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The red hat is the 2020s American version of the 1930s German red arm band.

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Right-wing Authoritarians are never, ever, ever the good guys in any history books.

Working class Americans have a significantly shorter lifespan than people who are wealthy. Why? Economic stress can have a major impact upon your body, your mind & how long you live. I’d love to hear from you: How has stress affected your heath? outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/E...

Trump/Musk may have silenced the CDC and NIH, but they can't stifle free speech itself. The American Medical Association is using its YouTube channel to provide updates & explainers on everything from H5N9 to why eggs cost so much. Check em out!

Climb aboard. youtu.be/tMDFv5m18Pw?...

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Australia passed tough anti-hate crime laws, including mandatory minimum sentences for terror offenses and displaying hate symbols, in a bid to tackle a recent surge in antisemitism reut.rs/40PWtZF

To America’s 2.3 million federal employees: Don’t accept a buyout. Neither Musk nor even Trump has the legal authority to make such an offer. And even if they did, would you trust them to follow through on it? Sincerely, Robert Reich Former U.S.Secretary of Labor

A US judge blocked President Donald Trump's administration from moving transgender women to men's prisons and ending their gender-affirming care reut.rs/3CG9blz

NEW: Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday withdrawing the U.S. from the UN Human Rights Council and stopping funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency, which provides services to Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, a White House official said.

For all those not able to help doom scrolling right now. You have a deep hug from me.

"We need DOGE to cut your social security and Medicare because the government isn't brining in enough money to afford them." --Elon Musk

Donald Trump is scrubbing critical health information from government websites. This is staggeringly stupid, anti-science, and will have real consequences. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-std...

This photograph was taken two days ago at the FBI Academy in Quantico and submitted to the NYT under the condition of anonymity. If a picture is usually worth a thousand words, this one is worth millions.

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

They are too ignorant to realize...

Elon Musk starts interfering with staffing at Twitter, and the site dies. Elon Musk starts interfering with staffing at the FAA, and people die. Please keep him away from things that matter.

Health plans, and the companies that administer them, have excluded key treatments and offered inadequate networks of mental health providers, according to the report. www.propublica.org/article/depa...

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Norway set to be the first to fully transition to electric vehicles search.app/1AJWJEGeTkon...

While we may face repercussions for this, the truth lies in the metadata. Memos to federal employees are being authored by individuals with ties to Project 2025. You can verify this yourself.

It’s a playbook and we are running out of time.

Updated list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans

He is right.

Executive orders can't erase the truth of who we are. Transgender and intersex people deserve the freedom to do what's right for our own bodies and lives.

Amazon, Meta, and Google donated millions to Trump's inauguration. Why? Collectively they'll gain an annual tax cut worth $7.4 billion if Trump lowers the corporate tax rate. They're also facing major antitrust lawsuits for abusing their market power. Always follow the money.

When measles vaccine rates plummeted in Samoa, health experts saw a looming crisis. But RFK Jr. saw an opportunity to study the health of unvaccinated children. “I can’t imagine anything less ethical or more cruel,” one expert said. More from @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social: