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NEWS: This evening, Veolia, the world's largest private water corporation, announced a $53 million settlement with Flint residents in lawsuits related to its role in the ongoing Flint water crisis. Our story on the irreversible impacts: capitalbnews.org/flint-water-...

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In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night. 800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream. There is a movement to be harnessed here. @sanders.senate.gov (📸 Anna Bahr)

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Mowgli waiting for his second breakfast #Caturday

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58 measles cases on Tuesday is now more than 90. Measles is THE most contagious illness. A infected person can infect 18 others with one exposure. Virus can survive for hours in air. The vaccine is 99% effective, but low vaccine rates allow virus to spread. This was preventable. Read ⬇️⬇️

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February 21, 2025. Last updated 2/21/2025. U.S. Bird Flu - Wild Birds Affected with Bird Flu [https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/data-map-wild-birds.html] It's everywhere!

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The Associated Press sued the White House on Friday for barring its reporters from press briefings at the White House and Mar-a-Lago to force the outlet to use the “Gulf of America” when referring to the Gulf of Mexico. @ryanknappy.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/ap-sues-whit...

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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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Thank you to Senate Democrats for unifying in opposition to Republicans’ scheme to punish working families. Democrats played procedural hardball and spent hours on the floor debating overnight, filing close to 100 amendments and forcing votes on 23 of them.

submitted 22 hours ago • 32 comments

When we say we believe in organizing everywhere, we mean it. That's why we have one of the largest rural footprints of any national grassroots network. Join our Rural Caucus kickoff call to learn how you can take the fight against Trump, Musk, and MAGA to your own backyard. www.mobilize.us/indi...

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@raskin.house.gov: "The whole anti-corruption crusade is an absolute fraud. They started by decimating the ranks of the inspectors general. These are the people whose job is actually, day in and day out, 365 days a year, to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the departments and the agencies."

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'Fallstreak hole' weather phenomenon spotted over Virginia Beach

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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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Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

submitted 7 days ago • 274 comments

Did you know the most powerful force for climate action is LOVE—for our children, their future, and the world they’ll inherit? That's right! Research shows this message moves hearts 12x more than jobs and 2x more than extreme weather. Source: potentialenergycoalition.org/guides-and-r...

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Green light by FDA for another Covid nasal vaccine Phase 1 trial, one that is already approved in India, derived from WashU IP scitechdaily.com/fda-greenlig... This adds to the "shots on goal" of 2 other nasal vaccine programs to block infections, supported by Project NextGen

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So I guess it is clear now that DOGE isn’t just another Grace Commission. No, it is a team of outside corporate hatchet men sent to cut government services in a way that attempts to insulate the White House and Congress from paying any political price. www.bespacific.com/lawsuits-rel...

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Need to try some of these tools. www.bespacific.com/harvard-anno...

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Guess what - our Science Moms climate ad made this top ten best (upcoming) Super Bowl ads list! The only nonprofit ad on the list! Warning: do not watch without a tissue www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/a...

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Trump’s executive order for a review of gun safety regulations and legal actions should be considered side by side with the gun violence archive www.courthousenews.com/white-house-... www.gunviolencearchive.org

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Only 82% of kindergartners in this county have been vaccinated against measles, and now they have 9 confirmed cases and 3 probable. The anti-vaccination efforts of the Trump administration will exacerbate the spread of vaccine-preventable disease. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

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I hope this lawsuit isn’t closing the barn door after the horse is stolen www.courthousenews.com/states-sue-t...

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Wow. And I thought I did a lot on my kids’ PTA to help our community. Amazing!

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"The amount of pressure that has been brought to bear on my Republican Senate friends who...thought about voting against the Bobby Kennedys or Tulsi Gabbards...has been unprecedented...people would be repulsed at the kind of threats that are being made” bluevirginia.us/2025/02/vide...

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People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency. (Photos shared with me)

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I’d forgotten that the architects of the tariff policy were Ferris Buehler’s classmates. Explains a lot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiC...

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