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Former first lady Michelle Obama said the U.S. has “a lot of growing up to do” to be ready for a female president.
“There’s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman. And we saw it,” Obama said. https://wapo.st/48kepjO
“There’s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman. And we saw it,” Obama said. https://wapo.st/48kepjO
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Former first lady Michelle Obama said the U.S. has “a lot of growing up to do” to be ready for a female president.
“There’s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman. And we saw it,” Obama said. https://wapo.st/48kepjO
“There’s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman. And we saw it,” Obama said. https://wapo.st/48kepjO
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So CBS settled Trump’s lawsuit where he frivolously sued because they edited Kamala Harris’s interview so it would fit into their air time.
Then CBS does a 73 minute interview of Trump where they made big edits from the version that was broadcast.
They aired 28 of 73 minutes.
Then CBS does a 73 minute interview of Trump where they made big edits from the version that was broadcast.
They aired 28 of 73 minutes.
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So CBS settled Trump’s lawsuit where he frivolously sued because they edited Kamala Harris’s interview so it would fit into their air time.
Then CBS does a 73 minute interview of Trump where they made big edits from the version that was broadcast.
They aired 28 of 73 minutes.
Then CBS does a 73 minute interview of Trump where they made big edits from the version that was broadcast.
They aired 28 of 73 minutes.
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"A 60-year-old couple earning $85,000 may have to pay $31,000 for a health insurance plan in Kentucky...
$28,000 for a plan in Oregon...
$44,000 for a plan in Vermont..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
$28,000 for a plan in Oregon...
$44,000 for a plan in Vermont..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Health insurance sticker shock begins as shutdown battle over subsidies rages
Many states have shown rising premiums ahead of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act plans. The government shutdown is driven by Democrats and Republicans being far apart on the issue of extended s...
www.washingtonpost.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"A 60-year-old couple earning $85,000 may have to pay $31,000 for a health insurance plan in Kentucky...
$28,000 for a plan in Oregon...
$44,000 for a plan in Vermont..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
$28,000 for a plan in Oregon...
$44,000 for a plan in Vermont..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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“If these trends are not stopped, science is going to be destroyed." Here's my story on the accelerating growth of systemic research fraud--aka paper mills. Gift link: nyti.ms/45rDirw
Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds
A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half.
nyti.ms
August 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“If these trends are not stopped, science is going to be destroyed." Here's my story on the accelerating growth of systemic research fraud--aka paper mills. Gift link: nyti.ms/45rDirw
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Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
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"The problem with recycling plastic lies not with the concept or process but with the material itself," Judith Enck and Jan Dell wrote in 2022.
Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work
If the plastics industry is following the tobacco industry’s playbook, it may never admit to the failure of plastics recycling.
bit.ly
June 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"The problem with recycling plastic lies not with the concept or process but with the material itself," Judith Enck and Jan Dell wrote in 2022.
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The only reason to end suicide prevention efforts designed for a specific vulnerable group of people is indifference to more of them committing suicide.
June 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The only reason to end suicide prevention efforts designed for a specific vulnerable group of people is indifference to more of them committing suicide.
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The 988 Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline included a service that provided specialized suicide prevention support by phone and text for LGBTQ+ kids. That's ending.
Trump administration cuts specialized suicide prevention service for LGBTQ+ youth
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline included a service that provided specialized suicide prevention support by phone and text for LGBTQ+ kids. That's ending.
n.pr
June 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline included a service that provided specialized suicide prevention support by phone and text for LGBTQ+ kids. That's ending.
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RFK Jr once said the Tea Party was the resurgence of the Confederacy and they didn’t want a Black person to be president
May 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
RFK Jr once said the Tea Party was the resurgence of the Confederacy and they didn’t want a Black person to be president
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The nation’s air-safety system suffers from the same malady as much of the federal government: years of underfunding by politicians who somehow expect to get something for nothing, David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic Daily.
The Mess at Airports Is Part of a Larger Pattern
What’s behind the Newark airport fiasco
bit.ly
May 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The nation’s air-safety system suffers from the same malady as much of the federal government: years of underfunding by politicians who somehow expect to get something for nothing, David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic Daily.
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NEW: The Trump Organization has agreed to a new Middle East golf course and real estate deal that involves a Qatari government-owned firm, two weeks before President Trump is set to travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on a state visit.
with Vivian Nereim
nyti.ms/4k2vDFH
with Vivian Nereim
nyti.ms/4k2vDFH
New Mideast Project Is Latest Trump Company Deal Tied to Foreign Government (Gift Article)
The Trump Organization agreed to partner on a real estate project in Qatar in the latest of a series of projects tied to foreign governments.
nyti.ms
April 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
NEW: The Trump Organization has agreed to a new Middle East golf course and real estate deal that involves a Qatari government-owned firm, two weeks before President Trump is set to travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on a state visit.
with Vivian Nereim
nyti.ms/4k2vDFH
with Vivian Nereim
nyti.ms/4k2vDFH
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"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
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New: In a filing, the Trump administration answered only one of the three questions that Judge Xinis ordered it to address.
It said that Abrego Garcia is in CECOT and is alive.
It didn't answer the other two questions: what steps it's taken to return him, and what steps it plans to take to do so.
It said that Abrego Garcia is in CECOT and is alive.
It didn't answer the other two questions: what steps it's taken to return him, and what steps it plans to take to do so.
storage.courtlistener.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
New: In a filing, the Trump administration answered only one of the three questions that Judge Xinis ordered it to address.
It said that Abrego Garcia is in CECOT and is alive.
It didn't answer the other two questions: what steps it's taken to return him, and what steps it plans to take to do so.
It said that Abrego Garcia is in CECOT and is alive.
It didn't answer the other two questions: what steps it's taken to return him, and what steps it plans to take to do so.
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The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices, according to internal documents obtained by CNN.
Trump’s draft budget eviscerates weather and climate tracking and research | CNN
The move would devastate weather and climate research even as weather is becoming more erratic and extreme, and would cripple the US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate ...
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices, according to internal documents obtained by CNN.
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This is exactly how Democrats should be responding to Republican attacks.
Governor Reynolds shared an op ed attacking me, that's a great example of what Iowans hate about politics. Here's some truth (Pt. 1/2):
April 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is exactly how Democrats should be responding to Republican attacks.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“I have many reactions to President Trump’s largely caving on his harebrained plan to tariff the world, but overall, one reaction just keeps coming back to me: If you hire clowns, you should expect a circus,” our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social writes.
“I have many reactions to President Trump’s largely caving on his harebrained plan to tariff the world, but overall, one reaction just keeps coming back to me: If you hire clowns, you should expect a circus,” our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social writes.
Opinion | What Trump Just Cost America
Do you think these former close U.S. allies are ever going to trust getting into a trench with this administration again?
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“I have many reactions to President Trump’s largely caving on his harebrained plan to tariff the world, but overall, one reaction just keeps coming back to me: If you hire clowns, you should expect a circus,” our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social writes.
“I have many reactions to President Trump’s largely caving on his harebrained plan to tariff the world, but overall, one reaction just keeps coming back to me: If you hire clowns, you should expect a circus,” our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social writes.
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While this admin is taking food from the hungry, ins from the sick, benefits from vets, laying off scores of fed workers, pillaging Govt inst & stopping medical research-under the guise of waste, fraud, & abuse –
🟠’s planning a military parade celebrating his bday w/ a price approaching $100 Mill.
🟠’s planning a military parade celebrating his bday w/ a price approaching $100 Mill.
Trump administration planning military parade for president's birthday
The Trump administration started planning a military-style parade in the D.C. area for the president’s birthday. President Donald Trump attempted to put on a similar parade during his first term in of...
www.nbcwashington.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
While this admin is taking food from the hungry, ins from the sick, benefits from vets, laying off scores of fed workers, pillaging Govt inst & stopping medical research-under the guise of waste, fraud, & abuse –
🟠’s planning a military parade celebrating his bday w/ a price approaching $100 Mill.
🟠’s planning a military parade celebrating his bday w/ a price approaching $100 Mill.
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The Trump administration has fired a top Navy admiral assigned to NATO headquarters in Brussels, people familiar with the matter said Monday, the latest ouster in an ongoing purge of senior military officers that has disproportionately targeted women.
U.S. admiral at NATO fired, latest ouster in Trump military purge
Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield is one of at least nine senior military leaders — and the fourth woman — removed since Trump’s return to Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Trump administration has fired a top Navy admiral assigned to NATO headquarters in Brussels, people familiar with the matter said Monday, the latest ouster in an ongoing purge of senior military officers that has disproportionately targeted women.
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As someone whose life was saved by cancer research (and may depend on more in the future), I am biased here. But biased on the side of not-cancer. So.
Petabytes of critical government research that is marked for possible deletion cannot be archived because of technical and legal restrictions, meaning it is very likely to be lost forever:
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
www.404media.co
April 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
As someone whose life was saved by cancer research (and may depend on more in the future), I am biased here. But biased on the side of not-cancer. So.
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FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say
FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say
Around 170 staff were cut from the FDA's Office of Inspections and Investigations this week as part of wider cuts at U.S. health agencies.
www.cbsnews.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say
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The use of Gmail, a far less secure method of communication than the encrypted messaging app Signal, is the latest example of questionable data security practices by top national security officials already under fire.
Read more here:
Read more here:
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
wapo.st
April 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The use of Gmail, a far less secure method of communication than the encrypted messaging app Signal, is the latest example of questionable data security practices by top national security officials already under fire.
Read more here:
Read more here:
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This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
t.co/LeABrGqDei
t.co/LeABrGqDei
April 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.