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Stop what you’re doing and take this in…

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Republicans are the US’s #1 cause of death

submitted 6 hours ago • 6 comments

The Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on H.I.V. vaccines, terminating a $258 million program whose work was instrumental to the search for a vaccine.

submitted 6 hours ago • 3 comments

With Trump‘s new pardon attorney, it’s “no MAGA left behind.” My thoughts in @Bloomberg. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

submitted 15 hours ago • 22 comments

BREAKING: A dozen taco trucks have parked on the streets around the White House, and are serving chicken tacos in honor of Trump always chickening out.

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

This bill isn't supposed to help you. It's supposed to give billionaires tax cuts.

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Trump is a lawless menace trying to disregard the Constitution and grab king-like power, and House Republicans’ “No Contempt Clause” is a serious escalation requiring a strong and immediate response. But it is NOT a permanent end to judiciary checks and balances. And yes, we can still stop it.

submitted 14 hours ago • 29 comments

The CBO director, Philip Swagel, is a former Bush political appointee and was reappointed in July 2023 by the leaders of both houses of Congress, including Speaker McCarthy. www.cbo.gov/about/organi...

submitted 1 day ago • 160 comments

Read @eggerdc.bsky.social on yesterday's vaccine announcement -- and why this looks like a test to see just how far RFK Jr. can push his anti-vax crusade www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jrs-wa...

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It’s not about Making America Healthy Again, it’s about Misinforming Americans, Harming Again

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Despite court orders, none of the 278 men illegally remanded to CECOT prison have been returned to the US.

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

Don’t back down to the bully, Harvard! Keep up the good work.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

She is an American citizen, the daughter of a U.S. Navy service member from Illinois, who was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War. This is fascism, plain and simple.

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Seems like a bad time to have climate skeptics in charge of EPA.

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Missouri’s GOP-controlled Supreme Court doesn’t care about voters. Despite the public voting to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, the court has temporarily reinstated a near-total ban. In GOP territory, a vote that counts — and actually changes things — means nothing.

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A competing 6/14 event! Pope Leo will address the crowd via video at a mass held at Comiskey (er… “Rate Field”). www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/p...

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#walmart #publix other chains should do this. Cc. @feedingamerica.org #foodsecurity

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Apparently, "profiting off the presidency" is only a problem if your last name isn't Trump. The daily mar-a-lago golf-and-fundraiser-circuit is just good business, right? Right.

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"We don't take an oath to a king, or queen, or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator.…we take an oath to the Constitution.…and we're willing to die to protect it" - Mark Milley, 2023 #MemorialDay

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The Monday Memorial Day edition of the virus update is now out with the latest news and data of the day, including a look at US Covid in wastewater. Cases Of The New Covid Variant Have Been Reported In More Countries youtu.be/pGTSxbwSzaw?... via @YouTube

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FYI to media outlets, you're misleading your readers if you repeat this at face value. There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.

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“How to Rain on Trump's Military Parade” Indivisible’s @EzraLevin.bsky.social tells us how anyone can grow and lead a “No Kings” protest, @www.AllRiseNews.com open.substack.com/pub/allrisen...

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(from the archives)

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The Pentagon Press Association says Defense Secretary Hegseth's new access restrictions are "a direct attack on the freedom of the press and America’s right to know what its military is doing."

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Indivisible South Windsor #CT

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The Republican wet dream.

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U-Haul's slogan is “Moving Made Easier” but it’s turning into “Hate on the Move.” Hey @UHaul.com — you better figure out how to stop renting trucks to Patriot Front, or you’re going to be known as the official moving van of white supremacists.

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On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.

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Under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule barring medical debt from appearing on credit reports. Now, the agency is siding with the credit industry groups suing to have the rule vacated.

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It's time to go after Trump's lack of mental acuity every second of every day. cc: mainstream media and anyone who holds public office

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May 23, 2025

submitted 7 days ago • 43 comments

⚠️Criminal charges needed—UHC secretly paid kickbacks to nursing homes to block/reduce hospital transfers of nursing patients to the 🏥. End result is $$$ in UHC pockets—while your grandma dies without hospital care… how is this not committing outright murder? Asking for a guy named Luigi.

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Here's an animated map showing the spread of the NB.1.8.1 variant, and it’s child variants PQ.1 and PQ.2. The first sample was reported in England in January, but judging from it’s early spread, the origin was likely an undersampled region in Asia. 🧵

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

The war on expertise continues...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Apropos of this, an important reminder that the Trump Administration gutted FEMA funding to states like Louisiana, Florida, and North Carolina going into hurricane season.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

They say never read the comments, but the responses to this piece underline just how difficult it is for people to maintain access to health insurance in America even before the GOP makes it even harder.

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments