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@zanhale.bsky.social
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I find it incredibly disheartening to see people downplaying measles as something that a few vitamins can prevent or cure. In 2023, we @msf.ca vaccinated >3.2 million people against measles during outbreaks. It's a priority because we routinely see children harmed or killed by measles:
Measles is a humanitarian issue, and its unwelcome reappearance in Canada is a reminder of its importance
Any upsurge in measles is of real concern, but in settings aggravated by poor living conditions and malnutrition, it can be disastrous. It can affect adults, but young children are at particular risk.
theconversation.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The gutting of USAID has crippled tuberculosis programs, leaving hundreds of thousands of patients without tests or drugs and at risk of spreading the disease.
Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally
The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Imagine cheering on people in power who are actively targeting and harming the hungry, the poor, the sick, the elderly, the veteran, the disabled, the different, and the stranger and still somehow expecting people to believe you follow Jesus.
March 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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March 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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one of the things i truly believe is that a significant portion of this country is in the grip of a death cult
"The vaccination has stuff we don't trust," said the father of the 6-year-old girl who died from measles at the end of last month. Tom Bartlett visited with a family confronting an unthinkable tragedy:
The Texas Girl Who Died From Measles
Her father tells her story.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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The Trump administration is demanding the home addresses of 700,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally from the IRS. The IRS is resisting this request, as complying would directly violate federal tax privacy laws.
March 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Comments About Trump
The broadcaster placed a longtime journalist on leave amid growing concerns about its editorial independence.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
@quillandclaw.bsky.social
I think I’m just @zanhale. So boring….
January 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Sigh. We know what’s coming.
January 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Unfortunately, the co-called Christians you need to read this aren’t on Bluesky, but on Truth Social.
January 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
And don’t get
Me started on the nominee for the cabinet!
January 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Performers I will be boycotting going forward:
Carrie Underwood
the Village People
Lee Greenwood
Christopher Macchio
However, the Marine Band is still on my OK list. It didn’t really have a choice.
January 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Yep.
January 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This!
January 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Exclusive: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are sending representatives to agencies across the federal government, four people familiar with the matter said, to begin preliminary interviews that will shape the tech executives’ enormous ambitions to tame Washington’s sprawling bureaucracy.
DOGE is dispatching agents across U.S. government
Federal officials are already dealing with surrogates from Elon Musk’s and Vivek Ramaswamy’s nongovernmental body before Donald Trump is sworn in again.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
You just lived through the hottest year on record. Again.
Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Gulf of America?
He tried to name it after himself but “Bay of Pigs” was already taken.
January 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Idiocy. Of course.
January 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The Defense Department reached a sweeping settlement with tens of thousands of people who were dismissed from military service because of their sexual identity, potentially paving the way for veterans to upgrade their discharge status and receive a range of benefits they had been denied.
Pentagon Reaches Settlement With Veterans Dismissed Over Sexuality
The agreement, if approved by a judge, would let former service members upgrade their discharge status and receive benefits they had been denied.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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"A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims . . .
but accomplices."
(George Orwell)(Photo Credit: Malik Çelik/Pexels)

#NeverForgetJan6th
January 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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January 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Remember. Always.
January 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
January 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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"Homan is not just a random conservative commentator making the sort of unverified speculation that frequently appears on Fox News. Trump chose Homan as a key member of his administration, with the goal of implementing his hard-line anti-immigration policies."
Trump ‘border czar’ admits he’s just making up terrorism claims
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s pick to be “border czar” in his upcoming administration, admitted during a Fox News appearance on Thursday that he had no evidence for a connection he alleged between ...
www.dailykos.com
January 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM