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Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
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The average American family has ~$6000 of their taxes go to corporate subsidies and ~$100 of their taxes go to SNAP for 42 million hungry Americans.
Remember—we don't lack money to serve our neighbors in need, we lack the money needed to satisfy billionaire greed.
Remember—we don't lack money to serve our neighbors in need, we lack the money needed to satisfy billionaire greed.
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The average American family has ~$6000 of their taxes go to corporate subsidies and ~$100 of their taxes go to SNAP for 42 million hungry Americans.
Remember—we don't lack money to serve our neighbors in need, we lack the money needed to satisfy billionaire greed.
Remember—we don't lack money to serve our neighbors in need, we lack the money needed to satisfy billionaire greed.
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I wonder what happened in January? Anyone anyone
October 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I wonder what happened in January? Anyone anyone
Is this government the dumbest in history?it sure feels like it. 🤦♀️
September 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Is this government the dumbest in history?it sure feels like it. 🤦♀️
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Science is real
August 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Science is real
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Resignations. Cuts. Politicized vaccine policy. The CDC—once the gold standard in global health—is falling deeper into crisis.
“Never before has a nation with world-class science been under assault from its own govt… radically unprecedented.” —Harvard’s Allan Brandt #BlueSky
#MedSky 🧪 #IDSky
“Never before has a nation with world-class science been under assault from its own govt… radically unprecedented.” —Harvard’s Allan Brandt #BlueSky
#MedSky 🧪 #IDSky
The CDC is falling deeper into crisis. What it means for the nation’s health.
Months of upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have undercut the agency’s work, employees said, and put the future of vaccines into doubt.
wapo.st
August 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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"Politically engineered chaos is destabilizing the top of America's vital public health institutions," writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis https://cnn.it/4oVOkhv
August 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
"Politically engineered chaos is destabilizing the top of America's vital public health institutions," writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis https://cnn.it/4oVOkhv
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Massive Danish study: 1.2M children, 20+ years — no link between aluminum in vaccines & health risks. RFK Jr. demanded a retraction — medical journal says no.
www.reuters.com/business/hea... #BlueSky #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #SciSky #medtwitter #EMSky #EMedSky #nursesky #MedEd #fmsky #pedsky #CardioSky
www.reuters.com/business/hea... #BlueSky #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #SciSky #medtwitter #EMSky #EMedSky #nursesky #MedEd #fmsky #pedsky #CardioSky
Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study
An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal's editor told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Massive Danish study: 1.2M children, 20+ years — no link between aluminum in vaccines & health risks. RFK Jr. demanded a retraction — medical journal says no.
www.reuters.com/business/hea... #BlueSky #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #SciSky #medtwitter #EMSky #EMedSky #nursesky #MedEd #fmsky #pedsky #CardioSky
www.reuters.com/business/hea... #BlueSky #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #SciSky #medtwitter #EMSky #EMedSky #nursesky #MedEd #fmsky #pedsky #CardioSky
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The White House has instructed NASA to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. They've been collecting widely-used data, providing both oil and gas companies and farmers with detailed information about the distribution of carbon dioxide and how it can affect crop health.
White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite
The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.
futurism.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The White House has instructed NASA to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. They've been collecting widely-used data, providing both oil and gas companies and farmers with detailed information about the distribution of carbon dioxide and how it can affect crop health.
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Every news outlet that reports on US stocks "surging" should be required to note that the wealthiest 10% of Americans hold more than 90% of all the value of US stocks.
July 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Every news outlet that reports on US stocks "surging" should be required to note that the wealthiest 10% of Americans hold more than 90% of all the value of US stocks.
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Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
The Biggest Economic Lies We’re Told | Robert Reich
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
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Cutting USAID will kill millions
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Cutting USAID will kill millions
USAID is the best of America.
open.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Cutting USAID will kill millions
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Good. Posted on Twitter
July 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Good. Posted on Twitter
Does it bother anyone else that our president is so litigious?
The move settles a lawsuit against "60 Minutes" widely seen as dubious — and paves the way for a sale of Paramount.
