Kinzinger is the other R on the J6 committee. He's also a LtCol in the Air National Guard. Disagreed with almost all of his positions when he was a Congressman, but he'd stand up for vets.
It's more likely to be someone like Kinsinger at the VA. Not really a big deal.
I made a second feed that's exclusively experts posting, if you'd prefer that experience (see link below). It is unfortunately impossible to create a social-media feed of everyone's posts about the hurricane without including some unpleasantness—that's just people.
Relevant Texas news for people considering whether or not to vote: the Supreme Court just blessed letting pregnant Texans die in ERs. Dem Senate nominee Colin Allred could help confirm new justices and reform the court www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
The dispute mirrors a similar case the court decided in June concerning the tension between a federal law requiring emergency room care and state laws that ban abortion.
anyways if you wanna watch milton as it progresses today, you can track the wind speeds at surface level and above in real time here earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.
Up helping my mom with stuff this week, and the pile of "things I got in the mail I need to ask you about" was 90% home/car warranty crap ("your response by October 15, 2024 is required."). 🙄
With Gail, it's more accurately called "chum."
Morning Womble. Just finished up The Saint of Bright Doors by @vajra.me@gwillow.me
Fair warning on this. Read it this morning and spent several minutes tearing up at my gate at DFW.
Read this when you're someplace where you can safely weep.
When Mats Steen died from a muscle-wasting disorder, his parents believed that his life had been a tragically lonely one — until hundreds of emails from strangers arrived. It turns out that he’d found...
Finished it on my flight today, and it is going to get SOOOO much better. I thought it was great at 50%, and then wow. Enjoy the ride.