Selfless Texas teachers died shielding their students

Selfless Texas teachers died shielding their students

For Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles, teaching fourth graders at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, was one of the joys of their lives, a vocation dedicated to educating children and keeping them out of harm's way

 

Maybe this is crazy, but I think the right to own a gun is trumped by the right not to be shot by one. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Sen. Chris Murphy: 'Something is Dying Inside the Soul of This Nation' When We Accept School Shootings as New Normal
• Laura Ingraham Agrees With Guest Who Puts Onus on Parents of Murdered Schoolchildren: 'It's Your Responsibility'
• Sergeant Says Police Engaged Gunman Before He Entered Texas Elementary School – to No Avail
• 'It's Pathetic!' Irate Steve Kerr BLASTS Mitch McConnell and Senate GOP on Opposition to Gun Background Checks
• Russian parliament scraps age limit for army recruits

The Senate must consider an exception to the filibuster to curb gun violence.

They did it to raise the debt ceiling and confirm Supreme Court justices. 

They can do it to stop another 19 families from getting the unimaginable news that their child has been murdered at school. - Hillary Clinton tweet

When Leadership Fails...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told colleagues on the Senate floor Wednesday that he will not immediately bring gun-control measures to the floor in the wake of two mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, because he doesn’t expect them to muster enough Republican votes to pass. 

It’s just sick that gun manufacturers have spent two decades aggressively marketing assault weapons which make them some of the biggest profits. 

For God’s sake, let’s have the courage to stand up to the industry. - President Biden tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Rep. Paul Gosar Spreads Lie About Texas Shooter In Hateful Since-Deleted Tweet
• ‘How do you even sleep at night?’ Texas Sen. Ted Cruz faces backlash after Uvalde shooting
• O’Rourke calls on Abbott to cancel NRA convention appearance
• Trump Touts ‘Big and Successful Evening of Political Endorsements’ Despite Losing in Georgia
• Sarah Sanders Wins Arkansas Republican Gubernatorial Primary Race in a Walk
• Supreme Court approval drops in wake of abortion ruling leak: poll
• Top Southern Baptists plan to release secret list of pastors, church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse
• Liz Cheney tests positive for COVID-19

What you see on your TVs is a failed government in Texas. - Matt Murphy

Texas Rejects The Last Bush Standing

George P. Bush, the last remaining member of his famous family to hold elected office, lost his bid for Texas attorney general Tuesday night.

Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has served in the role since 2015, defeated Bush, the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, nephew of former President George W. Bush and grandson of former President George H.W. Bush.

“Protecting” kids from masks, from LGBTQ people, from history, from getting health care but not from getting shot and killed at school.

Got it. - Chase Strangio

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Rock The Voter News

• ‘When In God's Name Are We Going to Stand Up to the Gun Lobby?’ Biden Reacts to Texas School Shooting
• 'F*ck You': Dem Rep. Gallego Skewers Cruz For Whining About Gun Control After Texas School Shooting 
• Just 177 Votes Ahead, Pro-Life Democrat Henry Cuellar Declares Victory Over Progressive Challenger – But a Recount Is All But Certain
• Biden approval rating at lowest point in Reuters-Ipsos polling

It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity—it’s inhumanity. - Amanda Gorman

Apparently, The Abbott Baby Formula Factory Is Filthy

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf gave a scathing review of “egregiously unsanitary” conditions at Abbott’s baby formula plant in Michigan during sworn testimony before a House subcommittee about the baby formula shortage on Wednesday.

Califf described bacteria growing from multiple sites in the facility, cracks in key equipment, leaks from the roof, standing water and a previous citation for inadequate handwashing.

I'm watching ppl 

who cheered W 

ending the assault weapons ban

& who cheered Greg Abbott

when he lowered the buying age to 18

mourn the Uvalde violence 

as if W & Abbott 

didn’t directly allow the shooter 

to get his damned AR-15. - John Fugelsang

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Business/Tech News

• 7 in 10 say it’s a good time to find a quality job: Gallup
• West Virginia announces $161.5 million opioid settlement with drug companies
• Twitter investors vote against re-electing Elon Musk ally to board
• A slew of candy and snacks made with Jif peanut butter now being recalled

Why are the people most convinced that God will protect them also the ones with the most guns? - Middle Age Riot

FYI: No Guns Are Allowed At This NRA Convention In Houston

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), former President Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are all scheduled to speak at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) leadership summit in Houston — which will now take place in the shadow of a horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

The event, which begins Friday, has been in the works for months. It is hosted by the Institute for Legislative Action, the lobbying arm of the NRA.

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Odd News

• NASA captures eruption of 'Sharkcano'
• NASA shows off early plans to send astronauts to Mars for 30 days
• Hubble identifies unusual wrinkle in expansion rate of the universe
• New York City removes last public pay phone in an end of an era
• German surfer rides world record 86-foot wave in Portugal

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I understand why our caveman ancestors who saw a rainbow fire cloud would believe in gods in the sky.

Peace.

