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Everyone 6 months and older is eligible to get a flu vaccine. It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions. The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.

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@massago.bsky.social please look into this in MA

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@massgovernor.bsky.social this access should require a warrant in MA

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The Texas state board of Pharmacy can see the controlled substance prescription records of 37 other states. All that's needed for Ken Paxton to access those records is an administrative subpoena.

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Do people actually support this shit? It’s not a big leap to suspending YOUR rights once you allow them to start suspending other people’s

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The Interior Department is rescinding an order that would have phased out the sale of plastic water bottles and other single-use plastics in national parks and on public lands.

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Behind every cure, every breakthrough, every treatment — is someone who needed it. If NIH funding helped you, your research, or someone you love, your story can help protect it. Share your “why” and help defend the future of NIH & science. Fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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

submitted 20 hours ago • 909 comments

Takes five seconds, and might mean you can still get COVID boosters.

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🗣️📣Let the administration know how you feel about them restricting COVID-19 vaccine access under the false pretense that the vaccine may not be safe. Comment period ends in 3 days. www.regulations.gov/document/FDA...

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Anti-trans extremists are rolling out the same playbook they used to overturn Roe v. Wade to try to strip transgender people of our bodily autonomy. We defended gender-affirming care access for trans youth at the Supreme Court, and are expecting a decision soon.

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🔬 NEW LAWSUIT: Today, Lambda Legal, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, and 16 researchers filed a lawsuit against the NIH over the termination of 100s of research grants that funded critical LGBTQI+ health research. Learn more: tinyurl.com/rzuxje9x

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The National Institutes of Health has abruptly canceled millions of dollars in grants for research without a valid explanation, stifling scientific progress and putting lives at risk. We're taking the Trump administration to court this week because funding science shouldn't be political.

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DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research? RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research D: I just read them to you! R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them

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Here’s last night’s story about why Donald Trump’s relationship with the press is signaling a slide toward authoritarianism for the U.S., and why Doctor Odyssey is the best show on television. Do you hear us, ABC? Where is the season 2 renewal, ABC? youtu.be/07JQr5W3970

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This is good news. And no, poor families do NOT have to have Netflix to access Sesame Street. Netflix will release episodes to PBS the same day they drop on Netflix, which is significantly better than the prior deal with HBO, which delayed episodes for 9 MONTHS before porting them over to PBS.

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The GOP’s reconciliation bill also slashes clean energy tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act. It’s a blow to climate progress and thousands of clean energy jobs. Read more here 👇 www.eenews.net/articles/hou...

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BREAKING: The Trump administration just announced it has filed charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver, who was demanding accountability on behalf of the people she was elected to represent. President Trump is trying to bully people into silence. We won’t let him.

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There is no science to justify limited access to life saving vaccines. If you don’t want it don’t take it but let the rest of us have it

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All the "Biden decline cover-up" coverage just seems wild in the context of the current president's obvious decline (which isn't being reported on).

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For over half a century, the National Weather Service has operated 24/7. But after the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency pushed to shrink the federal workforce, that’s no longer possible in parts of the country.

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GOP control of U.S. Government gets the Moody’s credit downgrade of approval. 🇺🇸👍🏻💰

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A National Weather Service office in Kentucky was scrambling to cover the overnight forecast on Friday as severe storms moved through much of the eastern U.S. The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.

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HHS expected to discontinue COVID vaccine recommendations for some groups When CDC advisors widened the recommendation 2023, most members were swayed by data, including those for long COVID, showing that no group is at low risk for the virus. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

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Love this kid

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The Trump administration fired nearly 600 employees at Voice of America a federally funded news outlet known for delivering independent reporting to countries where press freedom is restricted.

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never let anybody tell u that evil does not exist

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I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal. I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.

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A new bill would undermine the power of the courts to hold the Trump administration accountable. Tell your representative to vote NO.

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They do just want us to die. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

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Tell me again how cuts everywhere are making America great?

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RAINN, the largest organization devoted to survivors of sexual abuse, has eliminated all resources for LGBTQ, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. They're failing their core purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/w...

submitted 6 days ago • 39 comments

Members of Congress have snuck a dangerous provision into their new tax bill that would give the executive branch the power to effectively shut down any non-profit organization. Tell your representative NOW to oppose this provision and protect our right to free speech.

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DOGE staffers attempted to assign a team and take control of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), but CPB leaders resisted citing federal law that protects the nonprofit’s independence from government interference.

submitted 8 days ago • 91 comments

Fired a black person who was qualified, hired a white person with no qualifications whatsoever. The Trump administration in a nutshell bsky.app/profile/axio...

submitted 9 days ago • 265 comments

The Trump admin is fast-tracking a uranium mine in Utah by slashing the permitting process to 14 days, bypassing environmental review and cutting the public out entirely. Projects like this are supposed to go through NEPA, the law that requires environmental impact assessments and public comment.

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Because of the layoffs at NIOSH, multiple lifesaving programs have been shut down even though they’re required by law.

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