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Houston Chronicle reports:
The attack on Iran may end soon, but the price of gasoline will remain high for months to come.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its short-term outlook: gasoline will average $3.34/gallon in ‘26. Prices are expected to average $3.18/gallon in ‘27.
This is excellent news!
Utah Rep. Burgess Owens has announced he won’t seek reelection.
Democratic Challenger: Former Representative Ben McAdams, who lost to Owens in 2020, is running for the newly aligned, more competitive seat.
“The federal government has requested the Supreme Court to end the deportation protections under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of hundreds of thousands of Haitians” living in the U.S.
arguing that it is "incumbent on all Christians to confront it and denounce it" in a 2023 guest sermon that has more than a million views on YouTube.
From Wikipedia:
Talarico has called Christian nationalism "the worship of power—social power, economic power, political power, in the name of Christ" and has said Christian nationalists have turned Jesus "into a gun-toting, gay-bashing, science-denying, money-loving, fear-mongering fascist",
In a NH State House special election, Democrat Bobbi Boudman flipped a Republican seat and won the District 7 race that DJT won by 9 points in 2024.
We’re on a roll!
Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Heck! We haven’t had one peaceful day since 1/20/25. Every single day brings new horrors!
Bring on 1/20/29!
Public Information Manager Robert Gonzales called predictions of an imminent water emergency "an incomplete and alarmist narrative. He said the water shortage is due to an historic 5-year drought.
The imminent depletion of water supplies in Corpus Christi threatens to cut off oil exports and the flow of jet fuel to Texas airports from one of the nation’s largest petroleum ports.
Without significant rainfall, Corpus Christi is headed for a “water emergency” within months.
WATCH — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Every dollar we spend bombing people in the Middle East is one we’re not spending here at home. We’re always told we don’t have enough money for schools or healthcare or for veterans, but there’s always enough to bomb people on the other side of the world.”
AN ANGRY CAT FACE WITH THE WORDS: THE WHOLE ‘START A WAR AND COME UP WITH A REASON LATER’ IDEA HASN’T REALLY PANNED OUT, HAS IT, YOU FUCKING MORONS?
People are dead and injured. Lives are destroyed. The world is less safe than ever. And nobody seems to know why...
A lawsuit filed by hero officers over the Jan 6 memorial plaque will continue after being installed years after the date required by law and hung up in a place that is no better than a basement storage area that isn’t at all visible to the public.
Fascist republicans are evil.
Ann Richards quote
Ann Richard is renowned for her humor, advocacy for women in leadership, and progressive politics, often using "straight talk" to address social issues.
#DemVoice
#SheShed
#Pinks
#Voices5Victory
“.. a claim that, if true, would constitute an unprecedented breach of security protocols at an agency that serves more than 70 million Americans.”
@washingtonpost.com
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We will have a memorial service for our grandparents who were murdered during the Holocaust.
My brother and I are conflicted because of the stunning hypocrisy of remembering the Holocaust while Israel does similar to Palestinians, today.
It makes no sense.
We are against the Palestinian genocide.
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As they spend billions on the Iran War, the Trump administration is moving to kick six million Americans off food assistance, including two million children.
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I think more than what was going on with Epstein with him raping kids , we need to know why the US was protecting him.
Witkoff is pathetic.
“Let’s hope that they’re not sharing.” Come on, man!
Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran. As a result, seven of our troops are dead!
DJT’s response was to relax sanctions on Russia!
Jared Kushner helped cover up the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
During Covid he seized PPE to stockpile & took millions in PPP loans.
Then he got $2B from the Saudis.
I'm not suggesting Jared's corrupt as fuck, I'm saying it outright!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans
Blumenthal after getting briefed on Iran: "We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives here. There's also the specter of active Russian aid to Iran putting in danger American lives ... China also may be assisting Iran"
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We are ruled and outnumbered by the UNeducated (and evil minded) and that will NOT change any time soon!
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This is terrifying:
Christian Zionists, who believe Israel must vanquish its Muslim enemies to usher in the second coming of Jesus, consider the US war w/Iran to be a prelude to the End Times.
@kieraevebutler.bsky.social @motherjones.com
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Trump loyalist Ed Martin faces disciplinary case over DOJ threat against Georgetown Law
Who or what will replace immigrants’ contributions to our economy?
They pay into Social Security and Medicare but never receive benefits. They have been propping up our social safety net programs for decades, and now they’re being imprisoned and deported.
Bier: "Over the last 30 years, we looked at all the government budgets -- federal, state, and local combined. Immigrants reduce deficits by $14.5 trillion."
