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January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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WHO statement on notification of withdrawal of the United States
WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe.
Full statement: bit.ly/46dT0HF
WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe.
Full statement: bit.ly/46dT0HF
January 24, 2026 at 8:35 PM
WHO statement on notification of withdrawal of the United States
WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe.
Full statement: bit.ly/46dT0HF
WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe.
Full statement: bit.ly/46dT0HF
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The first numbers are in.
Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.
It's a moral tragedy.
Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.
It's a moral tragedy.
January 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
The first numbers are in.
Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.
It's a moral tragedy.
Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.
It's a moral tragedy.
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The sheer audacity to claim this is about drugs just weeks after pardoning one of the largest narcotics traffickers in the world.
Does this President think the American people will fall for this?
Does this President think the American people will fall for this?
January 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The sheer audacity to claim this is about drugs just weeks after pardoning one of the largest narcotics traffickers in the world.
Does this President think the American people will fall for this?
Does this President think the American people will fall for this?
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The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
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I’m from the generation that remembers when these diseases ran rampant. Perhaps we need to be reminded with a dose of repeated history
December 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m from the generation that remembers when these diseases ran rampant. Perhaps we need to be reminded with a dose of repeated history
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This is what they're doing with the money they took from #USAID
1. ICE has sharply increased its spending on weapons in 2025, according to an analysis of federal gov't data by Popular Information.
Records reveal ICE has increased spending on “small arms" — a category that includes guns, armor, chemical weapons, and explosives — by 700% compared to 2024 levels
Records reveal ICE has increased spending on “small arms" — a category that includes guns, armor, chemical weapons, and explosives — by 700% compared to 2024 levels
October 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is what they're doing with the money they took from #USAID
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October 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
October 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
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St Mary’s Hospital in NE Georgia is closing its labor and delivery service, citing Trump’s Medicaid cuts.
Women going into labor will now have to drive an hour plus to deliver safely.
Way to go, GOP.
Women going into labor will now have to drive an hour plus to deliver safely.
Way to go, GOP.
September 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
St Mary’s Hospital in NE Georgia is closing its labor and delivery service, citing Trump’s Medicaid cuts.
Women going into labor will now have to drive an hour plus to deliver safely.
Way to go, GOP.
Women going into labor will now have to drive an hour plus to deliver safely.
Way to go, GOP.
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"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..."
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations
New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.
www.kgw.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..."
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
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Read the 2023 draft, which highlights all the content struck from the final. “I didn’t know” will not be accepted as an excuse by future generations.
Call/email/visit your elected officials and ask them how they will respond. “Sternly worded letters” are not an acceptable response, Chuck.
Call/email/visit your elected officials and ask them how they will respond. “Sternly worded letters” are not an acceptable response, Chuck.
Today, we arrive at full-on Orwellian foreign policy. Once a proud statement on the best of our ideals, the annual State Department Human Rights Report issued yesterday reads like it was penned by the worst human rights abusers. Because it was. 1/🧵
www.npr.org/2025/08/12/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/12/n...
State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights
Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.
www.npr.org
August 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Read the 2023 draft, which highlights all the content struck from the final. “I didn’t know” will not be accepted as an excuse by future generations.
Call/email/visit your elected officials and ask them how they will respond. “Sternly worded letters” are not an acceptable response, Chuck.
Call/email/visit your elected officials and ask them how they will respond. “Sternly worded letters” are not an acceptable response, Chuck.
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"The vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite National Park, Mount Shasta, Big Sur and Lake Tahoe..."
"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Controversial senator trying to sell millions of acres near Yosemite, Tahoe
258 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. could be eligible for sale.
www.sfgate.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"The vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite National Park, Mount Shasta, Big Sur and Lake Tahoe..."
"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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Large peaceful protest from over the weekend. What doesnt get views on the news is what's actually happening in the majority of places. Peaceful protests that the local police are more than happy to keep safe while occuring.
This is what Mayor Karen Bass is calling for to continue.
This is what Mayor Karen Bass is calling for to continue.
June 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Large peaceful protest from over the weekend. What doesnt get views on the news is what's actually happening in the majority of places. Peaceful protests that the local police are more than happy to keep safe while occuring.
This is what Mayor Karen Bass is calling for to continue.
This is what Mayor Karen Bass is calling for to continue.
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Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump and Elon's DOGE cuts are forcing Georgia parks to indefinitely close right before a holiday weekend.
Enough is enough with these reckless cuts. Georgia families deserve better.
Enough is enough with these reckless cuts. Georgia families deserve better.
May 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump and Elon's DOGE cuts are forcing Georgia parks to indefinitely close right before a holiday weekend.
Enough is enough with these reckless cuts. Georgia families deserve better.
Enough is enough with these reckless cuts. Georgia families deserve better.
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We've been screaming since day one of the attack on USAID that this Administration is literally taking lifesaving food from the mouths of starving children. Leaving it to rot on the tarmac, in fact. And leaving American farmers out to dry.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
‘In Three Months, Half of Them Will Be Dead’
Elon Musk promised to preserve lifesaving aid to foreign children. Then the Trump administration quietly canceled it.
www.theatlantic.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We've been screaming since day one of the attack on USAID that this Administration is literally taking lifesaving food from the mouths of starving children. Leaving it to rot on the tarmac, in fact. And leaving American farmers out to dry.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...