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Emerging evidence finds that some vaccines have broader or even unrelated health benefits in addition to the sicknesses they target.
The Unexpected Ways Vaccines Could Boost Your Health
As political leaders question vaccine safety, scientists point to studies that show the shots might have unrelated benefits.
on.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Emerging evidence finds that some vaccines have broader or even unrelated health benefits in addition to the sicknesses they target.
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Math class is a minefield this fall for teachers, who are going to extraordinary lengths to avoid uttering the two numbers that send teens into a frenzy
The Numbers Six and Seven Are Making Life Hell for Math Teachers
‘Six seven’ sends teens into a frenzy that schools have been powerless to stop. ‘It’s like throwing catnip at cats.’
on.wsj.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Math class is a minefield this fall for teachers, who are going to extraordinary lengths to avoid uttering the two numbers that send teens into a frenzy
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Pettiest man alive.
September 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Pettiest man alive.
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"Every one of these people is taking with them skills and knowledge that will be difficult to replace. But there may be no single individual whose departure better captures what is being lost and destroyed than Demetre Daskalakis."
This Is What—and Who—We’re Losing in RFK’s Purge
The story of one scientist, a career in public health, and the crisis at the CDC.
www.thebulwark.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"Every one of these people is taking with them skills and knowledge that will be difficult to replace. But there may be no single individual whose departure better captures what is being lost and destroyed than Demetre Daskalakis."
Wasn't planning on 😢 last night. Great tribute @richeisenshow.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Wasn't planning on 😢 last night. Great tribute @richeisenshow.bsky.social
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The Supreme Court ruling that saved the Universal Service Fund has given new urgency to efforts to revamp funding for the program, which helps pay for internet in rural areas.
punchbowl.news/article/poli...
punchbowl.news/article/poli...
Who should pay for rural broadband?
The Supreme Court ruling that saved the Universal Service Fund has given new urgency to efforts to revamp funding for the program.
punchbowl.news
July 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The Supreme Court ruling that saved the Universal Service Fund has given new urgency to efforts to revamp funding for the program, which helps pay for internet in rural areas.
punchbowl.news/article/poli...
punchbowl.news/article/poli...
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HHS has been sending memos today to laid off employees informing them that they are un-RIFed.
Am told total number of unRIFed CDC folks is 467 (unconfirmed). if you have any insight on this stuff, hit us up on our secure tipline!
Am told total number of unRIFed CDC folks is 467 (unconfirmed). if you have any insight on this stuff, hit us up on our secure tipline!
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An open-source whistleblowing platform for organizations and individuals.
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June 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
HHS has been sending memos today to laid off employees informing them that they are un-RIFed.
Am told total number of unRIFed CDC folks is 467 (unconfirmed). if you have any insight on this stuff, hit us up on our secure tipline!
Am told total number of unRIFed CDC folks is 467 (unconfirmed). if you have any insight on this stuff, hit us up on our secure tipline!
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DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
June 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
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Yesterday, SCOTUS temporarily left ~530K Latin American immigrants vulnerable to deportation.
Two noted dissenters, Justices Jackson and Sotomayor, said the court left them two "unbearable options."
What they meant, @AllRiseNews.com
www.allrisenews.com/p/scotus-tru...
Two noted dissenters, Justices Jackson and Sotomayor, said the court left them two "unbearable options."
What they meant, @AllRiseNews.com
www.allrisenews.com/p/scotus-tru...
SCOTUS's "unbearable options" for 530,000 immigrants
Here's why Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson found the Supreme Court's order leaving half a million Latin American immigrants vulnerable to deportation so off-base.
www.allrisenews.com
May 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Yesterday, SCOTUS temporarily left ~530K Latin American immigrants vulnerable to deportation.
Two noted dissenters, Justices Jackson and Sotomayor, said the court left them two "unbearable options."
What they meant, @AllRiseNews.com
www.allrisenews.com/p/scotus-tru...
Two noted dissenters, Justices Jackson and Sotomayor, said the court left them two "unbearable options."
What they meant, @AllRiseNews.com
www.allrisenews.com/p/scotus-tru...
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The @rollingstone.com hed is a little more direct than the @nytimes.com. 🤡
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
May 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The @rollingstone.com hed is a little more direct than the @nytimes.com. 🤡
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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@lauren-egan.bsky.social: "The vast array of white papers and astroturfed podcast ideas betray the fact that Democrats still have little idea of how to talk to or connect with a significant segment of the country." www.thebulwark.com/p/vampire-co...
The Vampire Consultant Class Wants the Democratic Party’s Blood (and Money)
Professional Democrats are pitching the party’s donors on a wide range of projects aimed at winning back voters. Are they worth it?
www.thebulwark.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
@lauren-egan.bsky.social: "The vast array of white papers and astroturfed podcast ideas betray the fact that Democrats still have little idea of how to talk to or connect with a significant segment of the country." www.thebulwark.com/p/vampire-co...
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Yes!
Well payed, Harvard, well played.
Harvard offers FREE American Government course.
Harvard offers FREE American Government course.
May 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Yes!
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Trump administration cuts are threatening the National Geodetic Survey, a tiny but crucial office within the NOAA that maintains the US’s framework of spatial information: latitudes, longitudes, elevation measurements, and more.
Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate
A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.
www.wired.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Trump administration cuts are threatening the National Geodetic Survey, a tiny but crucial office within the NOAA that maintains the US’s framework of spatial information: latitudes, longitudes, elevation measurements, and more.
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“The $400 million private jet that the government of Qatar gifted to Donald Trump is the Michael Jordan’s house of private planes,” says Chris Hayes. “It turns out, no one wanted to buy Qatar’s hand-me-downs… it looks like Qatar finally found a sucker to pawn it off to.”
May 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“The $400 million private jet that the government of Qatar gifted to Donald Trump is the Michael Jordan’s house of private planes,” says Chris Hayes. “It turns out, no one wanted to buy Qatar’s hand-me-downs… it looks like Qatar finally found a sucker to pawn it off to.”
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“.. If they don’t change the tariffs, it’s going to be an extinction-level, asteroid-wiping-out-the-dinosaurs kind of event,” he told me. “Only these aren’t dinosaurs. These are dynamic, healthy businesses.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/tar...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/tar...
May 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
“.. If they don’t change the tariffs, it’s going to be an extinction-level, asteroid-wiping-out-the-dinosaurs kind of event,” he told me. “Only these aren’t dinosaurs. These are dynamic, healthy businesses.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/tar...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/tar...
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Dear god let this man cook.
April 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Dear god let this man cook.
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The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
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"So who voted for this? I personally don't remember Donald Trump's campaign promise to cut breast cancer research and to make menopause harder for American women,” says Chris Hayes on the Trump admin gutting the first and largest women’s health study.
‘Who voted for this?’: Trump guts first and largest women’s health study
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"So who voted for this? I personally don't remember Donald Trump's campaign promise to cut breast cancer research and to make menopause harder for American women,” says Chris Hayes on the Trump admin gutting the first and largest women’s health study.
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1. Holly Robinson-Peete’s 27 year old son RJ is autistic and she has used her platform to become one of the most visible advocates for the autism community.
She reacts to RFK Jr’s horrible and inaccurate comments about autism here.
(Clip 1 of 3)
She reacts to RFK Jr’s horrible and inaccurate comments about autism here.
(Clip 1 of 3)
April 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
1. Holly Robinson-Peete’s 27 year old son RJ is autistic and she has used her platform to become one of the most visible advocates for the autism community.
She reacts to RFK Jr’s horrible and inaccurate comments about autism here.
(Clip 1 of 3)
She reacts to RFK Jr’s horrible and inaccurate comments about autism here.
(Clip 1 of 3)
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⚠️MILLIONS WILL SUFFER…. Trump WH is forcing a $40 billion cut to HHS— is 1/3 of its discretionary budget. Axing disease research —proposal would reduce the more than $47 billion budget of the NIH to $27 billion — a roughly 40%.
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Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts
HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget.
wapo.st
April 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
⚠️MILLIONS WILL SUFFER…. Trump WH is forcing a $40 billion cut to HHS— is 1/3 of its discretionary budget. Axing disease research —proposal would reduce the more than $47 billion budget of the NIH to $27 billion — a roughly 40%.
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JD Vance before Ohio State visited the White House
April 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
JD Vance before Ohio State visited the White House
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“So Trump not only refuses to comply with the Roberts ruling, but he has now completely mischaracterized it.
What will the Supreme Court do in response? That’s the question we’re working through today. So let’s dig in.”
What will the Supreme Court do in response? That’s the question we’re working through today. So let’s dig in.”
Trump Just Defied the Supreme Court. What Is John Roberts Going to Do About It?
Is he scared, deluded, or clever?
www.thebulwark.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“So Trump not only refuses to comply with the Roberts ruling, but he has now completely mischaracterized it.
What will the Supreme Court do in response? That’s the question we’re working through today. So let’s dig in.”
What will the Supreme Court do in response? That’s the question we’re working through today. So let’s dig in.”
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He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
April 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?