I am glad I live in NYC. This city is serious about vaccinations! I know of a student that came to school with a suspicious looking rash. It looked like Rubella. Thank God the student was vaccinated against it! Turns out the rash was from an allergy to nickel. Being vaccinated allowed education to go forward without drama.
I was among the first group (huge!) of children (Boomers) vaccinated with injectable polio vaccine. I remember seeing newspaper reports of hospitalized children laying in boxes called Iron Lungs. Iron Lungs were the precursors of ventilators. The pics of nurses caring for those children can be found on Google. Polio was called Infantile Paralysis in those days. The long term effects of that disease are what killed President Franklin Roosevelt. The Sabin vaccine on sugar cubes came out later. The present form is a sweet syrup.
I too was among that first group of children to be vaccinated. My mother explained to me, at the time, how important it was. I'll never forget seeing pictures of chlldren in iron lungs or those walking with two braces.
I remember it well. The summer after the Salk vaccine (2 shots) was introduced, the swimming pools reopened, and my brother and I took swimming lessons at the local high school. The fear of contracting polio was something we kids lived with every day until that first vaccine was available. If all the anti-vaxxers had lived through the polio epidemic, they’d be first in line for any available vaccine.
This bill is an abomination. This clip with Senator Warren on the latest details explains the potential damage - and how they have strategically staggered its worst impact to fall later after elections when a potential Dem POTUS is in office. Just evil.
"R" voters are conspicuously uninformed & refuse to do research.
KELLY AYOTTE's history is widely available - she sued PLANNED PARENTHOOD, lost & paid their legal fees.
NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS & DIRTY ENERGY KOCH $$$ are unpredictable.
They elected KELLY AYOTTE who was previously defeated as the incumbent SENATOR for good reason. Went on the become corporate mouthpiece for corporations she did business with as Senator, has lots of STOCK as a consequence.
She's got a lengthy & controversial history, anti-union, anti-minimum wage, etc.
Her gubernatorial opponent was supported by unions etc.
NEW HAMPSHIRE supports their schools with REAL ESTATE TAXES with predictable results. I did voter canvassing in NH & poor education & poverty was conspicuous.
I worked with a group that sent me into REPUBLICAN VOTING neighborhoods: WOW!
NEW HAMPSHIRE has opposed income tax & has state owned stores - like liquor stores - that Massachusetts residents drive over the border for purchases.
NEW HAMPSHIRE residents clog Massachusetts highways traveling for better paying jobs.
HuffPost: Kelly Ayotte’s Deep Ties To Scandal-Plagued ‘Green’ Energy Firm
excerpt:
HuffPost notes that “contrary to myths about Bloom, our research indicates that Bloom’s technology is not sustainable, clean, green, or remotely profitable.” Investigative articles from Forbes and Axios respectively concluded that Bloom’s technology is “too dirty and too costly’ to transform the electric grid, and that the company has “‘a history of playing fast and loose with its numbers.’”
Kelly Ayotte served as chair of the Bloom Energy Board of Directors’ nominating, governance, and public policy committee while the fuel cell startup mishandled hazardous waste and allegedly “misrepresented its profitability and financial health.” Public filings show that Ayotte “earned at least $131,250 and received more than 13,000 company shares” while at Bloom.
The new reporting is just the latest example of Ayotte deceiving the public about her record while pushing to advance her career. Ayotte has falsely claimed to be a supporter of clean energy initiatives, despite her involvement at Bloom, as well as her role as “sherpa” for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, who, since joining the Supreme Court, has voted on numerous occasions to weaken the federal government’s ability to adequately address the impacts of climate change.
“Ayotte’s involvement at a scandal plagued ‘green’ energy firm is fitting – similar to Bloom, Ayotte embellishes her track record and downplays the destructive practices that she takes part in,” said NHDP Chair Ray Buckley. “Wealthy corporations might find Ayotte’s deceit appealing, but Granite Staters see right through it and will hold her accountable in this year’s race for governor.”
But in the intervening years between leaving the Senate and running for governor, Ayotte spent her time in the private sector and made over $2.1 million in cash fees serving on corporate boards between 2017 and 2023, according to an NBC News review of corporate proxy statements. The figure does not include any stock she was awarded while serving on the corporate boards, which could also total in the millions, and it includes only reported data from public companies on whose boards Ayotte served, like Blackstone, Bloom Energy, Boston Properties, News Corp. and Caterpillar, not private companies where she was also reported to have served on boards, like Blink Health and Citronics.
