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August 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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A new $7.4 billion opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family has been approved by all U.S. states and territories.
Purdue Pharma, Sacklers reach new $7.4 billion opioid settlement
A new $7.4 billion opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family has been approved by all U.S. states and territories
n.pr
June 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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May 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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So the “women in space” sending the message that young girls belong in STEM was……bullshit ?
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
April 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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For every person who needs insulin to stay alive, Donald Trump just gave big drug companies and pharmacy benefit managers a green light to keep ripping you off.

It's outrageous.
The FTC has halted its lawsuit accusing OptumRX, CVS, and Express Scripts of breaking the law by inflating insulin prices.

Trump illegally fired the two Democratic members of the commission, and now these corporations are going to get away with price gauging insulin.
April 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Musk and his staffers will descend upon CIA today.
March 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that DOGE is subject to government transparency laws, allowing the public to access government records—a legal defeat for the White House, which had designated DOGE as an office exempt from open records laws.
March 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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More details on this shockingly sloppy episode.
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM