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NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
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Thank you, Senator Booker, for standing up for the American people.
April 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Thank you, Senator Booker, for standing up for the American people.
Thanks, anti-vaxxers. Those born between 1957 and 1968 might need to get a booster. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
With measles in the news, adults are wondering, do I need a vaccine booster?
With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and isolated cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is the best protection. And not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.
www.npr.org
March 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Thanks, anti-vaxxers. Those born between 1957 and 1968 might need to get a booster. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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The settlement here will not be for a trivial amount
Huh, turns out you can't have private UNIDENTIFIED security assault and kidnap people because you don't like what they say at city hall
Weird.
Weird.
Coeur d’Alene prosecutors dismiss citation against woman dragged from town hall, city revokes security company’s business license
City prosecutors will dismiss a misdemeanor battery citation issued to the Post Falls woman who plainclothes private security guards dragged out of a legislative town hall Saturday and the city of Coe...
cdapress.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The settlement here will not be for a trivial amount
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U.S. Attorneys are not the President’s lawyers. They are the United States’ lawyers. You didn’t pledge an oath to a President, you pledged it to the constitution. This statement alone is reason enough to resign.
February 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
U.S. Attorneys are not the President’s lawyers. They are the United States’ lawyers. You didn’t pledge an oath to a President, you pledged it to the constitution. This statement alone is reason enough to resign.
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In the USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials.
“People came to us because they needed community, needed connection. We were trying to keep each other safe. Now, we’re all just this big target.”
“People came to us because they needed community, needed connection. We were trying to keep each other safe. Now, we’re all just this big target.”
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In the USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials.
“People came to us because they needed community, needed connection. We were trying to keep each other safe. Now, we’re all just this big target.”
“People came to us because they needed community, needed connection. We were trying to keep each other safe. Now, we’re all just this big target.”
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From the moment he returned to office, Donald Trump has prioritized giving access to an array of far-right influencers and news outlets, including figures with checkered pasts and nonexistent journalistic credentials.
@annamerlan.bsky.social on the rise of the new state media:
@annamerlan.bsky.social on the rise of the new state media:
Meet the new state media
How the second Trump administration grants access and status to conspiracy theorists, propagandists, and far-right influencers.
www.motherjones.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
From the moment he returned to office, Donald Trump has prioritized giving access to an array of far-right influencers and news outlets, including figures with checkered pasts and nonexistent journalistic credentials.
@annamerlan.bsky.social on the rise of the new state media:
@annamerlan.bsky.social on the rise of the new state media:
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Operatives working for Elon Musk’s DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers
Operatives working for Elon Musk’s DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.
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February 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Operatives working for Elon Musk’s DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.
February 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I know I stopped going to Target after they did this. I've been a loyal customer my whole life. I won't be back, like many others, unless they reverse course on this busllshit and apologize.
www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...
www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...
Exclusive: Foot traffic fell at Target after it backtracked on DEI
But Costco, which refused to retreat on DEI, saw traffic increase.
www.retailbrew.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I know I stopped going to Target after they did this. I've been a loyal customer my whole life. I won't be back, like many others, unless they reverse course on this busllshit and apologize.
www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...
www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...
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According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.
Report: Sepsis, maternal deaths surged in Texas following abortion bans
A new ProPublica analysis finds a 50 percent increase in life-threatening infections since SB8 took effect in 2021.
www.motherjones.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.
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A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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RFK Jr said he wants to send folks who are taking antidepressants and ADHD medications to "wellness farms" in rural America where they will be forced to labor by growing organic food to "cure their addictions."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. wants to send people addicted to antidepressants to government "wellness farms"
The farms will "reparent" them.
www.motherjones.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
RFK Jr said he wants to send folks who are taking antidepressants and ADHD medications to "wellness farms" in rural America where they will be forced to labor by growing organic food to "cure their addictions."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk’s takeover of federal agencies could blow American spies’ cover, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports. Counterintelligence is in crisis. theatln.tc/A1NYlvf4
February 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Elon Musk’s takeover of federal agencies could blow American spies’ cover, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports. Counterintelligence is in crisis. theatln.tc/A1NYlvf4
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Christian charity groups have worked with the federal government for decades to deliver lifesaving American assistance around the world. Now, the Trump administration's cuts have left faith-based humanitarian groups with gaping funding deficits, hastily shuttered programs and unfolding layoffs.
In Trump’s Cuts to Aid and Refugees, a Clash Over Christian Values
Vice President JD Vance and the Pope square off, as faith-based groups face an existential crisis.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Christian charity groups have worked with the federal government for decades to deliver lifesaving American assistance around the world. Now, the Trump administration's cuts have left faith-based humanitarian groups with gaping funding deficits, hastily shuttered programs and unfolding layoffs.
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The madness of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The madness of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The depth of his extremism has not been fully conveyed to the public.
www.motherjones.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The madness of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Trump’s senseless capitulation to Putin is a betrayal of Ukraine – and terrible dealmaking | Timothy Garton Ash
Trump’s senseless capitulation to Putin is a betrayal of Ukraine – and terrible dealmaking | Timothy Garton Ash
As the US and its European allies head to the Munich security conference, Europe must learn from its tragic history and oppose appeasement, writes Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Trump’s senseless capitulation to Putin is a betrayal of Ukraine – and terrible dealmaking | Timothy Garton Ash
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“For whatever reason, people of color have a higher incidence of maternal mortality."
This is a rather telling statement. Nearly a third of women in Louisiana are Black. www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-...
Maternal death rate isn't as bad if you don't count Black women, GOP senator says
Louisiana's Bill Cassidy said the state's maternal death rate isn't so high if you "correct our population for race," Politico reported.
www.businessinsider.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“For whatever reason, people of color have a higher incidence of maternal mortality."
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All kidding aside, the reason he is doing this is to establish some kind of culpability by @profgalloway.com and I. We never threatened these people but it is all in service of getting his supporters to think we did. It’s not a random tweet — all planned for a larger effort to silence us or worse.
February 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
All kidding aside, the reason he is doing this is to establish some kind of culpability by @profgalloway.com and I. We never threatened these people but it is all in service of getting his supporters to think we did. It’s not a random tweet — all planned for a larger effort to silence us or worse.
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The dipshit twins shut down the consumer financial protection bureau, which protected Americans from being scammed.
So expect even more scamming from them!
THEY ARE SCAMMERS!
So expect even more scamming from them!
THEY ARE SCAMMERS!
February 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The dipshit twins shut down the consumer financial protection bureau, which protected Americans from being scammed.
So expect even more scamming from them!
THEY ARE SCAMMERS!
So expect even more scamming from them!
THEY ARE SCAMMERS!
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In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave
In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.