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PRAMS is the source of data for basically every effort to limit infant mortality and all the health dangers mothers face before and after birth. So a pretty big deal the Elon and Co decided to cancel the program.

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Marco Rubio thinks free speech had no role in the Holocaust, but the Nazi's perverted Germany's free speech protections into the Right to Lie. Those lies radicalized Germans so much they enslaved Europe & tried to exterminate the Jewish race. Just like Trump/MAGA/Elon are doing right now.

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Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who agrees that if you want people to stop calling your party a bunch of Nazis, then your party leaders should stop doing Nazi things like the Sieg Heil. Did you notsee this coming?

submitted 1 day ago • 684 comments

Um...Is he okay?

submitted 2 days ago • 1731 comments

This.

submitted 2 days ago • 369 comments

I am thinking about changing my W-4 so that I don’t withhold any money for federal taxes. I plan to set aside that money to pay my taxes because it’s the right thing to do. Given that our worthless governor is Youngkin, I might also look into adjusting my state taxes. What are your thoughts on this?

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NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

submitted 2 days ago • 42 comments

Fixed it 😘💅🍔

submitted 3 days ago • 86 comments

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submitted 2 days ago • 767 comments

Wife was a probationary employee let go over the weekend. She was a researcher with CMMI. If anyone has leads on jobs for a PhD social science researcher with an expertise in Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance, please let me know!

submitted 5 days ago • 142 comments

@votevets.org is going to do everything possible to help veterans and military families during these perilous times. If you are affected, please fill out this form. It will remain confidential. votevets.org/doge-tipline

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Ok that made me laugh

submitted 4 days ago • 647 comments

Looks like we have even bigger issues. Yikes—the Trump administration is becoming a Russian sympathizer, spreading misinformation about Ukraine. Trump won’t even stand up to Putin, essentially telling him, “Do whatever the hell you want.”

submitted 3 days ago • 247 comments

Epiphany of the Day: Trump supporters are all racists. The ones saying they only voted for him on the abortion issue didn't lie. They realized with giggles that not only could they see a path to take away a woman's choice, but they could also harm millions of other people in the process.

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Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

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AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.

submitted 8 days ago • 853 comments

NEW: ProPublica has identified nine additional Musk-affiliated staffers. A former staffer at Boring Company now has an official role at DOGE in the Executive Office of the President. A former X employee now works in the General Services Administration.

submitted 11 days ago • 105 comments

Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.

submitted 14 days ago • 3188 comments

White privilege is dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and not worrying about losing your job.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Do you know what white privilege is? Someone voting for Trump three times knowing what he is capable of and then saying, "Well, I haven't been watching the news." It must be nice to tune the world out and have the confidence to know it won't affect you.

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NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

submitted 14 days ago • 1025 comments

::MEASLES OUTBREAK IN TEXAS:: A large measles outbreak is rapidly escalating in Texas incl Gaines, Lubbock, and Lynn counties where vaccination rates are low. Over 30 children with confirmed infection, many of whom are hospitalized. Multiple suspected cases are under investigation.

submitted 15 days ago • 33 comments

This is supremely fucked up. I mean, I read about this earlier, but to see it in writing is devastating.

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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

submitted 16 days ago • 6590 comments

I'm a reporter at NBC News and I'm interested in speaking with people who are familiar with the specific technical details of onboarding DOGE staff at the federal agency level — USAID or CFPB or wherever. You can reach me on Signal at: davidingram.77. I can honor requests for anonymity.

submitted 15 days ago • 307 comments

I'm not surprised by trump's disgustingly negative attitude about disabled people. It's who he is, and who he's always been. This should have been the end.

submitted 20 days ago • 727 comments

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 20 days ago • 821 comments

Another FBI leader standing up for the rule of law “Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy." James Dennehy, FBI NY Field Office

submitted 20 days ago • 776 comments

To the attorneys out there, Can States charge Musk with any criminal activity for any of this? Musk is the agent of a potential illegal impoundment without any legal authority.

submitted 20 days ago • 75 comments

One Project 2025 training video obtained by ProPublica and @documented.net speaks of eliminating gender adviser positions in the federal government, equity task forces and "all the equity plans from all the websites." Published Aug. 2024: propub.li/42FhSHC

submitted 21 days ago • 28 comments

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. I'm trying to save them. You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.

submitted 22 days ago • 180 comments

Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository. (The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)

submitted 22 days ago • 57 comments

CDC staff have been forced to remove dozens of chronic health applications and to change open data sets that contain gender. These are YOUR data and YOUR tools. Be angry. Be LOUD.

submitted 22 days ago • 17 comments

Everything is not ok. "Data.CDC.gov is temporarily offline in order to comply with Executive Order 14168 Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government and the OPM notice dated January 29, 2025." www.cdc.gov/datainfo.html

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Stop making stupid jokes about the price of eggs. Anyone who voted for him knew exactly what they were doing and it had nothing to do with the freaking price of eggs. Keep sharing the facts, share the impacts, and stay in the background so they own the mayhem. Don't take away their spotlight.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

The purpose of this is … what??

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