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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
I don’t know how much more my heart can break over CDC.
This is not the place I spent more than 25 years of my life. I am so sad and angry on behalf of my colleagues who are left, trying to fight the good fight.
This is not the place I spent more than 25 years of my life. I am so sad and angry on behalf of my colleagues who are left, trying to fight the good fight.
If there was any doubt at all that the CDC is fully destroyed, this page on autism and vaccines on its website confirms it. It's now just another vessel of dangerous health misinformation. I have no words. This is beyond sad.
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know how much more my heart can break over CDC.
This is not the place I spent more than 25 years of my life. I am so sad and angry on behalf of my colleagues who are left, trying to fight the good fight.
This is not the place I spent more than 25 years of my life. I am so sad and angry on behalf of my colleagues who are left, trying to fight the good fight.
I saw this VG last year at the Poets and Lovers exhibit in London. It was breathtaking. One of my faves. And this makes it SO MUCH STAR TREK FUN. 10/10 would put on my wall.
November 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I saw this VG last year at the Poets and Lovers exhibit in London. It was breathtaking. One of my faves. And this makes it SO MUCH STAR TREK FUN. 10/10 would put on my wall.
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If you or a loved one are in need of fresh food, you can text FINDFRESH to 898211 to receive information on help and food near you.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If you or a loved one are in need of fresh food, you can text FINDFRESH to 898211 to receive information on help and food near you.
This is a service of Erie County and 211 Western New York.
This is a service of Erie County and 211 Western New York.
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Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
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those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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Making a recurring donation to your local food bank is one of the easiest & most effective ways to help people in your community. Now is a great time to either set one up or increase your existing support. Find a food bank near you: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
October 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Making a recurring donation to your local food bank is one of the easiest & most effective ways to help people in your community. Now is a great time to either set one up or increase your existing support. Find a food bank near you: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
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Please donate to your local food bank if you are able. They will be feeling immense strain in the absence of SNAP benefits (and still in the setting of SNAP cuts of the OBBBA).
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Please donate to your local food bank if you are able. They will be feeling immense strain in the absence of SNAP benefits (and still in the setting of SNAP cuts of the OBBBA).
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Ad: This clip, then cutting to people waiting in food lines, then to Johnson saying he isn't familiar with X, Y, or Z, then cutting to U.S. citizens being arrested by masked goons, then a quote from Roberts and the immunity decision.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Ad: This clip, then cutting to people waiting in food lines, then to Johnson saying he isn't familiar with X, Y, or Z, then cutting to U.S. citizens being arrested by masked goons, then a quote from Roberts and the immunity decision.
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Some other things that could/should be the president's priority:
-Soaring health care premiums for marketplace enrollees
-Reduction of SNAP benefits due to the OBBBA --> rising food insecurity
-Government workers' ability to make ends meet amid the Republicans' inability to keep the government open
-Soaring health care premiums for marketplace enrollees
-Reduction of SNAP benefits due to the OBBBA --> rising food insecurity
-Government workers' ability to make ends meet amid the Republicans' inability to keep the government open
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Some other things that could/should be the president's priority:
-Soaring health care premiums for marketplace enrollees
-Reduction of SNAP benefits due to the OBBBA --> rising food insecurity
-Government workers' ability to make ends meet amid the Republicans' inability to keep the government open
-Soaring health care premiums for marketplace enrollees
-Reduction of SNAP benefits due to the OBBBA --> rising food insecurity
-Government workers' ability to make ends meet amid the Republicans' inability to keep the government open
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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“If you’re angry about THIS, but not about THAT—“
Bro I’m gonna have to stop you there, I am angry about so many things all of the time, I have never in my life been angry about just one thing at a time, my capacity for “things to be angry about” is as wide and as deep as the sea
Bro I’m gonna have to stop you there, I am angry about so many things all of the time, I have never in my life been angry about just one thing at a time, my capacity for “things to be angry about” is as wide and as deep as the sea
November 4, 2023 at 12:30 AM
“If you’re angry about THIS, but not about THAT—“
Bro I’m gonna have to stop you there, I am angry about so many things all of the time, I have never in my life been angry about just one thing at a time, my capacity for “things to be angry about” is as wide and as deep as the sea