At different points in 2023, Ayotte owned over 16,000 shares of Blackstone stock and over 7,000 shares of stock in Boston Properties, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings. In January 2024, she also reported owning over 50,000 shares of News Corp. stock.
Ayotte also served in advisory roles for several other companies, like Chubb Insurance, Microsoft and Revision Military.
MIKE POMPEO NEGOTIATED THE AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL WITH THE TALIBAN, EXCLUDING THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT, WITHDRAWING U.S. MILITARY, RELEASING TERRORISTS THAT THE AFGHANS HAD ARRESTED TO SABOTAGE THE INCOMING BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - POMPEO SET THE DEADLINE! FOR AYOTTE TO OPINE INDICATES HER WARP!
As a member of the Afghanistan Study Group, building on an area of focus for her as a senator, she co-authored a report in 2021 urging the Biden administration to postpone the deadline for the required withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
She also authored a letter to the editor in The Washington Post in 2019 about the GOP’s plans to tackle climate change.
SO WHAT'S AYOTTE GONNA DO? WHERE IS HER POLICY DEFINED?
In the letter, Ayotte critiqued a recent article that she said “failed to take into account several examples of recent Republican leadership on advancing clean-energy solutions. As a former senator and strong public advocate with a track record of advancing policy in the clean-energy space, I feel compelled to set the record straight and give credit where it is due.”
When she wrote the letter, Ayotte was also serving as an adviser to Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, a right-of-center nonprofit aimed at pushing Republican politicians to advocate for clean energy solutions.
She also zoomed in on more local issues in the press.
In 2021, Ayotte also wrote an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader criticizing Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess for seeking to “strip the [police] department of ... independent oversight and seize control.”
At the time, Nashua’s Police Commission was the last in the state whose commissioners were still appointed by the governor, rather than locally.
Ayotte’s allies are quick to point out that despite her service on corporate boards and in various political roles since leaving the Senate, she’s also sought to return to her New Hampshire community in more average ways.
One person who used to work with Ayotte told NBC News, “Since leaving the Senate, it’s not unusual to see her at the Penguin Plunge,” or in the carpool line at her children’s school, where she serves on the board.
“They’re just, you know, they’re just regular New Hampshire parents,” the person added.
Now, Ayotte is trying to climb back onto the political ladder and lead the state.
NBC
Legislation
Ayotte sponsored 217 bills, including:[73]
CHECK THE LINK:
WIKIPEDIA
Post-Senate career
Ayotte has been named to several corporate boards of directors, including Caterpillar Inc., News Corp., BAE Systems, Boston Properties, Blink Health, Bloom Energy, and Blackstone Group.[86]
Minimum wage
Ayotte opposes increasing the minimum wage,[106] and opposes federal legislation to index the minimum wage to inflation, reflecting adjustments in the cost of living.[107] Ayotte said she supports the current federal minimum wage, but that "each state should decide what is best" when it comes to raising it.[108]
Social Security
In 2010, Ayotte said she was open to raising the Social Security retirement age for younger workers in an effort to avoid long-term insolvency, but does not support changes for people at or near retirement.[107][109]
Labor issues
Ayotte opposed passage of the Employee Free Choice Act ("Card Check"), which would have amended the National Labor Relations Act to allow employees to unionize whenever the National Labor Relations Board verified that 50% of the employees had signed authorization cards, therefore bypassing a secret ballot election.[110]
Climate and energy
In 2010, when asked about climate change, Ayotte acknowledged that "there is scientific evidence that demonstrates there is some impact from human activities" but stated that "I don't think the evidence is conclusive."[116][121] She opposed both a cap-and-trade system and a carbon tax to reduce carbon emissions.[116] In 2011, she voted to limit the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.[122] In 2012, Ayotte voted with four other Republican senators to defeat a proposal to block the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating the first federal standards regulating air pollution from power plants.[115] In 2013, she voted for a point of order opposing a carbon tax or a fee on carbon emissions.[123]
Health care
Ayotte favors repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare),[127] and has repeatedly voted to repeal the ACA.[128] She has described the ACA as a "success tax" on successful businesses,[129] and says that the ACA drives up the costs of health care.[130]
Social issues
Abortion and reproductive rights
In 2024, Ayotte said she supports the current New Hampshire abortion law, which permits abortion on request until 24 weeks of pregnancy.[137] Previously, she said she was pro-life except in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the life of the mother.[138] She said in 2010 that Roe v. Wade should be overturned.[139][140] In 2014, she led a Republican effort to call for a vote on a bill to implement a 20-week nationwide abortion ban.[141]
While in the Senate, Ayotte offered legislation to make birth control available over-the-counter without a prescription, which she argued would increase access and allow flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts to be used to purchase it.[142] She voted to shift federal funding from Planned Parenthood to other community health centers that also serve low- and middle-income women and families, but opposed an attempt to shut down the federal government over the issue.[143][144] Ayotte was given a 100% rating by National Right to Life and an 82% by the pro-life Campaign for Working Families.[98] NARAL Pro-Choice America gave her a 15% rating and pro-choice Planned Parenthood gave her a 6% rating.[98]
KELLY AYOTTE HAS BEEN ANTI-UNION....
