UUSM Peace & Justice

Faith in Action. Deeds before creeds. We are the gentle, angry people of coastal LA, working for social justice, sustainability and the worth & dignity of all.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Teach your kids about socialism...

[UUSM Peace & Justice @UUSM_FIA]

@ytruthmatters @RpsAgainstTrump 💯

[UUSM Peace & Justice @UUSM_FIA]

@jonfakenham @Matt_M_Bennett @NateSilver538 He wants to sound like a Nazi.

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

RFK Jr has been stating that the "anti-measles protection" of natural infection is better than vaccination

First - if he thinks measles is not bad for you, then why care how good or long lasting the immunity against it is??

Second - Measles is NOT good for you. Do not get it to gain immunity against it. Get a vaccine - it is SAFE

Hell, it is actually a live weakened virus vaccine - it is for all purposes a very mini infection. So, if you want an infection to give you immunity, then the vaccine does that too...

The arguments against a measles vaccine that are coming from HHS Secretary are beyond idiotic. They are self contradictory. If he wants to support public health he'd start by working to build bridges and trust. Not sow distrust of some of the safest medical interventions on the plant.

[Sen. Cory Booker @SenBooker]

Trump and Elon Musk have wiped out the national database of police misconduct. Nearly 150,000 records of misconduct by federal officers erased, like it never happened.  Why would Trump get rid of the database he created? Because Trump will drastically scale back police accountability to appease right-wing TV and X commentators.

[City of Santa Monica @santamonicacity]

UPDATE: 1/8/25 5:20 p.m.
🚨 Watch this message from Santa Monica Mayor Lana Negrete on the Palisades Fire.

And THANK YOU to our first responders! ❤️

Learn more at https://t.co/BTF6UsEbYG

[UUSM Peace & Justice @UUSM_FIA]

@alirussell79 @ShawnTempesta @JackPosobiec Same.

[UUSM Peace & Justice @UUSM_FIA]

Near time to delete this account. We should no longer support this platform’s agenda.

[Al Gore @algore]

My statement on the outcome of #COP29:

While the agreement reached at COP29 avoids immediate failure, it is far from a success. On the key issues like climate finance and the transition away from fossil fuels, this is — yet again — the bare minimum.

We cannot continue to rely on last-minute half measures. Leaders today shirk their responsibility by focusing on long-term, aspirational goals that extend far beyond their own terms in office. To meet the challenge of our time, we need real action at the scale of months and years, not decades and quarter-centuries.

This experience in Baku illuminates deeper flaws in the COP process, including the outsized influence of fossil fuel interests that has hobbled this process since its inception. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been particularly obstructive. Putting the future of humanity at severe risk in order to make more money is truly disgraceful behavior. Reforming this process so that the polluters are not in effective control must be a priority.

On climate finance, our primary task in the coming years must be to not only fulfill and build upon the financial commitments agreed to at COP29, but to unleash even larger flows of affordable and fair private capital for developing countries.

Ultimately, coming out of COP29, we must transform disappointment into determination. We can solve the climate crisis. Whether we do so in time to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement will depend on what comes next.

[UUSM Peace & Justice @UUSM_FIA]

@bbirdiman @Ralph1Waldo @Truth_in_Number ✅ No scientific evidence for assertion.
✅Shown evidence to contrary.
✅Commence name-calling.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

READ: Justice Sotomayor's warning in her dissent:

"When [the president] uses his official powers in any way, under the majority's reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune. Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority's message today. Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law."

[Chris Alvino @ChrisAlvino]

They see artists and creators as obstacles to be overcome, impediments on their way to faster and more reliable profits. They do not understand that creation—acts of creativity—are an essential part of the human experience, and we NEED to struggle with the act of creation.

[Chris Alvino @ChrisAlvino]

3) the water demands for cooling said data centers is depleting our scarcest resource at an alarming rate (there's literally not enough water to meet their projected demands!)
https://t.co/xNreI3QgEa
https://t.co/aMgdSzylDZ

[Chris Alvino @ChrisAlvino]

2) the energy required to run their data centers is starting to overwhelm our power grids (and during a time of climate crisis too!)
https://t.co/d4CnVEd9eX

[UUSM Peace & Justice @UUSM_FIA]

@UUA Reason is not really important and peace is actually bad. I’m not sure I’m still a UU. #uuaga

[UUSM Peace & Justice @UUSM_FIA]

@UUA Reason is not really important and peace is actually bad. I’m not sure I’m still a UU. #uuaga

[UUSM Peace & Justice @UUSM_FIA]

@HighStUU Reason is not really important, Peace is actually bad, and our new values are JETPIG. Kind of surreal. Not sure I’m still a UU. #uuaga

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

The Bible book you’re citing to justify anti-LGBTQ prejudice - Leviticus - also demands the death penalty for adulterers, dear precious Jacob.

Since you’re not trying to stone Donald Trump to death, it’s clear you’re weaponizing a book *you yourself don’t believe in* against a minority Jesus commands you to love.

Bigotry, blasphemy, hypocrisy, and using books that you don’t even follow or obey yourself to hurt gay people.

You’re not much of a Christian, my friend, but you’re pure Trump.

[UUSM Peace & Justice @UUSM_FIA]

Peace is good, actually. #uuaga

[Andrew L. Seidel @AndrewLSeidel]

Some facts about the Ten Commandments that Louisiana really should have looked up before forcing public schools to display them in classrooms. A thread.🧵