GOP: We want a balanced budget!
So repeal Trumpâs $2.1T billionaire tax cuts?
â˘GOP: NO!
End corporate welfare?
â˘GOP: NO!
Audit bloated military budget?
â˘GOP: NO!
How will you balance the budget?
GOP: Ban free school lunch
(Not even exaggerating)
"The State Air Pollution Control Board took its final step to withdraw #Virginia from a regional carbon market, sending the action to Republican Gov. Glenn #Youngkinâs office for final action, despite a majority of public commenters continuing to oppose the move."
So often, voters see the #climate crisis clearly, but their legislatures are in the way of meaningful action.
#RGGI #emissions
https://www.virginiamercury.com/2023/06/07/virginia-air-board-approves-withdrawal-from-regional-carbon-market/
Sally Ride was married to a man for five years, but then spent 27 years in a relationship with Tam OâShaughnessy, a woman.
There is a touching essay by her sister Bear (who is gay, and a minister) about her sisterâs âfundamental sense of privacy,â and how people might be surprised to learn about Sally Rideâs relationship with Tam.
In life, Sally Ride became famous as America's first woman in space â and in death, she's now added to her fame as the first acknowledged gay astronaut.The revelation came in a low-key way: Monday's obituary from Sally Ride Science, the educational venture she founded a decade ago, referred to Tam O'Shaughnessy as "her partner of 27 years." A spokeswoman for Sally Ride Science, Terry McEntee, s
Itâs 2023, and the U.S. is the deadliest place to give birth out of any high-income country. Thatâs unacceptable.
I introduced the #Momnibus with Rep. Lauren Underwood, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, PhD, and Senator Cory Booker this week to address our countryâs maternal health crisis.
We must do better for our moms.
If you can't choose whether to become a mom, with all its risks, #MothersDay is a cruel joke.
States enacting abortion restrictions increased their maternal mortality rate by 38%.
States with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports.
Two of the women in the Turnaway Study DIED from giving birth after they were denied abortions.
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1111344810/abortion-ban-states-social-safety-net-health-outcomes
Fascist DeSantis signed âmedical freedomâ bills into law
When a republican uses the word âfreedomâ you know itâs gonna be bad
⢠Businesses are not allowed to have vaccine requirements or mask mandates
⢠Doctors, pharmacists can refuse care to *anyone* if they feel like it
- This includes gender affirming care
- Before you say âgood an atheist can refuse care to a judgey Christian!â Nope. One-way street. Canât discriminate based on religion. Just pronouns.