@wdholmes
Peaceful Scenes. Here to share Earth's beauty. Enjoy retirement as a Landscape & Wildlife photographer in the Upper Peninsula. All photos are mine unless reposted. You can see a selection of my photos at: Website: debrann-holmes.pixels.com
Help me let Gov. Whitmer and EGLE Dir. Roos know we expect them to protect the Great Lakes and deny the Enbridge Oil Tunnel permit: www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/decision_wat...
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-co...
The House just passed a funding bill that does NOTHING to stop 15 million Americans from being kicked off their health care or protect our democracy. But it DOES let Senators involved in the January 6th investigation SUE the government for $500,000 each.
In case it wasnβt clear, I voted NO.
Where is this? What town?
A provision in the federal governmentβs shutdown-ending spending package would be a massive setback to Minnesotaβs hemp-derived THC industry if it were to pass.
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November Beaver Full Moon, Gladstone, Michigan. Nov 6th.
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
Truth.
RFK Jr. says America is terribly unhealthy. If you compare the US to, say, the UK the EU Australia, Japan, Canada, or any other developed country, heβs absolutely right. The difference is not vaccinations, though. Those countries all have vaccinations. The difference is universal healthcare.
Today is a national holiday in Japan.
Respect for the aged day.
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This is a disaster in the making. And don't underestimate crypto mining, they hoover up electricity like there's no tomorrow. Greed incorporated is destroying this world.
US electric grids under pressure from energy-hungry data centers. apnews.com/article/big-...
Good news! Chick success after translocated Golden Eagle breeds with one of βourβ wild satellite-tagged birds in south Scotland β Raptor Persecution UK raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/08/19/c...
Fort Worth Rep. Nicole Collier remains on House floor after refusing escort: 'I refuse to sign away my dignity.'
State Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, has been an outspoken critic of the redistricting maps, which she argues dilute minority voting power.
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
Yesterday, Trump crossed a line that no POTUS in history has dared touch. W/ echo of Putinβs whisper in his ear, in front of Zelenskyy & 7 European leaders, Trump announced heβs preparing an EO to ban mail-in ballots & outlaw voting machines ahead of 2026 midterms hartmannreport.com/p/the-dictat...
All told, law enforcement or election officials say 149 fraudulent ballots were submitted during the past 10 years. Of the instances identified, just two could have been potentially prevented by the stricter voter ID rules proposed in Pennsylvania House Bill 771.
Good morning!
California has walked the walk on independent redistricting at the state level for 15 years.
But we cannot unilaterally disarm while other states throw out the rules to gain power.
With one vote, Californians can punch back and also demand nationwide independent redistricting.
Nonpartisan CBO reported: budget reconciliation bill that adds $3.4 trillion to fed deficit over next decade will trigger cuts up to $491 billion in Medicare (not a typo) frm 2027-34 in addition to cuts of almost a trillion $s to Medicaid over 10 yrs heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-18-...