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I was reading up on the history of diphtheria and ran across this interesting fact.

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This is a full out attack upon the working poor. Shameful. Wrong. Bad for our country.

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"While the law makes exceptions when the pregnant person’s life is in danger, Smith’s case falls in a legal gray area: She is brain-dead, which means her life is no longer considered at risk, and her doctors claim they are legally required to keep her body on life support."

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Taking healthcare away from people is never popular

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#AOC FTW #tedcruz #comcast

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It was never about birthright citizenship, this is about limiting the power of the courts www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...

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Watch the number of deaths per shooting incident rise under Trump: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

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“There was nothing vague in the gesture he made toward the January 6 attackers. In that brief moment, Josh Hawley’s true character was revealed.” adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/josh-hawle...

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Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...

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Time for 🛏️ #sunset

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Paula Kerger, the longest-serving chief executive of PBS, is used to fights over the public broadcaster’s funding. But to her, the latest threats feel like “all-out effort to take us out.” Read our full interview.

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Make no mistake-- they're coming for your free speech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtMy...

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For the first time in modern US history, Moody’s has downgraded the United States credit rating from Aaa to Aa1. A direct consequence of economic mismanagement & tariff terrorism by Trump and the GOP, which will lead to higher interest rates on mortgages, credit cards, car loans, and student loans.

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The cliffs of Shore Acres. I love the Oregon coast.

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The Trump regime's, Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem has requested 20,000 National Guard troops to support ICE in ethnic cleansing operations. She has also proposed a reality TV show in which refugees and immigrants are forced to compete for the chance to remain in the US.

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A mysterious supernova discovered in 2014 stayed bright for years, defying expectations by brightening and fading multiple times. Scientists suspect a massive star, possibly generating antimatter, caused the repeated eruptions. Credit: NASA/ESA/G. Bacon, STScI

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The plaque honoring the heroes of J6 is finished, but the GOP refuses to hang it. “Not a single member of the majority has offered a reason why. If they can’t respect the law enforcement officers and police who fought tooth and nail for us that day, at least respect the rule of law.” - Rep. Raskin

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GOP plans to increase the tax rate by 74% by 2031 for people earning $15,000 yearly.

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NEW: Facing a significant increase in the number of SpaceX launches, British officials detailed their concerns about the safety of Turks and Caicos and other Caribbean territories after debris from an earlier failed launch littered beaches and roads. By @heathervogell.bsky.social

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The state of Georgia is using the body of a brain-dead woman as an incubator. Because she was 9 weeks pregnant when she died, and their abortion ban is from about 6 weeks, they are sustaining her on life support, without input from her family, until 32 weeks of gestation. A true dystopian nightmare.

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The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

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Just FYI because evidently Fox or OAN or whatever is pushing the lie that America accepted the Statue of Liberty and that’s equivalent to the plane. Congress VOTED to approve receiving the statue. So congress should vote on the jet

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Helping the U.S. gets you banned, being white gets you a welcome mat. Got it.

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Murphy: "There's no guarantee that we are gonna have a free and fair election in 2026. He's trying to rig our democracy, to destroy dissent, to cripple the opposition, so that even if his approval ratings are in the 30s next year, there isn't the ability for his opposition to muster a real campaign"

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the people asking me to work on their dream game for no pay may want to consider that i'd rather work on MY dream game for no pay

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See the difference? 🤨

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BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts. Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.

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Cleveland didn’t take it home with him. BTW, Congress voted to accept the gift. It was hardly a bribe.

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This is my new favorite image because it perfectly encapsulates the concern trolling and crybullying from the right when you give them even a fraction of what they spew out on a consistent basis.

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#Lines of clouds streaming across Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly before sunrise for the #BlueSkyArtShow. #StormHour #PhotoHour #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #photography #landscape #clouds #longexposure

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Eyes like golden moons. In the hush of the forest, a Northern saw-whet owl whispers secrets of the night. 📸credit: jennilsphotography

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I realize I’m just shouting into the wind here, but: please, please, please stop posting screenshots without links, or summarizing breaking news events without links. There’s a serious problem with unsourced assertions all over the world right now, don’t be part of the problem.

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"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.' The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..." www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...

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In every congressional district, our groups are organizing the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power. Find your local group: indivisible.org/groups Or let us help: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...

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Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give into fear. Never. Ever. 🇺🇸

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My Birdathon #AlphabetOfBirds continues! N is for nest. Almost all #birds build them and the variety in construction is astounding. Of course we're curious about them but it's so important to be respectful of these special places. This yellow warbler nest is smaller than a teacup (1/3)

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A reminder that when the Sycamore Gap tree was cut down people immediately started blaming immigrants and teenagers... It was neither. It was two white Englishmen in their 30s.

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Two of Pope Leo's grandparents were Black. That makes him a DEI pope.

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Please spread the correct information about Mayor Baraka's arrest. He had apparently been trying for a few days to visit the ICE prison and was rebuffed. Then the members of Congress tried to visit today and were made to wait in the waiting area for 90 minutes. Then 20 ICE Gestapo showed up...

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Sybil Shainwald, lawyer and women’s health activist, 1928-2025 https://www.ft.com/content/7e928a0e-2d6b-427e-9a35-b4aeb1740757

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Great Blue Heron, casually standing in a tree. 🪶

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Northern lights off the far north coast of the Scottish Highlands just now:)

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Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like if a US exchange student in a foreign country (say, Turkey?) was imprisoned for six weeks because they wrote an op-ed in the student newspaper it would be a huge domestic story and an international incident.

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Mukilteo Beach, Washington

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Fiasco am... THE NITE

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It has always amazed me that so many men (yes, just men) who are huge assholes advance up the ladder despite the fact that treating your employees with abuse and contempt is a sure way to get mediocre work out of everyone. www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-ac...

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