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A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
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No single person, especially someone with zero expertise, should be able to just change the CDC website on a whim. The fact that federal health and science pages are no longer trustable is a catastrophe for public health and democracy.
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
No single person, especially someone with zero expertise, should be able to just change the CDC website on a whim. The fact that federal health and science pages are no longer trustable is a catastrophe for public health and democracy.
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We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
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Jean Hanson FRS, the English biophysicist, was born #OnThisDay in 1919. In the 1950s, Hanson and her colleague Hugh Huxley discovered the 'sliding filament theory', the mechanism of muscle contraction and a landmark in muscle physiology. #WomenInSTEM #Physiology
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Jean Hanson FRS, the English biophysicist, was born #OnThisDay in 1919. In the 1950s, Hanson and her colleague Hugh Huxley discovered the 'sliding filament theory', the mechanism of muscle contraction and a landmark in muscle physiology. #WomenInSTEM #Physiology
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“After the gringa left, the guards came in to beat us,” said one detainee of what occurred after a visit from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Trump sent men to torture in El Salvador, report confirms
Human Rights Watch found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador by the United States were beaten almost every day.
www.motherjones.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“After the gringa left, the guards came in to beat us,” said one detainee of what occurred after a visit from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
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I assume it was the pending lawsuits and not a crisis of conscience that prompted the pivot.
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I assume it was the pending lawsuits and not a crisis of conscience that prompted the pivot.
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NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
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This isn’t education, it’s indoctrination. The Trump administration gutted PBS and NPR not to save money, but to control the narrative. In their place, PragerU is moving into more classrooms.
Already in Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Idaho schools.
Already in Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Idaho schools.
August 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This isn’t education, it’s indoctrination. The Trump administration gutted PBS and NPR not to save money, but to control the narrative. In their place, PragerU is moving into more classrooms.
Already in Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Idaho schools.
Already in Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Idaho schools.
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US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children…
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children
The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine vaccination for healthy children.
www.reuters.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children…
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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In October, we published secret recordings of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism.
The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy
Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead. That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story…
www.propublica.org
August 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In October, we published secret recordings of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism.
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In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies.
(Published April)
(Published April)
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…
www.propublica.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies.
(Published April)
(Published April)
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The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
www.wired.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
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Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
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The evidence is clear: Abortion bans make pregnancy more dangerous and threaten our lives.
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The evidence is clear: Abortion bans make pregnancy more dangerous and threaten our lives.
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When you realize that what you were taught in school was selected so it wouldn't inconvenience you.
June 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
When you realize that what you were taught in school was selected so it wouldn't inconvenience you.
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"“There is no effective treatment for measles,” says Aniruddha Hazra, an infectious disease physician at University of Chicago Medicine." There is, however, a very effective vaccine against it.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-a...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-a...
Do ‘Alternative’ Measles Treatments Touted by RFK Jr. Work?
As the measles outbreak in the U.S. gets bigger, HHS’s secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., touts nonvaccine treatments. But they generally don’t help and can carry dangers
www.scientificamerican.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"“There is no effective treatment for measles,” says Aniruddha Hazra, an infectious disease physician at University of Chicago Medicine." There is, however, a very effective vaccine against it.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-a...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-a...
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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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