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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

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I was reading up on the history of diphtheria and ran across this interesting fact.

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I thought this was fake news. But alas, it is not.

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books in the library for children,” but the Library collects according to principles to enable it to perform research for members of Congress and to keep a record of the American people. It is not a lending library. In order to conduct research at the Library, researchers must be over 16 years old.

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unauthorized use of copyrighted material to train AI. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt explained Hayden’s firing by saying “[t]here were quite concerning things that she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of [diversity, equity, and inclusion] and putting inappropriate

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but in collecting government data about the American people. It is not likely a coincidence that the administration fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden last Thursday and Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter on Saturday. Both Hayden and Perlmutter have questioned the unauthorized

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In her post about May 13, Heather Cox Richardson explains why librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, was fired Musk’s turn from DOGE back to AI is revealing not just in providing evidence that his primary interest all along was not in “waste, fraud, and abuse”

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Have to laugh

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Some people are more equal than others

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Wow, Watson Coleman is 80 years old and this regime is stating that she assaulted ice officers

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Should I be concerned that Tesla has viewed my LinkedIn profile?

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One of the many things done by the current regime that have unintended consequences

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Some Good News: It’s Working: Ed Martin is out, National Parks are in, Trump is being contradicted by the Intelligence Community & the NC Sup Ct race from last November finally gets decided. Democracy wins. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Had to share

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Getting creative! 😉 Hundreds of billboards are rising in 40 U.S. cities, bashing staff and service cuts at national parks under DOGE.

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Your weekly reminder that according to the United States government, a dozen large eggs are averaging $6.23, up from $4.15 in December, 2024, Biden’s last full month in office.

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Chutzpah is lying to dodge the draft and then asking the Army to celebrate your damn birthday.

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In case you haven’t seen it Same lies …

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At Cordial Coffee Co. in Strasburg VA

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Your wallet is being cleaned out by expert pickpockets. This is criminal. Literally criminal. I call for an IMMEDIATE investigation into who knew what, when, and what they did with the info. You can bet the Admin and many here in DC are considerably richer tonight than they were this morning.

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There are conflicting reports that Rubio is acting director of the National Archives www.infodocket.com/2025/02/06/r... Library Journal/InfoDocket is connected to the American Library Association, a large, international library organization

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clears a key hurdle on his way to be Trump's health secretary : Shots - Health News Not good

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Honda and Toyota have made statements about the potential for quick assembly line shutdowns if tariffs were enacted. Honda has facilities in Ohio, Indiana, Alabama, and Georgia. Toyota has production facilities in Kentucky, Alabama, and Mississippi.

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