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Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Liby…
May 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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May 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Nazi Germany surrendered in May 1945. For Americans, the Second World War would rage for three more months, until VJ Day in August. But for Russians and those influenced by them, "Victory Day" falls in May. Trump follows the Russian practice, not the American.
May 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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"Given Kennedy's support for the gutting of the NIH, CDC, and FDA, alongside his espousal of unscientific treatments and theories, The Lancet joins Benjamin's call for Kennedy's resignation."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan....
Supporting medical science in the USA
The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science. On April 14, Edwin R Martin Jr, the Trump-appointed interim ...
www.thelancet.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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My God!
James Comer(R) is sponsoring a bill that he clearly hasn’t read or understood.

Have a listen to Representative Melanie Stansbury (D) from New Mexico.

She’s another critical thinker, another star.

We are well represented in Congress.👇
April 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Farmers voted to inflict Trump on the city. Now they want to escape Trump's consequences for themselves. No deal. My latest in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers
They voted for the tariffs when they voted for Trump.
www.theatlantic.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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‘Chaos’: Trump cuts to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration disrupt staffing and weather forecasts
‘Chaos’: Trump cuts to Noaa disrupt staffing and weather forecasts
US climate agency upended as Doge efforts to slash federal government compromise email security
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/w...

Yup, didn’t see this coming….
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Eleven years. 410,000 shootings. How has gun violence marked your corner of the U.S.?
An Atlas of American Gun Violence
Eleven years. 410,000 shootings. How has gun violence marked your corner of the U.S.?
thetr.ac
February 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
U.S. housing market could lose $1.5 trillion in value due to climate change www.cnbc.com/2025/02/19/u...

Sure GOP ignore climate change, but the insurance industry is well aware of it
U.S. housing market could lose nearly $1.5 trillion in value due to rising costs of climate change
By 2055, 84% of all U.S. homes may see some drop in value, totaling $1.47 trillion in losses, according to an analysis by climate-risk firm First Street.
www.cnbc.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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US President Donald Trump's trip around the Daytona 500 in a federal vehicle known as "The Beast" cost American taxpayers millions of dollars - after Elon Musk's promises to trim excess spending out of the government.
Elon Musk allows 'biggest waste ever' after allowing Donald Trump PR stunt
www.irishstar.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Our DUI Defense Secretary Fox News Host showing the world how stupid tRump’s Misadministration really is— shitting all over our allies, our history, our democracy and our military including those who sacrificed for upholding our constitution. We will never be trusted again. Putin’s plan unfolding.
February 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Between Trump's call w/ Putin & Hegseth's de facto US withdrawal from NATO, it's a watershed day for European security and defense.

It matters little that this day has been coming for at least 14 years, since Bob Gates delivered a wakeup call that Europe slept through.

The shock is visceral.

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Text of Speech by Robert Gates on the Future of NATO
From the U.S. Department of Defense:  “Reflections on the status and future of the transatlantic alliance” as delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Brussels, Belgium, Friday, June 10, 201...
www.atlanticcouncil.org
February 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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The Chiefs can still be named Super Bowl champions if Mike Pence has the courage.
February 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.

Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”

globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Top comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides

www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...
February 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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February 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Toretsk. The city is dead, robbed of life by Russians in the largest war on the European continent since WWII.
#StandWithUkraine

📹: libkos
February 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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“After years of preparation, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia will disconnect from their Russian-controlled electricity grid this weekend”
Baltic states to pull the plug on Russian grid | CNN
After years of preparation, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia will disconnect from their Russian-controlled electricity grid this weekend, erasing one of the last traces of their Soviet past. CNN’s Clare ...
www.cnn.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM