Bader ginsburg who died friday night. She died on the eve of the jewish new year, the first jewish woman on the Supreme Court and a very interesting thing about individuals who die right before the new year. They say they suggest very righteous people die at the very end of the year because they were needed until the very end. Under jewish tradition those who die on the new year holiday, a title given to the righteous and saintly. Certainly Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg was entitled to this honor, being righteous and saintly. At her confirmation hearing she talked about her immigrant experience was her father was a jewish immigrant, her mother was a secondgeneration american, she talked about American Values and then she said what has happened over me could only happen in america and then she spent her entire career protecting those values that make america a great nation it is in the reason people come here in order to reach their full potential. It guided her well in her public service
This is an institution that rests on the trust and reverence of the American People. Losing that trust and reverence is dangerous is dangerous. Its dangerous for millions of people who will lose the Affordable Care act protections. Its dangerous for the women who could lose their right to choose and all of us who do not want to turn back a half a century of progress. Its dangerous for our economy at a time when American Workers and consumers find themselves at the mercy of corporations that have grown larger and more powerful than at any other time since the gilded age. Its dangerous for the future of our planet and safety of our climate, at a time when the west is burning, seas are rising, and the earth is warming faster than ever before. And, quite frankly, its dangerous for our democracy. We owe the American People a voice and a decision that will shape the course of history for generations. And we owe the memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her seat on the Supreme Court more than jus
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Massachusetts to illinois to texas have been sounding the alarm that various federal agencies have been scooping up shipments of personal protective equipment and other valuable medical supplies for quite some time now according to a letter published in the new england journal of medicine by a medical doctor andrew artin steen with Bay State Health massachusetts 1st after spending valuable time just trying to convince the f. B. I. Not to confiscate his shipment of k n 95 respirators and face masks he was then soon shocked to learn that the department of Homeland Security was still considering redirecting his pee pee. Only some quick some quick calls leading to intervention by our congressional representative prevented its seizure others my friends have not been so lucky remember back in march Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker revealed that a shipment of 3000000 masks were seized by federal authorities and then later at the beginning of april in new jersey freeholder director Chanell
Country that rightfully purchased them well appears that theres no holds barred loop grab perpetrated by the United States bedroom government has of course found its way back home yes multiple state officials and local Health Groups from massachusetts to illinois to texas have been sounding the alarm that various federal agencies have been scooping up shipments of personal protective equipment and other valuable medical supplies for quite some time now according to a letter published in the new england journal of medicine by a medical doctor andrew artin steen with Bay State Health massachusetts 1st after spending valuable time just trying to convince the f. B. I. Not to confiscate his shipment of k n 95 respirators and face masks he was then soon shocked to learn that the department of Homeland Security was still considering redirecting his pee pee. Only some quick some quick calls leading to intervention by our congressional representative prevented its seizure others my friends have