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Look to the States to Lead on Public Health
MEDPAGETODAY
The scientifically unsound "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) initiative is devastating our country's scientific infrastructure, medical research capacity, epidemiologic surveillance, and public health response capacity.1/4
MEDPAGETODAY
The scientifically unsound "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) initiative is devastating our country's scientific infrastructure, medical research capacity, epidemiologic surveillance, and public health response capacity.1/4
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Look to the States to Lead on Public Health
MEDPAGETODAY
The scientifically unsound "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) initiative is devastating our country's scientific infrastructure, medical research capacity, epidemiologic surveillance, and public health response capacity.1/4
MEDPAGETODAY
The scientifically unsound "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) initiative is devastating our country's scientific infrastructure, medical research capacity, epidemiologic surveillance, and public health response capacity.1/4
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So the Dem #CaveCaucus aren't even getting a real vote out of their surrender:
♦️Without a House vote, any Senate vote is meaningless.
♦️And without at least 4 GOP crossovers, a Senate vote is meaningless too.
♦️Without a House vote, any Senate vote is meaningless.
♦️And without at least 4 GOP crossovers, a Senate vote is meaningless too.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
So the Dem #CaveCaucus aren't even getting a real vote out of their surrender:
♦️Without a House vote, any Senate vote is meaningless.
♦️And without at least 4 GOP crossovers, a Senate vote is meaningless too.
♦️Without a House vote, any Senate vote is meaningless.
♦️And without at least 4 GOP crossovers, a Senate vote is meaningless too.
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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"On August 29, the State Department leadership notified staff that it was terminating more than two dozen agreements...designed to create common language and tactics to push back against Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and terrorist influence campaigns overseas..."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars
The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.
www.theatlantic.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"On August 29, the State Department leadership notified staff that it was terminating more than two dozen agreements...designed to create common language and tactics to push back against Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and terrorist influence campaigns overseas..."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The CDC quietly neutered the best Covid data on the planet yesterday. ED data visualization has been stripped of age stratification, and state-by-state trends.
ED data has been far better for state by state trends than WW. Poof.
ED data has been far better for state by state trends than WW. Poof.
September 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The CDC quietly neutered the best Covid data on the planet yesterday. ED data visualization has been stripped of age stratification, and state-by-state trends.
ED data has been far better for state by state trends than WW. Poof.
ED data has been far better for state by state trends than WW. Poof.
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“…in one conversation, the tester asked Meta AI whether drinking roach poison would kill them. Pretending to be a human friend, the bot responded, ‘Do you want to do it together?’”
“And later, ‘We should do it after I sneak out tonight.’”
“And later, ‘We should do it after I sneak out tonight.’”
Instagram’s chatbot helped teen accounts plan suicide — and parents can’t disable it
An investigation into the Meta AI chatbot built into Instagram and Facebook found that it helped teen accounts plan suicide and self harm, promoted eating disorders and drug use, and regularly claimed...
www.washingtonpost.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“…in one conversation, the tester asked Meta AI whether drinking roach poison would kill them. Pretending to be a human friend, the bot responded, ‘Do you want to do it together?’”
“And later, ‘We should do it after I sneak out tonight.’”
“And later, ‘We should do it after I sneak out tonight.’”
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Tulsi Gabbard surprised CIA officials last week when she included an undercover senior CIA officer on a roster of 37 current and former officials she stripped of security clearances.
Tulsi Gabbard Blindsided CIA Over Revoking Clearance of Undercover Officer
The naming of an agency Russian hand on a list of officials has alarmed people inside the spy agency.
on.wsj.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Tulsi Gabbard surprised CIA officials last week when she included an undercover senior CIA officer on a roster of 37 current and former officials she stripped of security clearances.
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It really is. RFK Jr is a eugenicist (thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...)
A former CDC staffer adds: “This is the work of a death cult.”
RFK Jr. Sends CDC Spiraling, Leading to Wave of Resignations
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been pressured to support vaccine policy changes, and several leaders have resigned
www.rollingstone.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It really is. RFK Jr is a eugenicist (thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...)
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My talk at Garrett College last night focused mostly on a 5-year-old American citizen and her American mother and grandmother, imprisoned by the Nazis in WW2. They were then separated for almost 10 years.
Still think it can't happen here?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4yP...
#Holocaust #TeachTheShoah
Still think it can't happen here?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4yP...
#Holocaust #TeachTheShoah
"Magda's Story: A Holocaust Survivor's Journey" presented by Dr. Judy Stone
YouTube video by Garrett College
www.youtube.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My talk at Garrett College last night focused mostly on a 5-year-old American citizen and her American mother and grandmother, imprisoned by the Nazis in WW2. They were then separated for almost 10 years.
Still think it can't happen here?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4yP...
#Holocaust #TeachTheShoah
Still think it can't happen here?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4yP...
#Holocaust #TeachTheShoah
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August 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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On the State Department reports that portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights
State Department reports portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.
www.theatlantic.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
On the State Department reports that portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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BREAKING: we just defeated the Trump administration's attempt to stop our class action to hold accountable those responsible for the unconstitutional destruction of USAID!
We are going take discovery, try the case & win
Kudos @democracydefendersfund.org team & our great partners at the MSG firm!
