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I mean, you do you, but I'd rather have the minor inconvenience of breathing through a mask and save myself an illness than take a 1 in 4 chance of having impaired lung function a year later.

“At 1 year of follow-up, 25% of the 349 participants had impaired lung function, including 11%, 22%, and 48% of those with mild, moderate, or severe/critical COVID-19, respectively.”

If you've heard #COVID19 is just like the flu, you were misinformed. Be a bit safer, please.

cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/1-4-co

Clarence Thomas resigns. Menendez resigns. One standard. Corruption is corruption.

An senator doing the right thing?

Katie Britt co-sponsoring bill to end government shutdowns over ‘budgetary political brinksmanship’ - al.com al.com/news/2023/09/katie-brit

“K-911. What’s your emergency?”
“THERE’S A SQUIRREL!”
“Please calm down, sir. Where is it?”
“IN THE TREE ACROSS THE STREET!”
“Have you tried barking at it?”
“YES! DUH!! I’M NOT AN IDIOT!!!”
“Okay, put down the phone and try again now, I’ll stay on the line.”

New legal analysis: Jack Smith invoked the threat of political violence in asking a judge to gag Trump from publicly attacking witnesses, jurors, prosecutors & the judge herself in the J6 case. That raises a First Amendment problem with little precedent.
nytimes.com/2023/09/22/us/poli

Heja Sverige! 🇺🇦♥️🇸🇪

The first 10 Swedish Leopard 2 tanks have arrived in Ukraine!

Imagine being a Russian tank driver in a shaking, old T-72 knowing that these modern tanks are coming to hunt you down — not a good feeling.

Source (in Swedish):
forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/

I just realized why E changed the name from Twitter to X. If you trace an X on your palm, that means “discrimination” in ASL. It was a rare show of honesty.

Will Republicans Abandon This Medical Triumph? nytimes.com/2023/09/20/opinion

PEPFAR has saved 25M lives and prevented countless children from becoming orphans. It does not fund abortions. Conservative organizations are attempting to link it to abortions & "lifestyle" choices. Not prolife. Refund PEPFAR.

Via Kyle Griffin:

NBC News confirms: #UAW President Shawn Fain has filed a complaint against Republican #TimScott with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging that Scott violated the rights of his campaign staff by threatening their federally-protected right to #strike.

Florida's voucher program - Of the roughly 2,300 private schools accepting vouchers in Florida, 69 percent are unaccredited. reflectionsinedblogblog.wordpr #privatization

On Sep 22, 1906: White Mobs Terrorize African Americans in Atlanta, Killing Dozens calendar.eji.org/racial-injust

rawstory.com/james-comer-26657 Rep. James Comer was given unrestricted access to a batch of Biden's emails from his time as VP, but noted that "the new emails do not provide any evidence that Joe Biden personally benefited from his son’s business dealings.""The revelation is a major loss for the #MAGAextremists leading the committee, who have long sought the emails in question from the National Archives & suggested they might provide the smoking gun required to impeach
rawstory.com/james-comer-26657

Unlike Nancy Pelosi and the 117th congress who passed major legislation, McCarthy & House Republicans falter on funding plans, as shutdown inches closer. They went home to take days off. VOTE THESE LOSERS OUT. THEY HAVE NOT PASSED ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION & ARE UNABLE TO GOVERN #GovernmentShutDown
#MAGArepublicanExtremists #MAGArepublicanClownShow #RepublicanDeathParty
washingtonpost.com/politics/20

This is to the 3 people who will actually care - my iPhone 15 is shipping and will arrive a week sooner than expected.

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