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🚨Measles cases in the US surge 35% in ONE WEEK—now at 222 in 12 states. We’re nearing last year’s TOTAL of 285, and it’s only March. Two deaths already, both unvaccinated. Texas is the epicenter with 198 cases. The CDC’s weekly data lags, so the numbers are likely even higher.

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That is exactly true.

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Facts

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apnews.com/article/dei-... War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge

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Let this sink in.

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The Trump trade war will severely impact Missouri. Missouri’s biggest trade partners are Canada and Mexico. These two countries account for $10.4B in Missouri exports. Missouri voters have chosen Donald Trump in the last three elections…

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5 March 1937 | French Jewish girl, Charlotte Rotsztajn, was born in Paris. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 11 September 1942 and murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

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A sliver of good news: About $250 billion of the roughly $300 billion in frozen Russian assets are not in American banks. This money could be released to Ukraine by the European Union, Canada, Britain, Australia, Japan and Singapore—and circumvent Trump’s betrayal. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/b...

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I'm still seeing comments saying, "I don't need the NWS! My weather app is better!" Folks don't understand that that cool app is just a parasite that feeds almost entirely off NWS data. The ignorance is stunning.

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Boston Globe reports antics of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Vermont/Quebec library that sits on Canada-U.S. border. She repeatedly stepped over taped boundary marker in middle of the library, referring to Canada as the "51st State" every time she stood in Canada.

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Stand with trans Americans. You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous. www.thebulwark.com/p/stand-with...

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That’s right. 🇺🇦

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A natalist conference featuring eugenicists and promoters of race science, apparently including the man behind a race-science influencer account, and the founder of a startup offering IQ screening for IVF embryos, will be held at a hotel and conference venue operated by UT Austin.

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Rep. Tom Suozzi gets huge applause and a standing ovation after calling out Trump’s ambush of President Zelenskyy at the White House. Suozzi is a Democrat who won a special election in a red district—more of this, please! Every single Dem should be holding town halls across the country RIGHT NOW.

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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

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'Stop the Ethnic Cleansing': Watch and Read the Most Powerful Oscars Speech for Years

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If you haven’t yet, it’s time to ditch the Post. Unforgivable.

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"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. It can't get a distributor in the US. Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.

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The fatality rate for bird flu in cats is staggeringly high (up to 90% depending on the study). Outdoor cats are at highest risk. Keep your cats inside. Don’t feed them raw food. Keep them away from birds (especially water birds). Wash your hands thoroughly if you’ve been in contact with livestock

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It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.

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All federal employees must respond to an email from a Nigerian prince with their bank account number or risk being terminated.

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1 March 1932 | German Jew, Hans Fred Aron, was born in Essen. In January 1942 he was deported to the ghetto in Riga and in November 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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Eric Burlison - where are you?

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

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@newsjennifer.bsky.social on the gripping and impactful DOGE reporting by local news outlets: "It would be both ironic and so very American if the rich and powerful oligarchs were finally stopped by the underfunded newsrooms and working-class reporters." jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/local-news...

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23 February 1910 | Jewish woman, Anna Frume Reichmann (nee Jakubowitz) was born in the Russian Empire (today’s Latvia). She went to Norway in 1937. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber together with her 6-month-old son Gerhard Benny.

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22 February 1919 | Dutch Jew, Frederik Piller, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork. He perished in the camp on 17 February 1943.

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This hits hard.

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Make it make sense! 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Harmeet Dhillon will lead Trump's DOJ Civil Rights Division. Michael Gates will be her lieutenant Both are super partisan election deniers from California who have made names for themselves among MAGA attacking civil rights rather than defending & expanding civil rights Both are unqualified

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It’s also logistically impossible. It’s wrong. It’s unconstitutional. And every single federal employee should send @elonmusk & Trump an email and tell them both to go fuck themselves.

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This fantastic piece by Stewart Patrick is an excellent summary of the wrecking ball that Trump is taking to the entire international order crafted by Dem & Repub presidents over 80 yrs. Who does this benefit? The Kremlin, for certain. No one else. carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

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No, Elon Musk Hasn’t ‘Discovered’ Fraud at Social Security "Any that takes place appears to be of the small change, one-person-at-a-time sort, not the larger-scale continuing issues at Medicaid and Medicare." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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If only the Senate Finance Committee had a Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight! www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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The Congressional special elections are our opportunity to fix this! The Democrats can win back 2 seats, meaning no more Speaker Johnson. If we win the 3rd seat in NY-21, we have Speaker Jeffries. I’m Gay Valimont, and my race in FL-1 has national implications. Get involved: gayforcongress.com

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Add to the list: Josh Hawley, Eric Schmitt, and Eric Burlison

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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

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Trump and Musk’s takeover of the US government is a human disaster HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website bsky.app/profile/cram... Meanwhile in Texas, health officials are scrambling to get a handle on a measles outbreak and suspect 200-300 are infected

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A year ago,Putin killed Navalny in prison.This didn't push the Russian opposition into uniting&fighting Ukraine is the one who continues fighting Putin,paying the price with lives of Ukrainians Unite around Ukraine.Support our Defense Forces. This is where the battle for the future is taking place

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Knowledge is power…

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The biggest cage match ever will be between Musk and Trump. Elon will try to implement AI in a manner that automates much of what Trump is now trying to control. Trump will have no understanding of what is going on and will have to turn to the AI oligarchs to support him in this battle.

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