Cheryl
@cbmccallon.bsky.social
Avid reader, now Libby user since my eyes aren't as good as they used to be. Cat/dog lover.
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“Outbreaks began five months ago in undervaccinated communities in West Texas. Three people have died — 2 children in Texas, 1 adult in New Mexico, dozens have been hospitalized”
RFK anti-vax propaganda has only spread the paranoia & harm caused by the misinformation spread by the anti-vaxers
RFK anti-vax propaganda has only spread the paranoia & harm caused by the misinformation spread by the anti-vaxers
The US is having its worst year for measles in more than three decades
Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in three decades. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. has 1,288 cases since the beginning of the year.
apnews.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“Outbreaks began five months ago in undervaccinated communities in West Texas. Three people have died — 2 children in Texas, 1 adult in New Mexico, dozens have been hospitalized”
RFK anti-vax propaganda has only spread the paranoia & harm caused by the misinformation spread by the anti-vaxers
RFK anti-vax propaganda has only spread the paranoia & harm caused by the misinformation spread by the anti-vaxers
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DOGE guy at the CFPB owned verboten stocks.
He was explicitly warned by ethics lawyers that he wasn’t permitted to take any action that could benefit those companies — and him.
He then helped fire workers anyway.
Including the ethics lawyers who warned him.
www.propublica.org/article/cfpb...
He was explicitly warned by ethics lawyers that he wasn’t permitted to take any action that could benefit those companies — and him.
He then helped fire workers anyway.
Including the ethics lawyers who warned him.
www.propublica.org/article/cfpb...
DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest
Before he helped fire most Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffers, DOGE’s Gavin Kliger was warned about his investments and advised to not take any actions that could benefit him personally, ac...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
DOGE guy at the CFPB owned verboten stocks.
He was explicitly warned by ethics lawyers that he wasn’t permitted to take any action that could benefit those companies — and him.
He then helped fire workers anyway.
Including the ethics lawyers who warned him.
www.propublica.org/article/cfpb...
He was explicitly warned by ethics lawyers that he wasn’t permitted to take any action that could benefit those companies — and him.
He then helped fire workers anyway.
Including the ethics lawyers who warned him.
www.propublica.org/article/cfpb...
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Health in the Hood works w/ underserved neighborhoods thru sustainable urban gardens &food distribution. Due to DOGE, funds are being withheld and their abilities to feed the community is at risk. If you’re able, consider donating: shorturl.at/soOYG
#DCFL
#DCFL
May 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Health in the Hood works w/ underserved neighborhoods thru sustainable urban gardens &food distribution. Due to DOGE, funds are being withheld and their abilities to feed the community is at risk. If you’re able, consider donating: shorturl.at/soOYG
#DCFL
#DCFL
We (I live in the area) routinely launch Minuteman missiles into the Pacific Ocean to make sure we can intercept them from Vandenberg SFB. This was planned a couple of years ago, with no dick wagging involved. Please don't play into hype/rage-clickbait.
Just when you think we’re modeling ourselves after Russia, we go and throw in a sprinkle of North Korea.
February 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
We (I live in the area) routinely launch Minuteman missiles into the Pacific Ocean to make sure we can intercept them from Vandenberg SFB. This was planned a couple of years ago, with no dick wagging involved. Please don't play into hype/rage-clickbait.
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Of all the dumbfuckery you’ll see today, none of it will come even close to this.
February 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Of all the dumbfuckery you’ll see today, none of it will come even close to this.
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The Associated Press says it was banned from covering an event in the Oval Office because it has not aligned its editorial standards with President Trump’s executive order on changing the name of Gulf of Mexico.
February 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Associated Press says it was banned from covering an event in the Oval Office because it has not aligned its editorial standards with President Trump’s executive order on changing the name of Gulf of Mexico.
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Ford and GM are also each donating $1M and vechicals to Trump’s inauguration.
January 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Ford and GM are also each donating $1M and vechicals to Trump’s inauguration.
Disgusting! How...I know - he gave them agency to be this awful. UGH!
“The F.B.I. said in a statement on Friday that some recipients of the latest messages were told they had been selected for deportation. Others were instructed to report to a ‘re-education camp’ for L.G.B.T.Q. people.”
A wave of offensive text messages and emails has gone out to Hispanic and LGBTQ people in recent days, according to the FBI, coming on the heels of a barrage of racist texts that were sent to Black people in the wake of the election.
November 18, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Disgusting! How...I know - he gave them agency to be this awful. UGH!
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
JFC!
😳 Posted by Steve Bannon on Gettr: “Tiffany Justice , Moms for Liberty, Short-Listed for Secretary of Education… Goal: Shut Down the Dept” 11/16/24 1/ gettr.com/post/p3drvoq...
November 17, 2024 at 11:24 PM
JFC!
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CEO of JPMorgan Chase says bankers are "dancing in the streets" because they expect less regulation
MAGA populism at work!
MAGA populism at work!
Jamie Dimon says bankers are 'dancing in the street' because they expect Trump to cut regulation
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said Wall Street was buzzing at the prospect of Trump deregulating the banking industry and making it easier to do business.
www.yahoo.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:22 PM
CEO of JPMorgan Chase says bankers are "dancing in the streets" because they expect less regulation
MAGA populism at work!
MAGA populism at work!
Exactly this!
