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1. Incredible ruling! An Ohio appeals court has ruled that trans care is healthcare, strikes down youth trans care ban! It made the ruling using the Republican-passed "health care freedom amendment" meant to overturn Obamacare! Subscribe to support my journalism. You'll want to read this one.

submitted 6 days ago • 72 comments

We purchase more from Canada than Canada purchases from us, because we are a much bigger country. That's not "losing money." That's like saying you lose money to the grocery store.

submitted 43 days ago • 113 comments

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

submitted 47 days ago • 2821 comments

Just finished my first nonfiction read of the year. It’s chilling how many parallels you can draw to today. I’ve included a section that really stuck out to me here.

submitted 50 days ago • 32 comments

A CNN analysis of Trump’s first week in office found that two-thirds of his early executive orders and actions appear closely aligned with Project 2025’s plans.

submitted 52 days ago • 928 comments

The Trump administration sent an email to air traffic controllers urging them to resign. “We encourage you to find a job in the private sector,” the email says.

submitted 52 days ago • 306 comments

The NATCA (National Air Traffic Controllers Association) released this statement in response to Trump’s baseless allegations that Wednesday’s aviation tragedy was partly due to DEI initiatives at the F.A.A.

submitted 52 days ago • 101 comments

A database detailing Jan 6 crimes and convictions has disappeared from the Department of Justice website. “This is a huge victory for J6ers..." www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/p...

submitted 57 days ago • 182 comments

1. BREAKING The White House late Friday fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies in a purge that could clear the way for President Trump to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.

submitted 58 days ago • 41 comments

Recrudescence: The return of something terrible after a time of reprieve. (17th century)

submitted 61 days ago • 10 comments

Raskin: The chairman began by saying the point here is to restore the rule of law. Can you even pretend to do that if you support Trump who on day one pardoned 1,500 insurrectionists including hundreds of people who violently assaulted police officers…

submitted 61 days ago • 173 comments

Trump promises a “golden age.” But here’s what I don’t get: He had four years before as president. Did he deliver a “golden age”? He couldn’t even pull together a single infrastructure week or a healthcare plan. And he mismanaged a pandemic. Only a cult wouldn’t remember this.

submitted 63 days ago • 128 comments

My response to Trump’s remarks in the Capitol Visitor’s Center:

submitted 63 days ago • 476 comments

Jackie G, my favorite lip reader, just posted this on Obama and Bush. LMAO.

submitted 63 days ago • 32 comments

We should’ve deported that Nazi fucker (Musk) when we had the chance.

submitted 63 days ago • 575 comments

Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.

submitted 63 days ago • 759 comments

“.. The people in this photo are worth a collective $910 billion ..” @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/...

submitted 63 days ago • 61 comments

“Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs…” www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

submitted 63 days ago • 251 comments

If you remember these, time to schedule a shingles shot.

submitted 68 days ago • 66 comments

"Earth’s average surface temperature in 2024 was the warmest on record, according to an analysis led by NASA scientists. Global temperatures in 2024 were 2.30 degrees Fahrenheit (1.28 degrees Celsius) above the agency’s 20th-century baseline (1951-1980), which tops the record set in 2023."

submitted 73 days ago • 46 comments

DeSantis just appointed a new trustee to University of West Florida and he's a raging misogynist: Career-oriented women are "medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome" "The effort to erase the old standard of public men and private woman has been a mistake." www.wuwf.org/local-news/2...

submitted 73 days ago • 125 comments

🚨 BREAKING: Thanks to President Joe Biden, starting today, Medicare beneficiaries will have their annual out-of-pocket drug costs capped at $2,000 under the Inflation Reduction Act. That's a BFD, folks!

submitted 82 days ago • 10 comments

“[2024] is expected to end with a nearly 16% drop in homicides …. “The three consecutive years of declining homicides come in the wake of a 30% jump in murders between 2019 and 2020, the largest single-year increase in more than a century.” abcnews.go.com/amp/US/unite...

submitted 82 days ago • 461 comments

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submitted 90 days ago • 203 comments

See below for my statement in response to Chairman Loudermilk's "Interim Report":

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After the shooting, someone said a lot of the CEO’s are afraid to return to work. Read that and now think about how our school-aged kids feel!

submitted 98 days ago • 312 comments

Me, when my kittens decide the best place to wrestle at 5:30 in the morning is my bed.

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Persian is an ethnicity and it’s the official language of Iran. Iranian is a nationality. Everyone who lives in Iran isn’t Persian, but everyone who lives in Iran is Iranian.

submitted 101 days ago • 22 comments

So Mace walked into the House today with her arm in a sling and posted 500 tweets that she was the victim of a violent assault and THIS is what happened????

submitted 103 days ago • 2192 comments

Reminder—If the U.S. had had a single-payer universal health care system in 2020, nearly 212,000 American lives would have been saved that year. In addition, the country would have saved $105 billion in COVID-19 hospitalization expenses alone. ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

submitted 103 days ago • 180 comments

Officer forces pedestrian to the ground to handcuff him for walking on the wrong side of the street. 5th Circuit divides 2-1. Majority, w/o explanation: This was reasonable force. Dissent: Wait a sec, a jury needs to see this. ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub... #N

submitted 103 days ago • 14 comments

NOAA's data is in, and it's not encouraging. 2024 was the second hottest year on record, and "the Arctic tundra has switched from a carbon sink to a source of emissions." www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...

submitted 104 days ago • 82 comments

Trump’s DOJ secretly spied on Congress members, staff and Kash Patel. Stand by for a repeat: www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/p...

submitted 104 days ago • 29 comments

Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a historic $1.8 BILLION settlement for 4.3 million people who were charged illegal fees or defrauded by credit repair companies. Remember this the next time a billionaire says they want to get rid of the CFPB.

submitted 105 days ago • 171 comments

When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit. But how do companies make those profits? By denying care to many who need it. Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.

submitted 107 days ago • 1112 comments

Please arm yourself with knowledge. Birthright citizenship is not a policy choice it is a constitutional imperative (14th Amendment). It can no more be signed away by Executive Order than the First Amendment.

submitted 106 days ago • 142 comments

Welker: Do you have an actual plan at this point for health care? Trump: Yes. We have concepts of a plan that will be better. Welker: Still just concepts? Do you have a fully developed plan?

submitted 106 days ago • 630 comments

Bribe. It will go unpunished.

submitted 106 days ago • 159 comments

Dear Kristen Weller and all other press, when they say we deleted evidence, refer them to this…. It’s all the evidence: www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...

submitted 106 days ago • 486 comments

Scientists have already investigated this. The result? The doctor pushing this junk science had his license revoked for spreading deadly lies about vaccines.

submitted 106 days ago • 237 comments

🧪$1 MILESTONE—For the first time ever, a rapid COVID test is now as low as $1 in the United States. Get it before Christmas & New Year’s holiday gatherings ASAP. Use discount code “BF24”. Not a referral link. (No profit or commission). store.pharmalynk.com/products/adv...

submitted 107 days ago • 41 comments

Holy shit. Did you see the letter Olivia Troye’s attorney sent to Kash Patel after he threatened to sue her for defamation? Troye, a former Homeland Security advisor, had the BEST response.

submitted 107 days ago • 615 comments