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Twenty-three measles cases have been reported in Kansas, and the state health department said they could be linked to an ongoing outbreak that has infected at least 379 people across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Measles cases rise to 23 in Kansas, may be linked to large multistate outbreak | CNN
Twenty-three measles cases have been reported in Kansas, and the state health department said they could be linked to an ongoing outbreak that has infected at least 379 people across Texas, New Mexico...
www.cnn.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Twenty-three measles cases have been reported in Kansas, and the state health department said they could be linked to an ongoing outbreak that has infected at least 379 people across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
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The lying and the staggering incompetence around this is astounding. And dangerous.
After the Atlantic published the texts this morning, Tulsi Gabbard is confronted today on why she lied in her testimony to the Senate yesterday. She says she misremembered.
March 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The lying and the staggering incompetence around this is astounding. And dangerous.
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"Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records..."
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
As a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is c...
www.propublica.org
March 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
"Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records..."
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
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Republicans are crashing the economy in real time.
The American people are taking notice.
The American people are taking notice.
February 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Republicans are crashing the economy in real time.
The American people are taking notice.
The American people are taking notice.
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Gutting Alzheimer's research.
First reported more than a week ago -- and as yet, this has not been undone. Republicans appear to have not said a word about it.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
See also...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
See also...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
First reported more than a week ago -- and as yet, this has not been undone. Republicans appear to have not said a word about it.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
See also...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
See also...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
February 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Gutting Alzheimer's research.
First reported more than a week ago -- and as yet, this has not been undone. Republicans appear to have not said a word about it.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
See also...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
See also...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
First reported more than a week ago -- and as yet, this has not been undone. Republicans appear to have not said a word about it.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
See also...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
See also...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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CALL TO ACTION: Call your representatives at (202) 224-3121 and ask what criteria they plan to use when “vetting” their constituents.
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
CALL TO ACTION: Call your representatives at (202) 224-3121 and ask what criteria they plan to use when “vetting” their constituents.
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"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
Opinion | Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone
When the next environmental catastrophe arrives, who will be there to deal with the emergency and its aftermath?
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
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Nothing screams government efficiency more than accidentally firing government workers and having to spend more money and resources to rehire them.
February 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nothing screams government efficiency more than accidentally firing government workers and having to spend more money and resources to rehire them.
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If your representative is dodging in-person town halls, call them out! Tag them and demand they face their constituents.
February 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If your representative is dodging in-person town halls, call them out! Tag them and demand they face their constituents.
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NEW:
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.
newrepublic.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW:
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
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NEWS: Mass firings begin across the federal government, Andrew Tate gets released from Romanian custody despite sex trafficking charges thanks to Trump, and the Supreme Court gives Trump a win. Consider subscribing! open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Mass Firings Begin As Trump Gets Andrew Tate Out Of Romania | Morning News Rundown
Mass firings begin across the federal government, Andrew Tate gets released from Romanian custody despite sex trafficking charges thanks to Trump, and the Supreme Court gives Trump a win
open.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NEWS: Mass firings begin across the federal government, Andrew Tate gets released from Romanian custody despite sex trafficking charges thanks to Trump, and the Supreme Court gives Trump a win. Consider subscribing! open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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Cherry Hill, New Jersey:
The Tesla Cherry Protest is over 300 strong! Way to show up South Jersey! #teslatakedown #protest
February 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Cherry Hill, New Jersey:
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Bwahahaha.
Mar-a-Lago was listed as "Kremlin Headquarters" for a little while on Google Maps.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mar-a-Lago was listed as "Kremlin Headquarters" for a little while on Google Maps.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
February 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Bwahahaha.
Mar-a-Lago was listed as "Kremlin Headquarters" for a little while on Google Maps.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mar-a-Lago was listed as "Kremlin Headquarters" for a little while on Google Maps.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world.
February 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world.
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Never forget that the Grindr app crashed at the Republican National Convention 😭
February 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Never forget that the Grindr app crashed at the Republican National Convention 😭
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Walmart is warning of slower sales this year. Why that’s a bad sign for America’s economy: cnn.it/3QoSFtD
Walmart warns of a slower 2025. That’s a bad sign for America’s economy | CNN Business
Shoppers flooded to Walmart for groceries and clothing last year. But 2025 will be trickier for the retail giant as inflation ticks back up and Trump’s tariffs kick in.
cnn.it
February 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Walmart is warning of slower sales this year. Why that’s a bad sign for America’s economy: cnn.it/3QoSFtD
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This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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February 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Hey, here’s some of what @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today 👋🏽
February 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Hey, here’s some of what @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today 👋🏽
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"USAID workers and their families abroad had no agency help in fleeing after looters overran their homes in Kinshasa..."
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs
Newly filed affidavits of U.S. Agency for International Development workers describe a lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders directing the immediate termination of hundreds of U.S. ai...
apnews.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"USAID workers and their families abroad had no agency help in fleeing after looters overran their homes in Kinshasa..."
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...