Vaccine politics may be to blame for GOP excess deaths, study finds

Vaccine politics may be to blame for GOP excess deaths, study finds

Yale researchers found that registered Republicans in Ohio and Florida had a higher rate of excess deaths than Democrats.

Ron DeSantis uninjured after a car accident this morning. I say 'uninjured' because saying he's 'fine' or 'ok' would be misinformation. - Don Lewis tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Auschwitz Museum Hits Fox's Greg Gutfeld For 'Oversimplified' Holocaust Remark in Defense of Florida Slavery Curriculum
• Biden Demands America Confront Dark History With Racism at Emmett Till Ceremony: 'Silence is Complicity'
• Steve Bannon Blasts House Republicans Over ‘Woke’ National Defense Authorization Act: ‘You People Suck’
• Eight search warrants issued in Trump classified documents case, new filings show

Kevin McCarthy Accuses Hunter Biden of Receiving Christmas Gift From Joe Biden. - Andy Borowitz

I 💗Commander
President Joe Biden ‘s dog Commander bit Secret Service officers at least 10 times between October 2022 and January, including one incident that required a trip to the hospital for an injured law enforcement officer, according to records from the Department of Homeland Security.

Republican Shenanigans

• House Republican Says the Quiet Part Out Loud Ahead of Looming Government Shutdown: 'Most Of What We Do Up Here is Bad Anyway'
• Alabama appears to defy Supreme Court with new congressional map
• A video retweeted by a DeSantis staffer stirred new controversy. Was there a Nazi symbol?
• Bill Kristol Irked By DeSantis Statement Thanking Well Wishers After Car Crash: 'I’m Glad He’s Fine, But…'
• 'Corporate Toadies': Unearthed Video Ahead of Fox News Town Hall Shows RFK Jr. Trashing Sean Hannity
• Texas A&M Professor Suspended After Student Whined That She Criticized Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick
• Jury Decides Ammon Bundy Must Pay More Than $50M for Defaming Hospital
• Jared Kushner’s family members throw maximum donations to Chris Christie campaign

DeSantis Reboots Campaign By Promising GOP Voters He Will Soon Be Indicted. - Andy Borowitz

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Woman Messes With Texas And Wins!

A military spouse has won a key battle in her court fight to force Texas education officials to accept her out-of-state school counseling license.

U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman granted Air Force wife Hannah Magee Portée’s request for a preliminary injunction on July 21, after Texas refused to recognize Portée’s licenses from Missouri and Ohio, despite a new federal law that provides professional licensing portability for service members and their spouses.

It's not the Trump prosecution that makes the United States look like a banana republic. It was the Trump presidency that made the United States look like a banana republic. - David Frum tweet

The Supreme Court is the Fox News of justice."

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden admonishes Republican attempts to ‘bury history’ as he creates Emmett Till national monument
• Harris to hold Iowa event on abortion opposite GOP gathering featuring Trump, DeSantis
• Resolution to censure Marjorie Taylor Greene brought by House Democrat

A Car Crash Is So Apropo

Ron DeSantis was in a car crash while on his way to a fundraiser in Tennessee.

The Florida governor and 2024 presidential candidate was uninjured in the Tuesday morning incident.

“This morning, the governor was in a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He and his team are uninjured. We appreciate the prayers and well wishes of the nation for his continued protection while on the campaign trail,” spokesperson Bryan Griffin said in a statement.

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”

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Business/Tech News

• Morgan Stanley cuts Israel sovereign credit to "dislike stance" after judiciary changes
• UPS reaches tentative contract with 340,000 unionized workers potentially dodging calamitous strike
• These Trader Joe's cookies may contain rocks. See the products under recall
• Musk wanted to turn PayPal into X.com. It got him fired.

Elon Musk is the human form of New Coke. - Jeremy Newberger tweet

Texas Governor Abbott: Hey, You! No Water Break!

A thirst strike is taking place at the US Capitol on Tuesday to demand that President Joe Biden issue federal protections for workers during extreme heat, and safeguard their right to rest, shade and water breaks.

The protest was led by Congressman Greg Casar, a Democrat from Austin, alongside civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, labour unions and climate groups as Texas Governor Greg Abbott prepares to eliminate local protections which require water breaks for workers.

