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Why does a non governmental agency, as in authorized by Congress, have access to my social security information?

Like a bolt of curated righteous indignation from the heavens, delivered with the heart and grit of Boston and pure Irish love. “Who’ll Stand With Us?” by @dropkickmurphys.com. #NoKings youtu.be/5BRHuiRyVEE

Thank you, Nick, for standing up for the LGBTQ+ community.

A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

If right-wingers actually wanted to support families, they’d be backing family-level wages, free child care, and Medicare for all. Everything else is political BS. jimhightower.substack.com/p/right-wing...

Exactly 👇👇👇

Japan faces big decisions on tackling bond market volatility https://www.ft.com/content/9d1ae0ba-503e-41ae-9196-6e50d525da01

'When nearly half of people are so financially fragile that they are living in fear of a £100 bill, something has gone very wrong' www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

Trump is not delivering greatness to America: he's delivering chaos and decline, and people are beginning to notice. youtu.be/0a-F9cfku7U?...

Toxic pesticide levels found in tampons 40 times higher than legal limit for water

Today is the day we honor those who died overseas stopping the same thing many of you are ignoring here at home--fascism.

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again theonion.com/a-shatt...

A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship in the first three months of this year, and for the right to live and work in Britain indefinitely, according to official data.

As wearable technology, like the Oura Ring, becomes more ubiquitous, some users say having so much data about their bodies is making them more anxious. nyti.ms/4kvbB6X

After three years of intensive negotiations, the World Health Organization on Tuesday adopted the world’s first agreement on how to cooperate and respond to future pandemics — without the support of the United States.

Do I need to spell out who this bill is really for?

Colorado oil and gas companies have pumped at least 30m lbs of secret chemicals into the ground over the past 18 months without making legally required disclosures, according to a new analysis.

“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires the government to provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason.”

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Google, AI firm must face lawsuit filed by a mother over suicide of son, US court says reut.rs/3ZtVMFg

US consumer sentiment sinks to second-lowest level on record https://www.ft.com/content/47e081c2-49ef-48fe-9b30-02a020944138

Verizon Communications said it is ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs after the Trump administration opened a probe and as the US telecom carrier seeks approval to purchase Frontier Communications reut.rs/43jxOOq

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1918: Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts become the first Americans to receive the French Croix de Guerre. Members of the African American 369th Infantry Regiment, they defended their position against an onslaught of Germans, holding the French line. /1

@rosie.com I know you’re just a comic, actor, philanthropist, etc., but my partner’s company just fired a very nice lady. It’s an evil company full of “at will” contracts. We feel like evil is winning. I’m not gonna cry, but I am real mad.

Mallrats is an Easter movie, in case anyone needed that info today.

Now get your sorry asses out there and work before all our produce goes bad!!

Corporate sponsors for the usually apolitical event held on the White House South Lawn include tech giants Meta, YouTube and Amazon.