It is not "the Ukraine war."
It is not "the Russia-Ukraine war."
It is the Russian INVASION of Ukraine.
And NORTH KOREA has now also invaded.
The invasion of a free nation and slaughter of its civilians, started and waged by TWO of our greatest geopolitical foes.
It is not "the Russia-Ukraine war."
It is the Russian INVASION of Ukraine.
And NORTH KOREA has now also invaded.
The invasion of a free nation and slaughter of its civilians, started and waged by TWO of our greatest geopolitical foes.
November 17, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Exactly this!
WTF?
This comment reveals utter ignorance about the American founding, or total devotion to the cult.
Or both.
Or both.
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 PM
WTF?
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Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
November 17, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
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Here I thought FBI Director Wray was corrupted enough (withholding 4,500 Kavanaugh tips and sending them to Trump / holding onto Gov. Chris Christie’s bridgegate phone)
Kash Patel may be the incoming Director of the FBI - he is also one of Trump’s NARA reps re: classified documents
Kash Patel may be the incoming Director of the FBI - he is also one of Trump’s NARA reps re: classified documents
November 17, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Here I thought FBI Director Wray was corrupted enough (withholding 4,500 Kavanaugh tips and sending them to Trump / holding onto Gov. Chris Christie’s bridgegate phone)
Kash Patel may be the incoming Director of the FBI - he is also one of Trump’s NARA reps re: classified documents
Kash Patel may be the incoming Director of the FBI - he is also one of Trump’s NARA reps re: classified documents
WTF?
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said he wants the federal government to give states “more flexibility on what segments of the population are covered and which ones are not” under Medicaid on Nov. 13, as a new Trump administration prepares to take office.
Gov. Reeves Wants ‘Flexibility’ On Who Medicaid Covers
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he wants states to have more flexibility on who is covered by Medicaid under the new Trump administration.
buff.ly
November 17, 2024 at 5:16 PM
WTF?
So gross!
this is gross -- asked about RFK Jr's nomination, Markwayne Mullin deflects by bringing up a number of LGBT people Biden put in his administration, including Pete Buttigieg
November 17, 2024 at 4:12 PM
So gross!
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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
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Have you seen this letter from computer experts to Kamala Harris asking for a recount? Because everybody needs to see this letter from computer experts to Kamala Harris asking for a recount
freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/u...
freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/u...
freespeechforpeople.org
November 17, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Have you seen this letter from computer experts to Kamala Harris asking for a recount? Because everybody needs to see this letter from computer experts to Kamala Harris asking for a recount
freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/u...
freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/u...
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This is chilling. In September, as Elon Musk began buying Trump a presidency after Trump promised him a federal department he could use to destroy his enemies, Trump agents at the Heritage Foundation began filing FOIA requests to find anyone in government who had ever mentioned Musk in any document.
Inside the conservative hunt for partisans in the federal government before Trump takes over | CNN Politics
In mid-September, as tech billionaire Elon Musk intensified his efforts to elect Donald Trump as president, a wave of letters arrived at the Department of Transportation, asking the agency to turn ove...
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2024 at 12:11 AM
This is chilling. In September, as Elon Musk began buying Trump a presidency after Trump promised him a federal department he could use to destroy his enemies, Trump agents at the Heritage Foundation began filing FOIA requests to find anyone in government who had ever mentioned Musk in any document.
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Does this look like a mandate to you?
It’s not.
As of now 🟠 is leading by 1.7%….
And they’re still counting votes.
Dammit.
It’s not.
As of now 🟠 is leading by 1.7%….
And they’re still counting votes.
Dammit.
November 16, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Does this look like a mandate to you?
It’s not.
As of now 🟠 is leading by 1.7%….
And they’re still counting votes.
Dammit.
It’s not.
As of now 🟠 is leading by 1.7%….
And they’re still counting votes.
Dammit.
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PONDER THIS…
Have you ever noticed that when shit goes down, people demand that minorities be held responsible for their entire ethnic group? White folks are exempt from that demand.
When a Black person does something bad, the entire Black community must answer for it. Why is that?
🧵
Have you ever noticed that when shit goes down, people demand that minorities be held responsible for their entire ethnic group? White folks are exempt from that demand.
When a Black person does something bad, the entire Black community must answer for it. Why is that?
🧵
November 16, 2024 at 2:42 PM
PONDER THIS…
Have you ever noticed that when shit goes down, people demand that minorities be held responsible for their entire ethnic group? White folks are exempt from that demand.
When a Black person does something bad, the entire Black community must answer for it. Why is that?
🧵
Have you ever noticed that when shit goes down, people demand that minorities be held responsible for their entire ethnic group? White folks are exempt from that demand.
When a Black person does something bad, the entire Black community must answer for it. Why is that?
🧵
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Whistleblower sounds alarm about destruction of tribal sites in North Carolina
www.wunc.org/news/2024-11...
www.wunc.org/news/2024-11...
Whistleblower sounds alarm about destruction of tribal sites in North Carolina
A career archaeologist with the U.S. Forest Service says managers have been engaging in irresponsible and illegal behavior that has resulted in damage to Native American sites across the forested slop...
www.wunc.org
November 16, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Whistleblower sounds alarm about destruction of tribal sites in North Carolina
www.wunc.org/news/2024-11...
www.wunc.org/news/2024-11...