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Regardless of how much coverage it gets, Trump aiming to install a military command that places loyalty to him above loyalty to the constitution needs to be a much bigger story.

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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

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Better not call it a “vaccine” or it might not get approved. Maybe market it as a recreational drug.

submitted 16 hours ago • 745 comments

When Rupert Murdoch’s rags turn on you …

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According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.

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Floating the idea of them stupid ass checks from DOGE is literally a distraction while they keep ruining the country. "Here's 5000 bucks, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" (wizard of oz reference)

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I had two grant proposals up for review in the NIH Bacterial Virulence (BV) study section. It was canceled without notice this morning. Without those grants, my lab must close within a year. And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues 🤬 #MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬

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The reason the USA is so messed up is because everyone thinks bad things will never happen to them.

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Amanda Zurawski has been named one of TIME magazine’s Women of the Year. Amanda’s Story: Citing the state’s abortion laws, Texas doctors denied Amanda Zurawski emergency medical care when her water broke at only 18 weeks of pregnancy. It was September of 2021, and Amanda was miscarrying. Her…

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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

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Jasmine Crockett is shredding this solo. But it’s past time for the rhythm section to enter this song already.

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Lawyers at Twitter are threatening advertisers to spend more money on X 'or else' Musk will leverage his close relationship with Trump to torpedo mergers. This goes beyond a conflict of interest. It's straight-up extortion.

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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

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Wow who even remembers Tim Pawlenty? CNN paying him to comment. Still an idiot. Trump apologist.

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When they fire the Chair of the Joint Chiefs and the Chief of the Navy next week, they’ll use words like DEI. The left will chalk it up to racism and sexism. But that’s only part of it. Mostly they just want people who they believe will carry out illegal or unethical orders.

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The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

submitted 2 days ago • 577 comments

Translation: Trump has offered the United States to the Saudis for 1 Trillion Dollars.

submitted 2 days ago • 70 comments

And there it is

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Bill allowing corporal punishment in schools introduced in W.Va. House. The White Taliban at it again. www.wdtv.com/2025/02/18/b...

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U.S. tariffs could cause the prices of steel and aluminum cans to rise, an increase that may ultimately be passed on to consumers.

submitted 2 days ago • 127 comments

On Being in Community joycevance.substack.com/p/on-being-i...

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It's not lost on me that the two Democratic electeds talking consistently to regular people right now are AOC and Jasmine Crockett. Dassit.

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So as I mentioned earlier, Claudia’s Corgi puppy Gracie was fixed yesterday. According to her discharge papers, the veterinary hospital gave her ketamine. So: Does that mean she was a good DOGE?

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Just now picking up my daughter’s Claudia’s Corgi, Gracie, from her spaying procedure from Friendship Animal Hospital in northwest DC. It turns out they are doing something amazing for people victimized by the insane government purges 👉

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submitted 2 days ago • 1369 comments

The Lyin’ King. 👑

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New on MSNBC: Pete Hegseth is considering firing a slate of military generals and flag officers as early as this week, according to two defense officials and three congressional officials.

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