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#Florida insurance companies steered money to investors while claiming losses, says study never given to lawmakers. www.tampabay.com/news/florida... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social

submitted 12 hours ago • 13 comments

This is entirely preventable. Science solved this problem more than 60 years ago.

submitted 9 hours ago • 35 comments

Two seats up for grabs in the house of representatives for Florida and one in New York voting date is April 1 with early registration in March. Check out the poster below. FLIP the seats.

submitted 14 hours ago • 11 comments

Bit surprised, but the #H5N1 #birdflu case in Ohio tested positive in the hands of the #CDC. Had been told there wasn't a lot of virus in the sample and they might not be able to confirm. That brings the confirmed national total since March 2024 to 70 human cases. www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/sit...

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If Bernie runs at this age I'll still vote for that man in the primaries.

submitted 23 hours ago • 10 comments

The county commissioner who proposed changing the name of the Cross #Florida Barge Canal to the "American Freedom Canal" has now rescinded his idiotic proposal. www.wmnf.org/citrus-count... via @wmnf.org

submitted 13 hours ago • 5 comments

Measles complications. All this can be prevented with vaccinations. If you want to learn more, check out my Infectious Disease M-Z page at: www.bettycjung.net/Infectiousdz...

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The Pentagon will fire 5,400 civilian workers next week.

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🚨Please let your member of Congress know how crucial telehealth is. For me it’s been a godsend, not having to travel as much & save my energy, which I have very little of at times. Telehealth actually was expanded under the first Donald Trump administration due to Covid locking down medical centers.

submitted 6 hours ago • 27 comments

83% of Americans disapprove of King Donold’s pardoning his Jan. 6 goon squad, and now his poll numbers are falling faster than a gold-plated toilet in a hurricane. SMITE!

submitted 10 hours ago • 633 comments

Four flu-related children deaths reported in Virginia www.wavy.com/news/first-p...

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The NIH funding cuts are leading to decreases in PhD. training spots. Those who can do the math, will surely have realized by now that the impending Medicare cuts will lead to a massive reduction in the postgraduate residency spots funded by the Feds. Ask me what comes next

submitted 6 hours ago • 4 comments

Incredibly inspiring speech by a Ukrainian soldier who lost his sight and his hand fighting against Russian aggression.

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All this bullshit immediately crumbles when it's presented to anyone who's not a sympathetic cohost on your podcast

submitted 12 hours ago • 136 comments

I love Chunk

submitted 1 day ago • 81 comments

The rate of descent into lawlessness in the United States continues to accelerate. Until that descent is arrested, and we can assess what institutions still hold, the country and its citizens are fundmantally unsafe.

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Undaunted: Courage is Contagious open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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ProPublica has released another study related to the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., this time showing a spike in sepsis cases in Texas following the implementation of that state's "heartbeat" abortion ban in 2021.

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I’ve decided to donate to AP after unsubscribing from WaPo and NYT due to their failure to be ethical and unworthiness to represent freedom of the press.

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“The postwar era is over. The global architecture built in 1945 is being burned to ground by Trump. Europeans need to plan for, & invest in, a future where they have to defend themselves without the US.That future does not loom in the distance. It is already here” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 15 hours ago • 35 comments

Rep. Burlison: "We don't wanna touch Social Security or the benefits for Medicare for people who truly need it, but I don't think that anyone would question whether we should audit and determine voter-- or, eligibility, for example."

submitted 1 day ago • 380 comments

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

submitted 22 hours ago • 1402 comments

Trump fires top US military officers - including America's most senior commander news.sky.com/story/trump-...

submitted 17 hours ago • 43 comments

Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money, an EARNED benefit!

submitted 17 hours ago • 18 comments

Thousands of HHS Workers to Lose Jobs Under Trump Cuts www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

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Trump is doing things that are unpopular and hurt Americans because he knows there won’t be any more elections. He believes he is untouchable.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

Breaking from Trump, Tillis calls Putin "a cancer" - stepping out and saying what many GOP members know to be true. #ProudBlue #DemsUnited #DemVoice1 www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

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USA: Flu activity remained high and above the baseline for the 12th straight week last week. 🔹Last week, more than 43,000 hospitalizations and 18 deaths, all of them children. 🔹There have been at least 33 million illnesses, 430,000 hospitalizations, and 19,000 deaths from flu so far this season.

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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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A former Soviet intelligence officer has claimed Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename "Krasnov" Who would have guessed www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...

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On Monday Prime Minister Keir Starmer is to announce a new package of support for Ukraine www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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“So Elon Musk killed this program for disabled kids (illegally) because it included the word ‘transition.’ It helps them to transition from high school to work.” H/T @palafo.bsky.social, who posted the above on another platform.

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📄 NEW: "A Constructive Approach to the American Meltdown" We're past the point of warning about impending authoritarianism — it's here. As we cross the event horizon into becoming a failed state, a new kind of citizenship is required. My latest. america2.news/a-constructi...

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