NASRCC Endorse Joyce Craig for Governor of New Hampshire
Yes, BUT....that implies they still believe there *will* be elections AND that this bill is so bad, a Democrat is likely to win! Despite the awfulness of this bill, those things alone are straws I can grasp at.
This whole bill situation is indicative of some troubling things about our nation and especially its people/voters: lack of critical thinking, effective lying from Fox and other right wing media, grievance politics that mislead, and plain foolishness for folks who are receiving government aid and don't realize they're gonna lose it. Dems need to scream about this relentlessly that this bill is disastrous for many red state voters.
I’m just so sick of all this, and then we have Hawley saying he’s against the bill and then votes for it and fetterman who is voting with republicans. Thanks Scott, don’t know what we would do without you, keep up the fight.
Coward Hawley is a liar. He's my so-called representative. He's typical for this area. He knows that if Medicaid and SNAP area gutted, he's toast in the next election. Good riddance.
There were some Fox protests. I ran a Fox boycott a long time ago with some friends. And Keurig stopped airing on Hannity. So then around Christmas-time I think, maga started throwing their Keurig's off of balconies and lighting them on fire lol it was unhinged. Long story short, there are ways to do it that work.
If they really pass this abomination, the dominoes will start to fall. We will see how fast they race to undo the damage and try to redeem themselves. If they don't, then we will know for certain that this is who and what they are. Democrats need to get it together.
O'Rourke hit the nail on the head with his speech. I have offered solutions to my politicians in Congress about the housing situation. I have explained that with all of the abandoned buildings scattering the landscape across our country. Take those buildings and renovate them for housing for civilians. If they did that, there would not be a housing crisis at all. I am sick to death of the musk-rat and of ICE. I would like to see them both thrown into the dust heap of history! Kudos to the American Academy of Pediatrics for calling out idiot kennedy and his stupid conspiracy theorists ideas. He should definitely not be allowed to dictate to any of us anything about our health care. I wish the worms in his head had eaten his head completely up! The detention facility in the Everglades is wasteful and only opens the door to disease from mosquitos and other insects being spread among those detained. The plaque was legally required to be placed in Congress. Once again, the orange man goes against the law. Another reason to have him impeached. Every chance I get, I remind maga and all the idiots that watch and believe fox, it is only for entertainment and nothing they say is considered factual news. They are not to be believed and they spew lies, misinformation and propaganda 24/7. As far as the bill goes, I called my Senators many times; however, they are loyal trumpers and will vote how he tells them to. Even though I knew I was talking to deaf ears, I did it anyway along with letters and petitions. Great news today, Scott! Thank you as always!
Not too many years ago we were asked to contribute to Save the Everglades. Now Little Ron is telling us that this monstrosity, affectionately called the Alligator Alcatraz, won’t affect the ecosystem of the Everglades. The plan to make this area a major airport was shelved because of how it would damage the Everglades! No mention of who is going to pay the cost of operating this inhumane installation. The cruelty to other human beings by the hypocrites who call themselves “Christians” and the desecration of native sacred land are two more abominations of this project.
I'm sure someone must be looking into getting this facility shut down as a violation of the 8th amendment (cruel and unusual punishment). If a tent city on a runway in the Everglades, surrounded by alligators (I hear they have a python problem, too) isn't cruel and unusual, I don't know what is.
It will cause more crime as people will take to theft just to feed their families. I wish this would only affect Trump voters, but unfortunately we will all suffer like never before.
They're ignoring habeas corpus with detained and deported immigrants now! The camel's nose is under the tent; we can either chase it out, or make room for the whole smelly camel.
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Awesome Marlyn glad I could assist!
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I’m so grateful to the American Department of Pediatrics for standing up for the families and children they serve against RFK Jr’s atrocious policies.
I am glad I live in NYC. This city is serious about vaccinations! I know of a student that came to school with a suspicious looking rash. It looked like Rubella. Thank God the student was vaccinated against it! Turns out the rash was from an allergy to nickel. Being vaccinated allowed education to go forward without drama.
People should ask their parents and grandparents about Polio before the vaccine!
I was among the first group (huge!) of children (Boomers) vaccinated with injectable polio vaccine. I remember seeing newspaper reports of hospitalized children laying in boxes called Iron Lungs. Iron Lungs were the precursors of ventilators. The pics of nurses caring for those children can be found on Google. Polio was called Infantile Paralysis in those days. The long term effects of that disease are what killed President Franklin Roosevelt. The Sabin vaccine on sugar cubes came out later. The present form is a sweet syrup.
I too was among that first group of children to be vaccinated. My mother explained to me, at the time, how important it was. I'll never forget seeing pictures of chlldren in iron lungs or those walking with two braces.
I remember it well. The summer after the Salk vaccine (2 shots) was introduced, the swimming pools reopened, and my brother and I took swimming lessons at the local high school. The fear of contracting polio was something we kids lived with every day until that first vaccine was available. If all the anti-vaxxers had lived through the polio epidemic, they’d be first in line for any available vaccine.
Agreed. This is something to get loud about for sure!
There's a new vaccination board being put together like a shadow board!
This was a win for us against the crazies. Even a small win is important.
Agreed Teri!
I think we need to fight harder than ever right now to make sure this loses the house and senate for the GOP
Absolutely
Absolutely 💯
Agreed. However, I’m concerned there will be no elections.
There will be. But Dems have to win them
This bill is an abomination. This clip with Senator Warren on the latest details explains the potential damage - and how they have strategically staggered its worst impact to fall later after elections when a potential Dem POTUS is in office. Just evil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISc8KjmT-Cw
Absolutely an abomination
Senator Warren initially ran against a DIRTY ENERGY KOCH SOCK PUPPET Scott Brown, well known for his centerfold photos.
(Scott Brown initially filled Senator Kennedy's unexpired term after his passing.)
Although she was a relatively unknown at the time, there was a man who stood out every single day on a highway ramp holding her sign.
She defeated SCOOTER BROWN who went on to CARPET BAG in NEW HAMPSHIRE where he was defeated by another WOMAN, Senator Jean Shaheen!
SCOTT BROWN is the ONLY CANDIDATE to be defeated TWICE by women!
And he's running again?
Scott Brown announces second run for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/06/25/scott-brown-announces-second-run-for-u-s-senate-in-new-hampshire/
He is ripe for losing again!
"R" voters are conspicuously uninformed & refuse to do research.
KELLY AYOTTE's history is widely available - she sued PLANNED PARENTHOOD, lost & paid their legal fees.
NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS & DIRTY ENERGY KOCH $$$ are unpredictable.
They elected KELLY AYOTTE who was previously defeated as the incumbent SENATOR for good reason. Went on the become corporate mouthpiece for corporations she did business with as Senator, has lots of STOCK as a consequence.
She's got a lengthy & controversial history, anti-union, anti-minimum wage, etc.
Her gubernatorial opponent was supported by unions etc.
NEW HAMPSHIRE supports their schools with REAL ESTATE TAXES with predictable results. I did voter canvassing in NH & poor education & poverty was conspicuous.
I worked with a group that sent me into REPUBLICAN VOTING neighborhoods: WOW!
NEW HAMPSHIRE has opposed income tax & has state owned stores - like liquor stores - that Massachusetts residents drive over the border for purchases.
NEW HAMPSHIRE residents clog Massachusetts highways traveling for better paying jobs.
https://middlebororeview2.blogspot.com/2024/09/kelly-ayotte-scrutinize-her-record.html
HuffPost: Kelly Ayotte’s Deep Ties To Scandal-Plagued ‘Green’ Energy Firm
excerpt:
HuffPost notes that “contrary to myths about Bloom, our research indicates that Bloom’s technology is not sustainable, clean, green, or remotely profitable.” Investigative articles from Forbes and Axios respectively concluded that Bloom’s technology is “too dirty and too costly’ to transform the electric grid, and that the company has “‘a history of playing fast and loose with its numbers.’”
