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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

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A growing group of content creators are trying to counteract misleading and false wellness claims online from influencers hawking supplements and unproven remedies.

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSil...

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There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

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Thank you Governor Mills. Everyone else needs to stand the f up. Imagine if everyone in that room had stood up with and for her?

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I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

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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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Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls 5 Calls is a phone app to take the friction out of calling your elected officials. Politicians respond to voter enthusiasm around issues, and after years of not calling... I'M CALLING.

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“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker

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There are leaders emerging who speak truth to power and who have the courage to lead us through this chaos. Proud that our governor is among them.

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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

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He’s not making up: news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/... Is this really what y’all voted for? 🫤 💰

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These matter. Please —this is resistance we all can participate in.

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Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance

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When you hire 18 year olds with no experience to run the government. . .

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Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

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This is their goal: create a problem that doesn’t exist so you can privatize everything.

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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

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Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here

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If you thought the Afghanistan withdrawal was bad (as I do), the #USAID withdrawal is magnitudes worse. Thanks to @anneapplebaum.bsky.social for succinctly explaining the rapidly developing global consequences, including starvation of children on the brink.

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This is what our Transportation Secretary was doing yesterday as planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. I cannot remember a more dangerous time to fly and yet this reality TV actor-turned-Cabinet Secretary is busy watching cars drive laps at the Daytona 500.

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Do what you can humans And please, spread the word and share …

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The regime that has set itself up in America is a threat to all of humanity. And that, I believe, is their goal. Eliminate everyone except the oligarchs and a few lackeys.

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AND ALSO THERE'S A COUP

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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

A growing group of content creators are trying to counteract misleading and false wellness claims online from influencers hawking supplements and unproven remedies.

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSil...

There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

Thank you Governor Mills. Everyone else needs to stand the f up. Imagine if everyone in that room had stood up with and for her?

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

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

Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls 5 Calls is a phone app to take the friction out of calling your elected officials. Politicians respond to voter enthusiasm around issues, and after years of not calling... I'M CALLING.

“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker

There are leaders emerging who speak truth to power and who have the courage to lead us through this chaos. Proud that our governor is among them.

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

He’s not making up: news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/... Is this really what y’all voted for? 🫤 💰

These matter. Please —this is resistance we all can participate in.

Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance

When you hire 18 year olds with no experience to run the government. . .

Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

This is their goal: create a problem that doesn’t exist so you can privatize everything.

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here

If you thought the Afghanistan withdrawal was bad (as I do), the #USAID withdrawal is magnitudes worse. Thanks to @anneapplebaum.bsky.social for succinctly explaining the rapidly developing global consequences, including starvation of children on the brink.

This is what our Transportation Secretary was doing yesterday as planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. I cannot remember a more dangerous time to fly and yet this reality TV actor-turned-Cabinet Secretary is busy watching cars drive laps at the Daytona 500.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Do what you can humans And please, spread the word and share …

The regime that has set itself up in America is a threat to all of humanity. And that, I believe, is their goal. Eliminate everyone except the oligarchs and a few lackeys.

AND ALSO THERE'S A COUP

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.

This is probably the most accurate take.

This.