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In just one week: A GOP president deployed Marines in a U.S. city, called for a Democratic governor’s arrest, the GOP Speaker called for him to be tarred and feathered, a Democratic senator was handcuffed, and two Democratic legislators were shot in their homes.
June 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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June 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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RFK Jr. says the CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for healthy pregnant women.

Yet doctors have found that stillbirths can result from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta — even for people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent.

@deldeib.bsky.social‬'s story from 2022:
“God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen.
A lack of testing data and government guidance led many to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, unwittingly increasing their chances of a stillbirth.
www.propublica.org
May 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Donald Trump’s war on universities could drive away America’s brightest import. New data suggest that prospective students are already looking elsewhere https://econ.trib.al/rqGGkOg
Demand for American degrees has already hit covid-era lows
Trump’s war on universities could drive away America’s brightest import
econ.trib.al
May 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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He’s weakening our country. He’s weakening our economy. He’s weakening our alliances. He’s weakening the free world. He’s weakening our influence around the world.

And Putin keeps smiling every single day.
April 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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We love Bluesky don’t we?
April 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
All the neigh sayers were convinced the senator going would be a waste of time. Good job Sen Van Hollen.
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity

www.openculture.com/2025/04/the-...

The Iliad at PG

www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc...

#books #literature
April 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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“The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying ‘anti-Christian bias’ as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new order on supporting employees of Christian faith.”
State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’
“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.
www.politico.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Can confirm. I know more than one NOAA researcher who is bringing their own toilet paper to the office. Because the facilities contracts have not been renewed.
April 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Ozymandias
March 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more.

Taking back our power starts now.
March 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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NEW: After nearly a month it appears the CDC is back at it, deleting data from their site. Today they removed 8 items involving Quitline data. Of course, I've got it backed up on our site.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
March 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Debate over whether the Sundance Film Festival will stay in Utah is heating up after a new report claimed the festival is in jeopardy of leaving over a recent pride flag bill.
'Bye Felicia?': SLC not elaborating on reports that Sundance may leave Utah over pride flag bill
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Debate over whether the Sundance Film Festival will stay in Utah is heating up after a new report from Deadline claimed that the festival is in jeopardy of leaving Uta…
www.abc4.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.

Do not let anyone play games with you.
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.

Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.

Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
March 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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holy shit this question at the Rep. Chuck Edwards town hall 🔥🔥🔥
March 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Epic idea
March 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.
March 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Canadians, the largest group of foreign tourists to the U.S., spent $20.5B last year, but travel is slowing. Hotel bookings near the border are down year over year, with an 8% drop in Niagara Falls, NY, and Bellingham, WA, down 12%. A 10% decline could mean a $2.1B loss.
ground.news/article/cana...
March 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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We created a hub for federal workers about what they need to know and do to protect themselves amid attacks on their livelihoods from the Trump Administration.

Bookmark and share widely:
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What federal workers can do to protect themselves - Protect Democracy
A list of resources for civil servants navigating attacks on the federal workforce, including actions to take ASAP, knowing your rights, and where to find legal or other support.
protectdemocracy.org
March 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM