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The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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August 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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I remember when Jill Stein told me there was no difference between the GOP and the Dems on climate change. 🤷🏽♂️
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Revoke the Legal Basis for Tackling Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I remember when Jill Stein told me there was no difference between the GOP and the Dems on climate change. 🤷🏽♂️
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
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A new report by Human Rights Watch and partner nonprofits released today confirms that migrants at the downtown Miami ICE facility were indeed shackled with hands tied behind their backs, forced to kneel, and made to eat from styrofoam plates “like dogs.”
“You Feel Like Your Life is Over”
The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025,” documents that people detained at Krome North Service Proc...
www.hrw.org
July 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A new report by Human Rights Watch and partner nonprofits released today confirms that migrants at the downtown Miami ICE facility were indeed shackled with hands tied behind their backs, forced to kneel, and made to eat from styrofoam plates “like dogs.”
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“Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
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Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
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Get your fuckin vaccines
Six infants born with congenital measles in Ontario from unvaccinated mothers
Congenital measles can result in severe complications, including inflammation of the brain and death. #Ontario
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Congenital measles can result in severe complications, including inflammation of the brain and death. #Ontario
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Six infants born with congenital measles in Ontario from unvaccinated mothers
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says six infants have been born with congenital measles since an outbreak began last fall, adding they were infected in the womb through mothers who were not ...
www.ctvnews.ca
June 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Get your fuckin vaccines
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ousting all members of a key CDC vaccination advisory committee and replacing them with his own picks.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
RFK Jr. ousts all members of CDC vaccine advisory panel
Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of experts who recommend vaccines, has been "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest."
www.washingtonpost.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ousting all members of a key CDC vaccination advisory committee and replacing them with his own picks.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
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Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used.
June 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used.
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Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.
May 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.
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#ResistanceRoots
Mathematician and computer scientist Annie Easley was born on this day in 1933 in Birmingham, Ala. Easley made important contributions to early NASA rocket systems and developed code that she used to research alternative power technologies such as batteries and fuel systems. /1
Mathematician and computer scientist Annie Easley was born on this day in 1933 in Birmingham, Ala. Easley made important contributions to early NASA rocket systems and developed code that she used to research alternative power technologies such as batteries and fuel systems. /1
April 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
#ResistanceRoots
Mathematician and computer scientist Annie Easley was born on this day in 1933 in Birmingham, Ala. Easley made important contributions to early NASA rocket systems and developed code that she used to research alternative power technologies such as batteries and fuel systems. /1
Mathematician and computer scientist Annie Easley was born on this day in 1933 in Birmingham, Ala. Easley made important contributions to early NASA rocket systems and developed code that she used to research alternative power technologies such as batteries and fuel systems. /1
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Trump just signed an executive memorandum aimed at investigating ActBlue, the leading Democratic fundraising platform.
The memo directs the AG to look into alleged foreign contributions made on the platform to U.S. elections.
There is no evidence to suggest this is happening.
The memo directs the AG to look into alleged foreign contributions made on the platform to U.S. elections.
There is no evidence to suggest this is happening.
April 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Trump just signed an executive memorandum aimed at investigating ActBlue, the leading Democratic fundraising platform.
The memo directs the AG to look into alleged foreign contributions made on the platform to U.S. elections.
There is no evidence to suggest this is happening.
The memo directs the AG to look into alleged foreign contributions made on the platform to U.S. elections.
There is no evidence to suggest this is happening.
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Because one time wasn’t enough:
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Because one time wasn’t enough:
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.
April 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.
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Musk has placed the entire staff of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) on administrative leave.
April 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Musk has placed the entire staff of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) on administrative leave.
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JUST IN: @ACLU tells court there are indications Trump administration may be preparing men in Colorado for another Alien Enemies Act deportation flight. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
DBUColoradoClarify041425
www.documentcloud.org
April 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
JUST IN: @ACLU tells court there are indications Trump administration may be preparing men in Colorado for another Alien Enemies Act deportation flight. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Trump orders U.S. government to stop tracking "super gonorrhea" that is resistant to most antibiotics:
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Trump orders U.S. government to stop tracking "super gonorrhea" that is resistant to most antibiotics:
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Trump orders government to stop tracking cancers in U.S. firefighters.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Trump orders government to stop tracking cancers in U.S. firefighters.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has repeatedly claimed: “If you’re healthy, it’s almost impossible to die from an infectious disease in modern times.”
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Experts Push Back on RFK Jr’s Infection Comments
The new Secretary of Health and Human Services has made claims about measles and other communicable diseases that could lead to sickness, and even death, his critics claim.
www.medscape.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has repeatedly claimed: “If you’re healthy, it’s almost impossible to die from an infectious disease in modern times.”
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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The whitewashing of US history continues at Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense
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Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The whitewashing of US history continues at Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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The GOP is filled with the worst people.
March 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The GOP is filled with the worst people.
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“I won’t forget” ?
March 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“I won’t forget” ?
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Madness
He is destroying our country
He is destroying our country
March 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Madness
He is destroying our country
He is destroying our country
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“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries — WIRED
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
apple.news
March 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”
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This is fine.
Elon Musk's DOGE has deleted hundreds of items from the public accounting of its cuts — shrinking the savings it has claimed to provide by nearly half.
Contracting experts say these mistakes raise questions about DOGE's basic understanding of the federal government.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
Contracting experts say these mistakes raise questions about DOGE's basic understanding of the federal government.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
Struggling With Errors, DOGE Deletes Billions More From List of Savings
For the second time in a week, Elon Musk’s government overhaul effort updated its “wall of receipts” to remove mistakes that inflated its success.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is fine.