Kelly Ayotte served as chair of the Bloom Energy Board of Directors’ nominating, governance, and public policy committee while the fuel cell startup mishandled hazardous waste and allegedly “misrepresented its profitability and financial health.” Public filings show that Ayotte “earned at least $131,250 and received more than 13,000 company shares” while at Bloom.
The new reporting is just the latest example of Ayotte deceiving the public about her record while pushing to advance her career. Ayotte has falsely claimed to be a supporter of clean energy initiatives, despite her involvement at Bloom, as well as her role as “sherpa” for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, who, since joining the Supreme Court, has voted on numerous occasions to weaken the federal government’s ability to adequately address the impacts of climate change.
“Ayotte’s involvement at a scandal plagued ‘green’ energy firm is fitting – similar to Bloom, Ayotte embellishes her track record and downplays the destructive practices that she takes part in,” said NHDP Chair Ray Buckley. “Wealthy corporations might find Ayotte’s deceit appealing, but Granite Staters see right through it and will hold her accountable in this year’s race for governor.”
https://www.nhdp.org/post/huffpost-kelly-ayotte-s-deep-ties-to-scandal-plagued-green-energy-firm
But in the intervening years between leaving the Senate and running for governor, Ayotte spent her time in the private sector and made over $2.1 million in cash fees serving on corporate boards between 2017 and 2023, according to an NBC News review of corporate proxy statements. The figure does not include any stock she was awarded while serving on the corporate boards, which could also total in the millions, and it includes only reported data from public companies on whose boards Ayotte served, like Blackstone, Bloom Energy, Boston Properties, News Corp. and Caterpillar, not private companies where she was also reported to have served on boards, like Blink Health and Citronics.
At different points in 2023, Ayotte owned over 16,000 shares of Blackstone stock and over 7,000 shares of stock in Boston Properties, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings. In January 2024, she also reported owning over 50,000 shares of News Corp. stock.
Ayotte also served in advisory roles for several other companies, like Chubb Insurance, Microsoft and Revision Military.
MIKE POMPEO NEGOTIATED THE AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL WITH THE TALIBAN, EXCLUDING THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT, WITHDRAWING U.S. MILITARY, RELEASING TERRORISTS THAT THE AFGHANS HAD ARRESTED TO SABOTAGE THE INCOMING BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - POMPEO SET THE DEADLINE! FOR AYOTTE TO OPINE INDICATES HER WARP!
As a member of the Afghanistan Study Group, building on an area of focus for her as a senator, she co-authored a report in 2021 urging the Biden administration to postpone the deadline for the required withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
She also authored a letter to the editor in The Washington Post in 2019 about the GOP’s plans to tackle climate change.
SO WHAT'S AYOTTE GONNA DO? WHERE IS HER POLICY DEFINED?
In the letter, Ayotte critiqued a recent article that she said “failed to take into account several examples of recent Republican leadership on advancing clean-energy solutions. As a former senator and strong public advocate with a track record of advancing policy in the clean-energy space, I feel compelled to set the record straight and give credit where it is due.”
When she wrote the letter, Ayotte was also serving as an adviser to Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, a right-of-center nonprofit aimed at pushing Republican politicians to advocate for clean energy solutions.
She also zoomed in on more local issues in the press.
In 2021, Ayotte also wrote an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader criticizing Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess for seeking to “strip the [police] department of ... independent oversight and seize control.”
At the time, Nashua’s Police Commission was the last in the state whose commissioners were still appointed by the governor, rather than locally.
Ayotte’s allies are quick to point out that despite her service on corporate boards and in various political roles since leaving the Senate, she’s also sought to return to her New Hampshire community in more average ways.
One person who used to work with Ayotte told NBC News, “Since leaving the Senate, it’s not unusual to see her at the Penguin Plunge,” or in the carpool line at her children’s school, where she serves on the board.
“They’re just, you know, they’re just regular New Hampshire parents,” the person added.
Now, Ayotte is trying to climb back onto the political ladder and lead the state.
