I am all in favor of a strong defense, but before we give the military-industrial complex additional billions the Pentagon didnāt even want we should at least make sure they can pass an audit.
#USpol #politics
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/11/22/why-cant-the-dod-get-its-financial-house-in-order/
For how many more decades will we keep 'discovering' this I wonder?
Competition between respiratory viruses may hold off a ātripledemicā this winter https://www.science.org/content/article/competition-between-respiratory-viruses-may-hold-tripledemic-winter#.Y30pZT70Qrc.twitter
Thirteen Democrats voted with the Republicans to end the Covid 19 Emergency Declaration. If this is ended it will make it more difficult to fight the pandemic and increase costs for individuals.
The Democrats who betrayed us on this:
1. Cortez Masto
2. Hickenlooper
3. Kaine
4. King
5. Klobuchar
6. Manchin
7. Murphy
8. Rosen
9. Schumer
10. Shaheen
11. Sinema
12. Tester
13. Warner
https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-votes-to-end-covid-19-emergency-declaration-11668559887
NPR's coverage of Trump's announcement was nicely informative.
"BREAKING: Donald Trump, who tried to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election and inspired a deadly riot at the Capitol in a desperate attempt to keep himself in power, has filed to run for president again in 2024."
In a matched cohort study from Germany, including more than 157,000 individuals with COVID-19, Dr. Martin Roessler and colleagues investigate post COVID-19 associated morbidity in children, adolescents, and adults.
US officially in a flu epidemic. Remember, masks work for influenza too.
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Every time Ukrainian troops retake a town that was under Russian occupation, we see these kind of scenes. Something to keep in mind when people tell Ukraine they need to stop their advances or negotiate away territory occupied by Russia. That would mean abandoning Ukrainians. https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1591058239680311296
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