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The husband of Mayor Jeanne of Ambler, PA. The father of Amelija & Fred. #MNTwins fan. Former PA House member promoted to private citizen.
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70 years ago today, Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was declared safe and effective.

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Dr Peter Marks, "Vaccines have been studied very extensively for being potentially associated with autism" "That theory has been debunked" "One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"

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Can you imagine this band in these times? 😍 Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles – Official Music Video #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #californiauberalles #history #punkrockhistory

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Sure, Kamala Harris would have have preserved our global power and domestic prosperity. But she would have done so as a Black woman. by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller

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After a hard week of tanking Americans’ retirement funds and the global economy in general, you wanna relax at your own golf tournament, flown there by taxpayer money. Life is good! For one!

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

“Imagine if I had done any of this.” — former president Obama, at Hamilton College this week

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In this Ohio diner, 36% still means court-ordered child support, not a tariff on Chinese goods. But they do know this: while daily necessities will get more expensive, you can't put a price on banning trans swimmers from the Ivy League.

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Chris Coons is absolutely demolishing Martha MacCallum right now on Fox News

submitted 10 days ago • 967 comments

FITCH: “This is a game changer, not only for the US economy but for the global economy. Many countries will likely end up in a recession. You can throw most forecasts out the door, if this tariff rate stays on for an extended period of time." 🇺🇸

submitted 10 days ago • 136 comments

Tough language from JPMorgan tonight: “.. we view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts. .. these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.”

submitted 10 days ago • 263 comments

This was….five months ago

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Mr. Brad Karp, Managing Partner at Paul Weis, well deserves this remarkable, scornful rebuke and public shaming from the great Judge Simon Rifkind’s granddaughters, Amy Rifkind and Nina Rifkind, both of whom are practicing lawyers.

submitted 10 days ago • 31 comments

This isn't an April Fool’s joke- Congressional Republicans just said the quiet part out loud👇🏾

submitted 11 days ago • 6 comments

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

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BESPOKE: The average country ETF this year: up 8.4%. The U.S.: down 3.2%. 🇺🇸

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American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY

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we live in a simulation

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The first link in the chain that will extend the Schuylkill River Trail all the way to Bartram's Garden is a cable-stayed bridge that should open by the end of May.

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"The country has invested in, and innovated through, this scientific public service for over a century, not for selling it to the highest bidder, but for the common good. Dismantling NOAA and the National Weather Service is a presidential grift that we must oppose."

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