NBC
Legislation
Ayotte sponsored 217 bills, including:[73]
CHECK THE LINK:
WIKIPEDIA
Post-Senate career
Ayotte has been named to several corporate boards of directors, including Caterpillar Inc., News Corp., BAE Systems, Boston Properties, Blink Health, Bloom Energy, and Blackstone Group.[86]
Minimum wage
Ayotte opposes increasing the minimum wage,[106] and opposes federal legislation to index the minimum wage to inflation, reflecting adjustments in the cost of living.[107] Ayotte said she supports the current federal minimum wage, but that "each state should decide what is best" when it comes to raising it.[108]
Social Security
In 2010, Ayotte said she was open to raising the Social Security retirement age for younger workers in an effort to avoid long-term insolvency, but does not support changes for people at or near retirement.[107][109]
Labor issues
Ayotte opposed passage of the Employee Free Choice Act ("Card Check"), which would have amended the National Labor Relations Act to allow employees to unionize whenever the National Labor Relations Board verified that 50% of the employees had signed authorization cards, therefore bypassing a secret ballot election.[110]
Climate and energy
In 2010, when asked about climate change, Ayotte acknowledged that "there is scientific evidence that demonstrates there is some impact from human activities" but stated that "I don't think the evidence is conclusive."[116][121] She opposed both a cap-and-trade system and a carbon tax to reduce carbon emissions.[116] In 2011, she voted to limit the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.[122] In 2012, Ayotte voted with four other Republican senators to defeat a proposal to block the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating the first federal standards regulating air pollution from power plants.[115] In 2013, she voted for a point of order opposing a carbon tax or a fee on carbon emissions.[123]
Health care
Ayotte favors repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare),[127] and has repeatedly voted to repeal the ACA.[128] She has described the ACA as a "success tax" on successful businesses,[129] and says that the ACA drives up the costs of health care.[130]
Social issues
Abortion and reproductive rights
In 2024, Ayotte said she supports the current New Hampshire abortion law, which permits abortion on request until 24 weeks of pregnancy.[137] Previously, she said she was pro-life except in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the life of the mother.[138] She said in 2010 that Roe v. Wade should be overturned.[139][140] In 2014, she led a Republican effort to call for a vote on a bill to implement a 20-week nationwide abortion ban.[141]
While in the Senate, Ayotte offered legislation to make birth control available over-the-counter without a prescription, which she argued would increase access and allow flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts to be used to purchase it.[142] She voted to shift federal funding from Planned Parenthood to other community health centers that also serve low- and middle-income women and families, but opposed an attempt to shut down the federal government over the issue.[143][144] Ayotte was given a 100% rating by National Right to Life and an 82% by the pro-life Campaign for Working Families.[98] NARAL Pro-Choice America gave her a 15% rating and pro-choice Planned Parenthood gave her a 6% rating.[98]
KELLY AYOTTE HAS BEEN ANTI-UNION....
NASRCC Endorse Joyce Craig for Governor of New Hampshire
Carpenters for Joyce Craig
NASRCC ENDORSED JOYCE CRAIG
😵💫😡😡
Yes, BUT....that implies they still believe there *will* be elections AND that this bill is so bad, a Democrat is likely to win! Despite the awfulness of this bill, those things alone are straws I can grasp at.
Republicans are plain evil.
These aren't real Republicans; they're Retrumplicans - won't do anything until and unless he tells them.
I think Beto is awesome. Less big ugly bill. More Beto.
Onward!
The bill represents this administration and the Republicans in Congress who WILL NOT stand up for the American people. It’s an abomination!!!
This whole bill situation is indicative of some troubling things about our nation and especially its people/voters: lack of critical thinking, effective lying from Fox and other right wing media, grievance politics that mislead, and plain foolishness for folks who are receiving government aid and don't realize they're gonna lose it. Dems need to scream about this relentlessly that this bill is disastrous for many red state voters.
Absolutely
They will only stand up for their largest donors. It’s despicable
Thank you Citizens United. It must be countered first thing when Dems take back congress.
There is NEVER,a time to support Citens United unless you're for corruption .
Yes, Dems and Independents will hopefully take back Congress and then see some normality come back to our country!!
Sure is Lori!
How do they sleep at night is my question. Our government is half full of sociopaths. 💔😢
On a bed full of ketchup covered cash
They think it's just a game
I’m just so sick of all this, and then we have Hawley saying he’s against the bill and then votes for it and fetterman who is voting with republicans. Thanks Scott, don’t know what we would do without you, keep up the fight.
