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The "lung float" test is being used to charge women with murder. Many experts say it's unreliable. “There’s no way you can determine live birth versus stillbirth with this test," said one doctor, who called the test “an outrageous breach of science.” ➡️ Follow @deldeib.bsky.social (Pub. Oct. 2023)

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Republicans have been out to gut Social Security for years because it’s one of the most popular and successful programs ever created. Those who claim to care about the debt while pushing for trillions in tax cuts for the rich and corporations don't really care about the debt. Hello?

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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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Musk’s hackers burglarized "a vast trove of information about the entire federal workforce” on OPM computers even as Trump was being sworn in — that is "hours before Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was officially created by an executive order.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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We're clearly in the "First they came for trans people" stage of this madness

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The EPA saves lives. Gutting the EPA impacts ALL of us. Period. REPOST if you stand with EPA public servants working every day to protect our environment and public health.

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I'm gonna urge you, if you do one thing today, to listen to the way US Army Major Alivia Stehlik talks about the meaning of service: slate.com/podcasts/wha...

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#Michigan This is disgusting. www.clickondetroit.com/video/news/2...

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OUR BOY HAS HIS ADOPTION PAGE UP www.coonhoundrescue.com/DUKE25.html?

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Living out of hotels, displaced residents are in short supply of water, food, clothing — and answers.

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"I've seen measles, and it's horrible," Brown said. "Those kids are super sick, and you've seen it once, and you can't unsee it," Brown said. abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/1...

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Donald Trump's tax breaks for billionaires and billionaire corporations are NOT "cost free". The real cost will be health care cuts for: - New moms and their babies - Grandma in the nursing home - Kids with disabilities Threatening your health care for billionaire handouts.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer puts businesses on notice in road funding tax debate at State of the State No new details on how her plan generates $1.6 billion in new taxes from businesses for roads. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

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988lifeline.org Fired US government employees are committing suicide. This resource is for all. Se forem necessários serviços de tradução, entre em contato. Si des services de traduction sont nécessaires, veuillez contacter. Help is always available in English and Spanish.

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One night. That’s all it took for Zoe to know she needed to leave the home she rented from Jeffrey Cowin. Tenants describe a landlord who blurred boundaries, showed up unannounced, texted at all hours and made unwanted advances. Read @amondry.bsky.social ‘s latest:

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Wow—Trump is firing and banning all trans people from the military, per DoD memo. “Military service by members and applicants for military service who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria is incompatible with military service.” Part of memo:

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We’re talking about potentially losing all of the rights that we’ve worked so hard to win over the course of the last century – all being rolled back all at once. Seems to me that’s something we should be talking about. michiganadvance.com/2025/02/26/w...

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Supporting my trans loved ones publicly and proudly

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Tenants who face harassment from a landlord have few options besides leaving their home. That's what @outliermedia.org found investigating the claims of 11 former tenants of Virginia Park landlord Jeff Cowin. outliermedia.org/jeff-cowin-d...

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This news truly breaks my heart. We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line! abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...

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"It’s frustrating to know that every time I go out there on a bicycle there’s a potential that the police are gonna harass me just for riding my bike on the road..."

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Director Gabbard is right: The UK’s demand for backdoor access to Apple users’ encrypted data will have serious consequences for all of us. End-to-end encryption not only protects us from hacks, but empowers us to communicate freely without fear of surveillance or censorship.

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments

A child died from it today. It’s been 10 years since someone has died from measles.

submitted 5 days ago • 89 comments

This is what a deal with the devil looks like👇 @housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.

submitted 6 days ago • 759 comments

The plan is to steal medical care and food to give the rich a tax cut. Three millennia of Jewish text tell us that this is evil. Never stop fighting.

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A tracker estimating deaths caused by the partial PEPFAR funding suspension: pepfar.impactcounter.com. Methodology here: pepfar.impactcounter.com/methodology.

submitted 8 days ago • 11 comments

EVERY American thinks we got involved in World War II because of the Holocaust. That we just had to go over there and stop those horrors. And that’s why every movie we make about WWII begins and ends there. Not that we sent BOATLOADS of Jews away to DIE cause FDR thought they were spies

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Windsor-Detroit Tunnel Bus nearing the end of the line www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...

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They say that Jewish holidays line up with reality in unexpected ways. In a few week’s we’ll observe a holiday about an inept amoral leader and his antisemitic advisor. Weird.

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Great opportunities.

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About 1/4 of all trade between the U.S. and Canada happens over the Ambassador Bridge linking Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit. The two cities are closely linked both culturally and economically. The prospect of tariffs terrifies both. www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/stat...

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Donald Trump’s firing of military leaders — four-star General Brown and four-star Admiral Franchetti — along with top legal officers is a betrayal of legions of first rate service members who dedicate their lives to our nation’s defense. This is a growing national security risk.

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Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

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Legal centers across the country are preparing immigrants without legal status for various scenarios as the Trump administration ramps up enforcement operations. We visited one in California.

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A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered by a Chinese researcher. Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...

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Parents Defending Education challenges Chicago district’s Black Student Success Plan as discriminatory https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/02/21/cps-black-student-success-plan-challenged-parents-defending-education/

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Autism program chief is among the 1,000-plus employees cut from the National Institute of Health this week. By @rachelzamzow.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/aut...

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It's nearly 5am and Republicans just rammed through their pro-billionaire, anti-middle class budget blueprint. In order to pass massive tax giveaways for billionaires, they're going to defund Medicaid, slash veterans benefits, & force kids to go hungry. Make sure everyone knows it.

submitted 11 days ago • 74 comments

The FDIC protects your hard earn money in the bank and helps prevent another financial crash. Trump and Musk’s move to fire these workers is dangerous. I led Senate Democrats in pushing back, and now independent investigators are on the case.

submitted 10 days ago • 113 comments

"Michigan is one of eight states with no cooling-off period for politicians once they leave office. In Florida, a state with the most stringent requirements, lawmakers must wait six years after leaving office to register as lobbyists."

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"Dozens of workers focused on lamprey control were among scores of Michigan federal workers fired without notice in the past week" 'I'd like to ask them why ... it doesn’t seem like they realize who they’re getting rid of, and the impact it’s going to have.'" via @bridgemi.com

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