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This makes me so angry.
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
This makes me so angry.
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“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
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This is uhhhhhh...I'm not a lawyer, but this feels at least vaguely not legal.
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is uhhhhhh...I'm not a lawyer, but this feels at least vaguely not legal.
A Major policy even?
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A Major policy even?
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Sick and twisted liar. Cruel, indifferent, and totally out to lunch.
Brooke Rollins calls food stamps "a broken and corrupt program" and says, "guess what? There's a new sheriff in town. His name is Donald Trump."
November 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sick and twisted liar. Cruel, indifferent, and totally out to lunch.
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AOC: Trump should be having congressional leaders in the WH. Do you see that every day? No, you don't because they're playing golf and they're going to mar-a-lago and the Republicans in the house have been on vacation for weeks now
October 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
AOC: Trump should be having congressional leaders in the WH. Do you see that every day? No, you don't because they're playing golf and they're going to mar-a-lago and the Republicans in the house have been on vacation for weeks now
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All people in the United States are entitled to due process — no matter what the Trump administration says.
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
All people in the United States are entitled to due process — no matter what the Trump administration says.
I feel like as citizens we should be able to RIF the executive, and then have Scotus decide later if it was legal.
October 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I feel like as citizens we should be able to RIF the executive, and then have Scotus decide later if it was legal.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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surprisingly, KATU-TV, a Sinclair station, is live-broadcasting from the "war torn" ICE facility in Portland.
It's very peaceful--the only thing scary are the snipers on the ICE roof
Trump is looking to instigate a riot there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuWL...
It's very peaceful--the only thing scary are the snipers on the ICE roof
Trump is looking to instigate a riot there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuWL...
24 Hours Outside ICE | 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Live look at Portland, Oregon ICE Facility for full day
YouTube video by KATU News
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
surprisingly, KATU-TV, a Sinclair station, is live-broadcasting from the "war torn" ICE facility in Portland.
It's very peaceful--the only thing scary are the snipers on the ICE roof
Trump is looking to instigate a riot there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuWL...
It's very peaceful--the only thing scary are the snipers on the ICE roof
Trump is looking to instigate a riot there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuWL...
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.
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A State Department inspector general report says U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson dismissed an embassy contractor at Salvadoran President Bukele’s request.
The contractor had talked to a journalist about a suspected government pact with the MS-13 gang.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/42WCOcc
The contractor had talked to a journalist about a suspected government pact with the MS-13 gang.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/42WCOcc
October 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A State Department inspector general report says U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson dismissed an embassy contractor at Salvadoran President Bukele’s request.
The contractor had talked to a journalist about a suspected government pact with the MS-13 gang.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/42WCOcc
The contractor had talked to a journalist about a suspected government pact with the MS-13 gang.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/42WCOcc
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BREAKING: we just filed for a TRO w/ AFGE @afscme.bsky.social & other great partners
We are rushing to court to stop Trump & co. from using the shutdown to illegally fire gov workers!
I discussed @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @msnbc.com👇
We are rushing to court to stop Trump & co. from using the shutdown to illegally fire gov workers!
I discussed @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @msnbc.com👇
October 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
BREAKING: we just filed for a TRO w/ AFGE @afscme.bsky.social & other great partners
We are rushing to court to stop Trump & co. from using the shutdown to illegally fire gov workers!
I discussed @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @msnbc.com👇
We are rushing to court to stop Trump & co. from using the shutdown to illegally fire gov workers!
I discussed @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @msnbc.com👇
Great illustration of the kind of bullshittery RFK Jr. gets up to in his day job. youtu.be/BdpSfrD3Nzs?...
I Read the Autism Studies RFK Jr. Didn't Want Me to Read
YouTube video by Hank Green
youtu.be
September 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Great illustration of the kind of bullshittery RFK Jr. gets up to in his day job. youtu.be/BdpSfrD3Nzs?...
The new signage for Hegseth's title keeps leaving off the "crimes" part.
September 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The new signage for Hegseth's title keeps leaving off the "crimes" part.
Listening to the Daily today is a challenge. They are saying things Kennedy as "some say antivax", and when he says stuff like "she told me she wasn't a trust worthy person" they take it as having any degree of truthfulness. They seem categorically unwilling to examine way people lie.
September 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Listening to the Daily today is a challenge. They are saying things Kennedy as "some say antivax", and when he says stuff like "she told me she wasn't a trust worthy person" they take it as having any degree of truthfulness. They seem categorically unwilling to examine way people lie.
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Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
(Published May 2025)
(Published May 2025)
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining...
www.propublica.org
August 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
(Published May 2025)
(Published May 2025)
Every Trump tweet reads like "Presidential Thoughts: by Jack Handy"
August 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Every Trump tweet reads like "Presidential Thoughts: by Jack Handy"
The United states of American and the curious case of the inflatable autocrat.
August 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The United states of American and the curious case of the inflatable autocrat.
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If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
August 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
Conservatives always complain about the media and academia being liberal, but are silent on the political make up of our military and law enforcement.
August 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Conservatives always complain about the media and academia being liberal, but are silent on the political make up of our military and law enforcement.
Wondering whether an ethical AI would choose to destroy itself.
August 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Wondering whether an ethical AI would choose to destroy itself.
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Federal judges facing threats after ruling against the Trump administration speak out one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5486...
🔊 Listen Now: Federal judges facing threats after ruling against the Trump administration speak out
All Things Considered on NPR One | 3:46
one.npr.org
August 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Federal judges facing threats after ruling against the Trump administration speak out one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5486...
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NEW: I spoke with a woman named Andrea about her experience being detained by ICE after calling the cops for help during a domestic violence incident.
She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.
She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.
July 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
NEW: I spoke with a woman named Andrea about her experience being detained by ICE after calling the cops for help during a domestic violence incident.
She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.
She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.