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Courtney Price @courtneycprice.bsky.social · Mar 30

Don't let Jeff tell you this is just about New Orleans and Baton Rouge voters. He was rejected all over the state.

Amendments 1, 2, and 4 only won in 14 of 64 parishes. Amendment 3 only won in 11 parishes.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Mar 30

BREAKING: Louisianans just rejected a ballot measure that would have paved the way for more children to be prosecuted as adults.

It lost by roughly 30%.

Here’s how a supporter had justified it: “Some of these kids are already lost when they’re two years old.” Context: boltsmag.org/louisiana-am...

“Some of These Kids Are Already Lost When They’re Two Years Old” - Bolts

Louisiana leaders want more leeway to charge kids as adults. A measure on the March 29 ballot would enable lawmakers to move more teenagers into the adult criminal system.

boltsmag.org

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Lori @laj33.bsky.social · Mar 30

Get fucked loser!!

Reconstructed exPat @panarmstrong.bsky.social · Mar 30

"There's no way these right-wing constitutional amendments lose in deep red Louisiana!"

Louisiana voters:

Kendrick Lamar smiles at the camera during the Super Bowl halftime show.

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Lori @laj33.bsky.social · Mar 30

Whew watching Landry get his ass kicked tonight feels good!!

Lori @laj33.bsky.social · Mar 30

Young Democrats of Louisiana @ydlouisiana.bsky.social · Mar 30

The people showed up. The people spoke. The people won.

📣 Jeff Landry failed. Corruption failed. All 4 amendments failed.

🗳️ When we organize, when we vote — we win. #lalege #lagov

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Shane @mcclellandshane.bsky.social · Mar 11

Me, an american, every single day in America:

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Richmond Eustis @reustis.bsky.social · Mar 10

Sen. Cassidy, MD must be so proud of his vote to confirm this charlatan.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Mar 10

In an interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying heavily on fringe theories about prevention and treatments.

Without Offering Proof, Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health

In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.

www.nytimes.com

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BookBeeAussie @2024bigone.bsky.social · Mar 8

“I will repeat once again what seems incredible but is true: 500 million Europeans are begging 300 million Americans to protect us from 180 million Russians who have not been able to cope with 40 million Ukrainians for three years,” he said.
Prime Minister Tusk
Source: NYTimes

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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · Mar 7

BREAKING: SpaceX's Starship EXPLODES, causing FAA to halt flights at 4 major airports

The previous Starship also exploded, in January

THIS is why FAA probed SpaceX for safety

And THIS is why Musk has been trying to kill FAA - and why he should NOT get any more govt contracts

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Mar 6

love our strong, senile president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 6

REPORTER: Are you considering revoking the TPS status for the more than 20,000 Ukrainians who live here in the US?

TRUMP: What are you saying?

REPORTER: TPS status.

TRUMP: On GPS?

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Mar 6

Could the leftists who wrongly think Harris lost because she accepted an endorsement from Liz Cheney in exchange for nothing, and the centrists who wrongly think Harris lost because she didn’t do anything to reach out to independents and moderate Republicans, go somewhere and hash it out?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Mar 6

This is so profoundly strange from @slotkin.senate.gov. The Harris campaign ran one of the most aggressive outreach efforts to moderates, independents, and soft Republicans in recent memory!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 6

Trump on NATO: "If the United States was in trouble and we called them. We said, 'We got a problem, France.' Do you think they're gonna come and protect us? Hmm. They're supposed to. I'm not so sure." (Literally the only time NATO Article 5 was invoked was after 9/11 on behalf of the US.)

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Lori @laj33.bsky.social · Mar 5

Whewww I could go on about this for days!!

Mean Maria @drmariamitchell.bsky.social · Mar 5

Berners are just libertarians that are too stupid to realize what they are.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Mar 5

It was strong.

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Gregory Daco @gregdaco.bsky.social · Mar 4

🚨A recessionary shock in North America looms at midnight

The Canada, Mexico & China #tariffs about to go into effect affect approximately US$1.4t in US imports, accounting for over 40% of total US imports and roughly 5% of US #GDP.

www.ey.com/en_us/insigh...

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · Mar 4

A legend died today.

In his memory, how about a heartwarming heme #skeetorial? #hemesky #nerdalert

Today the world lost the man with the "golden arm"
1/n

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · Mar 3

Every single fucking Republican president in my lifetime has crashed the goddamn economy. How many times are we going to let this happen?

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Feb 28

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Feb 28

“Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.”

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Richmond Eustis @reustis.bsky.social · Feb 28

USAID supports desperate people abroad, US diplomatic and soft power abroad, and universities and farms at home. Including, and specifically, in Louisiana.

If the moral argument means nothing to them, and the geopolitical is lost on them, perhaps the economic will make an impression.

USAID Supports Louisiana Agricultural Producers

USAID partners with businesses, universities, nonprofits, and farmers across Louisiana to provide lifesaving agricultural assistance around the world. A Kansas State University study on the value of USAID agricultural research showed a return of $8.52 for every dollar invested.

5 Large-Scale Louisiana Farmers and Rice Millers fulfill direct orders for humanitarian food assistance.

Tulane University manages a $5M USAID project tracking malnutrition and food in security in Haiti.

Louisiana State University's AgCenter is part of a $22M award from USAID to make cereal crops more available to people at risk of malnutrition. It has also been funded to develop an agricultural extension system in Ukraine.

USAID Funding Fuels Louisiana State University

USAID provides $22M in funding to Louisiana State University's AgCenter for research to make rice, wheat, and other Louisiana crops more available to people at risk of famine around the world.

LSU

Call Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy at (202) 224-3121 to request that they unfreeze USAID's funding to LSU

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · Feb 26

Save this one for the history books. It's beyond parody.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 26

Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."