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Ohh "America First" was a hit list
April 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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This will directly cause hundreds of thousands of new and needless deaths from tuberculosis every year, and reverse decades of progress in fighting our deadliest infection. I'm just devastated.
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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February 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The average person with the flu gives it to around 1.4 people. The average person with measles gives it to between 12 and 18 people.
who.int WHO @who.int · Feb 17
Measles cases continue to surge globally, putting millions of children at risk.

More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year.

bit.ly/48SAtkf
February 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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seems like it is a big deal that the unifying ideology of the doge team is neo nazism
Let’s see what motivates this guy to join DOG…oh
February 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Destroying Federal Support for Public Education WAS NOT ENOUGH - 504 Out The Door & They Hate The Disabled and Poor - Any Stratum, No Matter How Sensitive and Harmless Is Fair Game
Follow Diane for uncluttered news on Edu Under USA SOS
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17 States Are Suing to Abolish Section 504 for People with Disabilities
The Attorneys General in 17 states have sued in federal court to eliminate Section 504, which guarantees the rights of people with disabilities. If you are a parent of a child with disabilities, yo…
dianeravitch.net
February 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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European friends: Do not accept lectures on democracy & freedom of speech from an Administration that denies the 2020 election results and is now suing & intimidating news outlets whose reporting they don’t like.

Stand tall against right-wing extremism.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech
Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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February 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist
Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing
Many Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to address inequality.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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There are more people who want American democracy to survive than there are people who want to destroy it.
Let's act accordingly.
February 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Absolutely. Grind it to a halt.
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Perhaps if he had not spent so much time playing video games so that he could be the #1 video game player he would know that the answer to this question is "All of them."
February 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Look, I’m not saying all Trump supporters are Nazis but all Nazis are definitely Trump supporters.
November 17, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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November 17, 2024 at 6:00 AM
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This will always be one of my favourite cross stitch projects
November 17, 2024 at 6:39 AM
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Did you know...?

Crows have the largest brain to body ratio of any bird. Their brain to body ration is even bigger than humans.

#wildlifephotography
November 17, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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The James Webb Space Telescope's views (clockwise) of Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus
November 17, 2024 at 5:03 PM