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🥛🧵Pennsylvania dept of Ag is 🛑 warning 🛑 residents to throw out raw milk purchased from Meadow Views Jerseys on or after April 1 due to contamination with campylobacter (causes a type of DYSENTERY). TL;DR: Don’t drink raw milk. It has no benefits over pasteurized and it contains harmful organisms.

FOX: On the issue of fluoride, what has been the response from dentists who may be concerned that some children in lower incomes may not get preventative care? RFK JR: It is an issue. It's a balance. You're gonna see probably slightly more cavities.

Breaking: After a classified briefing with Cabinet officials, Sen. Chris Murphy says: "I walk away from that briefing still under the belief that we have not obliterated the programs."   "The president was deliberately misleading the public when he said the program was obliterated."

Wild to me that the folks who wouldn’t take Covid vaccines because they feared they were being microchipped for tracking purposes has no problem with RFK suggesting that everyone should wear monitoring devices “for their health”.

I think that the outcome in the NY Mayoral race and the Wisconsin Supreme Court race both show that people power CAN beat the political money machine. That should give us all hope, and the motivation to work for the government we want.

Elderly and disabled people told Congress that cutting Medicaid could kill people and in response, they were arrested in their wheelchairs. What the hell are we doing?

Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."

Robert F Kennedy Jr is not a vaccine skeptic. Reporters and editors who’ve decided it’s somehow more fair to call him one instead of the anti-vaccine activist and lawyer he is should stop mischaracterizing him so… in the pursuit of accuracy.

Florida, you are gross www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

“We will not stand by while Ron DeSantis turns the Everglades into a deportation launchpad,” said FDP Chair Nikki Fried. Read our full statement ⤵️ www.floridadems.org/2025/06/24/c...

From a key Mamdani adviser ❤️

Nate’s still missing. Keep sharing about him. fox4kc.com/news/kansas-... #findnatehubert #kcMO #capegirardeau #STL #missing #FEMA #bringnatehome

California National Guard troops under federal control were sent to operate in "the greater Los Angeles area." What the actual definition of that area is for Task Force 51 is isn't clear. But apparently it includes the Salton Sea. New from me @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/nationa...

Phang: Vance Boelter received better treatment when taken into custody than Narciso Barranco—a Mexican immigrant working at IHOP, landscaping in the parking lot under the hot sun on a Saturday—who was beaten by Border Patrol agents.

what’s funny is that if pro-cuomo centrist democrats were less myopic they might see that mamdani was running the kind of campaign that could help rebuild the party brand — accessible with an outsider persona and a focus on “kitchen table” issues.

Please read this moving and beautifully written story by NPR's Juliana Kim about our client, a deported Purple Heart veteran.

A win! Thank you to everyone who spoke out! After facing bipartisan resistance, the Senate Parliamentarian, ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal land cannot be included under reconciliation rules.

Breaking news: Zohran Mamdani leads Andrew Cuomo on 1st round of counting in the New York Democratic mayoral primary. Mamdani, who would be New York’s first Muslim mayor, didn’t break the 50 percent mark in the first round of counting, AP reported.

Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.

Our man Nate Huber is still missing. His car has not been located. If you are in the Cape Girardeau area and see anything or have security camera footage, please do what you can to help. More info in the original posts. #bringnatehome.

BREAKING: An early U.S. intelligence report suggests U.S. strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by a few months, AP sources say.

Colorado Forests Should Be Safe Despite Trump's Roadless Rule Plan

UPDATE: “The man who impersonated ICE to intimidate the employees of a Philly auto repair center — and steal about $1,000 — will face numerous felony and misdemeanor charges…”: www.phillyvoice.com/philly-robbe... Fake ICE agents were inevitable. How can cities be proactive about this?

I know it is easy to get distracted with all the horrors going down every day, but don't forget that yesterday, the bribe-takin' US Supreme Court put its seal of approval on gratuitous human trafficking. These are evil times.

As a brutal heat wave overtakes much of the country, almost every single state lacks universal air conditioning in their prisons, where temperatures can exceed 120 degrees. This isn’t an issue of comfort or luxury — it's an issue of life or death for many incarcerated people.

Ruiz: Why did the report include citations that don’t exist? RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions in that report are accurate Ruiz: How can they be accurate if they did not exist?

I have not noticed this phenomenon.

Hot take: people should be able to call the police to verify if they think they’re being kidnapped by men in masks who won’t identify themselves in unmarked cars without it being a “resisting” crime

3.75 million children would have qualified!!😡 www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-g...

100 days. 💔

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Just awful www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Anybody watching this Trump program knows that it’s all fiction & performance. His “instincts;” his “deal-making;” his status as “the ultimate CEO.” It’s utter fiction. It’s awful that media figures w/a reasonable level of sophistication pretend that the silly stories from Trump camp are credible.

Jeffries: "Not a scintilla of evidence to date has been presented that I have seen to justify the notion that there was an imminent threat to the United States of America. If the administration has evidence to the contrary, come up to present it."

lol www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

"The Marine veteran says his father, Narciso Barranco, was working outside of a Santa Ana IHOP on Saturday when several masked men approached him. Frightened, he began to run away, his son said. Moments later, he was on the ground, held down by the men, who struck him."

🚨The Florida government is going to tear down Everglades wetlands so they can build a tent camp in the swamp to fuel Trump's mass deportation operations — and they’re going to get money from Trump that Congress intended for humanitarian care to recently arrived-migrants.

A state-sanctioned neo-nazi gang. That’s what ICE is.

BREAKING: Iran has fired 6 missiles toward US bases in Qatar. www.reuters.com/world/world-...

A federal officer cannot be “doxxed.” The public has a right to know who is operating in our government, especially if they have the power to imprison someone.

@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

As we continue to endure our shared hellscape timeline, altNIOSH reminds you that the heat many of us are experiencing is terrible for workers (whether at work or not; unlike some we see workers as actual, valuable human beings)! Here are some good tips to stay safe outside- at work or at home.

Meanwhile, the federal government of the United States of America is hard at work hunting down and arresting random beloved local bagel shop managers. Neighbors and friends respond: pix11.com/news/local-n...

"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?" No: 85% Yes: 5% YouGov / June 22, 2025

We bombed Iran without congressional approval and I still have chores and work and kids in sports and supper to make. Living through autocracy and another possible forever war while living day to day is wild.

"Bishop Pham — who celebrated Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral before hopping on a bus to the federal building — said priests would return for similar 'walks in solidarity' at immigration court..."

In communities across the US, countless rapid response groups have sprung up to document ICE arrests and warn other immigrants to stay away. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...