Bro I’m gonna have to stop you there, I am angry about so many things all of the time, I have never in my life been angry about just one thing at a time, my capacity for “things to be angry about” is as wide and as deep as the sea
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you'd think nine months in reality would have set in but i still can't believe people fucking voted for this
October 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
you'd think nine months in reality would have set in but i still can't believe people fucking voted for this
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Sen. Murray is exactly right: "Trump is gleefully using the shutdown as a pretext to hurt students .... No one is forcing Donald Trump to fire the people who make sure students with disabilities can get a good education — he just wants to." wapo.st/4nY78vK
With shutdown cuts, Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department
The administration is looking to shed workers and transfer some operations to other departments as it seeks to close the Education Department
wapo.st
October 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Sen. Murray is exactly right: "Trump is gleefully using the shutdown as a pretext to hurt students .... No one is forcing Donald Trump to fire the people who make sure students with disabilities can get a good education — he just wants to." wapo.st/4nY78vK
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You can easily block the official MAGA government accounts here. Do not engage them. Do not give them what they want.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
You can easily block the official MAGA government accounts here. Do not engage them. Do not give them what they want.
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I’m a reasonably successful person. I have great friends, I am so close to my adult children. I am married to my best friend. I get to do cool things. I love my job. Making these choices is a big part of my happiness.
please, practice kindness.
Next Thursday, October 23, I am speaking at the San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center’s 55th Anniversary Gala. We hope to raise some money to help them help our neighbors, and I’m going to share my story, which I hope inspires someone to take the first step on their...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I’m a reasonably successful person. I have great friends, I am so close to my adult children. I am married to my best friend. I get to do cool things. I love my job. Making these choices is a big part of my happiness.
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This video of reporters flooding out of the Pentagon after refusing to sign Hegseth’s authoritarian pledge that would force them to have the DOD review all their articles before publication is one of the most satisfying things I’ve seen in a while
October 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This video of reporters flooding out of the Pentagon after refusing to sign Hegseth’s authoritarian pledge that would force them to have the DOD review all their articles before publication is one of the most satisfying things I’ve seen in a while
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One child going hungry in America is one too many – this used to be a value we could all agree upon.
The Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans need to do their damn job and start delivering for the American people.
Enough is enough.
The Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans need to do their damn job and start delivering for the American people.
Enough is enough.
October 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One child going hungry in America is one too many – this used to be a value we could all agree upon.
The Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans need to do their damn job and start delivering for the American people.
Enough is enough.
The Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans need to do their damn job and start delivering for the American people.
Enough is enough.
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Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
I’m reminded of the 50+ times I put “what gets measured gets done” on a slide.
the gutting of the national center for health statistics should be considered its own five alarm fire
Eliminated at NCHS:
❌ Office of Informatics, Governance and Assurance
❌ Office of Information Sevices (communications)
❌ Office of the Director for the Division of Vital Statistics, which is now without all leadership
❌ Planning/Operations in the Division of Healthcare Statistics
❌ Office of Informatics, Governance and Assurance
❌ Office of Information Sevices (communications)
❌ Office of the Director for the Division of Vital Statistics, which is now without all leadership
❌ Planning/Operations in the Division of Healthcare Statistics
October 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I’m reminded of the 50+ times I put “what gets measured gets done” on a slide.
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I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.
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as someone who worked at the CDC, the way they’ve targeted these illegal firings are pretty much what i would do to inflict maximum damage to what remains of our nation’s federal public health infrastructure. a hostile takeover of the agency
You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.
And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.
And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
as someone who worked at the CDC, the way they’ve targeted these illegal firings are pretty much what i would do to inflict maximum damage to what remains of our nation’s federal public health infrastructure. a hostile takeover of the agency