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House Democrats could force a vote on impeaching RFK any time they want. Of course it would fail. But do you want to make an issue of it or not?
This is such a no-brainer that the lack of a coordinated response feels deeply damning. A Democratic leadership team that can't mobilize an instant all-hands-on-deck effort on RFK Jr. isn't a leadership team at all.
I know Democrats are overwhelmed (or rudderless, if you are less charitable) by the sheer volume of Trump authoritarian moves, but I’d like to see them unified behind specific goals like “RFK Jr is a threat to public health and needs to go.”
August 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
House Democrats could force a vote on impeaching RFK any time they want. Of course it would fail. But do you want to make an issue of it or not?
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Generational public health sabotage
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Generational public health sabotage
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Dems should strongly consider impeaching RFK Jr if they take back the House — and maybe should campaign on a pledge to do so
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services is a direct threat to public health.
"Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover."
"Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover."
Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs
The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.
www.wsj.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Dems should strongly consider impeaching RFK Jr if they take back the House — and maybe should campaign on a pledge to do so
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What is left to say? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
July 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
What is left to say? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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They mean to be as insulting to Black people, as dismissive of our lives, as resistance to our status as full citizens in this country as they can be.
There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
They mean to be as insulting to Black people, as dismissive of our lives, as resistance to our status as full citizens in this country as they can be.
There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
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the beatings will continue until Trump wins the Nobel Peace Prize
July 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
the beatings will continue until Trump wins the Nobel Peace Prize
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Another rather wild statement from Murkowski — who provides no explanations as to why she accepted the premise of the deadline if she found it so preposterous. She could have just said I'm a firm no until we figure this stuff out in a month!
July 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Another rather wild statement from Murkowski — who provides no explanations as to why she accepted the premise of the deadline if she found it so preposterous. She could have just said I'm a firm no until we figure this stuff out in a month!
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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
June 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Bathrooms spacious enough to dance around in—a throwback to the golden days of aviation!
Bathrooms spacious enough to dance around in—a throwback to the golden days of aviation!
BA steward ‘found naked and dancing in business class toilet’
Police say man on flight from San Francisco to London Heathrow Airport was arrested on suspicion of being unfit for duty
www.independent.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Bathrooms spacious enough to dance around in—a throwback to the golden days of aviation!
Bathrooms spacious enough to dance around in—a throwback to the golden days of aviation!
This was my message to Saturday’s West Point Commencement speaker. (You might not believe this, but the sign was home-made.)
May 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This was my message to Saturday’s West Point Commencement speaker. (You might not believe this, but the sign was home-made.)
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The point is a simple one. When the foundations of civic democratic America are being systematically gutted by the most reactionary administration at least in modern American history we shld be even less patient than usual with clout chasing lefty pablum making a perverse common cause with reaction.
May 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The point is a simple one. When the foundations of civic democratic America are being systematically gutted by the most reactionary administration at least in modern American history we shld be even less patient than usual with clout chasing lefty pablum making a perverse common cause with reaction.
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In today’s @nytopinion.nytimes.com, me on how a #SCOTUS ruling that gets rid of nationwide injunctions without a meaningful alternative would gravely undermine the ability of the federal courts to halt patently lawless nationwide policies adopted by *any* President—but especially by this one:
Opinion | The ‘Modest’ Ruling That Could Kneecap Our Legal System
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
In today’s @nytopinion.nytimes.com, me on how a #SCOTUS ruling that gets rid of nationwide injunctions without a meaningful alternative would gravely undermine the ability of the federal courts to halt patently lawless nationwide policies adopted by *any* President—but especially by this one:
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"I will be resigning after this semester from my tenured position at West Point after 13 years on the faculty. I cannot tolerate these changes, which prevent me from doing my job responsibly. I am ashamed to be associated with the academy in its current form."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"I will be resigning after this semester from my tenured position at West Point after 13 years on the faculty. I cannot tolerate these changes, which prevent me from doing my job responsibly. I am ashamed to be associated with the academy in its current form."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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Holy Crap. Not sure I've seen anything more redolent of 2025 www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...
Texas bill would monitor wastewater for the abortion medication mifepristone
Supporters say a Texas bill, which would monitor wastewater for medication abortion, is about environmental concerns. Opponents say it's an attack on abortion...
www.dallasnews.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy Crap. Not sure I've seen anything more redolent of 2025 www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...
Microsoft Drops Law Firm That Made a Deal With Trump From a Case www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b...
The enemy of my enemy is … Clippy
The enemy of my enemy is … Clippy
May 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Microsoft Drops Law Firm That Made a Deal With Trump From a Case www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b...
The enemy of my enemy is … Clippy
The enemy of my enemy is … Clippy
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It's pretty funny that Trump has engineered a geo-political game of chicken between two societies - the US and China - where the winner will be the society most willing to withstand economic pain and inconveience in furtherance of some future national collective goal. Not really a US strong suit!
April 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It's pretty funny that Trump has engineered a geo-political game of chicken between two societies - the US and China - where the winner will be the society most willing to withstand economic pain and inconveience in furtherance of some future national collective goal. Not really a US strong suit!
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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
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It is not unfrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean nothing else by it but their own liberty, — to oppress without control or the restraint of laws all who are poorer or weaker than themselves.
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
April 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It is not unfrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean nothing else by it but their own liberty, — to oppress without control or the restraint of laws all who are poorer or weaker than themselves.
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
April 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
It is a small school, yet there are those who love it well…
www.harvard.edu
www.harvard.edu
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
www.harvard.edu
April 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It is a small school, yet there are those who love it well…
www.harvard.edu
www.harvard.edu
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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
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Today in 1945 American soldiers liberated Buchenwald
Migrant detainees should be in a maximum-security El Salvador prison "for the rest of their lives," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says — despite a recent CBS News investigation that found more than 75% of those sent to the prison had NO criminal records.
Migrant detainees should be in El Salvador prison "for the rest of their lives," Noem says
The detainees were arrested and deported to a foreign, maximum-security prison without being given a court hearing.
www.axios.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today in 1945 American soldiers liberated Buchenwald
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If I were Judge Xinis, I would order the government to produce, in her courtroom, officials who were in a position to answer her questions and to do so under oath.
Letting DOJ continue to prevaricate and deflect responsibility in written submissions seems ... insufficient at this point.
Letting DOJ continue to prevaricate and deflect responsibility in written submissions seems ... insufficient at this point.
April 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If I were Judge Xinis, I would order the government to produce, in her courtroom, officials who were in a position to answer her questions and to do so under oath.
Letting DOJ continue to prevaricate and deflect responsibility in written submissions seems ... insufficient at this point.
Letting DOJ continue to prevaricate and deflect responsibility in written submissions seems ... insufficient at this point.