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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

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NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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WOW! Cory Booker isn't holding back! "There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent." 🤘🔥 #DemocracyNotDictatorship

submitted 124 days ago • 672 comments

Ooo this is a good one ☺️

submitted 125 days ago • 1179 comments

Watching powerless from Europe how democracy is crumbling in the US, reminds me of those movies where someone is mind-controlled by an alien or ghost. I want to yell: "America, we know you are still in there. If you can hear us, you must fight. YOU CAN DO IT. FIGHT THIS!"

submitted 125 days ago • 1026 comments

Déjà vu all over again.

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Here’s the thing. The problem isn’t just this guy. It’s all the doctors and “leaders” who said nothing or treated this “brave heterodox” thinking or launched juvenile immature attacks against those of us who tried to correct his misinformation. They all own this too. It’s their legacy.

submitted 124 days ago • 25 comments

They suck equally hard.

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news.immunologic.org/p/the-trump-...

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This had to be said.

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Dr. King spread a message of justice and persisted in the face of hatred. His legacy calls us to serve each other and to continue striving towards a more inclusive and united Minnesota.

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BREAKING: President Biden just pardoned: * General Mark Milley * Dr. Anthony Fauci * Jan. 6 Committee members of Congress and staffers * The police officers who testified before the Jan. 6 Committee Biden says these pardons are not an acknowledgment of wrongdoing.

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Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025

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Donald Trump ends CBP One, the border app that gave legal entry to nearly 1 million migrants with online appointments. You know, the one his first administration created.

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Even though he thinks Jay Bhattacharya got COVID all wrong, Dr. Andrew Noymer is eager to have him run the NIH if there’s another pandemic because he’ll be invited to more debates. Really. My latest on how some treated the pandemic as a parlor game. sciencebasedmedicine.org/amnesiaapathy/

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While at Princeton, Pete Hegseth was the publisher of The Princeton Tory student newspaper. He published an opinion piece that claimed that sex with an unconscious woman was not rape since there was no duress. [Source: Mayer, Jane (December 1, 2024). "Pete Hegseth's Secret History". The New Yorker]

submitted 146 days ago • 306 comments

Exactly!

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As DHS secretary Kristi Noem will be responsible for FEMA After a record breaking flood, As governor, she left her own constituents, high and dry w/out National Guard assistance, but she did send the national guard to the Texas Mexico border 1200 miles away at taxpayers expense—5 times!

submitted 146 days ago • 970 comments

Snoopy out here protesting Kristi Noem’s confirmation

submitted 146 days ago • 385 comments

I just spit out my tea.

submitted 146 days ago • 1935 comments

Becoming vegan may be back on the table. www.iflscience.com/over-20-mill...

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A reporter asks Karine Jean-Pierre in her final White House press briefing about giving Donald Trump credit for the ceasefire and hostage deal between Hamas and Israel that President Biden started negotiating back in May. KJP isn't having any of it. 🍿

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Every question from the senators should have been job specific like this. This demonstrates lack of preparedness. This could have convinced 3 republicans he isn’t the right one for the job

submitted 148 days ago • 2420 comments

Ridiculously pathetic.

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scienceupfirst.com/science-101/...?

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Not exactly an electrifying lineup

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“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has shown disdain for vaccines. Here is one legislative measure that would drive vaccine makers out of the business.” pauloffit.substack.com/p/a-dangerou...

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Alina Habba continues to receive input from Trump supporters after saying she was “a big fan” of a man under indictment for human trafficking.

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“More personnel and equipment from Ontario, Quebec and Alberta are ready to be mobilized, according to government officials. And a team of senior technical staff members from British Columbia will fill specialized roles, the government said.”

submitted 152 days ago • 604 comments

Why is the media like this?

submitted 152 days ago • 1797 comments

This amazing content creator from TikTok. Let’s give him some love. bsky.app/profile/good...

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Agreed with @NormOrnstein - definitely do NOT share this image!!! Lol bluevirginia.us/2025/01/satu...

submitted 152 days ago • 205 comments

Let's see how long Meta's "no fact checking" policy lasts.

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More from Elon Musk's estranged daughter: "It seems to me like you’re trying to rebuild your brand image as the 'caring paternal father' which I will not let go unchallenged. If I’m going to be honest, this is absolutely pathetic," - Vivian Wilson www.usatoday.com/story/tech/n...

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Taking Ivermectin to stop your cancer is like reading poetry to stop your house from burning down.

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This is a crucial article with some polling data. It shows that when we raise alarm bells about what is happening - the general public will follow.. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

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