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Tennessee houseparent of a christian ranch for children, Dale Burbank, has been arrested for the rape of a child. www.newschannel5.com/news/65-year...

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Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling work to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. “We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.” https://propub.li/4370xr2

submitted 6 hours ago • 46 comments

🧵 As we enter this new meritocracy where merit is defined as being a white man with proclivities toward predation, an indifference toward fascism and a cynically convenient misinterpretation of the Bible and the Constitution, consider who will now be in charge. 1/x

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A year ago this month, Trump said he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies and "do whatever the hell they want" unless allies paid up. We thought it was so important, we ran it on the front page of the @mississippifreepress.org at a time when the New York Times and others didn't.

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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.

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If you’re watching Maddow and heartbroken about the lovely woman who was living her best life as a Fish & Wildlife biologist before the felon snatched her job away for no reason, you can buy her book for a child in your life or to donate to the library. 📚 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/discoverie...

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NEW: Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader granted clemency by President Trump, was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol and charged with allegedly assaulting a female protester. Trump previously cut short Tarrio's sentence for seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

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If you’re Gen X like me and were immunized as a child like I was, it’s possible that you only received 1 MMR (measles mumps rubella) shot. The standard now is 2 SHOTS. I got my second one yesterday. Check with your doc to see if you need one! ‼️ #GetImmunized! bb.uab.edu/reporter/cam...

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OHIO‼️‼️ The Columbus Dispatch is doing a survey about our senators. It only takes a minute. Please complete this because we need to hold them accountable any way we can. (Please DO NOT do this if you’re not an Ohioan. This is a place for our voices to be heard) 🔗 www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

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OHIO‼️‼️ The Columbus Dispatch is doing a survey about our senators. It only takes a minute. Please complete this because we need to hold them accountable any way we can. (Please DO NOT do this if you’re not an Ohioan. This is a place for our voices to be heard) 🔗 www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

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“Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, largest in over 30 years *** Most of the cases are in children between ages 5 and 17.” abcnews.go.com/Health/texas...

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As Musk villainously dances around with chainsaws, these are the real people getting hurt. (From CBS)

submitted 1 day ago • 58 comments

musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds. um... www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

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Houston police captain, Daryn Edwards, who was arrested for possessing videos of children being sexually abused & released on a 250k bond, has been arrested again for child rape charges & is being held without bond. www.khou.com/article/news...

submitted 1 day ago • 78 comments

Layoffs and contract cancellations sweeping the Social Security Administration. I've been told that following data programs have been canceled: *National Beneficiary Survey (NBS): Provides SSA, Congress w/ info about factors that can help SSI/SSDI recipients find employment

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There’s not a word in this story about the corrupt nature of this dismissal. Not a concern voiced, not a question raised, not even an acknowledgment that he’s the president’s biggest donor and he’s acting as an unelected, unconfirmed tyro wielding unchecked power over spending and the civil service.

submitted 1 day ago • 114 comments

Can't say that I missed the public interventions right-wing media has with Trump when he's on a politically suicidal path, but when they get to the I-don't-have-a-drinking-problem-YOU-have-a-drinking-problem part, I do catch myself chuckling.

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In a new message to FBI staff, Kash Patel said he will "always have your backs." But Patel's first moments sent the opposite message: All support personnel who worked in the FBI director's office were told to pack their desks and leave before Patel arrived. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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everything about that campaign was sus + gross I clocked at the time that the PAC sprung up on the laast day of the laast financial disclosure filing period before the election, meaning it could keep the identities of its donors a secret until *after election day ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

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Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

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U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was peppered with boos and catcalls throughout a town hall meeting in Roswell late Thursday, as hundreds of critics jeered the Republican for backing President Donald Trump’s agenda during his first month in office. #gapol ajc.com/politics/mcc...

submitted 1 day ago • 127 comments

When does the cult wake up and realize that we’re beyond day one and he’s still a dictator?

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Tennessee pastor, Rick Sentell, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for possessing images of prepubescent children being raped. newschannel9.com/news/local/s...

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Asked about Trump's most outrageous nominees, a Republican senator said last month, "We'll only give so much. Because this is the future of the country. It's not entertainment television." After Kash Patel's confirmation, the comments read like an epitaph. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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We can assume this was an intimidation tactic. We can also assume this is only the beginning. Now that I’m thinking about it, I’m also assuming that whatever data people have access to on the internet to monitor flights, if in any way controlled by the federal government, will soon be unavailable.

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