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The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases, mostly in children and teens, making it the state’s worst in nearly 30 years. State health officials said Friday in a news release that those who are infected are either unvaccinated or their vaccination status is unknown.

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Calling it a day.👇

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ATTN HHS EMPLOYEES: Firing notices are going out. I am in receipt of an email saying they will revoke your access as soon as you read the email that you've been fired. Please download everything you need before you open that email. SHARE FAR & WIDE. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/attn-hhs-e...

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I saw a video of known alcoholic Pete Hegseth drinking multiple scotches in the middle of a televised presser and started laughing so hard I began coughing as I believe we're less than 2 weeks removed from him promising never to drink a single time as Secretary of Defense and nothing matters anymore

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If it’s the end of the world I’m dropping Ecstasy and seducing my daughter’s biology teacher.

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⚡️'No point trying to negotiate' with Putin, Yulia Navalnaya says. "Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.

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This is our Canada, our flag is a symbol of unity and peace. #OCanada #FlagDay #Canada #CanadaIsUnited #MapleLeaf 🍁Vive 🍁 le 🍁 Canada 🍁🇨🇦🍁

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Never forget what russia has done to Mariupol. There can be no lasting peace in Europe without justice for this. It's either peace through strength and accountability, or more wars through appeasement and concessions. No third way.

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President Zelenskyy: “At the Munich Security Conference, I emphasized that European policy must not just be promising — it must make America want to stand with a strong Europe. Europe must decide its own future with confidence in its strength so that others have no choice but to respect its power.”

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1/ The "Saturday Night Massacre" was when Nixon ordered AG Elliot Richardson to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox for investigating the Watergate break-in. Richardson refused & resigned. Nixon then ordered Deputy AG William Ruckelshaus to fire Cox. He refused & also resigned. Gift link.

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In a reckless move that could put countless Americans at risk, CDC cuts are expected to devastate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health EIS officers tasked with investigating disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad.

submitted 13 days ago • 309 comments

The poorest man in Alabama is the Tooth Fairy.

submitted 13 days ago • 156 comments

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

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TRUMP GUTS CANCER RESEARCH: “We’re working on cures for cancer, we’re working on cures for diabetes, we’re working on cures for Alzheimer's, ALS, all of these things... those people that you see leaving... they’re taking away with them years of experience on these things.”

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This is not a normal person 👇

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

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So you're a federal employee who voted for #Felon47 but you've been told your services are no longer needed: The unions are doing whatever they can to save your job. I believe they will prevail. Let what's happening to you be a lesson from the school of "we fukn told you." ☕️

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In 2023, three states passed laws to prevent utilities from charging customers for lobbying, advertising, and other political influence activities. Customers have already saved hundreds of thousands of dollars. www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

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Finland gave every homeless person a house and within 6 months 85% had a job and were financially independent. Less crime, less hospital visits, less suffering and even including the cost of the house, LESS COST than the UK/USA method of abandoning them on the streets.

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The biggest problem with most of you is you think Kendrick Lamar is your revolutionary friend. Luigi Mangione is your revolutionary friend.

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You know, if they'd just STOP doing Nazi shit all the time, we'd stop calling those fuckers Nazis. It's not that complicated.

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Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

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trump has plenty of course words about a Catholic Bishop who asks him nicely to "have mercy," but Putin hits a Chernobyl nuclear power plant with a drone, and he says checks notes NOT A FUCKING THING. What a weak, punk ass bitch.

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If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

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The U.S. Forest Service is firing roughly 3,400 federal employees across every level of the agency beginning today, according to two people familiar with the plans.

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Our team reviewed the entire DOGE website. Nothing they have identified constitutes evidence of fraud or corruption—both of which are crimes. Feel free to audit us. The funds were allotted by Congress, and OIGs regularly reviewed expenditures for fraud.

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Holy. Fuck.

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French President Emmanuel Macron has invited European leaders to an emergency summit in Paris on Monday. The meeting aims to address challenges arising from recent discussions between Trump and Putin, and reflects the need for Europe to respond collectively to these developments.

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Call to Action: Nationwide General Strike incoming. At least 11 million people are needed to pledge, that's nearly 3.5% of the US population. When the number hits 11 million it's time to strike. Spread widely. Pledge today: generalstrikeus.com #3E #GSUS #USprotests

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Like we’re in Bible study, And without calling me gay or a crybaby. And without bringing up a different topic. And without lying And without saying “what about”

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Monday thought:

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SURPRISE!!!! Trump quietly fired head of office that protects whistleblowers: new lawsuit www.alternet.org/trump-whistl...

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Has anyone seen Margaret Attwood or has she gone in to hiding? Just asking for a friend

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The worst part of being a MAGAt.

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She is the Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic Margaret Eleanor Atwood, author of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale", supporting Ukraine at a rally in Toronto (2022).

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Congrats to Meidas Touch for beating Fox in audience ratings. Talk about a light in the darkness!

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The world’s richest man — who was not born in America — has seized complete & total control of the presidency — and all your money: credit, stocks, bonds, cash — all of it. And he doesn’t pay for eggs nor gas. Thanks, maga.

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BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump says the Gaza Strip will become the "Riviera of the Middle East" after saying the U.S. would "take over" the Strip. "We have an opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal." How the fuck did anyone vote for this?

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Everything about the young guys at DOGE is reminding me of the time that I, as a middle school/high schooler, was tasked with cleaning up the family computer, deleted a bunch of nonsense looking files, and then the family computer stopped working.

submitted 23 days ago • 127 comments

This website has all the information and details a single employee needs to independently strike OR unionize on the job. aflcio.org/formaunion

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We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

submitted 23 days ago • 4327 comments

Donald Trump is now talking about the United States “OWNING” Gaza. Owning it. What the actual fuck.

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Seems like a good time to point out that you can download from the library of congress, and it would be worthwhile to download probably as much as you can while you can

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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

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It's totally fucking NUTS that we went 16 years without airline fatalities, and less than 2 weeks into trump's presidency we have planes crashing and falling out of the sky. All while they're forcing top FAA and FBI folks to resign. Nothing to see here, right? 🙄

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Two words: Merrick Garland. I hate to say it, but it’s true.

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