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NEW: USAID's acting asst administrator, Nick Enrich, has been placed on leave after sharing a memo detailing how political appointees have "wholly prevented" staff from continuing life saving aid.

submitted 112 days ago • 159 comments

These sites might be useful: 1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org) 2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)

submitted 112 days ago • 203 comments

BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

submitted 120 days ago • 565 comments

Worst. Episode. EVER.

submitted 121 days ago • 882 comments

Wife was a probationary employee let go over the weekend. She was a researcher with CMMI. If anyone has leads on jobs for a PhD social science researcher with an expertise in Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance, please let me know!

submitted 125 days ago • 133 comments

What the actual fuck?! America, it’s time to rise. When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty!

submitted 123 days ago • 2571 comments

It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

submitted 123 days ago • 1182 comments

lol sure buddy.

submitted 129 days ago • 500 comments

funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread

submitted 133 days ago • 247 comments

Kendrick’s American flag motif at THIS MOMENT is subversive. Yes, yes, yes.

submitted 133 days ago • 415 comments

Watching powerless from Europe how democracy is crumbling in the US, reminds me of those movies where someone is mind-controlled by an alien or ghost. I want to yell: "America, we know you are still in there. If you can hear us, you must fight. YOU CAN DO IT. FIGHT THIS!"

submitted 135 days ago • 1026 comments

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

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REPORTER: Is there anything you've told Elon Musk he cannot touch? TRUMP: Well, we haven't discussed that much

submitted 135 days ago • 319 comments

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

submitted 137 days ago • 2780 comments

My mood…

submitted 140 days ago • 469 comments

submitted 140 days ago • 763 comments

Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options. Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.

submitted 140 days ago • 3906 comments

The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.

submitted 142 days ago • 2468 comments

This was one of my favorite accounts! cc: @booker.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @jaimeharrison.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov

submitted 142 days ago • 189 comments

@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point

submitted 142 days ago • 1925 comments

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

submitted 142 days ago • 495 comments

BREAKING: A private jet carrying at least two people crashed near a mall in northeast Philadelphia, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Video showed smoke and fire in the area of the crash, but reports of injuries were unavailable. This is a developing story.

submitted 142 days ago • 30 comments

We keep hearing about masculinity from the Zuckerbergs of the world-- this woman has shown more courage in this 60-second clip than any of the tech billionaires have shown in recent memory as they grovel at Trump's feet.

submitted 152 days ago • 522 comments

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

submitted 153 days ago • 504 comments

This is your mission. We take our power back now at the local and state level. Stop waiting for a national hero. It’s you. Get to work.

submitted 152 days ago • 1106 comments

Maine Coon Alert---her expression is all of us this morning.

submitted 152 days ago • 718 comments

Pour celles et ceux qui se demandent comment reconnaître le fascisme: Saluts nazis, attaques des minorités, des femmes, menace de déportation de populations entières, menace d’envahissement de pays étrangers. Il n’y a pas un risque de fascisme. Il est là. Et maintenant il faut le battre.

submitted 152 days ago • 13 comments

Shout out to the media who participated in the most obvious misdirection ever

submitted 153 days ago • 153 comments