“Government support will account for about 40 percent of total U.S. farm income this year.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/trump-farmers-subsidies.html
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“There’s no argument that’s going to be persuasive enough to shame Senate Republicans to look within themselves and do the right thing.”
“Republicans are also well aware that they’re being hypocrites by violating the precedent they set in 2016 when they refused to consider President Barack Obama’s nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, during an election year.”
“…she will likely be the deciding vote on the Supreme Court in the case to overturn the Affordable Care Act in the middle of a pandemic that has already killed more than 210,000 people in the United States.”
“Given Barrett’s record criticizing the 2012 court decision upholding the law, there can be little doubt about how she would vote. She wrote in 2017 that Roberts “pushed the Affordable Care Act beyond its plausible meaning to save the statute.”
“Any senator who votes for her will be at least partly responsible for more than 20 million people’s losing their health insurance. And they’ll be responsible for insurance companies’ once again being allowed to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions.”
“More than 350 scientists and conservationists from 40 countries have signed a letter calling for global action to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises from extinction.”
“By far the biggest threat is becoming accidently captured in fishing equipment and nets, which kills an estimated 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises a year.”
“The scientists say that more than half of the 90 living species of whales, dolphins and porpoises, are of conservation concern”
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Vote for Joe Biden
Vote for Joe Biden.
“There are only two age groups that continue to support Trump… a narrow slice of people older than baby boomers, typically in their late 70s, who have long been conservative…[and] a group of middle-aged people who include the youngest boomers and the oldest members of Generation X”
Everyone should vote for Joe Biden, but especially older Americans.
Joe Biden wants to stand up to the abuse of power by prescription drug corporations.
Joe Biden wants to protect and strengthen Medicare as we know it and ensure quality, affordable healthcare for all older Americans.
Joe Biden wants to preserve and strengthen social security.
Joe Biden wants to provide help for older workers who want to keep working.
“…the Massachusetts Department of Transportation will change the exit numbering system on all highways crisscrossing the commonwealth in October…”
“The $2.8 million project will change signs to milepost-based exit numbering, complying with a federal requirement. Only 10% of that cost will depend on state highway funds.”
“Exit numbering will correspond west to east on the Mass Pike, south to north on I-93, I-95, I-495, I-91, and U.S. 3.”
“…old exit numbers will temporarily be posted in yellow underneath the new signs…”
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America’s Divided Mind
“The study found a consistent pattern across measures: Americans incorrectly believe that members of the other party dehumanize, dislike, and disagree with them about twice as much as they actually do.”
https://beyondconflictint.org/americas-divided-mind/
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“Even though more than 1.5 million people voted, a record for a Democratic primary in the state, wait times at polling places were mostly short. And even though many people voted by mail, the results were available on election night. It was a contrast to the recent messes in Georgia (where lines lasted hours) and New York (where some results weren’t available for weeks).
“How did Massachusetts do so? Mostly by making an effort.
“In July, the state legislature passed an emergency bill that, among other things, mailed forms to all registered voters allowing them to request a mail-in ballot. Local officials set up dozens of ballot drop-off boxes, to reduce mail volume. The state loosened restrictions on who could serve as a poll worker — a particular problem since many existing workers are older and thus vulnerable to Covid-19.
“And the state allowed local officials to begin counting ballots as they arrived, rather than forcing them to wait until Election Day, as some states do.
“All of which indicates that states have the ability to let people vote safely and conveniently during a pandemic. Not every problem will be avoided. In very close races, for example, the outcome may not be known on election night, especially in states (unlike Massachusetts) that count all ballots postmarked by Election Day even if they arrive later. Of course, the closest races have always been uncertain for at least a few days, because of absentee ballots.
“In recent months, some states — like Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania — have made meaningful changes to their election rules to prepare for November. But many states have still not done enough, voting-rights experts say. And some politicians, including President Trump, have signaled that they are happy for voting to be difficult, so long as it helps them win.
“Those politicians are making a choice. Massachusetts — along with states that have universal vote-by-mail, like heavily Republican Utah, heavily Democratic Oregon and a few others — has shown what’s possible when public officials decide they want to protect Americans’ voting rights.”
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