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CNN: If a sailor in the Caribbean is given an order they think possibly could be illegal, what are they to do?

HOULAHAN: If you receive an order you're not sure of, you have a duty to question your commander, the person next in your chain of command. You have a duty to go up the chain of command
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Being asked about crazy inflated numbers by antivaccine groups regarding how vaccines kids get. ANS: we went from vaccinating vs 8 diseases when I was a resident in the 1980s, to 16 diseases today. But of those 16, 11 diseases are combined into just two shots. Breakdowns below:
September 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Oh, so guns *do* kill people? Gotcha.
September 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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The latest @revealnews.org episode digs deep into a real estate investment firm called Medical Properties Trust—its history, its business model, and how treating hospitals like financial assets leaves them gutted (1/3) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The landlord gutting America’s hospitals
Medical Properties Trust buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone belly up.
www.motherjones.com
July 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become king. The palace becomes a circus."
— Turkish proverb
February 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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A lot of tragedy is going to occur over the coming four years as Americans inevitably find out the hard way that governments, while imperfect, actually do many things that make their lives better and safer.
January 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Must-read story on how a private equity group cornered the fire truck market, doubling prices, causing massive delays and leaving departments across the county — including Los Angeles — without the resources needed to combat fires.
Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires?
During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat in the boneyard, waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier.
www.thebignewsletter.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, Black pioneer pilots honored for their service during World War II. Also halted, teaching the history of Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, the female World War II pilots who were essential in ferrying warplanes…
January 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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The very talented editorial cartoonist David Cohen of the Asheville Times created this. 💓
January 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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January 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM