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"If we truly want “global security,” we must invest in health as seriously as we do in the military – and not just when the crisis is burning at its brightest but also in times of relative stability and peace."
🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/10/28/g...
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Global security is impossible without sufficient support for global health
Strong, well-functioning health systems are as vital as advanced weaponry, military strategy, and intelligence for global security, writes former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
www.statnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"If we truly want “global security,” we must invest in health as seriously as we do in the military – and not just when the crisis is burning at its brightest but also in times of relative stability and peace."
🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/10/28/g...
🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/10/28/g...
I think it would be a GREAT idea if the Democrats and Republicans turned their vast fundraising machines towards funding food banks across the country. They could try to out raise each other.
@democrats.org I'd tag the Republicans but I don't see a presence here.
@democrats.org I'd tag the Republicans but I don't see a presence here.
October 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I think it would be a GREAT idea if the Democrats and Republicans turned their vast fundraising machines towards funding food banks across the country. They could try to out raise each other.
@democrats.org I'd tag the Republicans but I don't see a presence here.
@democrats.org I'd tag the Republicans but I don't see a presence here.
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Library of Congress staff just showed what resistance looks like. After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the respected Librarian of Congress, he tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.
May 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Library of Congress staff just showed what resistance looks like. After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the respected Librarian of Congress, he tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.
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In the increasingly bitter trade war between the U.S. and China, perhaps nobody has more at stake than America’s soybean farmers, whose crop has become the country’s single biggest export to China.
We spoke to an Iowa farmer who helped build that $13 billion market. Listen to "The Daily."
We spoke to an Iowa farmer who helped build that $13 billion market. Listen to "The Daily."
What an Iowa Farmer Fears About the Trade War
A farmer who helped build the $13 billion market for U.S. soybeans in China on the potential impact of sky-high tariffs.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In the increasingly bitter trade war between the U.S. and China, perhaps nobody has more at stake than America’s soybean farmers, whose crop has become the country’s single biggest export to China.
We spoke to an Iowa farmer who helped build that $13 billion market. Listen to "The Daily."
We spoke to an Iowa farmer who helped build that $13 billion market. Listen to "The Daily."
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”
March 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”
Republicans can no longer claim to be the party of Law and Order.
March 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Republicans can no longer claim to be the party of Law and Order.
thehill.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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BREAKING: Debris over the Bahamas after SpaceX Starship falls apart during test flight
March 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
BREAKING: Debris over the Bahamas after SpaceX Starship falls apart during test flight
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NEW: A federal judge ordered the reinstatement of NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox and warned that the nation may be on a slippery slope to a presidency that is above the law.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
NEW: A federal judge ordered the reinstatement of NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox and warned that the nation may be on a slippery slope to a presidency that is above the law.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Why This Year’s Flu Season Is the Worst in More Than a Decade www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
Why This Year’s Flu Season Is the Worst in More Than a Decade
Outpatient flu visits and hospitalizations are higher than at any time in the past 15 years
www.scientificamerican.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Why This Year’s Flu Season Is the Worst in More Than a Decade www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
"Freedom is a fragile thing and it's never more than one generation away from extinction."
February 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
"Freedom is a fragile thing and it's never more than one generation away from extinction."
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Doing some deeper digging.
After Hoover died there were serious concerns voiced in the press about Nixon's choice to replace him -- L. Patrick Gray -- a real Nixon man. Concerns he would politicized the FBI.
And they were correct! He did do this, & there was internal pushback.
After Hoover died there were serious concerns voiced in the press about Nixon's choice to replace him -- L. Patrick Gray -- a real Nixon man. Concerns he would politicized the FBI.
And they were correct! He did do this, & there was internal pushback.
February 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Doing some deeper digging.
After Hoover died there were serious concerns voiced in the press about Nixon's choice to replace him -- L. Patrick Gray -- a real Nixon man. Concerns he would politicized the FBI.
And they were correct! He did do this, & there was internal pushback.
After Hoover died there were serious concerns voiced in the press about Nixon's choice to replace him -- L. Patrick Gray -- a real Nixon man. Concerns he would politicized the FBI.
And they were correct! He did do this, & there was internal pushback.
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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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PICK A LANE
(A modest proposal for a method through which we can Resist without going insane and effectively counter "Flooding the Zone.")
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(A modest proposal for a method through which we can Resist without going insane and effectively counter "Flooding the Zone.")
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February 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
PICK A LANE
(A modest proposal for a method through which we can Resist without going insane and effectively counter "Flooding the Zone.")
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(A modest proposal for a method through which we can Resist without going insane and effectively counter "Flooding the Zone.")
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The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
February 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.