Republicans are taking away the right to survive in NC:
Bill would ban anyone from wearing a😷mask in public—even for health reasons.
"Bill: makes it a misdemeanor to wear a mask, punishable by 6-18 months of probation & a fine. The original statute *amended here, excludes official secret societies to be excluded from mask/hood prohibitions - Klan & Proud Boys conceivably could be exempt. Intent is to stop protests & prevent masking mandates."
-N Quick
MSM is focused on #TFG. He's not in court today, they could cover how Rs are passing laws that jeopardize the health & lives of IMGs/POC/Women/LGBTQ ppl...
#DeathSantis hid behind closed doors when signing the bill.
"Modern politics: Death of Shame, politicians -no longer shamed of behavior that'd humiliate most decent souls. FL makes it illegal to guarantee shade & water to outdoor WKRS. Recently a FL farm worker died from heat exhaustion."
#MAGAMike parrots his mentor's xenophobic rhetoric & says he'll help #TFG round up undocumented immigrants & deport ppl who've paid taxes & contributed to their communities & the workforce for years, sometimes, decades:
"Less than 24 hours after Democrats saved his job, Speaker Johnson vows to ‘round Up’ 11 million undocumented people, & likely deport them."
Rs in Congress get 95% of the gun rights lobby’s campaign donations -aggressively run interference for their base’s bus -selling as many guns as possible to whoever wants to buy. #2A: not just an American right for🔫 MANUs. It’s a human right, maybe even worth putting in the UN Charter. For US weapons IDU: everyone everywhere needs a🔫. N America's users want drugs. Caribbean & Central & South America’s narco-traffickers want🔫s.
“The US allows farmers to feed leftover poultry bedding material... to dairy & beef cattle as a cheap source of additional protein” *illegal in CAN/most of dev world; bc 5 Rs on the SC have legalized pol bribery here, however, the #BigAG IDU has successfully lobbied to allow vegetarian cows to be fed... #H5N1 has been ripping thu flocks worldwide -hitting: US poultry IDU hard. 1918: H1N1 led to the Spanish Flu-."
We have a horrific #childlabor problem. Violations have⬆️>250% since 2017. Children have died in shocking circumstances: unjamming a blocked sawmill in WI, sucked into a poultry machine in MS... -result of an intentional starving of labor LE.
MO bill would loosen child labor law by removing work permit reqs.
LA's lawmakers are trying repeal a law requiring employers to provide a 20-minute meal break to any minor who works >5 hrs...
"For the second time in <checks notes> three days, Texas is filing a nationwide lawsuit challenging a Biden administration policy in the Amarillo Division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas—where it has a 100% chance of being assigned to Judge Kacsmaryk."
-S Vladeck
Why do Republican lawmakers want disease to spread that can kill kids?
NH could soon beat FL—known for: anti-vax SG—when it comes to loosening vax requirements. A 1st-in-the-nation bill *already passed NH’s state House, sponsored only by R legislators, would end the req. for parents enrolling kids in childcare to provide doc. of polio & measles vax. NH would be the only state to have such a law, although many states allow religious exemptions to vax reqs. #GOPDeathCulthttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/new-hampshire-republicans-polio-mmr-measles-vaccine-antivax-bill/
"It's almost certain: Greene knows space lasers -ref. "Jewish space lasers" -conspiracy theory: false accusations a wealthy Jewish family is secretly causing wildfires from space.
She knows: best way to get her message out is to frame it in the dumbest terms possible -ensures press covers it/liberals re-post it/also engaging the MAGA audience. What was overlooked -troubling: Greene's encouraging the cold-blooded killing of asylum seekers -many: children."
The existential threat of living in America under Republican presidents🚨(and under some R governors/legislatures):
Arguing that “violence isn't random but a problem in public health & preventive medicine,” the researchers were blunt:
“Suicide, homicide, & combined suicide/homicide rates from 1900 to 2010 were found to be associated with an increase under Republican presidents & a decrease under Democratic ones with statistical significance.”
When #MAGA Republicans hold power, the Constitution isn't upheld:
#DeathSantis signed a new law today that guts oversight of police.
The law furthers limit local civilian police oversight boards by barring them from investigating allegations of police misconduct. Police unions support the law -it protects the rights of officers. Critics: another blow to police accountability efforts already shackled by existing state laws giving cops extraordinary legal protections-.
