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submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

Actual text from an article published by Children's Health Defense today: However, what mainstream medicine rarely acknowledges is that measles is not just a disease to be feared — it also has long-documented health benefits.

submitted 3 days ago • 71 comments

Oh nothing just RFK Jr.’s organization telling people that measles does a body good. I need not drone on and on about the myriad reasons this is wrong, I assume. It’s been a long day, and I think you all already know this.

submitted 2 days ago • 37 comments

Fun fact: In 1970, astronaut Ken Mattingly was supposed to be the Command Module pilot on Apollo 13 But he had been exposed to the measles & wasn't allowed to fly; he was replaced at the last minute Measles hasn't become "less dangerous" since then, but thankfully there's a safe measles vaccine 🥳

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

The left-wing backlash against Musk and Trump has become shrill and illiberal. It’s time for another Harper’s letter.

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

I've always been low key obsessed w/ vintage octopus political cartoons like the ones found in Puck magazine and elsewhere. Quite apt for our Gilded Age v2 moment. Ex: Elon promoting his stupid commission as him w/ the axe in the first cartoon, but he's really Standard Oil in the second cartoon.

submitted 79 days ago • 3 comments

And we got finger-wagged by a New England journo "expert" for not staying in our lane and sticking to our knitting (his words) and leaving hard stuff to (paywalled) NYT and Wapo. So we were right, and we did the right thing, and we didn't need anyone's permission to make our own news decisions.

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

Trump slump

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

A story as old as time: Republicans inherit a strong economy from Democrats then totally tank it by being utterly reckless, power-hungry and greedy.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

Trump fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? I wonder what race he … come on, let me finish before you start laughing

submitted 1 day ago • 48 comments

Judge orders nationwide preliminary injunction of anti-DEI executive orders. "Plaintiffs’ irreparable harms include widespread chilling of unquestionably protected speech." www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

submitted 1 day ago • 44 comments

The American right was always at real risk of turning into a personality cult, but you'd think they could've mustered the pride and self-respect to pick a less stupid personality.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Trump called Zelensky a dictator and blamed Ukraine for starting the war, which has caused outrage across Europe and the world. Democratic leaders and Ukrainians are rallying behind Zelensky and vowing to defend and support Ukraine more than ever in response to Trump repeating Kremlin propaganda.

submitted 1 day ago • 57 comments

Yeah, these federal workers actually understand what they do for us and how devastating these cuts are for us. It'd be great if the media could explain that clearly instead of taking Elon Musk's word that he's magically produced "savings" that come with no downside.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

submitted 1 day ago • 547 comments

Please please please goad Musk into flying on one of his totally safe rockets.

submitted 1 day ago • 77 comments

TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here? JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply? JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

submitted 1 day ago • 2178 comments

Usually when states go to court alleging federal coercion in violation of the 10th Amendment there is not a literal video of the President doing it.

submitted 1 day ago • 129 comments

Admiral Lisa Franchetti is a real one. Trump and Hegseth have made a mistake.

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

Wow, another DEI hire who just has decades of experience and more medals than I can count. Good riddance! www.navy.mil/Leadership/F...

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

So they've reached down and gotten someone who has never been a service chief or a combatant commander. And who comes out of the special ops which is full of cowboys.

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

If someone wanted to destroy the United States from within, would they do anything differently than what Trump is doing right now?

submitted 1 day ago • 859 comments

By replacing a black 4-star general with a white 3-star general, we are finally bringing meritocracy back to the Department of Defense. by Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

Analysis | On the surface, it seems racist for Donald Trump to replace the Black chairman of the joint chiefs of staff with a lower-ranking white general. But what if the lower-ranking white general was a member of Blacks for Trump?

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

Important observation by @natashabertrand.bsky.social.⬇️ Now ask yourself, why would Secretary Hegseth and President Trump want to remove the most senior military lawyers?

submitted 1 day ago • 30 comments

So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

submitted 1 day ago • 1996 comments

Firing all of the JAGs (Judge Advocates General)—the top lawyers in each service branch—is just as bad as, if not worse than, firing (most of) the Joint Chiefs.

submitted 1 day ago • 157 comments

My staff has received reports that because of the Trump Administration staff cuts, the National Park Service Maggie Walker Site can open only twice a week… during #BlackHistoryMonth. Today I joined Virginia Delegation members to call for the reversals of these cuts.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

"How 'just' is our justice system if people who overtly break the law, harm and even kill police officers and work to thwart our democracy are forgiven with the wave of an executive order’s wand?" Read more about who was pardoned from the Jan. 6 riot.

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

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submitted 1 day ago • 572 comments

So let's get this straight: The U.S. and Elon are now extorting Ukraine and threatening to turn off their Starlink Internet access unless they give their critical rare earth minerals to the United States? Staggering levels of corruption.

submitted 1 day ago • 1183 comments

Promoting an 0-9 to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is insane - Trump is going to have to promote him to four star AND waive the legal requirements to even hold the position Dan Caine had a distinguished career, but he’s never been a vice chair, combatant commander or service chief

submitted 1 day ago • 142 comments

Think we're going to get into social media quote graphics business. Everybody else just does this while we're cutting woodland creatures out of stock photos. Work smarter not harder.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

Same false pretense for firing as IRS & CDC: "that their performance was “not adequate to justify further employment by the agency.” Yet many of them said that their performance reviews had said they exceeded expectations." Glad they're back ♥️ @altfda.bsky.social @alt-dea.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

🚨 Trump’s DOGE purge just made Veterans’ data a massive target. They fired key cybersecurity staff protecting VA.gov —leaving millions of Veterans’ medical & personal records exposed. This isn’t efficiency. It’s reckless and dangerous.

submitted 1 day ago • 77 comments

the sign is the toilet

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This is a shameful way to treat our fellow citizens who are public servants. This doesn’t make America great.

submitted 1 day ago • 192 comments

‼️Journalists - pick this up‼️ “United States Marine Corps veteran, VA disability rating, federal probationary employee that was 6 days away from end of probation, with an Outstanding Performance Review rating…I was illegally terminated.” old.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

submitted 1 day ago • 23 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 1 day ago • 1865 comments

No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to develop new streaming revenue. www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/0...

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

1/ "The Trump administration has blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money."

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

No matter how preposterous, the Times headlines nearly every Trump story as if it were written by the White House comms team.

submitted 1 day ago • 101 comments

Here’s what is going on. When you start firing the military’s top lawyers, that means you are getting ready to order the military to do unlawful things. Trump replaces those JAGs with men who will justify any future unlawful and unethical actions that he wants the military to do.

submitted 1 day ago • 81 comments

I fear that this is just a prelude to further purges, the installation of yes men (pun intended), and the introduction of loyalty oaths. These are the steps that destroy professionalism and make the use of violence to restore "domestic order" thinkable --- and more likely.

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