50,000 Boricuas rallying for the anti-Trump, anti-corruption Alianza movement & @juandalmauPR.
Political earthquake.