#DeathSantis has also signed this inhumane bill: local governments in Florida are now blocked from requiring heat protections for outdoor workers, driving a stake through the heart of Miami-Dade County’s efforts to keep farmworkers & construction workers safe from extreme heat.
Cities & counties in Florida can no longer mandate employers offer water, rest & shade to their outdoor employees on hot days, which are increasing due to #globalwarming.
Red🩸states are dueling on amorality & taking away the most Const. rights.
"When you think of the Due Process Clause of the C -what rights do you imagine it's protecting? The right not to be imprisoned by the govt w/o a fair trial... Acc to a 4-3 LA SC majority in Bienvenu v. Diocese of Lafayette, though, a due process right you may have failed to consider is the right of priests & their enablers not to be held accountable by victims of their sexual abuse."
The Republican AGs Assc. (#RAGA) is a pol org. that helps AGs in red🩸states to push extreme policies. They use their state’s legal power to end abortion access, assail LGBTQ+ rights, attack social justice, destroy our ENVIR, assault our democracy.
L Leo, the architect of the #MAGA hijacking of the SC that overturned Roe v Wade, has been RAGA’s biggest funder for years. Alongside Leo are Big: Oil & Gas, Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, the Gun lobby...
#TFG & Republicans attract abhorrent people to their party:
"A Trump county chair in New Hampshire is a former cop who threatened to kill his colleagues in shooting spree, murder his chief and rape the chief's wife because the department suspended him 5 days for his relationship with a high school girl."
Speaker Johnson: "Shamefully since #Oct7, Biden has transformed into a anti-Israel pres... He’s more concerned, seemingly, with placating the anti-Semitism in his base than standing with our historic & vitally impt. ally... it’s shocking to us, but it continues. Just days ago, >50 HSE Dems called for Biden to withhold the arms transfers to Israel. It’s wrong & it’s dangerous & it shows the Dems are losing their MORAL CLARITY." #GOPLies#GOPDeathCulthttps://www.mediaite.com/news/mike-johnson-rips-anti-israel-biden-for-placating-the-anti-semitism-in-his-base/
#TFG foments domestic terrorism (#J6, agst judges.. & some of his followers have perpetrated violent crimes). If Americans don't agree with TFG/Rs: MAY BE TARGETED:
"Many Americans who recently bought guns open to pol violence."
Large numbers of Americans who've bought guns over the past 4 years or who regularly carry their loaded weapons in public are willing to engage in pol violence, even to the extent of shooting a perceived opponent-.
Rs know that⬆️immigration would solve the worker shortage, but use it for...
Thankfully the WI Gov vetoed the GOP #childlabor bill that would've weakened regs.
R backers say the bill would've sped up hiring by cutting red tape & making it easier for kids to work.
Evers: “I object to eliminating a process that ensures our kids are protected from employers that may exploit youth & inexperience or subject children to hazardous or illegal working conditions."
From 2003 to 25 Mar 2024, a total of 888 worldwide human cases of influenza A(H5N1), 463 deaths (52% CFR), reported to WHO from 23 countries. Almost all cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) linked to close contact with infected live or dead birds, or contaminated environments... Avian flu outbreaks among birds now number >1100 in the US -across 48 states. Basically be cautious around any birds that you encounter for the near future bc🚨~50% mortality-."
-E Feigl-Ding
Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows. Experts warn that lax regs could see the virus spread to US pig farms *serious consequences for human health.
In contrast to Britain & Europe, American farmers are still allowed to feed cattle & other farm animals ground-up waste from other animals incl. birds. The virus has already killed millions of animals worldwide since 2021.
If Dems improve their messaging & targeted ads, they should win more Congressional seats, & others down ballot. The Republicans' agenda, esp. cutting the social safety net, including beloved programs, & enforcing even part of #Project2025, would likely ensure Dems the US House. Senate: more difficult. New Survey:
TX GOP pol leaders repeatedly let down their constituents, but they always remind them of their "freedoms": guns, little regulation, low taxes...
After going years during the pandemic w/o ending MDCD & CHIP coverage for anyone, TX HHS began the process last spring of rechecking eligibility. Some 2.1M ppl were dropped at least temporarily as of late Feb. Only 700K were determined ineligible -other >1.3M who lost coverage bc TX couldn’t confirm -eligibility.