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BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.

submitted 2 days ago • 2102 comments

If we are all willing to dig in and sacrifice, by growing our red bars we can do our part in making the green bar even bigger.

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

That second photo 🥹

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I think 4M can be quoted without hesitation. The real number might be closer to 6M.

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👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

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Pure gold over here

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I still can’t believe this one.

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nervous to go to protests? Don’t be. They will be peaceful family affairs. Go with a group, peel off if anything makes you nervous, don’t stay to the bitter end. This moment calls for all Americans to express their rights. And when some cannot, it’s important for others to stand in their place.

submitted 2 days ago • 47 comments

😞

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Kristi Noem Appears With Bandage Over Ear Struck By Words

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BREAKING @prri.org poll. My disturbing take: It’s virtually impossible to write a survey question about the treatment of immigrants that is too brutal for Republicans to support. 1) 8 in 10 Republicans support renditions of immigrants to foreign prisons without due process. prri.org/spotlight/ne...

submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

Cool, cool

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I do enjoy the country-specific name changes for No Kings protests this weekend

submitted 3 days ago • 78 comments

Some preliminary thoughts on the political impact of Israel's strikes on Iran, a thread.

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

PSA for Texas…

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“…the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history”

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Crucial new analysis from @budgetlab.bsky.social taking CBO’s distributional analysis and including the impact of tariffs. The combined effect of the “big beautiful bill” and Trump’s tariffs has the bottom 80% losing on average, the 9th decile flat, and only the top 10% better off.

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Grotesque is a kind word for this assault.

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Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me. His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard. This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.

submitted 4 days ago • 204 comments

NEVER. He could become mother Theresa v2 and I would still think the same of him. Too much damage done.

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I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.

submitted 5 days ago • 44 comments

They want us dead

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As the Senate debates the GOP budget bill and Trump pushes for a July 4 deadline to sign it, voters overwhelmingly OPPOSE the legislation by a whopping margin of 53% to 27% according to a new Quinnipiac University national poll of registered voters. This is one of Trump’s worst polls to date.

submitted 5 days ago • 25 comments

I wrote about this extraordinary moment in which LA leaders still seem to believe they can produce a series of megaevents in cooperation with a federal government that has occupied their downtown and is openly abducting their constituents

submitted 5 days ago • 12 comments

Remarkable administrators

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NEW: The board of the Fulbright Program has just resigned after accusing Trump aides of political interference. They say a State Dept. office under Rubio and Darren Beattie has cancelled scholarships to nearly 200 US professors and researchers. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

submitted 5 days ago • 38 comments

Not sure we can talk about bedfellows these days, but this is definitely strange.

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An independent evaluation of who gets what from the Republican tax bill just dropped, and wow. This chart shows only the tax cut side of things, and they only find the rich. The spending cuts, which are separate, somehow only find the poor.

submitted 7 days ago • 16 comments

Something has happened in the months since January that has led the World Bank to dramatically lower its economic growth forecasts. And whatever it is, it's hurting the United States more than any other major economy. (China remains unscathed.)

submitted 6 days ago • 32 comments

Be careful folks

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On Day 62 of the tariff pause, the run rate required to hit 90 deals in 90 days is now just a bit over 3 deals per day, which would be [maths it out...] roughly 3 deals per day above the current rate.

submitted 6 days ago • 21 comments

Rep. Aguilar: "U.S. code...cites 3 examples and circumstances for the guard...invasion...rebellion...or the president is unable to execute the laws of the U.S." Hegseth: "I don't know...Sounds like all three to me." Rep. Aguilar: "You think the president is unable to execute the laws of the U.S.?"

submitted 6 days ago • 137 comments

Gracias a mi madrecita conseguí boletos para el Corona. Tendré que ponerme al corriente con las letritas blancas. #PoderosoPiedraAstuta

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I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today. I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children. Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us. One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.

submitted 7 days ago • 146 comments

If people are interested in learning about the ACIP and its decades of contributions to US vaccine policy successes, here’s a short 2014 piece I wrote in NEJM with Adel Mahmoud (timed with its 50th anniversary) www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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🙄

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As an epidemiologist I feel like I cant breathe. I genuinely cant breathe having to act normal. Like nothing is happening. Like people arent going to die because a cult is in charge of the country. They are a cult. Republicans are a fascist death cult. Firing ALL cancer doctors & vaccine specialists

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💉 The #HPV #vaccine isn’t just safe — it’s revolutionary. A major Swedish study found it cut cervical cancer by nearly 90% when given before age 17. We’re not just preventing infections — we’re eliminating a cancer. #VaccinesWork #HPV #CervicalCancer #PublicHealth www.cancer.gov/news-events/...

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

🤬

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The correct way to connect the authoritarian presence in LA and the Big Beautiful Bill is that the bill gives the government the resources to do this in dozens of cities at once. So if you don't like what's happening in LA, it's coming to your town if the bill passes.

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“We urge you as NIH Director to restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue.” Over one hundred NIH employees publish a letter of dissent to Trump administration attacks on medical research, the “Bethesda Declaration.” 🧪

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

Is this just kind of like repeat it until you believe it yourself? Your boss pardoned everyone who assaulted law enforcement on January 6th. Ass!!!

submitted 8 days ago • 577 comments

We are so screwed…

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