The wild Palm Beach County commissioners meeting made the BBC!
Probably not doing much for Florida's reputation but at least people can see what we're up against here.
Life in a swing state - it's a real mixed bag.
So just to recap: Yesterday the
@CDCgov
acknowledged that 1 in 5 people will develop a new health condition (
#LongCovid
) after infection.
Then today, the biggest study to date notes vaccines only reduce Long Covid incidence by 15%.
Anybody want to talk about this?
Marco Rubio said the Pulse shooting inspired him to run for re-election after insisting he would not. He used my best friends, their bodies not yet buried, and 47 other victims to revive his flailing political career.
He has not lifted a finger to make us safer since. Spare me.
For Teachers/Therapists: I worked in a CT elementary school when Sandy Hook happened.
What helped: We had our kids draw pictures of scenery that made them feel calm—we then hung them up around the school—to make the “other kids who were scared” have something calm to look at.
We can’t take this anymore. We shouldn’t be afraid to go to school, the grocery store, church. Tomorrow 5/26 at 12EST, we’re walking out of school. Join us!
There was an assault weapons ban in place for ten years (expired in 2004) no surprise it reduced # deaths from assault weapons. The majority to 2/3 of the public support it.
I went to school today.
I taught 6th grade
then 4th grade
then 3rd grade
then had lunch
then taught 6/7 mix grade
then had after school hall duty
then got in my car and thought
I had some behavior issues with 3rd and 7th grade but overall a good day because none of us were shot.
Beto O'Rourke: "We owe those parents our prayers and I'm praying for them, and I've called them and I've talked to them today. We owe them our help and our assistance … But we [also] owe those parents action."