me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’

NEW: It’s unclear whether new NIH guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future funding of studies focused on the health effects of climate change.

One climate health expert called the directive “catastrophic.”

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Democrat: if elected I will represent and protect all Americans

Republican: if elected I will only represent my voters and harm everyone else

Democrat voters: if our guy loses we’re fucked.

Republican voter: either way I’m covered.

I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.

There is no such thing as an overqualified woman. Especially when it comes to leadership. We’ve seen the same mistake over and over against where misogyny dictates electoral choices and diminishes not only our security and readiness but our democracy as well.

ProPublica identified 95 Facebook pages that regularly post made-up headlines designed to draw engagement — and, often, stoke political divisions.

The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.

By @craigsilverman.bsky.social

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos's changes to the opinion pages have led subscribers to cancel in droves. It's the third wave of mass cancellations at the Post in just a few months.

The Whitehouse repackaged already public information about the Epstein case and redacted it before sending it out. It was already circulating unredacted for years in official US court documents.

Once again... say it with us... MAGA got played.

Congrats, everyone—the Elon boycott is working! Reports indicate that Tesla inventory is swelling, especially with Cybertrucks piling up outside their factory. Keep the boycott going, and don’t forget—today is the Economic Blackout!

This administration has convinced half the country that the real problem isn’t billionaires who evade taxes and collect government handouts but the working class who pay taxes and get nothing in return.

What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?

Why aren’t we looking into corporate welfare? In the United States, it costs taxpayers billions each year, with estimates ranging from $92 billion to $100 billion annually. Meanwhile, USAID costs only $40 billion. Hmmm… doesn’t add up.

Trump fired FBI senior execs in charge of organized crime, national security and cyber investigations. More than 20 heads of FBI field offices, have been told to leave. Trump also demanded a list of 5,000 agents and those that worked on the Jan 6 and Trump investigation, he plans to fire them all. 🧵

President Trump’s declaration that the U.S. could “take over” the Gaza Strip and that its Palestinian population could be displaced was immediately criticized in the Middle East and beyond.

The level of CORRUPTION is obscene, even for him…👇

Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?!

no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person

Mexico has joined Canada in placing 25% tariffs on the US. China has filed a suit against the US at the World Trade Organization. People across all European countries, Mexico, Canada and parts of Latin America are organizing a world wide boycott of all US products.

“Buy anything but US”

HAPPENING NOW: TikTok appears to be coming back online. The website is now working and the app appears to be slowly reconnecting for users in the U.S.

I’m sad.