The Purled Bird (aka vickievet)
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A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop. www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Find Measles Likely To Become Endemic in the US Over Next 20 Years
A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop.
www.wired.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop. www.wired.com/story/scient...
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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
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The Supreme Court has granted an adminsitrative stay of Judge Xinis's order requiring the government to return Abrego Garcia to the United States from an El Salvador prison.
Find the Supreme Court's docket and lower court proceedings on Lawfare's litigation tracker.
Find the Supreme Court's docket and lower court proceedings on Lawfare's litigation tracker.
Tracking Trump Administration Litigation
Find legal challenges to executive orders and actions from the Trump administration.
www.lawfaremedia.org
April 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Supreme Court has granted an adminsitrative stay of Judge Xinis's order requiring the government to return Abrego Garcia to the United States from an El Salvador prison.
Find the Supreme Court's docket and lower court proceedings on Lawfare's litigation tracker.
Find the Supreme Court's docket and lower court proceedings on Lawfare's litigation tracker.
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Why not bring the kids along??? This administration is a National Security disaster waiting to happen.
IT GETS WORSE
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
Exclusive | Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials
The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under fire after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Why not bring the kids along??? This administration is a National Security disaster waiting to happen.
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NEW BOMBSHELL REPORTING FROM DER SPIEGEL
Mobile numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to top Trump officials including Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard have been found online, revealing an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels. 1/
Mobile numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to top Trump officials including Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard have been found online, revealing an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels. 1/
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...
www.spiegel.de
March 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NEW BOMBSHELL REPORTING FROM DER SPIEGEL
Mobile numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to top Trump officials including Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard have been found online, revealing an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels. 1/
Mobile numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to top Trump officials including Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard have been found online, revealing an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels. 1/
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"'Skadden,' Musk posted, 'this needs to stop now.' This could be an idle threat from Musk. It could also become official U.S. policy in the blink of an eye." How Dinesh D’Souza illustrates the inversion of law under Trump 2.0:
Stop Making Excuses for Not Fighting Trump
The capitulations and acquiescence we’ve seen so far will only make opposition more difficult down the road.
www.thebulwark.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"'Skadden,' Musk posted, 'this needs to stop now.' This could be an idle threat from Musk. It could also become official U.S. policy in the blink of an eye." How Dinesh D’Souza illustrates the inversion of law under Trump 2.0:
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Marco Rubio, who used the Pulse mass shooting as an excuse to flip-flop on his promise to not run for reelection in 2016, is slashing LGBTQ+ people from annual human rights report: www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...
Marco Rubio removes LGBTQ+ people & women from annual human rights report - LGBTQ Nation
He also removed sections on women, people with disabilities, and government corruption.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Marco Rubio, who used the Pulse mass shooting as an excuse to flip-flop on his promise to not run for reelection in 2016, is slashing LGBTQ+ people from annual human rights report: www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...
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The fact that the world’s richest man works at the behest of the executive and can buy out the legislature is massively outside the scope of what the framers could have imagined
there’s is simply no constitutional measure that can guard against something like this
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
there’s is simply no constitutional measure that can guard against something like this
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges
Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The fact that the world’s richest man works at the behest of the executive and can buy out the legislature is massively outside the scope of what the framers could have imagined
there’s is simply no constitutional measure that can guard against something like this
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
there’s is simply no constitutional measure that can guard against something like this
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
March 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
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They want the unreviewable power to grab people and render them to a foreign gulag.
If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
March 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
They want the unreviewable power to grab people and render them to a foreign gulag.
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congratulations to john roberts who is as responsible for the current state of affairs as any single person in the country
NEW STATEMENT FROM CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS:
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
March 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
congratulations to john roberts who is as responsible for the current state of affairs as any single person in the country
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oh this is a big mystery
Gifted | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put an end to Black History Month and other celebrations of identity. But St. Patrick's Day got a pass, and some are asking why. The questions come from the troops as well as administration critics. www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Hegseth's ban on cultural celebrations gave St. Patrick's Day a pass
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put an end to cultural awareness events throughout the military. But the Irish holiday got a green light, and some wonder why.
www.expressnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
oh this is a big mystery
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March 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
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The Republican Party is more or less built on reactionary opposition to the Democrats policies rather than their own actual policy ideas, and unfortunately the Democrats’ most recent policy was “having a strong economy”
The funniest thing about all this is Joe Biden built a "bring back US manufacturing" button and Trump could have just kept pressing it but instead he insisted on smashing the "crash the stock market" button
March 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Republican Party is more or less built on reactionary opposition to the Democrats policies rather than their own actual policy ideas, and unfortunately the Democrats’ most recent policy was “having a strong economy”
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You're going to be tempted to engage in discourse focused on what Mahmoud Khalil said--was it actually antisemitic? Did he endorse Hamas?--and I cannot encourage you enough not to do that. It just doesn't matter what he said because you should not be detained and deported over what you say, period.
March 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
You're going to be tempted to engage in discourse focused on what Mahmoud Khalil said--was it actually antisemitic? Did he endorse Hamas?--and I cannot encourage you enough not to do that. It just doesn't matter what he said because you should not be detained and deported over what you say, period.
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It's not that the kid is wrong, it's that he's wrong with utter and serene confidence. When people ask me why I wrote The Death of Expertise, it wasn't ignorance that compelled me to write, it was this kind of unbreakable, completely self-assured ignorance that did it.
Lololol @samseder.bsky.social has to very slowly explain to this dude that government agencies don't pay taxes lolol
March 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's not that the kid is wrong, it's that he's wrong with utter and serene confidence. When people ask me why I wrote The Death of Expertise, it wasn't ignorance that compelled me to write, it was this kind of unbreakable, completely self-assured ignorance that did it.
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
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Good morning! I am starting to host "Harry Hours" thru substack (probably will switch to zoom) This was a clip from the first one. Not only do we talk about everything thats going on and what we can do to fight back, but we try to have fun!! Join if you can!!! Lol ofcourse I love dad jokes.
March 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Good morning! I am starting to host "Harry Hours" thru substack (probably will switch to zoom) This was a clip from the first one. Not only do we talk about everything thats going on and what we can do to fight back, but we try to have fun!! Join if you can!!! Lol ofcourse I love dad jokes.
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A Public Citizen report obtained exclusively by NPR shows the new administration has halted or tried to dismiss cases or investigations against at least 89 companies in the last month.
Trump agencies drop dozens of Biden-era cases against crypto, other companies
A Public Citizen report obtained exclusively by NPR shows the new administration has halted or tried to dismiss cases or investigations against at least 89 companies in the last month.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A Public Citizen report obtained exclusively by NPR shows the new administration has halted or tried to dismiss cases or investigations against at least 89 companies in the last month.
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SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a…
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March 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
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ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
March 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...