Grandma Carol

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Retired Librarian. Protect our planet. Pro Choice.

Honors for staffs that represent the diversity of the USA:

Most racially diverse staff: Hirono (HI), Schatz (HI), Booker (NJ)
Most women: Kaine (VA), Merkley (OR), Stabenow (MI)
Most Black staff: Warnock (GA), Ossoff (GA), Cardin (MD), Van Hollen (MD), Booker (NJ), Stabenow (MI)
Most Asian-American & Pacific Islander staff: Hirono (HI), Schatz (HI), Warren (MA)
Most LGBTQ staff: Casey (PA), Murray (WA), Fetterman (PA)

The dubious honor of the whitest, straightest staff goes to Manchin (WV) 2/2

Hard to imagine such cruelty.... In freezing temperatures "Busloads of migrants dropped off at vice president’s DC home on Christmas Eve":
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3787902-busloads-of-migrants-dropped-off-at-vice-presidents-dc-home-on-christmas-eve/
Busloads of migrants dropped off at vice president’s DC home on Christmas Eve

Multiple busloads of migrants were dropped off at Vice President Harris’s residence in Washington, D.C. on Saturday — Christmas Eve — leaving migrants on the streets in below-freezing temperatures, according to multiple reports. Three busloads of migrants were driven to D.C., ABC 7 reported, and arrived outside the Naval Observatory, which is the vice president’s residence.…

The Hill
Using vulnerable human beings as pawns in acts of political grandstanding isn’t just bottom of the barrel behavior that should evoke disgust, it’s an assault on human dignity that should inspire anger. For Christians it has to be clearly named. Exacerbated by the power differential at play, it’s sinful & arrogant https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/migrants-texas-harris-house-christmas-eve-rcna63204?fbclid=IwAR0JFulcruPZGgFYREh_57fzwz_ZMVfXAzFsFTOYelm-iKS-jyL90h8gcP0&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
Migrants from Texas dropped off outside VP Harris' home on freezing Christmas Eve

Three buses from Texas dropped off about 140 recent migrants — including babies and young children — near Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington

NBC News
Christmas Eve on the pier in Oceanside,cA.
So Cal at the Del. Strolling and ice skating at the beach. Christmas vibes Cali style.

Stephen Miller’s day is ruined.

The border policy hasn’t changed much in the last 40 years despite what Republicans try and sell you. Until Republicans agree to help pass workable, decent immigration laws, nothing significant will change. They just had their chance and blew it.

Fund the laws we have on the books for processing applications for migrants. Authorize and seat the judges needed, provide asylum-seekers with initial medical care, food and shelter, and provide legal assistance to adjudicate their requests.

When Republicans want to take action instead of posturing, they can be taken seriously.

Until then, I guess Republican politicians can go to the border and wander around aimlessly for photo shoots.

Court rejects GOP states' request to delay end of Title 42 border expulsions-
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/court-rejects-gop-states-request-to-delay-end-of-title-42-border-expulsions/

Court rejects GOP states' request to delay end of Title 42 border expulsions

Title 42, a public health law first invoked by the Trump administration, allows U.S. border officials to expel migrants without allowing them to request asylum.

CBS News
Views from my front porch. I've never seen this much snow where I live in Alaska.
"Woman Who Posted Topless Photo of Her 16-Year-Old Daughter on Twitter is Angry About Imaginary Drag Queens Hypothetically Sexualizing Underage Children"
Let’s take a moment and share the new and incredible US Postal Service Stamp honoring John Lewis while everyone is talking about Trump’s shitty cards.

Today marks 10 years since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 children and six adults.

Since the Sandy Hook shooting, there have been more than 3,500 mass shootings, according to Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit group that defines a mass shooting as the killing or injury of at least four people, excluding the shooter.

#GunViolence ... we can do better!

10 years after Sandy Hook, the victims' memories still endure | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/14/us/sandy-hook-newtown-shooting-victims-profiles/index.html