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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

By Choice and Circumstance, Democrats Put Voting Rights on the Ballot – The New York Times (Me: #1 get people vaccinated. #2 Protect voting rights!!!!!!!!!!!)

Limited in their options and in disagreement about how far to go to pass federal legislation, Democrats are approaching voting rights as an issue to be won in future elections.

‘Sulli Deals’: Muslim Women in India Being Put Up for Sale | Inter Press Service (Me: Religious bigotry and anti-female attitudes ignored by Modi government!)

“The ‘Sulli Deal’ auction is the latest manifestation of the extreme misogyny and fear of who speaks out. It is revolting and Islamophobic, and an attempt to intimidate and insult the dignity of women,” Seshu says.

“Organised groups use the internet to incite hatred and abuse. The delay in spotting and taking down objectionable content is inexcusable. If this app was hosted on GitHub, it needs to state clearly what its hosting guidelines are. I feel that the tech companies are aware of the problematic content. They do allow its circulation while they pretend ignorance or helplessness. For them, the more the clicks and eyeballs, the more the possibility of monetisation.”

Following these attacks on Muslim women, a group of more than 800 women’s rights organisations and concerned individuals issued a statement condemning the harassment and abuse.

“This is a conspiracy to target women by creating a database of those Muslim women journalists, professionals and students who were actively raising a voice on social media against right-wing Hindutva majoritarianism. The intention is to silence their political participation.

“This attempt to de-humanise and sexualise Muslim women is a systemic act of intimidation and harm. This is not the first time this has happened,” the statement says.

Source: ‘Sulli Deals’: Muslim Women in India Being Put Up for Sale | Inter Press Service

B.C.’s prescribed safer supply program expands to reduce overdoses and deaths from illicit drugs | CBC News

People in B.C. who use toxic illicit drugs and are at risk of overdosing or dying will soon be able to access alternative drugs, the minister of mental health and addictions announced Thursday.

During a news conference, Sheila Malcolmson said the expanded safer supply program will help save lives by offering a substitute to poisoned street drugs to reduce overdose deaths.

She said the new policy will allow people who have been clinically assessed to have access to prescribed alternative drugs, like oral opioids, as a way to replace drugs that could be laced with potentially deadly fentanyl.

“At the start of the pandemic, B.C. provided access to some prescribed safer supply medications to save lives from overdose and protect people from COVID-19,” Malcolmson said.

Source: B.C.’s prescribed safer supply program expands to reduce overdoses and deaths from illicit drugs | CBC News

COVID Vaccines and Breast-Feeding

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[A friend raised this topic, and I thought it was time to revisit it and see the current state of research. Enjoy the good news!]

Skeptics have argued that because there were no samples of breast-feeding mothers in vaccine trials, it is unknown as to whether vaccines are safe when nursing.

Sigh.

These concerns are theoretical; the engineering in the vaccines is real.

The argument for safety of vaccines is based on the genetic engineering used to produce this generation of COVID products. Vaccines based on mRNA technology simply don’t have the risks associated with older products developed through culturing eggs. That’s also why mRNA vaccines are much faster in production. We’re not going through the cumbersome and time consuming process of impregnating chickens, waiting for eggs, collecting eggs and harvesting the vaccine from them. Instead, we’re using computer science to directly produce what we want. Everything you know about…

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Who is vaccinated in US House of Representatives (May 19, 2021 CNN poll)

