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I know, there were a few things not so great about Carter, but he remains a hero of mine. And as long as so many are "looking back" on Biden's weaknesses... might as well go back to a pretty awesome person who surprisingly became president. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Trump Should Look to An Unlikely Predecessor If He Wants Peace in the Middle East
Jimmy Carter pulled off the kind of peace agreement that Trump dreams about.
www.politico.com
May 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I know, there were a few things not so great about Carter, but he remains a hero of mine. And as long as so many are "looking back" on Biden's weaknesses... might as well go back to a pretty awesome person who surprisingly became president. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
In an ongoing effort to "slash spending", the Department of Government Efficiency has targeted the mining agency in a move that surprised local inspectors and raised questions about the future of federal regulation in one of the country’s most dangerous jobs.
March 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In an ongoing effort to "slash spending", the Department of Government Efficiency has targeted the mining agency in a move that surprised local inspectors and raised questions about the future of federal regulation in one of the country’s most dangerous jobs.
Who knew that golf courses have been funded by the Pentagon for decades?? Nothing that DOGE has any concern about of course. theintercept.com/2025/03/10/p...
Pentagon Keeps Pouring Cash Into Golf Courses — Even As Trump Slashes Government Spending
The Pentagon owns 145 golf courses. As Trump cuts key government services, we found its plan to spend on sand traps and clubhouses.
theintercept.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Who knew that golf courses have been funded by the Pentagon for decades?? Nothing that DOGE has any concern about of course. theintercept.com/2025/03/10/p...
#Measles infection *can* kill, but it also does this insidious thing where it makes your immune system forget how to fight other infections — for as long as three years. That’s always a bad thing, but worse in our #pandemic times.
#ImmuneMemory
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#ImmuneMemory
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Study suggests how measles depletes body’s immune memory — Harvard Gazette
A new Harvard study shows measles wipes out 11 percent to 73 percent of antibodies against an array of viruses and bacteria, depleting a child’s previous immunity, which underscores the importance of ...
news.harvard.edu
March 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#Measles infection *can* kill, but it also does this insidious thing where it makes your immune system forget how to fight other infections — for as long as three years. That’s always a bad thing, but worse in our #pandemic times.
#ImmuneMemory
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
#ImmuneMemory
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Just heard about this on Democracy Now this morning; The Wayback Digital Archive website that has been archiving U.S. government stuff (for around 25 yrs) every 4 yrs before & after elections... over the past month, many many gov't websites have completely disappeared. archive.org/about/
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just heard about this on Democracy Now this morning; The Wayback Digital Archive website that has been archiving U.S. government stuff (for around 25 yrs) every 4 yrs before & after elections... over the past month, many many gov't websites have completely disappeared. archive.org/about/
I am very worried about Common Dreams... and Mother Jones... and Rachel Maddow said that there have been immediate cuts in the hosts on MSNBC.
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Breaking: All donations MATCHED
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February 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I am very worried about Common Dreams... and Mother Jones... and Rachel Maddow said that there have been immediate cuts in the hosts on MSNBC.
mailchi.mp/commondreams...
mailchi.mp/commondreams...
February 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
An Israeli bulldozer demolishes electricity poles during a raid on Qabatia town, south of Jenin.
February 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
February 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Sounds like... "I have no idea what any of you do, so please educate me before I fire you" to me... www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Musk says all federal employees need to explain their work immediately — or be let go
Federal employees received an email Saturday afternoon, and gave them a deadline of Monday night.
www.politico.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Sounds like... "I have no idea what any of you do, so please educate me before I fire you" to me... www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
February 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
1000 people who work at the VA were just fired; they had worked there for less than a year, as the agency has been trying to lower wait times for the increasing number of veterans trying to actually use their VA benefits... www.commondreams.org/news/house-r...
House GOP Advances Budget After Blocking Amendments to Protect Food Benefits, Medicaid | Common Dreams
"Instead of choosing to protect the American people, they chose to protect billionaires and corporations," said the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee.
www.commondreams.org
February 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
1000 people who work at the VA were just fired; they had worked there for less than a year, as the agency has been trying to lower wait times for the increasing number of veterans trying to actually use their VA benefits... www.commondreams.org/news/house-r...
This is the time of year when new firefighting contracts get worked out, and firefighters get trained and re-trained and reassigned and other preparations for when the fires season starts... based on budgetary allocations for the coming year.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is the time of year when new firefighting contracts get worked out, and firefighters get trained and re-trained and reassigned and other preparations for when the fires season starts... based on budgetary allocations for the coming year.
bsky.app/profile/madr...
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Dreadful. Fully Preventable. More of this to come
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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At least 22 children and two adults infected in Texas measles outbreak
Nine of those infected were hospitalized and more cases are likely, health authorities said. U.S. vaccination rates for measles are falling, according to the CDC.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Prayers for the planet to not be darkened by Nuclear Winter continue... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
Watch: Russian drone blows hole in Chernobyl’s protective shell
UAV collision with Reactor 4 site sparks fears of potential radiation leak
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Prayers for the planet to not be darkened by Nuclear Winter continue... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
Brown Shirts theintercept.com/2025/02/06/b...
The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport
Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the “names of hundreds of terror supporters.”
theintercept.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Brown Shirts theintercept.com/2025/02/06/b...
I don't have netflix. Guess I'll wait awhile and see how prescient this turns out to be sometime in the future! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘It’s like doing three movies at once’: Robert De Niro on his thrilling TV debut – as America’s saviour
The film legend’s Netflix political conspiracy drama Zero Day is his first major TV gig, and it’s extremely well timed. He talks about his greatest roles – and playing a leader people can actually tru...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I don't have netflix. Guess I'll wait awhile and see how prescient this turns out to be sometime in the future! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...