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The FDA vaccine committee meeting that was supposed to discuss how to update next season's flu vaccine was abruptly cancelled today. It’s a key step to allow influenza vaccine manufacturers sufficient time to prepare updated shots for the next season. No explanation was provided.

submitted 2 days ago • 132 comments

This is extremely, extremely bad. Our legal system cannot function if the govt retaliates — and if courts allow it to retaliate — against lawyers who take matters the govt disfavors.

submitted 3 days ago • 69 comments

Look I expect cruelty from this administration—but who exactly is the intended audience for this? People who skinned cats as children?

submitted 10 days ago • 65 comments

State Department buries massive payout to Tesla after public outcry www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

It’s important to remember that the broligarchy believes in the entire privatization of government services (which, of course, they will provide), overseen by a “CEO,” i.e., dictator. So the idea is you won’t pay taxes, you will pay them. Eventually. That’s where they are headed

submitted 25 days ago • 59 comments

A 25-year-old engineer, who previously worked for two Elon Musk companies, has direct access to Treasury Department systems responsible for nearly all payments made by the US government, three sources tell WIRED. “You could do anything with these privileges.” www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 25 days ago • 18 comments

NEW CBS reports that Trump almost FLOODED the Central Valley of California by instructing the Army Corps of Engineers to release billions of gallons of water from two reservoirs in California's Central Valley. 1/

submitted 25 days ago • 600 comments

NOTE: We are awaiting a ruling from the federal judge in Washington, in @democracyforward.bsky.social's lawsuit challenging Trump's funding freeze. We expect the court will issue its decision before 5pm today. Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking news. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 25 days ago • 97 comments

Elon Musk claims to have "deleted" the office in the IRS which has enabled people to file their tax returns electronically, simply, and for free.

submitted 26 days ago • 543 comments

X/Twitter has banned multiple accounts after posts went viral naming people who work with Elon Musk

submitted 26 days ago • 101 comments

Never seen anything like it. Members of Congress trying to access a government agency, USAID, and being denied entry. It has been ILLEGALLY shut down at night by an unelected billionaire with no Congressional authority nor security clearance. CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. (📸 Aaron Fritschner)

submitted 26 days ago • 33 comments

How odd that when Trump announced his “deal” with Mexico he failed to mention that the US committed to halting the flow of assault weapons from the US to Mexico. Why did he leave that out?

submitted 26 days ago • 641 comments

I am not a marching guy. Having said that it’s time to peacefully and loudly fill the streets. Let them know we do not accept this. Any of it.

submitted 26 days ago • 375 comments

Quite the 24 hours we have had. OMB has rescinded their memo pausing all federal grants.

submitted 31 days ago • 4 comments

Bloomberg is reporting that Trump/The White House lied and did not share in their press release last night that they’d conceded to Colombia’s request that migrants be returned on that country’s planes instead of by U.S. military flights.

submitted 32 days ago • 23 comments

As well as misspelling the name of Colombia, Donald Trump is going to push our allies into the loving embrace of China. But don’t say we didn’t tell ya. We did

submitted 33 days ago • 679 comments

The inverted flag isn’t disrespect — it’s a distress signal from naval traditions, used to show grave danger to life or property. With a lawless man set to take power after attempting to overthrow the government, America is in extreme danger. That’s why I’m posting it today.

submitted 40 days ago • 822 comments

NEW: Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol Yes, thank you!! @mcuban.bsky.social techcrunch.com/2025/01/16/m...

submitted 43 days ago • 265 comments

Elon Musk secretly negotiated a prisoner swap directly with Iran and Italy that prevented a terrorism suspect indicted by DOJ, who allegedly participated in a drone attack on American servicemen, from being extradited to the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/w...

submitted 44 days ago • 182 comments