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June 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Canadian Stephanie Case, who started 30 minutes after elite runners, placed first among women with a time of 16:53:22, making headlines globally for the viral race photos where she's breastfeeding her six-month-old baby.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian ultramarathoner breastfeeds her baby 3 times, wins race anyway | CBC News
Canadian ultrarunner Stephanie Case just won the 100-kilometre Ultra-Trail Snowdonia ultramarathon in Wales — six months postpartum, without an elite bib, and while stopping to breastfeed her baby at ...
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May 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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FAIR WARNING: It’s ground squirrel kiddo season and excessive cuteness levels may occur or be occurring 🌿
May 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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“If I am understanding the numbers correctly, the latest version of their tax scam, the top 0.1 percent stand to gain $255,000 on average in 2027 alone,” McGovern said.

“That is $700 a day every day.” https://trib.al/AOj6BKO
Representative Jim McGovern laid out the consequences of Republicans’ cuts in the Trump-backed bill.
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May 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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The GOP scheduled the House Rules Commitee to convene at *1AM* tonight to move this bill forward

Reminds me of when the TNGOP jammed through the countries’ most egregious anti-abortion bill at midnight five years ago

Democracy dies in darkness
May 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat
U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat
WASHINGTON—In a move that significantly restricts the eligibility of thousands of American troops to fight for their country on the front lines, senior U.S. military officials announced Wednesday that...
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May 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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ALSOBROOKS: Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep campaign operates out of?

RFK Jr: Which campaign?

ALSOBROOKS: The one the senator asked you about just two minutes ago

RFK Jr: It's ACF

ALSOBROOKS: No, actually it's Health and Human Services
May 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Senator Alsobrooks: You’ve been unable to address specific questions about your agency. Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep program operates out of?

RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times

Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
May 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Eight spices? Oh, some must be doubles. "Oregano"? What the hell?
May 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Breakfast In Bed Served To Mom Who Just Got Eaten Out
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May 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Dark money in the 2024 elections reached a record high of $1.9 billion, about double the prior record in 2020. New analysis from @brennancenter and @annalecta.bsky.social www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Dark Money Hit a Record High of $1.9 Billion in 2024 Federal Races
Spending by groups that do not disclose their donors has increased and become harder to trace.
www.brennancenter.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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May 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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They’re actually waging an actual War on Christmas
Bessent says that little girls who are sad about having fewer dolls should just have it explained to them that they will have a better life for it
May 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.

These are their stories 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.

It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.

The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies | Cornell Chronicle
After receiving a stop-work order from the federal government, the future of a device to help children with heart defects is uncertain.
news.cornell.edu
May 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Your School House Rock moment...🤔
May 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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It's Friday, the day all kinds of insanity drops. Before we jump into the dystopian vortex, a palate cleanser. Adorable #turtles to keep you sane. #Testudines #nature #animals #tortoise #cats
May 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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A young male Resplendent Quetzal that was outside our cabin in San Gerardo de Dota #CostaRica

#birds #nature
May 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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With just 16 Red Wolves known to remain in the wild, every wolf is essential + worth protecting.

#SaveRedWolves
April 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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April 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Releaf
April 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…
April 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM