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This is the kind of country Republicans want. This is the kind of country the rest of us need to fix.

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I wrote about how America is likely to start feeling its first broad pain from the DOGE cuts and Trump firings this month as the agencies that help secure our summers—FEMA, NOAA, the National Park Service, and air traffic control—have been especially hard hit: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/prepare-fo...

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Weather forecaster explains how cuts impact his ability to warn of hurricane dangers accurately.

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This is DANGEROUS!! This won’t just impact the Coastal cities of our country. Such NOAA staff shortages are already having an enormous impact in Tornado Alley 🌪️ in the Midwest! People have died in Missouri, Kentucky and elsewhere due to lack of staff to deliver Warnings or investigate weather.

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A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

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Note that several of the Tu-95 aircraft that were hit in Operation Spiderweb, already had X-101 missiles loaded on them in preparation of yet another massive Russian attack on Ukraine.

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🕸 In the footage of Operation "SpiderWeb" from SBU, you can see the destruction of 22 aircraft, - CyberBoroshno ✈️ 7x — Tu-95 ✈️ 12x — Tu-22M3 ✈️ 2x — A-50 🛬 1x — An-12

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COVID vs. Influenza report In May 2025: 180 people died from their influenza infections 643 people died from their SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) infections (4x influenza)

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The next step is juking the stats. Pretty soon we're all celebrating another record grain harvest.

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This seems important from Jake Sherman

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At this time last year, the Heritage Foundation was screaming about the federal debt under Biden. Now the the “big beautiful bill” is threatening to explode the debt further. Their response? Silence.

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Keep this factoid in mind when you hear Hasselt talking about anything economic or anything that might effect crypto. He is not a dispassionate observer.

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The gutting of US biomedical research with loss of ~2,500 grants affecting research for cancer, Alzheimer’s, infectious disease, global health and much more www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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The final estimated increase in the uninsured is 10.9 million (a little above the prior estimate)

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If you were wondering why Trump’s war on Harvard matters, here is The Times of London detailing the costs: cancelling a planned TB vaccine, ending a clinical trial for severely allergic children, killing a new generation of air purifiers, curtailing research on ALS. www.thetimes.com/us/american-...

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👀 🚨 Trump’s big brutal bill will “kill more than 51,000 Americans annually.” @ddayen.bsky.social prospect.org/politics/202...

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I assume Pete Hegseth is renaming ships after his personal heroes, leading to the USS Jack Daniels and the USS Jim Beam.

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I hate when news organizations use phrases like, "his complicated history when it comes to minorities," instead of just saying, "his lifetime of being a belligerently bigoted bunghole."

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I can’t speak for anyone else, but this analogy of “Lady Liberty’ held captive, is exactly how I feel about this presidency & administration and what their attempting to do with our rights and freedoms… The New Yorker captured the feelings perfectly… One word, UNACCEPTABLE!

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A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content I’m here for. Kudos, Sir.🌦️

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Korea knows how to handle would be tyrants.

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The sooner this version of CNN lead by Jake Tapper and featuring Scott Jennings goes out of business the better it is for American journalism.

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RFK Jr. is absolutely poisonous. He has now caused Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, the person in charge of COVID19 vaccinations at the CDC, to resign. She did so because RFK Jr. demanded that the experts in charge of vaccine guidance listen to him and not to the scientific evidence.

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As someone who is half hillbilly by birth, it burns me up that country music has gotten so cozy with the worst people, it’s supposed to be about outlaws and trains and moonshine and killing your cheating husband not whatever this Morgan Wallen shit is

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Truth. Not parody.

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People around the world are starving now because of Musk’s cuts. They are dying of disease because of Musk’s cuts. They are being born with diseases they will carry with them for the rest of their lives because of Musk’s cuts. https://trib.al/91rI7x6

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Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years. What are we doing?

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Renaming ships is very bad luck. The name of every ship is engraved in Poseidon’s Ledger of the Deep. If he sees a ship with a different name he can get really pissed. As Long John Silver said in Treasure Island, "What a ship was christened, so let her stay.” Have fun getting anyone to serve on her

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What’s the point of LARPing if you can’t dress up in your surplus store gear and pretend to be a real cop?

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Instead of deporting illegal immigrants ( which is “too hard”) they simply waved a magic wand and declared legal immigrants “illegal”. And poof! Lots of easy to find people to make their quotas.

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OMG. Probably not long term damage. And it may not even temporarily stop traffic to Crimea. But still it’s a big poke in Putin’s eye. www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/e...

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Republicans are going to force 7.4 million Americans into hunger so billionaires can continue to write off the full cost of their private jets and yachts on their taxes. 8 of the 10 states hardest hit will be Republican states. Republicans call this "America First."

This is the kind of country Republicans want. This is the kind of country the rest of us need to fix.

Weather forecaster explains how cuts impact his ability to warn of hurricane dangers accurately.

A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

Note that several of the Tu-95 aircraft that were hit in Operation Spiderweb, already had X-101 missiles loaded on them in preparation of yet another massive Russian attack on Ukraine.

🕸 In the footage of Operation "SpiderWeb" from SBU, you can see the destruction of 22 aircraft, - CyberBoroshno ✈️ 7x — Tu-95 ✈️ 12x — Tu-22M3 ✈️ 2x — A-50 🛬 1x — An-12

COVID vs. Influenza report In May 2025: 180 people died from their influenza infections 643 people died from their SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) infections (4x influenza)

The next step is juking the stats. Pretty soon we're all celebrating another record grain harvest.

This seems important from Jake Sherman

At this time last year, the Heritage Foundation was screaming about the federal debt under Biden. Now the the “big beautiful bill” is threatening to explode the debt further. Their response? Silence.

Keep this factoid in mind when you hear Hasselt talking about anything economic or anything that might effect crypto. He is not a dispassionate observer.

The gutting of US biomedical research with loss of ~2,500 grants affecting research for cancer, Alzheimer’s, infectious disease, global health and much more www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The final estimated increase in the uninsured is 10.9 million (a little above the prior estimate)

👀 🚨 Trump’s big brutal bill will “kill more than 51,000 Americans annually.” @ddayen.bsky.social prospect.org/politics/202...

I assume Pete Hegseth is renaming ships after his personal heroes, leading to the USS Jack Daniels and the USS Jim Beam.

I hate when news organizations use phrases like, "his complicated history when it comes to minorities," instead of just saying, "his lifetime of being a belligerently bigoted bunghole."

I can’t speak for anyone else, but this analogy of “Lady Liberty’ held captive, is exactly how I feel about this presidency & administration and what their attempting to do with our rights and freedoms… The New Yorker captured the feelings perfectly… One word, UNACCEPTABLE!

A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content I’m here for. Kudos, Sir.🌦️

Korea knows how to handle would be tyrants.

The sooner this version of CNN lead by Jake Tapper and featuring Scott Jennings goes out of business the better it is for American journalism.

RFK Jr. is absolutely poisonous. He has now caused Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, the person in charge of COVID19 vaccinations at the CDC, to resign. She did so because RFK Jr. demanded that the experts in charge of vaccine guidance listen to him and not to the scientific evidence.

As someone who is half hillbilly by birth, it burns me up that country music has gotten so cozy with the worst people, it’s supposed to be about outlaws and trains and moonshine and killing your cheating husband not whatever this Morgan Wallen shit is

Truth. Not parody.

People around the world are starving now because of Musk’s cuts. They are dying of disease because of Musk’s cuts. They are being born with diseases they will carry with them for the rest of their lives because of Musk’s cuts. https://trib.al/91rI7x6

Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years. What are we doing?

What’s the point of LARPing if you can’t dress up in your surplus store gear and pretend to be a real cop?

Instead of deporting illegal immigrants ( which is “too hard”) they simply waved a magic wand and declared legal immigrants “illegal”. And poof! Lots of easy to find people to make their quotas.

OMG. Probably not long term damage. And it may not even temporarily stop traffic to Crimea. But still it’s a big poke in Putin’s eye. www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/e...

Republicans are going to force 7.4 million Americans into hunger so billionaires can continue to write off the full cost of their private jets and yachts on their taxes. 8 of the 10 states hardest hit will be Republican states. Republicans call this "America First."

How can you be “in shock” about this given the current climate.

in Ireland, Supermac’s will sell you 100 sausages in a party bucket