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[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

@bertie_lakeland You're quite energetic for a 10 year old!

[LanaQuest aka RosaSparks @LqLana]

RFK, Jr. is a danger to any society that listens to him.

In 2018 the Samoan government had suspended measles vaccinations after an improperly prepared vaccine killed two babies, however, the vaccinations resumed months later.

Many parents weren’t convinced they were safe, leaving thousands of children unprotected.

RFK, Jr. saw the perfect opportunity to experiment on Samoans by continuing to scare and discourage them from vaccines, which he called the “natural experiment.”

In 2019 RFK, Jr. went to Samoa spreading anti-vaccine rhetoric and conspiracy theories.

Months after RFK Jr.’s visit, a measles outbreak swept the country, sickening thousands and killing 83 children. Over 5,000 cases of measles had been spread in the country.

There is no link between vaccines and autism.

There is a link that your children may fucking die if they are not vaccinated. Now because of RFK Jr. Measles is no longer considered eradicated.
#DemsUnited

[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

@DougWahl1 I'd trust my dogs to give me health advice before I'd trust rfkjr. Actually, I'd trust a pile of their poop before him, too.

[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

@DougWahl1 Don't we wish.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

But today in his cabinet meeting, Trump blamed it on American Democrats. Just as he has blamed things many times that Russia and China have done on Americans. He’s not a patriot, he’s the ultimate traitor.

[Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer @EvanKirstel]

@RonFilipkowski

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Jeanine Pirro should be disbarred. It is absolutely indefensible and gross misconduct to rush through a criminal indictment for political reasons before an investigation has been completed, which resulted in false evidence being presented to a grand jury.

[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

@rwbcat @NiallHarbison I didn't--I thought he was a little guy!

[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

@NiallHarbison Of course he remembers. You had faith in him, and that gave him faith in himself. One of the best stories ever!

[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

One great save!!!

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Little Stormzy came back to visit to say thats for help in his early days.

He is absolutely huge and it is probably the happiest I've ever been to see a dog!!

Look at him go!

[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

@RonFilipkowski He "won" because no one is allowed to report a better score.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Trump overrules his own Coast Guard and orders 11 giant Arctic icebreakers just because Russia has more – leaving taxpayers holding the multi-billion dollar bag!

Donald Trump reportedly ignored his own Coast Guard experts and ordered the purchase of 11 massive Arctic icebreakers after getting obsessed with the fact that Russia has a bigger fleet, according to a new New York Times investigation.

The Coast Guard’s most recent assessment said the country only needs four or five heavy icebreakers.

Admiral Kevin Lunday, the Coast Guard commandant, told the Times straight up: “The number 11 came directly from the president. This was the president’s number and the president’s decision.”

The Times notes the deal was born as much out of Trump's personal enthusiasm as military planning. After a round of golf with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Trump reportedly called him late one night and announced he no longer wanted one used icebreaker.

He wanted an entire fleet of brand-new ones instead.
The ships alone are expected to cost nearly $7 billion. The administration also bypassed normal competitive bidding by invoking a rarely used “public interest” exemption so the contracts could move forward without competing bids.

And here’s the kicker: while they found billions to buy the ships, there is no plan yet to pay for the crews, ports, maintenance, and infrastructure needed to actually operate them – costs that could run into billions more.

Where did the money come from? The administration redirected billions from the Republican spending law’s border security funding after Trump decided he wanted more ships than Congress had originally approved.Trump has never hidden his reasoning:

“We only have one,” he complained during his first term. “Russia has 40.”

Experts note that comparison is nonsense. Russia has a far larger Arctic population and relies on icebreakers to keep northern ports open year-round. The United States has completely different needs.

Even the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office is sounding the alarm likening the Coast Guard to “a lottery winner who spends all their money buying the mansion, and then goes broke once they realize they don’t have the money to maintain it.”

This is a perfect example of Trump’s government-by-fiat: decide he wants the biggest, the most, or more than the other guy – then leave everyone else to figure out how to pay for it, staff it, and make it work.

The man is treating the national budget like his personal toy store. If Trump’s ego-driven $7 billion icebreaker shopping spree has you seething, like and share this post.

[LanaQuest aka RosaSparks @LqLana]

In August 1930 two Black teens were lynched. Thomas Shipp, 18, and Abram Smith, 19.

Earlier that day the teens were accused of murdering a white man and assaulting a white woman.

Black people were always accused of crimes they didn't commit and rarely made it to trial before being lynched and even if they went to trial there was no such thing as a jury of your peers.

Therefore per usual a white mob broke into the Grant County jail in Marion, Indiana, and lynched the teens.

No, it didn't stop there. The lifeless bodies of the teens were cut down and hung from trees in the courtyard. Oh yes, this was an all-day event for entertainment.

When the sheriff eventually cut the ropes off the dead teens, the crowd rushed to take parts of the teen's bodies as "souvenirs" before finally dispersing. (EJI)

These are real stories. Ignoring them doesn't change the facts.
#BlackHistoryWithLana #DemsUnited

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

THIS IS JOCELYNN ❤️‍🩹 After Trump resumed office and started sending ICE after innocent people, Jocelynn’s 6th grade peers started bullying her relentlessly.

Just like the president, they told her ICE was going to go after her parents, and she would end up alone.

Jocelynn died by suicide a few weeks later.
She was 11.

Her parents are here legally, by the way.
Not that THAT matters in this story.

Words matter.

📸: CNN

[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

@Angry_Staffer They're serious. Seriously stupid.

[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

@Angry_Staffer Consider the idiot who's talking

[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

@DougWahl1 Definitely

[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

@bertie_lakeland You're such a agood, handsome boy

[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

@momma_hootie @Angry_Staffer M8ght e a little too late.

[diane grasley @dianegrasley]

@MysterySolvents Shit on a stupid shingle (really old reference)