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@jamellebouie.net is really good here 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

submitted 23 hours ago • 11 comments

Nothing about kids dying from measles is normal. Anti-vaxxers like RFK Jr. and the Republicans who enable them are responsible for every single one of these deaths.

submitted 1 day ago • 463 comments

Great new work from @kff.org -- When asked about the consequences of losing Medicaid, a 55-year old Trump voter from Oklahoma said "For me it would, it would probably lead to death, and that’s kinda harshly speaking, but it’s the way that it would be." www.kff.org/medicaid/rep...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Smart son!

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

5 things I did last week Musk 1. Successfully asked you to rehire 300 nuclear & avian flu workers you “accidentally” fired 2. Pressed you to pay attention to rising household costs 3. Stood up for vets 4. Fought against your tax cuts for the rich 5. Stood with 🇺🇦 instead of🇷🇺

submitted 5 days ago • 201 comments

Dear Democrats: Elon Musk is ruining the lives of tens of thousands of good, hard-working federal employees. And he thinks it's a hoot. He thinks it's a joke. Here is your picture. Spend some money and flood the zone so you drive this stupid, gross image into the minds of every freakin' American.

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

A very good read. Subscribe to PN if you don’t already.

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!

submitted 7 days ago • 1903 comments

A bright spot in today's world. I hope to see this baby soon!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

A key bit in today's column (and I hope you'll read the whole thing here: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...) is the ludicrous idea that axing tens of thousands of federal workers will make any significant dent in what the government spends. This is meant to be cruel and splashy, not effective.

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally. The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com

submitted 8 days ago • 578 comments

Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"

submitted 8 days ago • 1351 comments

Wyden: "Nobody should lose sight of what happened this morning. Trump endorsed the House budget resolution. This resolution mandates that $880b in cuts come from the House Energy & Commerce Committee ... there is no plausible way to hit that target without hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid."

submitted 8 days ago • 174 comments

Liar in chief

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

This is Charlie. He has literal heart-eyes. 14/10 would be an honor to pet (IG: charlie.the.dalmatian)

submitted 13 days ago • 73 comments

The Trump Administration has done more damage to the United States, our institutions, our interests, our standing in the world, the world order we have fought and sacrificed for a century to establish in the past four weeks than all the enemies of the US managed to inflict during the past 250 years.

submitted 14 days ago • 28 comments

NEW: My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.

submitted 14 days ago • 1556 comments

Another special shoutout to those of you Biden 2020 voters in swing states who just couldn't pull that lever for Harris in 2024. FFS.

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

I spent 40+ years of my sad ass career as a Pediatric Dietitian and Nutrition educator. I sold over 100,000 copies of my book "How to Teach Nutrition to Kids" which helped shape school health and wellness goals. All for nothing. Fuck off America, just fuck off.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

A bit of good news that restores my faith in humanity. Such a great book too. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Rose-Tu’s baby met Auntie Shine and much trumpeting ensued 🐘💕🐘

submitted 20 days ago • 46 comments

Elephant calf update: very baby

submitted 22 days ago • 204 comments

I just keep looking at this little guy. What a source of joy in today's world. 🐘

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: Archived tweets for Gavin Kriger, Musk's 20-something DOGE employee wreaking havoc inside USAID, shows that Kriger has retweeted multiple neo-Nazis including Nick Fuentes, leader of the so-called Groyper movement, and another popular explicit Nazi account recently unmasked by @travisbrown.dev

submitted 24 days ago • 308 comments

“A total fabrication.” That’s what Samoa’s top health official has to say about RFK Jr. denying his role in the measles outbreak that killed 83 people there, mostly children, in 2019. apnews.com/article/rfk-...

submitted 24 days ago • 9 comments

After talking tough in the campaign about Chinese autocrats, Trump unveils sky-high tariffs on...Canada, Mexico and Taiwan! Like dictator wannabes, Trump and Musk play-fight with their trade-cheating Chinese tyrant buddies while driving up prices on Americans and trashing our allies.

submitted 25 days ago • 272 comments

Inaction is not an option

submitted 25 days ago • 60 comments

The higher costs from Trump’s tariffs will be felt by the nurse in Philomath and the firefighter in Coos Bay. Not by Trump, Elon Musk or their billionaire buds.

submitted 25 days ago • 746 comments

#DryJanuary update: i cheated twice with 3 glasses wine (once on inauguration day, understandably). My fitbit metrics were pretty clear. Higher HRV is better and and I also have mild #afib. I think I'm moving towards sobriety.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

School meals are among the biggest contributions to improving child health and facilitating academic success. The program was started post WWII in response to the poor nutritional status of our soldiers. Hungry children can not learn!!!

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

What the AF?

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

I’d technically like to boycott every company that does this shit, but I think I’d be reduced to trading squirrel pelts for mung beans with a dude who lives in a yurt.

submitted 34 days ago • 15 comments

Since he's been in office (less than a week): egg prices up, gas prices up, Nazi salutes up

submitted 34 days ago • 249 comments

Honestly, objectively...how do you call this anything other than a Nazi salute? I mean, what else is this?

submitted 38 days ago • 12 comments

We know what we saw on January 6th, 2021, and we won’t let Donald Trump rewrite history. No lie, denial, or pardon will ever wash away that stain. youtu.be/kRDfIIZZIoI

submitted 52 days ago • 66 comments

We can all agree, no matter our politics, that chef José Andrés deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his amazing work with World Central Kitchen in disaster-stricken areas across the U.S. and the world.

submitted 54 days ago • 711 comments

I'm currently working on moderating my alcohol intake. It's not easy! But as a 4 year survivor of estrogen+ DCIS, it only makes sense to cut back. #DryJanuary and hopefully more!

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

www.hhs.gov/about/news/2... I applaud Dr. Murphy. It is high time that we stop ignoring science when it comes to public health policy. Industry has an oversized influence on food, beverage and alcohol guidelines.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments