JoAnne Nickerson

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Road cyclist, hiker, nature & animal lover. 
Learn from history or repeat it. LGTBQ welcome in my deep blue MD8. She/her

Brett Kavanaugh voted against student loan relief.

Yet someone paid off ALL of Kavanaugh’s loans and debts before he joined the Supreme Court — $92,000 country club balance, $200,000 credit card debt, and a $1,200,000 mortgage.

To recap: Supreme Court justices nominated by a president who lost the popular vote and confirmed by Senators representing far less than half the country have eliminated abortion rights, green-lighted anti-LGBTQ discrimination, and ended affirmative action.

In one year.

"Florida governor and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday that would allow for roads across Florida to be made with "radioactive" mining waste that has been linked to cancer."

"When authoritarian leaders lose office, they come back, like, 10 times worse — they never get less extreme, they always get more extreme....January 6 was a profoundly radicalizing event for the base, for the GOP and for Trump himself, because even assaulting the Capitol you could get away with..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/trump-language-policy-2024-race/

The deepening radicalization of Donald J. Trump

Watch how the former president’s positions and rhetoric have grown more confrontational and extreme as he seeks a second term.

The Washington Post
I’m convinced Republican politicians don’t actually believe mental illness causes gun violence. But they do it because they just know that demonizing people with mental illness has no political consequences and also that doing so buys them enough time to feign outrage until the next mass shooting dominates the news cycle.
@catsnkittens Ming likes a basket

Norfolk Southern:

-Helped kill a safety rule to upgrade outdated braking systems

-Fought off a shareholder initiative to mitigate risks of transporting hazardous materials

-Cut thousands of employees despite the safety risks of understaffing

Atrocious corporate greed.

Trump's secretly funneled $1 million dollars to help fund the Arizona Cyber Ninjas fraudit, using several shell companies to hide his tracks. This is yet another clear violation of the law. Add it to the list, Jack Smith. https://youtu.be/9gsS2My8S0w
Trump Major Campaign Violation EXPOSED in SECRET Funding Scheme

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Summary of 2023 Republican Agenda:
-Abortion: Ban it
-Marijuana: Ban it
-Democracy: Ban it
-Immigration: Ban it
-LGBTQ books: Ban it
-Contraceptives: Ban it
-Dialogue on racism: Ban it
-Books by Black Authors: Ban it
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-Guns: BANS DON’T WORK YOU LIBERAL SNOWFLAKES!

The party of "fiscal responsibility," folks.

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First CBO score of the new Congress is here.

Says that the GOP IRS funding bill would reduce spending by $71.5B and reduce revenue by $185.8B.

Net deficit increase of $114B.

https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2023-01/hr23_IRS.pdf

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