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A bacterially produced molecule circulates in the bloodstream and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by hijacking immune-cell signalling
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Gut bacteria make a molecule that promotes plaque build-up in arteries
A bacterially produced molecule circulates in the bloodstream and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by hijacking immune-cell signalling.
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July 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A bacterially produced molecule circulates in the bloodstream and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by hijacking immune-cell signalling
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They mean to be as insulting to Black people, as dismissive of our lives, as resistance to our status as full citizens in this country as they can be.
There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
They mean to be as insulting to Black people, as dismissive of our lives, as resistance to our status as full citizens in this country as they can be.
There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
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The White House's war on disabled Americans continues, going above and beyond Project 2025—now with attacks on a popular hiring program no one even lobbied against.
Labor Department moves to end disability hiring goal for federal contractors
Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer plans to axe a longstanding, successful incentive program for disabled workers.
www.motherjones.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The White House's war on disabled Americans continues, going above and beyond Project 2025—now with attacks on a popular hiring program no one even lobbied against.
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The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage rose for the second week in a row, another setback for the U.S. housing market, which is mired in a sales slump as affordability constraints shut out prospective homebuyers.
Average long-term US mortgage rate rises to 6.75%, second straight uptick
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage rose for the second week in a row, another setback for the U.S. housing market, which is mired in a sales slump as affordability constraints shut out prospective homebuyers.
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July 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage rose for the second week in a row, another setback for the U.S. housing market, which is mired in a sales slump as affordability constraints shut out prospective homebuyers.
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BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year.
Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.
Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.
April 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year.
Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.
Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.
Have you heard? There’s a new bill that makes it harder for millions of eligible Americans to vote. Join me and @standupamerica.bsky.social in urging Congress to vote NO on the SAVE Act: act.standupamerica.com/letters/no-o...
Vote NO on the SAVE Act!
The SAVE Act is a trick to undermine our voting rights. Urge Congress to vote no on the SAVE ACT.
act.standupamerica.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Have you heard? There’s a new bill that makes it harder for millions of eligible Americans to vote. Join me and @standupamerica.bsky.social in urging Congress to vote NO on the SAVE Act: act.standupamerica.com/letters/no-o...
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There’s a fake transcript of the Oval Office meeting today going around. Here’s a real one.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
Read Trump and Zelensky’s Fiery Oval Office Exchange
The meeting caps weeks of tense relations between Kyiv and Washington as they wrangle a deal.
foreignpolicy.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
There’s a fake transcript of the Oval Office meeting today going around. Here’s a real one.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
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How the aid freeze ordered by the Trump administration is affecting jobs in global development, new featured opportunities, and more.
Devex Career Hub: The impact of the aid freeze on jobs
Devex Career Hub: The impact of the aid freeze on jobs
www.devex.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
How the aid freeze ordered by the Trump administration is affecting jobs in global development, new featured opportunities, and more.
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A Republican lawmaker on Feb. 27 moved to have a judge impeached for ordering the Trump administration to lift a freeze of nearly all foreign aid, bringing to three the number of judges facing long-shot bids by conservative House members to have them removed from the bench reut.rs/3F7ZWeG
February 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A Republican lawmaker on Feb. 27 moved to have a judge impeached for ordering the Trump administration to lift a freeze of nearly all foreign aid, bringing to three the number of judges facing long-shot bids by conservative House members to have them removed from the bench reut.rs/3F7ZWeG
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But the U.S. Congress hasn’t yet decided how much the government will contribute to the vaccine alliance this year.
Gavi’s core programming not impacted by US foreign aid freeze
Gavi’s core programming not impacted by US foreign aid freeze
www.devex.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
But the U.S. Congress hasn’t yet decided how much the government will contribute to the vaccine alliance this year.
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Fox News just said the U.S. doesn't have anything like China's Belt and Road Initiative, which is hilarious. We did. It was called USAID.
February 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Fox News just said the U.S. doesn't have anything like China's Belt and Road Initiative, which is hilarious. We did. It was called USAID.
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Elon Musk’s musings at a 2023 dinner party about how he would gut the federal bureaucracy evolved into an operation that's given him a singular position of influence over the government. This is the inside story of the origins of DOGE. nyti.ms/3QElxOE
February 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Elon Musk’s musings at a 2023 dinner party about how he would gut the federal bureaucracy evolved into an operation that's given him a singular position of influence over the government. This is the inside story of the origins of DOGE. nyti.ms/3QElxOE
Local MSU impact of the USAID freeze. Thankful for the interview and coverage.
statenews.com/article/2025...
statenews.com/article/2025...
MSU professors, international food security programs in limbo amid USAID freeze - The State News
Professors across the university have been left in limbo by the freeze on USAID. Like many whose work has been impacted by vast changes at the federal level since President Donald Trump took office, t...
statenews.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Local MSU impact of the USAID freeze. Thankful for the interview and coverage.
statenews.com/article/2025...
statenews.com/article/2025...