Paramount Agrees To Pay Trump $16 Million In Outrageous Settlement
The move settles a lawsuit against "60 Minutes" widely seen as dubious — and paves the way for a sale of Paramount.
www.huffpost.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Does it bother anyone else that our president is so litigious?
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"I hate it but I voted for it and I hope that the House fixes it."
Same thing the House republicans said. "I hate this but I voted for it. I hope the Senate fixes it."
What they really mean. "This is horribly unpopular and people will die but my wealthy donors need their tax break."
Same thing the House republicans said. "I hate this but I voted for it. I hope the Senate fixes it."
What they really mean. "This is horribly unpopular and people will die but my wealthy donors need their tax break."
July 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"I hate it but I voted for it and I hope that the House fixes it."
Same thing the House republicans said. "I hate this but I voted for it. I hope the Senate fixes it."
What they really mean. "This is horribly unpopular and people will die but my wealthy donors need their tax break."
Same thing the House republicans said. "I hate this but I voted for it. I hope the Senate fixes it."
What they really mean. "This is horribly unpopular and people will die but my wealthy donors need their tax break."
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“The soft power suicide of the U.S. will be incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
As U.S. Dismantles Voice of America, Rival Powers Hope to Fill the Void
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“The soft power suicide of the U.S. will be incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
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Boyle: For every American household that makes under $55,000 a year, they will be poorer as a result of this bill. So it's quite clear under this Republican betrayal— the poor get poorer, the rich get richer, and the middle class falling further behind. This is wrong.
June 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Boyle: For every American household that makes under $55,000 a year, they will be poorer as a result of this bill. So it's quite clear under this Republican betrayal— the poor get poorer, the rich get richer, and the middle class falling further behind. This is wrong.
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Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
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Gift article: “The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and social media blasts — and how longtime employees responded.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Gift article: “The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and social media blasts — and how longtime employees responded.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
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The new @lastweektonight.com piece on juvenile incarceration featured several @ProPublica stories.
First up was our 2021 investigation with @wpln.bsky.social about young Black kids in Tennessee jailed for a crime that doesn't exist:
www.propublica.org/article/blac...
First up was our 2021 investigation with @wpln.bsky.social about young Black kids in Tennessee jailed for a crime that doesn't exist:
www.propublica.org/article/blac...
June 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The new @lastweektonight.com piece on juvenile incarceration featured several @ProPublica stories.
First up was our 2021 investigation with @wpln.bsky.social about young Black kids in Tennessee jailed for a crime that doesn't exist:
www.propublica.org/article/blac...
First up was our 2021 investigation with @wpln.bsky.social about young Black kids in Tennessee jailed for a crime that doesn't exist:
www.propublica.org/article/blac...
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Trump's $20 billion cut to biomedical research would significantly reduce the life expectancy of Americans. New estimates suggest that these cuts to new therapies will result in 82 million fewer years of life for Americans over the next 25 years.
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
jamanetwork.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Trump's $20 billion cut to biomedical research would significantly reduce the life expectancy of Americans. New estimates suggest that these cuts to new therapies will result in 82 million fewer years of life for Americans over the next 25 years.
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The Due Process Clause of our Constitution implies the right to privacy. We have a problem, People. An Executive Order taps Palantir, a technology firm, to compile data on Americans with no oversight. [Gift Article] nyti.ms/4kKvN5g What’s to prevent massive surveillance? @lwvus.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The Due Process Clause of our Constitution implies the right to privacy. We have a problem, People. An Executive Order taps Palantir, a technology firm, to compile data on Americans with no oversight. [Gift Article] nyti.ms/4kKvN5g What’s to prevent massive surveillance? @lwvus.bsky.social
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We cannot arrest our way out of homelessness.
Solving homelessness requires improving access to affordable housing, mental health care, and addiction services. People need housing, not handcuffs.
Solving homelessness requires improving access to affordable housing, mental health care, and addiction services. People need housing, not handcuffs.
June 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We cannot arrest our way out of homelessness.
Solving homelessness requires improving access to affordable housing, mental health care, and addiction services. People need housing, not handcuffs.
Solving homelessness requires improving access to affordable housing, mental health care, and addiction services. People need housing, not handcuffs.