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This is right. I hate the the "right" has claimed morality as a "Christian" issue. Morality is societal. A pact. Many religions have contributed to morality but none are essential to what we as a society decide. I think that is the fight... is greed moral? Is dehumanization of any group moral?
March 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is right. I hate the the "right" has claimed morality as a "Christian" issue. Morality is societal. A pact. Many religions have contributed to morality but none are essential to what we as a society decide. I think that is the fight... is greed moral? Is dehumanization of any group moral?
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“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
March 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
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As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.
March 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.
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Not pro-life
February 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Not pro-life
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School choice will kill off rural schools, many of which Republicans have already reduced to 4 day weeks.
I say this as someone whom would benefit mightily from school choice bc of my autistic son.
I say this as someone whom would benefit mightily from school choice bc of my autistic son.
February 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
School choice will kill off rural schools, many of which Republicans have already reduced to 4 day weeks.
I say this as someone whom would benefit mightily from school choice bc of my autistic son.
I say this as someone whom would benefit mightily from school choice bc of my autistic son.
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SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr., one-time environmentalist, kills NIH climate change programs
He pulled HHS support from projects that aim to protect Americans' health.
www.motherjones.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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We are very here for Phil pressing Tennessee Republicans on if they’re ok with Elon/Trump cutting billions in medical research that will impact Tennessee 👀👇🏽
More of this.
Context: www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
More of this.
Context: www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
February 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We are very here for Phil pressing Tennessee Republicans on if they’re ok with Elon/Trump cutting billions in medical research that will impact Tennessee 👀👇🏽
More of this.
Context: www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
More of this.
Context: www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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A lot of extremely credulous people denied this was happening for years. Journalists sticking up for fox when Obama criticized them. So many useful idiots for the fascist takeover
Watters: We are waging a 21st century information warfare campaign from the left…It's like grassroots guerrilla warfare. Someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcasts it.. and by the time it reaches everybody, millions of people have seen it.
February 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
A lot of extremely credulous people denied this was happening for years. Journalists sticking up for fox when Obama criticized them. So many useful idiots for the fascist takeover
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New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts
Administration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
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These are Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division soldiers escorting the Little Rock Nine in 1957. Fort Campbell is erasing *its own* history.
February 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
These are Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division soldiers escorting the Little Rock Nine in 1957. Fort Campbell is erasing *its own* history.
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i tell this story every time these old photos come up but: I remember in film school one of my classmates asked what about film chemistry in the 1970s caused everything shot in NYC to look so brown and grimy and our professor was like "that wasn't the film, that's just what the air looked like here"
It's not just fdr. One of the things the epa did not long after it was formed was document the nation's pollution via photography. That can seem frivolous, but generations of Americans have no idea why the EPA was necessary. This broke a million views when we published it in 2017
This is what America looked like before the EPA cleaned it up
A snapshot from America before the impact of the EPA and the effects of rules regulating clean water and air were felt.
www.popsci.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
i tell this story every time these old photos come up but: I remember in film school one of my classmates asked what about film chemistry in the 1970s caused everything shot in NYC to look so brown and grimy and our professor was like "that wasn't the film, that's just what the air looked like here"
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"the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees who had served for less than two years. That included researchers working on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics and burn pit exposure, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, said Thursday."
February 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees who had served for less than two years. That included researchers working on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics and burn pit exposure, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, said Thursday."
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Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
February 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
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Our insurance company just wrote to us that the life saving medication our 9-year-old daughter needs to live is rejected because they decided—CONTRARY TO HER DOCTOR—that it is "Not Medically Necessary."
Her meds costs ~$200K/year. Insurance industry raked in $88 BILLION in profits last year.
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Her meds costs ~$200K/year. Insurance industry raked in $88 BILLION in profits last year.
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February 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Our insurance company just wrote to us that the life saving medication our 9-year-old daughter needs to live is rejected because they decided—CONTRARY TO HER DOCTOR—that it is "Not Medically Necessary."
Her meds costs ~$200K/year. Insurance industry raked in $88 BILLION in profits last year.
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Her meds costs ~$200K/year. Insurance industry raked in $88 BILLION in profits last year.
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An underappreciated danger in school voucher schemes is families may take on new debt—to private schools or other vendors—beyond what vouchers cover.
HS degree grantors and for-profit microschools can hike tuition and all but force families to take out top-off loans to complete.
HS degree grantors and for-profit microschools can hike tuition and all but force families to take out top-off loans to complete.
February 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
An underappreciated danger in school voucher schemes is families may take on new debt—to private schools or other vendors—beyond what vouchers cover.
HS degree grantors and for-profit microschools can hike tuition and all but force families to take out top-off loans to complete.
HS degree grantors and for-profit microschools can hike tuition and all but force families to take out top-off loans to complete.
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This tax season, we're here to remind you about TurboTax's 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free.
(Published Oct. 2019)
(Published Oct. 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
propub.li
February 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This tax season, we're here to remind you about TurboTax's 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free.
(Published Oct. 2019)
(Published Oct. 2019)
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One nice thing about being a free person, or the operator of a free press, is you don’t have to consult—much less “obey”—a goddam book of presidential proclamations to learn what words, geographic or otherwise, are permissible to use. Any government encroachment on that freedom ought to be fought.
The White House said it will bar the Associated Press from future events in the Oval Office and Air Force One, over the AP's refusal to obey Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
White House bars AP from Oval Office, Air Force One over "Gulf of Mexico" use
Press advocates are likely to be up in arms over the government's penalizing a news organization in this way.
www.axios.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
One nice thing about being a free person, or the operator of a free press, is you don’t have to consult—much less “obey”—a goddam book of presidential proclamations to learn what words, geographic or otherwise, are permissible to use. Any government encroachment on that freedom ought to be fought.
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The community note 🤌😘
February 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The community note 🤌😘
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these are segregationists.
“The Maryland National Guard must decline events which celebrates individuals based all or in part on immutable characteristics,” the memo said.
Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.
Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.
Maryland National Guard out of Frederick Douglass parade after DoD order
Strict guidance from the national defense department crushed plans for a parade held in honor of Frederick Douglass’ 207th birthday because it was being held during Black History Month.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
these are segregationists.
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Arielle Kane was an analyst at the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare.
February 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Arielle Kane was an analyst at the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare.
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like, this is just fucking insane. the government is pretending that it passed the Inverse Civil Rights Act overnight and everyone is acting like it's a real law.
the thing about the Trump administration ordering federal contractors to stop DEI programs and Google capitulating so that they can sell drone optics to the Border Patrol is that the federal government has no fucking authority to order that
February 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
like, this is just fucking insane. the government is pretending that it passed the Inverse Civil Rights Act overnight and everyone is acting like it's a real law.
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White supremacy has always been violent and self-destructive. This country is willing to burn itself, and its children, to the ground instead of sharing it with the rest of us "DEI" hires.
Alas. F around...
Alas. F around...
February 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
White supremacy has always been violent and self-destructive. This country is willing to burn itself, and its children, to the ground instead of sharing it with the rest of us "DEI" hires.
Alas. F around...
Alas. F around...
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They won’t ever learn will they
February 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
They won’t ever learn will they