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NEW: The U.S. measles outbreak has reached 800 confirmed cases across 24 states, the CDC said Friday—88 more than last week. That’s nearly triple the 285 cases reported in all of 2024.
In February, HHS Secretary RFK Jr.—a notorious anti-vaxxer—dismissed the outbreak as “not unusual.”
In February, HHS Secretary RFK Jr.—a notorious anti-vaxxer—dismissed the outbreak as “not unusual.”
April 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
NEW: The U.S. measles outbreak has reached 800 confirmed cases across 24 states, the CDC said Friday—88 more than last week. That’s nearly triple the 285 cases reported in all of 2024.
In February, HHS Secretary RFK Jr.—a notorious anti-vaxxer—dismissed the outbreak as “not unusual.”
In February, HHS Secretary RFK Jr.—a notorious anti-vaxxer—dismissed the outbreak as “not unusual.”
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One of the most remarkable and mysterious migrations in the natural world is happening right now. Anderson Cooper reports on monarch butterflies. 60 Minutes, Sunday. 60Minutes.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
One of the most remarkable and mysterious migrations in the natural world is happening right now. Anderson Cooper reports on monarch butterflies. 60 Minutes, Sunday. 60Minutes.com
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Happy 250th Anniversary of Lexington and Concord from the Supreme Court of the United States
April 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Happy 250th Anniversary of Lexington and Concord from the Supreme Court of the United States
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Odd, how the United States doesn't have enough money to give sick veterans healthcare, impoverished seniors Social Security, or hungry schoolkids lunches, but it does have enough money to pay a Central American dictator millions to torture American residents in his brutal concentration camp.
April 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Odd, how the United States doesn't have enough money to give sick veterans healthcare, impoverished seniors Social Security, or hungry schoolkids lunches, but it does have enough money to pay a Central American dictator millions to torture American residents in his brutal concentration camp.
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Assuming this post today is aimed at us. The Trump admin changed the rules to make it easier to replace career federal employees with political loyalists. If you’re not alarmed by Trump’s post, you should be. This isn’t about policy it’s about control. It’s “do as I say, or you’re replaced.”
April 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Assuming this post today is aimed at us. The Trump admin changed the rules to make it easier to replace career federal employees with political loyalists. If you’re not alarmed by Trump’s post, you should be. This isn’t about policy it’s about control. It’s “do as I say, or you’re replaced.”
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Judge Wilkinson's opinion for a 3-0 panel in the Abrego Garcia case is written for the parties, but also for the public & perhaps a nod at SCOTUS. I go through it in this piece, which I think provides a much-needed boost for all of us. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-fourth-c...
A Fourth Circuit Judge Warns Against Reducing The Rule Of Law To Lawlessness
Thursday afternoon, the Fourth Circuit issued a decision, its second, in the Abrego Garcia case.
joycevance.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Judge Wilkinson's opinion for a 3-0 panel in the Abrego Garcia case is written for the parties, but also for the public & perhaps a nod at SCOTUS. I go through it in this piece, which I think provides a much-needed boost for all of us. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-fourth-c...
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Skipped the paperwork. Ignored the court order. Broke the law. Ignored the constitution.
This ain’t immigration policy. This is straight-up defiance of the rule of law.
This ain’t immigration policy. This is straight-up defiance of the rule of law.
thehill.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Skipped the paperwork. Ignored the court order. Broke the law. Ignored the constitution.
This ain’t immigration policy. This is straight-up defiance of the rule of law.
This ain’t immigration policy. This is straight-up defiance of the rule of law.
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I think what’s most striking about the last few months is how rarely anyone in the GOP applies this simple test. A lot of checks and balances rely on this kind of worrying about precedent but it’s now totally absent, as if they don’t think they’ll ever be out of power again.
Listen to this National Review writer. (Although I would prefer it if people supported the First Amendment on principle, not just out of self-interest.)
April 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I think what’s most striking about the last few months is how rarely anyone in the GOP applies this simple test. A lot of checks and balances rely on this kind of worrying about precedent but it’s now totally absent, as if they don’t think they’ll ever be out of power again.
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A BEAUTIFUL NEW IMAGE OF PLANETARY NEBULA NGC 1514 FROM JWST!!! 🤩🌌
April 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A BEAUTIFUL NEW IMAGE OF PLANETARY NEBULA NGC 1514 FROM JWST!!! 🤩🌌
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NEW: An AP journalist was denied access to an Oval Office event with Donald Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, despite a ruling by a federal judge last week ordering the WH to restore The Associated Press’s full access to cover presidential events on First Amendment grounds.
April 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
NEW: An AP journalist was denied access to an Oval Office event with Donald Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, despite a ruling by a federal judge last week ordering the WH to restore The Associated Press’s full access to cover presidential events on First Amendment grounds.
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UPDATED: We're (Way) Past the Tipping Point
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
UPDATED: We're (Way) Past the Tipping Point
The Constitutional crisis is here.
open.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
UPDATED: We're (Way) Past the Tipping Point
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Insider trading?
MTG bought thousands of dollars in stock just before Trump’s tariff pause sent markets soaring.
