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Here's how bad EPA's voodoo economics is in repealing the clean car standards: they assign a ZERO DOLLAR VALUE to increased smog & soot pollution, increased asthma, bronchitis, respiratory disease, hospitalizations, missed work & school days & STILL cost Americans $180 BILLION in overall costs. 1/
The harmful, costly, twisted consequences to Americans from the Trump EPA & Lee "Heir Pollutant" Zeldin repealing the clean car standards: $180 BILLION in net societal costs.
Their main RIA scenario finds a net cost to society of $180 billion!
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Here's how bad EPA's voodoo economics is in repealing the clean car standards: they assign a ZERO DOLLAR VALUE to increased smog & soot pollution, increased asthma, bronchitis, respiratory disease, hospitalizations, missed work & school days & STILL cost Americans $180 BILLION in overall costs. 1/
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
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This is about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
she's a liberal and therefore supports a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
February 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
This is about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
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BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I do really wish more reporters would just ask "Speaker Johnson, do you think it’s appropriate for the Speaker of the House—third in line of succession to the presidency—to be so consistently unfamiliar with current events?"
Q: Rep. Jayapal accused the DOJ of tracking her search history. Is that appropriate conduct?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that
Q: Bondi had a piece of paper with Jayapal's search history
JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that but it would be inappropriate if it happened
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that
Q: Bondi had a piece of paper with Jayapal's search history
JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that but it would be inappropriate if it happened
February 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I do really wish more reporters would just ask "Speaker Johnson, do you think it’s appropriate for the Speaker of the House—third in line of succession to the presidency—to be so consistently unfamiliar with current events?"
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This sounds bonkers & it's simply a basic statement of fact. Between Covid neglect, ending USAID, & now the vaccine nonsense, it will soon be more than Jefferson Davis.
Trump is already responsible for the deaths of more Americans than anyone in history not named Jefferson Davis, and it's clear he's not content with second place.
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 AM
This sounds bonkers & it's simply a basic statement of fact. Between Covid neglect, ending USAID, & now the vaccine nonsense, it will soon be more than Jefferson Davis.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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Inconvenient truth…
Trump says climate change doesn’t endanger public health – evidence shows it does, from extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses
theconversation.com/trump-says-c...
Trump says climate change doesn’t endanger public health – evidence shows it does, from extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses
theconversation.com/trump-says-c...
Trump says climate change doesn’t endanger public health – evidence shows it does, from extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses
Climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Erasing the federal endangerment finding increases the risk.
theconversation.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Inconvenient truth…
Trump says climate change doesn’t endanger public health – evidence shows it does, from extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses
theconversation.com/trump-says-c...
Trump says climate change doesn’t endanger public health – evidence shows it does, from extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses
theconversation.com/trump-says-c...
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”In 2023, a joint Guardian investigation found that, based on analysis of a significant percentage of the projects, more than 90% of offsets did not represent genuine carbon reductions, according to independent research published by journals including Science, PNAS and Conservation Biology.”
‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?
After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 AM
”In 2023, a joint Guardian investigation found that, based on analysis of a significant percentage of the projects, more than 90% of offsets did not represent genuine carbon reductions, according to independent research published by journals including Science, PNAS and Conservation Biology.”
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We are living through a time of upheaval.
So the Munich Security Conference has never been more relevant.
2025 was the year old certainties fell away.
2026 is the year we confront reality.
I’m here to talk about Europe’s independence moment.
So the Munich Security Conference has never been more relevant.
2025 was the year old certainties fell away.
2026 is the year we confront reality.
I’m here to talk about Europe’s independence moment.
February 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
We are living through a time of upheaval.
So the Munich Security Conference has never been more relevant.
2025 was the year old certainties fell away.
2026 is the year we confront reality.
I’m here to talk about Europe’s independence moment.
So the Munich Security Conference has never been more relevant.
2025 was the year old certainties fell away.
2026 is the year we confront reality.
I’m here to talk about Europe’s independence moment.
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Trends in County-Level Childhood Vaccination Exemptions in the US jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Trends in County-Level Childhood Vaccination Exemptions in the US
This study examines US county-level trends in nonmedical and medical exemptions to childhood vaccination requirements.
jamanetwork.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Trends in County-Level Childhood Vaccination Exemptions in the US jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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I would ask people to call or message their senators about this and specifically that Vinay Prasad needs to be out at FDA. Even the Wall Street Journal has said as much. There is push back. Companies won’t fund clinical trials if they can’t trust the FDA.
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I would ask people to call or message their senators about this and specifically that Vinay Prasad needs to be out at FDA. Even the Wall Street Journal has said as much. There is push back. Companies won’t fund clinical trials if they can’t trust the FDA.
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Go WSJ
February 13, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Go WSJ
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…fueling these novel immune responses. The sports analogy is that pregnant bodies are running a daily marathon. Not such a surprise that we excel in endurance sports on this view.
Grafting a foreign body onto yours for months is complicated and energetically expensive *before* fetal growth accounts
Grafting a foreign body onto yours for months is complicated and energetically expensive *before* fetal growth accounts
February 13, 2026 at 3:06 AM
…fueling these novel immune responses. The sports analogy is that pregnant bodies are running a daily marathon. Not such a surprise that we excel in endurance sports on this view.
