@capebeachwalk.bsky.social
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An Idaho school has asked a teacher to remove a poster that says 'Everyone is Welcome Here" because they deem it "political."
School removes "everyone is welcome" poster: What we know
www.newsweek.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
An Idaho school has asked a teacher to remove a poster that says 'Everyone is Welcome Here" because they deem it "political."
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Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster
@chrislhayes.bsky.social shares the story of Sarah Inama, a 6th grade teacher in Idaho who is standing up to injustice in her school and state.
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxR...
@chrislhayes.bsky.social shares the story of Sarah Inama, a 6th grade teacher in Idaho who is standing up to injustice in her school and state.
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxR...
Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster
@chrislhayes.bsky.social shares the story of Sarah Inama, a 6th grade teacher in Idaho who is standing up to injustice in her school and state.
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxR...
@chrislhayes.bsky.social shares the story of Sarah Inama, a 6th grade teacher in Idaho who is standing up to injustice in her school and state.
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxR...
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The GOP House has cancelled all town halls. They dont want to hear from constituents. MSNBC suggests holding the cancelled town halls anyway and inviting the press. Either our representatives show or learn of it all over the media.
February 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The GOP House has cancelled all town halls. They dont want to hear from constituents. MSNBC suggests holding the cancelled town halls anyway and inviting the press. Either our representatives show or learn of it all over the media.
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Sesame Street isn’t supposed to turn a profit. The Post Office isn’t a business. Police and firefighters aren’t there to make money. Not everything has to be a cash grab.
February 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Sesame Street isn’t supposed to turn a profit. The Post Office isn’t a business. Police and firefighters aren’t there to make money. Not everything has to be a cash grab.
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This is all part of the master plan to increase confidence in vaccines
February 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is all part of the master plan to increase confidence in vaccines
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International AIDS Society President Beatriz Grinsztejn, referring to cuts worldwide, said: "The U.S. funding cuts are dismantling the system. HIV treatment is crumbling. TB services are collapsing... Lives are on the line." Her organisation is not affected directly. #IDSky
Services collapsing as USAID cuts health contracts worldwide
U.S.-funded health projects around the world, including those providing lifesaving care, received termination notices from Washington on Thursday as President Donald Trump's administration neared completion of a review to ensure grants are aligned with its "America First" policy.
www.reuters.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
International AIDS Society President Beatriz Grinsztejn, referring to cuts worldwide, said: "The U.S. funding cuts are dismantling the system. HIV treatment is crumbling. TB services are collapsing... Lives are on the line." Her organisation is not affected directly. #IDSky
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all for yelling at electeds always and so this is where her constituents need to be calling her office to yell praise
Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics
February 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
all for yelling at electeds always and so this is where her constituents need to be calling her office to yell praise
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💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
February 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
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The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.
February 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.
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PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
February 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
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The only reason to keep you from knowing what the government is doing by eliminating access to open records is because you're planning on keeping the public from knowing what the government is doing.
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
Firing of FOIA officers leaves experts worried about public records access under Trump - Poynter
‘Anytime that whole FOIA offices are getting fired, it portends terrible things’
www.poynter.org
February 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The only reason to keep you from knowing what the government is doing by eliminating access to open records is because you're planning on keeping the public from knowing what the government is doing.
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
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I'm looking to see if the cuts & chaos at CDC and NIH have affected any clinical trials or research for drugs for the treatment of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or other serious diseases. If you know anything, please contact me at DavidCorn.99 at Signal.
Or if you have any other good stories.
Or if you have any other good stories.
February 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I'm looking to see if the cuts & chaos at CDC and NIH have affected any clinical trials or research for drugs for the treatment of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or other serious diseases. If you know anything, please contact me at DavidCorn.99 at Signal.
Or if you have any other good stories.
Or if you have any other good stories.
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Info on when revaccination may be recommended
Measles cases are rising in the U.S. Do adults need a vaccine booster?
With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is your best protection. And it's not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Info on when revaccination may be recommended
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Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post
February 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post
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"The press....have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government....The AP therefore brings this action to....prevent the Executive Branch from coercing journalists to report the news using only govt.-approved language"
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"The press....have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government....The AP therefore brings this action to....prevent the Executive Branch from coercing journalists to report the news using only govt.-approved language"
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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So.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
February 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
So.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
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Take Russia's frozen assets now
(written in December 2023, now even more urgent)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
(written in December 2023, now even more urgent)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Give Russia’s Frozen Assets to Ukraine Now
Putin should pay for the damage his invasion has caused, and the money is needed immediately.
www.theatlantic.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Take Russia's frozen assets now
(written in December 2023, now even more urgent)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
(written in December 2023, now even more urgent)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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"one of the officials who was locked out of his work accounts was Acting Chief of Defense Nuclear Safety James Todd, a senior executive official and the top authority for all nuclear-safety matters in the agency" www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-dog...
Inside DOGE’s Dumbest Cut Yet
Last week’s hastily reversed firings at the National Nuclear Security Administration have left a reeling, rattled agency in their wake.
www.thebulwark.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"one of the officials who was locked out of his work accounts was Acting Chief of Defense Nuclear Safety James Todd, a senior executive official and the top authority for all nuclear-safety matters in the agency" www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-dog...
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This is so sad.
Social Security will save $205B because it will not have to pay out benefits to 1.7M Americans who died from #COVID.
fortune.com/2025/02/19/a...
fortune.com/2025/02/19/a...
So many Americans died from COVID, it boosted Social Security to the tune of $205 billion
The increase is “driven primarily by the premature death of people who would have received retirement benefits.”
fortune.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This is so sad.
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HHS has ordered CDC to stop its influenza vaccine “Wild to Mild” media campaign. This is an award-winning campaign that effectively explains how influenza vaccine may not prevent infection but does decrease illness severity. We are currently having one of the worst influenza seasons in 15 years.
February 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
HHS has ordered CDC to stop its influenza vaccine “Wild to Mild” media campaign. This is an award-winning campaign that effectively explains how influenza vaccine may not prevent infection but does decrease illness severity. We are currently having one of the worst influenza seasons in 15 years.
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NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
February 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
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From a Ukrainian soldier:
February 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
From a Ukrainian soldier:
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If our federal agencies no longer provide good info, several states are still providing it. Here is Oregon's page for vaccine info.
Oregon Health Authority : Vaccines and Immunization : Vaccines and Immunization : State of Oregon
Oregon Immunization Program: Immunization is the safest and most effective public health tool for preventing disease and death
www.oregon.gov
February 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If our federal agencies no longer provide good info, several states are still providing it. Here is Oregon's page for vaccine info.
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It’s 2025, but it feels like 2020 all over again.
Rising cases. Silent spread. Weak surveillance. A dangerously slow response.
We've seen this before hesitation, denial, and then chaos. The clock is ticking. Will we act in time?
Rising cases. Silent spread. Weak surveillance. A dangerously slow response.
We've seen this before hesitation, denial, and then chaos. The clock is ticking. Will we act in time?
February 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It’s 2025, but it feels like 2020 all over again.
Rising cases. Silent spread. Weak surveillance. A dangerously slow response.
We've seen this before hesitation, denial, and then chaos. The clock is ticking. Will we act in time?
Rising cases. Silent spread. Weak surveillance. A dangerously slow response.
We've seen this before hesitation, denial, and then chaos. The clock is ticking. Will we act in time?