According to a disclosure released Monday, Marjorie Taylor Greene invested between $21,000 and $315,000 on April 8 and 9, buying stock in 17 companies, including Apple, Tesla, and NVIDIA
MTG bought thousands of dollars in stock just before Trump’s tariff pause sent markets soaring.
According to a disclosure released Monday, Marjorie Taylor Greene invested between $21,000 and $315,000 on April 8 and 9, buying stock in 17 companies, including Apple, Tesla, and NVIDIA
April 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Insider trading?
MTG bought thousands of dollars in stock just before Trump’s tariff pause sent markets soaring.
According to a disclosure released Monday, Marjorie Taylor Greene invested between $21,000 and $315,000 on April 8 and 9, buying stock in 17 companies, including Apple, Tesla, and NVIDIA
MTG bought thousands of dollars in stock just before Trump’s tariff pause sent markets soaring.
According to a disclosure released Monday, Marjorie Taylor Greene invested between $21,000 and $315,000 on April 8 and 9, buying stock in 17 companies, including Apple, Tesla, and NVIDIA
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“So Trump not only refuses to comply with the Roberts ruling, but he has now completely mischaracterized it.
What will the Supreme Court do in response? That’s the question we’re working through today. So let’s dig in.”
What will the Supreme Court do in response? That’s the question we’re working through today. So let’s dig in.”
Trump Just Defied the Supreme Court. What Is John Roberts Going to Do About It?
Is he scared, deluded, or clever?
www.thebulwark.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“So Trump not only refuses to comply with the Roberts ruling, but he has now completely mischaracterized it.
What will the Supreme Court do in response? That’s the question we’re working through today. So let’s dig in.”
What will the Supreme Court do in response? That’s the question we’re working through today. So let’s dig in.”
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This is the best example of what the tariffs are going to do to small businesses in the US. Beth Benike sounds like the textbook example of what once was the American dream. Now the Trump administration has set that on fire and is burning it to the ground.
This is the best example of what the tariffs are going to do to small businesses in the US. Beth Benike sounds like the textbook example of what once was the American dream. Now the Trump administration has set that on fire and is burning it to the ground.
Her Business Was Thriving. Then Came the Tariffs.
YouTube video by New York Times Podcasts
youtu.be
April 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
youtu.be/v3pfM5v0F9U?...
This is the best example of what the tariffs are going to do to small businesses in the US. Beth Benike sounds like the textbook example of what once was the American dream. Now the Trump administration has set that on fire and is burning it to the ground.
This is the best example of what the tariffs are going to do to small businesses in the US. Beth Benike sounds like the textbook example of what once was the American dream. Now the Trump administration has set that on fire and is burning it to the ground.
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In fairness, China's pronouncers of state propaganda have a much better game then America's.
April 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In fairness, China's pronouncers of state propaganda have a much better game then America's.
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The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Has Found His Class Enemy
The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires.
www.theatlantic.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The right-wing politicians who view Russia as an ally appear to be a disproportionately powerful minority out of step with most of the public they represent, Jonathan Mahler writes. “As radical as this particular agenda may seem, the broader phenomenon is one that the United States has seen before.”
How the G.O.P. Fell in Love With Putin’s Russia
What explains the Trump administration’s radical reversal toward Moscow?
nyti.ms
April 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The right-wing politicians who view Russia as an ally appear to be a disproportionately powerful minority out of step with most of the public they represent, Jonathan Mahler writes. “As radical as this particular agenda may seem, the broader phenomenon is one that the United States has seen before.”
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Donald Trump has made himself—and by extension, us—the laughing stock of the world.
April 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Donald Trump has made himself—and by extension, us—the laughing stock of the world.
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Unthinkable news. ⚡️
NOAA's budget ROI is calculated from 9 to 100 to 1.
The insurance industry relies heavily on NOAA research to mitigate insurance price increases.
This will hit home, and we'll all be paying more if it happens. 💰
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
NOAA's budget ROI is calculated from 9 to 100 to 1.
The insurance industry relies heavily on NOAA research to mitigate insurance price increases.
This will hit home, and we'll all be paying more if it happens. 💰
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
White House budget cuts could eliminate most weather and climate research
The budget cuts could force closure of NOAA’s severe weather and climate research labs.
www.mprnews.org
April 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Unthinkable news. ⚡️
NOAA's budget ROI is calculated from 9 to 100 to 1.
The insurance industry relies heavily on NOAA research to mitigate insurance price increases.
This will hit home, and we'll all be paying more if it happens. 💰
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
NOAA's budget ROI is calculated from 9 to 100 to 1.
The insurance industry relies heavily on NOAA research to mitigate insurance price increases.
This will hit home, and we'll all be paying more if it happens. 💰
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
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It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.
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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
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President Trump is using the Abrego Garcia case to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop him from imprisoning anyone he wants anywhere else in the world never to be seen or heard from again. His dream is to preside over a police state. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Gulag Archipelago
He is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants, anywhere in the world.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
President Trump is using the Abrego Garcia case to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop him from imprisoning anyone he wants anywhere else in the world never to be seen or heard from again. His dream is to preside over a police state. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
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Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.