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NEW: In a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's freezing of USAID funds, federal judge orders the government to comply and release foreign aid. Judge says the government must pay for all aid work completed before Feb. 13 by 11:59 PM Wednesday.
Judge warns Trump administration to comply with court order on foreign aid payments
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali grew impatient during a hearing with a lack of clear responses from the administration’s lawyers.
www.politico.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW: In a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's freezing of USAID funds, federal judge orders the government to comply and release foreign aid. Judge says the government must pay for all aid work completed before Feb. 13 by 11:59 PM Wednesday.
‘Judge Amir Ali…excoriated…attorneys…on Tuesday over its failure to pay the groups for work they conducted prior to President Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order, which froze all foreign aid for 90 days.’ abcnews.go.com/Politics/fed...
Federal judge rules Trump administration has to pay millions in foreign aid to nonprofits
Judge Amir Ali said the Trump administration violated a court order about foreign aid and is ordering them to pay millions to nonprofits.
abcnews.go.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
‘Judge Amir Ali…excoriated…attorneys…on Tuesday over its failure to pay the groups for work they conducted prior to President Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order, which froze all foreign aid for 90 days.’ abcnews.go.com/Politics/fed...
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A judge has blocked the Education Department and OPM from sharing personal info with DOGE — the most wide-ranging block on DOGE’s activities to date.
Judge blocks OPM, Education Department from sharing personal info with DOGE
The order is the most wide-ranging block on DOGE’s activities to date.
www.politico.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A judge has blocked the Education Department and OPM from sharing personal info with DOGE — the most wide-ranging block on DOGE’s activities to date.
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Trump administration eliminating 1,600 USAID jobs in the US reut.rs/4bgvfjr
February 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Trump administration eliminating 1,600 USAID jobs in the US reut.rs/4bgvfjr
Risks to American staff due to dismantling of USAID: ‘…denial of a medical evacuation for a risky pregnancy, unpaid bills for security [of] buildings…, and failure to provide standard…support to American[s] as they evacuated the Democratic Republic of Congo…
www.devex.com/news/court-f...
www.devex.com/news/court-f...
Court filings underscore security risks to USAID staff abroad
American foreign service members have been put at risk by the “chaotic implementation” of the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID, according to Randall Chester, USAID vice president of the Ame...
www.devex.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Risks to American staff due to dismantling of USAID: ‘…denial of a medical evacuation for a risky pregnancy, unpaid bills for security [of] buildings…, and failure to provide standard…support to American[s] as they evacuated the Democratic Republic of Congo…
www.devex.com/news/court-f...
www.devex.com/news/court-f...
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Is it really so hard to write “Trump issues illegal order shuttering most of USAID”? American democracy will die in plain sight with bad headlines.
February 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Is it really so hard to write “Trump issues illegal order shuttering most of USAID”? American democracy will die in plain sight with bad headlines.
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More than 50 lawsuits have been filed against Trump initiatives that progressive advocates and Democratic state attorneys general allege break a variety of laws that govern spending, administrative procedure, protections for federal workers, freedom of religion and more reut.rs/3QghgAI 5/5
Musk and Trump allies ratchet up rhetoric against the judiciary
Trump blamed "highly political judges" for slowing his agenda.
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February 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
More than 50 lawsuits have been filed against Trump initiatives that progressive advocates and Democratic state attorneys general allege break a variety of laws that govern spending, administrative procedure, protections for federal workers, freedom of religion and more reut.rs/3QghgAI 5/5
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When the U.S. retreats from its soft power, gaps get filled, and not for the better. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
As USAID retreats, China pounces
That’s the trend that longtime U.S. China watchers and aid workers are already noticing.
www.politico.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
When the U.S. retreats from its soft power, gaps get filled, and not for the better. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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The US foreign aid freeze is hitting democracy and human rights activists the world over.
Former State Dept official Scott Busby writes it has already jeopardized the survival of many of these groups:
www.justsecurity.org/107842/democ...
Former State Dept official Scott Busby writes it has already jeopardized the survival of many of these groups:
www.justsecurity.org/107842/democ...
Freezing Support to Democracy and Human Rights Activists Undermines US Interests
Ending aid for democracy and human rights struggles inflicts long-term harm on American security and prosperity.
www.justsecurity.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The US foreign aid freeze is hitting democracy and human rights activists the world over.
Former State Dept official Scott Busby writes it has already jeopardized the survival of many of these groups:
www.justsecurity.org/107842/democ...
Former State Dept official Scott Busby writes it has already jeopardized the survival of many of these groups:
www.justsecurity.org/107842/democ...