Christina B

I love my sons, my husband, the smell of hundred dollar bills and a brand new book.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

WE MUST ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS

The last 11 years have been the hottest 11 years on record. The last three years have been the hottest three years on record. 2026 will be one of the warmest years on record, and most scientists believe 2027 will be the warmest year in recorded history.

This past year, Europe has seen four major heat waves, including the continent’s worst heat wave ever that killed more than 10,000 people. In the United States, three extreme heat waves exposed hundreds of millions of people to dangerous levels of heat. Drought is causing some of the lowest water levels ever seen for reservoirs along the Colorado River, threatening the drinking water of 40 million people. Puerto Ricans are being forced to ration water because of extreme drought. In Europe, some of the continent’s dryest conditions have caused major rivers to run so low that ships are running aground, nuclear power plants are shutting down, and historical artifacts that were previously submerged are being revealed. South Korea is in the midst of a record heat wave — with temperatures reaching 108.5° Fahrenheit, the highest temperature in the country’s history. China, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan are all experiencing torrential rain and flooding.

As a result of rising heat levels, we are seeing massive wildfires across the world, including Oregon’s worst wildfire season and fires in Washington state that have forced nearly 65,000 families to evacuate. Europe, France and Spain are experiencing destructive wildfire seasons that have forced more than 330,000 people to evacuate their homes. Portugal, Greece, Italy, Albania, Turkey, Canada, Morocco and Algeria are also experiencing destructive wildfire seasons.

This summer alone,Alaska, Louisiana, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and West Virginia have all seen record rainfall events. We’ve seen 1,000-year floods in Texas, Missouri and New York. Once rare, dangerous flash flooding emergencies are now a regular part of summer for tens of millions of Americans.

One might think that, in the midst of all of this, there would be major discussions in Congress as to how best to go forward in addressing this existential crisis. Not the case. Insanely, the president of the United States continues to believe that climate change is a “hoax,” and Republican members of Congress are following their “Great Leader” over the cliff. Sadly, too many Democrats think that speaking out on climate change is “bad politics” and have remained far too silent.

That has got to change. The simple truth is that we must forcefully take on the greed of the fossil fuel industry and the stupidity of Trump.

The simple truth is that we can create millions of good-paying union jobs transforming our energy systems away from fossil fuels and into energy efficiency and sustainable energy.

For the sake of our kids, future generations and the habitability of the planet,that is exactly what we must do.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) tells MeidasTouch that Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) should resign https://t.co/t5WdVFv5C0

[WNEP @WNEP]

Investigators said a father took the lives of his wife and six children before intentionally setting fire to their home. https://t.co/JNy6YXHhc0

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

GAZA: THE SUFFERING CONTINUES

Today in Gaza, most of the TV cameras are gone and media interest has declined. But, more than nine months after the announcement of a supposed “ceasefire”, the suffering of the Palestinian people continues.

Today, 92% of housing units in Gaza are damaged or destroyed, 70% of the entire population lacks adequate housing and is forced to live in makeshift shelters, 86% of agricultural water wells have been damaged, the vast majority of households report significant challenges in accessing safe and clean sanitation facilities and 90% of all energy infrastructure has been destroyed.

And what about the children? Today in Gaza, 91% of school-aged children do not have sustained access to in-person education, 93% of school buildings will require full reconstruction or major rehabilitation to be functional again and 70% of infants and young children under two years of age are experiencing moderate to severe food insecurity.

All of this is taking place after the horrific destruction that Netanyahu’s extremist government brought to Gaza over the last three years: more than 73,000 Palestinians killed and 173,000 wounded — mostly women, children and the elderly. In addition, virtually the entire infrastructure of Gaza was destroyed.

Israel now controls an estimated 70% of Gaza, well beyond what they agreed to, and has built dozens of military outposts inside Gaza since the “ceasefire” began. In the nine months since the “ceasefire” was announced, Israel has killed at least 1,150 Palestinians, including a family of six last week.

Now, as if to remove any doubt about their intentions, senior leaders of the Netanyahu government are moving to make the occupation permanent. Recently, a number of government ministers led thousands of settlers to the Gaza border demanding new illegal Jewish settlements be built there. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stood up and said "Gaza is ours."

The shameful fact is that the United States is complicit in everything that is happening in Gaza. We have funneled tens of billions of dollars in military aid to an Israeli government that has consistently violated international law and whose leader is a war criminal.

The good news is that the American people are catching on. More and more Americans — Democrats, Republicans and independents — are demanding that we stop all military aid to Israel and use our considerable leverage to end the suffering of the Palestinian people.

Enough is enough! Congress must listen to the American people. NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.

[WNEP @WNEP]

Claws n' Paws Wildlife Animal Park is mourning the loss of one of its founders. Newswatch 16's Emily Kress shows us how the zoo is celebrating her love for animals. https://t.co/YNR3NkQXww

[Christina B @cnd8303]

Linde Data Center In Clinton Township: Full Conflict Report https://t.co/j7yfOoxD8W

[PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes]

In other words, this is DOGEarrhea

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Americans voted for lower costs on day 1.

Not Donald Trump’s face on a $1 coin.

[Myrna Tellingheusen @PearlsFromMyrna]

May you encounter a bison.

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

NEW: Image from today's ICE-involved shooting in Maine shows bullet holes in the vehicle's window.

This image was sent to me by someone on the ground before police covered up the scene.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.

A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”

That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.

I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.

[WNEP @WNEP]

Graham had served as U.S. Senator from South Carolina since January of 2003. https://t.co/BGKKHIUoBA

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Even Trump’s hand-picked Supreme Court knows that birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Constitution.

The fight to defend immigrant rights from Trump's cruelty is not over, but today the Court upheld the law.

It's simple: if you're born in America, you're an American.

[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

here's today's post: "what the fuck is some Nazi-themed golden eagle doing above the door of the White House?" — who thought this was a good idea?
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[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Europe is suffering through its worst heat wave in recorded history.

This week, 3 dozen U.S. states will likely see record-breaking temperatures.

No, Mr. Trump. Climate change is not a “hoax.”

We must stop fossil fuel industry greed and save the planet.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

NEWS: The U.S. Supreme Court has DECLINED to hear Trump’s appeal of the $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict won by E. Jean Carroll in 2023. https://t.co/irtJz2k42I

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

4 years after Roe was overturned, Trump is finding new ways to attack abortion access — now with https://t.co/fmMfQU9KVd, his site steering women to anti-abortion centers.

Shameful. I’m calling on Trump and RFK Jr. to stop using taxpayer dollars for their anti-abortion agenda.

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade four years ago today, women lost a constitutional right that had been guaranteed for nearly 50 years. Like so many across this country, I was angry — for the women in my life, for women who are now struggling to access health care, and for the country I knew was better than that decision. 

I still am. And we are using that anger to fight back and protect abortion access in Pennsylvania.

We took legal action against the Trump Administration to defend access to medication abortions. We launched a new website to help women safely access abortion. We ended the state contract that funded crisis pregnancy centers in Pennsylvania. 

No elected official — up to and including the President — should stand in the way of women receiving the health care that they need.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch has obtained an internal email revealing the Trump admin has elevated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool algae crisis to a "regional and national priority" — desperately seeking federal workers for 12-hour scrubbing shifts just weeks after a $14 million renovation that Trump promised would make it "gorgeous." https://t.co/sZsZKUewgZ

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

80 YEARS OLD. Happy Birthday, Mr. President.