Another week and not a single drag queen has shown me nude photos from a stolen laptop. - Jimmie von Tungeln

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Odd News

• National Hurricane Center tracking 3 systems in Atlantic basin, including 1 east of Florida
• As much of the country stews in bubbling heat, a milestone was hit as a buoy in Florida registered 101.1°F water temperature
• Intruder barges into home, gets disarmed and beaten by homeowner, Florida cops say
• 800-year-old sword was found in Mediterranean Sea. Now experts know how it got there
• Northern Ireland man plays drums for over 150 hours straight

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Bell Rock Lighthouse Angus, Scotland. I believe those waves are unsurfable.

Peace.

Democratic memo takes aim at GOP-released FBI form with Biden-Burisma allegations

Democratic memo takes aim at GOP-released FBI form with Biden-Burisma allegations

...The uncorroborated allegations of Biden corruption and bribery related to his son’s business relationship with Ukrainian energy company Burisma were part of an FBI form released by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) last week...The FBI last week admonished Comer and Grassley for releasing the form.

JIM JORDAN and JAMES COMER’S Star BIDEN Bribery WITNESS Has CANCELLED HIS 

DEPOSITION

Shocker. - CoffeyTimeNews tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• 'A Dictator in All But Name': Israelis Take to The Streets to Protest Netanyahu Government Passing Law to End Judicial Review
• Trump Loses It on Senate Republicans for Failure to 'ACT' on Biden Allegations: 'How Long Does America Have to Wait?'
• 'Coordinated HOAX': Trump Spends His Sunday Night Raging At 'Deranged' Jack Smith, Garland, & Biden Over Legal Troubles On Truth Social
• Ex-NYPD Boss Handing Over Trump Records to Jack Smith
• 'You Let The Country Down!' Mark Levin Attacks Trump Appointed Judge In Classified Docs Case For Not Delaying Trial Until After 2024 Election
• CNN Analyst Hits Back When Scott Jennings Calls Slavery Controversy 'Made-Up Deal': 'Just Because Black People Write It...'
• Trump Voters Say Racism Against Whites Is Bigger Problem Than Anti-Black Racism — By A Lot

I suggest we waterboard DeSantis after he's picked cotton for fourteen hours, and see if he got any benefit from it. - justiceputnam tweet

Texas Governor One Ups Florida Governor
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday informed the Biden administration that he will not comply with the Justice Department’s (DOJ) request to remove the floating barriers in the Rio Grande River and was prepared to battle the administration in court.

Under Netanyahu’s corrupt rule, his parliament just passed a law that strips Israel’s Supreme Court of power to block government decisions.

THIS is the main reason why the GQP love him so much. The don’t support democracy in Israel, they support the fascist far right takeover. - Ricky Davila tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Alabama Anti-Abortion Leader Indicted on Child Sexual Abuse Charges
• Fox News Panel Debates Why Barbie Movie is So Much Bigger in Red States Than Blue: 'What's Going On?'
• GOP, McCarthy on collision course over expunging Trump’s impeachments
• Lauren Boebert Says She Threw Away Pin Honoring Uvalde Victim Because Of AirPods
• Haley says she’ll support Trump if he’s 2024 nominee
• GOP Presidential Candidates Slam DeSantis on His New Curriculum and Response to Backlash: Slavery Was 'Literally Dehumanizing'
• PA city demands Trump cough up thousands owed from 2018 rally before he returns again

'Merica: Where One Alabama Senator Can Bring The Pentagon Promotions To A Screeching Halt

Eight Senate Democrats on Monday pressed Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to pressure Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) to end his “reckless, dangerous” hold on hundreds of military nominations. 

The letter, led by Armed Services Committee member Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), calls on McConnell to “exercise your leadership to protect the readiness of our military.” 

Because Tuberville is blocking 650 military appointments 

Biden has to deploy 3K reserve troops

20 high-ranking officials will delay retiring 

Marines have no leader for the 1st time

National security is threatened

Tuberville is even MORE dangerous than our foreign enemies. - Lindy Li tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden names longtime Capitol Hill aide as next legislative affairs director
• Almost 60 percent of Ohio voters back abortion rights amendment: poll 
• Durbin tests positive for COVID-19 for third time in past year 

Donald Trump could get indicted 100 times with 1,000 charges and he’d still be the Republican nominee. - TheUSASingers tweet

Didn't Think Florida Could Get Any Worse? 

