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He’s just a dangerous individual when it comes to public health. It’s dangerous to have a guy who’s led [the vaccine skepticism] movement being the head of this agency, the mouthpiece of the U.S. government when it comes to public health. time.com/7222309/rfk-...

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The Rule of Goats: "If you fuck goats, even if you claim you're doing it ironically, you're still a goatfucker."

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Bravo, @coveringclimatenow.org! Fantastic! Climate psychology tells us that underneath “business as usual” grief, helplessness, rage, overwhelm … anything but indifference. Instead of adding to the overwhelm, journalism can help tap the love & yearning that undergirds support for climate action!

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Daily reminder that Trump created DOGE. It never existed before Trump. It wasn’t a thing. He made it all up. So anything DOGE does, Trump is responsible for. DOGE is Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Trump is such a jackass I love this Do it Australia 🇦🇺

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So Donald will replace the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General CQ Brown Jr., with the lower-ranking and retired Lt. General Dan “Razin’” Caine. Aside from a nickname that means disruptive troublemaker, I wonder what other qualities were deemed more desirable. 🤔🤷‍♂️

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) told President Donald Trump “we’ll see you in court” and said her state won’t be intimidated by his threat to withhold federal funds if it doesn’t bar transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports teams.

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The advice here is similar to what we've been advised by my institution. ICE has two kinds of warrants and often try to pass off administrative warrants (which aren't legally enforceable) as judicial warrants (signed by a judge), which are. Know the difference.

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Climate change is the biggest crisis humanity faces in the 21st century and just because they are trying to eliminate all mentions of the word “climate“ doesn’t actually solve anything.

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No matter how preposterous, the Times headlines nearly every Trump story as if it were written by the White House comms team.

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Republicans put the sick in sycophancy as they compete to fawn over Trump

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Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.

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The nations top research universities (R1) are under assault by the Trump administration. Pitts has paused all PhD admissions for next year. Many R1 schools are also Division 1 NCAA schools. All SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, Ivy League schools. Suspend sports and explain it is due to Musk, Trump

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Overflow angry crowd for town hall with Glenn Grothman in Oshkosh this morning ... www.wpr.org/news/glenn-g...

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He will not criticize Putin.

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100% agree! You literally can’t take it with you folks. He hasn’t contributed a single penny to anything uplifting or positive in his life. He will only leave a massive stain on humanity. Hoarding is a mental illness, and he has it bad.

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“Russian warship, go fuck yourself.” “We’ll see you in court.” Same energy 🔥

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I want to salute the Governor of Maine Janet Mills who, in that room with a raging Trump and silent complicitors, stood her ground and said, “see you in court!” Maine residents, show your support for your Gov for standing up for your independence.

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Universities really need to pay attention to this. It's not just about the indirects and frozen funds. If these layoffs continue, which by all signs are continuing and going well beyond probationary employees, these agencies will not be functional, including NIH, CDC, and NSF

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A friend made this. Please share :)

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Who are the idiot traders that didn’t price this in to every poll that suggest a potential Trump victory? Why did they act like he’d be good for business when everyone could see this was where it was heading? apnews.com/article/stoc...

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Never forget.

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Medicaid supports over 80 million Americans— 1 in 4 of us—keeping us healthy. Republicans are pushing to cut it. #DontCutMyMedicaid

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The police misconduct database has been eliminated by the Department of Justice on Trump‘s order. America just became a much more dangerous place, particularly for people of color. As we know that they are disproportionately affected by police brutality. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Steve Bannon announced: he spoke with Ric Grenell, and the J6 Choir will perform at the Kennedy Center. Yes, this is real. Don’t wish that it were satire?

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The Maine Principal's Association said it would continue to allow trans girls to compete in school sports, saying President Trump's recent executive order is in conflict with state law.

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I want my democracy back

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AP sues Trump, stocks crash, consumer confidence plummets, Trump fires the ICE director over poor deportation numbers, GOP has horrible fundraising numbers, and more. Catch up on today's news!

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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I’m with Joe Walsh on this one.

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Even MAGA can't keep up with Trump's lies.

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AP sues over White House access restrictions : The Associated Press sued White House officials Friday for restricting the wire service’s access to the Oval Office and Air Force One over its refusal to use “Gulf of America” in its Stylebook. Claiming the restrictions violate the outlet’s First…

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Union chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz has called for talks with France and Great Britain for nuclear protection. "We need to talk to each other what it might look like," he said. Currently, Germany participates in NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements.

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When Rupert Murdoch’s rags turn on you …

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This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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I thought RFK Junior was all over autism. Guess he thinks the problem will be solved by weeding out the unvaccinated population through measles, polio, HPV, etc.

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Also just now, NIH intranet was updated re its communications pause. NIH scientists can now resume travel to and participation in conferences. The pause on updating the Federal Register remains in place -- which means grant-making is effectively frozen, in violation of court orders.

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Oh dear!

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Macron has just urged the French to join the military reserve. “We are entering a new era”. France will have to spend more on defence. “The threat that Russia represents imposes choices on us” (Live exchange on social media)

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“It’s what President Trump has asked for." Republicans are gearing up to adopt a budget that would statutorily increase the debt. But they say that’s fine as long as it’s for tax cuts.

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This is what I was talking about last week.

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PSA: If you’re going to go around referring to yourself as the “king” of America you sure as fuck don’t get to call a democratically elected foreign leader a “dictator.”

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Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14. Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo

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