Sen. John Cornyn tells reporters that he thinks there could be “substantial Republican support” for Bernie Sander’s amendment to give rail workers more paid sick leave. He’s also suggesting it could possibly pass.
BREAKING:
The Senate has voted to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation to codify federal protection for marriages of same-sex and interracial couples, 61 to 36.
“Brook Fair” 🤝 MPS Students
For a second year, Brook Lopez is hosting Scholastic Book Fairs at 5 MPS schools for students to take home 5 new books to build their at home libraries! 🫶📚
This is public health. "Every new parent in Germany is entitled to have a midwife by their side during pregnancy and in the often-overwhelming months following birth, plus free daycare, plus three years of parental leave—all at no cost. A birthing utopia." #cdnpoli
@notcapnamerica We’re mostly a green clean house but they’re gonna have to pull that comet cleanser from my cold, dead hands…that stuff is https://t.co/WHN5Gnez9U!
@kristatee@thehouseofpod I worked at a canoe outfitters in N MN and this is absolutely what we called giardia when we were prepping the outfitting groups 🤣🤣🤣
Same-sex marriage bill has overcome the filibuster, w/ a few more senators to vote still. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, the first openly LGBTQ woman elected to both House & Senate who led it through, was sitting alone & watching the door for much of it, seeming to tick off names
When we put police in schools with children, they arrest them. Policing is not safety.
"What [research studies] do all show consistently is that while we're not sure about any benefits, there are clear and consistent problems with putting police in schools." #PoliceFreeSchools
At my work (in healthcare!) you get penalized if you’re off work for more than 3 days in a 90 day period…so no one calls off because they’ll get in trouble. It’s absolutely bonkers
The reason we didn’t recommend masks for respiratory viruses prior to covid is that most people were symptomatic-
So our advice was simply to stay home if sick. Covid (50%+ asymptomatic) changed that logic. But it also revealed most people weren’t staying home even if sick…