this really is the question. "they're our ally no matter what they do" is how children think, but it shouldn't be how nations conduct diplomatic relations; nor should some "but did you hear what the other side did?" volleying be imagined to excuse atrocities -- this, too, is infantile thought
And at the risk of stating the obvious: the more of these seats we win, the more secure our majority is against Manchin/Sinema-type shenanigans. It would be nice to have enough margin to not to be at the mercy of one or two senators with cold feet or ulterior motives.
Got mad & finally donated to Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in Florida - and made an ActBlue page where you can donate to her, Tester in MT, & Allred in TX! Gotta win one of those seats to keep the Senate from falling to Project 2025 Rs. Feel free to chip in! #DidThisToday secure.actblue.com/donate/gregpak
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A huge part of why it’s difficult to roll out solar, wind, heat pumps and retrofitting at the scale we need is because we quite simply don’t have the numbers of qualified installers needed. A huge opportunity for existing trades. But sure, let’s do some performative scolding of XR instead.
Can I not entirely respectfully suggest that failing to provide proper training programmes for electricians, builders and plumbers might be more harmful to them and their trades than *checks notes* environmentalists pointing out the uselessness of most carbon capture projects?
NC State Board of Elections has put up a site specifically to handle the fallout from hurricane Helene. www.ncsbe.gov/voting/upcom...
Representatives Jim McGovern of the House Rules Committee, Barbara Lee (Calif.), Mark Pocan (Wis.), Betty McCollum (Minn.) and Joaquin Castro (Texas) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee have sent a letter to State Department and Pentagon urging use of Leahy Law on IDF forces in Lebanon and Gaza.
In a letter obtained by HuffPost, lawmakers urge the State Department and Pentagon to apply a human rights law to U.S. military support for Israel.
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Please do! HPV doesn’t only cause cervical cancer, and HPV vaccines aren’t only for girls/women. It causes head and neck cancers, penile cancers, rectal cancers…
Oooh! Hey! If you've never had an HPV vaccine and you're 45 or under, you may want to get one! health.clevelandclinic.org/hpv-vaccine-...
For years, the HPV vaccine has been recommended for children as young as 9, all the way up to adults age 26. Now, the FDA has approved the vaccine for those ages 26 to 45.
Democrats suspect Netanyahu is helping Trump win the election, proceed to fall over themselves to help him do that.
Democrats increasingly suspect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to interfere in U.S. domestic politics by ignoring President Biden’s calls to negotiate a peace deal in Gaza…