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A child in the U.S. has died from measles. In another administration, the death and growing outbreak would likely have been met with urgent calls from the president and Health and Human Services secretary for parents to vaccinate their children. But this is public health in the Kennedy era.

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Stay strong Zelensky!

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Today, a reporter from the Russian state news agency TASS gained unauthorized access to the Oval Office. How does one gain unauthorized access to the Oval Office? Meanwhile, AP and Reuters were blocked.

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This is where we are.

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A russian drone struck an apartment building in Zaporizhzhia.

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Cowards, every single one of them

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The FDA's abrupt decision to cancel next month’s vaccine advisory committee meeting — where experts recommend the strains for next season’s flu shot — is raising concerns about whether the U.S. will have enough of the vaccine for the next flu season.

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Yay!! A federal judge in California sided with a coalition of unions, temporarily barring the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to terminate probationary workers, stating that the firings were ‘illegal, should be stopped, and rescinded.’

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HHS Secretary Kennedy has been scarce at headquarters, has not visited a number of HHS agencies and has not sent all-staff emails to the department's workforce, according to one department official. Notably, this person says, Kennedy has not done anything to address the measles outbreak.

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When you take a step back, it’s genuinely stunning how far any of this is from anything Trump campaigned on. It aligns perfectly w Project 2025 of course, but in terms of Trump’s public rhetoric, this was totally absent.

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No matter what metric you’re looking at, US inflation is moving in the wrong direction again

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GOP reps love your vote, but not your voice. They’re dodging town halls faster than Trump dodged the draft. Demand answers! adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/run-for-of...

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russian drones over Kharkiv and Kharkiv region, striking out infrastructure right now ‼️

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If your representative is dodging in-person town halls, call them out! Tag them and demand they face their constituents.

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NEW: Judge orders Trump administration to rescind memo calling on agencies to fire probationary staff.

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The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.

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BREAKING: President Trump says that a 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico will go into effect next week.

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LIVE: Trump’s efforts to drastically cut down the federal bureaucracy affects agencies, employees, and consumers, too. 🎧 Join our Live Q&A right now on Trump’s efforts to slash the government bloom.bg/4keZ9c5

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The Supreme Court blocked a judge’s order to quickly unfreeze payments for foreign aid work.

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President Donald Trump said 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are on track to go into place next week, and said he would impose an additional 10% tax on Chinese imports

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CALL TO ACTION: Call your representatives at (202) 224-3121 and ask what criteria they plan to use when “vetting” their constituents.

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Transgender service members will be removed from the military unless they are granted a waiver, according to a memo the Pentagon. The rule goes further than the trans military ban President Trump enacted during his first term.

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NEW: Chief Justice Roberts has temporarily halted Judge Ali’s order forcing the Trump administration to resume the foreign aid funding that it illegally halted. This means the aid money will NOT resume tonight, as Ali had directed, and the unlawful freeze can continue.

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For Kaye Peterson, the expansion of telehealth coverage during the pandemic was a godsend. Now she's reckoning with how she'd manage without it if Congress doesn't renew it before the coverage ends on March 31.

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The Trump administration has canceled an upcoming meeting of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee, a move that could complicate efforts to produce flu shots in time for the upcoming season.

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Yikes. Putin praised the Trump administration for its efforts to mend ties with the Kremlin.

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russian troops have once again struck Kostyantynivka: one person was killed, four were injured, according to local authorities.

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If you haven’t seen this yet, please do. Because this morning something awesome happened that I’m going to say more about soon…. Hint: Georgia…. Town hall. It’s happening…. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...

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A small government team at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, responsible for regulating autonomous cars—which Elon Musk claims are the future of Tesla—is being cut nearly in half by Musk. Conflict of interest?

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A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

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A russian guided aerial bomb killed least one, damaged six houses, and destroyed two more in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region this morning.

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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) was established by Benjamin Franklin in 1775 when the Second Continental Congress appointed him as the first Postmaster General.

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The Pentagon will fire 5,400 civilian workers next week.

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We refuse to let the oligarchs win and control us, and I feel a sea change (link to full video in reply)

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This is Toretsk. Once a vibrant town in Ukraine, now ruins. russia did this.

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MAGA said Trump will end the wars. Resources will stay in America. In just 2 weeks, Trump has threatened to annex Canada and Greenland; invade Mexico; take back the Panama Canal; and OWN Gaza- with military force if necessary. I wonder…who is going to pay for all of this? Whose kids will serve?

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As China continues to give money and projects to countries to gain influence, we are shutting down our agencies that do that. China is eating our lunch and Trump is the reason. Sorry folks, if you don’t see it you don’t understand how the world works. Period

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada would respond to President Trump's decision to enact a 25% tariff on Canadian exports to the U.S. by implementing a 25% tariff against $155 billion in U.S. goods. nbcnews.to/40JsxhO

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Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you. Do something

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Well, it only took countless lives and undeniable evidence, but the UN has finally noticed the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by russian soldiers. They are ✨️alarmed✨️

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