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I expect the number INFECTED with measles in the US is several times higher than the reported CASES of 222. That's because two deaths have been reported and the CDC guidance is that 1,000 infections will lead to 1-3 deaths. Not surprising, cases are always lower than infections in the population.

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Good riddance to bad rubbish! Dr. David Weldon's nomination to head CDC has been withdrawn. His screed describing the reasons why make it clear that neither he nor HHS Sec. Kennedy should be anywhere near public health decision making. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

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Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants. Federal judge Tanya Chutkan issues restraining order pending new filings over billions in axed research grants. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Left: Cleveland's burning river, before the EPA. Right: The burning river today, after the EPA. Any questions?

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Gina McCarthy, an Obama E.P.A. administrator, said it was “the most disastrous day in EPA history. Rolling these rules back is not just a disgrace, it’s a threat to all of us. The agency has fully abdicated its mission to protect Americans’ health and well being.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...

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Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships.

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JUST IN: Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the next week, a district judge in San Francisco has ruled, because they were terminated unlawfully.

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Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may have “significantly” underpaid Social Security and Medicare taxes in recent years, according to a memo by Democratic staff on the Senate Finance Committee seen by Bloomberg News

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Engaging with an algorithm teaches it to better manipulate you. #algorithm #manipulation #SocialMedia #EchoChamber #BigTech #bluesky #HumansAreGreaterThanMoney #Humans>$

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Ruth Marcus, unsilenced. www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...

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That’s the answer.

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Remember all that talk about tearing down statues? 🗃️ "Trump administration plans to fire workers who preserve and maintain more than 26,000 pieces owned by the U.S. government, including paintings and sculptures by renowned artists, some dating to the 1850s." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

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This shit is so grim. These guys are grifting like they're stripping the copper wires out of a slowly collapsing building.

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An extraordinary, must-read story about what's happening inside the Social Security Administration. “Are we going to break something?” the agency's head asked in a meeting, referring to what DOGE has been doing with Social Security data. “I don’t know.” www.propublica.org/article/reco...

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This is like Joe Biden hosting a Hunter Biden art exhibition with his paintings for sale at the White House, only Hunter is actually the unelected co-president and not just a private citizen

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Your thoughts?

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Today is International Day of Women Judges. The ABA salutes the women of the judiciary in the United States and across the world who work to uphold the rule of law.

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Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...

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👇🏽

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Kill the bird. Save the world.

submitted 3 days ago • 791 comments

True facts.

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One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ? They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses. That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue. The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff

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These guys lie so easily — especially Senator Rick Scott, who presided over the biggest Medicare fraud scam in history (but never saw the inside of a prison cell)

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The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

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What a wonderful idea…👇 Let’s. Do. This. ✨

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The Contrarian salutes Sen. Elissa Slotkin for her response to Trump’s address to Congress. She is “calm in a crisis, level-headed, pragmatic, and steeped in American values—everything Trump is not. She is a symbol of hope in these dark times.” open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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"Trump Slump" -- a new stock market describer. Thoughts? www.investors.com/market-trend...

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Alrighty.

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In addition to the constant changing of mind on tariffs & empty threats, another pattern has developed from this Admin. Well-sourced stories get written about a new Trump XO, then when backlash ensues they change their mind & claim it was just “fake news.” abcnews.go.com/US/trump-pre...

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Melanne Verveer and Kristine Baekgaard explore how Meta's decision to end its fact checking program could lead to more digital violence against women and vulnerable communities and what can be done about it.

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That MF!!

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Son: Are we better off now? Dad: Well son, mom & dad have both lost their jobs. Our savings are gone, gas & grocery prices are up. We did, however, save you from drag queen story time. Son: What's that? Dad: A mythical thing they said was happening in your school, which we can't afford anymore.

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Well, that’s difficult to do with Russian balls on your chin.

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There is bravery in the federal government—just not in Congress.

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Again: It was never about efficiency or savings. It’s about letting rich people get away with tax evasion, corruption, and keeping as much of their money as possible — At regular folks’ expense. www.propublica.org/article/how-...

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“I won’t forget” ?

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When America faltered, others stood up to lead.

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What this looks like to me is a poorly trained algorithm searching through documents without context or any human-reviewed training data. If I did this at work, I would be fired tomorrow. Have a think on that.

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This is the problem @jdvance1.bsky.social Putin lies more than Trump and you. You can’t negotiate with a War Criminal like Putin - he has repeatedly broken cease fires. YOU are breaking the US agreement with Ukraine. They gave up their nukes for protection and now You’re screwing them over

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