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BREAKING: Judge Breyer rules that President Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, says Trump is using military as a "national police force with the president as its chief."
Injunction granted.
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Injunction granted.
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September 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
BREAKING: Judge Breyer rules that President Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, says Trump is using military as a "national police force with the president as its chief."
Injunction granted.
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Injunction granted.
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Gift link to a chilling report from Haaretz that everyone should read. Even if only a fraction of this (and some of the paper’s previous detailed reporting on possible war crimes) is true, we should all be deeply saddened and sickened, as I am right now.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Gift link to a chilling report from Haaretz that everyone should read. Even if only a fraction of this (and some of the paper’s previous detailed reporting on possible war crimes) is true, we should all be deeply saddened and sickened, as I am right now.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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secretary breakfast gin was on one this morning
Most of this “press conference” is this lunatic yelling at the media. This guy is so obsessed with his press coverage that he can’t even function.
June 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
secretary breakfast gin was on one this morning
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FOX: On the issue of fluoride, what has been the response from dentists who may be concerned that some children in lower incomes may not get preventative care?
RFK JR: It is an issue. It's a balance. You're gonna see probably slightly more cavities.
RFK JR: It is an issue. It's a balance. You're gonna see probably slightly more cavities.
June 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
FOX: On the issue of fluoride, what has been the response from dentists who may be concerned that some children in lower incomes may not get preventative care?
RFK JR: It is an issue. It's a balance. You're gonna see probably slightly more cavities.
RFK JR: It is an issue. It's a balance. You're gonna see probably slightly more cavities.
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This seems a lot like a vehicle for bribery, like everything else in the Trump personalist regime.
Want relief from tariffs? Payola to Trump. Reasonable drug approval reviews? Payola. Science grants? Payola.
Want relief from tariffs? Payola to Trump. Reasonable drug approval reviews? Payola. Science grants? Payola.
The FDA will issue “national priority vouchers” to companies “aligned with U.S. national priorities,” to give select companies access to extra FDA communications streamlined staff reviews so they can submit much of their product information in advance.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/fda-t...
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/fda-t...
FDA to offer faster drug reviews to companies promoting 'national priorities'
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators will begin offering faster reviews to new medicines that administration officials deem as promoting “the health interests of Americans,” under a new initiative announ...
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
June 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This seems a lot like a vehicle for bribery, like everything else in the Trump personalist regime.
Want relief from tariffs? Payola to Trump. Reasonable drug approval reviews? Payola. Science grants? Payola.
Want relief from tariffs? Payola to Trump. Reasonable drug approval reviews? Payola. Science grants? Payola.
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"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Videos from Elizabeth Warren about 4 disastrous bombs in the big beautiful bill (links below) in comments…
June 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Videos from Elizabeth Warren about 4 disastrous bombs in the big beautiful bill (links below) in comments…
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When Trump said "I love the poorly educated," it was not a joke. The underlying theme of the Trump Regime is: A mind is a terrible thing not to waste.
New in PN: Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age"
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social
Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age"
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control."
www.publicnotice.co
June 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When Trump said "I love the poorly educated," it was not a joke. The underlying theme of the Trump Regime is: A mind is a terrible thing not to waste.
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“A new, highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus, known as NB.1.8.1, was detected in California and several other U.S. states, prompting concern among public health experts...” www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...
May 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“A new, highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus, known as NB.1.8.1, was detected in California and several other U.S. states, prompting concern among public health experts...” www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...
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This is a deliberate attempt to crash the US economy by destroying higher education.
*US ORDERS HALT TO STUDENT VISA INTERVIEWS: POLITICO
Trump team orders stop to new student visa interviews, as it weighs expanding social media vetting
The directive came in a Tuesday cable obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is a deliberate attempt to crash the US economy by destroying higher education.
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We love to see it.
May 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
We love to see it.
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Well, this is digusting..
E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn’t surface wapo.st/4kcl8Qo
E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn’t surface
Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.
wapo.st
May 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Well, this is digusting..
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Immigration court arrests are likely going to continue this week, with dozens of people around the country each day who were doing exactly what the government asked being arrested and thrown in detention and stripped of their right to a hearing because ICE wants to juice the numbers.
A Bronx high schooler showed up for a routine immigration court date. ICE was waiting.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/05/27/bronx-high-school-student-detained-by-immigration-ice-agents/
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/05/27/bronx-high-school-student-detained-by-immigration-ice-agents/
A Bronx high schooler showed up for a routine immigration court date. ICE was waiting.
A NYC public school student’s arrest was part of a nationwide blitz of immigration authorities detaining migrants in courthouses in an effort to speed up deportations.
www.chalkbeat.org
May 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Immigration court arrests are likely going to continue this week, with dozens of people around the country each day who were doing exactly what the government asked being arrested and thrown in detention and stripped of their right to a hearing because ICE wants to juice the numbers.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the U.S., according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times.
Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the U.S., according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times.
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He’s incapable of empathy, conscience, morality, and remorse. He is a pathological liar. He has destructive personality disorders—narcissism, sociopathy, and paranoia. He speaks at the level of a fifth-grader and can barely spell, and his mental capacity deteriorates with each passing day. (2/2)
May 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
He’s incapable of empathy, conscience, morality, and remorse. He is a pathological liar. He has destructive personality disorders—narcissism, sociopathy, and paranoia. He speaks at the level of a fifth-grader and can barely spell, and his mental capacity deteriorates with each passing day. (2/2)
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As with Covid, education, healthcare — weather monitoring and disaster relief, tracking disease outbreaks and consumer dangers are now in the “meh, just do it yourself” category of American governance that Americans are accepting too willingly based on delusions that we are still frontierspeople
Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett:
“Everybody has a cell phone now, and everybody can follow the radar, and it’s a pretty simple thing. The old days of the siren going off, alerting people, just aren’t quite as accurate in today’s automated society. I think we’re gonna be OK."
“Everybody has a cell phone now, and everybody can follow the radar, and it’s a pretty simple thing. The old days of the siren going off, alerting people, just aren’t quite as accurate in today’s automated society. I think we’re gonna be OK."
‘You've Gotta Make Sure That People’s Lives Are Protected’: Some Republicans Are Closely Watching Weather Service Cuts
Republicans representing the states affected most this tornado season largely say they don’t mind Trump’s sweeping cuts at the weather agency, though a few said they’re keeping tabs.
www.notus.org
May 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
As with Covid, education, healthcare — weather monitoring and disaster relief, tracking disease outbreaks and consumer dangers are now in the “meh, just do it yourself” category of American governance that Americans are accepting too willingly based on delusions that we are still frontierspeople
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Millions will be kicked off their health care. Hospitals will close. Kids will go hungry because they slashed food assistance. This isn’t fear mongering. These will be the very real consequences of their budget.
Now it goes to the Senate. There’s still time to fight.
Now it goes to the Senate. There’s still time to fight.
May 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Millions will be kicked off their health care. Hospitals will close. Kids will go hungry because they slashed food assistance. This isn’t fear mongering. These will be the very real consequences of their budget.
Now it goes to the Senate. There’s still time to fight.
Now it goes to the Senate. There’s still time to fight.
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In our entire history only one President got our credit downgraded in both his terms AND got us added to the Human Rights Watch List.
May 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In our entire history only one President got our credit downgraded in both his terms AND got us added to the Human Rights Watch List.
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May 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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For at least half a century, the National Weather Service has been an around-the-clock operation. But due to DOGE cuts, that is no longer possible in some parts of the country.
America is infinitely less safe. Tens of millions of lives are being endangered by Trump and DOGE.
GIFT:
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America is infinitely less safe. Tens of millions of lives are being endangered by Trump and DOGE.
GIFT:
wapo.st/4k1Ha8B
May 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
For at least half a century, the National Weather Service has been an around-the-clock operation. But due to DOGE cuts, that is no longer possible in some parts of the country.
America is infinitely less safe. Tens of millions of lives are being endangered by Trump and DOGE.
GIFT:
wapo.st/4k1Ha8B
America is infinitely less safe. Tens of millions of lives are being endangered by Trump and DOGE.
GIFT:
wapo.st/4k1Ha8B
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could someone check with John Roberts whether accepting a $400 million plane for your personal use is a core executive power that congress may not constitutionally regulate or merely an action for which the president is presumptively immune from any accountability?
May 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
could someone check with John Roberts whether accepting a $400 million plane for your personal use is a core executive power that congress may not constitutionally regulate or merely an action for which the president is presumptively immune from any accountability?
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Dr. Carla Hayden has served as Librarian of Congress with honor and distinction, bringing our prized institution to new heights.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.
Trump fires Librarian of Congress and Baltimorean Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday, according to statements from House Democrats.
www.baltimoresun.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Dr. Carla Hayden has served as Librarian of Congress with honor and distinction, bringing our prized institution to new heights.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.
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A gay asylum seeker was disappeared to CECOT. Iranian Christians and Afghan feminists were sent to Panama. And yet the administration can roll out the welcome mat for well-to-do white landowners from a democracy. Obscene. It’s just obscene.
Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A gay asylum seeker was disappeared to CECOT. Iranian Christians and Afghan feminists were sent to Panama. And yet the administration can roll out the welcome mat for well-to-do white landowners from a democracy. Obscene. It’s just obscene.