In Georgia, the Brian Kemp-David Perdue primary has turned into a Donald Trump-Mike Pence feud

In Georgia, the Brian Kemp-David Perdue primary has turned into a Donald Trump-Mike Pence feud

The two Georgia GOP gubernatorial candidates held election eve events featuring another pair of feuding politicians: Donald Trump and Mike...

Trump supporters 2021: HANG MIKE PENCE! 

Mike Pence 2022: I think I’ve got a good shot at getting their votes. - OhNoSheTwitnt

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Russian media: retired Russian major general killed in skies over Ukraine
• Trevor Reed Rips Marjorie Taylor Greene For Stalling Resolution to Free Him From Russian Prison: 'How Do You Justify That?'
• Duterte hits Putin: I kill criminals, not children, elders

The Buffalo massacre is what happens when you normalize Kyle Rittenhouse. - Lance Cooper

Kiss My Ars, Kissinger.

Former secretary of state Henry Kissinger has said Ukraine should accept giving up part of its territory to reach a peace deal with Russia, and end the now three-month-long war immediately.

Talking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday, 98-year-old Kissinger said that failing to restart negotiations with Russia and continuing to antagonize Moscow could have disastrous consequences for Europe's stability in the long term.

In response to the murder of 10 BLACK people in Buffalo by a white supremacist, the US House of Representatives, by a vote of 420 - 1, passed an anti-JEWISH hate resolution because the murderer MENTIONED Jews in his manifesto.

He MENTIONED Jews but MURDERED Black people. - Talbert Swan

Republican Shenanigans

• Conway: My marriage 'may not survive' after Trump
• Ex-Trump press secretary Sanders bids for Arkansas governor
• Rudy Giuliani Flips Out On Heckler In Profanity-Laced Parade Tirade
• Kellyanne Conway says Trump offered her a blanket pardon after the 2020 election, saying 'they go after everyone, honey'
• Seven years later, still no trial for Texas AG Ken Paxton
• Elon Musk Promises a Big Surprise for the Midterm Elections
• David Perdue Says Stacey Abrams is 'Demeaning Her Own Race'

Republicans are complaining about declining birth rates after making America a place where nobody in their right mind would want to raise a child. - Middle Age Riot

Wouldn't It Be Lovely If Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes Down In Flames?
With millions raised to defend her seat in Congress and five fellow Republicans running to take it, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene faced her first reelection vote Tuesday in a GOP primary race that tests how her conservative Georgia constituents judge her turbulent freshman term.

Breaking: A new bill backed by Gov Abbott that would make it legal to hit a woman over the head with a club & drag her back to your cave will soon be put to a vote in Texas.

It is expected to pass. - lanechanged tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• US progressives show strength in primaries and predict more wins ahead
• Biden pitches Democrats as saviors for US economy ahead of midterm elections
• Alabama Democrats hope for improved showing in 2022 elections

Thrilled to join the incredible MSNBC family this fall. Breaking down the facts and getting to the bottom of what’s driving the issues that matter most to people in this country has never been more important. - Jen Psaki

This Should Be Interesting
California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation under a bill that passed the state Assembly on Monday.

In his first 16 months as President, Joe Biden has helped America overcome an unprecedented pandemic, rebuilt a battered economy from the bottom up and middle out, and restored our standing in the world. Why I’m glad he's on the job. - Bill Clinton tweet

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Business/Tech News

• SpaceX exec ‘personally’ believes Musk allegations false
• Millionaires at Davos say 'tax us more'
• Tapper Tested Positive at CNN D.C. and Taped Show Anyway
• Passenger’s punch knocks United Airlines worker through the counter, NJ video shows

If you haven't heard of Davos, you probably pay taxes.- Stephen Colbert

Jake Tapper Is Getting Too Big For His Britches
CNN’s Jake Tapper interrupted White House economic advisor Brian Deese Monday, after the latter attempted to blame record gas prices on Vladimir Putin...Tapper cut Deese off.

“Not all of it,” he said. “Not all of it. Some of it, yes.”

Deese said prices began to climb before Russia invaded Ukraine in February, amid fears Russian oil would leave the market.

I don’t want to move on from Amy Coney Barrett saying that America needs a “domestic supply of infants.” I also don’t want to move on from Ginni Thomas asking AZ lawmakers to “install new electors.” Don’t you think these stories deserve more coverage than monkeypox & inflation? - Dash Dobrofsky 

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Odd News

• Iraqi citizen living in Ohio arrested after allegedly plotting to assassinate former President George W. Bush
•  After string of adventures, ancient gold ring back in Greece
• 15,000 bees removed from equipment at New Orleans airport
• Ancient massive 'Dragon of Death' flying reptile dug up in Argentina
• British man raps for over 39 hours to break Guinness World Record
• Watch these 'skydiving' salamanders that parachute out of California redwood trees

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Square waves in Whangamata, New Zealand.

Peace.

Ivanka Trump met Ukrainian refugees during a visit to Poland

Ivanka Trump met Ukrainian refugees during a visit to Poland

​Ivanka Trump recently traveled to Poland to meet with Ukrainian ... days in Krakow & Warsaw to meet Ukrainian and Polish faith leaders who...

When you are carrying your $45,000 Birkin bag into a war zone for a photo op, maybe let people fill their own plates? - Kelly D tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Foreign reporter’s phone seized while on flight with Pentagon official
• 'I fought': Trevor Reed speaks out on how he survived nearly 3 years in a Russian prison
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Insists Mass Shootings 'Shouldn't Be About Race,' Says 'White Supremacy Shouldn't Be the Main Target'
• CDC, Florida health officials investigating state’s first presumptive monkeypox case
• One third of Americans in new poll say pandemic is over

Stop calling the Buffalo shooter “mentally ill.” Call him what he actually is — a white supremacist terrorist radicalized by Fox News, Elise Stefanik and Donald Trump. - Lakota Man tweet

 

Musk Sure Reminds Me Of Trump
Billionaire Elon Musk allegedly exposed himself to a flight attendant, sexually propositioned her, offered to buy her a horse, and later settled her claim against him for a quarter million dollars

Elon Musk has been exposing himself in all kinds of ways recently. - John Pavlovitz

Liz Cheney Honored For Telling The Truth
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday condemned the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol and President Trump’s alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election when she accepted the prestigious John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Awards, warning the crowd of “a threat we have never faced before — a former president attempting to unravel our constitutional republic.”

Tucker Carlson Links Monkeypox to Hunter Biden’s Laptop. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Kellyanne Conway Skewers Jared Kushner in New Book: 'There Was No Subject He Considered Beyond His Expertise'
• Sheriff Destroys Dinesh D’Souza’s Claim His Movie Sparked Election Fraud Investigation
• Trump Falsely Claims He Fired Deborah Birx Before Mocking Her Wardrobe: 'Few Dresses, Many Scarves and No Class'
• Trump Spokesman Trashes Pence After Former VP Declines to Rule Out Running Against Him: 'Desperate to Chase His Lost Relevance'
• GOP Voter Insists to MSNBC Jan 6 Rioters Looked Like Antifa With ‘Skinny Jeans and Beards….That’s Not Normal Republicans’
• Newt Gingrich says Georgia GOP gubernatorial candidate David Perdue thought Trump was 'a magic wand' in the race against Brian
• Herschel Walker Misrepresented Role With For-Profit Veterans Organization, Falsely Claimed It Was Charity: Report

People of America to FBI, Trump just called on a civil war to occur, is this even on your radar? - dshanico tweet

The Former President calling for a CIVIL WAR is way beyond screaming fire in a theater. Especially after he incited an actual attack on our Capitol. This is the part where law enforcement and three letter agencies need to step in. - Jeremy Newberger

GOP Candidate for Governor Suffers From A Case of the Stupid

Kandiss Taylor, a GOP candidate for Georgia Governor, delivered an anti-abortion speech on Sunday.

Running on a "Jesus, Guns, Babies" platform, she criticized the separation of church and state.

"They're not gonna tell us 'separation of church and state.' We are the church! We run this state!"

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Rock The Voter News

• A shipment of 78,000 pounds of infant formula arrives in U.S.
• Bill Clinton: Biden cares ‘more about the people than the polls’
• Merkley tests COVID-19 positive, a complication in 50-50 Senate
• U.S. First Lady Jill Biden visits Costa Rica children's hospital

An Archbishop who denies Nancy Pelosi communion is the head of a church which needs to be taxed. Yesterday. - Barbara Malmet tweet

Wow, Catholic Priests Aren't The Only Religion Involved In Sex Abuse. Who Knew?

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America's largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday.

Starting to understand why so many Southern Baptist churches sponsor Boy Scout troops. - Stonekettle tweet

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Business/Tech News

• Biden officials eyeing diesel stockpile to ease shortage
• Starbucks leaving Russian market, shutting 130 stores
• D.C. AG Goes After Zuckerberg for His Personal Role in Cambridge Analytica Scandal
• Biden administration lays out plan for four carbon-capture facilities

Two Year Old Orders 31 McDonald's Cheeseburgers Via Door Dash

Twitter had fun with a picture of a two-year-old Texas boy who managed to order 31 cheeseburgers on his mother’s phone when she left it unlocked.

Kelsey Golden’s son, Barrett, ordered the cheeseburgers from McDonald’s via DoorDash.

As a German I don't understand what guns have to do with freedom. - Sidney W. tweet

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Odd News

• UN: Number of displaced people worldwide tops 100M for first time
• Woman breaks one-handed climbing world record in London
• ‘McMad’: Pregnant Florida  woman arrested after tantrum, twerking at McDonald’s
• Bear breaks through house window, attacking couple. They struck back with kitchen knife, gun
• Man in Japan gambles COVID town funds mistakenly sent to him
• Alabama couple convert helicopter into 'helicamper'

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Prairie Smoke flowers look like cotton candy.

Peace.