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Mark Stewart
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Mike Turner says 'you can't be America first and pro-Russia' share.google/bkK5WbpV6fdU...

Turner said. “Russia is a self-declared adversary of the United States. And, you know, here they are, mercilessly killing Ukrainians and trying to take Ukrainian land.”
House Republican: ‘You can’t be America first and pro-Russia’
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said Sunday that Russia’s strikes on civilian homes — including on Christmas — are a reminder to Americans that the war against Ukraine is at odds with America’s values. I…
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December 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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December 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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I can hear a million people jolly out load today, "Hurray!" 🥳
Trump Administration Live Updates: 4 Republicans Buck Party to Force House Vote on Obamacare Subsidies
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December 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
85% of people given federal pardons or clemency this year are white, House lawmaker’s report says share.google/aAuLxF4FBO88...
85% of people given federal pardons or clemency this year are white, House lawmaker’s report says
“Donald Trump’s use of clemency and pardons has neglected many of the most marginalized and impacted communities,” the office of Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., said.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Horrible. thousands if not millions of newborns will be at risk of serious health problems.

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Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
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December 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A quote from the link:

A top Republican and Democrats in Congress suggested on Sunday that American military officials might have committed a war crime in President Trump’s offensive against boats in the Caribbean

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Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime
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November 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Quicker than my Easy puzzle...
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Thousands, if not millions of people are now at risk of serious illness or death due to this assault on proven Vaccine safety. Who knows whether that person in line at the store coughing away is spreading disease?
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
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November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Yesterday was about an hour. 😭
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
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High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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No, you can’t get the flu from the flu vaccine.

The temporary side effects that you might feel after getting the vaccine are your immune system reacting to the inactive proteins from the surface of the virus.
What doctors say about one of the biggest flu shot myths
“The influenza vaccine shows the immune system what potential components of the virus it should focus its efforts on,” one expert said.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why can two idiots promote harmful false and idiotic "policy" that can threaten public health?

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Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
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November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Democratic advocacy groups are rolling out the issue that they hope will launch their next successful attack on President Donald Trump’s economy: housing affordability.
Democrats eye housing affordability as next weapon against Trump
The Center for American Progress, a leading liberal think tank, wants the next Democratic president to boost new home construction and punish localities that don’t reform zoning codes.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Anyone who takes this work is going to hell.
SCOOP: ICE is allocating as much as $180 million to pay bounty hunters and private investigators who verify the address and location of undocumented people ICE wishes to detain, including with physical surveillance, according to procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.
ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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an actual not-made-up death panel, except there’s only one guy
“In Texas, CDC funds to stem a measles outbreak weren’t available until after the crisis had subsided and two children had died. A project to protect Alabamans from raw sewage and hookworm was abandoned…Time-dependent surveys on HIV and maternal mortality were halted…”
Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM