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In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country
In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
n.pr
October 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
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Last Friday, all but two senior staff members in the federal Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs received reduction-in-force notices.
These layoffs are a major blow to the agency that's in charge of the money needed for the roughly 7.5 million disabled students.
These layoffs are a major blow to the agency that's in charge of the money needed for the roughly 7.5 million disabled students.
Trump's new layoffs hurt disabled kids
"This is absolutely a violation of federal law."
www.motherjones.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Last Friday, all but two senior staff members in the federal Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs received reduction-in-force notices.
These layoffs are a major blow to the agency that's in charge of the money needed for the roughly 7.5 million disabled students.
These layoffs are a major blow to the agency that's in charge of the money needed for the roughly 7.5 million disabled students.
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"This is, at the moment, the official voice of the US government: a rancid mixture of trolling, cruelty, propaganda, and crass jokes about the human suffering they’re creating."
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"This is, at the moment, the official voice of the US government: a rancid mixture of trolling, cruelty, propaganda, and crass jokes about the human suffering they’re creating."
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It’s important to see Trump’s occupation of Washington, D.C., as a trial run for a possible military occupation of the United States.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trial-run
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trial-run
The trial run
Trump’s occupation of Washington, D.C.
robertreich.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It’s important to see Trump’s occupation of Washington, D.C., as a trial run for a possible military occupation of the United States.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trial-run
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trial-run
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Trump is reportedly creating a loyalty scorecard that rates how hard corporations work to support his agenda.
His regime is apparently planning to consult the ratings when considering corporate requests.
This is how things work in a dictatorship.
His regime is apparently planning to consult the ratings when considering corporate requests.
This is how things work in a dictatorship.
August 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump is reportedly creating a loyalty scorecard that rates how hard corporations work to support his agenda.
His regime is apparently planning to consult the ratings when considering corporate requests.
This is how things work in a dictatorship.
His regime is apparently planning to consult the ratings when considering corporate requests.
This is how things work in a dictatorship.
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Raiding homeless encampments.
Involuntarily committing unhoused people.
Prioritizing treatment over housing for people struggling with mental health issues.
These moves are a 180-degree turn away from an approach that's proven to help unhoused people: Providing them housing.
Involuntarily committing unhoused people.
Prioritizing treatment over housing for people struggling with mental health issues.
These moves are a 180-degree turn away from an approach that's proven to help unhoused people: Providing them housing.
Trump’s Homelessness Crackdown Has Been Tried Before. It Didn’t Work.
Podcast Episode · Reveal · 08/13/2025 · 28m
apple.co
August 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Raiding homeless encampments.
Involuntarily committing unhoused people.
Prioritizing treatment over housing for people struggling with mental health issues.
These moves are a 180-degree turn away from an approach that's proven to help unhoused people: Providing them housing.
Involuntarily committing unhoused people.
Prioritizing treatment over housing for people struggling with mental health issues.
These moves are a 180-degree turn away from an approach that's proven to help unhoused people: Providing them housing.
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FEMA will send $608 million to states to construct temporary immigrant detention centers, like Florida’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Meanwhile, Trump is preparing to cut $1 billion in grants that help communities prep for disaster response.
Cruelty is always the priority.
Meanwhile, Trump is preparing to cut $1 billion in grants that help communities prep for disaster response.
Cruelty is always the priority.
July 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
FEMA will send $608 million to states to construct temporary immigrant detention centers, like Florida’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Meanwhile, Trump is preparing to cut $1 billion in grants that help communities prep for disaster response.
Cruelty is always the priority.
Meanwhile, Trump is preparing to cut $1 billion in grants that help communities prep for disaster response.
Cruelty is always the priority.
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RFK Jr. plans to fire all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force calling them too “woke”. The panel sets free coverage rules for cancer screenings & more. A key meeting was quietly canceled.
Kennedy to oust care task force, WSJ reports; HHS says no decision yet
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
RFK Jr. plans to fire all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force calling them too “woke”. The panel sets free coverage rules for cancer screenings & more. A key meeting was quietly canceled.
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The violation of Fourth (privacy) and First (free speech/association) and Fourteenth Amendment (due process/equal protection) rights is beyond comprehension. A catastrophe for our country and for freedom and liberty.
April 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The violation of Fourth (privacy) and First (free speech/association) and Fourteenth Amendment (due process/equal protection) rights is beyond comprehension. A catastrophe for our country and for freedom and liberty.
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Who needs accurate health information? Not the US government.
Pandemic truthers take over HHS Covid site
Covid.gov now redirects to a page attacking masks, New York, and Anthony Fauci.
www.motherjones.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Who needs accurate health information? Not the US government.
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Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
February 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
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Trump handed massive tax cuts to the rich in 2017. Now he's planning even more cuts.
How are Trump and MAGA Republicans planning to pay for them?
By making it harder for millions of Americans to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs.
Trickle up economics.
How are Trump and MAGA Republicans planning to pay for them?
By making it harder for millions of Americans to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs.
Trickle up economics.
February 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Trump handed massive tax cuts to the rich in 2017. Now he's planning even more cuts.
How are Trump and MAGA Republicans planning to pay for them?
By making it harder for millions of Americans to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs.
Trickle up economics.
How are Trump and MAGA Republicans planning to pay for them?
By making it harder for millions of Americans to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs.
Trickle up economics.
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🚨 Elon Musk is trying to buy another election. The Wisconsin Supreme Court race is just over a month away, and Musk will spend over half a million dollars to support a MAGA extremist who wants to enforce a 175-year-old abortion ban.
We can't match Musk's money but we have the power of the people. 🧵
We can't match Musk's money but we have the power of the people. 🧵
February 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
🚨 Elon Musk is trying to buy another election. The Wisconsin Supreme Court race is just over a month away, and Musk will spend over half a million dollars to support a MAGA extremist who wants to enforce a 175-year-old abortion ban.
We can't match Musk's money but we have the power of the people. 🧵
We can't match Musk's money but we have the power of the people. 🧵
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In 1999, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then an environmental lawyer, was named by Time magazine as a “hero of the planet” for his pioneering work to clean up America’s waterways. On his second day as secretary of the DHHS, he ended HHS funding for health and climate change.
RFK Jr., one-time environmentalist, kills NIH climate change programs
He pulled HHS support from projects that aim to protect Americans' health.
www.motherjones.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
In 1999, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then an environmental lawyer, was named by Time magazine as a “hero of the planet” for his pioneering work to clean up America’s waterways. On his second day as secretary of the DHHS, he ended HHS funding for health and climate change.
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The Trump administration is using loopholes to maintain spending freezes despite court orders, with political appointees invoking legal authority to justify the pauses while distancing them from Trump’s directives.
February 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The Trump administration is using loopholes to maintain spending freezes despite court orders, with political appointees invoking legal authority to justify the pauses while distancing them from Trump’s directives.
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Peace talks where the fate of a nation is decided by other nations rarely end well. @uk.theconversation.com #Ukraine
Ukraine isn’t invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples – and the results are devastating
A decision to negotiate over the heads of the Ukrainians would reveal just how Trump sees Ukraine and Europe.
buff.ly
February 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Peace talks where the fate of a nation is decided by other nations rarely end well. @uk.theconversation.com #Ukraine
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Trump announces 25% tariffs on auto imports, potentially increasing vehicle costs by thousands
Trump announces 25% tariffs on auto imports, potentially increasing vehicle costs by thousands
President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs of around 25% on auto imports, semiconductor (computer/phone) chips, and pharmaceuticals shipped to the United States.
www.live5news.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Trump announces 25% tariffs on auto imports, potentially increasing vehicle costs by thousands
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The White House’s circulation of the phrase "long live the king" — and the accompanying imagery of Trump wearing a crown — stirred a flurry of immediate backlash.
‘Long live the king’: Trump adds rhetoric to actions that critics say exceed his authority
Trump has already sought to test the limits of executive power.
www.nbcnews.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The White House’s circulation of the phrase "long live the king" — and the accompanying imagery of Trump wearing a crown — stirred a flurry of immediate backlash.
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Spoken like a true dictator.
February 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Spoken like a true dictator.
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On January 19, President Trump claimed that “crime has gone through the roof. He claimed that violent crime is especially bad in American cities.
Trump has used the purported crime wave to justify his crackdown on undocumented immigrants. But there’s a problem with Trump’s claim: it is not true.
Trump has used the purported crime wave to justify his crackdown on undocumented immigrants. But there’s a problem with Trump’s claim: it is not true.
Trump's fake crime wave
On January 19, during a rally held in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump claimed that “crime has gone through the roof” and that it “was up like 40%.” He claimed that violent crime is especially...
popular.info
January 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
On January 19, President Trump claimed that “crime has gone through the roof. He claimed that violent crime is especially bad in American cities.
Trump has used the purported crime wave to justify his crackdown on undocumented immigrants. But there’s a problem with Trump’s claim: it is not true.
Trump has used the purported crime wave to justify his crackdown on undocumented immigrants. But there’s a problem with Trump’s claim: it is not true.
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Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s City of Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling last June allowing localities to ban outdoor camping even if there is no homeless shelter space available, roughly 150 cities in 32 states have passed or strengthened such ordinances
Many more cities ban sleeping outside despite a lack of shelter space • Ohio Capital Journal
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s City of Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling last June allowing localities to ban outdoor camping even if there is no homeless shelter space available, roughly 150 cities in…
buff.ly
January 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s City of Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling last June allowing localities to ban outdoor camping even if there is no homeless shelter space available, roughly 150 cities in 32 states have passed or strengthened such ordinances
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Scoop: Elon Musk’s lackeys have taken over the Office of Personnel Management—essentially the human resources function for the entire federal government. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management
Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Scoop: Elon Musk’s lackeys have taken over the Office of Personnel Management—essentially the human resources function for the entire federal government. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Axios [Jan 28] -- Trump Exec Order ends all fed funding of affirming care for teens under 19 incl. Medicare & Medicaid. Also calls for ending funding for medical schools or hospitals that research GAC, which could end domestic study of pediatric care. [posted by
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
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Trump signs executive order to defund youth gender-affirming care
Major medical associations consider gender-affirming care to be lifesaving.
www.axios.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Axios [Jan 28] -- Trump Exec Order ends all fed funding of affirming care for teens under 19 incl. Medicare & Medicaid. Also calls for ending funding for medical schools or hospitals that research GAC, which could end domestic study of pediatric care. [posted by
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social]