Grafting a foreign body onto yours for months is complicated and energetically expensive *before* fetal growth accounts
Grafting a foreign body onto yours for months is complicated and energetically expensive *before* fetal growth accounts
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"Immune-related pathways were significantly enriched in PE."
Every time. :)
Female's bodies have to tolerate foreign placentas to survive pregnancy and bear living offspring. This is a fundamentally different thing that has knock-on metabolic effects. It's not just fueling development, but…
Every time. :)
Female's bodies have to tolerate foreign placentas to survive pregnancy and bear living offspring. This is a fundamentally different thing that has knock-on metabolic effects. It's not just fueling development, but…
📈 Trending Research Article in Physiological Genomics by X Zhu et al. #Transcriptomics and #metabolomics analysis reveal cell subpopulations of #trophoblastcells associated with #preeclampsia
https://ow.ly/nZzW50YbNCC
https://ow.ly/nZzW50YbNCC
February 13, 2026 at 3:04 AM
"Immune-related pathways were significantly enriched in PE."
Every time. :)
Female's bodies have to tolerate foreign placentas to survive pregnancy and bear living offspring. This is a fundamentally different thing that has knock-on metabolic effects. It's not just fueling development, but…
Every time. :)
Female's bodies have to tolerate foreign placentas to survive pregnancy and bear living offspring. This is a fundamentally different thing that has knock-on metabolic effects. It's not just fueling development, but…
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And that's where the Unlikely Heroes pages from @charlesgaba.com comes into play... making long overdue inroads with rural voters requires, you guessed it - raising money to give the Dems in red districts the funds needed to run a real campaign and reaching out to those voters. blue26.org/state
State Legislative
Links on this page allow you to easily donate to multiple Democrats running for state legislative seats in every state! Competitive District pages list Democrats running in districts which have a par...
blue26.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:58 AM
And that's where the Unlikely Heroes pages from @charlesgaba.com comes into play... making long overdue inroads with rural voters requires, you guessed it - raising money to give the Dems in red districts the funds needed to run a real campaign and reaching out to those voters. blue26.org/state
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2026 presents Democrats with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make long overdue inroads with rural voters.
It's going to require time, investment, and perhaps most importantly Democratic candidates who fit their electorates and can actually win.
www.notus.org/2026-electio...
It's going to require time, investment, and perhaps most importantly Democratic candidates who fit their electorates and can actually win.
www.notus.org/2026-electio...
Democrats Are Trying to Court Rural America, Once Again
Will this time be different?
www.notus.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
2026 presents Democrats with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make long overdue inroads with rural voters.
It's going to require time, investment, and perhaps most importantly Democratic candidates who fit their electorates and can actually win.
www.notus.org/2026-electio...
It's going to require time, investment, and perhaps most importantly Democratic candidates who fit their electorates and can actually win.
www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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Lost amid the noise is the fact that the president just tried to throw six members of Congress in prison because he didn't like what they said. Per @sbg1.bsky.social you have to go back to 1798 to find a congressman prosecuted for exercising his right to free speech www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Donald Trump’s Disingenuous Promise to Champion Free Speech
It is Donald Trump’s systematic campaign to stamp out dissent and punish those who disagree with him that will be remembered as among the most singularly un-American aspects of his disruptive tenure.
www.newyorker.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Lost amid the noise is the fact that the president just tried to throw six members of Congress in prison because he didn't like what they said. Per @sbg1.bsky.social you have to go back to 1798 to find a congressman prosecuted for exercising his right to free speech www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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Take every Trump cabinet member and official to civil court for damages against the populace. Strip them of all their assets and nationalize their companies. Leave them with nothing but whatever UBI and public health benefits are passed for everyone.
February 13, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Take every Trump cabinet member and official to civil court for damages against the populace. Strip them of all their assets and nationalize their companies. Leave them with nothing but whatever UBI and public health benefits are passed for everyone.
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Car tailpipes are the biggest source of ghg's in the United States.
what’s the most obvious on-the-ground truth that your profession knows, but people don’t live like it’s true?
what other jfc-inducing truths are sitting in plain sight for people who know how to see what’s happening?
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Car tailpipes are the biggest source of ghg's in the United States.
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“Moderna has already said it won’t start any Phase 3 trials for new vaccines, although that move was partially driven by the company’s precarious financial state… Moderna President Stephen Hoge said the company invested almost $1 billion in the pivotal flu vaccine trial.”
February 13, 2026 at 3:23 AM
“Moderna has already said it won’t start any Phase 3 trials for new vaccines, although that move was partially driven by the company’s precarious financial state… Moderna President Stephen Hoge said the company invested almost $1 billion in the pivotal flu vaccine trial.”
Seatbelts and headlights are there for other people at least as much as they are for the driver.
what’s the most obvious on-the-ground truth that your profession knows, but people don’t live like it’s true?
what other jfc-inducing truths are sitting in plain sight for people who know how to see what’s happening?
February 13, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Seatbelts and headlights are there for other people at least as much as they are for the driver.