Think Again: Cocaine Sharks
These days, the list of reasons to stay out of Florida feels like it grows longer by the minute. But even if you take politics and stifling summer heat out of the equation (as hard as that may be), there are still plenty of reasons to be afraid of Georgia’s dingleberry. Florida Man and Florida Woman could be lurking around any corner, as could alligators, an abundance of venomous snakes and even mosquitos carrying malaria. Now, though, you can add a new fear to the list — cocaine sharks.

Texas Agrees To Humanely Stun Migrants Before Drowning Them. - The Onion tweet

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Business/Tech News

• Remote employees work longer and harder, studies show
• Forced labor may be common in US food system: study
• Saudi Soccer Club Willing to Spend More Than $1 Billion for Just ONE Season With French Star Kylian Mbappe
• Twitter rebrands with X logo after Musk vow to eliminate ‘all the birds’

Elon Musk to Change Twitter Logo From Bird to Dumpster Fire. - Andy Borowitz

Passport Backlog!

The deepening backlog of passport applications has spurred a flood of calls to Senate offices and new efforts to ease the process for Americans to get the documents they need for overseas travel.

Wait times for Americans who have applied for new or renewed passports have jumped multiple times this year. Applicants are currently waiting 10 to 13 weeks to receive their new passports unless they pay extra for an expedited process of 7 to 9 weeks. 

Wow. Two summer blockbusters which have nothing to do with superhero dudes in lycra! One a “chick flick,” and one a “serious adult film.”  Gee, Hollywood producers…There may be a clue there! - LMplusG tweet aka x

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Odd News

• Heat wave expected to expand, cover most of US 
• Baby Trapped In Hot Car Saved After Crowd Smashes Windshield
• Thieves dragging ATM from bank didn’t realize they left a big clue, Florida cops say
• Michigan man finds out he won $1.5M lotto prize from online message
• Souvenir hunters are haunting the Beetlejuice II movie set in Vermont

Time To Deflate Photo

This is a single tree... It's the world's largest cashew tree and covers an area of about 8,000 square meters located in Brazil.

Peace.

Hunter Biden’s attorney files ethics complaint against Marjorie Taylor Greene for showing sexual images

Hunter Biden’s attorney files ethics complaint against Marjorie Taylor Greene for showing sexual images

... In a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), Biden attorney Abbe David Lowell slammed Greene’s actions as “abhorrent behavior that blatantly violates House Ethics rules and standards of official conduct.”

America: If you think things can't get dumber, just wait! - Rex Huppke tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Nebraska teen sent to 90 days in jail over illegal abortion
• Georgia DA Looking to Indict Trump on 'Sprawling Racketeering' Charges 'Next Month': New Report
• Report: Department of Justice warns of lawsuit over Texas border buoys along Rio Grande
• Jason Aldean’s Try That in a Small Town sums up the delusions of the right wing
• CIA Chief Says Putin Likely To Take His Time Before Going After Prigozhin

“If I were Mr. Prigozhin, I'd be very concerned. NATO has an open doors policy. Russia has an open windows policy." - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

If they arrest Donald Trump and hold him until trial, then buddy, you ain't never seen so many crying country bumpkins in your life. It'll be like when they cancelled Duck Dynasty all over again. - Liam Nissan tweet

Republicans Release More Unverified Distractions

Republicans Thursday released a copy of an unverified tip to the FBI alleging a scheme to bribe President Biden — a tip that has not been corroborated but is nonetheless fueling GOP investigations into the Biden family. 

The information, memorialized in an FD-1023 form documenting interactions with a confidential informant, was released by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Oversight Republicans who threatened to hold the FBI director in contempt of Congress amid efforts to review and obtain the document. 

