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submitted 21 hours ago • 43 comments

Secretary Turner wants to cancel HUD programs that serve seniors and people with disabilities. Harming seniors and vulnerable Americans does not make our government more efficient. Senator Warren, Senator Smith, and I are holding this Administration accountable.

submitted 22 hours ago • 159 comments

Chicago Pride Pharmacy is a critical access point for patients with HIV in Lombard, but they're getting hit hard by pharmacy benefit managers. Unfairly high prices from PBMs have put a strain on them and their customers. It's past time we reform their unfair practices.

submitted 1 day ago • 84 comments

I've seen an old misunderstanding going around; that libraries don't benefit authors. But they do! A lot! Here's how:

submitted 14 hours ago • 32 comments

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 14 hours ago • 994 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

submitted 22 hours ago • 372 comments

MORE NEWS: A federal judge has granted an even more extensive block of DOGE's access to Treasury systems, saying there is a "realistic danger" that the "rushed" process to access sensitive payment systems has compromised data. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 16 hours ago • 38 comments

Starting to think the right’s mEmE KiNg WhO LeGaLiZeD CoMedY is actually just a whiny little bitch with a fragile ego.

submitted 16 hours ago • 647 comments

A stunning photo of the famous heart-shaped rock formation at the Drops of Sedona, Arizona, USA Courtesy of: The American Natural

submitted 19 hours ago • 15 comments

"This is something that does not belong to the president or the White House. It belongs to the American people.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 21 hours ago • 551 comments

As bad economic news piles up, Republicans are laser-focused on tax cuts for their billionaire buddies. Zero focus on inflation, housing costs. qz.com/dow-plunges-...

submitted 15 hours ago • 21 comments

A number of federal agencies, from HHS to the USDA, have laid off employees only to rescind those terminations days later. An expert says it "suggests something about mismanagement of government."

submitted 20 hours ago • 352 comments

A JetBlue pilot was arrested at Boston Logan Int’l Airport for second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. He's not a drag queen—he’s a 33-year-old white male named Jeremy Gudorf. Where are the MAGA crowds to condemn DEI? I can't seem to hear them over their deafening silence of hypocrisy.🤔

submitted 14 hours ago • 12 comments

BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

submitted 16 hours ago • 151 comments

Remember when America had friends? Like a month ago?

submitted 1 day ago • 1200 comments

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 23 hours ago • 334 comments

Don't hold back now.

submitted 18 hours ago • 253 comments

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1681 comments

It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

submitted 2 days ago • 1210 comments

"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

submitted 1 day ago • 1530 comments

According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.

submitted 1 day ago • 290 comments

listen to this. Elon can barely form a sentence right now.

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"Key congressional Republicans have powers they’re choosing not to use... "Senator Susan Collins, for example, believes the White House and DOGE may be breaking the law. She doesn’t, however, seem eager to use her considerable influence..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 1 day ago • 972 comments

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

submitted 21 hours ago • 2144 comments

Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

submitted 21 hours ago • 2119 comments

Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

submitted 1 day ago • 827 comments

Abortion bans kill women.

submitted 15 hours ago • 8 comments

Congressional Republicans are trying to cut $1.5 trillion from programs we all rely on so they can give $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the rich. This morning I was proud to stand with Congressman Mark Pocan and many of my Dem. colleagues at the Capitol to push back against this reckless approach.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Ive said it before but Ill say it again Gardening is a lot of fun and growing things is nice but also you learn a valuable lesson which is: I would absolutely starve to death if I needed to grow all of my own food

submitted 22 hours ago • 155 comments

If you’re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you haven’t been following my account for very long. They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net

submitted 1 day ago • 1570 comments

And who they didn't like

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NEW: Minnesota was just ranked a top state both to retire and to raise a family. By investing in the things that matter – economic opportunity, health and safety, and strong communities – we’re building the best state for all Minnesotans from childhood through retirement.

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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

submitted 1 day ago • 1241 comments

A lot of folks have asked me what they can do to fight back. One way is to support candidates in special elections like this one in New York.

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well done, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social

submitted 2 days ago • 669 comments

I'm a huge fan of Dolly Parton. We're the same age and same height, but she can sing better. We also share the same values, including that every child should have the chance to dream big and succeed. Indiana Republicans should reverse these cuts. www.huffpost.com/entry/indian...

submitted 1 day ago • 178 comments

My best investment advice

submitted 2 days ago • 664 comments

Looks like this specifically applies to Border Patrol, but concerning nevertheless. "[...] all polygraphs the Department of Homeland Security administers must include a question about unauthorized communications with media and nonprofit organizations" news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

Sorry. I just couldn’t let you get off that easy. apple.news/AqjfAq0eXQu6...

submitted 1 day ago • 225 comments

And here it is, my Joker moment. I am insane now.

submitted 2 days ago • 255 comments

When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.

submitted 2 days ago • 1018 comments

Republicans want to throw Medicaid, nutrition assistance, and veterans’ benefits into the wood chipper—they are calling for $1 trillion in cuts just this year alone! All so billionaires get MORE tax cuts. No way. I'm speaking out, and I'm voting NO!

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

NPR host Adrian Ma's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River. He spoke to NPR about that night and about his late girlfriend.

submitted 1 day ago • 186 comments

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: While the Trump Justice Department is telling a federal court that Elon Musk has nothing to do with DOGE, Republican members of Congress are telling their constituents that DOGE is “led by Elon Musk.” See below 👇

submitted 1 day ago • 121 comments

RFK Jr is working to undermine all government support for vaccines. He wants power and America’s children (and immunocompromised) will pay the price.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

submitted 1 day ago • 529 comments