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This is rich.

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A poll of swing-district voters is already showing heaps of warning signs for Republicans bent on helping billionaires. That was fast.

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“public health experts say there are some adults who should consider getting revaccinated. That includes older adults who were born after 1957 and were vaccinated before 1968.” “If you were vaccinated between 1968 and 1989, you likely received just one dose of the measles vaccine”

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Note this #Oregon district is the state’s poorest & oldest, with the highest proportion of people on #Medicaid & #Medicare. Also home to the most Native American nations in the state & most federal land. @theoregonian.bsky.social

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BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.

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Bless his heart.

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Column by Michelle Singletary: People have questions about Social Security, tax returns, and investments and want to know whether government cuts will affect their money.

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Apple is to remove its highest level of data security from customers in the UK, after the government demanded access to material held and shared by users

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Kevin Gordon points out that relative to the broader market, the S&P 1500 Homebuilding industry has wiped out all gains since March 2023 #EconSky

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#econsky 📊 Where Are White-Collar Jobs Now? 💼 Prof. & business services: 248K jobs lost in 17 months—worst since '08. 📊Hiring at 4.3%, below 2020. 💥Even tech jobs are slipping. ⚠️Recession ahead? 🔍Your take? #Economy #Jobs #Tech

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Damn

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504 plans are how kids can carry EpiPens or make sure their classroom is peanut free. It’s how kids with diabetes can use insulin. It’s how kids with mobility issues can have more passing time or use an elevator. An attack on 504 is an attack on everyone. Listen to @lollardfish.bsky.social.

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SCOOP: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguably the nation's most powerful scientific organization, is bending to political pressure and removing terms like "health equity" from pending reports. Members are not happy. Story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...

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I’m not sure the world has seen a genuine supervillain until 2025. Of course there’ve been countless monsters: hitler, Stalin, pol pot. But a real life figure who fits the Gotham/Metropolis model. Plutocrat bigwig who is actually deeply evil & wants to run the world for cartoonishly stupid reasons.

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I’m going to put flyers saying, “This car supports fascism” on every Tesla I see.

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Have we not figured out yet that “completely illegal” carries no weight with Trump & his gang?

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Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.

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Here's @bluestein.bsky.social's uncensored thread of the town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA), in which an unhappy audience pushes back against DOGE cuts: threadreaderapp.com/thread/18927...

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Anec-data: Full flight today. Also uneventful.

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Shouldn’t have scanned headlines on a travel day.

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WaPo/Ipsos poll: 57 percent of respondents say Trump has exceeded his authority since taking office. More than 8 in 10 say he should follow court rulings. That includes more than 9 in 10 Democrats along with roughly 8 in 10 Republicans and independents.

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I … cannot deal with this one tonight, but y’all should see it. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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#DEI programs benefit a range of students, including white students. 46% of first-generation college attendees are white. There are also many whites who benefit from programs to help students with disabilities, veterans and women. Scholars explain misconceptions about the programs:

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CALIFORNIA — ex NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested for civil disobedience protesting at the city council in Huntington Beach, where the council planned a “MAGA” display on a plaque at the library. Context: www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

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Incredible. After years of accusations about “pharma shills” from antivaxxers, MAHA types, etc., someone actually took a massive cash bribe from Pfizer, and it was Donald Trump, not your community pediatrician.

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I’m wearing out “unbelievable.”

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Art & alcohol in Oregon.

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TLDR: everything’s gonna burn

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The top criminal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington quit today, citing pressure by the Trump administration to open what she viewed as an improper criminal probe of a federal contract. ca.news.yahoo.com/senior-u-pro...

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The Department of Defense, which commands an $850 billion budget, failed its seventh audit in a row in November. In fact, it’s the only major federal agency that has never passed one.

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The Federal Reserve is not as independent from the executive branch as we’d like to think. The NY Fed just cancelled this Thursday’s @aeacswep.bsky.social reception at #EEA2025 and withdrew from our summer fellowship program. Both support women and underrepresented groups in economics. #EconSky

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Just send a bot to your next ‘important’ meeting! 😀 Link to paper: www.arxiv.org/abs/2502.04376 #EconSky #Meetings #GenAI #Research

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Far more likely that Musk is making it up as he goes along.

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Good news

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Trump Voters Splinter Over His Rapid Shake-Up of Washington - The Wall Street Journal A WSJ survey had Trump with a 51% disapproval rating, with 47% of Americans saying they approve of the job he is doing as president.

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I don’t think RFK Jr. means overuse of antibiotics.

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this is troubling — clinical research and patient care are being withheld for no apparent reason

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Alaskans lost millions after a state-backed deal with a seafood company went south. Our investigation reveals that state leaders and the management firm they hired ignored or overlooked warning signs leading up to the deal. With @adn.com and Northern Journal

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