In 1967, Pittsburgh's inner city produced America’s first EMT service. Comprised solely of Black men and women recruited from the city’s Hill District neighborhood, the paramedics of Freedom House Ambulance became trailblazers in providing pre-hospital and CPR care.

There are now 955 cases & 60 deaths from an unknown illness in DRC (links below). As this outbreak is growing, CDC is not permitted to exchange information with WHO and USAID outbreak response support is banned. Yesterday the Supreme court “paused” a federal judge order for USAID payments to resume.

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

We are nearing a precipice.

We don't yet know the extent of the damage done to our workforce. We continue to receive reports of past, ongoing, and future terminations. Public servants being let go chaotically with little warning. Those who remain face overwhelming workloads and wonder what acts they will be ordered to commit.

Musk’s website, DOGE, leaked classified government information to the entire world. NOFURN [Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals] information on their website about the [intelligence community] headcount has prompted a scramble as people check whether their information has been accessed.

An important first-person account from someone inside OPM:

Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.

Know thy enemy is stupid as fuck.

If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes

thehill.com/homenews/cam...

“A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute is a Hitler salute,” the prominent German weekly Die Zeit wrote in an editorial.

Also, in related news, a clownish dick is a clownish dick.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/w...

“Ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß”
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

Cognitive dissonance is looking for logic in jd saying he wants “more babies in the US”WHILE his administration actively works to make alive humans less alive

CDC NIH WHO FEMA NASA NOAA
Climate Science
Gun Prevention
Reproductive Services
Education
Infrastructure

These are *WHY* gov’t exists

This is written by the bishop who stood up to Orange Voldemort. Everyone should be buying this. It's available on Amazon for $14. I'm an atheist and I'm buying it. #booksky

Michelle Obama will be skipping Trump’s inauguration.

And before anyone says a negative word, let’s not forget—Trump skipped Biden’s inauguration.

From the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama: Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies. Michelle Obama will not attend.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

- James Baldwin

Wouldn’t it be epic if all the good, supporting rights for all/science/sane people in every country could rise up at once? Like a unified, underground global uprising against governments fostering hate? Sounds like a movie- which is how life feels currently.