Connie Schwedes

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Part of the #TwitterMigration Motorcycle riding grandmother who teaches ESL and is married to BF. Interested in the learning. Follow #history #politics #climatescience #COVID #photography #motorcycle #motorcycletouring
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I am all in favor of a strong defense, but before we give the military-industrial complex additional billions the Pentagon didn’t 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/

The Pentagon fails its fifth audit in a row

If the Defense Department can't get its books straight, how can it be trusted with a budget of more than $800 billion per year?

Responsible Statecraft

For how many more decades will we keep 'discovering' this I wonder?

Competition between respiratory viruses may hold off a ā€˜tripledemic’ this winter https://www.science.org/content/article/competition-between-respiratory-viruses-may-hold-tripledemic-winter#.Y30pZT70Qrc.twitter

Competition between respiratory viruses may hold off a ā€˜tripledemic’ this winter

Researchers say there is a growing body of evidence these viruses interfere with each other’s spread

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

#covid
#politics

https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-votes-to-end-covid-19-emergency-declaration-11668559887

Senate Votes to End Covid-19 Emergency Declaration

The declaration has allowed the administration to take actions in response to the pandemic such as suspend student loan payment deadlines

The Wall Street Journal

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."

#Journalism #Politics #USpol #Trump

RT @EricTopol
New report from Germany of a large matched-control #LongCovid study of 157,000 people w/Covid, including ~12,000 children and adolescents
"The results of the present study indicate that post-Covid-19 cannot be dismissed among children and adolescents."
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004122
Post-COVID-19-associated morbidity in children, adolescents, and adults: A matched cohort study including more than 157,000 individuals with COVID-19 in Germany

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.

Anton Gerashchenko on Twitter

ā€œOfficial raising of Ukrainian flag in de-occupied Kherson during @ZelenskyyUa's visit to the city.ā€

Twitter
#USPol šŸ˜‚

Word

RT @[email protected]

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

šŸ¦šŸ”—: https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1591085320883224576

Yaroslav Trofimov on Twitter

ā€œAmazing footage of the first Ukrainian troops reaching Kherson’s main square.ā€

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