House Democrats: 219 of 219

  1. Rep. Alma Adams of North Carolina
  2. Rep. Pete Aguilar of California
  3. Rep. Colin Allred of Texas
  4. Rep. Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts
  5. Rep. Cynthia Axne of Iowa
  6. Rep. Nanette Barragán of California
  7. Rep. Karen Bass of California
  8. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio
  9. Rep. Ami Bera of California
  10. Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia
  11. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr. of Georgia
  12. Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon
  13. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware
  14. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon
  15. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux of Georgia
  16. Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York
  17. Rep. Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania
  18. Rep. Anthony Brown of Maryland
  19. Rep. Julia Brownley of California
  20. Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri
  21. Rep. Cheri Bustos of Illinois
  22. Rep. G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina
  23. Rep. Salud Carbajal of California
  24. Rep. Tony Cárdenas of California
  25. Rep. André Carson of Indiana
  26. Rep. Troy Carter of Louisiana
  27. Rep. Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania
  28. Rep. Ed Case of Hawaii
  29. Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois
  30. Rep. Kathy Castor of Florida
  31. Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas
  32. Rep. Judy Chu of California
  33. Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island
  34. Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts
  35. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke of New York
  36. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri
  37. Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina
  38. Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee
  39. Rep. Gerald Connolly of Virginia
  40. Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee
  41. Rep. Luis Correa of California
  42. Rep. Jim Costa of California
  43. Rep. Joe Courtney of Connecticut
  44. Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota
  45. Rep. Charlie Crist of Florida
  46. Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado
  47. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas
  48. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas
  49. Rep. Danny K. Davis of Illinois
  50. Rep. Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania
  51. Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon
  52. Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado
  53. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro of Connecticut
  54. Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington
  55. Rep. Antonio Delgado of New York
  56. Rep. Val Demings of Florida
  57. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier of California
  58. Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida
  59. Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan
  60. Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas
  61. Rep. Michael Doyle of Pennsylvania
  62. Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas
  63. Rep. Anna G. Eshoo of California
  64. Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York
  65. Rep. Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania
  66. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher of Texas
  67. Rep. Bill Foster of Illinois
  68. Rep. Lois Frankel of Florida
  69. Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona
  70. Rep. John Garamendi of California
  71. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García of Illinois
  72. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Texas
  73. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine
  74. Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California
  75. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas
  76. Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey
  77. Rep. Al Green of Texas
  78. Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona
  79. Rep. Josh Harder of California
  80. Rep. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut
  81. Rep. Brian Higgins of New York
  82. Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut
  83. Rep. Steven Horsford of Nevada
  84. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania
  85. Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland
  86. Rep. Jared Huffman of California
  87. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas
  88. Rep. Sara Jacobs of California
  89. Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington
  90. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York
  91. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas
  92. Rep. Henry C. “Hank” Jr. Johnson of Georgia
  93. Rep. Mondaire Jones of New York
  94. Rep. Kaialiʻi Kahele of Hawaii
  95. Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio
  96. Rep. William Keating of Massachusetts
  97. Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois
  98. Rep. Ro Khanna of California
  99. Rep. Daniel Kildee of Michigan
  100. Rep. Derek Kilmer of Washington
  101. Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey
  102. Rep. Ron Kind of Wisconsin
  103. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona
  104. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois
  105. Rep. Ann Kuster of New Hampshire
  106. Rep. Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania
  107. Rep. Jim Langevin of Rhode Island
  108. Rep. Rick Larsen of Washington
  109. Rep. John B. Larson of Connecticut
  110. Rep. Brenda Lawrence of Michigan
  111. Rep. Al Lawson of Florid
  112. Rep. Barbara Lee of California
  113. Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada
  114. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez of New Mexico
  115. Rep. Andy Levin of Michigan
  116. Rep. Mike Levin of California
  117. Rep. Ted Lieu of California
  118. Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California
  119. Rep. Alan Lowenthal of California
  120. Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia
  121. Rep. Stephen F. Lynch of Massachusetts
  122. Rep. Tom Malinowski of New Jersey
  123. Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York
  124. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York
  125. Rep. Kathy Manning of North Carolina
  126. Rep. Doris O. Matsui of California
  127. Rep. Lucy McBath of Georgia
  128. Rep. Betty McCollum of Minnesota
  129. Rep. A. Donald McEachin of Virginia
  130. Rep. James McGovern of Massachusetts
  131. Rep. Jerry McNerney of California
  132. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks of New York
  133. Rep. Grace Meng of New York
  134. Rep. Kweisi Mfume of Maryland
  135. Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin
  136. Rep. Joseph Morelle of New York
  137. Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts
  138. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan of Indiana
  139. Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Florida
  140. Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York
  141. Rep. Grace Napolitano of California
  142. Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts
  143. Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado
  144. Rep. Marie Newman of Illinois
  145. Rep. Donald Norcross of New Jersey
  146. Rep. Tom O’Halleran of Arizona
  147. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York
  148. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota
  149. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey
  150. Rep. Jimmy Panetta of California
  151. Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire
  152. Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. of New Jersey
  153. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. of New Jersey
  154. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California
  155. Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Colorado
  156. Rep. Scott Peters of California
  157. Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota
  158. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine
  159. Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin
  160. Rep. Katie Porter of California
  161. Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts
  162. Rep. David Price of North Carolina
  163. Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois
  164. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland
  165. Rep. Kathleen Rice of New York
  166. Rep. Deborah K. Ross of North Carolina
  167. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard of California
  168. Rep. Raul Ruiz of California
  169. Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland
  170. Rep. Bobby L. Rush of Illinois
  171. Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio
  172. Rep. Linda Sánchez of California
  173. Rep. John P. Sarbanes of Maryland
  174. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania
  175. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois
  176. Rep. Adam Schiff of California
  177. Rep. Bradley Schneider of Illinois
  178. Rep. Kurt Schrader of Oregon
  179. Rep. Kim Schrier of Washington
  180. Rep. David Scott of Georgia
  181. Rep. Robert C. Scott of Virginia
  182. Rep. Terri A. Sewell of Alabama
  183. Rep. Brad Sherman of California
  184. Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey
  185. Rep. Albio Sires of New Jersey
  186. Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan
  187. Rep. Adam Smith of Washington
  188. Rep. Darren Soto of Florida
  189. Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia
  190. Rep. Jackie Speier of California
  191. Rep. Greg Stanton of Arizona
  192. Rep. Haley Stevens of Michigan
  193. Rep. Marilyn Strickland of Washington
  194. Rep. Thomas Suozzi of New York
  195. Rep. Eric Swalwell of California
  196. Rep. Mark Takano of California
  197. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi
  198. Rep. Mike Thompson of California
  199. Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada
  200. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan
  201. Rep. Paul D. Tonko of New York
  202. Rep. Norma Torres of California
  203. Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York
  204. Rep. Lori Trahan of Massachusetts
  205. Rep. David Trone of Maryland
  206. Rep. Lauren Underwood of Illinois
  207. Rep. Juan Vargas of California
  208. Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas
  209. Rep. Filemon Vela of Texas
  210. Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez of New York
  211. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida
  212. Rep. Maxine Waters of California
  213. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey
  214. Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont
  215. Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia
  216. Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania
  217. Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia
  218. Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida
  219. Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky

House Republicans: 97 of 211 I(if your Representative is not on this list, ask them to see if they have now been vaccinated)

  1. Rep. Robert Aderholt of Alabama
  2. Rep. Rick Allen of Georgia
  3. Rep. Mark Amodei of Nevada
  4. Rep. Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota
  5. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska
  6. Rep. Troy Balderson of Ohio
  7. Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky
  8. Rep. Cliff Bentz of Oregon
  9. Rep. Jack Bergman of Michigan
  10. Rep. Stephanie I. Bice of Oklahoma
  11. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis of Florida
  12. Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas
  13. Rep. Larry Bucshon of Indiana
  14. Rep. Ted Budd of North Carolina
  15. Rep. Michael Burgess of Texas
  16. Rep. Ken Calvert of California
  17. Rep. Jerry L. Carl of Alabama
  18. Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia
  19. Rep. John Carter of Texas
  20. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming
  21. Rep. Ben Cline of Virginia
  22. Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma
  23. Rep. James Comer of Kentucky
  24. Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas
  25. Rep. John R. Curtis of Utah
  26. Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois
  27. Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee
  28. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida
  29. Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina
  30. Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa
  31. Rep. Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota
  32. Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina
  33. Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin
  34. Rep. Bob Gibbs of Ohio
  35. Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez of Florida
  36. Rep. Paul A. Gosar of Arizona
  37. Rep. Kay Granger of Texas
  38. Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee
  39. Rep. Michael Guest of Mississippi
  40. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Kentucky
  41. Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma
  42. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington
  43. Rep. French Hill of Arkansas
  44. Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina
  45. Rep. Darrell Issa of California
  46. Rep. Chris Jacobs of New York
  47. Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota
  48. Rep. David Joyce of Ohio
  49. Rep. John Joyce of Pennsylvania
  50. Rep. John Katko of New York
  51. Rep. Young Kim of California
  52. Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois
  53. Rep. David Kustoff of Tennessee
  54. Rep. Darin LaHood of Illinois
  55. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado
  56. Rep. Robert E. Latta of Ohio
  57. Rep. Julia Letlow of Louisiana
  58. Rep. Billy Long of Missouri
  59. Rep. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma
  60. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina
  61. Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California
  62. Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas
  63. Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina
  64. Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan
  65. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa
  66. Rep. Carol Miller of West Virginia
  67. Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan
  68. Rep. Blake D. Moore of Utah
  69. Rep. Gregory Francis Murphy of North Carolina
  70. Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina
  71. Rep. Jay Obernolte of California
  72. Rep. Steven Palazzo of Mississippi
  73. Rep. Gary Palmer of Alabama
  74. Rep. Greg Pence of Indiana
  75. Rep. Tom Reed of New York
  76. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington
  77. Rep. Harold Rogers of Kentucky
  78. Rep. John W. Rose of Tennessee
  79. Rep. David Rouzer of North Carolina
  80. Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia
  81. Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas
  82. Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana
  83. Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah
  84. Rep. Van Taylor of Texas
  85. Rep. Claudia Tenney of New York
  86. Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan
  87. Rep. David Valadao of California
  88. Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey
  89. Rep. Ann Wagner of Missouri
  90. Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan
  91. Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana
  92. Rep. Brad Wenstrup of Ohio
  93. Rep. Bruce Westerman of Arkansas
  94. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina
  95. Rep. Robert J. Wittman of Virginia
  96. Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas
  97. Rep. Don Young of Alaska

Covid: UK daily cases pass 50,000 for first time since January – BBC News (Me: “Wishing and hoping” people do the right thing has already been shown not to work!)

There were 51,870 cases recorded – the highest figure since 15 January – and 49 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.

From Monday, lockdown rules will end in England – although some guidance will remain.

Earlier, England’s chief medical officer warned hospital admissions could hit “scary numbers”.

Prof Chris Whitty said the number of people in hospital with Covid was doubling roughly every three weeks.

The UK is “not out of the woods yet” and people should act with caution as restrictions are eased on Monday, he added.

Source: Covid: UK daily cases pass 50,000 for first time since January – BBC News