We are going take discovery, try the case & win
Kudos @democracydefendersfund.org team & our great partners at the MSG firm!
August 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
BREAKING: we just defeated the Trump administration's attempt to stop our class action to hold accountable those responsible for the unconstitutional destruction of USAID!
We are going take discovery, try the case & win
Kudos @democracydefendersfund.org team & our great partners at the MSG firm!
We are going take discovery, try the case & win
Kudos @democracydefendersfund.org team & our great partners at the MSG firm!
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Ex-FBI general counsel @weissmann.substack.com slams Trump’s D.C. move, says Jan. 6 was worse
August 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Ex-FBI general counsel @weissmann.substack.com slams Trump’s D.C. move, says Jan. 6 was worse
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Trump: "The numbers are worse than they ever -- don't let anyone tell you they're not. The whole statistical charts they made, the whole thing is a rigged deal. They got rid of the guy because he didn't want to do the numbers the way they wanted to and they put their own numbers out."
August 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Trump: "The numbers are worse than they ever -- don't let anyone tell you they're not. The whole statistical charts they made, the whole thing is a rigged deal. They got rid of the guy because he didn't want to do the numbers the way they wanted to and they put their own numbers out."
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An ICE sizzle reel propaganda video that used a Jay-Z song got hit with a copyright takedown and has been deleted off of X. Sound removed on Instagram and Facebook
www.404media.co/ice-propagan...
www.404media.co/ice-propagan...
ICE Propaganda Video That Used Jay-Z Song Hit With Copyright Takedown
A DHS sizzle reel that used "Public Service Announcement" got hit with a copyright takedown request and has been deleted off of X.
www.404media.co
August 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
An ICE sizzle reel propaganda video that used a Jay-Z song got hit with a copyright takedown and has been deleted off of X. Sound removed on Instagram and Facebook
www.404media.co/ice-propagan...
www.404media.co/ice-propagan...
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I've annotated that batshit letter John Sauer wrote in the tariffs case. It's basically just Trump's error-riddled Trump Social "truths" with one line saying he can't do what the Constitution requires: go to Congress.
August 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've annotated that batshit letter John Sauer wrote in the tariffs case. It's basically just Trump's error-riddled Trump Social "truths" with one line saying he can't do what the Constitution requires: go to Congress.
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Pro tip: Don't write stupid stuff about how great the economy is the day before a jobs report.
August 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Pro tip: Don't write stupid stuff about how great the economy is the day before a jobs report.
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Controlling the immune system and inflammation through stimulating the vagus nerve. FDA approval of an implant for refractory rheumatoid arthritis that is also being studied for various autoimmune diseases.
Front page NY Times www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/h...
Front page NY Times www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/h...
New Implant Offers Hope for Easing Rheumatoid Arthritis
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Controlling the immune system and inflammation through stimulating the vagus nerve. FDA approval of an implant for refractory rheumatoid arthritis that is also being studied for various autoimmune diseases.
Front page NY Times www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/h...
Front page NY Times www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/h...
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As lawsuits challenging the president’s attempt to end birthright citizenship make their way through courts around the country, we explain what the 14th Amendment says about birthright citizenship and why it matters.
bit.ly/44Tm6Mn
bit.ly/44Tm6Mn
Birthright Citizenship Under the U.S. Constitution
The 14th Amendment has long been understood to grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.
www.brennancenter.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
As lawsuits challenging the president’s attempt to end birthright citizenship make their way through courts around the country, we explain what the 14th Amendment says about birthright citizenship and why it matters.
bit.ly/44Tm6Mn
bit.ly/44Tm6Mn
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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee released a trove of documents Thursday that back up a whistleblower’s claim that Emil Bove, a senior Department of Justice (DOJ) official, crudely told subordinates to defy court orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Records Back Claim That Trump Judicial Nominee Urged Court Defiance
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee released a trove of documents Thursday that back up a whistleblower’s claim that Emil Bove, a senior Department of Justice (DOJ) official, crudely told subordinates to defy court orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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"Since the start of Trump’s second term, the Court has routinely allowed the administration to implement objectively unconstitutional actions by pretending that they’re simply making a narrow procedural ruling rather than blessing Trump’s wholesale destruction of democracy."
The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
www.publicnotice.co
July 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"Since the start of Trump’s second term, the Court has routinely allowed the administration to implement objectively unconstitutional actions by pretending that they’re simply making a narrow procedural ruling rather than blessing Trump’s wholesale destruction of democracy."
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Kids in Texas died as a direct result of Kristi Noem's negligence. She should be removed from office before her incompetence gets Oregonians killed in a wildfire.
“In the past, FEMA would have swiftly staged these teams…
But officials realized they needed Noem’s approval before sending additional assets. Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until more than 72 hours after the flooding began.”
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
But officials realized they needed Noem’s approval before sending additional assets. Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until more than 72 hours after the flooding began.”
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
In Texas flood response, FEMA slowed by Noem’s cost controls | CNN Politics
As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and li...
www.cnn.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Kids in Texas died as a direct result of Kristi Noem's negligence. She should be removed from office before her incompetence gets Oregonians killed in a wildfire.