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Laine
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They/she. Writer. Editor. Maryland. 🏳️‍🌈

https://unsedated.substack.com
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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
Insanity
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Jesus to his disciples:
Idk why a bunch of libs started following me but I’m an anarchist and you will not have a good time here.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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We’re hiring!

Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.

Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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we’re radicalizing in real time tonight, babyyyyyy
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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oh my god they actually did it lmao
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Readers are the hair ties of my 50s. Where do they all go? 👀👓
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Dems in ARRAY
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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The Atlantic seems to be on a hiring spree. They could make up for the hires of the Jonathans Chait and Haidt by snapping up every Teen Vogue politics writer who got laid off today. Add some much-needed journalistic freshness and diversity to the bullpen there.
November 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Someone on nbc just tried to get Mark Warner to problem solve in real time what 47 needs to do to rally his “coalition” and buddy that is not his job.
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Disgraced Party Clown Endorses Cuomo
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It’s the first election night in awhile I’ve been able to watch Steve Kornacki do results live without a sense of impending doom. Feels—dare I say—good?
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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"Thomas Jefferson taught that a democracy was impractical unless the people were educated."

-Carl Sagan, Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life & Death at the Brink of the Millennium
November 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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BREAKING: Democrat Corey O’Connor is elected Pittsburgh mayor, defeating Republican Tony Moreno.

Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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it's cool that there are still elections
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Dark woke coming
Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas (a Democrat who is the chamber's president pro tempore) just tweeted this:
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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BREAKING: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance.

Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Bottomless Pit of Screams Endorses Cuomo.
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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We need to destroy LinkedIn
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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POV you’re still not married and your grandparents just found the nicest boy with a good job they want you to meet
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Apparently Blackhawk pajamas guy is the Cook County Prosecutor. There’s a good lesson here. He says he imagined ahead of time how he would respond.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas in Chicago’s Irving Park and Avondale neighborhoods
Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning, despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM