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"Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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It would really be great if, when journalists are interviewing Stephen Miller, who goes off a tirade on courts curbing executive power, could ask, What article of the Constitituon grants the power to: 1. Control immigration 2. Regulate international commerce 3. Suspend habeas

I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.

1. A transgender man was detained in South Carolina for using the restroom that Republicans want him to use. Officers allegedly hurled slurs at him for doing so. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-man-...

You just know the asshole hates being called TACO which means it must never ever stop.

This is a really disturbing story. Gift link to story in next post!

the amount of discrimination that OF artists (and all sex workers tbh) get is ridiculous - they can get locked out of financial services, travel, sometimes other forms of employment, payment processors, now elite sports apparently? It’s WILD, and it can follow you even when you retire!

The entire trans community is held responsible for every 19 year old who ever yelled at someone online about pronouns because we're not given the dignity of being separate individuals the way members of the majority are. This is just how prejudice works.

Jess should be our Governor: She ran for office in 2022 for State Rep. HD1 NW Missouri. She was not successful but used the experience to organize Progressives in Rural Mo. “Dirt Road Democrat ” @piperformissouri.bsky.social Love her Substack jesspiper.substack.com / @iquitcigs.bsky.social

"Mental anguish" from watching 60 Minutes interview. What a weak, weak, man. I betcha Putin wouldn't feel mental anguish.

I would choose to argue that this debate format is a substance-free spectacle that has become popular because it confirms preexisting biases on social media, and we'd be better off if some comedian pulled a Jon-Stewart-on-Crossfire and shamed the gimmick to death once and for all.

Hmmmm. Chris Rufo was really angry about Claudine Gay's missing citations, but this report doesn't seem to bother him at all. I wonder what the difference could be?

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These men were building us homes. The violence is being committed by ICE — masked men, no ID, no warrants. Don’t believe the rhetoric being pushed by violent criminals about ‘violent criminals’ cause it’s all BS. Call your Reps and demand they hold hearings, sanctioned or not. This needs to stop.

No words www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...

Trump gets bullied by Wall st, Elon ran for the hills, Stephen Miller’s wife ditched the White House, Bongino is a shell of himself, and Hegseth is anxiously wiretapping his own office. All while Putin and Xi eat our lunch. MAGA’s “Alpha Men” are nothing more than a pack of cowardly sissies.

If folks are confusing ICE with right-wing militias like the Proud Boys or Three Percenters… do you see the problem? This is not normal or okay. Call your Senators & Reps —Demand hearings, sanctioned or not. ☎️ Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

You can’t be “addicted” to a human right.

Turns out, judges agree.

This seems almost suspiciously entertaining, but be honest, if you were married to Stephen Miller, you’d definitely want to fuck other people too. I personally hope she has one of Elmo’s bespoke designer babies

A deftly-phrased summary of my own general suspicion

#GVerse #Project2026 MANIFEST THIS. 🙏💪

Constituent: Trump and his cabinet in addition to being totally unqualified and inept are breaking laws by ignoring federal judge's orders. When are you going to do the responsibility you are elected for by holding the executive branch accountable up to and including impeachment?

Beyond parody.

The media is actively trying to play along with Elon Musk's PR strategy of turning back the clock and recasting him as Quirky Number One Brain Genius Boy Wonder. Fuck that. You don't get to come back from Nazi. Never forget, never forgive. Elon Musk is a fascist piece of shit. Period.