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Botany's JournalJoe Biden: This storm will pass, and a new day will come.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1321983911057129472Parkland shooting survivors have been busy. March for Our Lives Activists Urge the young to Vote
When David Hogg and other survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida
went to congress looking to get some help and sensible gun laws they were all but laughed at and now they are coming
for their jobs in massive #s.
'It's Going to Require Every Young Person.' March for Our Lives Activists Urge Young Americans to Vote
A month after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, David Hogg stood in front of a crowd of hundreds of thousands gathered at the U.S. Capitol to demand an end to gun violence. “Who here is going to vote in the 2018 election?” asked Hogg, then a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas and co-founder of student-led group March for Our Lives (MFOL). “If you listen real close, you can hear the people in power shaking.”
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Now Hogg believes young voters will be the ones to decide this race’s outcome. In Florida, a critical state for President Donald Trump’s re-election, young voters are already turning out in big numbers. Recent data from polling firm TargetSmart shows more than 419,000 voters between the ages of 18 to 29 have cast their ballots in Florida so far — a 34% surge over the same group in 2018. “These elections really do matter,” Hogg says. “They’re not about voting for Democrats or Republicans. For young people, frankly, it’s about our survival.”
Hogg and other survivors of the Parkland shooting, in which 17 people died, have long been outspoken critics of Trump. On Oct. 22, Hogg tweeted video of Biden comforting the son of a Parkland school shooting victim, writing, “Trump never even came to Parkland. He spent 35 minutes taking photos at a nearby hospital, which he used in a fundraising email, then left for a disco party at Mar-a-Lago and golfed during the victims’ funerals.”
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On Oct. 24, Hogg and other youth activists joined a coalition of advocacy groups to host ‘VOTE WITH US,’ a virtual rally that encouraged young people across the country to vote. The event kicked off an 11-day on-the-ground effort to mobilize youth voters before Nov. 3. It showed never-before-seen clips of the film ‘Us Kids’, a documentary by Kim Snyder that follows the development of the MFOL movement.
https://time.com/5904030/march-for-our-lives-youth-vote-2020-election/
Amy McGrath: What would Kentucky look like if Mitch used his power for good?
We wouldn't be going through this living hell of a global pandemic if Mitch hadn't helped Don
cover up Russia's rat fucking of our elections. And now he is fucking the people of KY about
getting some help.
https://twitter.com/AmyMcGrathKY/status/1320885931159785472
Why do I see a big blue wave coming?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=KB-TO5kq5Aw&feature=emb_logoR you kidding me? Franklin Graham's prayer march/let us worship thing yesterday
Not a mask in sight. I think it was Franklin Graham's party.
https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1320792460201725952
Barrett could be at work on the Supreme Court as early as Tuesday.
If Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court today as expected, she will almost immediately confront a host of issues concerning the election and the policies of President Trump, who placed her on the court. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions.
As soon as she is sworn in, meaning she could be at work on Tuesday. Under the court’s usual practices, she cannot participate in cases that have already been argued. Should the court deadlock in some of those cases, though, the court can set them down for re-argument before the full court.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/26/us/trump-biden-election
Enjoy your victory GOP/Judicial Crisis Network. It will be a pyrrhic one.
Fox News: Mitch McConnell's bruised hands, lips likely common skin condition, dermatologists say
Dermatologists say the 78-year-old Senate majority leader’s black-and-blue bruises and bandaged hands are likely a common condition called senile purpura.
“Your skin just naturally becomes more fragile as you age,” Dr. Doris Day, a Manhattan-based dermatologist, told The Post.
“I think it’s just a bruise — a solid good bruise,” she said.
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Fenton also agreed that the condition appears to be senile purpura — and he wondered further whether McConnell’s bruises resulted from a recent attempt to draw blood.
https://www.foxnews.com/health/mitch-mcconnells-bruised-skin-condition-dermatologists
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I might be wrong but McConnell's left hand sure looks like pulmonary edema.
I did it again. I signed up to do election protection work on election day in Columbus, OH
6:00 AM to 7:30 PM ..... long ass day. We are gonna turn OH blue. No matter how many pick up
truck parades Trump has .... BTW those truck parades are great because they show Donny is out of
money,
And I will be outside and it is really boring so please send some proud boys or some
boogaloo bois to where I will be working. We will have people ready to deal with them.
The Trump administration shut vaccine safety office last year.
Source: NY Times
For now, Operation Warp Speed, created by the Trump administration to spearhead development of coronavirus vaccines and treatments, is focused on getting vaccines through clinical trials in record time and manufacturing them quickly.
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“We’re behind the eight ball,” said Daniel Salmon, who served as the director of vaccine safety in that office from 2007 to 2012, overseeing coordination during the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009. ”We don’t even know who’s in charge.”
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Scientists from various federal agencies gathered every two weeks to share data and look for worrying clusters of symptoms. Every month, outside experts reviewed the evidence and released public reports. “Vaccine programs are contingent on trust,” Dr. Gellin said, “and transparency is a huge element of that.”
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The offices were merged “after a study by career staff who recommended to the Assistant Secretary for Health that this was the best way to improve the function of both offices by creating synergies and eliminating stovepipes,” said Admiral Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health, in a brief statement. “I wholeheartedly concurred with this recommendation because strengthening vaccine effectiveness and confidence and ending the H.I.V. epidemic are two of my most critical priorities. Anyone who is suggesting that we closed this office has no clue what they’re talking about.”
But Dr. Nicole Lurie, who was assistant secretary for preparedness and response at H.H.S. during the 2009 pandemic, said the loss of the vaccine safety office was especially costly once the coronavirus pandemic hit. “The coordinated leadership for stuff like this would likely come from the National Vaccine Program Office,” she said.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/health/covid-vaccine-safety.html
Trump administration shut vaccine safety office last year
Source: NY Times
For now, Operation Warp Speed, created by the Trump administration to spearhead development of coronavirus vaccines and treatments, is focused on getting vaccines through clinical trials in record time and manufacturing them quickly.
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“We’re behind the eight ball,” said Daniel Salmon, who served as the director of vaccine safety in that office from 2007 to 2012, overseeing coordination during the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009. ”We don’t even know who’s in charge.”
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Scientists from various federal agencies gathered every two weeks to share data and look for worrying clusters of symptoms. Every month, outside experts reviewed the evidence and released public reports. “Vaccine programs are contingent on trust,” Dr. Gellin said, “and transparency is a huge element of that.”
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The offices were merged “after a study by career staff who recommended to the Assistant Secretary for Health that this was the best way to improve the function of both offices by creating synergies and eliminating stovepipes,” said Admiral Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health, in a brief statement. “I wholeheartedly concurred with this recommendation because strengthening vaccine effectiveness and confidence and ending the H.I.V. epidemic are two of my most critical priorities. Anyone who is suggesting that we closed this office has no clue what they’re talking about.”
But Dr. Nicole Lurie, who was assistant secretary for preparedness and response at H.H.S. during the 2009 pandemic, said the loss of the vaccine safety office was especially costly once the coronavirus pandemic hit. “The coordinated leadership for stuff like this would likely come from the National Vaccine Program Office,” she said.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/health/covid-vaccine-safety.html
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