The damage that will be done by not jailing him is far worse than jailing him - John Cusack tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump Tears Into Republican Rivals on Truth Social: 'Christie Dead as His Stomach Band'
• Rep. Chip Roy Defends RFK Jr. From ‘Anti-Semitism Slur,’ Calls It ‘Complete and Total Garbage’
• Laura Ingraham Declares, 'Popular' RFK Jr. Is 'Polling So Well' as Graphic Shows Him Trailing By 57 Points
• Exclusive: Steven Crowder Sent Photos of His Genitals and Exchanged Drugs in 'Super Creepy' Workplace, Ex-Staffers Say
• Republican Senator Refuses to Choose Between Trump and Biden In a Rematch: 'I’d Go With Manchin'
• Michael Cohen settles lawsuit against Trump Org. just ahead of trial
• Missouri Supreme Court orders the GOP attorney general to stand down in fight over abortion costs
• Rand Paul’s Kentucky office damaged in a downtown Bowling Green fire

Governor Abbott placed razor-wrapped barrels in the Rio Grande to trap and drown families.

He ordered children and babies be pushed into the river.

He killed Texans in winter cold and summer heat. 

Abortion.

Voting.

Guns.

One way or another, Governor Abbott will get you. - Jane of the North tweet

Pence Needs Mucho Dinero To Attend Debate
Former Vice President Mike Pence’s 2024 campaign is ramping up its digital outreach to Republican donors to avoid the embarrassment of missing the party’s first primary debate next month...Pence has one month to meet the Republican National Committee’s fundraising thresholds in order to appear on the stage on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee. Failing to garner enough donors could be a death knell for Pence’s campaign, which has so far struggled to motivate donors and gain traction in the polls.

I don’t care what drugs Hunter Biden does. I don’t care who he sleeps with. I don’t care if he dances naked in the rain with sex workers. HUNTER BIDEN IS NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. And his actions do not reflect on his father, who cannot control a grown adult man. It’s all stupid. - Regina Michele tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She'd be 1st woman to be a military service chief
• 'We Will Not Stand For It!' Kamala Harris Torches New Florida 'Benefits' of Slavery Guidance To Huge Applause At Black Sorority
• Manchin and Sinema back to bedeviling Democrats

According to what I just saw on CNN, Only 37% of Americans approve of Biden's handling of the economy. Unemployment is at record lows, inflation has come down dramatically, could someone please explain to me what exactly is it that they disapprove of? - GDoc2001 tweet

Welp, Trump May Get His Wish About Being A Mobster
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has “developed evidence to charge a sprawling racketeering indictment next month” against former President Donald Trump as a result of her investigation into the current 2024 GOP frontrunner’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state, reported the Guardian on Friday.

I’m starting to think dumb white people and the Bible was a bad combination. - Noel Casler tweet

In a few years a typical GOP campaign ad will just some southern governor murdering a migrant. ‘Vote for me, I will kill more of the people you don’t like’. These are awful men and women in the modern GOP. Jesus would despise you.  @GovAbbott - Noel Casler tweet

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Business/Tech News

• Biden administration joins Manchin, GOP whip in backing pipeline at Supreme Court
• DeSantis Floats Lawsuit Against 'Woke' Beer While Trump Continues Cleaning His Clock
• Exhibition Boxing Match Canceled After Right-Wing Troll Throws Hot Dogs at His Muslim Opponent During Presser
• A New $2 Billion Theme Park Is Opening in the U.S. — but It's Not in Florida or California

Union Lets Tom Cruise Act During Strike From Fear Of What He’ll Do When He Can’t Make Movies - The Onion tweet

“ I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.” – Hal, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Microsoft, Google and other leading artificial intelligence companies committed Friday to put new AI systems through outside testing before they are publicly released and to clearly label AI-generated content, the White House announced.

Once again I find that I'm among the five or six people on a packed plane who care to look out the window at views unavailable to humankind for almost all of our history on earth. - Walter Kirn tweet

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Odd News

• GPS satellites may be able to detect earthquakes before they happen
• Chile's Atacama Desert is the sunniest spot on Earth, catching as many rays as Venus
• 'Help me' sign leads to rescue of kidnapped Texas girl in Southern California
• The sea otter harassing surfers off the California coast eludes capture as her fan club grows
• 'Prankster' lottery winner struggles to convince daughters of $1M prize

Time To Deflate Photo

A Common Mapwing butterfly which resembles stained glass. Thank you, Mother Nature.

Peace.