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I work from early in the morning until late in the evening. I make many calls and have many meetings.

[historygeek @skyewestley]

Pie is breakfast food #holidays

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Reminder to call your college-age and young adult kids and ask them about their plan to vote.

[ESPN @espn]

On this day 18 years ago, the Boston Red Sox broke the curse, and won their first World Series in 86 years.

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed as the next Supreme Court Justice.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

John Lennon was assassinated 41 years ago today by a man who flew from Hawaii to New York with a handgun in his suitcase. He shot Lennon five times with hollow-point bullets. Since then, over 1.5 million people in America have been shot and killed - many more wounded.

Imagine…

[historygeek @skyewestley]

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[Avraham Z. Cooper, MD 🩺 @AvrahamCooperMD]

Hospitals once again running out of ICU beds and ECMO machines are good reasons to share this terrific mRNA vaccine explanation by @ScientistSwanda

[The New York Times @nytimes]

“What is wrong with having some situational understanding about the country we are here to defend?” Gen. Milley said when being questioned about anti-extremism efforts and teachings about race relations at service academies and beyond.
https://t.co/8ISm6c5Kn6

[The New York Times @nytimes]

“I want to understand white rage, and I’m white,” Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said while testifying before Congress, pushing back on accusations from a Republican congressman that the military was becoming too “woke.”
https://t.co/8ISm6c5Kn6

[historygeek @skyewestley]

Awesome

[The New York Times @nytimes]

A 10-story, 23-ton piece of a Chinese rocket will crash into Earth sometime over the weekend — but no one knows where. https://t.co/aAH2Khxd7p

[ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover @NASAPersevere]

I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere.

#CountdownToMars

[historygeek @skyewestley]

Science wins

[John Kruzel @johnkruzel]

NEW: Dr. Fauci on TRUMP vs. BIDEN approach to science:

"The idea that you can get up here and...let the science speak, it is somewhat of a liberating feeling."

[Lucas Brown Eyes @LucasBrownEyes]

As we watch Trumpers storm the capital with guns. Just a reminder, this is what America did to Native protesting for clean water.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” ― Voltaire

[Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt]

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[historygeek @skyewestley]

@RexChapman @richardmarx The greatest threat to democracy is white privilege

[historygeek @skyewestley]

The biggest threat to democracy is white privilege