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Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post

Better not call it a “vaccine” or it might not get approved. Maybe market it as a recreational drug.

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked some enforcement of a series of executive orders by President Trump targeting DEI programs. Follow live updates.

🚨🚨🚨 PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana. For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5. 1/2

Seven former top Manhattan federal prosecutors, including several who served under Republican presidents, issued a statement Friday praising Danielle Sassoon’s decision to resign rather than obey an order to seek dismissal of corruption charges against New York City’s mayor.

Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, was confirmed as health secretary. Mitch McConnell, a polio survivor, was the lone Republican opposed. nyti.ms/3EDJeE0

One small act of resistance

⚪️ Evangelicals mad because Kendrick showed how easy it is to call out predators on stage but they won’t do it.

Perjury is a very, very serious offense and the FBI should thoroughly investiga– … oh, wait

Canada just signed a trade deal with Ecuador so the orange juice options will increase now that Florida Oranges aren't being bought. Oasis is a Canadian brand. Minute Maid is bottled here using Brazilian oranges. I guess Florida can sell elsewhere? If anyone will buy it at this point…

It is the darkest of all possible humor that Disney is publicly rolling back their DEI initiatives and removing content warnings from older, racially-insensitive work on the same week that they are releasing a new MCU movie with a Black man as Captain America.

Under oath, Kash Patel said he was unaware of plans to dismiss FBI agents before he was confirmed. Today, whistleblowers revealed Patel was reportedly directing those dismissals. Covertly. Yet another reason he must be rejected.

Breaking News: U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly jumped 3% in the year through January, a pickup in inflation that complicates the Fed’s plans.

Get in kids, we're kink shaming

We tried to warn everyone. Now here we are.

Dear American Media: When covering Trump in 2025, try imagining that all of the things his regime is doing to dismantle American democracy is happening in a foreign country—then write your headlines! Sincerely, Everyone

Just got Kendrick Lamar on repeat. Anyone else?

1/ The medical community is fighting back! In the Doctors for America lawsuit in DC, a judge has just ordered that at least for now, HHS, CDC, & FDA must restore public health webpages taken down. by midnight tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahahahaha times infinity

They are angry that a judge restored a public website providing life-saving resources from the CDC, FDA, and HHS.

Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.” Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!