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Guardian [Mar 3] -- As Texas experiences the worse pediatric measles outbreak in decades, which has already claimed the life of one child, the Governor's office has sprung into action, announcing a new plan... to rename NY Strip Steak to TX Strip Steak. These are the ppl "protecting" trans kids.

Putin can’t believe his luck. Here is Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov on Trump: “The new administration is fast changing all foreign policy configurations…This coincides with our vision in many ways.” Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.

"German measles" to be renamed "Texas measles."

After J.D. Vance’s bizarre speech, a word synonymous with appeasement may now signal the voluntary surrender of global hegemony. foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/19/e...

liz Cheney: Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine...

I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.

Michigan cats may have caught H5N1 from dairy workers; Ohio counties declare avian flu emergency The farm workers from different households experienced symptoms, but declined testing, before their cats became seriously ill. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

Trump Bars Transgender Women From U.S. Prisons for Female Inmates www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...

Hiring freeze ordered at US Dept of Veterans Affairs, which operates dozens of hospitals, 100s of clinics and veterans benefits programs nationwide