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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

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This one goes out to all the @NOAA employees that were fired today. Waves of sadness and respect to you all 🌊🌊

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Trump helping rapists is totally on brand. Sorry, America, but your country is being run by sick sexual deviants. buff.ly/3DjrUUf

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Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy

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Without commentary

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I’m demanding answers, alongside members of the Illinois federal delegation, from the Trump administration for ignoring court orders to release almost $1.88 billion in federal funding for our state. If they can't hold their end of the deal, Illinoisans deserve to know.

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In the past 36 hours I have gotten the oil changed, gotten a car wash, and gone to dentist. That's enough extracurriculars for the week

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don't mind me, i'll just be sobbing at the muppet movie script

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What drives me crazy about the anti-DEI rhetoric is everyone wants to be judged on merit. But you can't be judged on merit if you can't even get in the door because you don't fit some prejudiced definition of who is capable and who isn't

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🚨 🚨 NEW WHITEBOARD How a bill in the House (the “SAVE” Act) Kneecaps Democracy A 🧵 “How bad can it be?” you ask. Truly terrible. Please share this 🧵 so people know. Then take action. ☎️ 1/

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Americans are not remotely ready for the kind of economic downturn we face from kneecapping our research powerhouses. The scariest part is how few see what is coming and how it might take a decade or more to correct.

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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

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The heartbreak. Trump claims USAID is bankrupting America—it’s less than 1% of the budget. Meanwhile, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is gutting the largest food aid provider. He could end world hunger & still be the richest man alive. But he won’t. Not just greed. We’re watching evil at work.

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WATCH: “When will you stand up to them and say that is enough?” WISCONSIN Republicans Grothman & Fitzgerald run into tough town hall crowds also 👇🏽👀

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It's time to start a thread on higher ed budget cuts announced due to actual and potential cuts to federal funding. Northwestern is placing additional scrutiny on all spending and trying to cut non-personnel spending by 10% this year.

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Don't mess with Dolly

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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

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Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

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On January 6th, 1995, my (now ex) wife and I boarded a flight from Heathrow to JFK on a one way ticket. We had two suitcases and about $900 in cash - this was everything we owned and we were moving to the US. We thought it was maybe for 2-3 years. I had visited the US once, for a conference, and

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Robin Vos: thank you to UW-Madison for inviting me to speak about how people like me are not allowed to speak at universities

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Laying off meteorologists at NWS, which was already dealing with staffing issues, is a threat to public safety heading into severe weather season. No doubt everyone will give their best, but this adds stress to workers at wfo’s. There’s so many bright young Mets in our field. I’m so sorry.

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Even though Rubio promised life-saving aid wouldn't be interrupted, it has essentially been halted worldwide, interrupting HIV and TB treatment and threatening millions of lives. People are dying today because of these chaotic, inconsistent stop work orders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

submitted 15 days ago • 67 comments

Snow totals for tomorrow have been revised down to 3-5 inches. It's better but not looking forward to driving in it.

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“We do this all over the U.S., and we’ve never been attacked like this, man,” the driver told police from his seat in the U-Haul."

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Bread and butter pickles are gross

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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

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Update on my life: Last year, I joined my kids' school's PTA, because they needed a treasurer and I'm good enough with numbers. It was a straightforward, self-contained job: balancing the checkbook for an organization that only did a few fundraisers each year.

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This is it. This is the take.

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Here’s what we did today

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Story Corps got me crying in the car again #NPR

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💯

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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

submitted 22 days ago • 810 comments

Just like with the Wi GOP, the threats are not existential and $ cuts are not potential, they just don't want to admit it yet.

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You may have heard that Secretary Rubio issued a waiver so that life-saving HIV treatment could continue during the break-up of USAID. It has not.

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Old Fox was trying to persuade Wolf to come out of the wardrobe, where he'd been hiding since listening to the news early that morning. I'm never coming out, shouted Wolf. Old Fox sighed & sat down on the carpet. He really didn't blame Wolf, it was all so very exhausting.

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Do you think this finally get W to speak up?

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Can't wait to dive into this

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The Truth About Refugee Resettlement Agencies - Elon Musk is falsely accusing Lutheran social services of money laundering, when in reality they are government contractors that handle the resettlement of refugees. ⚓️ #jesus #immigration #episcopalchurch #lutheran

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We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines. The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds. It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.

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He bailed out farmers last time when he ruined their export market to China. They should be yelling

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I can only hope

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