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Any librarian taking these books off the shelves isn’t worthy of the title.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Wow. As one German said, "Americans de-Nazified Germany at the end of WWII and now you are re-Nazifying Germany," in response to JD Vance's meeting with the head of the AFD rather than the sitting German Chancellor. ~David Brooks on @pbsnews.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuox...

submitted 6 days ago • 27 comments

BREAKING: The Senate has confirmed RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary in a 51-48 vote. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote no. God help us all.

submitted 9 days ago • 382 comments

Call your R reps. If you have a regional accent, make the most of it. Tell them you didn't vote for CANCER and ask them what the hell they're gonna do to stop Musk and Trump. reps.fyi

submitted 14 days ago • 68 comments

@hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...

submitted 14 days ago • 31 comments

REPORTER: You are talking tonight about the US taking over a sovereign territory. What authority would allow you to do that? Are you talking about a permanent occupation? TRUMP: I do see a long term ownership position

submitted 17 days ago • 1173 comments

Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

submitted 18 days ago • 926 comments

Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.

submitted 19 days ago • 606 comments

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “L.G.B.T.” or “pregnant people.”

submitted 20 days ago • 172 comments

CDC scrubbed their website. No results for Trans, bisexuality, gay, black disparities in healthcare- all gone

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

This photo hits hard.

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submitted 23 days ago • 48 comments

WIC. They are pausing WIC. That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.

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submitted 25 days ago • 110 comments

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

submitted 25 days ago • 1664 comments

NEW: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case this term that could mark the beginning of the first nationwide rollback on contraception rights in the Trump era, argues @susanrinkunas.com.

submitted 26 days ago • 58 comments

Colombia President Gustavo Petro says he will impose a reciprocal 50% tariffs on US goods: “I resisted torture, and I resist you”

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