Coward Hawley is a liar. He's my so-called representative. He's typical for this area. He knows that if Medicaid and SNAP area gutted, he's toast in the next election. Good riddance.
Meals on Wheels for seniors will also be eliminated.
😠 😡 🤬 🤬
I’m not sure what I would do without everyone here in this Dworkin report community!
I agree, first thing I do in the morning! I just wish I had this community in the flesh instead of online
Same, Patti, same. I’m a tiny blue dot in Florida… and in my family.
At least in AZ we have 2 Dem Senators. Your Governor would put me over the top🤣
He is term limited, so he wants his wife to run for governor. Deliver us, oh Lord…
I hear you
Thanks Patti!
Thanks Sam!
Lying and being Republican seem to go together
You rock Rose!
I feel like we should be heavily protesting FOX.
There were some Fox protests. I ran a Fox boycott a long time ago with some friends. And Keurig stopped airing on Hannity. So then around Christmas-time I think, maga started throwing their Keurig's off of balconies and lighting them on fire lol it was unhinged. Long story short, there are ways to do it that work.
Fox is one of the worst!!!
Great idea, they're the Worst!💩💩💩💩
Agree!!!
DJT’s Big Beautiful Bill is going to harm millions of Americans! Resist Resist Resist!
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If they really pass this abomination, the dominoes will start to fall. We will see how fast they race to undo the damage and try to redeem themselves. If they don't, then we will know for certain that this is who and what they are. Democrats need to get it together.
I am afraid we already know who and what they are. But the Dems are not in control, don't have the votes.
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And they will get slaughtered at the polls next November.
If we can wait that long. I’m not sure we can.
O'Rourke hit the nail on the head with his speech. I have offered solutions to my politicians in Congress about the housing situation. I have explained that with all of the abandoned buildings scattering the landscape across our country. Take those buildings and renovate them for housing for civilians. If they did that, there would not be a housing crisis at all. I am sick to death of the musk-rat and of ICE. I would like to see them both thrown into the dust heap of history! Kudos to the American Academy of Pediatrics for calling out idiot kennedy and his stupid conspiracy theorists ideas. He should definitely not be allowed to dictate to any of us anything about our health care. I wish the worms in his head had eaten his head completely up! The detention facility in the Everglades is wasteful and only opens the door to disease from mosquitos and other insects being spread among those detained. The plaque was legally required to be placed in Congress. Once again, the orange man goes against the law. Another reason to have him impeached. Every chance I get, I remind maga and all the idiots that watch and believe fox, it is only for entertainment and nothing they say is considered factual news. They are not to be believed and they spew lies, misinformation and propaganda 24/7. As far as the bill goes, I called my Senators many times; however, they are loyal trumpers and will vote how he tells them to. Even though I knew I was talking to deaf ears, I did it anyway along with letters and petitions. Great news today, Scott! Thank you as always!
Thank you Peggy!
Not too many years ago we were asked to contribute to Save the Everglades. Now Little Ron is telling us that this monstrosity, affectionately called the Alligator Alcatraz, won’t affect the ecosystem of the Everglades. The plan to make this area a major airport was shelved because of how it would damage the Everglades! No mention of who is going to pay the cost of operating this inhumane installation. The cruelty to other human beings by the hypocrites who call themselves “Christians” and the desecration of native sacred land are two more abominations of this project.
I'm sure someone must be looking into getting this facility shut down as a violation of the 8th amendment (cruel and unusual punishment). If a tent city on a runway in the Everglades, surrounded by alligators (I hear they have a python problem, too) isn't cruel and unusual, I don't know what is.
It's completely beyond bonkers
The alligators and pythons are the largest predators here. But the bugs… it will be a horror, and that is the point.
It will cause more crime as people will take to theft just to feed their families. I wish this would only affect Trump voters, but unfortunately we will all suffer like never before.
You get enough desperate people and bad things happen to the rich.
It’s happened before. History tells it like it is.
I agree. More crime. More chaos. Trump never thinks ahead, but you'd think one of them would have a brain. All I see is ass kissing on steroids.
I believe they know, and they are expecting and promoting it. When it happens, suspension of habeas corps and martial law.
They're ignoring habeas corpus with detained and deported immigrants now! The camel's nose is under the tent; we can either chase it out, or make room for the whole smelly camel.